The candles we make at Wax Buffalo are imperfect-"beautifully imperfect''，as we like to say. one is unique, hand-poured (手工灌注的)with pure soy wax (大豆蜡). It's a small business 1 started, and everyone who enjoy, working here comes into the studio in free time, so they can be home with their family, cats, dogs at prime times.
I first fell in love with candles on visits to my grandmother Feme's house in Lincoln. At night, candlelight flashed off the book-lined walls. During the day, she'd take me to a cafe in the historic Haymarket district and we'd drink tea out of china cups.
I poured my first candle at the age of 14, using the candle-making tool that Feme had given me. I gave the finished product to my grandmother for Christmas. She loved that candle I'd made for her. That first candle was imperfect. Beautifully imperfect・
Then in 2014. life took a dark turn for my grandmother. The breast cancer took away her life. I found myself thinking about the candle-making tool she had given me as a 14-year-old kid and the joy it had brought me. I began pouring candles again, making them for friends. Because of kids' health. I'd become especially interested in natural products. I used locally sourced soy wax. Was there a way I could make candles for people beyond my group of friends? And so, Christmas of that year, Wax Buffalo was launched. Little by little, the business grew as we found more people who wanted our candles. Now our candles are sold in more than 60 shops across the country.
Isn't life wonderful? Indeed, it is beautifully imperfect. But it hasn't turned out at all how I'd have predicted. I think that's what Ferne wanted me to understand. To trust the light of hope, to enjoy fun in its light, to know that it can transform a person from within.
1.What may be one of the advantages of working in Wax Buffalo?
A.Relaxing task. B.High payment
C.Flexible time D.Imperfect conditions.
2.When did the author probably start her business
A.After she turned 14.
B.After her grandmother died.
C.After she visited Ferne's house.
D.After her grandmother sent her candle making tool.
3.Why did the author use soy wax?
A.To make harmless candles B.To make candles look better.
C.To save the cost of production. D.To improve the figures of candles
4.What can be inferred from the text?
A.Imperfection exists everywhere. B.Life takes off from a dark turn.
C.Life can be predicted somehow D.Being hopeful about life is important.
What's on
Kids Show 2 (Djembe)
Samajam
When: Aug 23 and 24, 7:30 pm
Where: Zhejiang People's Great Hall, Hangzhou
Canadian performance troupe (剧团)Samajam has introduced a show for families, creating musical happenings with the help of their audience .
Everyone in the audience receives a " music bag" which contains drumsticks, tambourines, a musical tube and a djembe. Kids and the entire family learn and play with the instruments, as they are led by performers on stage. Djembe is an African drum, a representative instrument of the Manding culture in West Africa.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Homes Mystery
When: Sept 4-9, 7:30 pm
Where: National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing
Baskerville: A Sherlock Homes Mystery is a play by playwright Ken Ludwig from the United States. The play is a humorous adaption of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles featuring more than 40 characters played by five actors.
According to Ludwig, the version of Shylock Holmes and Doctor Watson in his mind is imprinted in his innermost world. The detectives are younger, more energetic and similar to those in the original works. In addition to roles, the scenes and stage effects were developed on that basis.
2047 Apologue
When: Sept 13 and 14, 7:30 pm
Where: National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing
Director Zhang Yimou continues to explore the relationship between man and machine in the "third season" of his concept stage show, 2047 Apologue.
In his new production, Zhang continued his idea from the original 2047 Apologue by dealing with the theme of the relationship between human beings and technology. The show aims to mirror reality, commenting on how science and technology are such a huge part of life in the 21st century.
Igor Krol — Lllimination
When: Aug 18, 7pm
Where: The Pearl, Shanghai
A cool breeze from a northern land, a rising star on the Baltic Sea horizon. This summer, for the first time, Igor Krol from St Petersburg, is coming to China.
Krol is a musical actor and singer, the laureate (获奖者) of several international vocal competitions in Russia and has played the main roles in musicals such as Tanz der Vampire, Aladdin and the Count of Monte-Cristo.
Krol's solo concert Lllumination is a luxurious music experience, with elements of classical musical, pop and rock.
1.What is special about Kids Show 2 (Djembe)?
A.Everyone will get a "music bag" for free.
B.The kids will play the drums for their parents.
C.Most of the instruments come from West Africa.
D.The performers will interact with the audience.
2.What can we know about Lllimination?
A.It offers you several different styles of music.
B.It has ever been awarded in the world.
C.It is the first Russian musical team to China.
D.It has a number of music experiences.
3.Which will be shown at the same place?
A.Kids Show 2 (Djembe) and Baskerville: A Sherlock Homes Mystery.
B.Baskerville: A Sherlock Homes Mystery and 2047 Apologue.
C.2047 Apologue and Lllimination,
D.Lllimination and Kids Show 2(Djembe).
你班的英国交换生Alice因家中有事于上月回国，之后一直没有消息。请你以班长李华的名义给她写一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1. 询问其近况及归来时间；
2. 让她不要担心课程，回来后你们会帮她补课；
3. 老师也很挂念她，请对方尽快回复。
注意:
1. 词数：100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alice,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
单词拼写与完成句子
1.He gave us a brief ____________(描述) of the accident.
2.English ___________(反映；映射) the creativity of the human race.
3.After-school activities play a part when students ___________(申请) to college.
4.The media is __________(负有责任的) for the truth of the news.
5.I forgot to __________(提醒) him of the time for the interview.
6.I’m going to watch a film with Sarah tomorrow evening. I’m _______ _______ ____ (期盼) it.
7.Parents and coaches _______ _________ (尤其；特别) should act as better examples for children.
8.With _______ ______ ______ _________ (情绪紧张), I breathed deeply.
9.She doesn’t _________ ________(勉强接受；将就) anything but the best.
10.Tom was ________ _______ _______ (领先) during the race.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
When Tom was in high school, he was very1.(interest) in computers and enjoyed writing programs of his own. With time2.(go) by, he began to study the World Wide Web and used3.Internet to communicate4.computer programmers all over the world. After5.(graduate) from high school, he went to university6.he studied IT and developed a special interest in IT.
At the age of 22, Tom was able to go abroad for further education. He made up his mind7.(realize) his dreams there. But things were not as good as expected. Tom had thought that his English was much8.(good) than his classmates at home. However, at first, the professors spoke so fast in class that he couldn’t follow them. He made every effort and9.(gradual) he made it. Though Tom has a long way to go, let’s give our best10.(wish) to him!
Mr. Jones woke very early_______the morning before the sun had risen. It was a beautiful morning, so he went to the window and looked_______. He was surprised to see a well_______, middle-aged professor, who worked in the university just up the road from Mr. Jones’ house, coming from the direction of town. He had gray hair and thick glasses, and was_______an umbrella, a morning newspaper_______a bag. Mr. Jones thought that he must have_______in the night train and decided to walk to the university_______taking a taxi.
Mr. Jones had a big tree in his garden, and the children had tied a long rope to one of its branches, _______they could swing (荡秋千) on it.
Mr. Jones was_______to see the professor stop when he saw the rope and look carefully up and down the________. When he saw that there was________in sight, he stepped into the garden (there was no fence), put his umbrella, newspaper, bag and hat carefully on the grass and took hold of the________. He pulled it hard to see________it was________to take his weight, then________as fast as he could and swung into the air on the end of the rope, with his gray hair________all around his face.
Backwards and forwards he swung, occasionally taking a few more running steps on the grass when the rope began to swing too________for him.
At last the professor stopped, straightened his tie, combed his hair carefully, put on his hat,________his umbrella, newspaper and bag and________on his way to the university, looking as quiet and correct and respectable as one would________a professor to be.
1.A.on B.in C.at D.for
2.A.through B.into C.on D.out
3.A.dresses B.dressing C.dressed D.dress
4.A.bringing B.carrying C.fetching D.taking
5.A.and B.or C.but D.then
6.A.left B.argued C.arrived D.contacted
7.A.instead of B.in face of C.in spite of D.in time of
8.A.if B.since C.although D.so that
9.A.surprised B.wicked C.scheduled D.frightened
10.A.rope B.branches C.university D.road
11.A.nothing B.something C.nobody D.somebody
12.A.branches B.rope C.umbrella D.bag
13.A.whether B.that C.what D.how
14.A.long B.short C.strong D.weak
15.A.walked B.ran C.intended D.jumped
16.A.fly B.flown C.flew D.flying
17.A.slowly B.fast C.strong D.high
18.A.put down B.picked up C.put up D.picked out
19.A.settled B.began C.stopped D.continued
20.A.ask B.expect C.demand D.hope
