How to plan a graduation party step by step
Is someone in your life about to graduate from school?
Determine your budget
Determine if you or the guest-of-honor want to invite the entire graduating class to attend, a large bash of your closest friends and family, or whether it will be a more intimate family party. It’s perfectly acceptable to invite a few special guests to a graduation party, such as beloved teachers, coaches, or other faculty members. It’s also up to the host whether or not children of guests can attend.
Choose a location
Throwing a party at home may save you money, it’s easy to personalize, and it can be a welcoming and comforting place for others to gather. On the other hand, having a party at home is the labor and time that goes into cleaning your house before and after the party. The advantage of having a party at a restaurant or other venue is the ease of relying on an on-site manager or planner to handle the details, including the clean-up, which lets you have plenty of time to socialize.
Pick a party time
Timing can be tricky when it comes to graduation parties. May and June are often the busiest months for most families of graduates.
| A．Build the guest list |
| B．Send your invitations |
| C．The largest drawback is the potentially high cost |
| D．It’ a significant milestone despite the age of the graduates |
| E．Figure out a rough estimate of how many people you’d like to invite |
| F．Consider booking your party later in the summer when more restaurants are available |
| G．Consider throwing a party later in the season when your most beloved ones are available |
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【推荐1】Every time we move to a new place, we’re faced with the challenge of making new friends. Connecting with a community is important to your sense of belonging, but it may take three to six months to finally make new friends, or even longer.
Get the word out
Tell your friends, family and co-workers that you’re moving and looking to meet new people. Make sure to communicate what kind of connections you’re looking for, like someone to show you around town. Use this time to do some research. Look up if your favourite coffee shop has branches in your new neighborhood.
Add more routine (惯例) to your day
Setting time aside for activities, communities or places you love can help you feel more at home. Do you go on a run every morning? Try running at the same park for a week. Or go back to that restaurant around the block at least once a month.
Explore interest groups
You don’t have to push yourself to make friends within weeks. Try to focus on being connected in the moment. When you’re new in town, you may feel shy or even frightened to share your true self. But you’ll find your people more quickly if you devote yourself into the things that you are interested. Laying that up is one way to really attract people with same interests, and soon you will find yourself connected.
| A．Reconnect with old friends |
| B．Focus on the connection, not the friendship |
| C．And here are some tips on making friends anywhere we go. |
| D．You can also be more intentional about making new connections. |
| E．There’s also a good chance you’ll find similar community groups. |
| F．Group settings like interest are also helpful for meeting new people. |
| G．These acts seem small, but are of great importance in making connections. |
【推荐2】When to Start Growing Seed (种子) Indoors for Your Garden
February marks the halfway point of winter in the northern part of the world. With spring arriving soon, many people are dreaming of working in their gardens on warm, sunny days.
It is important to know when to start growing your seed indoors. The answer depends on where you live. Gardeners use the average last cold date in their area to help them know when to begin growing seed.
While you are waiting, find and prepare your growing containers. You can use things like recycled egg containers. Each container should have a hole in the bottom for water to flow through.
Fill each container with a clean, wet, soilless seed-starting mix. Place one to four seeds in each container, depending on the seed kind and size. Water the seeds as needed to keep the mix from drying out. Cover the seed containers tightly.
When seedlings (幼苗) first appear, remove the covering and put containers by a sunny window. You can also put them under special lighting devices (设备) called grow lamps for 14 hours a day.
If several seedlings come up in one container, cut the weakest at the soil line using small scissors.
| A．Costly lights are not necessary. |
| B．Your plants will become stronger as a result. |
| C．Put them in a warm place without direct sunlight. |
| D．The aim is to keep only one strong-looking plant. |
| E．Some gardeners like to start the growing season early. |
| F．After finding your start date, it is important to respect it. |
| G．Leave them there for one hour and then bring them back inside. |
【推荐3】How to Break the Anxiety Cycle
People who suffer from anxiety tend to be stuck in an ongoing loop of avoidance. It’s the classic dynamic of anxiety:
Let go of perfectionism. People with social anxiety feel as if they are walking on a social tightrope.
Make small gestures. Instead of “jumping off a cliff” and walking straight into a situation that makes you anxious, start becoming more expressive in situations that you feel are less threatening.
Shift your awareness. Our attention is like a spotlight and we choose where to point it. Those with social anxiety tend to point that spotlight inward and state the commentary of our inner critic.
| A．Choose your words carefully |
| B．Pay attention to your health condition |
| C．For example, ask a stranger for directions |
| D．When we avoid the things we’re afraid of |
| E．If the things reduce feelings of social anxiety |
| F．It’s this idea that we need to perform perfectly |
| G．Focus on what’s happening around you, not inside you |
【推荐1】When your birthday rolls around, how do you answer when Grandpa calls to ask you what you want? Well, first of all, you should brainstorm gift ideas before deciding what you want for your birthday.
As for what to buy for your birthday, you can choose physical things.
Now that you’ve known what you want for your birthday, next you need to narrow down your wish list. If you can’t decide between a few things, write down the good things and the bad things about each item on your list.
| A．Also, you can consider choosing experiences as gifts. |
| B．It can be as simple as going to a museum in your city. |
| C．Whatever you want to buy, keep people’s budget in mind. |
| D．You may be delighted to learn how to cook a favorite dish. |
| E．Then write down the ones you really like on your wish list. |
| F．For example, you can consider art supplies if you’re an artist. |
| G．Choose the item that has the most advantages and the fewest disadvantages. |
【推荐2】My son’s seventh birthday is approaching, so conversation at my house has naturally turned to organizing his party.
For his sixth birthday, we booked the local trampoline(蹦床) park. This worked out well. But the whole event cost us hundreds of pounds. This year, I’m trying to convince him that the dinosaur-themed park down the road offers just as much fun—and you don’t even need to wear special socks! This will be cheaper, because we aren’t required to hire a space—we can simply buy tickets for his mates.
But I still keep pondering over one thing—party bags. Why should a bunch of seven-year-olds, who have already been treated to a day out and a mountain of sugar, also be handed a bag full of pound-shop gifts for simply bothering to show up?
Party bags are an environmental disaster. I reckon my son attends 20 parties per year, and at each party there are 20 kids in attendance, which means 400 plastic bags in total. Within these 400 bags are perhaps 800 plastic toys, almost all of which fall apart on the journey home and then get binned instantly. The waste is shocking, and I don’t want to be part of it.
I know there are some party bag alternatives: one couple I know covered a table with Mr. Men books and got the kids to choose one each. At another party, I saw the hosts fill a bucket with soft toys and crumpled newspaper, and do a lucky dip (抽奖). Admirable efforts.
Even if that is a nice try, and even if the contents in the party bags don’t fall apart, so what? Will our guests think more highly of our child because of the party bags from our party? Will my child’s ability to make and keep friends be improved?
Well, the tradition for kid’s party bags ends with me, and it ends here, and it ends now. Who’s with me?
1. Why does the author recommend the dinosaur-themed park?| A．Because it’s more enjoyable. | B．Because it provides socks. |
| C．Because it can reduce cost. | D．Because it offers free tickets. |
| A．Gifts brought by guests. | B．Gifts prepared by hosts. |
| C．Gifts distributed by parks. | D．Gift a donated by charities. |
| A．Intolerant. | B．Objective. | C．Favorable. | D．In different. |
| A．Be recycled. | B．Be repaired. | C．Be thrown away. | D．Be given away. |
【推荐3】Just then, Senora Ines arrived and asked Rosaura if she wouldn't mind helping serve out the hot dogs, as she knew the house so much better than the others.
“See?” said Rosaura to the girl with a bow, and when no one was looking she kicked her in the shin (胫骨).
Apart from the girl with a bow, all the others were delightful. The one she liked best was Luciana, with her golden birthday crown, and then the boys. Rosaura won the sack race, and nobody managed to catch her when they played tag. When they split into two teams to play charades, all the boys wanted her for their side. Rosaura felt she had never been so happy in her life.
The best came after Luciana blew out the candles. First the cake. Senora Ines had asked her to help pass the cake around, and Rosaura had enjoyed the task very much because everyone called out to her, shouting “Me, me!” Rosaura remembered a story in which there was a queen who had the power of life or death over her subjects. She had always loved that, having the power of life or death. To Luciana and the boys she gave the largest pieces，and to the girl with a bow she gave a piece so thin one could see through it.
After the cake came the magician. A true magician, he could untie handkerchiefs by blowing on them and make a chain with links that had no openings. He could guess what cards were pulled out from a pack and a monkey was his assistant. He called the monkey "partner".
The final trick was wonderful. One of the children had to hold the monkey in his arms and the magician said he would make the monkey disappear.
Rosaura thought that this was truly the most amusing party in the whole world.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．Rosaura was unwilling to give Senora Ines some help. |
| B．Rosaura showed off the love she got from Senora Ines. |
| C．Rosaura looked down upon the girl with a bow. |
| D．Rosaura tried to prove her importance to the girl with a bow. |
| A．Friendly. | B．Concerned. | C．Cold. | D．Warm |
| A．A story Rosaura remembered. | B．The power of life and death. |
| C．The task to pass the cake around. | D．The cake they enjoyed together. |
| A．The people at the party were happy except the girl with a bow. |
| B．Rosaura had a good time when playing games with other children. |
| C．The magician was able to play many tricks at the party. |
| D．Rosaura felt amused when the monkey disappeared suddenly. |
