Columbus College, 241 Queen Elizabeth Drive, Kowloon City
Memo
To: All Staff
From: Jakie Mok, Secretary; Sports Development Committee
Date: May 20, 2022
A week ago, "Sports for Life" program was sent to the parents, requiring them to select a sport they wanted their child to play. Since then, our staff have received lots of calls from parents asking for more information about it. Here is a memo (备忘录)for your reference when you answer the phones.
Sports 1: Basketball
We expect that this will be the most popular of the four sports. Therefore, students should be advised to sign up as soon as possible. Students will take a private bus to and from Kwun Tong Sports Park. To cover the cost of hiring a bus, each student will have to pay $10 each time. There will be four basketball courts available for our use with one teacher watching over each game.
Sports 2: Gym
We will be using St. Peter's Memorial Park. There are two reasons for choosing this park. First, it is not very busy and crowded before 6:00 pm. Second, it has lots of trees with plenty of shade. Students must bring along two bottles of water to prevent thirst. Three activities, skipping, jogging, outdoor aerobics (有氧运动), all of which are free of charge, will be arranged. And there will be a teacher on duty for each of the activities.
Sports 3: Hiking
Hiking will take place at Kowloon Peak. The activity will start at 2: 30 pm and finish 90 minutes later. Three teachers will accompany the students, and a hiking instructor will accompany each group of 15 hikers. Each instructor will cost $75/hr. Students are advised to bring plenty of water and sunscreen.
Sports 4: Swimming
The Kowloon City Aquatic Centre is a 10-minute walk from our school. Four teachers will go to the pool and conduct the goings-on from the poolside. We will only be able to reserve the pool for one hour (i.e. 2:45 pm to 3:45 pm.) Only students skillful at swimming can take up this activity. The pool will have two lifeguards present. Girls must wear a swimming suit. The cost is $10 per visit.
Niu Yu, 24, became a shining star at Shanghai Fashion Week for her confident attitude while walking down the catwalk with a prosthetic (假肢的) leg. "She is so cool and so pretty." Many audience made such comments on her first performance on the stage. But actually, she was so nervous on the night before the event that she wasn't able to fall asleep. The next morning, her friend reminded her of a message from another disabled girl, reading "Although we are not perfect, we are still pretty". It gave her much courage to put a punch (痛击) in the nose for prejudice against disabled people. When the other models appeared, the audience cheered and applauded, but when it was Niu's turn, the venue suddenly fell silent Niu recalled that after some seconds, she clearly heard a female audience sigh in admiration, "so cool!" Through the activity, Niu wants to convey a message to the world, "People should respect people with difference and allow them to shine."
Niu lost her right leg after she was buried for three days during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake. She was 11 years old then and a member of the school track and field team.
This is not the first time that Niu has been in the public spotlight. She first drew people's attention when she finished a marathon in 2018, which was held in Wenchuan on May 12, in memory of the 10th anniversary of the earthquake. The day was also Niu's 21th birthday. She suddenly realized that she could have a beneficial impact on the lives of others.
Niu now works as a photographer and often uploads video clips from her life on short video platforms such as Douyin, where she has more than 850,000 followers. She explained that she shares her experiences to help society at large better understand disabled groups. "I feel I have a social responsibility to connect the disabled with the public. Showing my life to the public can allow them to become familiar with our group and also can tell other disabled people that society is more tolerate than they imagined."
On Saturday night, a five-person team of the Chinese e-sports club, with the full name EDward Gaming, won the 2021 League of Legends World Championship in Reykjavik , Iceland , beating defending champion Damwon KIA (DK) from South Korea. The live streaming of the championship had over 200 million viewers on two major domestic smartphone apps and other channels.
The team has taken the opportunity to share Chinese culture with the world. At the beginning of the championship, the members of EDG and other staff displayed tai chi, martial arts and traditional Chinese costumes in Reykjavik, launching a "Chinese hurricane" in the Icelandic capital. Now the posting of photos and videos on social networks have spread that hurricane to the whole world.
With the popularity of digital technology, new forms of cultural exchanges have been appearing, of which e-sports are of the hottest. Unlike texts and videos, e-sports go beyond the barriers of language and are understandable around the world.
Also e-sports appeal most to those in their early 20s, as shown by the carnival of college students on Saturday night. That in turn makes them a good bridge of communication between Chinese youngsters and their counterparts (同行) around the world. More importantly, the e-sports industry is sustainable (可持续的) in spreading Chinese culture, as the large audiences mean huge commercial potential. In 2020 alone, the sales profit of the domestic e-sports industry went beyond $ 43.56 billion, and involved 280,000 companies, which in tum created over 10 million jobs.
As early as 2019, Hainan province announced its ambitious plan of building an international e-sports center. On Nov 5, the Organizing Committee of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou city, announced it had listed eight e-sports as events in the Games. Both show the strong policy support being given to e-sports.
With more Chinese star gaming clubs and teams appearing, the industry is expected to boom and continue spreading Chinese culture to the world.
Would you BET on the future of this man? He is 53 years old. Most of his adult life has been a losing struggle against debt and misfortune. A war injury has made his left hand stop functioning, and he has often been in prison. Driven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.
The book turns out to be one that has appealed to the world for more than 350 years. That former prisoner was Cervantes, and the book was Don Quixote (《堂吉诃德》). And the story poses an interesting question: why do some people discover new vitality and creativity to the end of their days, while others go to seed long before?
We've all known people who run out of steam before they reach life's halfway mark. I'm not talking about those who fail to get to the top. We can't all get there. I'm talking about people who have stopped learning on growing because they have adopted the fixed attitudes and opinions that all too often come with passing years.
Most of us, in fact, progressively narrow the variety of our lives. We succeed in our field of specialization and then become trapped in it. Nothing surprises us. We lose our sense of wonder. But, if we are willing to learn, the opportunities are everywhere.
The things we learn in maturity seldom involve information and skills. We learn to bear with the things we can't change. We learn to avoid self-pity. We learn that however much we try to please, some people are never going to love us—an idea that troubles at first but is eventually relaxing.
With high motivation and enthusiasm, we can keep on learning. Then we will know how important it is to have meaning in our life. However, we can achieve meaning only if we have made a commitment to something larger than our own little egos(自我), whether to loved ones, to fellow humans, to work, or to some moral concept.
Many of us equate(视……等同于) "commitment" with such "caring" occupations as teaching and nursing. But doing any ordinary job as well as one can is in itself an admirable commitment. People who work toward such excellence—whether they are driving a truck, or running a store—make the world better just by being the kind of people they are. They've learned life's most valuable lesson.
Everyone faces adversity during their lifetime. . We can become stronger, and we can refuse to let hard times keep us from reaching our potential. Below are several ways to keep fighting the good fight and build your resilience (韧性) when the going gets tough.
Declare that life is not fair
You probably already realize this. But it's important to say it out loud and keep it in the forefront of your mind when you're going through a trial. Some people seem to never struggle, and some people get everything they want. .
Collect your resources
Everyone has people in their circle they can trust to support them or personal qualities that help them get through dark times. . Everyone has strengths they can access and build on.
Identify something in your life that is stable/positive
. It may be a relationship with a relative, friend, or partner. Perhaps it's a job that we love. It could be a secure home or living arrangement. Maybe it's even a hobby that we enjoy. Remind yourself of the things that you can count on when there are a lot of changes going on around you or you are uncertain about the future.
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Remembering how you've gotten through difficulties in the past and how you navigated them can be a helpful tool and give you more hope and courage. If you find yourself struggling in ways that you've never experienced or to a degree that you haven't faced before, it can still be helpful to reflect on things that you've done before. You want to remember that you have agency and that you can keep going.
A. Rethink how you feel about adversity
B. Reflect on past challenges that you have overcome
C. Accept that life is not fair, but that things often do work out with time and effort
D. Even during dark times in life, there is almost always something that we can count on
E. You may not know your own ability, so give some thought to what your superpowers are
F. However, we can shift our focus toward overcoming our own obstacles and personal growth
G. If you've experienced what seems like more than your fair share of adversity, this will be difficult.
I've been farming sheep on a hillside for 54 years. I use a small tractor to get about. My dog Don always sits beside me in the passenger seat.
One morning I1a lost lamb when I was in the top field，near where a motorway cuts through my land. The lamb had become separated from its 2, so I jumped out of the tractor to 3 it while Don stayed in his seat.
Lamb and mother 4, I turned back to the tractor only to see it move suddenly away from me. This was so 5 because I had put the handbrake on when I jumped out. 6 Don had somehow made the 7 move.
My heart froze in my chest as I 8 the tractor heading towards the9. I ran desperately but failed to 10. It crashed through a wooden fence and disappeared. The11 thing I saw was Don's face, looking calmly back at me.
Heart in mouth, I12 the fence and looked over. The tractor was 13 against the crash barrier in the central reservation, having miraculously (奇迹般地) crossed the 14 road with fastflowing traffic. I couldn't see Don, but as I 15 the tractor he jumped out onto the road, apparently 16, and dashed back to me.
The police 17 and the motorway ran normally again. I couldn't quite believe my 18—it turned out no one got badly hurt, but the outcome could have been 19. Don was given a special 20that night — I didn't want him thinking I was angry with him.
(n. a person that you are playing or fighting against in a game, competition, argument, etc.)
(adj. very excited and pleased)
(adj. feeling or showing a lot of excitement and interest about sth.)
(adj. feeling or showing that you are grateful for sth)
(adv. despite sth that you have just mentioned)
(v. to take or grab sth in your hand / to make use of an opportunity)
(v. to give sb sth that they can use, or some work or responsibility )
(n. a set of beliefs or an attitude to life that guides sb's behaviour )
(n. hopes that sth good will happen )
(v. to promise to do sth; to promise sth will happen)
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Lionel Messi, a player from South American country of Argentina, is the greatest soccer player alive today. At a young age, he(move) to Spain and played (profession) for the Barcelona soccer club. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team (own) by his father. Even as a young boy, he did very well. But when he was 11 years old, he(find) to have a sickness which would prevent him from (grow) much taller. There was a way to help him grow more, his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So, they looked around for a soccer clubwould be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him, but the famous Barcelona club in Spain offered (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. In the Barcelona soccer club, Messi was one of the best players through his teen years. his incredible talent, Messi has surprised the world.
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It was Sunday and I decided to sleep late. But it wasn't long after I realized that I had to get a reference book our teacher had ask us students to buy. I quick got up and headed for a bookstore, which was three block away. As I reached the store, I noticed that I had left home without bringing any money. Although I was a little annoying with myself, I could do nothing but return home about the money. Therefore, I run all the way home to fetch the money. After a while, I returned to the store and bought book I wanted it. Imagine what relaxed I was.
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