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In spring 2015, after 39 years with Columbia Pictures, I retired and found myself with lots of free time to spare. 

I decided to use that time to volunteer. While tutoring with the adult literacy program at my local library, an advertising flyer for a neighborhood group called Westchester Villages caught my eye. Its main job is about matching aging neighbors with local volunteers who help them in a number of different ways: Making short visits, being a walking partner, or driving to doctors' appointments and the like.

I am happy to offer myself as a responsible person and a comfort to someone who is nervous about their appointment and concerned about getting there safely on time. I' m usually available to stay with the person I'm driving during their visit and accompany them back to my car for the ride home. These drives also can be ideal times for relaxing conversation. I've had many discussions with them, discovered many common interests, and heard numerous extended stories of past travels and family histories.

I often begin rides by comforting a nervous neighbor by calmly saying, "I know where we're going, the most direct route, and the best place to park. You're in good hands with me. " These driving experiences also have afforded me opportunities for reflection. I've come to feel united with the neighbors I have come to know, and a more eager awareness of the aging process we all share. In living through so much time with them, I realize I'm going through the same stages.

A final irony (讽刺) for this movie lover is that I no longer need to go to a darkened theatre and gaze at a big screen in search of high drama. Whether it's a World War II-era family story or anxiety about current events or good news from a doctor, I experience all from a definitely front row seat.

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre serves as an open-air theatre focusing on the work of Shakespeare.

Highlights

Not only does the Globe Theatre host many performances throughout the Summer months, but it also hosts guided tours of the playhouse. During the tours, visitors are educated on the construction, the design and the rich stories of the 520-year-old Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. Another highlight includes Shakespeare's Globe Exhibition, which educates visitors on Shakespeare's life, as well as where he lived in London.

Depending on when you visit, there may also be some short exhibitions inside the playhouse, which range from historical to art exhibitions. 

Special Tips

•If you want to avoid large crowds, try to avoid watching performances between May and August as it can get busy. If you plan on going on a tour, the 9:30 a. m. tours are usually the quietest. 

•If you plan on sitting on any of the wooden benches during a performance, it may be a good idea to rent a seat cushion for $1 as the benches can get quite uncomfortable after you sit for longer periods of time. 

•Make sure you check the weather forecast before you book your tickets. The use of umbrellas is not allowed, so make sure you have an extra raincoat and warm shoes, just in case. If you're worried about standing in the rain, there are seats available that are protected under a sound roof.

Ticket Prices and Opening Hours

Due to the fact that the Globe is an open-air theatre, performances are only held from mid-April to mid-October. 

Tickets for opera performances cost £10 per person(for standing)or £26-879(for seating), while tickets for comedy shows cost £10 per person(for standing)or £25-£35(for seating). 

入冬以来，很多同学因为寒冷或者忙于学业，久坐不动。假设你是校报专栏"English Corner"的记者李华，你决定写一篇英文倡议书，呼吁大家做一些方便简单的运动。内容主要包括：1. 目前现象；2. 具体建议；3. 发出倡议。

注意：1. 词数：100词左右。2. 可以适当增加细节, 使行文连贯。

Dear fellow students, 

Li Hua

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。

Anyone who is on the way to success will be faced with difficulties. The key point is not to make complaints and to find a properly way out. My best friend, Tom, is a excellent example. In Senior One, nobody knew that the difficulty he had working out math problems. To tell you the true, more often than not, he feels math was too hard to learn well. With great determination, she went to his math teacher, Jackson, to help. Jackson did what he could help him out of trouble. We can see what determined and diligent a boy Tom is. Now math has become a piece of cake for him. 

The Shenzhou XVI crew returned to Earth on Tuesday morning, (conclude) a historic, five-month mission that also involved China's first civilian astronaut.

The spaceship's reentry capsule, carrying mission commander Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao, (touch) down at 8: 11 am at the Dongfeng Landing Site, where they received a brief interview. Jing, (seat) inside the capsule, said they were excited to return to our motherland that the orbital stay inside the Tiangong space station was a "very cool journey". He said his teammates performed excellently and managed (honor) their commitment to the motherland and the people. The mission was Jing's fourth spaceflight, making him China's (experienced) astronaut among all. Zhu said they co-worked well in completing various tasks (success). China's space station is always worth looking forward . Gui said he expected to return to the space station to continue his scientific explorations.

After the interview, the astronauts were transported into special vehicles for detailed (assess) of their health, after which they were to start their medical quarantine (隔离), health observation and recovery. 

For the next six months, Tiangong will be manned by the Shenzhou XVII staff,  arrived at the space station on Thursday evening. 

In the vast ocean, nature wonders never stop to amaze us. On October 18th, in Australia, some beach goers 1  a mother humpback whale (座头鲸) and her kid too close to the beach, letting out loud screams, possibly getting 2 . They reported it to the rescuers 3 . 

Malcolm Smith and his rescue team 4  soon. They found the report was true — the two were far from their 5  route. During this time of every year, Antarctica 6  plentiful sources of food. The humpback whales 7  along the Western Australian coast, heading for 8  food in Antarctica. Smith tried a lot to guide them back but in vain. Suddenly, a group of dolphins came 9  through the water. They took the task upon themselves to 10  the hopeless situation. 

The amazing 11  was caught on video and shared on social media, leaving hundreds and thousands of viewers 12  the cooperation between these beautiful animals. In the video, as the dolphins 13 , the two whales follow willingly, gracefully swimming straight out, to their 14 . 

The remarkable sight reminds us of the unbelievable 15 that exist in the animal kingdom. "The clever dolphins must have heard the whales' helpless calls. " Smith said, "It is the 16 day of my life. " Smith said. The Dolphin Discovery Centre expressed their heartfelt 17 on social media to those who reported the 18 whales. This kind 19 is a reminder of the importance of working together in 20 the sea ecosystem and its brilliant animals.

How To Be More Attractive

Having a beautiful face is hot but having a kind soul is hotter. Having visible success is hot but having invisible achievement is hotter. . After some research, I find some things that instantly attract me. 

Living with passion and purpose

People with purpose move differently. You can see confidence in their eyes, discipline in their action, and determination in their voice. When you come across such people, you're instantly drawn to them. . It leaves you with a whisper, "You've got this too".

Empathy & compassion (同理心)

The most attractive people are kind and ask for nothing back. It tells you a lot about a person when they help a stranger with directions, a homeless person with a meal, a friend with an immediate move and a family member with a listening ear. . 

People who are kind but say yes to everything are not kind. They are just people-pleasers who are constantly seeking agreement and have a hidden motive most of the time. They are never afraid to say no to unhealthy relationships and self-doubt. 

A sense of humor

You know that kind of person, right? The one who doesn't take themselves too seriously. . When talking with them, you'll find your guard naturally comes down, and that you're transported back to that childlike state. It's like that they accept you with all your flaws (瑕疵). This sense of comfort and acceptance is attractive.

A. Having bottom lines

B. Thinking before acting

C. These little things make a big difference

D. Charm is all about the treasure that lies within

E. Friendship is built on trust and help from one another

F. The one that can make you laugh until your stomach hurts

G. Their energy is so powerful that it lights up your own ambitions

Toy giant Lego has given up on plans to make its bricks from recycled bottles, in a blow to its efforts to cut carbon emissions (排放). The company said in 2021 that it aimed to reduce oil-based bricks within two years. But Monday's statement said it had found that using the new material didn't reduce carbon emissions. Lego said it remains fully devoted to developing sustainable materials for bricks.

The toy maker makes about 4, 400 different bricks. Currently, many of them are made using a plastic, ABS, mainly made from oil. The move, which was first reported in Financial Times, will be seen as a setback (挫折) after an open claim by Lego to improve its sustainability. Like many other companies, Lego has been exploring alternative materials to plastic that will be lasting enough for generations. In 2021, it said it had developed bricks made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, with some other chemicals added, to offer an alternative to oil-based bricks. 

But Lego has now discovered that after more than two years of testing, it had found that using recycled PET didn't reduce carbon emissions. It said extra steps were required in the production process, which meant it needed to use more energy. It has decided not to progress with making bricks from the material, and now testing and developing bricks made from a range of alternative sustainable materials.

Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of Lego, told the FT that it was hard to find "magic material" to fix the firm's sustainability challenges. "We tested hundreds and hundreds of materials. It's almost not been possible to find a material like that, " he said.

A spokesperson for the company told the BBC, "We are investing more than $1. 2bn in sustainability move in the four years to 2025 as part of our efforts to turn to more sustainable materials and reduce our carbon emissions by 37% by 2032. "

Since the growth of online streaming services like Netflix, subtitling (加字幕) has become something of an art. 

Subtitles started out as an accessibility feature for deaf audiences, and to translate foreign language films into your own. Of course, it's not just deaf audiences that subtitles help. The translated subtitles of foreign films are great for learning languages, letting you read and hear how it's pronounced at the same time. Movie subtitles are written ahead of time, but subtitling for live TV has to be done in the moment as the person is speaking, so mistakes are likely to happen. But because subtitles can be everything, from monster squelches (扑哧声) to bombs exploding, it's a great way to learn many things, such as new adjectives.

Subtitler Karli Witkowska explained how her choice of adjective creates emotion for the audience. Karli belongs to a team of subtitlers who try to make their descriptions as close as possible to the sounds they hear. Karli bases her descriptions on the film's type. The sound effects needed for a thriller like Strange Things-creaking (吱嘎) stairs and sudden screams-are very different from the sounds used in historical period dramas. This influences the adjective Karli chooses to describe a sound. For example, light-hearted and cheerful music might be described as jaunty-full of energy and confidence.

Another time, her team found exactly the right expression "gobsmacked silence". In this scene, the characters were about to gasp-take in a short, sudden, and quick breath of air without speech or sound in the scene, you are able to tell people that atmosphere. "So when my colleague came up with that one, I definitely gave him a big thumb-up", she said.

In fact, the phrase "gobsmacked silence" is so good that it goes viral (走红) and is being used in all kinds of situations.

"If you're Italian and Swedish, and Daddy's Italian and Polish, " my 7-year-old daughter asked, "does that mean I'm part Swedish, Polish and Italian?"

"Well, not exactly. . . " I tried to think on my feet. Clearly it was time to explain some complicated things.

My daughter arrived by using a donated egg (卵子). I carried her to term, but she carries all her genes from my husband and the donor. Any similarities we share are a result of nurture rather than nature. I often experienced a sense of shame, as if I had cheated nature. I also feared that my daughter would feel disconnected or pull away from me once she knew everything. 

However, we didn't want the information to come from anyone but us. I had referred to many related researches and results showing such families have better outcomes when parents tell kids about their special arrival early on, ideally by the time they're 7 years old. On the day when she asked the question, I bought a book You Began as a Wish by Kim Bergman, which talks about all the different ways kids come.

After reading together, we talked a little longer about the different kinds of families we knew. I could see recognition in her warm brown eyes. "Could I be French? I love the Eiffel Tower and croissant (羊角面包)", she asked expectantly. I thought back to the information of the donor application. " "Actually, I think you are a little bit French. "

"Yes!" She pumped her fist in the air.

I know this is only the very beginning of these conversations, and things may be more complicated for my family from now on. But we get to work through whatever complications' arise together, without secrecy or shame.

If you're looking for a new book to read, you're in luck-every October sees the most books published in a single day and this year it falls on October 12. These are some of the biggest new titles to pick up.

●A Stroke of the Pen by Terry Pratchett, priced £20. 

It contains 20 short stories written in the seventies and eighties in the last century. This delightful collection is inventive and engaging, often with a twisty end. The comedic fantasies that shape this book make a fun read. 

●A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand, priced £16. 99. Available now. 

It is a read attracting readers' curiosity to the end and the end is beyond expectation. The short chapters, complex characters, and beautifully yet scarily written descriptions make the novel an irresistible page-turner.

●Divine Might by Natalie Haynes, priced £20. Available now. 

You've likely heard their names — Hera, Demeter, The Furies — and you may think you know their stories. But Haynes' manages to give these well-known Greek goddesses a new voice by telling their story from a different view.

●Secrets of the Forest by Alicia Klepeis, illustrated by Kristen Adam, priced £14. 99. Available now. 

American children's author Alicia Klepeis has over 170 works for young audiences to her name, all with an educational angle. Through these delightful bite-sized bedtime stories, readers are guided to learn about the real biology and behavior of the incredible creatures. These stories should be treasured and handed down through generations to come.

你的表弟今年上高一, 下学期选课走班准备参加即将到来的新高考, 微信询问你选物理组合, 还是历史组合。请你就他的询问给出两到三条参考建议。

注意： 1. 词数100左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节, 以使行文连贯。

Dear Cousin, 

Yours, 

Cousin

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。

The "19th Asian Games for All" campaign was engaged the public beyond Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, the country of China and the wider continent as the curtain come down on the program at the Main Media Center on Sept 22, 2023.

Organize by the Olympic Council of Asia, the campaign consisted of three event, namely, the Hangzhou Asian Games Fun Run, Asian Games Youth Reporter Project and Hangzhou Asian Games Children's Art Competition.

Media personnel whom joined the Fun Run activity participated in such traditional Chinese exercises like Ba Duan Jin and Tai Chi. 

Australian photographer for Al-Iraqia newspaper, Rafeq Mohammed, joins week Tai Chi classes near his home in Sydney and tried Ba Duan Jin the first time during the Fun Run event. 

"Tai Chi has made I more patient, " he said. "Ba Duan Jin is amazing. It makes me feel powerful, relaxes me and enhances my mental strong. During the practice, I also acquire discipline. "

For thousands of years, people have told fables (寓言) (teach) a lesson or to pass on wisdom. Fables were part of the oral tradition of many early cultures, and the well-known Aesop's fables date to the (six) century, B. C. Yet, the form of the fable still has values today, Rachel Carson says in "A Fable for Tomorrow. "

Carson uses a simple, direct style common to fable. In fact, her style and tone (口吻) are seemingly directed at children. "There was once a town in the heart of America, all life seemed to enjoy peaceful existence with its surroundings, " her fable begins, (borrow) some familiar words from many age-old fables. Behind the simple style, however, is a serious message (intend) for everyone.

(difference) from traditional fables, Carson's story ends with an accusation instead of a moral. She warns of the environmental dangers facing society, and she teaches that people must take responsibility saving their environment.

The themes of traditional fables often deal with simple truths about everyday life. However, Carson's theme is a more weighty (warn) about environmental destruction. Carson proves that a simple literal form that has been passed down through the ages can still (employ) today to draw attention to important truths.

Grizzly bears, which may grow to about 2.5 m long and weigh over 400 kg, occupy a conflicted corner of the American psyche — we revere (敬畏) them even as they give us frightening dreams. Ask the tourists from around the world that flood into Yellowstone National Park what they most hope to see, and their answer is often the same: a grizzly bear. 

"Grizzly bears are re-occupying large areas of their former range, " says bear biologist Chris Servheen. As grizzly bears expand their range into places where they haven't been seen in a century or more, they're increasingly being sighted by humans.

The western half of the US was full of grizzlies when Europeans came, with a rough number of 50, 000 or more living alongside Native Americans. By the early 1970s, after centuries of cruel and continuous hunting by settlers, 600 to 800 grizzlies remained on a mere 2 percent of their former range in the Northern Rockies. In 1975, grizzlies were listed under the Endangered Species Act. 

Today, there are about 2, 000 or more grizzly bears in the US. Their recovery has been so successful that the US Fish and Wildlife Service has twice attempted to delist grizzlies, which would loosen legal protections and allow them to be hunted. Both efforts were overturned due to lawsuits from conservation groups. For now, grizzlies remain listed. 

Obviously, if precautions (预防) aren't taken, grizzlies can become troublesome, sometimes killing farm animals or walking through yards in search of food. If people remove food and attractants from their yards and campsites, grizzlies will typically pass by without trouble. Putting electric fencing around chicken houses and other farm animal quarters is also highly effective at getting grizzlies away. "Our hope is to have a clean, attractant-free place where bears can pass through without learning bad habits, " says James Jonkel, longtime biologist who manages bears in and around Missoula.

When John Todd was a child, he loved to explore the woods around his house, observing how nature solved problems. A dirty stream, for example, often became clear after flowing through plants and along rocks where tiny creatures lived. When he got older, John started to wonder if this process could be used to clean up the messes people were making. 

After studying agriculture, medicine, and fisheries in college, John went back to observing nature and asking questions. Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria (细菌)? Which kinds of fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals? With the right combination of animals and plants, he figured, maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did. He decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine. 

The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge (污泥). First, he constructed a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other. Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought back some plants and animals. He placed them in the tanks and waited. Little by little, these different kinds of life got used to one another and formed their own ecosystem. After a few weeks, John added the sludge. 

He was amazed at the results. The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to eat it! Within weeks, it had all been digested, and all that was left was pure water. 

Over the years, John has taken on many big jobs. He developed a greenhouse — like facility that treated sewage (污水) from 1, 600 homes in South Burlington. He also designed an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou, a city in southeast China. 

"Ecological design" is the name John gives to what he does. "Life on Earth is kind of a box of spare parts for the inventor, " he says. "You put organisms in new relationships and observe what's happening. Then you let these new systems develop their own ways to self-repair. "

Best Things to Do on Maui Maui

Hawaii is a dream destination for visitors, home to wonderful sandy beaches, a choice of activities and a relaxed lifestyle. Whether you are looking for adventures or water sports, there is plenty to choose from. 

Awapubi Adventures

Adventure tours suit single travelers, couples, and families, and are run by professional tour guides who will take care of your every need. Tours include trips to West Maui, hiking tours, snorkeling (浮潜) adventures, as well as tours to E Komo and Hana. 

Phone: 808-269-6031

Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center

Visitors can enjoy the inspiring surrounding gardens, take self-guided tours of the grounds, and visit the historic sugar mill, professional artist studios, and wonderful exhibitions. The Hui Gallery Shop has a variety of art-based things such as glass, paintings, drawings, and photography. 

Phone: 808-572-6560

Hawaiian Paddle Sports

Explore the beauty of the ocean and its marine life (海洋生物) on guided boat tours that are organized by professional guides. These tours are for single travelers, couples, and groups. 

Phone: 808-442-6436

Maui Arts Cultural Center

The center hosts a variety of performances that show the finest of Hawaiian and local artists, and it also offers a range of educational and cultural programming, workshops, and free events for creative artists. The center is home to the Schaefer International Gallery, an exhibition space for visual (视觉的) arts that has a number of exhibits throughout the year. The center partners with the government to host free events. 

Phone: 808-242-7469

Wandering in the forest with sweet melodies of wild birds, tourists might feel they are in a fairy tale world.  (actual), they are picking wild mushrooms in Yunnan Province. Tired of visiting  (crowd) scenic spots during holidays, many people instead choose mushroom picking  (refresh) themselves. 

Xu Yaowei is in charge of a mushroom picking project on the app "Youyunnan". "There are two types of tour routes. The first (design) for tourists from outside the province. Their expectation is a mushroom hunting experience, (focus) on easily finding mushrooms. " Xu said, "The second route is for local and high-end customers, which includes a mushroom hunting experience, picking wild tea, visiting a local wild mushroom market as well. "

By the end of August, the project conducted nearly 40 one-day wild mushroom collection tours, serving nearly 800 tourists, more than 95 percent of  are from outside the province. Most of them are college  (graduate) and parents with children. 

A tourist who paid a special one-day visit Yunnan from Sichuan Province said, "My child loves mushrooms and we want to give him a chance to experience the wonders of nature and provide educational experience. "

Stella was 5 when she had a surgery that left her with casts (石膏) on both legs and a bar between them. It was impossible to wear 1  pants during the recovery. 

Like any mother, Puzzo promised to do anything to give Stella 2  to dress. She decided to try it herself. Soon came the first-generation version: a pair of pants was 3  and then sewed in Velcro (尼龙搭扣). It was a simple fix, but a big 4  for Stella. 

At the post-operative appointment, Stella wore them. Her doctors were 5 and advised Puzzo to 6 more. "Many parents ask us all the time what to dress their children in, and now you 7 solved that problem, " one doctor added.

When she 8  what the surgeon said with her friend Joanne DiCamillo, it 9  them that this was something missing from the market. It was there that the brand Befree was born. 

Later, they worked on the second generation, eventually making a 10  from Velcro to zippers (拉链). They were granted design patents for their pants and 11  their website in 2022, which became an instant hit. 

DiCamillo noted that 12  buyers are not limited to just children and adults with disabilities, but including other people 13  from surgeries. Their dream is that in five years, their 14  clothes will be sold alongside traditional clothes. 

It is said that 15  is the mother of invention, and this invention came from two mothers with a need: clothing for those with disabilities. 

Adding game-like elements to non-game activities is part of app design. Streaks (计数器) encourage users to log into products each day. Medals reward them for completing tasks. Leaderboards add the spice of competition. 

Such features can help others stay motivated while achieving a goal they find difficult to stick to. When Duolingo, a language-learning app, went public in 2021, it was clear that game-like features play a crucial role in keeping its users engaged. 

But as You've Been Played, a new book by a game designer Adrian Hon notes, firms should be very careful about how they gamify experiences. If getting gamification wrong, you can annoy both customers and employees.

For customers, the obvious dangers — annoying people with constant notices about streaks, or discouraging them by showing how low down a leaderboard they sit — are not the only ones. Somtimes, some activities surely need added "fun". For instance, apps designed to encourage people to save money can happily use gamified features like money jars to track progress. However, some activities really don't need added "fun". One reading app offers to unlock animations (动画) if users hit certain reading landmarks; if you present reading as time-consuming, you are telling readers they are suffering.

For employees, turning repetitive work into video games is a technique that Amazon has reportedly used to represent workers' progress. Yet these ideas may cause negative impact. Forced rankings motivate some people while stressing others out. GitHub, an open-source coding platform, withdrew its streak feature after concerns were raised that it was pushing programmers to work every weekend.

As Mr. Hon observes, games are much less enjoyable if you have no choice over whether to participate or not. Adding fun can work, but only if it is taken seriously.