For those who've always wanted to walk the halls of Hogwarts or explore the shops of Diagon Alley (对角巷), Universal Orlando offers the next best thing. The theme park opened every Harry Potter fan's dream place back in 2010.
For Potterheads everywhere, however, deciding when to make the trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is not easy. These tips will help you experience the best of the Wizarding World, whether you're looking to save money, avoid the busy season, or simply experience the most magical times of the year.
The cheapest times to visit Harry Potter's world
The cheapest (and least busy) months to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter are January and most of February, except the days surrounding the New Year and winter break. Other inexpensive times include the beginning of March and most of September and October.
The best Harry Potter events at Universal
While they may not be the quietest times to explore Harry Potter's world, Universal holds many events throughout the year that fans won't want to miss.
• A Celebration of Harry Potter
For a weekend every January, Universal hosts A Celebration of Harry Potter. Guests (wearing their class robes, no doubt) will join other diehard Potter fans for three days of exhibits, discussions and cast Q&A activities. For anyone who really loves the books and the films, this may be one of the best times of the year to visit.
• Christmas in the Wizarding World
Universal's new additions to their holiday entertainment lineup make Hogwarts the perfect place to be around Christmastime. Decorations add beauty to the shops of Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, the Frog Choir sings Christmas carols (颂歌), and snow falls on Hogwarts as a festive show takes place in front of the castle.
• Halloween in the Wizarding World
Lastly (and perhaps most surprisingly), Halloween season is also a good time for a magical visit to the Wizarding World. Universal's main Halloween event, Halloween Horror Nights, produces a special Harry Potter-related surprise.
It is in human nature to explore new things. To the at end, many countries have bean exploring space for many decades, particularly the US, Russia, and countries in Europe.
President Xi Jinping praised the success of the Chang'e 5 mission（使命） in bringing back the country's first samples（样本） collected from the moon. The whole country is proud of this breakthrough. The Chang'e 5 mission has achieved many significant breakthroughs, including China's first lunar（月球的） surface sampling, first liftoff from the moon and the first spacecraft with the ability to gather and meet in lunar orbit with samples to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
The success of the Chang'e 5 mission marks a conclusion of China's current lunar exploration project. The successful re-entry and landing of the Chang'e 5 capsule（太空舱） have enabled China to obtain its first lunar samples, marking a new start for lunar and planetary research. With this achievement, China sets a new milestone in space exploration.
No matter how far China goes into space, it always stays true to its original mission-uncovering the secrets of the universe and contributing to human's peaceful use of space. China is a peace-loving country and will use its achievements for promoting peace around the globe.
China views these efforts as part of the worldˈs lunar exploration. It chose a different landing site and is promising to share its samples to enrich the planet's knowledge. Some foreign scientists have shown particular interest. The exploration is not for commercial purposes, but international scientific research. Human beings shall explore the moon together, as it will finally need large projects requiring international cooperation. China will play a leadership role in the international scientific community.
At university, when I told people I was studying for a history degree, the response was almost always the same, "You want to be a teacher?" No, a journalist. "Oh. But youˈre not majoring in communications?"
In the days when a university education was a privilege, perhaps there wasnˈt the assumption that a degree had to be a springboard directly into a career. Those days are long gone. Today, a degree is all but a necessity for the job arket, one that more than halves your chances of being unemployed. Still, that alone is no guarantee of a job—and yet weˈre paying more and more for one.
Given those costs, most of us want to maximize that investment—and that can lead to a plug-and-play type of approach to higher education. Want to be a journalist? Study journalism, weˈre told. A lawyer? Pursue pre-law. Not totally sure? Go into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineer and Maths)—you can become an engineer or an IT expert. And no matter what you do, forget the humanities, such as history, philosophy and languages.
Itˈs true that the humanities come with a higher risk of unemployment, but the risk is slighter than you would imagine. For young people in the US, the unemployment rate of those with humanities degrees is four percent, just a little more than that of engineering degree holders. Lower salaries may not be caused by the degree itself either. The gender pay gap persists in the humanities, whose graduates are more likely to be female. Is it any wonder then that language teachers tend to make less than engineers?
According to LinkedInˈs research on the most sought-after job skills by employers for 2019, the ability to communicate and get along with people, to understand whatˈs on other peopleˈs minds, and to do full-strength critical analysis were all valued and appreciated. It goes without saying that you can be an excellent communicator and critical thinker without a humanities degree. And any good university education, not just one in English or psychology, should sharpen these abilities further. But few courses of study are quite as heavy on reading, writing, speaking and critical thinking as the humanities—whether thatˈs by debating other students in a seminar, writing a thesis paper or analyzing poetry.
The whole question of whether a student should choose STEM versus the humanities might be misguided to begin with. The headlines most of us see donˈt help. Whatever a student pursues in university, it must be something that they are not only good at, but interested in. Even if it means pursuing a "useless" degree—like one in humanities.
If you want to tell the history of the whole world, a history that does not privilege one part of humanity, you cannot do it through texts alone, because only some of the world has ever had texts, while most of the world, for most of the time, has not. Writing is one of humanityˈs later achievements, and until fairly recently even many literate（有文字的）societies recorded their concerns not only in writing but in things.
Ideally a history would bring together texts and objects, and some chapters of this book are able to do just that, but in many cases we simply canˈt. The clearest example of this between literate and non-literate history is perhaps the first conflict, at Botany Bay, between Captain Cookˈs voyage and the Australian Aboriginals. From the English side, we have scientific reports and the captainˈs record of that terrible day. From the Australian side, we have only a wooden shield（盾）dropped by a man in flight after his first experience of gunshot. If we want to reconstruct what was actually going on that day, the shield must be questioned and interpreted as deeply and strictly as the written reports.
In addition to the problem of miscomprehension from both sides, there are victories accidentally or deliberately twisted, especially when only the victors know how to write. Those who are on the losing side often have only their things to tell their stories. The Caribbean Taino, the Australian Aboriginals, the African people of Benin and the Incas, all of whom appear in this book, can speak to us now of their past achievements most powerfully through the objects they made: a history told through things gives them back a voice. When we consider contact（联系）between literate and non-literate societies such as these, all our first-hand accounts are necessarily twisted, only one half of a dialogue. If we are to find the other half of that conversation, we have to read not just the texts, but the objects.
Many people think that positive thinking is mostly about keeping oneˈs head in the sand and ignoring daily problems, trying to look optimistic. In reality it has more to do with the way an individual talks to himself. Self-talk is a constant stream of thoughts of a person, who is often unaware and uncertain of some events, phenomena, people, or even the person himself. Meanwhile, positive thinking can help to stop negative self-talks and start to form a positive view on an issue. People who regularly practise positive thinking tend to solve problems more effectively. They are less exposed to stress caused by external factors. They tend to believe in themselves and in what they do.
People who think positively demonstrate increased life spans（寿命）, lower rates of depression and anxiety, better physical and psychological health, reduced risks of death from heart problems. Positive thinking also contributes to oneˈs ability to deal with problems and hardships. For example, researchers have found that in the case of a crisis accompanied by strong emotions, such as a natural disaster, positive thinking can provide a sort of buffer（缓冲作用）against depression and anxiety. Resilient（适应性强的）people who think positively tend to treat every problem as a challenge, a chance for improvement of any kind, or as an opportunity for personal growth. Pessimists, on the contrary, tend to perceive problems as a source of additional stress. .
In conclusion, positive thinking is a powerful and effective tool for dealing with hard times and improving the quality of oneˈs life. It doesnˈt have anything to do with ignorant optimism when an individual refuses to notice a problem. Thinking in a positive, self-encouraging way brings about many benefits to oneˈs physical and mental health.
A.It doesnˈt cause any severe emotional discomfort, either.
B.Negative self-talk damages self-confidence and decreases self-respect.
C.It helps one to remain clear-headed and confident in difficult situations.
D.Positive thinking has several beneficial effects on the body and the mind.
E.As thinking changes, an individualˈs behaviour and habits change as well.
F.They often offer a real alternative to the common and regular way of thinking.
G.They often feel discouraged long before trying to solve the problem, even if small.
Our words carry great weight—more than we sometimes think. They often 1 people for decades, providing either the 2 to carry on or one more reason to give up.
When I was in my ninth-grade year, I transferred to a new junior school in Texas. I remember walking into the school cafeteria for the first time. I was all by myself. The other kids had built valuable 3 , while I didnˈt know a person. After 4 my way through the serving line, I slid into the nearest open seat. The kids at the table gave me a look, wrinkled their noses, and then laughed quietly. I could feel my face getting red with embarrassment. I looked 5 at my food. Finally, one of the kids 6 the ice. "Man! You have one big nose!" I was 7 . I didnˈt know what to say. I wanted to cry, but I managed a little laugh—like it didnˈt really 8 me. But it did.
Every day from that point forward, I would look at myself in the mirror. All I could see was that big fat 9 that overshadowed every other feature. I studied it from every angle, but kept coming back to the same 10 : I was only a life support system for a nose. It was my 11 feature. 12 , I eventually grew 13 that thought. But it really took me twenty years. Even now, I feel a little uncomfortable thinking about it. It just goes to show you how 14 words can be. Therefore, think twice before you 15 since a careless word can shape or misshape someoneˈs reality for years to come.
Two graduates，from Central China Normal University in Wuhan，Hubei Province，using the names Wanwan and Chaochao， （ upload） a 17-minute video online late last year about their lives over the past five years.
In the video，Wanwan， has taken up a dozen jobs since graduating five years ago，said she now only has 5，000 yuan.Her roommate Chaochao got a master's degree in script writing （编剧） from Communication University of China.But consequence of a tough job market，she had great difficulty （ obtain） a job in the film industry.Last year，she started to learn painting but she said she had to work part-time as a cleaner at a hotpot restaurant to support （ she）.
"When you can accept your failure，you will feel that it is not that bad.When working at the hotpot restaurant，my biggest （comfortable） is that I won't starve to death no matter what is next，" Chaochao said. "There are many roads in our lives，and no matter which direction you go，you will （eventual） find your own road."
The video was one of the trending videos of last year，gaining more than 5.44 million views and more than 26，000 comments since it （ release），with many netizens sharing their own failures in the comments section.
Netizens said they were warmed by their courage to share failures with the public，strong determination （ achieve） their goals，optimism in the face of hardships spirit of never giving up.
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1.活动时间、地点；
2.活动内容；
3.活动意义。
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
More Trees, Greener School
I keep a two-dollar bill in my wallet that was given to me by my mother when I was six years old. I still remember the day when she pulled me into the living room and said, "You are brilliant in my mind, but if you fail once don't give up. Don't fear failure. It is a way of getting us to try harder. You will succeed, I promise."
She looked at me and continued, "I want you to carry this two-dollar bill for extra good luck."
"Thanks mom," I replied. "I will keep it close to me always."
I am not superstitious(迷信的), but from that day on the bill goes with me wherever I go. I firmly believe that luck would follow me everywhere.
Every morning I would get dressed and my two-dollar bill went into my pocket. My mother passed away when I was 17 years old and I remember taking out my two-dollar bill. I held it in my hand for the longest time and knew that she would be watching over me the rest of my life.
Each time I felt I had a crisis on my hands, I would reach for my two-dollar bill and set it on the table. I would stare at it for several hours and could always come up with a solution.
When I applied for my first job, I was thirty years old and very shy. The thought of being interviewed for a job was scary but I had to work. On my first interview, as I sat in the waiting room, I noticed there were five women ahead of me. All of the women were younger and very well dressed. One of them looked perfect in her blue striped suit with matching purse and shoes. I knew I was up against women better qualified by looking at the length of their resumes(简历).
注意：1) 续写词数应为 150左右；(2) 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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Mrs. Martin, the office manager, called me into her office.
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Late that afternoon, while I was cooking, the telephone rang.
