The Public Square
Media Matters is a new series of public conversations hosted by The Public Square, a program of the Illinois humanities Council, taking place this spring. The conversations will try to discuss the power of media today and make the public pay attention to media culture. Many famous reporters, community leaders, and media researchers and experts like this program, and it is free to the audience.
Shop Talk is a monthly discussion series held by The Public Square and the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago （UIC）. Building on our efforts to bridge the university and the community，Shop Talk will bring UIC professors to Ron’s Barber Shop （6058 W. North Ave），in the heart of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood on last Friday of every month from January to June 2019.
If you would like more information on The Public Square, please call 312- 422- 5580 or email the publicsquare@ prairie.org.
For upcoming events, look under “Next Event” or click on “Events and Activities” on the right.
Stories of Famous People
10/12/2019-1:00 p. m.
Joseph F. Glidden Homestead &. Historical Center （Joseph F. GH&.HC）
921 W Lincoln Hwy Dekalb, IL, 60115-3011
See map： Google Maps
Fee：Free. Open to the public
Sponsor Organization（主办单位）：
Joseph F. Glidden Homestead &. Historical Center （Joseph F. GH &.HC）
Next Cafe Society Event
Music and Humans
June/ 12/2019
7：00 p.m. -9：00 p.m.
NiteCap Coffee Bar
1738 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Fee：Free, open to the public.
1.How many times will Shop Talk be held?
A.Once. B.Three. C.Four. D.Six.
2.How can people get in touch with The Public Square?
A.By calling or emailing. B.By seeing Google Maps.
C.By looking under “Next Event”. D.By visiting Joseph F. GH&. HC.
3.What can we know about Music and Humans?
A.It will last two hours. B.It will be held this spring.
C.It’ll be shown online for free. D.It’ll be held at Ron’s Barber Shop.
假如你是李华，你校将举办以“What should I do to Ensure an Eco-friendly World”为主题的英语演讲比赛。请给在英国朋友的Peter写一封邮件告知你要参加这次竞赛,要点如下：
1.时间地点；2.参赛原因；3.他的建议。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错 误,每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个的词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。
注童：1.毎处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处.多者（从第11处起）不计分。
On August 21,I was working on my homework, a composition titling “My Hero/Heroine”. I stuck at the very beginning, trying to figure out what would be my hero/heroine.
Attracted by the cheers from the living room, I opened the door only to find my parents were watching the volleyball matches of women's final. Then I decided to take the break and joined in them. The sense of nervousness was overwhelming as the score was quite closely between China and its opponent.
To our delight, China won in the end. We couldn't help feel proud as Chinese! The volleyball players had trained so hard before and fight till the last minute. Without doubt, they were not only my heroines, and the heroines of China! I started to write my composition.
Everything about my future was ambiguously assumed. I would get into debt by going to college, and then I would be ______ to get a job to pay off that debt, while still getting into more and more debt by ______ a house and a car. It seemed like a never－ending ______ that had no place for the possibility of a dream.
I want more—but not ______ in the material sense of personal ______ and success. I want more out of life. I want a passion as well as a dream that wouldn't let me sleep out of pure excitement. I want to spring out of bed in the morning, rain or ______, and have that enthusiasm for life that seemed so intrinsic(固有的) in the early childhood.
We all have a dream. It might be clearly ______ or just a vague idea, but most of us are so ______ in the mud of insecurity and self-doubt that we just ______ it as unrealistic or too difficult to pursue. We become so comfortable with the life that has been ______ for us by our parents, teachers, traditions, and social standards that we feel that it's stupid and unsafe to ______ losing it for the small hope of achieving something that is more satisfying.
Taking a risk is ______ a risk. We can, and will, fail, ______ many, many, many times. But that is what makes it exciting for me. That ______ can be viewed negatively, or it can ______ us.
Failing is what makes us grow, and it makes us stronger. The fear of ______, though, is what makes us sad. So ______ I couldn't see the future as clearly as before, I took the plunge(投入) in______ that in the depths of fear and failure I would come out feeling more ______ than ever before.
If you feel lost, just take a deep breath and realize that being lost can be a turning point of finding out ______ you truly are, and what you truly want to do.
1.A.pleased B.encouraged C.disappointed D.forced
2.A.selling B.purchasing C.constructing D.repairing
3.A.dream B.story C.cycle D.dilemma
4.A.necessarily B.possibly C.desperately D.nearly
5.A.expense B.wealth C.addiction D.appetite
6.A.cloud B.shower C.thunder D.shine
7.A.described B.abandoned C.decided D.conducted
8.A.engaged B.lacking C.stuck D.absorbed
9.A.display B.dismiss C.deliver D.delay
10.A.planned out B.put out C.made out D.carried out
11.A.avoid B.imagine C.suggest D.risk
12.A.even B.still C.rather D.only
13.A.gradually B.finally C.possibly D.surely
14.A.uncertainty B.contradiction C.declaration D.prediction
15.A.defeat B.surprise C.inspire D.discourage
16.A.danger B.threat C.growth D.failure
17.A.as though B.even though C.as long as D.as far as
18.A.hopes B.cases C.ways D.terms
19.A.sympathetic B.alive C.confused D.nervous
20.A.as B.whether C.who D.how
There are many kinds of book clubs where members discuss a different book every month. What about dinner clubs, where people get together once a month or four times a year to make and eat dinner? In the dinner club that I joined, the hostess of the dinner club would prepare a big dinner first. Then the members would begin discussing the food. 1. .
There are two variations of a dinner club. One has a group of people who try a different restaurant once a month. 2. When they all meet, they order and share different dishes. This is a great idea, especially if you live in a big city where there are hundreds of different restaurants.
3. One way is to have the hostess for the month decide on a type of food. The hostess is responsible for cooking the entrees. The other members make different courses at home, like salad and dessert, and bring them to the dinner club. For an even more exciting and interactive type of dinner clubs, the entire group comes together in the hostess’ kitchen. 4. In this way the members of the group not only learn about different types of food, but also different methods of cooking.
The great thing about a dinner club is that it serves in many different ways. You can make the dinner club even more special one month by inviting partners. 5. A stay-at-home mother can get a couple of other stay-at-home mothers together and start a children’s lunch club. If you have a group of friends that love to get together and experiment with different types of food, the possibilities are endless!
A.They prepare the entire meal in a group effort.
B.Usually one member decides on the restaurant.
C.This was the beginning of our dinner club.
D.They are like-minded people with similar education level.
E.The second kind of dinner clubs has many different forms.
F.It offers regular well-organized social events in selected places.
G.Couples can get together for some food and great conversations.
If you’ve ever been on a fishing boat, you’ve probably seen crowds of birds following it, hoping to catch a snack. Now scientists use those birds’ behavior to track illegal fishing boats.
Researchers attached data loggers to the backs of 169 albatrosses (信天翁) in Indian oceans. Weighing only 42 grams, the devices included a GPS, which enabled them to detect the presence and intensity of radar signals emitting from boats. That information was then sent by satellite, so the researchers could track the location of the birds—and thus the radar-emitting boats—in real time.
The scientists then cross-checked that data against the known locations of boats, collected from a system boats use to declare themselves, called the Automatic Identification System (AIS). And noticeable differences appeared frequently.
More than a third of the times the birds “loggers” detected radar signals, and therefore a boat, but no such boat appeared in the official log—meaning that the vehicles had likely switched off their AIS—something that probably happens in illegal fishing operations.
The work suggests birds could be an effective boat-monitoring tool as long as illegal fishing operations don’t target the birds.
Fortunately, such a task would be difficult. Around fishing boats, you can find hundreds of birds at any one time that are flying around. And the birds with loggers are not marked in any way. So it’s not really possible for fishermen to pick out a specific bird.
But what concerns researchers is that albatrosses often get caught by some fishing boats. Though regulations have been established to protect against that happening—with success—illegal boats don’t necessarily obey. So scientists might be underestimating the risk posed to albatross populations.
1.What characteristic of albatrosses do scientists take advantage of in their research?
A.Their feeding patterns.
B.Their sense of direction.
C.Their greedy behaviors.
D.Their habit of following fishing boats.
2.For what purpose does a boat shut off its AIS?
A.To seek more fishes.
B.To have it mistaken for another.
C.To avoid being detected.
D.To save the trouble of declaring itself.
3.What does “such a task” in Paragraph 6 refer to?
A.Identifying birds with loggers.
B.Monitoring illegal boats.
C.Tracking radar signals automatically.
D.Fishing illegally.
4.What could be the best title for the text?
A.AIS: an Effective System to Locate Boats
B.Humans Are Good at Discovering Birds’ Nature
C.Data Loggers Help Fishermen Get a Good Harvest
D.Scientists Use Birds to Track Illegal Fishing Operations
