While you are doing your summer vacation planning, consider packing along one or more of these 4 books, displayed by Goodreads for CNN Underscored as some of the best beach reads released this summer.
"The Death of Mrs. Westaway" by Ruth Ware ($13.49; amazon.com)
"On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter giving her a huge amount of money. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person. Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the dead. This is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time. "
"Calypso" by David Sedaris ($18.30; amazon.com)
"With 'Calypso, ' Sedaris sets his strong powers of observation toward middle age and death. These stories are very, very funny – it's a book that can make you laugh till you snort. Sedaris's ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. "
"Us Against You" by Fredrik Backman ($16.67; amazon.com)
"Here is a declaration of love for all the big and small, bright and dark stories that give form and color to our communities. With great compassion and insight, Fredrik Backman reveals how loyalty, friendship, and kindness can carry a town through its most challenging days. "
"The Summer Wives" by Beatriz Williams ($24.29; amazon.com)
"New York Times best-selling author Beatriz Williams brings us the hit novel of the season — an exciting postwar story of love, class, power set among the people of an island off the New England coast. "
1. Which novel should you choose if you are interested in scary stories?| A．Calypso. | B．Us Against You. |
| C．The Death of Mrs. Westaway. | D．The Summer Wives. |
| A．$13.49. | B．$18.30. |
| C．$16.67. | D．$24.29. |
| A．Beatriz Williams. | B．Fredrik Backman. |
| C．Ruth Ware. | D．David Sedaris. |
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【推荐1】Starting from 1710, a public land, the New Hope area has a storied history. It began as a trading post. By the 1940s, New Hope’s name in the arts became legendary, for many writers of plays, directors and actors travelled through its busy streets. This tradition continues today. Hollywood and New York-based producers steal away to the community’s varied streets on weekends and holidays.
In response to this cultural environment, businessman and writer D. F. Whipple, decided to set up the New Hope film festival and became active on January 1, 2009. Whipple formed a group of artists who shared his love for discovering and encouraging independent filmmakers, many of whom will make world and U.S. first-shows at our festival.
The festival’s directors welcome you to our site and we hope you’ll join us at the exhibition.
Tickets: Advance tickets go on sale on June 15 and tickets will be got at the venues for any shows. Visit the free online Offical Guide for details on venues, schedules and prices. To get tickets in advance, please follow these easy steps:
* Pick Film — Check out our free online Offical Guide for the full 2018 time table through this line: Offical Guide.
* Visit Brown Paper Tickets.com — The festival’s offical ticket vendor for the second year running. Tickets are available by show names.
Advance ticket sales end at midnight before each show. If you miss it, you can still try to get tickets at the door. Tickets prices at the door are $12 for visitors, $10 for students and seniors (65+) and $6 for matinees. To find shows, check out the schedule in our Offical Guide.
Questions or comments may be directed to the Festival by emailing inquiries@ newhopefilmfestival.com.
1. Which of the following statements about the New Hope area is TRUE?| A．It was ever a business area center. | B．It has a history of less than 100 years. |
| C．It was first used as the base of arts. | D．It is famous for its natural scenery. |
| A．its busy streets | B．its modern society |
| C．its ancient building | D．its cultural environment |
| A．From the online Offical Guide. | B．From Brown Paper Tickets.com. |
| C．At the venues after midnight. | D．Through inquiries@ newhopefilmfestival.com. |
| A．$36. | B．$18. | C．$34. | D．$28. |
| A．A magazine. | B．A newspaper. | C．A website. | D．A travel journal. |
【推荐2】For the business traveler who’s all about efficiency: check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum trouble.
When you’re pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can annoy you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.
◆ Marriott Detroit Airport
Another option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (I’ve tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) here is the basic idea: you download the iPhone or Android app. The night before, you can “check-in” virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk.
◆Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. The kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about 3 minutes. When I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out: An agent meets you in the lobby with, an iPad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.
◆Radisson LaCrosse
The Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster. At a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin，you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get to the kiosk, you can scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. It’s super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.
1. Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers to check in?| A．Marriott Detroit Airport and Yotel New York . |
| B．Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson LaCrosse. |
| C．Marriott Detroit Airport and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. |
| D．Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson LaCrosse. |
| A．Yotel New York. | B．Marriott Detroit Airport. |
| C．Radisson LaCrosse. | D．Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. |
| A．Checking out the hotels will make you in trouble |
| B．Three hotels that will make your life easier |
| C．Try these hotels that offer you comfort |
| D．Hotels for the travelers |
【推荐3】Chicago Children’s Museum
This museum offers plenty of fun activities for kids. However, this is one of the few Chicago museums not “fun for the whole family” as adults and older kids will be bored to tears.
Address: 700 East Grand Ave. (Navy Pier), Chicago
Phone: 312-527-1000
Public transportation:
CTA bus lines #29 (State Street), #65 (Grand Avenue), and the # 66 (Chicago Avenue) all serve Navy Pier.
Parking rates:
* Monday through Thursday: $20
* Friday through Sunday: $24
* Holidays: $24
Hours:
* Monday through Friday: 10 a. m. —5 p. m.
* Saturday and Sunday: 10 a. m. —8 p. m.
Entrance fees:
* Adults: $12
* Children: $12
* Seniors (65+); $11
* Children (under 5): free
Activities:
Located on one of Chicago’s top tourist attractions, Navy Pier, the museum offers three floors of activities for kids, including:
* Play It Safe—all about home safety
* Inventing Lab—provides parts and instructions for creating things
* Kids Town—a playroom recreating a Chicago neighborhood where kids can pretend to do things like shopping for groceries and driving a CTA bus
* Climbing Schooner—a three-floor climbing building
* My Museum—kids get to create various art projects that are “all about me”
* Skyline—learn about skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and design your own
* Treehouse Trails-a play area designed like a forest
* Waterways—water activities showing how pumps and dams work
1. Who is the museum mainly designed for?| A．Adults. | B．Old kids. | C．Young kids. | D．The whole family. |
| A．$36. | B．$ 47. | C．$59. | D．$ 71. |
| A．Waterways. | B．My Museum. | C．Play it safe. | D．Inventing Lab. |
【推荐1】In the Ancient Greek world, one was meant to focus on a close knowledge of just two books. Homer’s Odyssey and his Iliad, because these were the best guides to action in military and civilian affairs. However, the modern world firmly equals the intelligent person with the well-read person.
Nowadays, if we do not rush to read four of this year’s major prize winning books, we will feel guilty at how far behind we are. We think that there should be no limit to how much we read because in answer to the question of why we read, there is only one response that will ever be ambitious enough: we read in order to know everything.
But this tiring approach to reading does not make us particularly happy. So in order to ease and simplify our lives, we might have a much more limited, focused and useful goal. We might, for example, read in order to learn to be content. Nothing less and nothing more.
With this new, far more targeted ambition in mind, much of the pressure to read constantly and randomly starts to fade. Once we know that we are reading to be content, we don’t need to chase every book published this season. We can zero in on titles that best explain what we need. So for example, we may need a few key books that will teach us about how families work and how they might work better, that can take us through how to find a job, or how to develop the courage to develop our opportunities.
The more we understand what reading is for us, the more we can enjoy close relationships with a few works only. The truly well-read person isn’t the one who has read a huge number of books, but someone who has let themselves be deeply shaped by just a few, very well-chosen titles.
1. Why are Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad mentioned in the first paragraph?| A．To present a fact. | B．To explain a point. |
| C．To raise a question. | D．To make a comparison. |
| A．Major prize winning books should be read. |
| B．We should be ambitious to read to know everything. |
| C．Reading as much as we can leads to happiness. |
| D．We should read with focused purpose. |
| A．The newly published ones. |
| B．Those with innovative names. |
| C．The books meeting your needs. |
| D．The books improving your ambitions. |
| A．To promote our interest in reading. |
| B．To advocate a targeted reading way. |
| C．To criticize reading blindly. |
| D．To compare different reading styles. |
From New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. Highlighting 43 endangered species, the book takes readers on a trip around the world while learning about rare and well-known animals and their habitats.
Marcovaldo
Marcovaldo is a collection of 20 short stories written by Italo Calvino. Describing the life of a poor rural man living in northern Italy, the stories unfold according to the seasonal cycle of a year. Common themes in the stories include pollution, failure and poverty.
The Art of Mondo
Over the years, Mondo has received global recognition for its incredible art posters that bring to life classic films, television shows, and comics such as Jurassic Park. For the first time, The Art of Mondo brings together this highly sought-after art in one volume that showcases the incredible creativity of the studio's artists whose vastly different styles are united by one guiding principle: limitless passion for their subject matters.
The Coming of the Third Reich
There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler's rise to power and the collapse(坍塌) of civilization in Nazi Germany. The Coming of the Third Reich, by Richard Evans, offers a masterful combination of academic work, important new research and interpretations.
Patriarchy and Capitalism
Chizuko Ueno, a leading Japanese sociologist, feminist critic and public intellectual, has been a pioneer in women's studies and the author of many books, including Patriarchy and Capitalism.
1. Which book will you choose if you are interested in art?| A．Marcovaldo. | B．The Art of Mondo. |
| C．The Coming of the Third Reich. | D．Patriarchy and Capitalism. |
| A．Millie Marotta. | B．Italo Calvino. |
| C．Richard Evans. | D．Chizuko Ueno. |
| A．To introduce art forms. | B．To remember five writers. |
| C．To recommend quality books. | D．To compare different cultures. |
【推荐3】Children's Books That Teach Empathy and Kindness
Little Blue Truck
By Alice Schertle
Little ones are introduced to Blue, a little pickup truck that gets stuck pushing a dump truck out of the mud in this board book. Thankfully, Blue made a group of animal friends along the way that are happy to do whatever they can to help him get back on the road. The main themes are kindness and the benefits of helping others.
Most People
By Michael Leannah
The book is an amazing lesson for kids that want to do good in the world and that there are plenty of good people out there. Told in the third person, the book tells the story of two pairs of siblings (兄弟姐妹) and the people they meet.
If You Plant a Seed
By Kadir Nelson
A mouse and a rabbit teach children how to plant and grow food, while also passing along some valuable lessons. After learning that a carrot seed will grow a carrot, and a cabbage seed will result in a cabbage, children also learn the value of thoughtfulness and how a seed of kindness can bear sweet fruit.
Save Me a Seat
By Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan
Joe lived in the same town all his life and felt perfectly pleased until his best friend moved away. Ravi's family recently moved from India to the US and he's struggling to find where he belongs. Even though Joe and Ravi at first believe that they don't have much in common, they both realize they have a common enemy-the biggest bully (仗势欺人者) in their class. Save Me a Seat is a story about the true meaning of friendship and understanding.
1. What can children get from reading Little Blue Truck?| A．Happiness of helping others. | B．Importance of protecting animals. |
| C．Ways of dealing with trouble in mud. | D．Being friendly to strangers around you. |
| A．Little Blue Truck. | B．Most People. |
| C．If You Plant a Seed. | D．Save Me a Seat. |
| A．Joe was regarded as a bully by Ravi. | B．Ravi was used to living in India soon. |
| C．Ravi and Joe had nothing in common. | D．Ravi and Joe became friends at last. |
【推荐1】When it comes to transportation in New York City, most people choose yellow cabs or the affordable subway system. But I've realised that biking is one of the best ways to see the city. It can be a kind of workout, and it can also be such a great way to discover new places and really enjoy the journey throughout the city. Here are a few of my favourite routes, tips, and tricks.
Central Park Loop(环线)
The 6.1mile loop is a standard for city cyclists of all fitness levels. A comfortable place in the middle of crowded Manhattan, the Central Park Loop is a great way to cycle without worrying about taxi doors suddenly opening or dealing with car traffic. There are so many ponds, lakes and complex bridges that you won't spot on a picnic in Sheep Meadow.
Prospect Park Loop
It's like Central Park but without tourists. My boyfriend and I regularly bike down to Prospect Park to do the loop, and it's my favourite way to relax after a stressful day. Prospect Park was designed by the same man who did Central Park, so there are a lot of similarities—gently rolling hills, plenty of shade, lakes, and ponds.
Governors Island
Governors Island is one of the few spaces in the New York City area where there are basically no cars! While the island is easy enough to walk around, it's not that big. But it's just big enough to make a few loops really enjoyable.
Manhattan Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge might be the famous one. And the Williamsburg Bridge is a necessity for people, but the slope(斜坡) makes it easy to take exercise. Manhattan Bridge isn't much of a looker, but it's my favourite bridge to bike across: fairly easy incline, good views.
1. The underlined word “workout” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “________”.| A．experiment | B．exercise |
| C．plan | D．idea |
| A．A road that inclines. | B．Having no bus to take. |
| C．Being difficult to walk. | D．Many bikes for people to ride. |
| A．The Best Biking Routes in New York City |
| B．Transportation in New York City |
| C．Biking Can Be a Kind of Workout |
| D．How to See the City Better |
【推荐2】Virtual Field Trips are designed for small groups of students, including school groups, homeschool students, and afterschool settings.
Stick the Landing: Engineering Series
Over the course of 3 sessions, use the steps of the engineering design process to build, test and refine your own model of a Mars lander in your learning space. Learn how engineers are just one of the many careers that contribute to complex solar system missions.
Maximum Number of Participants: 180
Instructor: Estelle
Ecosystem Investigators
Work together to create a virtual ecosystem model revealing how living and non-living parts connect and interact in an aquatic (水生的) environment. Using your new knowledge about ecosystem interactions, you can be a wetland scientist and explore the relationship between organisms in a real pond sample. Can you help us determine if the wetland ecosystem is in balance?
Maximum Number of Participants: 350
Instructor: Josephine
Piece of Mind
Be awe-inspired by the power of the brain as students learn how it controls memory, movement, and sight. Discover how the brain functions through live activities and fun puzzles, and see a real human brain specimen!
Maximum Number of Participants: 250
Instructor: Lorraine
Wetland Wonders
Join us on a virtual hike to learn how a wetland habitat provides food, water and shelter to the animals that call it home. Practice your nature observation skills by exploring live aquatic organisms from a wetland pond and discover how these animals survive in their watery environment.
Maximum Number of Participants: 50
Instructor: Claudia
Costs & Booking（charged according to the groups）
| 1-99 participants | $200 | 100-199 participants | $300 |
| 200-299 participants | $400 | 300+ participants | $500 |
Cancellation Policy
You will be invoiced for 50% of the program cost if you need to cancel within four weeks and 100% of the program cost within two weeks of the program date. If you need to reschedule your program, a rescheduling fee in the amount of 15% of your program fee will be added to your reservation.
1. Which activity can help participants learn more about Mars landers?| A．Piece of Mind. | B．Wetland Wonders. |
| C．Ecosystem Investigators. | D．Stick the Landing: Engineering Series. |
| A．Estelle. | B．Josephine. | C．Lorraine. | D．Claudia. |
| A．$230. | B．$345. | C．$460. | D．$500. |
【推荐3】Art Gallery at Evergreen Cultural Centre
Serving the Tri- cities for over 20 years,the Art Gallery at Evergreen(AGE) absorbs visitors through exhibitions,activated by public programs and our dynamic school workshops.The AGE focuses on contemporary art and ideas explored by professional artists working in all media.We also support young artists through our annual Emerging Talent exhibition,which features work by local high school students from School District 43.We believe that art is necessary to our daily life and seek opportunities to connect people with artists and the creative process.
ArtSea Community Arts Council of the Saanich Peninsula
Seeking an authentic regional arts experience?The Saanich Peninsula is the place to be!
Visit the beautiful Saanich Peninsula with views of the Gulf Islands and amazing Mount Baker.Experience how artists here express themselves with a visit to Tulista Park Gallery;view artists"creating"in Spring and Fall Studio Tours;celebrate visual and performing arts in October with the ArtSea Festival.There are also much more for traveller desiring an authentic arts experience.
Newton Cultural Centre/Arts Council of Surrey
Established in 1967,the Arts Council of Surrey is a member-based,non-profit society aiming to promote Performing,Literary and Visual Arts.The Arts Council sponsors and produces more than 15 events each year in addition to participating in various community events.
The Newton Cultural Centre is a new state-of-the-art place designed to be used by the arts and general business communities at large.The building is the home of the Arts Council of Surrey and contains a Gallery,a Conference/Meeting area and a Theatre Hall-all of which are for rent,suitable for all the arts.
Pacific Rim Arts Society
The Pacific Rim Arts Society(PRAS)is a volunteer-based,non-profit society serving the districts of Tofino and Ucluelet,and First Nations communities in the Clayoquot Sound/Long Beach area,on the West Coast of Vancouver Island,British Columbia,Canada.Our goal is to help build happy,healthy communities by bringing people together through arts and culture.
1. Where can visitors appreciate teens' artworks?| A．At the ArtSea Festival. |
| B．At Tulista Park Gallery. |
| C．At the Newton Cultural Centre. |
| D．At the Emerging Talent exhibition. |
| A．Enjoy an authentic arts experience. |
| B．Tour the Gulf Islands and Mount Baker. |
| C．Create arts in Spring and Fall Studio Tours. |
| D．Join in a celebration at Evergreen Culture Centre. |
| A．They were both set up in 1967. |
| B．They both hold 15 events annually. |
| C．They both serve communities for free. |
| D．They are both renting out a Theatre Hall. |
