Four Sydney Youth Stamp Group (SYSG) workshops are held each year during the school holidays for children aged 7 to 17. We have a Junior group (7 to 11 year olds) and a Senior group (12to 17 year olds). The workshops are for children at home and abroad, who want to further their stamp collecting enjoyment and skills, and we especially welcome those who are new to this field.
2020 Workshop Dates:
Friday 24 January 2020-- Theme: Italy
Saturday 18 April 2020--Theme: Sport in Australia
Saturday 18 July 2020--Theme: USA
Saturday 10 October 2020-- Theme: Netherlands
Cost: Free
Venue: Philatelic Association of NSW, Inc. (Philas House) 17 Brisbane Street, Surry Hills
Time: 10:30am to 3:00pm (children are to be seated by 10:30am. Parents, please arrive a little earlier to have your children’s names checked off)
How to book: Download a registration form, click here (PDF 24kb). Complete the form and mail it to the Coordinator ( 协调者)。The Coordinator will send you an email confirming your booking. Bookings are accepted up to 28 days before each workshop. Parents can also email the Coordinator to add your name to our mailing list, you will receive a letter in the mail and registration form, about our next workshop.
Items (物品) children can bring(we understand beginners may not have some of these items, but do not worry, just come along):
Stamp Album, with or without stamps
Lead pencil, coloured pencils, scissors, ruler, ballpoint or felt-tip pen
Australian Stamp Catalogue (Seven Seas- - preferably a fairly recent edition)
1.Who are most welcomed in the SYSG workshops?
A.Junior group members.
B.Senior group members.
C.Foreign stamp collectors.
D.Beginners of stamp collecting.
2.What does the last SYSG workshop in 2020 focus on?
A.Sport in Australia B.Netherlands
C.Italy D.America
3.Where is the text most probably taken from?
A.A website. B.A children magazine.
C.A tourist brochure. D.A newspaper.
假如你是李华，作为学校交换生曾在英国学习三个月，现已回国。你希望在感恩节来临之际向你的英国老师Mr. Blaire表达感恩之情，但发现没有他的联系方式。请根据以下题示给你的英国同学Jack写一封电子邮件：
1、感谢Jack对你英语学习的帮助；
2、询问Mr. Blaire的近况并索要其联系方式；
3、邀请Jack来中国体验生活。
注意：1、100词左右
2、可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
One day in our English class, we asked to make a sentence with a word “eccentric”. I volunteer to do it by saying “My partner, Han Lei, is an eccentric boy.” Heard this, the whole class burst into laugh. After class, I learned about that my mindless words hurt her.
It was at that moment which I realized words could be powerful in both positive and negative way. So we should pay many attention to our words when speaking.
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。
The world’s first hamburger doesn’t come from where you think it comes from. It wasn’t invented in the United States, nor 1. (do) it originate in Germany. It really comes from China.
Chinese hamburgers are very real and they predate 2. hamburgers we call our own in the U. S.. 3. (know) as rou jia mo, which translates to “meat burger” or “meat sandwich”, they consist of chopped meat inside a pita-like bun（小圆面包）, and they 4. (be) around since the Qin dynasty, from about 221 BC to 207 BC.
The rou jia mo originated in Shaanxi province of China, and is now eaten all over the country. It’s 5. (typical) prepared and eaten on the street. The dough for the mo consists of a simple 6. (mix) of wheat flour and water. Of course recipes may vary, 7. this basic practice is almost the same. It 8. (look) a little like a Chinese steamed bun or baozi.
The meat filling might consist of chopped pork, beef or chicken 9. has been cooked with a variety of spices. You might also find greens like lettuce（生菜）10. (decorate) the sandwich.
Yesterday is a day I won’t forget forever. My 8-year-old daughter told me one of her friends, Kayla, wanted to ______ me for a school assignment. “Wow! A one grader had such idea at all!” I was ______.
All the day I was thinking about questions and the ______ to them. I prepared many questions she could ______ me with answers that would be ______ by an 8-year-old child. A ______ job, if you really think about it.
While shopping at a fresh produce stand I ______ all the metaphors I could use to express ______ by using fruits. “How do you think people ______ you?” “I’m a watermelon – hard on the outside but ______ on the inside.” All day long, the ______ built.
When I went to pick them up at the bus stop, I ______ changed my clothes. Just to appear “fresher” for the interview. ______ to begin, I asked Kayla where she would like to hold the interview. She said, “Oh, it’s okay. I don’t ______ to interview you. I found somebody else.”
“Oh, really?” I replied, a little ______. “Who did you get to interview?” I asked. “Oh, just my mother’s boss’s mother,” she said.
“Really? And what kind of work does she do?” “I don’t think she ______. She’s in a rest home.” Not finding any ______ to the target interview subjects, I asked, “Why did you happen to choose her?” “I had to interview somebody really old, who ______ tell me about life in the old days. She looks a lot older than you do!” she ______ commented.
Somehow, I was a bit ______ but I felt sure that was the best interview I’d ever had.
1.A.ask B.meet C.thank D.interview
2.A.hopeful B.nervous C.thrilled D.worried
3.A.problems B.responses C.relations D.solutions
4.A.throw at B.care about C.argue with D.take after
5.A.liked B.understood C.taught D.learned
6.A.funny B.simple C.tough D.wonderful
7.A.imagined B.described C.put D.wrote
8.A.nature B.humor C.experience D.taste
9.A.call B.greet C.treat D.see
10.A.sweet B.soft C.red D.juicy
11.A.excitement B.confidence C.tension D.pride
12.A.also B.quickly C.even D.still
13.A.Curious B.Anxious C.Pretending D.Trying
14.A.need B.like C.expect D.go
15.A.angry B.sad C.pleased D.disappointed
16.A.resigns B.retires C.works D.wanders
17.A.answer B.excuse C.access D.relationship
18.A.may B.must C.could D.should
19.A.loudly B.casually C.happily D.suddenly
20.A.awkward B.relaxed C.tired D.upset
Babies’ Look Changing
Researchers show that the early social behavior called look changing is linked to babies’ ability to learn new language sounds. 1.. It is when a baby makes eye contact and then looks at the same object that the other person is looking at.
Rechel Brooks, one of the researchers, made a report, showing that babies’ look changing serves as a building block（基础）for more complicated language and social skills. 2..
In this experiment, nine 5-month-old babies from English-speaking families attended foreign language tutoring sessions. Over four weeks, the tutors talked and played with toys while speaking Spanish.
At the beginning and end of the four-week period, researchers counted how often the babies changed their look. 3.. There they tested how much Spanish language sounds.
4.. The more look changing the babies participate in during their tutoring sessions, the greater their brain response were to the Spanish language sounds.
“Our findings show young babies’ social engagement contributes to their own language learning – they’re not just passive listeners of language,” Brooks said. “They’re paying attention and showing parents they’re ready to learn when they’re looking back and forth.” 5..
The researchers hope their findings help people develop strategies for teaching young children.
A.That’s when the most learning happens
B.These skills are what preschool children can gain
C.The results were really amazing
D.We can’t imagine how look changing helps them learn so much
E.However, others may regard look changing as something useless
F.Look changing is one of the earliest social skills that babies show
G.After the experiment ended, the researchers brought the babies back to the lab
