1 . Teens Spring Events at San Francisco Public Library
GREAT TEEN BOOK SWAP
Sunday, March 19,2017-2:30 pm to 5:30 pm
FREE book! Just leave us a review.
Here's how it works: Every Thursday, the librarian will bring out several books and allow teens the chance to look through them for one that you'd like to keep. You will, in turn, swap us a review of the book by the end of the month.
For ages 12-18.
For more information ,contact Dorcas at doroas. wong@sfpl.org.
THE MIX BOOK CLUB!
Sunday, March 19,2017-4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Teens aged 13-18 are welcome to The Mix at SFPL Book Club! We read a different book each month that you help choose. This month we're reading The Sun is Also A Star, by Nicola Yoon. New members and drop-ins are always welcome!
For more information, please e-mail catherine. cormier@ sfpl.org or call (415) 557-4404．
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY HENRY JAMES
Sunday, March 19,2017-6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Please join Chinatown's World Literature Book Club for an enjoyable discussion of The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James. This famous novel follows the young, free-spirited heiress, Isabel Archer, as she travels from New York to Europe.
CARTOONING & GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 25,2017-2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Join teaching artist and cartoonist Aaron Southerland for a cartooning and graphic novel workshop. Students will learn to create their very own cartoon and comic characters through advanced drawing techniques.
This is a Reading, Writing & Poetry program from SFPL. We love reading/sharing/creating words.
1. What can we infer about THE MIX BOOK CLUB?
| A．Writers read their books to participants. |
| B．Only those who book seats are welcome. |
| C．This event takes place 12 times a year. |
| D．Nicola Yoon, a writer, will help choose books. |
| A．Discussion.. | B．Writing. |
| C．Character creating. | D．Drawing contests |
| A．Teens' ages. | B．Names of the books to be read. |
| C．Book reviews. | D．Opening and closing hours. |
2 . Are you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids(孩子) to? Try some of these places:
Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids’ interest. Many offer workshops(研习班) for making land-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by children’s favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.
Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.
Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts-Puppet(木偶) making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.
Try hands-on(亲身实践的) science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. They’ll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.
1. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit .| A．an art museum | B．a natural history museum |
| C．a Youtheater | D．a hands-on science museum |
| A．Look at rock collections | B．Give performances |
| C．See dinosaur models | D．Watch puppet making |
| A．A tourist map | B．A museum guide |
| C．A science textbook | D．A news report |
3 . Skillswise Delivery Services
Christmas Job Opportunities
Aged between 16 and 65 years? Need some money for Christmas?
Are you available to work at short notice?
Can you work early in the morning or late at night? We are looking for careful and patient people to help to sort and deliver parcels in the Reading area from late November until the end of December.
Pay for weekdays, including Saturdays and Sundays, will be
Ages 16 to 17-----£4.80 per hour.
Age 18 and over----- £ 6.10 per hour.
So if you have good communication skills and are able to work as part of a team, we would like to hear from you.
To get an application form, please write to:
Elaine Grey, Personnel Officer, Skillswise Delivery Services, Windsor Road.
Reading, RGS 4BR
Tel:0118 932 814 (24 hr. answer phone)
Closing date: 10th November
1. Skillswise Delivery Services is looking for people who__________.| A．are young adults |
| B．live in the Reading area |
| C．have good qualities and certain skills |
| D．can work full-time |
| A．£48.80 |
| B．£19.20 |
| C．£24.40 |
| D．£38.40 |
| A．phone Elaine Grey |
| B．fill in a form |
| C．get an application form before late November |
| D．go to the office of Skillswise Delivery Services |
| A．He must hand in his form before 10th October. |
| B．He must be sixteen years old or older. |
| C．He must work at noon. |
| D．He must call 0118932824. |
4 . Beloit Summer Language
If you’re serious about learning a language, come to one of the nation’s finest language summer camp programs, the Center for Language Studies (CLS) at beautiful Beloit College in Wisconsin. CLS is a four-or eight-week language program in Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, or Russian that is open to high school students and people who are studying or working at college.
Phone: 608-363-2500
Email: admiss@beloit.edu
Website: https://www.beloit.edu
Georgetown University: Summer Medical Program
If you’re a teen thinking about learning medicine in college, explore the medical summer camp program offered at Georgetown University. In this 20-day course, you will get a brief idea of the first-year medical school curriculum. The course includes lectures, laboratory work and fieldwork.
Phone: 202-687-7087
Email: highschool@georgetown.edu
Website: http://scs.georgetown.edu
Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writers Workshop
In the summer of 1983, Bard College at Simon’s Rock began offering a three-week writing workshop for high school students. Each year 84 academically motivated students are chosen to participate in the Simon’s Rock program. Former participants have gone on to such colleges as Bard, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and so on.
Phone: 413-528-7231
Email: jamieh@simons-rock.edu
Website: https://simons-rock.edu
Art: Summer at Penn
Each summer, the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Design offers an unparalleled four-week summer art program for artistically gifted high school students. This pre-college art program in Philadelphia prepares you for the college admissions process as you experience university life. Courses are held within the School of Design’s fine art studios and you can develop your technical skills and expand your styles of creative expression.
Phone: 610-265-9401
Email: imagine@jkcp.com
Website: http://www.jkcp.com
1. Which program accepts college students?| A．Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writers Workshop |
| B．Georgetown University: Summer Medical Program |
| C．Beloit Summer Language |
| D．Art: Summer at Penn |
| A．admiss@beloit.edu | B．imagine@jkcp.com |
| C．jamieh@simons-rock.edu | D．highschool@georgetown.edu |
| A．By visiting http://scs.georgetown.edu | B．By visiting https://simons-rock.edu |
| C．By visiting https://www.beloit.edu | D．By visiting http://www.jkcp.com |
Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is widely regarded as one of Japan's most famous and influential artists.He produced works of astonishing quality right up until his death at the age of 90.This new exhibition will lead you on an artistic journey through the last 30 years of Hokusai's life—a time when he produced some of his most memorable masterpieces.
25 May—13 August 2017
Room 35
Adults￡12,Members/under 16s free
Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950
Drawn from the British Museum's rich collection,this is the first exhibition devoted to landscape drawings and watercolours by British artists in the Victorian and modern eras—two halves of very different centuries.
23 February—27 August 2017
Room 90
Free,just drop in
Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia
This major exhibition explores the story of the Scythians—nomadic tribes and masters of mounted warfare,who flourished between 900 and 200 BC.Their encounters with the Greeks,Assyrians and Persians were written into history but for centuries all trace of their culture was lost—buried beneath the ice.
14 September 2017—14 January 2018
Room 30
Adults￡16.50,Members/under 16s free
Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift
This display is part of the Museum's contribution to the India-UK Year of Culture 2017.It looks at the popular print culture of India from the 1880s until the 1950s.
19 July—3 September 2017
Room 90a
Free,just drop in
1. If you are interested in drawings of natural scenery,you will probably go to______.| A．Room 35 | B．Room 90 |
| C．Room 30 | D．Room 90a |
| A．Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. |
| B．Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia. |
| C．Places of the mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950. |
| D．Politics and paradise: Indian popular prints from the Moscatelli Gift. |
| A．In a health report. | B．In a story book. |
| C．In a parenting magazine. | D．In a tour guide. |
Festival activities programme
TIME AND PLACE
October 24~30
Oct．24~30:9:00 a．m．~4:00p．m
Oct．25~29:12:00 p．m~9:00 p．m．
at Kerry Centre Hotel
Classroom area
1) English Taster Lesson
2) Food health-keeping method presentation Computer area
3) E-Photography and TechnoMusic
4) Education Software Demonstration
Internet Training area
SINA and Capital On- Line will provide Internet training for the public．The focus (焦点) will be on browsing the Internet; how to find useful information on the web and how to design an elementary Web page
Foyer activity area
5) The students from Beijing TV University for the Aged will provide a calligraphy (hard writing demonstration)
6) Children activities Lectures
21st Century, the educational weekly of China Daily, will invite experts from English- speaking countries to hold lectures from 18:30 to 20:30 on October 27 to 29 and in the daytime on October 30．
1. A 70 -year- old teacher wants to see how to use writing brush well．he should go to ________．
| A．Foyer Activity area | B．Computer area |
| C．Internet Training area | D．Classroom area |
| A．Computer area at 9 ．m．Oct．30 |
| B．Internet Training area at 11 a．m．Oct．24 |
| C．Classroom area at 8:00 p．M．Oct．26 |
| D．Lectures at 9:00 p．m．Oct．29 |
| A．9:00~9:45 a ．m．Oct．27 |
| B．15:00~15:45 Oct．30 |
| C．17:15~18:00 Oct．28 |
| D．12:00~12:45 Oct．25 |
| A．reading here and there in book, etc |
| B．going here and there |
| C．staring everywhere |
| D．seeing everywhere |
7 . Monthly Talks at London Canal Museum
Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.
November 7th
The Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”.
December 5th
Ice for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.
February 6th
An Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.
March 6th
Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.
Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book
More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson
London Canal Museum
12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT
www.canalmuseum.org.uk www.canalmuseum.mobi
Tel:020 77130836
1. When is the talk on James Brindley?| A．February 6th. | B．December 5th. |
| C．November 7th. | D．March 6th. |
| A．The Canal Pioneers. | B．An Update on the Cotsword Canals |
| C．Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands | D．Ice for the Metropolis |
| A．Miranda Vickers | B．Malcolm Tucker |
| C．Chris Lewis | D．Liz Payne |
8 . Choose Your One-Day-Tours!
Tour A - Bath &Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge -￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.
Tour B - Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church Tower and Anne Hathaway’s -￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶）” from St Mary‘s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C - Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace -￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!
Tour D –Cambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great -￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.
1. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?| A．Tour A | B．Tour B |
| C．Tour C | D．Tour D |
| A．Windsor Castle & Hampton Court | B．Oxford & Stratford |
| C．Bath & Stonehenge | D．Cambridge |
| A．It used to be the home of royal families | B．It used to be a well-known maze |
| C．It is the oldest palace in Britain | D．It is a world-famous castle |
We’re looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply(申请) in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss100.
Father ChristmasWe’re looking for a very special person preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.
Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00Excellent pay.
Please contact(联系)the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne.
Accountants AssistantWhen you join the them in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver of for somebody who has office experience.
Wealden District CouncilSoftware Trainer
If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
1. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?| A．The Enterprise Shopping Centre |
| B．Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited. |
| C．Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. |
| D．Wealden District Council. |
| A．is aged between 24 and 40 |
| B．may do some training work |
| C．can work for about a month |
| D．should deal with general duties |
| A．Producer, London Kiss. |
| B．Father Christmas. |
| C．Software Trainer |
| D．Accountants Assistant |
◇Moving Sale 2 armchairs, red/brown at$400 each; coffee table, black, wood, $800; oil painting, big, $900; Tianjin carpet, green 3x7, $600; double bed, $500; mirror, big, square, $500; fridge, big, double-door, $1000; old pictures, $140 up each; plants, big and small Tel: Weekend, 2521601l/Weekday. 25245867
◇Part-time Laboratory Assistant Wanted Required by busy electronics (电子) company to help with development of computer. Should have an electronics degree and some practical experience of working in an electronics laboratory Hours 9:30 a.m.—l:00 p. m. Mon.—Fri. Fourteen days paid leave. Salary￥6,598-10,230 dependent on experience. Letter of application to: Mrs. G Chan, NOVA ELECTRONICS, 45 Gordon Rd, Hung Hom Kowloon.
1. The one who put on the first ad probably wants to_________.
| A．rent a beautiful flat of her own in Happy Vallev |
| B．find another lady to share the cost to rent a flat |
| C．share her room in a flat with whoever has no pet |
| D．employ a maid to look after herself and the flat |
| A．buy an old picture for $150 | B．call at 25720836 and see a beautiful park |
| C．buy two armchairs for $400 | D．hire a maid by paying $6,800 |
| A．get in touch with NOVA ELECTRONICS |
| B．call at 25245867 any day except Monday |
| C．do it before you move to another place |
| D．call at either25245867 on Monday or 25216011 on Saturday |
| A．you have to work at least 4 hours a day |
| B．you should write a letter to Mrs. G Chan |
| C．you will be given 14 days off each year besides weekends |
| D．you will get no more than $6,598 each month |
