【推荐1】For tourists holding the Barcelona Card, the information below will be useful if you plan to admire some artworks or architectures there.

·Sagrada Familia

Opening hours: October — March: 09:00 — 18:00;

April — September: 09:00 — 20:00

Admission: $11, or $10 with the Barcelona Card

The project’s vast sale and its special design have made it one of Barcelona’s top tourist attractions for many years.

·La Pedrera

Opening hours: November — February: 09:00 — 18:30;

March — October: 09:00 — 20:00

Admission: $9.50 (Save 20% with the Barcelona Card)

It is a unique modernist building made of bricks and colorful tiles (瓦). Visitors can see the amazing 800 square meters attic (阁楼) with 270 brick arches that give you a feeling that you are walking inside the skeleton of a whale.

·Barcelona FC Museum

Opening hours: 6th April4th October: 10:00 — 20:00; the rest of the year: 10:00 — 18:30

Admission: $8.50 for entry to the museum and $17 for a guided tour

When you buy your ticket you have two options: a ticket for the museum to see the football stadium or a special one for $15 where you get to see the stadium and the scenes at the club.

·Picasso Museum

Opening hours: Check the website for details as they vary depending on the time of the year

Admission: $9 for main exhibition — extra for special showings (Save 50% with the Barcelona Card)

The museum has arranged Picasso’s paintings from his early days to his final works. Arranging the paintings in this way gives you a fascinating insight into the development of Picasso.

【推荐2】Bored? lonely? Out of condition? Need to relax? Why not try the SPORTS CENTER?

TENNIS

Indoor and outdoor courts. Coaching from beginners to advanced learners. Children only. Mornings.

SKIING

Gentle slopes (坡). 3 levels instructors at weekends and Fridays. Daytime practice.8 years old upwards.

SWIMMING

2 pools, heated, Olympic length.

Women: Tuesday and Thursday.

Men: Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Children: Saturday.

GOLF

9 hole practice course. Professional coaching. Lessons must be booked in advance in daytime. Evening practice. Minimum age-9 years.

GYMNASTICS

Maximum age-18 years.

Children aged 5-10: Mondays and Wednesdays. 4:00-6:00p.m.

10-18 year olds: Friday evenings.

AND MANY MORE

Table Tennis, Snooker (斯诺克台球), Darts (掷镖), Café (all day), Bar (lunch time and evenings), Nursery (weekdays and weekends, not evenings).

Center open: 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Daily.

Interested? More details, call 800-1234-5678.

【推荐1】Listen up! Unilever to share the secrets of its success with students

What it is: Unilever campus talks

Who qualifies: college students

What it’s about: Fortune 500 company Unilever will tour campuses this spring, giving a series of lectures to college students about the company’s success in brand management, sales and marketing research. Speakers will also discuss with students how to plan their careers to be future leaders. The tour runs until late May.

http://bbs.yingjiesheng.com/thread-576865-1-1.html

Impressive internships (实习) with IBM Blue Pathway could land you a job

What it is: IBM Blue Pathway 2010 internship program

Who qualifies: students graduating in 2011

What it’s about: The 2-month summer program covers almost all business units of IBM. To land the opportunity, applicants need to send resume before May 24, attend a written test and two or three rounds of face-to-face interviews. Interns with impressive performances will get a full-time job offer after the internship.

http://bluepathway.51job.com

Competition to match prospective interns against one another

What it is: SK Business Idea Competition

Who qualifies: Juniors, seniors and postgraduate students

What it’s about: South Korea’s SK Group is holding a competition among Chinese college students. Students are required to team up in groups of three to work out a 20-page English PPT. The top 10 groups will be awarded a 6-week summer internship at the company’s headquarters in South Korea. Application deadline is April 30.

http://idea,skcareers.com/china

Baidu a minute, then you will know what a search engine job is

What it is: Baidu summer internships

Who qualifies: college students

What it’s about: Baidu is starting its 2010 summer internship project. Most of its openings are technical posts. Students must have technology in areas like search engines and social networking services. It will last for at least three months. A salary will be paid to students. Application deadline is May 29.

http://hr.baidu.com/www/internSummer.action

【推荐3】A mother of nine who started medical school when her youngest child was 4 years old graduated with her degree and plans to be a neurosurgeon (神经外科医生).

Sarah Merrill, now 41, said her journey to medical school began at age 17. She then met her husband and got married. Merrill first thought about going to school part-time to get a degree, but later she decided to follow her dream of attending medical school. Speaking of her successfully returning to university, Merrill thought it was credited to her family largely. “When I was accepted at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, we moved from Pennsylvania to Arizona,” said Merrill, who is moving to Indiana with her family to begin her residency (实习期) in neurosurgery. “In fact, they volunteered these movements. I know it was tough for all of us.”

Merrill and her children often have “homework parties” where they study for their own courses. Merrill’s choice has given a stimulus to her children. Merrill felt touched knowing her 11-year-old daughter wants to become a surgeon and overhearing her son tell his friends his mom’s going to be a cool brain surgeon, though he doesn’t understand that really.

Merrill’s next step into a neurosurgery residency will take her into a male-controlled field where only 5% of qualified neurosurgeons are women. Dr. Michele Halyard at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine said Merrill was known as a focused student. Halyard said, “If you can deal with nine children and keep your reason, the residency should be a piece of cake because no amount of stress will make you fail.”

Merrill had considered choosing a more family-friendly specialty, but, again, chose to dream big and follow her original pursuit. It’s the same advice she would give to all. “Set the goal that is what you’re really enthusiastic about, and it helps to think small. If you know what your priorities are, focus on the next step. Then you’ll get where you want to go.”

【推荐1】Answering the Community Needs of Our City

The Siver City Council recognizes that citizens have certain needs. To better meet your needs, we have made several changes to community facilities in 2020. The followings shows how we have tried to make your life better.

Transport

☆Three stations for the suburbs have been added to the western train service.

☆20 new buses for the southern line were purchased in January.

☆50 per cent of city bus-stops have been upgraded.

Communication

☆Broadband cableis now available to ll parts of the city.

☆All of the new Government buildings are smart-wired for better computer service!

Medical Facilities

☆The new state-of-the-art Nightingale Hospital was opened in June.

☆To overcome a shortage of trained medical staff at Dover Hospital, 10 doctors have been employed from overseas.

☆Some facilities at Station Street Hospital have been upgraded.

Education

☆Textbooks will be free to all primary students in 2020!

☆Rental for private schools has been reduced.

Protection and Security

☆Extra police now patrol(巡逻)the tourist areas.

☆50 new police officers graduated in July and have taken up duties in the city area.

Entertainment/Recreation

☆The new Central Community Building opened in May.

☆5,000 new fiction books were bought for the Silver City Library.

【推荐2】Duolingo — iOS/Android

Have you ever wanted to learn another foreign language? You might say: “English is hard enough. I don’t want to go through that again.”

Relax — learning a foreign language doesn’t always mean you have to sit in class and take endless exams. An app named Duolingo has been designed to help you memorize new words and grammar in creative ways, such as online lessons, games and interesting exercises.

Named   “the best language-learning   app” by   The Wall Street   Journal,   Duolingo   currently offers 30 languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish.

Headspace: Meditation & Sleep— iOS

With homework to finish tests to prepare, it can seem like you don’t have a moment to relax and gather your thoughts. What’s to be done?

Meditation(冥想)may help, and here’s an app to get you started. Headspace teaches you to face some of the toughest problems of everyday life. It has courses on work and productivity, personal growth and   how to deal with troubling emotions like anger and fear. There are also courses designed specifically for kids and students about dealing with distraction and homesickness.

And, if that isn’t enough, Headspace can help us with the biggest single cause of stress and anxiety : lack of sleep. The combination of the app’s calming voices and relaxing music will help you get a good night’s rest, ready to face the challenge of the next day with optimism and energy.

Gentle Wakeup — Sleep & Alarm Clock with Sunrise — iOS/Android

Every device(仪器)has an alarm function these days. But what does this app have to offer?

The makers of Gentle Wakeup believe people can wake up w ell. The key is that the app wakes with light rather than sound. It offers a better move out of sleep through a “Sunrise” — a light slowly, gradually becomes brighter, just as the sun does. But the sunrise is only half of the waking process: The light grows for 20 minutes before you are eased out of your sleep by the natural early morning sounds of birdsongs. The makers believe users of the app will never wake up in the same w ay again: “Start getting awake by light and you will never w ant to wake up by sounds again”.

Forest: Stay focused — iOS/Android

Though phones make life more convenient, many people feel that they are addictive. Forest is a clever intervention(干预)designed to make people understand that there’s more to life than phones.

Here’s how it works: you plant a seed in the app and the longer you stay away from the phone, the more it grows. From a seed, it becomes a tree and then a forest at last. The makers say, the “sense of responsibility and achievement will encourage you to stay away from your phone and focus on w hat’s important in life”. And Forest has received some good review s from users, who say that’s exactly what it does: “It’s a phone game that gives you time rather than taking it away.”