1 . Things to see, hear, watch and read.
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MOVIES
Go to New York Film Festival
Sans virtual screenings.
Lincoln Center, through October 10.
The city’s most impressive cinema showcase opens with the world premiere (首映) of Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, with Deazel Washington and Frances McDormand as the ruthless(冷酷无情的) would-be royals, and includes new films from Pedro Almodóvar (Parallel Mothers), Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), Celine Sciamma (Petite Maman), Paul Verhoeven (Benedetta) and Apicbatpong Weerasethakul (Memoria).
ALISON WILLMORE
THEATER
See Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Rolling on the river.
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, reopens October 8.
With many Broadway shows returning, theater-goers can catch up with the shows they meant to attend but never quite got to. No one should miss a second chance to see star Adrienne Warren. The power-packed, laser-voiced performer will only be back playing the central role from October 8 to 31, and while her successor will no doubt be incredible, Warren...is simply the best. Do not miss her this time out.
HELEN SHAW
PODCASTS
Listen to Storytime with Seth Rogen.
Ft. celebrities and regular people.
Sirius XM’s Stitcher October 6.
Seth Rogen has teamed with producer Richard Parks III to show the stories of his interviewers as cinematically as possible, no matter how ordinary. Upcoming guests include Quinta Brunson, Joe Mande, and Paul Scheer.
NICHOLAS QUAH
ART
See Julian Lethbridge
Geometric abstractions.
Paula Cooper Gallery, 521 West 21" Street, through October 16.
Julian Lethbridge is a sort of under-known master of modeling the complex possibilities and variations of the visibility of thought. His works convey an intensity (强烈) of intention and a smoldering (郁积的) emotionalism.
JERRY SALTZ
1. Which of the following people is an actor in a movie?A.Jane Campion. | B.Frances McDormand. |
C.Seth Rogen. | D.Joel Coen. |
A.Helen Shaw. | B.Nieholas Quah. |
C.Alison Willmore. | D.Jerry Saltz |
A.Paul Scheer is the producer. |
B.Seth is interviewed on October 6. |
C.You can hear common people's stories. |
D.It covers as many cinemas as possible. |
A.His paintings are full of models. |
B.He is not very famous. |
C.His art exhibition runs through October. |
D.He has a complex personality. |
A.Lincoln Center. |
B.Paula Cooper Gallery. |
C.521 West 21th Street. |
D.Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. |
2 . Most kids grow up learning they cannot draw on the walls.
The project is called Writing On It All,and it's a participatory writing project and artistic experiment that has happened on Governor's Island every summer since 2013.
"Most of the participants are people who are just walking by or are on the island for other reasons.
The 2016 season runs through June 26 and features sessions facilitated by everyone from dancers to domestic workers.
A.Each session has a theme. |
B.But they are not well-behaved. |
C.But it might be time to unlearn that training. |
D.Sometimes those just kind of happen to be there. |
E.The notes and art on the walls are an experiment in self-expression. |
F.This year's session will be watched by domestic and international media. |
G.Governor's Island is a national historic district long used for military purposes. |
3 . About 43 years ago, spotted an advertisement in the paper for the YMCA wilderness program.
We stopped for lunch in the boat by gathering all the boats together.
At night it was time to camp at our site picked out by our guide. There we learned to start campfires and cook some of our meals. This is where fell in love with noodles.
There were no phones, makeup, hair dryers... just us and the bush. We came from different backgrounds with different personalities and we all had to work together as a group.
A.They dropped us off in the bush. |
B.I had to experience more of the wilderness. |
C.I was 15 and wanted to do something different. |
D.Our guide handed out chocolate, cheese, and dried meat. |
E.I liked the boat trip so much that I joined the survival trip the next year. |
F.It was wonderful sharing simple meals over the fire and talking with new friends. |
G.As a teenager, didn’t know that I was having the best adventure a teenager could have. |
4 . Children's Games in Ancient China
Unlike the children nowadays, the children during ancient times didn't have smart phone, iPad or computer to entertain(娱乐) themselves.
Flying kites
Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite.
Playing hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. Even nowadays, many children like playing it. There are two ways to play. One way is covering a child's eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄) him.
The closest thing to watching a film or television for entertainment during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. Folk artists manipulate puppets behind the screen, narrating stories and accompanied by music.
Setting off firecrackers(鞭炮)
Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that there was a beast (野兽)named Nian in ancient China.
A.Watching shadow plays |
B.Each of them has special features. |
C.Different materials are used to make the kite. |
D.Shadow plays were the popular entertaining form in ancient times. |
E.And to scare off the beast, people burnt bamboo joints to make it blast. |
F.More commonly, participants hide and one child must try to find them. |
G.Instead, they came up with(想出) interesting games to play in their childhood. |
5 . Hoverboards(电动滑板)were among the most popular Christmas gifts of 2015. They may have also been most dangerous gifts of 2015.
A true hoverboard looks like a skateboard without wheels. To “hover” means to float in the air without moving much in any direction. The popularity of hoverboards began in the 1980s, with the “Back to the Future” movies. Characters in the second and third films used hoverboards as transportation.
This year’s popular hoverboards, however, do not actually hover. They have wheels. And? as it turns out, they are not easy to use.
Adults and children around the world suffered hoverboard-related injuries over the weekend. Many posted pictures of the damage on social media. Twitter user David Douglas posted a photo of both him and a young girl with the broken arms they suffered on Christmas Day. And another user Erin Rafferty uploaded a video of her mother falling off a hoverboard, with the caption, “Who let mom on the hoverboard?”
Falling is not the only risk with some hoverboards. They are also a fire risk. At one store in Texas, an employee tried to fix a hoverboard a customer brought in. The hoverboard then caught fire.
Studies suggest that some hoverboard brands have defective batteries or plugs.
Many major airlines worldwide have banned hoverboards because of the fire risk. But some passengers did not hear the news. Australian actor Russell Crowesaid on Monday about his disappointment that Virgin Australia Airlines did not permit his children to take their hoverboards on the plane.
Major retailers (零售商)are also taking steps to improve the safety of the hoverboards they sell. Amazon in the United States now only sells hoverboards from brands that have submitted safety standard documents. The UK’s Amazon no longer sells hoverboards. It has also advised customers who bought unsafe brands of hoverboards to throw them away.
1. What’s the problem with this year’s hoverboards?A.They don’t have wheels. | B.They catch fire in the sun. |
C.They are difficult to handle. | D.They can’t move in any direction. |
A.the number of hoverboard-related injuries is declining. |
B.hoverboards are still enjoying equal popularity as before. |
C.hoverboards are still sold on Amazon in the United States. |
D.passengers are forbidden to get on planes with hoverboards. |
A.faulty | B.spare |
C.dead | D.dry |
A.newspaper | B.textbook |
C.science fiction | D.movie review |
6 . My husband and I are saving thousands of dollars every year by growing our own vegetables in our backyard. We learn something new every year and this website has been made to share tips with other people that would like to grow some of their own food.
It’s true that if you are starting from fresh, it will cost a little bit of money to get started. However, once everything is set up, the cost is very small and the rewards are huge. The size of your family and how many vegetables you eat determine exactly how much money you can save every year. We do a lot of juicing, so we are saving thousands of dollars by growing some carefully selected greens.
There is an amazing sense of accomplishment when you grow your own vegetables. Vegetables out of your vegetable garden don’t get any fresher, tastier or more satisfying. The whole family can get involved in this hobby and kids will learn where food comes from and appreciate nature even more.
Our approach to vegetable gardening is completely different from the normal one. We are doing it in the lazy way with zero digging and fertilizing(施肥). The way we grow our vegetables is to emulate natural ecosystems. No rows of carrots can be found in our garden beds. Rain forests seem to do just fine without human interference(干预) or having plants sown in rows, so we have applied the same principle to our vegetable garden and we care producing more vegetables than ever.
By copying nature we spend little time working in the vegetable garden but get a much better crop than previous years when we followed the rules. What can I say? We’re such rebels.(叛逆者)
1. What does the author think about people growing their own vegetables?A.It is a rewarding activity. | B.It is costly in the beginning. |
C.People should devote many efforts. | D.People should share their tips. |
A.Create. | B.Imitate(模仿). |
C.Protect | D.Improve. |
A.They use unconventional ways to grow vegetables. |
B.They don’t buy vegetables from the market. |
C.They even try to grow vegetables in the rain forests. |
D.They don’t grow ordinary vegetables. |
A. | B. |
C. | D. |
7 . When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish.” I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like salespeople.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
1. Why was the author upset in fishing trips when he was nine?A.He could not influence a fish as his father did. |
B.His father was not patient with him. |
C.His father did not teach him fishing. |
D.He could not catch a fish. |
A.in shallow water under waterside trees |
B.in deep water on cloudy days |
C.in shallow water under sunlight |
D.in deep water on sunny days |
A.it easy to think like a customer |
B.his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable |
C.his father’s fishing advice inspiring |
D.it difficult to sell services to poor people |
A.a fishing guide | B.a millionaire’s biography |
C.a novel on childhood | D.a popular sales book |