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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Tickets

Lyric Theatre   214 West 43rd Street           New York, NY 10036

Experience J.K.Rowling's magical universe like never before.

This show is presented in two parts.

You may buy tickets for each part together or separately.

Show Information

    GalaPro, a free app for on-demand captioning(说明文字)and audio description that you can use on your personal smartphone device. GalaPro makes theatre accessible for audience who are hearing or sight challenged, or just don't want to miss a word of the show.

    The virus,COVID-19 has brought us health and economic challenges.Our major concern is strengthening the importance of family,community,health care and food security.But the good news is that while society adapts to a new normal,nature is continuing to provide us with vital services.Wetlands are filtering(过滤)drinking water and holding back floods.The roots of cottonwoods are binding soil and keeping it from being washed away along rivers and streams. Urban trees will soon multiply their service of purifying air and shading our streets and homes. All point to nature's important role in our well-being, and that we need nature's services now more than ever.

    Perhaps the most important service that nature provides is how contact with the natural world can benefit us.There is clear evidence that spending time in nature improves our well-being.Even just looking at pictures of wildlife,virtually exploring nature and making plans to visit natural areas once it is safe to do so can help to improve our mental health.

    If there isa silver lining in our current situation,it may be that this time of physical distancing represents an opportunity to renew our connections to the people we love,our communities and to nature.In every community across the country,birds are still migrating, wildflowers are blooming and many animals are preparing for their next generation.This time offers an opportunity to learn about the extraordinary wildlife that shares our country and communities.Nature is the foundation of our society.Discovering,knowing and sharing your relationship with nature is significant.Use this time to connect with nature.Help your children to find this connection and a love for the natural world.This relationship will change you.And you can change the world.

    Being able to tell human faces apart is a skill that almost every person has, although some are far better at it than others. But a new study says that this is not just a skill that humans have. Even fish can do it.

    Following up on research studying different species'(物种)abilities to recognize human laces(sheep, dogs, cows, horses, and birds have all been tried),the researchers from the University of Oxford decided to pick an animal that does not have an evolved neocortex, the part of the brain that processes sight and sounds, and doesn't have a close relationship with humans. That way, there would be no reason why these test subjects(实验对象)would have a past history of identifying human faces.

    So they picked the archerfish, a reef fish variety that shoots water into the air to knock its prey(猎物)out of the sky. They used this adaptation to have the fish spray water at a face on a monitor hanging over their tanks for a reward. Most of the fish were able to pick apart their learned face, even when colors were taken away.

This study gives more support to the assumption that distinguishing between faces is not just a skill that big-brained organisms are born with. It is possible that a good percentage of recognizing faces is learned over time. The development of neocortex may contribute only to quickly processing a large number of faces in varying situations.

    But more work needs to be conducted to find a deeper link to this possible learned behavior. The sample size of this study was very small-only eight fish were used altogether. Also, the faces displayed were only white, female faces from a German database, shown in a front view, with no expressions. Other animal trials have shown that some species, like pigeons, respond more to different angles and varied expressions.

    At the time, I attended a private school called Maryvale College. I was the champion of the Maryvale sports day every single year. and my mother won the moms' trophy (奖杯)every single year. Why? Because she was always chasing me to kick my ass, and I was always running not to get my ass kicked. Nobody ran like me and my mom.

    She was a thrower, too. Whatever was next to her was coming at you. If it was something breakable, I had to catch it and put it down. If it broke, that would be my fault, too, and the ass-kicking would be that much worse.

    We hada Tom and Jerry relationship.me and my mom. She was the strict disciplinarian(纪律执行者)；I was naughty as shit. She would send me out to buy groceries, and I wouldn't come right home because I'd be using the change from the milk and bread to play arcade(街机)games at the supermarket. I'd drop a coin in, time would fly, and the next thing I knew there' d be a woman behind me with a belt. It was a race. I'd take off out the door and through the dusty street, clambering over walls. Ducking through backyards. It was a normal thing in our neighborhood. She could go at a full sprint(冲刺)in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she'd kick her shoes off while still going at top speed.

    When I was little she always caught me, but as I got older I got faster, and when speed failed her she'd use her wits. If I was about to get away she'd yell," Stop! Thief!" She'd do this to her own child. She'd yell" Thief!" knowing it would bring the whole neighborhood out against me, and then I'd have strangers trying to grab me and tackle me, and I'd have to duck and dive them as well, all the while screaming." I'm not a thief! I'm her son!”

Baking Is Good For Mental Health

    As the novel coronavirus spreads, the panic shoppers buy everything off supermarket shelves in preparation for the days to come. Bread is often among the first products to disappear. So, if you have never made bread, now may be good time to learn. Baking is not just a useful survival skill. In fact, baking and cooking have been used to treat people with mental health issues on many levels.

    So when you're in the kitchen, especially when you're baking, you will really get the full benefit of being present in the moment and being able to put aside all the other thoughts and just focus on the here-and-now.

    Baking is a labor of love.

    It not only makes you feel good, but it produces something that you can touch and eat! With very few simple things-such as flour, salt and yeast-you can bake a fresh loaf of bread for your family, neighbors or coworkers.

    Baking is emotional.

    We remember meals our grandmothers made. We teach our children important recipes for family favorites

    All bakers know that giving delicious, baked goods makes the giver feel as good as the receiver.To be able to pass bread on to someone else certainly can make the day for the person receiving it. But it's also just as powerful for the giver.

A. It's a win-win.

B. Baking requires mindfulness.

C. Baking is a process filled with love.

D. It can also make you feel better at stressful times.

E. So, buy everything off supermarket shelves in preparation first.

F. Often our food experiences are tied to family memories and stories.

G. But it's also just as powerful for the person who's giving the baked goods.

    I've heard that it's better to give than to receive. But I'm here to tell you that the1of receiving should never be underestimated(低估)。

    I was nine when my Dad and Mom moved out, and took me to the 2 of my grandparents, who took care of my needs with meals. I decided at that age, in my loneliness and anger, that if my own parents couldn't be trusted, I'd have to become fiercely 3, needing no one.

    Believe it or not, I took care of everyone in my life, even when I was in worse shape. Once in a while, 4, someone would do something for me at just the moment.

    Once, when I was a single parent, I took my son to see Santa Claus. When he wanted to buy the photo that was taken, I opened my 5, only to find that I didn't have enough money. When I got to the counter to 6 the photo, I was told that someone in line ahead of me had seen me 7 my change and had paid for me. I rushed out to thank the person whose small kindness 8 so much. I found not a soul in sight. I wanted to9 that I didn't need this and I just didn't have enough cash on that 10day. I realized then that it's okay. It's okay to let someone do something for me, 11I could have done it myself.

    I have received the blessings of those whose acts of kindness and 12 have found me when I needed them most. I believe that it's not about my strength and independence. It's about allowing the giver to be blessed when the gift is graciously(优雅地)13. For me, it's about a long-lost little girl who is no longer 14. Now I know that giving and receiving are two halves of a whole, each 15without the other.

    200 million years ago, our planet looked very different from  it does today. It was (entire) covered by sea, which surrounded one single super-continent called Pangea. Then Pangea began to break up, and life was cast adrift(随波逐流)on fragments(碎片)of land. And these fragments eventually (become) our seven continents.

    We will see how life developed on each continent, (give) rise to the extraordinary and wonderful diversity that we see today. We'll explore the remote reaches of Asia, home to rarely (see) creatures. We will adventure to the frozen land of Antarctica,  life finds its way against the challenges. And to the riches of South America, full of the unexpected.  And Europe, a world transformed by human beings.

    And we'll discover how this may be the most significant moment for life on earth the continents formed. We are changing the world so rapidly that wildlife now (face) some of its greatest challenges yet. Never has it been a  important time to reveal the precious diversity of life on our seven continents.

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3）欢迎他参与。

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1）词数80左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3）信的开头，结束语已为你写好。

Dear John

    ……

    Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右:

2）续写部分分为两段，每段开头语已为你写好:

    In the dark forests of Russia, where the snow lies on the ground for eight months of the year, there are large groups of wolves. It is a fearful thing for travelers, especially If' night falls, to hear the hungry howls of the wolves as they get nearer and nearer.

    A nobleman, with his family, was travelling in a sleigh(雪棉)over a plain. The sleigh was driven by his committed servant, who had worked his whole life for him. At nightfall they reached an inn, and the nobleman called for more horses so that he could continue his journey.  The innkeeper begged him not to carry on. "There is danger ahead, "he said. "The wolves are out. "Not caring about the repeated warnings, the nobleman and his family left on their way.

    The sleigh travelled quickly over the hard snow, and there seemed no signs of danger.  Suddenly the little girl said to her father, "What was that strange howling sound I heard just now?" Her father replied, "Nothing but the wind is blowing through the trees. "The child shut her eyes, and kept still for a while. However, in a few minutes, with a face pale with fear, she turned to her father, and said, "Surely that is not the wind! I hear it again. Do you not hear it too? Listen!" The nobleman listened, and far, far away in the distance behind him, he heard a sound of the wolves.

    Whispering to the driver, he said, "They are after us. Get your gun ready. We may be able to get away from them. Drive on! Drive on!" The man drove as fast as he could, but nearer, ever nearer, came the howling.

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By this time they could see the pack of wolves fast approaching.……

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Soon they were howling at the sleigh again.……