Some Music Festival
Pitchfork Music Festival
Anyone who adores indie (独立的) music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago's Union Park. This is a wonderful festival that explores more underground and less-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza.
Date: July 14〜16
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Music Type: Indie
Price: $ 75〜$ 365
Essence Music Festival
No matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place to be if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of great artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan, and Mary J. Blige.
Date: June 29〜July 2
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Music Type: R&B, soul
Price: $ 126〜$ 2,700
Sziget Festival
Budapest knows how to organize a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to watch favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco appearing on the stages here during this seven-day festival.
Date: August 9〜15
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Music Type: Eclectic, indie, rock
Price: $ 70〜$ 96
Flow Festival
The Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly attitude.
Date: August 11〜13
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Music Type: Rock, soul, jazz
Price: $ 106〜$ 199
Have you ever had a troubling problem that has left you wondering where to turn for help?
Eve Hobsbawm is a life adviser. She offers advice to people struggling with all kinds of problems, from relationship difficulties to what to cook for dinner. She does this through a website inviting people to email her with their problems. There's nothing unusual about that, except for the fact that Eve is only eight years old.
This junior trouble-shooter, who also goes by the name "Miss Eve Mouse" lives in London with her parents. Not only is Miss Mouse willing to lend an ear to her clients, she will also offer them a helping hand, for a fee of course. She charges between 10p for advice on little, everyday worries and 1pound for more complicated problems. Her areas of expert knowledge, if not of experience, are problems about love, life and work-life balance.
A problem shared is a problem halved, but Eve can't always helped. A note on the site states that she can't answer questions like "Does space ever end?" and she won't solve schoolwork-related problems, especially not maths.
She explained to the Guardian newspaper that she was inspired to set up the company by her father who runs a tech start-up. Eve said, "As soon as I saw his business and understood the kinds of things business do, I thought that's what I'm going to do."
But since setting up her company in December she has been so overwhelmed with messages that she has had to take a step back. " There has been a lot of sudden interest in my site, which is nice," she says, " but I need to do my homework too, so I won't be solving any more problems for a bit. "
Born in 1965, Shania Twain was the second of five children in her family. At the age of two, she moved with her mother and two sisters to Timmins, a town north of Toronto. When Shania was eight years old, her mother took her to many different bars, clubs and concerts to perform. In high school, Shania joined a local band, with which she often performed. After that, Shania moved to Toronto, where she continued singing.
When Shania was 21 years old, her parents were killed in a car accident. She had to take over the role of parent to her younger siblings(兄弟姐妹). Taking care of two teenage brothers and a sister was a Gordian knot. Suddenly, she had to pay the bills, keep food on the table, and make a living. Anyway, Shania managed to pay the bills by singing here and there.
In 1991, Shania went to Nashville, the home of the country music industry. In 1993, she recorded Shania Twain, her first CD. In 1995, her next CD, The Woman in Me, which had eight hit songs, sold more than ten million copies. Her third CD, Come on Over, was also popular and she had another hit song.
Shania and Robert Lange, a famous producer, got married in 1993. After finishing her 2000 world tour, she decided to take a break from performing. In August 2001, they had a lovely son, whom they named Eja. After September 11th, Shania decided to spend more time on her family and stayed at home until the fall of 2002. Her reappearance in the music world put her face on magazine covers and country music publications. She also began to promote(宣传) her new CD, Up, on TV shows.
a. She moved to Nashville. b. She married Robert Lange.
c. She lost her parents forever. d. She promoted Up on TV shows.
e. She recorded The Woman in Me.
Matthew Youlden speaks nine languages fluently and understands more than a dozen more.
When I told Matthew how I've been working hard to only pick up a second language, he had the following advice for me.
Know why you are doing it
This might sound easy, but if you don't have a good reason to learn a language, you are less likely to stay interested over the long-run. Wanting to get to know a French person in his or her own language is another matter entirely. No matter what your reason is,once you've decided on a language, it is important to carry out.
Matthew learned several languages together with his twin brother Michael. They learned their first language, Greek, when they were only eight years old! Even if you can't get a sister or brother to join you on your language adventure, having any kind of partner will push both of you to always try just a little bit harder and stay with it.
Have fun with it
Think of some fun ways to practice your new language: make a radio play with a friend, draw a comic strip, write a poem, or simply talk to whomever you can. If you can't find a way to have fun with the new language, chances are that you aren't following step four.
Act like a child
We learn by making mistakes. But as adults, mistakes become taboo(禁忌). Think how an adult is more likely to say," I can't", rather than "I haven't learned that yet." (I can't swim, I can't drive, I can't speak Spanish.) When it comes to learning a language, admitting that you don't know everything is the key to growth and freedom.
A. Find a partner
B. Leave your comfort place
C. We work in the same office in Berlin.
D. As kids, we are expected to make mistakes.
E. You are learning a language to be able to use it.
F. Using your new language in any way is a creative act.
G. Wanting to impress English-speakers with your French is not a very good reason.
As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to 1a little pocket money.
One day I 2 on the door of an elderly woman and asked 3 she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in 4 and I showed her my worn 5 , which no longer kept me warm. She 6 me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, "I suppose you want to be 7 now. " She then 8a jar filled with dollar bills and said, "I'm glad you've done a 9 job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to 10 new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to 11 me with your report card and I will 12 you when I see you have worked hard and have some good 13. Now reach out your little hands and take out as much 14 as you can. "
I put my hands in the jar and 15 so much money that it was 16 for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she 17. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I 18 her that I had an "A".
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge 19this wonderful lady made over my life with her 20. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
As we all know, (have) a knowledge of first aid can make a difference in our daily life. If a traffic accident happens and someone (injure), the following steps can be used to treat injured. In the first place, we should make sure that the accident scene is safe so that we don't get hurt. We should ask the injured person if he is OK, and see if he (breathe). What's more, we should check for cuts and wounds. For a simple cut, it is only necessary (wash) the area of the cut, dry it and cover it with a piece of dry clean cloth. If he is bleeding (bad), it is vital that we should try to stop the bleeding by applying pressure the injury. This is if a person loses too much blood, he may die. If necessary, take the injured person to the hospital as soon as possible. Do remember: when (give) first aid, please be sure to place the person in a (recover) position.
With the development of traffic, car accidents happen almost every day. I still remember one thing that happened on the road two years ago. It was a fine day. On the way back home, there were a lot of cars coming and going as usual. Suddenly, I was stopped at a traffic light by some people who asked for help. A woman tried her best to give way to an ambulance(救护车),but drove her car over the stony obstacles(障碍)that separated the bike line from the street. Unluckily, she had her car trapped as a result. She could not move the car in any direction. She felt really nervous and did not know how to deal with it.
Luckily, many kind people offered to help her. Some people tried to lift the car back and some people tried to move the stony obstacles. Even the teenagers put down their schoolbags and joined them. But the obstacles were too heavy and high. They failed. Seeing that they could not do much about it, they called the emergency phone numbers. And finally they had no choice but to walk away. The woman alone in the car tried to call for service.
While watching the other people leave and finding she needed some service, I realized that the woman would be on her own and felt helpless. She watched her car and the stony obstacles hopeless. And at that time, I imagined how painful I would be if I were in that situation. So, I ask her what I would do for her. She appreciated my concern. She said staying with her was fine. She made a call and was told that it would take 45minutes for someone to arrive. With a sense of sadness, she said, "How will I spend the boring 45minutes?" I said to her with smile, "I will stay with you and buy you a cup of tea if you like. "" It's very kind of you to stay with me," she smiled at last.
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I tried to comfort the woman who seemed to feel worried about causing trouble for other.
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Finally, help came and her car was helped back on the main road.
