Bell Teacher Campus 2016: Cultural Talks
Our talks start at 16:00 on the first week in August, and each one lasts about one hour. Each talk will be offered only once during your 4-day stay. Please sign up on the main Bell Noticeboard (Second floor, Mary Allan Building).
August 1st
BRITISH MUSIC, by Pete Sharma in Room 106. British music is famous worldwide. In this talk, I’ll discuss what’s popular and what’s not right now and the top music festivals in the UK. We will listen to some of the artists and share some thoughts about singing and dancing.
August 2nd
LOVE ME, LOVE MY CAT, by Lis Harrison in Room 207. We will be looking at this national interest through idioms(习语), songs, and everyday British life, and along the way covering some vocabulary for “talking cat”. At the end, we’ll be discussing that old topic: do we Brits treat out pets better than we treat our kids?
August 3rd
A GAME AS ENGLISH AS CROQUET(槌球游戏)，by Anna Young in Room 218. First, we will look at the origins of croquet, a much loved garden game in England. We will look at simple croquet rules, and then practice time! We’ll go out and play!
August 4th
WHY ENGLISH PEOPLE LAUGH, by Jim Scrivener in Room 117. Let me try to show you a little bit of what British people find funny. You will discover some of the most popular radio& TV comedy game shows. You probably won’t find it funny at all! But you will learn a bit more about us Brits!
1. If you are interested in the best music festivals in the UK, you may find the talk on _____ valuable.
A. August 1st B. August 2nd
C. August 3rd D. August 4th
2.Who will give the talk on a popular game in England?
A. Pete Sharma B. Lis Harrison
C. Anna Young D. Jim Scrivener
3.The text is most probably written for those who ______.
A. plan to do business in Britain
B. take short-term training courses
C. are interested in new technologies
D. want to learn about the history of Britain
Last spring, I was fortunate to be chosen to join in an exchange study program. The moment I arrived in Paris, I was greeted by a nice French couple who would become my host parents. The bit of French I had taken in high school began coming out of my mouth; speaking the language would only become more natural over the course of the term. At the airport, we all got into the couple’s car and began the journey to their townhouse. We talked the whole way, getting to know one another.
Every day afterwards, I would eat breakfast with the two of them, and then we’d all go our separate ways for the day. In the evening, my host mother would make delicious dinners for the three of us. My experience was exciting until I received some shocking news from my program coordinator（协调人）: There had been a death in my host parents' family and they would have to go away for several weeks to deal with all the business that arises from the death. That afternoon, I had to move out of one family's house and into another.
The coordinator told me I'd have a roommate and asked whether I would mind sharing a bedroom with an English speaker. To avoid speaking my native language, I asked not to be placed with an English-speaking roommate. When I got to my new room, I introduced myself to my new roommate Paolo, a Brazilian（巴西人）, the same age as I, whom I was surprised to find playing one of my favorite CDs on his computer! In just a few hours, we knew we'd be good friends for the rest of the term.
I left France with many stories, so when people ask me what my favorite part of the trip was, they always hear about my Brazilian friend Paolo and the weekdays in class, weeknights on the town, and weekends exploring France we enjoyed together. I would recommend an exchange program to anyone who wants to experience foreign cultures and gain meaningful friendships.
1.What do we learn about the author?
A. He was good at French before arriving in Paris.
B. He studied in France for a term.
C. He got to his host family by taxi.
D. He worked very hard in France on weekends.
2.Why did the author move into another host family?
A. He wanted to make friends with different people.
B. The first family’s host mother was seriously ill.
C. The first family had to leave for some time.
D. He hoped to live with an English speaker.
3.What helped start the author’s friendship with Paolo?
A. Lessons B. Stories C. Music D. English
4.Why did the author write the text?
A. To show the importance of learning foreign cultures.
B. To discuss how to build meaningful friendships.
C. To explain how exchange study programs work.
D. To describe his experiences in an exchange program.
假定你校开展了“根除陋习，创建文明校园”的活动。请你以此为主题用英语写一篇发言稿，向全校学生倡议：
1.根除：乱扔垃圾、浪费食物、吸烟……
2.提倡：讲礼貌、互助……
注意：
1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开关和结尾已为你写好，不入总词数。
Dear friends,
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有十处语言错误， 每句中最多有两处。错误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，在该词下面写出改正后的词。
注意： 每处错误及修改均仅限一次;只允许修改10处， 多者从第11处起不计分。
Dear Alice,
I was delighted to receive your letter. Thank you on the English dictionary you bought it for me. I received it this morning. There is no doubt which it is of great help to me. I’m deep grateful for your advice that I should pay more attentions to practicing my spoken English. I’ve made up my mind to speak English both in and out of class. Next month I’ll take trip to Australia, which is organizing by my school. I hope I can practiced my spoken English there as much as possible. By the way, I am sending you a set of stamps with this letter, but I’ll send you more if I got any. I do hope you will have a good holiday.
Yours,
Jack
Writing text messages while walking is dangerous. A study says it is more dangerous than texting while driving. Researchers found that there are more 1. (injury) to texting pedestrians(行人) than there are to texting motorists. Their report says walking is not as easy 2. we think. We must focus on many things at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk 3.(proper), so dangerous things happen to them. They bump(撞) into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, 4. even fall into holes.
A professor said walking is a difficult action. There are several reasons 5. texting makes walking dangerous. 6. is that people cannot see the street. Another is that they focus on their phone keyboard instead of their feet. A final reason is that their minds are somewhere else—they are not thinking about 7. (walk) from A to B safely. The professor said over 6,000 people 8. (visit) his hospital last year because of texting. He said 9. worst cases are head injuries. When a pedestrian is tossed into the air he/she has nothing 10. (protect) the head. The damage can be serious.
A few years after Mom died, Dad handed me a plastic bag. That evening, I ________ the bag to find dozens of shells, each one ________ in white tissue paper（纸巾）and having Mom’s handwriting.
The shells were pretty ________, but to Mom, they were evidence of her endlessly magical life and ________ me of the seashore trip with her. She was 61 when she ________ these shells, and already showing ________ of the lung disease. We knew something was ________ and Mom needed an adventure. She suggested a dinner and a movie. But two friends and I had bigger ________.
Mom had been to the ocean only twice, but she ________ the seashore. Her kitchen was decorated（装饰） with souvenirs from those two trips. I told Mom that we would ________ for Jersey Shore. Mom was so ________ that she screamed and Amber, her dog was ________ to jump onto the floor.
One of my favorite ________ on the road was a discussion about movies. Mom often got the titles wrong. “Ohhhh,” she said, “what was that movie about a teacher at the boys’ school?” Before anyone could ________, she shouted, “The Dead Man’s Poet!” I looked back and saw a back seat full of ________. “Mom,” I said. “You mean Dead poets Society?” “That’s it!” Mom yelled. ________ filled the car.
Once we got to Stone Harbor, she began to ________ the trip, greeting strangers and spending hours gathering shells. The morning we left, I found her photographing every inch of her bedroom. “I don’t ever want to ________ this,” she said.
For a long time, Mom’s shells stayed ________ in a drawer. Last month, I ________ them again while searching for something else. I put them in a visible place as a reminder from a mother who never lost her sense of wonder.
1.A. receivedB. openedC. checkedD. packed
2.A. foldedB. includedC. trappedD. covered
3.A. hardB. commonC. heavyD. big
4.A. remindedB. requiredC. informedD. warned
5.A. movedB. boughtC. collectedD. found
6.A. causesB. riskC. signsD. record
7.A. wrongB. missingC. strangeD. boring
8.A. tasksB. changesC. dreamsD. plans
9.A. understoodB. trustedC. lovedD. respected
10.A. waitB. headC. lookD. pay
11.A. encouragedB. relaxedC. determinedD. excited
12.A. frightenedB. embarrassedC. disappointedD. pleased
13.A. debatesB. thoughtsC. memoriesD. questions
14.A. concentrateB. continueC. adviseD. answer
15.A. confusionB. worryC. sadnessD. peace
16.A. PrideB. LaughterC. ShoutsD. Challenges
17.A. enjoyB. organizeC. supportD. take
18.A. decideB. forgetC. believeD. keep
19.A. lostB. unexpectedC. unknownD. buried
20.A. hidB. washedC. discoveredD. prepared
