Borrowing Policies
The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library provides materials and services to meet the information needs of graduate and undergraduate students, face-to-face and online learners as well as teachers and community members.
Borrowing for Students
General Collection: 21 days (fall and spring); 14 days (summer).
Curriculum ( 课 程) Collection: 7 days (fall and spring); 7 days (summer).
Borrowing for Teachers
General Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer).
Curriculum Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer).
OK-Share Card
Any teachers or students of any OK-Share institution may use the collections of any OK-Share library on site. Upon completion of the OK-Share card application at their home library, teachers or students will be given an OK-Share card.
Services
OK-Share card borrowers are allowed two books in their possession at one time. Electronic tools may not be available to the OK-Share card borrowers.
Inform the library you use immediately if your card is lost or stolen. A $5.00 charge for a second OK-Share card must be paid to the lending library.
Books should be returned to the library where the library materials were borrowed. Materials returned by mail should be sent by first-class, insured mail. Materials sent by post office must be insured for at least $100.
Billing
The library is not responsible for informing borrowers that materials are overdue (逾期未还的). OK-Share card borrowers are billed for fines for materials returned late.
My family has a history of diabetes ( 糖尿病), and I was, too, at risk of suffering from these diseases. When my doctor told me I had to do something about my weight because I was in danger of falling ill, I knew I had to take action.
I did not want to become like my relatives who had to constantly worry about their health and suffer the consequences of ill health. In fact, I wanted to be healthy and I wanted to stay healthy. Consequently, I began this journey of losing weight and becoming fit.
It took me years to get my weight back within healthy limits, and I faced many challenges along the way. Right now, I am not saying that the journey is over since it is not. But what I can say is that, along the way, I managed to create some really good, healthy habits for myself that allow me to keep myself in good shape.
I cannot describe to you the great feeling of finally being in control of my own body. For years, I thought it was impossible to lose weight and that I was doomed ( 注 定 的) to share my family's medical problems. When the doctor told me I should lose weight, I was not very positive about getting results. However, once they started to appear, my attitude changed.
What I noticed, while I was on this road of losing weight, was that the little changes I could make counted the most. It was not a crazy strict diet or exercising for hours that helped me lose weight and keep it that way. The little habits, the small things — they were the ones that offered me the best way to lose the extra pounds I was carrying around. These are the tips that I followed: always warm up before exercising, drink enough water and always eat breakfast. That is how I managed to lose the weight I wanted. I followed the three simple tips above, which also gave me some good habits!
The first time my daughter, Maia, realized I was leaving on a trip without her, she was alarmed. Seeing photos of where I was going, she sobbed and asked why I was going to leave her behind. I tried to explain my work as a travel writer. But as my husband, Evan, pried her off my leg so I could leave, I wondered if my solo trips would be worth the effort of going without her.
A few days later, I returned home and Maia was happy to hear about my trip. She told me I could keep going on trips for work — but we'd compromise (妥协): she'd come with me.
One year later, an invitation came to experience the Rocky Mountaineer on a parent-child journey. And as terrifying as it seemed to take a preschooler on a luxury train, the trip sounded too good to pass up.
Dressed in her fanciest train-riding clothes, four-year-old Maia watched me take notes about the scenery as we chugged along the Fraser River in BC． Wanting to prove her worth as an assistant, she began interviewing the Australian couple sitting beside us. Unable to spell more than a few words, she drew their answers in crayon. She ended up being such an easy travel companion and we found a special rhythm on the road together.
When she was six, we flew to the Riviera Maya in Mexico. I was impressed by how cheerfully fearless she was when we swam in cenotes. But it was on the flight home, when my glued-to-my-hip kid said it was okay that the airline didn't seat us together, that I realized how much travel was shaping her.
Research says that travel can expand a kid's world, helping them become more empathetic and adaptable while boosting their creativity and imagination. Seeing those changes in Maia, I am really grateful for that compromise I made with her.
How far back does your family tree go? A hundred years? A thousand years? What about 6 to 7 million years? An ancient skull found in Africa suggests that the human family might be that old.
Discovered in 2001 in the desert of Chad, the skull was nicknamed Toumai by scientists. Toumai is a rare find. The skull is nearly complete; it even includes a few teeth. The Toumai skull is estimated to be between 6 and 7 million years old. Scientists are debating whether the skull is linked to humans.
The finding is not without controversy. Some scientists think that Toumai is the oldest known hominid （原始人类）ever found. Others say Toumai is an ape（猿）.
Most hominids that scientists are aware of lived millions of years after Toumai. The most famous one is called Lucy. She lived in Ethiopia about 3.5 million years ago. While Lucy's face looked like the face of a chimpanzee, Toumai's skull has both human and ape-like features.
Because Toumai's skull looks different from other hominid skulls, some scientists think Toumai represents a whole new species. Toumai's official name is Sahelanthropus tchadensis.
Scientists were surprised to find a human-like face on a skull as old as Toumai's. They thought hominids turned into humans step by step over time. Scientists mark those changes on a timeline, starting with a chimpanzee-like ancestor and ending with modern humans. Toumai's human-like face and chimp-sized brain suggest that the development of hominids was not so simple. There may not be a direct line leading from Toumai to Lucy to us. Instead, the timeline might be similar to a tree with lots of branches. Different species in different places could have evolved human-like features at different time.
Scientists aren't sure where exactly Toumai belongs on our family tree. Toumai could be like a great-great-grandfather — or just a distant cousin. Toumai could also be one of many types of hominids who wandered Earth millions of years ago.
Soon to be a senior three student and feeling anxious? For many students, stepping into senior three can arouse feelings of anxiety and stress. The fear of tests, lack of sleep and difficulty in concentration often stop you from fully putting into study. . Here are some practical tips to help you overcome it and create a positive experience for yourself.
Take breaks while studying. Although you should study as much as you need to, it is possible to overdo it. Spending every minute of the day studying will damage your nerves and make anxiety worse. Every hour or two, you should take a break for 10 minutes or more..
Stay active. Exercise and physical activity are great ways to reduce anxiety. Physical activity releases endorphins (内啡肽) that will lift up your mood. so your brain will have a chance to relax and refresh itself.
Sometimes, the symptoms of anxiety can be so severe that they affect your everyday life. If you find that you experience anxiety symptoms on a regular basis, don't be afraid to ask for help. Talking to your parents, teachers, and friends can be a great resource to get your anxiety under control. If you have extreme anxiety, see a professional doctor.
Although it won't go away overnight, facing and dealing with it will help you learn stress management, which will boost your confidence and benefit your overall mental health.
A．Talk to someone
B．Seek help if you need it
C．This way, you can find the best way to overcome your anxiety
D．It will also distract your mind from the negative thoughts and stress
E．However, with effective strategies, you can conquer senior three anxiety
F．This will set you at ease and you can come back to your studies refreshed
G．Everything takes time and practice, and learning to beat anxiety is no different
Steve and Mark were good friends. They decided to spend their vacation in Haiti. Since they couldn't 1 French, they took a French wordbook with them and hoped it would help them in difficult situations.
The flight was 2 , and the hotel was very comfortable. Each day after breakfast, Steve and Mark packed the picnic lunch and dinner and went off to visit interesting places. After a few days, the boys became 3 of eating picnic meals and decided to eat a big fish dinner in a good restaurant. Unfortunately, they left their wordbook in the hotel.
They 4 the menu carefully. After ten minutes, Steve said to Mark, "I don't understand this menu." "Neither do I," said Mark. "I see poison on the menu. Are they 5 here?" "Maybe. They even spelled poison 6 . They spelled it p⁃o⁃i⁃s⁃s⁃o⁃n instead of p⁃o⁃i⁃s⁃o⁃n. But it must mean the same thing. Maybe we should go to another restaurant. I don't 7 to eat something that will kill me." But Mark was 8 , so he said, "There is no other restaurant near here, and I'm tired of walking around the city. Let's order something else instead. It's 9 here, so the food must be good."
The boys looked at the menu again. They finally decided to order steak,10 they really wanted fish. The boys just pointed to the word steak, and the waiter understood.
As they were eating, they11 some tourists speaking English. "This12 is delicious. We're lucky we have picked a restaurant that's famous for its fish."
Steve and Mark wondered what they discovered. "Famous for its fish? There was no fish on the13 !" said Mark.
Finally, Steve decided to find out what all this was about. "Excuse me, how did you order fish when it wasn't on the menu?" "Sure it's on the menu. It's right here. Poisson." The boys shouted, "Poisson. That's poison! We were14 why a restaurant like this could have poison on the menu."
The tourists15 and one of them said, "No. Poisson is French for fish."
Live streaming (直播) has gone popular in China. Many people have turned (they) into live streaming users or followers. But many problems come along. Many minors have ever spent large amounts of money (tip) and buying virtual gifts for their idols during live streams. Some live streams promote online games, poor products with misleading claims, and even illegal things affects underage (未成年的) followers.
Chinese authorities have introduced a set of updated regulations (管理) on live streaming industry (protect) the interests of minors. The new rules, issued by a central department, (publish) on Saturday. A source told China Daily, "I know that (probable) means the days are gone when live streamers were often rewarded without inspection." Besides, those under the age of 16 will be prohibited to perform as live streamers under the new rules. For those applicants aged between 16 and 18, the (agree) of their guardians (监护人) is necessary.
The document also calls for cooperation to carry further inspections (检查). Online game enterprises and ( platform), like Tencent and NetEase, have also been required to follow stricter regulations to manage the services of live streaming games.
参考词汇：新疆美术馆 Xinjiang Art Museum
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My parents came to the US from India in the 1960s, along with other immigrants from India. Back then, there were few Indians anywhere around the US. My father came to Kansas,where he would get his Ph.D．Six months later, my mother came with the three of us kids — my sister, my brother, and me. We were just six,five and three years old then.
It was the very first winter when we were in Kansas. It was so cold,but we didn't have heavy coats or warm clothes. We didn't have a concept of how cold it really could be in the Midwest, and there was a new surprise every day. We didn't have a car or anything like that, and my dad didn't have a US driver's license. But anyway, my father was studying for his Ph.D．, and he would walk up and down a big hill to and from the school on a regular basis.
Since I was three years old, I didn't go to school, but my sister and brother were in school. My father had to walk down the big hill to take them to school every day and then walk back up the hill to go to university.After about three weeks of living like this, a woman called Valerie,whose son John was in the same class as my brother, started noticing them. On a very cold snowy morning,when they went to school as usual,Valerie passed by. She pulled up and said, "I see you on the way every day. Don't you feel cold without coats?"My father responded,"We didn't expect the weather would be so cold in Kansas."Valerie said,"Maybe I can take your daughter and son to school. Would you like a ride?"
Hearing that, my dad nodded with great joy.
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Later, Valerie and her family became so dear to my family.
