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WE NEED FOREIGN TEACHERS ALL OVER CHINA

Ad No. 90374

Posted: Mar 12, 2016 13:27 by Amanda

Expire Date: Apr 12, 2016

Tag: Beijing Language Teaching Part Time

We are looking for teachers, whose native language is English, willing to teach in China.

Most schools are in South of China.

The benefit package for foreign teachers includes:

One-year Contract: 1st September 2016 to 31st August 2017

Salary: 4,000RMB to 5,000RMB/Month

Teaching load & schedule: 20 teaching hours per week

A rent-free apartment with a living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom with full furniture.

Kitchen facilities provided, other electric appliances will be supplied, water, heater, microwave, etc.

If you are interested, please read the information above and kindly send your application to attach the following documents (in . doc or JPEG format). The subject to be mentioned, as "teach in China".

⒈ CV/Resume (简历)

⒉ A copy of academic degree/diploma/certificate/or college transcript

⒊ A photocopy of the data page of valid passport

⒋ A recent color photo

⒌ A letter of recommendation or release letter from your previous Chinese school (Only if you worked in China previously)

⒍ Any other related information that you think might help your application

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Joshua Nelson, 18, from Missouri, is graduating from St. Charles West High School this week and will be attending Southeast Missouri State in the fall. He had saved up money to pay for his tuition, but when he received the college's President's Scholarship, he decided to take his savings and donate it to other students in need.

"It comes from my family education and faith," Nelson said. "I've always lived by strong principles as far as being a cheerful giver andhaving an open handwhen it comes to giving back so I feel like that really motivated me. "

SEMO's President's Scholarship is the school's most celebrated, and is only awarded to five top students annually. Nelson said he sat down and outlined how a scholarship could work to help future students who need financial assistance for college. Originally the plan was to give away $ 1,000 the one time, but then he met up with his counselor (顾问), Yolanda Curry, to work out a game plan.

"I wasn't expecting it at all!" Curry said. "He told me he had a great idea and wanted to share it with me. I could tell he was really excited.

Nelson, in association with his high school, set up the Joshua Nelson Leaders In Action Scholarship fund. Each year, $1,000 will be awarded to a senior. The money will come from donations, of which there have been $16,000 so far — for a total of $17,435 at last count, according to the school. With the money already in the fund, there's enough to give out a scholarship each year for over a decade. The first scholarship was awarded on June 1 to Darrell Montalvo-Luna. As the first recipient, his scholarship was $2,000.

"Joshua has the heart of a servant leader. He leads by example and he's genuinely excited when good things happen for other people," Curry said. "He's an encouragement — he's good at building others up and does what he can to help encourage and motivate those around.

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Now we are in a "golden age" of space-sample collection and exploration. Space agencies around the world are busy collecting, or planning to collect, samples from asteroids（小行星），moons and planets and so on.

China's Chang'e-5 mission is the most recent sample-return mission that has been successfully completed. On Dec 17, 2020, the Chang'e-5 lunar probe（探测器）returned home and landed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after weeks of space travel, China Daily reported. This was the world's first lunar sample-return mission since 1976. The mission collected 1,713 grams of samples of rocks and dust with the help of a drill and a mechanical（机械的）arm.

Another space sample-return mission was completed on Dec 6, 2020. Japan's Hayabusa-2 probe returned a capsule to Earth containing valuable samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This was the second time asteroid samples had ever been collected and brought back to Earth. The first asteroid samples were collected by the original Hayabusa spacecraft back in 2010.

There will be more such missions in the near future. NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, which collected samples from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020, is expected to return to Earth in 2023. Russia's Lunar-25 mission is scheduled to launch to the moon in 2021 to collect lunar samples.

"I cannot emphasize enough how valuable return samples are for increasing our understanding of the origin and evolution of our solar system and our place in the universe, and how we came to be," said Ann Nguyen, a NASA planetary scientist

As for the Chang'e-5 lunar samples, scientists will conduct various analyses, tests and experiments to determine the composition, structure and physical characteristics of the samples. This information will help to deepen our knowledge about the history of the moon, as well as our solar system as a whole.

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From Mozart to Metallica, tons of people enjoy listening to various types of music while they paint, write, or draw. Many believe that music helps to boost creativity, but an international study conducted by English and Swedish researchers is challenging thatnotion. Psychologists from Lancaster University, the University of Gavle, and the University of Central Lancashire say that their findings indicate music actually stops creativity.

To come to their conclusions, researchers made participants complete verbal(语言的) insight problems designed to inspire their creativity while in a quiet room and then again while music played in the background. They found that background music "damaged" the participants' ability to complete tasks associated with verbal creativity.

The research team also tested background noises such as those often heard in a library, but found that such noises had no impact on subjects' creativity. The tasks were simple word games. For example, participants were given three words, such as dress, dial, and flower. Then, they were asked to find a single word associated with all three that could be combined to form a common phrase or word. The single word, in this case, would be "sun" (sundress, sunflower, ete). Participants completed the tasks in either a quiet room, or while exposed to three different types of music: music with unfamiliar lyrics, instrumental music or music with familiar lyrics.

They found strong evidence of damaging performance when playing background music in comparison to quiet background conditions. Also, as far as the library background noises having seemingly no effect, the study's authors believe that was the case because library noises create a "steady state" environment that doesn't disrupt concentration.

It's worth mentioning that even familiar music with well-known lyrics would damage participants' creativity, regardless of whether or not it inspired a positive reaction, or whether participants typically studied or created while listening to music.

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How to make sure of safe running

We all know that running is good for your health. It may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems. It also may help you live longer.Here are five commonly shared ideas among fitness experts to reduce the risk of injury for people new to running or jogging.

Take it easy

Most people get running injuries when they push themselves too hard. The body needs time to get used to increases in distance or speed. Muscles and joints need time to recover.

Listen to your body

Most running injuries do not come out of the blue.They may include body aches, sore muscles and pain that does not go away.

Get good running shoes

You should find the shoe that offers the best fit and support for your feet. More importantly, you should replace your shoes every 500 to 800 kilometers.

Take good notes

Take some time after each run to write down notes about what you did and how you felt. Look for patterns, things that happen over and over again. For example, you may find that your knees ache when you run on consecutive (连续的) or back-to-back days. But perhaps you feel great when you rest in between running days.

Cross train

As we said earlier, running is hard on your body. So physical fitness experts suggest some form of cross training to improve muscle balance and to help you stay injury free. They say swimming, cycling, and yoga are good exercises to combine with running. These exercises are easier on the body.

A. Usually, there are warning signs.

B. However, running can be difficult on the body.

C. Do not run too much, too soon or too fast.

D. There is no single best shoe for every runner.

E. It also does not matter how fast or even how often you run.

F. These notes will help you identify the best workout for you.

G. About 1,200 of the deaths were linked to heart disease or a heart attack.

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I still remember my kindergarten teacher Mrs White. She 1 bright blue eyes, short dark hair, red lips and fair skin.

I don't remember much about what we learned in her class, but we used to 2 a lot. I would bring back what I wrote with so many 3. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a ‘good!' That would fill my heart with happiness. But it 4 my mother, so one day when she went in to meet Mrs White for one of those Parent – Teacher meetings, she asked her why she never 5 my mistakes, and why she never red - pencilled in the right spellings of words or 6 grammatical errors.

Mom said Mrs White's 7 was: The children are just beginning to get excited about using words, about 8 sentences. I don't want to 9 that enthusiasm (热情) with red ink. Spelling and grammar can 10. The wonder of words won't.

I 11 now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression to 12. Because to bloom is better than not to bloom. And a bud (花蕊) once 13 never opens. May we all be so kind…

I used to 14 beautiful as baeutiful a lot. Thanks to Mrs White, I had no worry about writing what I meant even if I couldn't quite spell it out. 15 the e's and as settled into their right places.

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Flash floods hit Longcaogou of Pengzhou, Southwest China's Sichuan Province on Saturday. Seven people(kill) and eight others slightly injured. Local authorities announced on Sunday, noting that some touristswere camping in the dried-up river were trapped in the flood after failing(escape) in time.

More than 500(rescuer) are conducting a search of valleys and rivers to find lost tourists over the weekend, said local authorities, adding that at least 15 professional rescue teams,(include) mountain rescue and diving rescue teams, are taking part in the rescue work. The rescue work at the scene(draw) to a close.Longcaogou was hit by floods in 2015 and 2017, it has not stopped tourists from visiting the area.

Meanwhile, Longcaogou has been(wide) recommended on social media platformsa "new Instagram-worthy location" and a "nice holiday resort. " Many bloggers posted pictures of the valley's beautiful scenery and their trips onlifestyle-sharing platforms with captions recommending that people go there.

假定你是李华，即将参加学校组织的主题为"My Future Career"的英语演讲比赛，请你根据以下要点写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：

1）你的职业规划；2）选择理由；3）你为此做的准备。

注意：1）词数80左右；

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

You love yoursmartphone. Itkeepsyour email readily accessible, and it helps you to stayconnectedto friends near and far. It's harmless, right?

Wrong. Smartphone addiction is a real concern, especially as people become increasingly dependent ongadgetsto conduct daily activities. If you fear your devotion to your smartphone is bordering on addiction, here are eight signs. If you had some of them, it might be time to seek help:

· You text people who are in the same room with you.

· Your phone goes everywhere with you-even the bathroom.

· You sleep with your phone.

· You don't know how to turn your phone off.

· Your self-esteem is tied to how many notifications you get.

· You panic if your phone is out of sight.

· You'd rather be late than arrive without your phone.

· You can't stop peeking at the screen, even during a movie or your favourite TV show.

What smartphone addiction looks like

Some of those signs may seem very silly, but they are real indicators that your dependence on your smartphone is reaching critical levels.

An addiction has no real danger unless they are disruptive to your life. But that doesn't mean a strong attachment to your smartphone is completely harmless. Difficulty in concentrating, poor sleep, and increased anxiety-not to mention damage to interpersonal relationships and communication skills-have all been linked to smartphone overuse.

How to take your life back

It's easy to shrug off smartphone addiction as a silly overreaction, but if youidentifywith two or more of the signs listed above, you may want to consider cutting back.

Here are some easywaysto use your smartphone properly:

Set limits

Start by setting some guidelines to help you manage your usage.

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Watch your feelings

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Find other comforts to replace smartphones

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为 150 左右；

2）至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3）续写部分分为三段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4）续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。