Making the Most of Your Study Abroad Experience
You’re incredibly excited to study abroad and to experience a new culture. You may be also nervous about studying abroad because you know you’ll be stepping out of your comfort zone, but that’s only natural.
Immerse yourself in the local culture.
Hang out with the right people. A big part of having the perfect study abroad experience is who you hang out with.
Take the opportunity to travel. If you’re studying abroad, then there’s a good chance that you’re living within just hundreds of miles of many fantastic destinations.
| A．Remember to learn something. |
| B．Go to as many museums as possible. |
| C．It’s better to stay in touch with people from home. |
| D．You should seize every opportunity to try something new. |
| E．A ticket to these areas is much cheaper than it will be from home. |
| F．If you’d like to know how to study abroad the right way, follow these tips. |
| G．The company you keep can make or break your entire trip, so choose your friends carefully. |
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【推荐1】How to Store Strawberries
You’ve scored some beautiful strawberries and brought them home with great care. You’ve washed a few and eaten them immediately, but what to do with the rest?
First things first, don’t wash the strawberries until you’re ready to eat them. Strawberries are ready to absorb water.
If you plan on eating or cooking with the berries within a day and it’s not too terribly hot in your kitchen, you can leave the strawberries out at room temperature. Put them in a pretty bowl within easy eyesight so people remember to eat them.
If you’re not planning on using the strawberries within a few days, you’d better freeze them rather than keep them all fresh. Frozen strawberries are perfect for baking up in cakes, and other treats.
| A．There are different answers to this question. |
| B．They say frozen ones are to be more easily stored. |
| C．Actually, many bakers prefer frozen berries to fresh ones. |
| D．Again, don’t wash them until you’re going to use them! |
| E．And once they’ve met with water, they are quick to rot away. |
| F．For overnight storage, however, you’d better refrigerate them. |
| G．Strawberries can go bad easily, especially when not stored correctly. |
【推荐2】Fit to Be Tied: Four Common Knots
Are you one of those hikers who always prefers a square knot? Here are simple, easy-to-remember alternatives that will do a better job in four common camping settings.
①Bind cargo to your car To secure a large bag to a car roof, you need a knot that acts like a pulley (滑轮). The trucker’s knot works best. Start by forming an overhand loop, pulling a loop through, and tightening. Next, feed the rope’s free end around a roof rack (架 子) or an S-hook on the frame. Pull on the working end to obtain the desired tension; then use a quick-release half-hitch, a type of knot, to “lock” the tension in place (and make untying cargo quick and simple).
| ②Attach tent guylines (拉绳) Attached to webbing loops at key stress points on the outer walls of tents, guylines are tied to the ground with stones. They stabilize the tent in strong winds by keeping the fabric walls tight. When setting up your shelter, tighten the guylines until no loose part remains in them or the tent walls. Fit the ropes with a tight-line knot, which lets you adjust the line’s length without untying the knot. When you move the knot by hand, it slides freely along the line, but it holds tight when the loop is tensioned—so the knot holds firm when gusts of wind pull tent walls hard. |
③Lower a pack over a rock shelf Some packs feature a strong leather belt for easy rope-pulls—but most require a bowline knot, which doesn’t slip no matter the weight. It is very easy to untie after it’s been loaded. Slide the loop around the middle of the pack, tighten it, then lower away. A handy recall- aiding device: The rope’s long end is the “tree”; the loop is the “rabbit hole”; | ④Fasten a canoe to shore The clove hitch is perfect for quickly fastening boats because it’s easy to tie, holds fast under tension, and releases instantly with a pull on the free end. This makes it a speedy way to fix a line to a tree. For extra security, add one or two half-hitches.
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| A．(a)(d)(b)(c) | B．(a)(c)(b)(d) | C．(c)(d)(a)(b) | D．(c)(b)(d)(a) |
| A．Tight-line knot | B．Truckers knot | C．Clove hitch | D．Bowline knot |
| A．A website on backpackers. | B．A leaflet on safety guidance. |
| C．A scientific journal on knots. | D．A travel guide on beauty spots. |
【推荐3】Stamp collection was once considered a harmless and educational pastime for small boys. It still is — but with a difference. Grandpa and grandma have joined the small boys, along with shoe clerks, waitresses, truck drivers, college professors , businessmen, presidents and kings. Stamp collecting has today grown into big business.
All the really rare old stamps are already owned by collectors who refuse to part with them. But even if these owners were willing to sell, few people could afford to buy.
A stamp becomes valuable because it is “ rare”. Modern collectors with little money to spend have to create their own “ rarities”. One rarity that stamp collectors look for is an error in the stamp. The error may be so small that it cannot be seen with the naked eye. If it is there, however, it makes the stamp more valuable.
Stamp collectors have another way of making their collections rare or unusual. They bring together as many examples as they they can of a certain kind of stamp. What makes such a collection unusual is the time and the idea that went inot making it. One may collect only stamps of some color. Another may collect only stamps from a certain foreign country, or stamps connected with some person, place or event. Still other collectors are interested in the tiny holes along the edge of a stamp. They may be long or short, round or oval. Some stamps may not have them at all. Another thing that makes a stamp “ rare” is its postmark or its cancellation. Collectors go through a lot of trouble to have letters mailed to them from unusual places.
1. Grandpa and grandma have joined the small boys in collecting stamps because ________.| A．even kings and presidents are also collecting stamps. |
| B．they want to be with their garandsons |
| C．it is no longer a pastime for little boys |
| D．people can make a lot of money by buying and selling stamps. |
| A．have a lot of rare stamps | B．do not understand their real value |
| C．want to keep them | D．are anxious to sell them for a good price. |
| A．may be too small for eyes to see |
| B．are usually wiped out by the stamp collectors |
| C．will keep the value of the stamps low |
| D．can not be seen at all |
| A．collect a large number of stamps according to a certain pattern |
| B．sell out stamps and buy new ones |
| C．keep the valuable stamps only |
| D．spend time studying them |
