Tuesday, May 9，2017
Time |
Event | Details | Location |
4:30pm | Travel Tuesday at the Leventhal Map Center | Join us at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center as we explore a different part of the world on Travel Tuesday! Enjoy games, activities, coloring sheets, and more! *The first Tuesday of every month is Travel Tuesday. | Central Library |
Monday, May 15, 2017
Time | Event | Details ‘ | Location |
4pm | Theater Design Workshop | In theater design, it is the set designer's job to envision the scenery, furniture, and props that create the environment for the action to take place and the play to unfold. In this hands-on program led by architects from BSA Space, students learn about how the setting influences the action and the mood; and then use art, mathematics, and language arts skills to create their own three-dimensional model as a setting for their own story. This program will run for five weeks and has limited seating. To reserve a spot, please contact the West Roxbury Branch at 617. 325. 3147. This program is for children ages 6-9. | West Roxbury |
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Time | Event | Details | Location |
4pm | Giant Puppet-Making Workshop | The Puppeteers' Cooperative shows children how to create larger-than-life characters like animals or dragons using simple materials and techniques. This program will run for 6 weeks and has limited seating. To reserve a spot, please contact the Adams Street Branch at 617. 436. 6900. For children ages 6 to 12. | Adams |
Wednesday, June 14 2017
Time |
Event |
Details | Location |
3:30pm | DJ Classes with MMMMAVEN | Over the course of four weeks, participants learn the basics of DJing on industry-leading equipment, Mixtrack Pro Controller, and software, Serato DJ. In these hands-on classes, teens learn how to mix music with technology and explore the art of performance. This program will run for 4 weeks and has limited seating. To reserve a spot, please contact the Mattapan Branch at 617. 298. 9218. For teens ages 12 and up. | Mattapan |
1.Travel Tuesday at the Leventhal Map Center will____ .
A. show you around the Central Library
B. arrange for you to travel around the world
C. take place every Tuesday every month
D. enrich your knowledge of the world
2.Tom, an 8-year-old boy, wants to learn how to improve the setting for his play, he will join in ____ .
A. Travel Tuesday at the Leventhal Map Center
B. Giant Puppet-Making Workshop
C. Theater Design Workshop .
D. DJ Classes with MMMMAVEN
3.The four events will _______ ,
A. have limited seating B. take place in the afternoon
C. be held for the same age group D. last for five or six weeks
4.Where can children learn how to make an amusing animal with something at home?
A. At Adams. B. At Mattapan.
C. At West Roxbury. D. At Central Library.
1.He is a _______(顾问) on law affairs to the mayor.
2.Your statement is in _______(矛盾) with the rest of the evidence.
3.The sudden a_______ of guests forced her to change her plans.
4.I'd a_______ it if you would open the window for me.
5.He doesn’t have a sense of r_________, so he isn’t popular with his classmates.
6.China Telecom and China Unicom(电信和联通) also o ________fixed-line businesses.
7.Although she had only met the old man once，he had made a deep i_______on her.
8.Each year Americans c_______ a high percentage of the world's energy.
9.If I may refer back to the problem we discussed, I think we shall stress on the c________ of our natural resources.
10.It is not easy to ban i_________ hunting in some mountainous areas.
What is waste and why does it matter?
Waste or rubbish is something that people throw away because they no longer need it or want it. Almost everything we do creates waste and as a society we are currently producing more waste than ever before. We do this at home and at work. The fact that we produce waste, and get rid of it, matters for the following reasons.
When something is thrown away we lose the natural resources, the energy and the time which have been used to make the product. The vast majority of resources that we use in manufacturing products and providing services cannot be replaced. The use of these resources cannot go on indefinitely— we would run out.
When something is thrown away, we are putting pressure on the environment's ability to cope— in terms of the additional environmental impacts associated with extracting the new resources, manufacturing and distributing the goods, and in terms of the environmental impacts associated with getting rid of our rubbish.
When something is thrown away, we are not able to see it as a resource. It is well understood that what is waste to one person may not be viewed as waste by another. A good example of this is scrap metal（金属废料）which has been recycled for many years. Increasingly people are realizing that it makes economic sense as well as environmental sense to use "waste" rather than just throw it away.
The process of using up the earth's natural resources to make products which we then throw away, sometimes a very short time later, is not "sustainable" — in other words, it cannot continue indefinitely.
The way we consume materials will affect whether we have a sustainable society that leaves resources available for future generations to use. As consumers and producers, we are central to the concept of sustainability. We need to think about how we can get more out of less, how we can use less and throw away less and how we can do better things with our so-called "waste" than throw it away. We need to see "waste" as a "resource".
Title | The problem with waste |
1. | Waste or rubbish is what people throw away when they do not need it or want it any longer. |
Important 2.on society | The natural resources, the energy and the time used to make the product become 3.when something is thrown away. The vast majority of resources can’t be replaced and they would be 4.up. The environment's ability to extract the new resources, manufacture and distribute the goods and get rid of rubbish is 5. pressure. People 6. to see it as a resource. Increasingly, people are realizing that it makes both economic sense and environmental sense to use "waste" 7.of just throwing it away. |
Result | We’ll leave fewer resources 8. for future generations to use. |
9. | People should have the 10. of sustainability, thinking about getting more out of less, using less, throwing less and doing better things with it. People should see "waste" as a "resource". |
Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives.
It takes an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Do not expect love in return; but if it does not, be content it has grown in yours. Do not rely on one’s appearance; it can trick you. Do not rely on wealth; even that fades away. Rely on someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You cannot go on well in life until you let your past failures and heartaches go off. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trails to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. The happiest of people do not necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness waits for those who cry, those appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
1.In this passage, the writer wants to tell us ______.
A. what to do in our life
B. where to go with other persons
C. how to treat our life
D. how to get on well with other persons
2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. If you give someone your love, you are sure to receive love in return.
B. We often don’t know what we have lost until it happens someday.
C. It is wise not to rely on anybody because you are likely to be cheated.
D. If it takes you a short time to love someone, you will easily forget the person.
3.If you put yourself in another person’s position, ______.
A. you shouldn’t do what will hurt other people
B. you should put on other people’s shoes
C. you should believe in other people
D. you should depend on your imagination
4.In the last paragraph the writer is actually telling us that a person in the world should be one who ______.
A. can accept the suggestions made by others
B. can live happily and forget the past
C. does good to other people and is respected and loved by them
D. has made a lot of money for himself before he dies
My husband and I got married in 1965 and for the first ten years of our marriage I was very happy to ______ home and raise our three children.Then four years ago，our youngest ______ went to school and I thought I might go back to ______.
My husband was very ______and helped me to make my decision.He pointed out all of the things I can do around the ______，and said he thought I could be a great ______ in business.After several weeks of jobhunting，I found my ______job，which is working for a small public relations firm.At first，my husband was very ______ of me and would tell his friends，“My clever little wife can ______ that company she’s working for.”
But as his joking words were close to ______，my husband stopped talking to me about my job.I have received several promotions and pay increases，and I am now ______ more money than he is.I can buy my ______ clothes and a new car.Because of our joint incomes，my husband and I can do many things that we had always ______ of doing，but we don’t do these things because he is very ______.
We ______ about little things and my husband is very critical of me in front of our friends.For the first time in our marriage，I think there is a possibility that our marriage may come to a(n) ______.
I love my husband very much，and I don’t want him to ______ lower，but I also love my job.I think I can be a good wife and a working woman，but I don’t know ______.Can you give me some ______？Will I have to choose one or the other or can I keep both my ______ and my new career?
1.A. look B. stay C. see D. study
2.A. person B. man C. child D. lady
3.A. school B. factory C. study D. work
4.A. restricted B. opposite C. disappointed D. supportive
5.A. group B. house C. firm D. husband
6.A. success B. failure C. mother D. helper
7.A. awkward B. convenient C. useful D. present
8.A. warm B. fond C. proud D. comfortable
9.A. run B. walk C. hire D. sell
10.A. awareness B. beliefs C. reality D. ambition
11.A. making B. building C. producing D. growing
12.A. cheap B. own C. important D. incredible
13.A. agreed B. believed C. dreamed D. supposed
14.A. unhappy B. confident C. discouraging D. certain
15.A. communicate B. strike C. fight D. change
16.A. absence B. end C. exam D. question
17.A. gain B. add C. feel D. suffer
18.A. what B. where C. why D. how
19.A. duties B. advice C. fun D. enjoyment
20.A. husband B. child C. friendship D. boss
My money is ________, so I have to call my parents saying that I am missing them.
A. run out B. using up
C. running out D. running out of
