Four Online Art Classes
International Center of Photography
Cost: $20 per month or $220 per year
Class length (持续时间): 3 to 5 hours
Registration (注册)： Open year-round
Standout feature: International Center of Photography is popular forphotography classes that are suitable for people at different skill levels arthese classes are taught by experienced teachers.
The Ceramic (陶瓷) School
Cost: $30 per month or $300 per year
Class length: 1 to 2 hours
Registration: Open year-round
Standout feature: The Ceramic School offers many classes and live online events lirevents at a reasonable price and is only centered on ceramics.
Craftsy
Cost: $10 per month or $90 per year
Class length: 1 to 2 hours
Registration: By semester (学)
Standout feature: Craftsy stands out for offering many courses
sewing, embroidery and knitting (缝纫、刺绣和编织) that are suitable foalllevels,from beginners to more experienced learners.
Skillshare
Cost: $15 per month or $150 per year
Class length: I to 3 hours
Registration: Open year-round
Standout feature: Providing classes for people at all skill levels at aaffordable price, Skillshare is our top pick for online painting lessons.
Friendship is a beautiful relationship. While some friendships tend to come to an end as we grow in life, there are some rare and special ones that are meant to last forever. No matter how many years pass by, the connection stays alive.
Two childhood best friends who were "joined at the hip" as kids were reunited over a half century later—when they least expected it.
Irene Gresty and Janet Henderson were neighbors in the 1940s, growing up in England, but like many friends, they lost touch over the years. After getting married, Gresty moved with her husband who was in the navy and was shipped to many foreign places. However, Gresty, despite living in many countries, loved her own country. Gresty said, "I loved the area where I grew up, so I wanted to settle down to enjoy retirement (退休)." Thanks to an event hosted by Bield Housing and Care, a non-profit organization devoted to supporting residents over 55 years old, finally they met each other. Gresty said, "We sat down beside each other and she turned to me and said ‘Is that you Irene?' and I just laughed and said ‘Yes. Are you Janet?' " They couldn't believe that they were meeting each other after so long. They spent the rest of the afternoon talking to each other.
Henderson said that it is usual in life for people to often move away from the area and lose contact. As their family names changed, Henderson couldn't recognize her friend's name despite being told about her. The two have promised to never stay long without seeing each other. They exchanged numbers so they could meet in the future. They have many years to catch up on everything they have missed.
The Torch Festival (火把节) is a traditional festival which is celebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China such as the Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu, and Lahu, etc. It usually falls on the 24th or 25th of June, with three days of celebrations. The festival came from worship (崇拜) of fire by ancestors (祖先). For some ethnic groups, it's a tradition in the festival for elders to share farming experience with young people and educatethem about taking care of crops.
During the festival, big torches are made to stand in all villages, with small torches placed in front of the door of each house. When night falls, the torches are lit and the villages are bright. At the same time, people walk around the fields and houses, holding small torches and placing the torches in the field corners. Inside the villages, young people are singing and dancing around the big torches that keep burning throughout the night. Other activities like horse races are also held during the festival.
In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan, torches are used to form hurdles for riders to get through. The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally tie fruits to torches with strings. When the strings are broken after the torches are lit, people struggle for the fruits for good luck.
For the Lisu people in Sichuan, the festival is an occasion for holding torch parades. Big torches are carried by teams of people, which is like a fire dragon. If different teams meet, it's a tradition to exchange the big torches with one another.
A new app will soon help more than 50,000 Israeli students learn English through popular music.
"There is so much research out there that shows how music can help students learn," says Michael Peled, founder and CEO of Singit."Getting kids to interact (互动) with words in real life through music is a very useful learning tool, and we are finding that it also works for dyslexic (朗读困难的) and special education students."
Students can listen on their phones or computers to music from a sea of songs and follow along with the lyrics a on the screen. When they see a word that they don't recognize, they can click (点击) the word. With the help of AI and Machine Learning technology, Singit offers other songs with the words they didn't know. After hearing the song, students are given a test that tests them for the words they clicked on. Meanwhile, teachers can send students customized grammar tests.
"We work with a company called LyricFind that provides more than five million songs. Most schools won't want to have many types of songs due to educational considerations, but that will still leave more than 100,000 songs they can hear," Peled says.
"The first version (版本) of the app we built in 2017 was bad, but by 2019, we had a new version, and we tested it throughout 2020," Peled says. Pilot tests show that the app increased students' interaction with the English language by 62%." Singit was recently recognized by the Ministry of Education. Many schools, including ten special education schools, have already chosen the app," Peled adds." By the end of the year, we will have about 53,000 users around the countr." Peled has big plans for Singit." We are going to introduce Singit to Asia, Brazil, and other places where they teach English as a second language."
Make sure to avoid the following common body-language errors, if you want to make a good impression on your conversational partner.
Continuous nodding
Nodding at all the right times and places during a conversation can show that you're fully engaged., it'll make you appear that you're hoping to hide the fact that you're hardly—or not even—paying attention. Keep your head straight, your eyes forward, and only nod when appropriate.
Crossing your arms
There's a reason why people don't like it when their conversational partners cross their arms: It makes them appear unwilling to talk. In the animal kingdom, we keep our arms in front of us to protect ourselves from threats..
Unsmiling
We're not saying you should smile as if the person you're speaking with keeps making jokes. However, you should try and keep a smile loaded up whenever needed. Smiles are also infectious., your partner will smile too.
Keeping your eyes on your feet or the ground in front of you when speaking with another person can make you look a bit ashamed of yourself. This is definitely the impression you don't want to make on your listeners, especially in formal settings where you're being judged by everything you say and do, such as at a job interview. So try to keep your eyes focused on the person in front of you.
Being too close
. Depending on where you live, the distance between two people can be as close as two feet or as far as five. Whichever it is, give your conversational partner room to breathe freely. Nobody likes having their personal space invaded, so try and respect his or her wishes by keeping an appropriate distance.
A. Looking downward
B. But if you nod too much
C. Irregular movement of the eyes
D. Keep smiling when the other people are talking
E. But in social life, try to keep our body as open as possible
F. So if you start smiling
G. All cultures are different in terms of proper social conduct
Sarah had just moved to a new town over the summer. She was1 about starting at a new school where she didn't2 anyone, and was worried about fitting in and making friends. However, Sarah3 to make the most of this new opportunity (机会).
On the first day of school, Sarah arrived early. She was4 the size of the school, which made her feel small. As she walked down the hallways, Sarah5 groups of students already came together, laughing and talking. She wondered if she would ever6 like they did. But then, something7 happened. One of the students, a girl with a friendly smile, walked close to Sarah and8 herself. "Hi, I'm Emma," she said. You look lost. Can I help you9 your classroom?
Sarah was taken aback by Emma's10 , but thankful for the offer. They walked together down the hallways. Sarah hoped that maybe she had found a new friend.
Throughout the day, Sarah found other students were just as 11 and welcoming as Emma. She struck up conversations with her 12 and even shared a few laughs with her teachers.
As the day wore on, Sarah realized that she had made more friends in a single day than she ever thought possible. She felt a sense of13 that she hadn't felt in a long time.
Looking back on that first day of high school, Sarah realized that she had learned a valuable lesson: no matter what 14 lay ahead, she had the support and 15 of her new friends to help her.
Why is setting goals important? Goals can help you do, be and experience everything you want in life and goals allow you (make) your life happen.
Successful people imagine how their life should be and set lots of (goal). By (set) goals you are taking control of your life. It's like having a map to show you where you want to go.
Think of it this way. There (be) two drivers. One has a destination in mind which can (find) on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong turnings. The other driver has no goal destination. She starts off at the same time from the same place as first driver, but she drives aimlessly around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be?
Winners in life set goals and follow through on them. (success) people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set, and they aren't difficult to reach. It's up to you to find out what your goals (real) are. You are the one must decide what to achieve and in which direction to aim your life.
1.演讲目的；
2.保护野生动物的原因；
3.保护野生动物的建议；
4.再次呼吁保护野生动物。
注意：词数在100左右，可以适当增加细节。
