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Schedule Your January Campus Tour & Interview

ON LY FOR STUDENTS APPLYING FOR FALL 2023 ENTRY

AVAILABLE DATES: January 5～20,2023

A Campus Tour & Interview consists of a 45-minute tour led by a student guide, followed by an interview with an admission counselor (顾问). The entire visit lasts about two hours. 

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all visitors must be fully vaccinated (接种疫苗) (two weeks after the final vaccine dose). We require all visitors to follow campus policies to keep our community and visitors healthy and safe. 

REQUIREMENTS — Please read carefully. 

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If you submit your Candidate Profile to Gateway today, it may take up to 24 hours for us to receive it from the Gateway system. We kindly ask you to return later to try booking your appointment before contacting our office. 

● For families with more than one child touring/interviewing, each student is to register for an appointment. Only one booking per student. 

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Towns across Italy have been racing to launch clever projects aimed at encouraging new residents to revive (复兴) their fortunes in recent years. From old homes selling for little more than a dollar to ready-to-occupy houses at knockdown prices, there's been a crazy competition.

The town of Presicce in the sunny region of Puglia is the latest to enter the game with a tantalizing offer. Officials say they'll pay people up to 30,000 euros to buy an empty dwelling (住宅) and take up residency.

Even better, the houses for sale as part of the deal are priced from around 25,000 euros. Like other cheap properties on sale across Italy, they've been long abandoned by their original owners. There's an added bonus: they're surrounded by the nature of the Salento area and close to beautiful beaches and greenish-blue clear waters of Santa Maria di Leuca.

"There're many empty homes in the historical center built before 1991, which we'd like to see alive again with new residents," says local official Alfredo Palese. "It's a pity to witness how our old districts full of history, wonderful architecture and art are slowly emptying."

"We'll be offering up to 30,000 euros to people willing to move here and buy one of these abandoned dwellings," he adds. "The total funding will be split into two: it'll go partly into buying an old home and partly into restyling it, if needed."

A 2019 merger (合并) with a neighboring community to create the larger town of Presicce-Acquarica has left extra money to ensure the project can continue for years to come. "After the merger, our wider territory will be blessed with more public funds, roughly 1,000,000 euros per year for several years forward, which we intend to invest to revitalize the old district," says Palese.

Together, Presicce and Acquarica have 9,000 residents but only half of them live in the older part of the community. So the town hall has already launched other projects to attract more residents, including tax benefits to set up new business activities and baby bonuses for families with kids.

Compost (堆肥) is one of the most wonderful things in the world. You take organic matter that would otherwise end up in landfills and create a nutrient-rich material that will help make gardens grow, flowers bloom and make it easier to feed the world. Thanks to Tipa, an Israeli start-up, you will soon be able to add plastics to your compost mix. 

Plastic is one of the most challenging problems on the planet. As No Camels reports, it often takes 500 years for plastic to break down, and even then, microplastics remain in water or on land. Furthermore, according to Inc. Com, even though plastic can theoretically be recycled, less than 5 percent of flexible plastic packaging that is put into recycling by consumers is actually recycled. 

But that doesn't need to be the case anymore.

Now, Tipa and other companies have begun to create plastics that are able to biodegrade like any organic matter does. When asked how she got the idea of creating compostable flexible plastics, Dafna Nissenbaum, the CEO and co-founder of Tipa, said, "Nature also packs its products, like bananas, apples and oranges, but with a compostable material. Our plastics will break down exactly like any other organic material and turn into solid fertilizer (肥料)."

Unlike other compostable plastics on the market, Tipa's plastics can be fully composted in home composts. This means that the average person with a garden compost could use their packaging and just throw it in the compost instead of the recycling bin when they are done with it.

Another thing that Tipa has been doing is to create partnerships with existing producers instead of creating their own factories. The company's materials are purposefully designed to be compatible (兼容的) with machinery that already exists and produces non-compostable plastics. Tipa says that fits in with its goal of creating a sustainable future.

Tipa has partnered with some high-end designers. Both Stella McCartney and Mara Hoffman use Tipa's products to package their products. Many brands are now aware that using sustainable packaging will endear them to customers, and Tipa helps them do that.

Standing out from the crowd isn't always a good thing.

Birds with uncommon traits like big beaks(喙), long tails and extended wings are more likely to be threatened and face extinction, new research finds. 

"We are fascinated by the diversity of the planet's bird species. At the same time, we are deeply concerned about the threats these birds face," lead author Jarome Ali, a PhD candidate at Princeton University, says. Ali completed the research at Imperial College London.

For their work, researchers analyzed measurement data collected from 9, 943 bird species, which are about 99% of all living bird species. The information came from both living birds as well as museum specimens(标本). The measurements included beak size and shape, as well as the length of legs, tails and wings. Researchers combined the information on physical traits with the birds' risk of extinction. Next, they ran simulations(模拟) about what would occur if the most threatened birds were to become extinct.

"All our simulations showed that extinction has worse effects on the diversity of bird shapes than we expected. This is deeply concerning, but not shocking given that we first found that threatened birds were more unique than non-threatened birds," Ali says.

The researchers weren't sure what could explain the link between unusual birds and their extinction risk. "Unique birds are likely to play specialized roles in the ecosystem. One possible explanation is that as habitats come under threat, these specialized roles are likely to be the first to be targeted," Ali says. "For example, if you were a hummingbird and specialized to feed on a small subset of plants, then damage to your habitat would be worse than if you were a less unique bird that eats a whole range of foods."

"The loss of these rare birds has an impact on the environment because their role in the ecosystem is lost," Ali says. "Our findings imply that we cannot simply hope that non-threatened species will come in and fill the role of the threatened species."

Insecurities are negative thoughts that can cause you to doubt yourself. According to the American Psychological Association, being insecure can make it difficult for you to trust others, have healthy relationships, be confident of your abilities and reach for your goals. . 

Challenge negative self-talk. . Then it's important to start challenging it. For instance, if the voice is saying "Don't try to dance because you're a horrible dancer and everyone will laugh at you", tell yourself "I'm going to dance because I love dancing and the only thing I care about is having fun".

 . People who struggle with confidence tend to have a bias (偏见) about everything they believe they cannot do. Instead, focus your attention toward the things you do well and the areas in which you would like to continue to improve. 

Channel confidence. Try to channel times in your life when you were feeling confident and embody that feeling. —it could be when you made a great presentation, gave an important speech, or managed a difficult conversation. Get back into that head space and see how your thought patterns and body language also radiate confidence. 

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Stop avoiding things that make you uncomfortable. . Commit to doing something every day that pushes you to grow and become a stronger person.

A. Focus on your strengths

B. Follow your inner voices confidently

C. Instead, take action to prevent those consequences

D. Fortunately, you can help yourself feel less insecure

E. For example, think about the time when you were proud of yourself

F. Instead, start dealing with the things that scare you and facing the unknown

G. Sometimes, you may get aware of the inner voice that's putting doubts in your mind

Paley arrived at Spring Grove Apartment 18 months ago. Jean Lewin, who lived there, fell in love with the stray (流浪的) cat and decided to 1 him. Although Lewin wanted to bring Paley into her home, Paley didn't show 2 in being domesticated (驯化). 3 , Lewin had to spare time to go out to 4 him. She placed blankets to keep him 5 in the cold winter nights and offered enough food. Lewin had 6 with cats as she had raised her own cats. Slowly, Paley started getting 7 with the kind woman. He would sometimes allow her to 8 him, and would even sit on her laps when she came. He became part of the building's "family".

One night, Lewin found Paley was crying and being a bit 9 . Paley wasn't being himself and refused to answer Lewin's call, to which he usually made a quick 10 .

Lewin thought the cat wanted to be followed, so she followed his 11 . Paley led her out of the apartment's yard until they 12 a large tree. That's when Lewin saw a woman 13 on the snow, unconscious and unresponsive.

Lewin had worked on a 14  team for many years and knew exactly what to do. She 15  got a blanket for the woman and asked a neighbor to call 911 while she was tending to her. 

Fortunately, the cat saved the day and the story had a happy ending.

The Central Axis(轴线) of Beijing was built during the Yuan Dynasty (1279～1368) and has since undergone various (stage) of renovation and expansion as it has evolved over the centuries. The axis stands at the heart of the city, (represent) China's history, spatial design, urban landscape and cultural value. The Central Axis of Beijing stretches the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower in the north of the city to Yongding Gate in the south, spanning 7.8 kilometers in total.

Bells and drums were used to announce the time in past centuries. The Bell Tower and the Drum Tower  (build) to serve a similar function in 1272. Since then, they have experienced several periods of renovation. The two towers,  were open to the public in the 1980s, are now popular tourist spots in  capital. 

The Drum Tower is 46.7 meters tall, with two stories housing 25 drums. The Bell Tower is slightly  (tall), at 47.9 meters, and also consists of two stories with a gray building. The buildings  (base) on fine architectural designs and delicate patterns were both made of wood. 

These buildings have witnessed many changes, standing as symbols of Chinese history and culture as well as the (wise) of ancient Chinese people. They remain part of the city's landscape, ready (witness) more changes in Beijing's ongoing development.

注意：1.写作词数应为80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

I worked at a local university and our office was staffed with a few student workers. One of the students was a member of an amateur soccer team that needed a player. She overheard me talking to another student about how I'd always wanted to play soccer, but never got the chance. The soccer player offered to let me come and try out for the position.

I was excited and scared. Excited at the thought of doing something I'd always wanted to do, but scared that I was too out of shape and too old to keep up with athletic twenty-year-olds. There was no harm trying out, though. I agreed to be on the field for practice.

My husband and children thought I was crazy but I didn't care. I didn't move much while doing my job at the university and I'd just taken up running to turn back the clock a little. I had all the mom responsibilities, too. Between my work and family responsibilities, finding time for myself seemed impossible, but I knew playing soccer with kids would motivate me to keep active.

I showed up with butterflies in my stomach and low expectations. I just knew once they saw how out of shape I was, they'd let me kick the ball a few times and then look for a younger girl. During drills, I was slow and got breathless easily, but my desire to do that made me drive forward. Maybe they were touched by my spirit or maybe they just needed a player—they let me in anyhow.

I couldn't have been happier! They took my shirt size, jersey (球衣) number and my team name. I chose "Mama Platt" because it was what a couple of the students called me, and I chose my dad's soccer number from high school: 7. I still remember the moment I stood in a sporting goods store. Was that really happening? I couldn't believe it. These girls were actually going to let me be a part of the team!

注意：1.续写词数应150左右;
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

In order not to let my team down, I decided to improve myself. 

……

We won our first game, our second and our third.