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FILM Tickets £2.50 / £ 1.50. Performances at 8 pm unless started otherwise. | |
WILD AT HEART 127mins. Web 6-Fri8 February Director: David Lynch Starring: Nicholas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe | A first-class film. CAGE and his girlfriend DERN are on teh run through the dangerous Deep South. They are hiding from gunmen who have been hired to kill CAGE by DERN's mother. Victims, yes—but they also have fun. It's wild at heart, strange on top. Funny, frightening and brilliant. |
DICK TRACY 113mins Mon 11-Sat16 February 6pm Tickets on sale 5-6 pm Director: Warren Beatty Starring: Warren Beatty , Madonna | The famous detective tries to stop Big Boy and the Blank from taking over the city. A colourful and exciting film. Some parts are frightening, so think twice about taking children. |
BATMAN 126 mins Mon11-Sat16 February 8.30pm Tickets on sale 7.30-8.30pm PIZZA PLUS offer 6-7pm Director: Tim Burton Starring: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson | A few essential questions must be asked...Is Batman a mad hero? Why does Bruce Wayne spend millions dressing up as a bat? Has Nicholson's Joker stolen the whole movie? Great action and excellent acting, especially by Nicholson. |
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 93mins Mon 18- Fri22 February 6pm Tickets on sale 5-6 pm Director: Steve Barron | If you've eaten Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle pizzas(marshmallow and chocolate on banana) and then cleaned your teeth with a Teenage Mutant Hero Turtle toothbrush we need say no more... If not, then get in on the craze(热衷) and see for yourself. Then man-sized turtles fight their enemy, Shredder in an action-packed story. |
1. Which film has the shortest running time?
A.Batman | B.Dick Tracy |
C.Wild at Heart | D.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
A.tickets on sale for the four films can be bought at 6 pm |
B.Dick Tracy and Batman can be seen on the same day |
C.One can buy tickets in advance for all the films |
D.Both Batman and Wild at Heart are frightening |
A.Cage acted the leading role in it. |
B.One can enjoy pizza at 6:30 pm. |
C.The pizzas offered contain fruits. |
D.Most of its scenes are peaceful. |
A.In a research paper. | B.In a short story. |
C.In an ad page. | D.In a student's book. |
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【推荐2】Sending a package back is not easy. Repacking, printing labels and shipping it back up to the seller is an increasingly familiar experience for online shoppers. In America 21%of online orders, worth some $218bn, were returned in 2021, according to the National Retail Federation, up from 18%in 2020. For clothing and shoes it can reach around 40%.
The problem has its roots in the birth of e-commerce. To compete with bricks-and-mortar (实体的) sellers and make consumers comfortable with ordering online, e-commerce firms offered free returns. Consumers came to expect it.
Each step of the process is costly. Retailers have to pay for goods to be picked up or posted. Processing returns is labor-intensive (劳动密集型), explains Zac Rogers who worked as a returns manager at Amazon. A return must be opened and someone has to decide what to do with it. “A worker in an Amazon warehouse can pick 30 items in a minute, but a return can take ten minutes to process, ” says Mr. Rogers.
Once processed, only 5% of the returned goods can be resold immediately by retailers. Most go to liquidators at the lowest prices or are thrown away.
One solution involves adding friction (阻力). Last year, a Japanese fashion brand became one of the first retailers to charge a small fee for posted returns. Other firms are selling more refurbished (翻新的) goods as a way to cut losses.
Startups are getting in on the action. Using artificial intelligence to help retailers decide what to do with the returned goods is the brainchild of them. Happy Returns, another startup, helps with logistics (物流). It has 5, 000 drop-off points for returns across America, mostly in chain stores. The returns are collected and sent back to retailers all at once, saving up to 40% of postage costs.
Some are experimenting with virtual reality (VR). Over half of the items are returned because they are the wrong size. In June Walmart said it would buy Memomi, an augmented-reality (AR) startup that lets shoppers virtually try on glasses in real-time for a seamless, easy and fun omnichannel experience. Walmart also offers ways to try on clothes and arrange furniture in rooms using AR.
1. Why did e-commerce firms offer free returns at first?A.To cut costs. | B.To develop logistics service. |
C.To compete with physical stores. | D.To show the advantage of shopping online. |
A.Efficient. | B.Automatic |
C.Expensive. | D.Time-consuming. |
A.By charging a fee. | B.By raising the price of goods. |
C.By selling more returned goods. | D.By using advanced technologies. |
A.Walmart has pioneered the use of AR. |
B.Technology plays a role in reducing returns. |
C.VR and AR will be used in more industries. |
D.Cooperation among companies is important. |
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【推荐1】In the past, the imported makeups(化妆品)shelves in Japan’s department stores were usually dominated(主导)by South Korean makeups. As “Chiborg boom”—Chinese-style makeup becomes popular on social media, Chinese makeups start to make inroads in Japan.
The term “Chiborg” is a Japanese-made word, which is a combination of “China” and “cyborg”, referring to a Chinese beauty so perfect and inhuman that looks like a cyborg. In the eyes of Japanese young women, “Chiborg” usually uses bright colors reminding China’s classical Peking Opera, with a focus on eyes and lips to create a sharp and chiseled(轮廓分明的)look. While Japanese-style makeup always centers around cute and innocent features, Chinese-style makeup gives an appearance that is more elegant, cool and mature.
“Chiborg” began to attract the attention of Japanese young women around 2019, when abundant information on Chinese-style makeup has been circulating on Twitter and Instagram. It spread even more after tutorial videos of Chinese-style makeup were being posted on You-Tube.
Emilin, a Japanese girl who shares information on fashion on YouTube, posted a video on “Chiborg” and harvested more than 2 million views in January this year.
Another blogger called “Shikanoma” explained the unique charm(魅力)of “Chiborg.” “Chinese-style makeup expresses the inner strength and confidence of a person and it feels new. I think the concept of a ‘cool woman’ is becoming widespread in Japan nowadays. I also desire to be a strong-willed woman,” she said.
According to Yueko Nishihara, research planner at Japanese makeup and cosmetics portal site @cosme, nowadays Japanese women tend to emphasize the emotional value of makeups, such as “I am happy to have it” or “It is fun to use”.
Furthermore, Chinese makeups are gradually shaking off the stereotype of cheap, low-quality products, said Saya Hayashi, CEO of Japan Functional Cosmetic Laboratory Co. Ltd. “A few years ago, it was thought that Chinese makeups were mainly aimed at middle and low-income groups, but in the last year or two, there has been an increase in high-price, high-quality makeups, attracting office ladies and high-income customers,” she said.
1. What can we learn from “Chiborg boom”?A.Korean-style makeups become popular in Japan. |
B.Japanese-style makeups become popular in Korea. |
C.Chinese-style makeups become popular in Japan. |
D.Peking Opera makeups become popular in Korea. |
A.Innocent. | B.Elegant. | C.Cool. | D.Mature. |
A.It makes them sense upset. | B.It makes them feel confident. |
C.It makes them get fame. | D.It makes them post more videos. |
A.They are for low-income customers. | B.They used to be expensive. |
C.They aim at middle-income people. | D.They are for high-income people. |
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【推荐1】Ever since he was a young boy growing up in Rosario, Argentina, Lionel Messi always dreamed of becoming a World Cup champion. Now, he has achieved this.
On Dec 18, Argentina defeated France in the final of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by winning 4-2 in penalties (点球大战) following a 3-3 tie after extra time. Among the seven goals, Messi scored three times.
This victory has helped Argentina win another World Cup after their last win in 1986. Meanwhile, to some extent, it also ended the shadow of Argentina soccer legend Diego Maradona over Messi.
For a long time, Messi has been compared with Maradona. With excellent skills and great accomplishments, these two players are both considered the greatest players in their era. Maradona succeeded in helping his team lift the trophy (奖杯) in the World Cup. Yet, Messi hadn’t before.
Messi has won many honors, as a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, a ten-time La Liga champion and a four-time UEFA Champions League winner. While he led the Argentina team to take part in World Cup four times before, his team’s best result was just runner-up, namely the second place in the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
Many Argentine fans felt disappointed and even doubted him. However, Messi did not give up, for him, there is no eternal glory in the football world, and adversity (逆境) still exists everywhere. “I’m not a superstar,” Messi said. “I just hope to play better, and better. So please don’t believe that I can perform miracles, instead, believe that I am not afraid of difficulties and adversity.”
Now, all rumors and disappointment are gone. With his perseverance and skills, the Argentina superstar brought World Cup glory to his country again. Winning in the last World Cup in his career also serves as the perfect storybook ending to the 35-year-old legend.
1. How many goals were scored in the final in total?A.7 | B.5 | C.12 | D.6 |
A.Messi led the Argentina team to the trophy in the 1986 World Cup. |
B.So far, Messi has led the Argentina team to take part in World Cup for five times. |
C.Messi’s soccer skills are thought to be not so good as Maradona’s. |
D.Messi was trapped in adversity and difficulties and didn’t believe in himself. |
A.Strong-willed. | B.Lucky. | C.Confident. | D.Generous. |
A.Argentina Won the World Cup. |
B.Messi and Maradona: Two Soccer Legends. |
C.Messi Brought Glory to Home. |
D.Lionel Messi’s Soccer Career. |
"Tiger Mother" became well known both in the US and China after the publication of the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a professor of Yale University and a Chinese immigrant mother. In the book, Chua describes how she educates her two daughters in a strict "typical Chinese" way. | The South University of Science and Technology of China (SUSTC), became "China's first independent university"-the only university to recruit students through its independent exam rather than the National College Entrance Exam adopted by almost all public universities in China. |
Wuhan schoolboy Huang Yibo, 13,known as the deputy chief of all Wuhan's young pioneers, became an overnight sensation after blogging about watching prime time news on China's Central Television since he was two years old and reading People's Daily since the age of seven because his father asked him to do so. | The First Experimental Elementary School of Weiyang district in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, hit the headlines for requiring students with a poor performance to wear a green scarf, distinguishing them from the good performance of the red scarf, a symbol for the Young Pioneer organization. |
Dong Fan, a professor from Beijing Normal University, the director of the university’s real estate research center, refused to see any of his students who do not possess 40 million yuan by the time they are 40. Dong said people who had received high-level education should be ashamed if they do not live a wealthy life. | The No 4 classroom building on the campus of Tsinghua University, one of China's elite colleges, took on the name of a popular clothing company, the Hong Kong-based Jeanswest Clothing in May. A golden-colored plate bearing the name of the company was affixed on to the wall of the teaching building. |
1. How many pieces of the news above have something to do with family education?
A.4 | B.3 | C.2 | D.5 |
A.Tsinghua University became "China's first independent university". |
B.Students caring about environmental protection will wear a green scarf. |
C.“Tiger Mother” is famous for her book about how she educates her two daughters. |
D.Huang Yibo began to read People's Daily at the age of two. |
A.he tends to measure success by money |
B.he spares no efforts to help his students |
C.he works hard |
D.he is a professor of Yale University |
A.education | B.parents | C.students | D.Schools |
【推荐3】Not so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another Jamaican teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly-Ann at a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. Her times were not exactly impressive, but even so, he sensed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly-Ann a place in his very strict training sessions. Their cooperation quickly produced results, and a few years later at Jamaica’s Olympic trails in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen of the sprint (短跑).
“Where did she come from?” asked an astonished sprinting world, before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championship in Berlin, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73 — the fourth fastest ever.
Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a few streets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout(循环) of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.
It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.
But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “I have so much fire burning for my country,” Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world.
As Muhammad Ali puts it, “Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.
1. What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games?A.She would become a promising star. |
B.She badly needed to set higher goals. |
C.Her sprinting career would not last long. |
D.Her talent for sprinting was known to all. |
A.Her success and lessons in her career. |
B.Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit. |
C.Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty. |
D.Her early entrance into the sprinting world. |
A.She was highly rewarded for her efforts. |
B.She was eager to do more for her country. |
C.She became an athletic star in her country. |
D.She was the envy of the whole community. |
A.The Making of a Great Athlete |
B.The Dream for Championship |
C.The Key to High Performance |
D.The Power of Full Responsibility |