Happy birthday
The China National Opera (CNO) will give a concert to celebrate its 50th birthday.
Different generations of CNO vocalists(声乐家), like Li Guangxi, Yao Hong and Ma Mei, will present the concert which will feature both songs from famous Chinese operas like "The White-haired Girl" and "The Hundredth Bride", as well as, arias (独唱曲) of such Western opera classics as "Madame Butterfly", "La Traviata" and "Rigoletto ".
Time/date: 7: 30 pm, September 7,8
Location: Tianqiao Theatre
Tel:6551 - 4787, 8315 - 6170
Tickets: 60 - 500 yuan (US $7.2 - 60.2)
Folk music
A concert will be held to feature some recently composed traditional Chinese music works.
The concert, given by the Folk Orchestra of the China Opera and Ballet Theatre, will include such pieces as "Memory of Childhood", "Memorial Ceremony for God" and "Wine Song".
Time/date: 7: 30 pm, September 13
Location: Concert hall at the National Library of China
Tel: 6848 - 5462, 6841 - 9220
Tickets:30 - 200 yuan(US $3.6 - 24.1 )
Moon music
A concert of traditional Chinese music will be given on the eve of the Moon Festival which falls on September 21st this year.
The concert will feature a number of famous pieces centred on the theme of the moon, such as "Moonlight ", "Spring Night on a Moonlit River" and "Lofty Mountain and Flowing River."
A number of established traditional Chinese music performers, like Zhou Yaokun and Fan Weiqing, will play solos as well as collaborate(合作) with the folk music orchestra.
Time/date: 7:30 pm, September 21st
Location: Grand Theatre of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities
Tel: 6606 - 8888, 6606 - 9999
My morning routine varies little from day to day. I walk the dog, eat breakfast at the kitchen counter with Katie and Matt, and then settle in for a day at the computer. And because I work mostly from home, I have learned that little walks into the outside world are important for psychological well-being. So before I begin attempting to put sentences together, I walk over to a little coffee shop in my neighborhood, and chat with the folks behind the counter.
The coffee shop is on the other side of the historic Chesapeaker & Ohio Canal from my house. Whenever in season, tourists line up to take a slow boat, if not to India, at least into the 19th century.
One warm day last fall, I turned the corner to see one of the boatmen sitting alone on the boat, bathed in early-morning light. He was playing the violin. The scene stopped me in my tracks. What I witnessed could only be described as a perfect moment. Ten seconds at most. But months later I still remember just standing there, watching, listening, and taking it all in.
We all have such moments put before us. Little surprises. Whether we're wise enough to see them is another thing.
I thought of the violin man one Sunday afternoon while reading the biographies of those killed in the Columbia incident. The specialist Laurel Clark, talking from the shuttle a few days before it was to land, said it was blissful to see the simple unexpected wonders of space, like a sunset. "There's a flash; the whole payload bay(有效载重舱) turns this rosy pink," she said. "It only lasts about 15 seconds, and then it's gone."
I once had a friend who had a strange habit that never stopped to amuse me, maybe because I never quite knew when she was going to spring it on me. It could come in the middle of a particularly lively dinner with old friends. Suddenly, she'd say, "Stop! I want to remember this moment." I realize now, after her death, what wise advice that is.
I like my close friends a lot. And yet, on an almost daily basis, they shock me. I have a friend who thinks voting is a waste of time; I have another friend who never takes any arrangement to meet at a given time and place seriously.
It's generally held that friends are people with whom we choose to develop relationships because we find their personalities agreeable, or similar to our own, and yet experience regularly contradicts this. What is a friend, really? All that one can safely say is that a friend is someone one likes and wishes to see again.
The truth is that we don't know our friends. Numerous studies show that we tend to assume our friends agree with us more than they really do. The striking part is that the problem doesn't appear to lessen as a friendship deepens when the researchers Michael Gill and Bill Swann questioned students sharing rooms, they found that, as time passed, people became even more confident in the accuracy of their judgments about the other, and yet, in reality, the judgments grew no more accurate. Two people might become dear friends, yet remain ignorant about vast areas of each other's inner lives.
This seems strange, until you consider, that many of the benefits that friendship provides don't necessarily depend on perfect familiarity; they come from something closer to reliability. Friendship may be less about being drawn to someone's personality than about finding someone willing to keep you company, or lend an ear. A friend provides the "social-identity support" we desire. You needn't be a close match with someone, nor deeply familiar with their mind. And once a friendship has begun, you want to like it, if only to confirm that you made the right decision. We don't want to know everything about our friends. We don't base friendships on what we learn about people; we decide what to learn about people, and what to ignore, based on having decided to be friends.
Perhaps there's something moving about viewing friendship as an agreement to keep each other company, ignore each other's faults and not probe (刨根问底) too deeply in ways that might weaken the friendship. Perhaps a true friend is someone who doesn't ask many awkward questions.
A lot of us think that we should visit the dentist every six months. Whether those check-ups are really necessary is, however, a matter of debate. In 2000, three-quarters of dentists surveyed in New York were recommending six-monthly check-ups, despite the absence of evidence. Today, many organizations still recommend six-monthly check-ups. But for several decades some have been arguing that the choice of six months as the ideal space between visits is rather questionable. For example, Aubrey Sheiham, a professor of dental public health, published a paper complaining about the lack of evidence for six-monthly check-ups. Almost 40 years, he's still making the same point.
Last year the Cochrane Collaboration performed a review of the research that had been done and they were disappointed with what they found. The quality and quantity of the research was simply too poor to back up the idea of six-monthly check-ups.
There's something else we have to bear in mind. Even when a study finds, for example, that children who go to the dentist frequently have fewer fillings, there may be other factors at work. Those same children may have other advantages; they may eat more healthy and have better quality dental equipment.
How often should you visit the dentist, then? Bodies like Nice, which provides guidance for the National Health Service in England and Wales, say that the frequency of dental visits all depends on the individual. They recommend that children go at least once a year because their teeth can decay (蛀蚀) faster, while adults without problems can wait as long as two years. They even go as far as to say that longer than two years is OK for people who have shown commitment to caring for their teeth.
Where does this leave the rest of us the next time we receive a card in the mail reminding us our next dental visit is due? We'd all like an excuse to go less often, and the good news is that if you don't have any problems you can probably wait a little longer than six months between visits. But exactly how long you can wait before your appointment with the dentist's chair will depend on the assessment you and your dentist make of your own risk.
We all know about the health benefits of swimming, including building endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular(心血管) fitness. Many people feel that swimming is very exciting and relaxing.
Cold-water swimming sometimes called wild swimming involves swimming in natural areas including ponds, rivers and the sea. Jumping in cold water gives a short sharp shock to the body. A cold dip might wake you up, but research has found it can have much bigger benefits than those for your body and mind. As well as being good exercise cold-water swimming improves well-being.
One man who suffered constant pain after surgery claimed he was cured by taking a swim in cold open water. And another swimmer, Sandria Simons, told the BBC "the immersion of your body in cold, salt water, just feeling like you're at one with nature if you like, just feels amazing".
What is it that people are gaining from this cold experience? Doctors say getting into cold water makes a stress response, but the more you do it, your reaction to stress is reduced. In addition, cold-water swimming can exercise swimmers' willpower. But there are bigger benefits of this exercise. Some experts believe cold-water swimming helps "cross-adaptation", where one form of stress prepares the body for another.
So, if you're convinced that this is for you, take advice：approach it with caution, swim with a friend, and maybe start in the summer, when the water temperatures are higher.
A. Cold-water swimming can substitute medicine.
B. However, many participants say they get used to it.
C. If you don't mind getting wet, it can be fun too.
D. It's also thought to strengthen our digestive function.
E. We all know exercise can extend people's life span.
F. For example, it helps reduce the stress of exercising at high altitudes.
G. Cold-water swimming can function as a dose of medicine.
This was a day that would forever define Billy. It was March 20, 2012, around 5 pm at a nearby beach when young Billy, who was a college student, 1 the waves for a quick surf with his best mate Tyson.
What came next is the stuff 2 movies are made of - except this was real. Falling out of a wave, Billy accidentally 3 on the back of a giant shark. "l felt his jaws 4 onto my legs, and he was thrashing(翻来滚去) me around like a doll. I only survived because of Tyson, who raised the 5 ,and the amazing local lifeguards ,"Billy 6 . He is now a loving dad, with an 11-month-old son, Mikey.
Billy's 7 is nothing short of a miracle -both mentally and physically. He is still so confident in the water, and seeing the 8 it brings him far outweighs those concerns.
Unlike many other victims, Billy does not 9 the killing of sharks. "I'm no expert, but we're in their natural habitat, "he explains. "These attacks are generally a case of 10 identity - they think we're marine life."
Now, Billy is back on the beach, 11 sandcastles with his little boy, knowing that whatever happened here a decade ago will never stop them from making many more precious 12 together. "I've already had Mikey in the shallow waves on the board, and no surprise- he's 13 ! My scars from the attack are like a badge of honor, and something to show Mikey as he gets older as a 14 of how hard his daddy fought to be here." boasts the 15 dad.
English is a language (speak) all around the world. There are more than 42 countries the majority of the people speak English.
Most native speakers of English (find) in the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland and New Zealand. In total, for more than 375 million people English is their mother tongue. equal number of people learn English as a second language. These people will perhaps speak the language of their own country at home with their family, but the language of the government, schools, newspapers and TV is English. However, the number of people who learn English as a foreign language (be) more than 750 million. Most people learn English for five or six years at high school.
In only fifty years, English has developed into the language most (wide) spoken and used in the world. It is the working language of most international organizations. Foreign staff in China are not requested (learn) Chinese. Chinese businessmen, taxi drivers and students can talk with them (use) English. English is also the language of global culture, such as popular music and the Internet. You can listen to English songs the radio or use English to communicate with people around the world through the Internet.
With so many people communicating in English every day, 65. will become more and more important to have a good knowledge of English.
1）介绍自己的情况；
2）向外教求助；
3）表示感谢并期盼回复。
注意：1）词数80左右；
2）请在答题卡相应位置作答。
Edun did not want to go on a hike. She especially did not want to go on a long hike in the mountains that led to a tiny cabin (小木屋) with no electricity and no running water. She wanted to stay home reading a book instead while wrapped in a warm blanket.
"Ready?" Mom asked cheerfully after breakfast. Edun looked out the window and only saw rain, lots of it. "We should go another day," Edun suggested. "Maybe a hundred years from now." She worried she would get tired on the hike. She worried about getting bored at the dark cabin. Mom said it was time to stop worrying and get into the car.
Edun's brother, Will, was waiting in the garage, who wore a camera around his neck. Will was four years older than Edun and had climbed many more mountains. He'd started hiking when he was two and loved it.
Because it was raining, Edun had to wear her rain pants, her rain hat, her rain jacket, and her waterproof boots. Her jacket had a rough material on the inside. She didn't like how it felt against her skin.
After about half an hour's drive, they parked at a trailhead (登山口). The rain had stopped but the ground was still dripping（滴下） wet. "We'll be there by afternoon!" Mom promised. The afternoon sounded far away.
Will identified a bird sitting on a nearby branch—"Fox sparrow!"—then he raced down the trail and was soon out of sight.
Edun rested under a pine tree. "You can't force me to walk," Edun said. "You're right," said her mom smilingly, standing under the tree, too, "But you will never know what may lie ahead and amaze us."
注意：
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:
Thinking Mom was right, Edun followed her down the trail.
Paragraph 2:
Twenty minutes later, they saw the cabin.
