Language Learning and Immersion programs Worldwide for Teens
Language skills and inside knowledge about other cultures through immersion are becoming more and more important in the globalized world.
Accademia Europea di Firenze
The Accademia Europea di Firenze is one of the main Italian language, culture, and music school in Italy. Our method allows students to learn and practice Italian language through their subjects of greatest interest, whether art, music, or culture.
Dates: Starts every Monday the year round except on holidays
Contact: Isabel Berger, Accademia Europea di Firenze, Via Cavour,37.50129
Website: www.italianlanguageflorence.com
Spanish Immersion Programs for Teens in Costa Rica & Peru
Take your Spanish to the next level while experiencing Costa Rica's breathtaking biodiversity (生物多样化) or the cultural tapestry (织棉) of Peru. GLA integrates (使融入) Spanish language learning into many aspects of the program, providing students opportunities to take away more of the culture, and also leave more behind.[
Dates: Summer (June, July, August); spring break
Contact: Global Leadership Adventures, 10509 San Diego Mission Road, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92108
Website: www.experiencegla.com
Homestay French Summer School Program in Cannes, France
If you are looking to learn French, then there is no better option than a language homestay learning program in France. Live like a local with a French family, learn French and culture, have fun, make new friends, and get a head start on your academic (学院的) /university year !
Dates: Summer (June, July, August)
Contact: Passeport pour les langues—French Summer Classes
Website: www.frenchsummerclasses.com
Mandarin & Cultural Immersion Programs for Teens in China
Take your Mandarin to the next level while experiencing China's two worlds: one rural and traditional, the other fast-paced and urban. GLA weaves Chinese cultural immersion with language learning and adventure to provide students with a deeper, more meaningful experience.
Dates: Summer (June, July, August)
Contact: Global Leadership Adventures, 10509 San Diego Mission Road, Suite A, San Diego, CA 92108
Website: www.experiencegla.com
1.What will impress a student the most in Costa Rica?
A. Culture. B. History.
C. Biodiversity. D. People.
2.What does Mandarin & Cultural Immersion Programs for Teens in China focus on?
A. Making friends with the local people.
B. Learning different dialects of the Chinese language.
C. Learning Chinese history.
D. Having a deep experience of China.
3.Which website is most suitable for a student who wants to learn a foreign language through art?
A. www. italianlanguageflorence.com
B. www. experiencegla.com
C. www. frenchsummerclasses.com
D. www. Spanishsummerclasses.com
4.A student who wants to learn a foreign language in his spring break will probably join in _____.
A. Accademia Europea di Firenze
B. Spanish Immersion Programs for Teens in Costa Rica & Peru
C. Homestay French Summer School Program in Cannes, France
D. Mandarin &Cultural Immersion Programs for Teens in China
（题文）假设你是XX中学的李华，请给你的美国朋友Tom写封邮件，告诉他你打算参加户外拓展训练营，希望他一起参加。邮件的内容包括：
1. 介绍训练营的相关内容（时间、地点、参加人员等）
2. 你参加的原因
3. 询问对方的意向
参考词汇：户外拓展训练营Outward bound training camp
词数：100词左右
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school. She holds a view that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons. It seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I’ll unable to control myself and forget all about my study. She also thinks it is bad for my eye. But I really can’t accept her ideas. In my opinion, watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day’s hardly work. Besides, it is important for us to know what had happened at home and abroad. However, we shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Friendship is indispensable(不可缺少的) to people’s life. A man without friends is like an angel without wings, 1. life will suffer in the long tolerance of loneliness and depression. Friendship is the mother of our soul, who will warm her kid if hurt 2. (occur). We have many things such as happiness, 3. (excite) and bitterness, to share with our friends in life, etc. Thus, it is important 4. (maintain) a true friendship.
It takes many special qualities to make a friend. Understanding should come first. Only 5. we get a better understanding of each other can we gain 6.authentic and meaningful friendship.
It also takes a special kind of love that seems to have no end. Never hesitate to show your kindness to your friend when he/she is 7. trouble. Love is not selfish. Love is such a valuable quality 8. (give) by God that we should treasure it all our life.
Tolerance is the 9. (three) essential part in friendship. We are 10. (absolute) different persons. This individual distinction may cause conflict. But just try to tolerate others so that you can maintain your friendship.
Window
Bill and John, both seriously ill, lived in the same room at Marie Hospital. John lived next to the only window of the room and was allowed to _________in his bed and watch for an hour every day. But Bill had to spend all his time ________on his back.
They became friends soon and talked for hours every day. They spoke of their families, their children, their hobbies, and their _________ in the American army. Each day John would sit up and ________ to his roommate Bill what he could see outside the window.
Through John’s description, Bill’s world was ________ and brightened by all the activities and colors of the outside world. The window overlooked a beautiful park with a lovely________, John told Bill. Ducks played on the water _________ children sailed their model boats. And a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As John described all these ______, Bill would close his eyes and ______the picturesque scene. Bill was recovering ________. However, John became weak day by day.
Late one night, Bill was lying in bed _______the ceiling when John began to cough seriously. Then doctors and nurses rushed to the room. Thirty minutes later, John __________ coughing. Now, there was only silence --- ________.
The following morning, Bill was moved to the bed next to the window at his request. Slowing and ________ , he supported himself up on one elbow to take the first look. But to his _________ , he could see nothing but a _________wall.
Only at that moment did he begin to realize that the pursuit of happiness was a matter of ________. It was a positive attitude we chose to express. It was not a gift that got _________to our doorstep each morning, nor did it come through the window. It was an inward journey. Whether a man is happy or not depends on his own thoughts ________ anything outward.
So Bill began to describe the _______world to his new roommate that he saw through the only window of the room.
1.A. stand up B. sit up C. set up D. stay up
2.A. lying B. depending C. going D. relying
3.A. service B. advice C. appearance D. violence
4.A. explain B. complain C. describe D. introduce
5.A. affected B. broadened C. damaged D. expanded
6.A. tower B. lake C. statue D. hill
7.A. while B. though C. unless D. until
8.A. in addition B. in general C. in brief D. in detail
9.A. see B. remember C. imagine D. recognize
10.A. up to now B. little by little C. sooner or later D. one by one
11.A. thinking about B. staring at C. holding up D. fixing on
12.A. stopped B. continued C. avoided D. survived
13.A. deadly B. dead C. breathless D. aimless
14.A. regretfully B. fortunately C. particularly D. hopefully
15.A. surprise B. delight C. relief D. anger
16.A. simple B. blank C. colored D. painted
17.A. consideration B. expression C. choice D. practice
18.A. delivered B. decorated C. devoted D. determined
19.A. more than B. better than C. other than D. rather than
20.A. friendly B. yearly C. lively D. likely
1. You don’t show your secret personality when you ’re awake because you can control your behavior, but when you’re asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. 2. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. 3.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset. You’re very stubborn, but you aren’t very ambitious. 4. This means that you enjoy having a good time. If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. 5. You’re usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often get depressed. You always say what you think even if it annoys people.
A. You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident.
B. You know your strengths and weaknesses.
C. Everyone has got two personalities — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real.
D. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
E. Maybe you don’t want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up.
F. In a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position.
G. Normally people seldom change their sleeping position.
