【推荐1】The New Old Age

October 4, 2017

New York City

Age discrimination (歧视) may be the last prejudice to still be tolerated in mainstream American culture. Older people are usually kept out of TV screens, advertising billboards and other popular-culture areas. Yet aging athletes, scientists, musicians and many more have proven time and time again that you can age and still do great things. What will it take for the rest of society to catch up with this reality? The Atlantic’s New Old Age Forum will invite top experts on aging for a full discussion of age discrimination and they will explore relevant issues ranging from aging in place to long life and work.

10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

New York Academy of Sciences

7 World Trade Center

250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor

New York, NY 10007

For more information, please contact Grace Harvey at gharvey@theatlantic.com.

Presented by

Atlantic LIVE

Speakers

James Hamblin, senior editor, The Atlantic

Ellen Cole, professor of psychology, The Sage Colleges; co-author, Women Thriving in their 8th Decade

Susan Donley, publisher and managing director, Next Avenue

Joyce Jed, founder and president, Good Neighbors of Park Slope

Kathryn Lawler, executive director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement

Elizabeth White, author, Fifty-Five, Unemployed, and Faking Normal

Alison Stewart, contributing editor, The Atlantic

1. Age discrimination in mainstream American culture mainly refers to ________.

A．old people’s being abused	B．old people’s negative image
C．old people’s being overlooked	D．old people’s unemployment

2. What do we know about the New Old Age Forum?

A．The discussion is between old people.	B．There are many lectures by scientists.
C．The speakers work for The Atlantic.	D．It is held indoors in New York.

【推荐3】What to do, where to go

Take your kids for a walk on science's wild side. These festivals are full of video games, cutting-edge(尖端) tech and fun!

Festival of Learning     16-20 June

Come and join Bournemouth University as we celebrate the joy of knowledge at our Festival of Learning. We'll be sharing our learning and knowledge through 80+ free events that explore our scientific research. Come along, get inspired and learn something new with hands-on sessions, workshops, talks and exhibitions for all ages!

Summer Science Exhibition     2-8 July

Royal Society invites you to its annual exhibition, showing the UK's most cutting-edge scientific research. From the very first3 D model of the Milky Way, to using quantum physics(量子物理学)in solving mental health problems, this is your chance to meet the extraordinary scientists carrying out research that is likely to change our lives. Alongside a host of exhibitions, you can also attend one of 30 talks, family shows and workshops. Join our journey of discovery this July. Evening opening--Tuesday 3 July, adults only.

Power Up     3-19 August

Get your game face on and play awesome games from the past 40 years, from Pong and Pacman to Minecraft and Mario at the Museum of Science and Industry. Whether you're a family dropping in for a 90-minute session or a gamer at an adult-only evening session, test yourself to the limit. Book before 21 June for 20% off selected tickets.

Norwich Science Festival     19-27 October

Celebrate the wonderful world of experiments, discoveries and exploration at Norwich Science Festival. Enjoy inspirational exhibitions hands-on family activities, inspiring talks and cutting-edge discoveries. A festival for all age groups and all levels of knowledge.

1. Which event should you attend if you're a game lover?

A．Power Up.	B．Festival of Learning.
C．Norwich Science Festival	D．Summer Science Exhibition

2. What can you do if you take part in the event held in October?

A．Attend workshops	B．Do hands-on activities
C．Go to evening sessions	D．Watch fun family shows

3. What do the four events have in common?

A．They offer discounts to tour groups.	B．They require early booking.
C．They are intended for kids.	D．They are science-themed.

【推荐1】From the V&A’s landmark fashion exhibitions to a collection of Vincent van Gogh’s finest works: these are the London exhibitions you can’t miss right now.

Mary Quant

The fashion exhibition at the V&A this summer moves to street-smart designer Mary Quant, who’s considered highly influential in the trends of the 1960s, playing a big part in the popularity of the mini-skirts and hot pants. In this exhibition, see more than 200 clothing pieces as well as photographs and designs that will transport you back to the decade.

Tickets: £12

Dates: Sunday, 6 April, 2019-Sunday, 16 February, 2020

Van Gogh and Britain

The exhibition at the Tate Britain brings together 50 pieces Van Gogh’s classic works. His relationship with Britain is an early focus: he spoke and read English well and was devoted to British literature. “My whole life is aimed at making the things from everyday life that Dickens describes,” he wrote. See Van Gogh’s collection of British books before arriving at his paintings.

Tickets:£22

Dates:Wednesday, 27 March-Sunday, 11 August, 2019

Diane Arbus: In the Beginning

This display of Diane Arbus’ works has been put on by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Titled Diane Arbus: In the Beginning, it covers the first half of her career, featuring more than 100 photographs taken across New York landmarks such as Times Square and Coney Island, more than two-thirds of which haven’t been seen in the UK before.

Tickets:£14

Dates: Until Thursday, 6 May,2019

DonMccullin

More than 250 photos taken by British photojournalist DonMcCullin over the past six decades are on display at the Tate Britain. See shots from one of the UK’s most famous war photographers reporting in Vietnam, Northern Ireland and Syria, as well as photos taken of working-class life in London’s East End. The pictures offer a fascinating insight into more than 60 years of conflict and poverty around the world.

Tickets:£18

Dates: Tuesday, 5 February-Monday, 6 May, 2019

1. Which exhibition brings you back to the sixties?

A．Mary Quant.	B．Van Gogh and Britain.
C．Diane Arbus:In the Beginning.	D．Don Mccullin.

2. How much do you need to pay for one ticket if you’re interested in paintings?

A．£12.

B．£22.

C．£14.

D．£18.

3. What can you see at the exhibition of Diane Arbus?

A．Designs and photos of clothing.	B．Van Gogh’s collection of British books.
C．Shots of famous New York sights.	D．Photos reflecting poverty around the world.

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2. Which place is good for somebody who needs a room only for the summer?

A．The house in Victoria Street.	B．The 4-bedroom house in Shurley.
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【推荐3】Many young people in America go to camps when they are out of school during the summer. They are offered a chance to explore different things: nature, sports, music, technology ——even business and economy.

One such program for high school students in the Pacific Northwest is called Washington Business Week. The program began in 1975. Officials say forty-five thousand people have attended Washington Business Week. Other states now have similar camps.

Washington Business Week describes itself as a way to learn more about how to plan for the future in an ever-changing economy. Students form an executive(行政的) management (管理) team. They lead an imaginary company to financial success.

The camp is held at three colleges in Washington State. The high school students live in the college housing. The cost of the camp is almost three hundred dollars, but families can receive financial assistance(援助).

Some business camps are free. These are for students from poor areas. The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship（企业家）(NFTE) is an organization based in New York City that supports such camps. It has programs around the United States and its Web site lists international partners in China, Tanzania and a few other countries. NFTE says it has served more than one hundred thousand young people since 1987.

Among other business camps is Camp C.E.O.. C.E.O is an chief executive officer. And this camp is for girls only. Camp C.E.O. is supported by the Girl Scouts of America and takes place for one week each summer.

The camp took place last month in Tennessee. The girls worked with successful businesswomen

from different industries. The girls learned how to build a business and develop an idea into a product. And, we imagine, they also had some fun.

1. In Washington Business Week, students successfully run a company_______.

A．that they are working in	B．that belongs to the American government
C．that does not actually exist	D．that was once shut down

2. Which of the following is True about NFTE?

A．It offers financial help to all students.

B．It has programs in America and some other countries.

C．It was organized by many rich New Yorkers.

D．One of its aims is to train students to be business managers.

3. What can we conclude from the passage ?

A．The Americans are good at enjoying their lives in many camps.

B．The young Americans are living a happy life in camps.

C．The Americans pay attention to developing the students’ abilities.

D．It is easier to organize business camps in America than other countries.

4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Summer camps for students	B．Summer camps for future C. E.O.
C．Summer camps being popular	D．Summer camps in the world

【推荐1】Car registration plates (车牌) are just a series of numbers and letters, right? Well, yes… but not for everyone.

Amazingly, number plates existed before cars. The city of Victoria in Canada gave horse-drawn carriages number plates as early as 1884. And France was the first country to introduce plates in 1893. Early number plates were different shapes and sizes, and made of lots of different materials. In fact, it was not until 1957 that car manufacturers and governments agreed on standardized plates, and even today there are three different sizes.

The first car registration number in the UK was A1. This was sold to Earl Russell by the London County Council in 1903. The letter “A” showed the number was from London, while the number “1” showed it was the first number issued. However, since then, the system has changed many times. At the moment, number plates in the UK consist of letters and numbers. Let’s look at the registration number plate “LK51 FTN”. First of all, “LK” shows which registration office has issued the registration number (in this case, it’s London Stanmore). The numbers 51 show the age of the car (51 means the car was licensed in the second half of 2001). And the last three letters are random.

Different EU countries use different arrangements of numbers and letters. For example, Spain uses four numbers and three letters, while Sweden uses three numbers and three letters, and Norway and Denmark use two letters and five digits. The system has changed many times because the letter-number combinations keep running out. UK number plates don’t have to include the European Union symbol although most EU countries use the symbol.

Some number plates have become extremely valuable, particularly those that spell out words. Basically, numbers on the plates can be used to represent words or parts of words. For example, “8” can mean “ate”; “4” can be “four” or “for”; and “2” can symbolize “to”, “two” or “too”. For example, “NVERLA8” means “Never late”.

Plates that represent words or phrases are commonly known as “vanity plates”. And they can be extremely expensive. Russian businessman Roman Abramovich is supposed to have paid over £250,000 for the plate “VIP 1”. Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has bought the plate “LEW 1S” and the most expensive number plate ever was “M1” which an anonymous buyer has acquired for £331,000.

So, what’s your number plate? It might be worth a fortune.

1. What can we learn from the development of car plates?

A．Canada, France and UK have invented three different plate sizes.

B．In terms of giving car plates, Canada acted much earlier than France.

C．UK has always been consistent in its system for car registration numbers.

D．Car producers and governments cooperated to form standards for plates.

2. Why have EU countries had to change their systems of arranging numbers and letters?

A．No such agreement has been reached among different EU countries.

B．Much confusion has arisen from different digits adopted by EU countries.

C．Old letter-number arrangements were not adequate for increasing needs.

D．The British design of number plates differs from that of most EU countries.

3. “LEW 1S” has fetched a high priced mainly because __________.

A．it can be read out just the way of its master’s name

B．Lewis Hamilton believes that it can bring luck to him

C．the public consider it as a symbol of higher social classes

D．it has a long history and is different from current EU plates

【推荐2】

Wedding Customs from Around the World Each traditional wedding custom is very special, because it marks the importance of the wedding.

Brazil Important Details of the Wedding Ceremony A wedding ceremony in Brazil has many important details. For example, the bridegroom can't see the bride wearing her wedding dress before the ceremony. The bride has to use something old, something new, and something that is borrowed. One more detail is the bride's ring should be engraved the name of the bridegroom —María Celina Brandao

Eastern Europe Asking the Girl's Father for Permission In my country, the engagement is an event previous to the wedding. One month before the wedding, the bridegroom asks the girl's father for permission to take the girl out of her family house. He goes to her house early in the morning with a band, if he can afford the expense. All the neighbours come to see the new bride and to tell her something nice —Stoyan Grigorou

Japan A Wine Ceremony Symbolizes Dedication A Shinto wedding has a typical ceremony. A couple drinks Japanese rice wine in front of a priest. First, the bride drinks the wine from a small cup. Next, the bride passes the cup to the bridegroom and he also drinks the wine from the cup. They try to drink wine three times. This ceremony means that they promise to be dedicated to each other. —Maki Kubo

Venezuela Promises to Love and Take Care of Each Other The most important and unforgettable event of someone's life is marriage. In Venezuela, the bridegroom has to promise his bride to love her all his life and to take care of her forever. The bride also has to repeat the same commandments. It is popular for the couple to read the promises to each other. This moment is really beautiful. In addition, the couple receives a list of commandments. —Sonia Dale

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1. What is a bridegroom in Brazil not expected to do?

A．Use something not new.

B．Use something someone else lends him.

C．Have his bride wear the ring engraved with his name.

D．See his bride in a wedding dress before the ceremony.

2. When does the engagement in Eastern Europe usually happen?

A．Before the wedding is celebrated.	B．After the girl is taken out
C．After a band is paid by the bridegroom.	D．When the neighbours arrive.

3. Why does the couple in Japan drink wine three times?

A．It is the priest's order in the ceremony.

B．The cup is not big enough to hold much wine.

C．It means they promise not to be against each other.

D．It is typical for all young Japanese to drink wine.

4. In which part of the world do the bride and bridegroom read the commandments?

A．Brazil.

B．Venezuela

C．Japan.

D．Eastern Europe.

5. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A book on worldwide wedding.	B．A story about foreign customs.
C．A webpage about various wedding	D．Speeches about youngsters' trouble.

【推荐3】Languages are important. But how they appeared is largely mystery（谜）. It is interesting to see how deaf people can create novel sign languages immediately. Observations have shown that when deaf strangers are brought together in a community, they come up with their own sign language in a considerably short amount of time. However, how exactly this happened has not been recorded, as Manuel Bohn describes, “We know relatively little about how social interaction becomes language. This is where our new study comes in.”

In a series of studies, researchers attempted to recreate exactly this process. But there was a problem: how to make children communicate with each other without them returning to talking to each other? The solution came up in Skype conversations between the two researchers from Germany and their colleague Michael Tomasello in the US. In the study, the children were invited to stay in two different rooms and a Skype connection was established between them. After a brief familiarization with the set-up, the researchers turned off the sound and watched as the children found new ways of communicating that go beyond spoken language.

The childrens' task was to describe an image with different meanings in coordination（协调）game. With concrete things like fork, children quickly found solution by copying the action（e. g. eating） in a gesture. But the researchers repeatedly challenged the children with new, more abstract pictures. In the course of the study, the images to be described became more and more complex, which was also reflected in the gestures that the children produced. In order to communicate, for example, an interaction between two animals, children invented separate gestures for actors and actions and began to combine them.

The studies show that communication cannot be reduced to words alone. When there is no way to use conventional spoken language, people find other ways to get their messages across. This phenomenon forms the basis for the development of new languages.

1. What is basically unknown to us?

A．The origin of languages.	B．Normal people's interaction.
C．When sign languages are used.	D．The importance of languages.

2. Why did the researchers turn off the sound?

A．To make the children think in quiet environment.

B．To evaluate the children's potential modeling skills.

C．To let the children imagine how the deaf communicate.

D．To know how the children communicate without speaking.

3. What were the children required to do in the experiment?

A．Draw pictures of some objects.	B．Invent a couple of new words.
C．Describe something in their way.	D．Express their own true feelings.

4. From which is the text most probably taken?

A．A biology textbook.	B．A science magazine.
C．A science fiction book.	D．A travel brochure.

【推荐1】Sub-zero temperatures will reach some parts of the UK by the end of this week, bringing to an end a stretch of mild autumn weather. Temperatures look likely to fall below zero m some parts of the country by Friday, with forecasters saying a cold blast will make parts of the UK feel like they have been thrown into an early winter.

Strong winds will affect parts of northern England and Scotland, reaching 50mph in exposed and coastal regions. Northern Scotland, especially Orkney and Shetland; are likely to be the worst hit. Temperatures will be low enough for snow in northern England. There is also a risk of high tides in the north-east of the country.

This week, however, much of the country will see blue skies and temperatures in the mid-teens until Thursday, with a cold snap sweeping in by the start of the weekend, said Luke Miall，forecaster at the Met Office.

“It's the first cold snap of the season and it will feel like a bit of a surprise,” he said. By Tuesday, the north of Scotland will become wet and windy, while southern areas will be mostly dry with spells of sunshine and fine weather, with temperatures reaching up to 17°C to 18°C on Wednesday.

Miall said: “But as we go into Thursday, most places will start to see the change in weather and, while much of England and Wales start off fine, rain will start to push down from Scotland, bringing colder air behind it. By Friday we see that colder air hitting the whole country with highs of 7°C to 8°C in the north and 9°C to 10°C in the south. ”

“It's not unusual to see this weather at the end of October, but because we've had a warm autumn so far－which followed a dry, hot summer－it will feel like a bit of a shock to the system. ”

1. How has the weather been in Britain recently?

A．Mild.

B．Cold.

C．Windy.

D．Hot.

2. Where will the weather change first?

A．Northern England.

B．Wales.

C．Northern Scotland.

D．Southern England.

3. What does Miall say about the coming weather?

A．It's normal.

B．It's shocking.

C．It's dangerous.

D．It's concerning.

【推荐2】Once upon a time, there lived a rich man.He had a servant (仆人) .He and the servant loved wine and good food very much.Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house.The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue.After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal.Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground.When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine.He became very angry.He woke the servant up.But the servant told his story very well.He said a cat had eaten up everything.He was afraid to be punished, so he drank the poison to kill himself.

1. In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.

A．the rich man	B．the servant
C．both A and B	D．neither A and B

2. The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.

A．the cat

B．himself

C．nobody

D．the servant

3. The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles,because _____.

A．there was in fact poison in the bottles

B．did not want the servant to drink his wine

C．he wanted to kill the cat

D．he wanted to kill the servant

【推荐3】Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry then if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in it self.

Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is fond that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

1. What is true about children when they play games?

A．They don’t need rules.

B．They want to pick a better team.

C．They can test their personal abilities.

D．They can stop playing any time they like.

2. To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.

A．play well

B．wait for his turn

C．be confident in himself

D．be popular among his playmates

3. The writer believes that ________.

A．children play games without reasons

B．children’s games can do them a lot of good

C．children should invite grown-ups to play with them

D．children should make better rules for their games