Each year the Hay Festival attracts some of the world’s leading writers, artists and thinkers, to talk, share their thoughts and ideas and meet audiences. Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during their stay has always been a top mission and one of the Festival’s key jobs.
All events management student volunteers need to be attentive and helpful. In return, they get the chance to meet some amazing, creative people, and experience the daily running of a fast-moving international festival, where time-keeping is important and, above all, performers and audience leave having had a thoroughly enjoyable, stimulating (启发性的) and thought-inspiring day.
We require volunteers in two areas:
Events Management
Events management student volunteers help out with a wide range of duties including meeting and greeting authors, assisting with book signings, accompanying artists to events, stage management assistance and manning reception desks.
Creative Workshops
Creative workshops student volunteers assist authors, illustrators and workshop leaders in the setting up and running of workshops. These roles may interest those who have a particular interest in visual arts and/or illustration.
Dates
The 2020 festival dates are Thursday 21 May–Sunday 31 May. Applicants will need to be available for the duration of the festival.
Who can apply?
We are looking for 24 young people between the ages of 18 and 25, who can demonstrate a passion for the arts and interest in events management.
Please send a CV and a short covering letter to ellen@hayfestival.com (for Events Management), or adrian@hayfestival.org (for Creative Workshops).
The closing date for both applications is 28 February 2020, and we will let applicants know whether they’ve been successful as early as possible in March 2020. Please indicate which role you are applying for or express a preference. If shortlisted (入围), you’ll need to be available for a short Skype interview.
1.What is the priority of the Hay Festival’s duty?
A.To meet creative people. B.To exchange ideas.
C.To receive more visitors. D.To serve guests well.
2.What must be mentioned in the application letter?
A.Available Time. B.The desired role.
C.A covering letter. D.Personal interests.
3.What is the deadline for the application?
A.20 March, 2020. B.21 May, 2020.
C.28 February,2020. D.31 May, 2020.
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It was an ordinary day for Shawn Turner and his kids as they were driving home along Military Trail on the morning of February 23. However, all this was about to change when his 9 -year -old son Timmy suddenly yelled from the backseat. He alerted him that there was a car floating in the canal they were passing by.
Shawn immediately pulled off onto the shoulder near the Boca Raton canal. The 33 - year-old dad rushed out of his vehicle and saw a woman behind the wheel in the sinking car. Knowing that there was no time to waste, Shawn quickly took off his sweatpants and jumped into the water.
He swam up to the window and confirmed that the woman, later identified as Molly Pedrone, was unconscious. She was still buckled (弯曲) in as her white Kia Soul filled with water. A woman also jumped in to assist with the rescue.
He shot his hand through the cracked window to roll it all the way down and launched his body halfway across the front seat. Shawn struggled to unbuckle Molly’s seatbelt. Just then, a man later identified as Adam Gunn dived into the water and quickly swam towards the driver’s side window.
By then, the car was close to being fully submerged. Shawn climbed inside to free Molly. Shawn lifted Molly out of her seat so that Adam could pull her through the driver’s side window. Because of his weight, the car started sinking faster. His 14-year-old son, who was filming the rescue, yelled in panic,“Dad, jump out! Get out! ”
Just as the car’s entire front was underwater, Shawn’s head emerged from the surface. He, the woman, and Adam carried Molly to the shore. As they were bringing her to the bank, Molly opened her eyes, looking confused.
“I told her to relax, that she was in an accident and that her car went into the water,”
Shawn said.
However, Molly had no recollection of the whole rescue, it was when she got in the hospital that she understood everything that had happened.
The attack rendered her unconscious, and that’s when her car came crashing into the canal.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Molly and Shawn met on Tuesday, and she says she couldn’t thank him enough and everyone involved in for what they did for her. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Wu Yu, a nurse in the 1.(three) medical team dispatched to Wuhan from Xiangya Hospital, Hunan, didn’t expect her wish would come true so soon.
On the eve of International Women’s Day, she made a special wish during 2. on - camera interview 3. Argentinian superstar footballer Lionel Messi could send her 8 - year-old son a jersey.
I believe a jersey from Messi would definitely encourage my boy 4. (become) a member of the national youth training team,” the mother said. That night, the official Weibo account of Argentina’s national football team 5. (respond): “Hello, nurse mother! After hearing your wish, we are going to send you a No. 10 Messi jersey. We hope your son can have a 6. (bright) future after wearing his idol’s shirt! ”
Coming out of the hospital after a night shift, Wu received the good news the next morning. “I didn’t 7. (real) expect this wish to come true because I just wanted to encourage my son,” she said. One of the 8. (reason) she had requested to join the fight against coronavirus in Wuhan is that she wanted to set a good example 9. son at the age of 8, 10. (tell) him that no difficulty can stop people from chasing their dreams.
I was 17 years old. Along with a dozen other boys I had made a long trip to Iowa in order to see a college that I was thinking of __________. While the trip had been _________ for the most part, now that I was there I was feeling depressed, alone, and isolated. I was missing my _____ and I was also missing the Appalachian mountains and the forests of my home. I loved _____ the leaves turned a thousand shades of green in the Spring and then _________ a sea of red, gold, and orange in the Fall.
Here in Iowa everything was __________. The grass looked burnt and brown. All that I could _____ was a mixture of corn, mud, and pigs. I walked outside the dormitory of the college and sat on an old stump. I closed my eyes and ________ being back home again. When I finally opened them, however, I saw something that touched my _________. It was a Prairie Sunset. It seemed to ________ the sky from horizon to horizon. Gold, red, purple and pink clouds all ______ together in a picture painted by Heaven’s own hand. It was so huge that it took my breath away. It made our mountain sunsets seem _________ by comparison. I realized that this place too had its own special beauty. This place too was a part of nature’s __________ .
Over the years to come I learned something else. Each of us has a special beauty ______ .
Each of us has our own ________ talents and abilities.
1.A.assisting B.attending C.visiting D.quitting
2.A.fun B.hard C.novel D.tiresome
3.A.chance B.school C.family D.goal
4.A.when B.how C.why D.whether
5.A.became B.flooded C.drew D.surrounded
6.A.easy B.beautiful C.flat D.rough
7.A.hear B.touch C.taste D.smell
8.A.cared about B.prepared for C.dreamed of D.thought over
9.A.body B.soul C.face D.pain
10.A.fill B.cover C.separate D.block
11.A.folded B.sank C.escaped D.flowed
12.A.tiny B.pale C.splendid D.weak
13.A.change B.punishment C.creation D.reflection
14.A.as well B.in addition C.for sure D.in between
15.A.extra B.unique C.possible D.reasonable
If you look around the streets of London, you’ll see the many methods people use to move around. 1. Now there’s a new addition: electric, or e-scooters (滑板车).
This traditional children’s vehicle has become more complicated over the years. And now, with the addition of a small electric motor, it’s become a cheap and easy mode of transport. Scooting around town can be fun and doesn’t involve much effort. 2. But considering accidents involving an electric scooter in the UK, questions are being asked about their safety and whether traffic laws should be changed.
Many e -scooter riders in the UK broke the law. Some have been seen on pavements, others on the road jumping red traffic lights, adding to the frustration of motorists stuck in jams. In the UK, the law states that riding one on the public highway or pavement is forbidden. But, despite this, it seems the increasing popularity of e-scooters means they can be seen everywhere. 3.
The UK government is looking at how safely they can be used on the road and is ‘reviewing’ the law. But its transport minister, Michael Ellis, has told the BBC that: “Micromobility products are appearing in countries across the globe and are an exciting innovation for which we know there is demand. 4. ”
5. Despite the fact that some of them can exceed 30mph, they sometimes only have one brake and no lights. However confident the rider may be, larger vehicles on the road make them unprotected. So it seems more work needs to be done to give e -scooters a safe and legal space to travel in.
A.The roads are already crowded.
B.We are mainly after economic benefits.
C.People seldom see e-scooter accidents in the UK.
D.However, safety must always be our top priority.
E.And now users are calling on regulations to be changed.
F.There’s no doubt there are dangers in riding a two-wheeled scooter.
G.It’s no wonder they’re becoming increasingly popular in cities around the world.
