The Everyman
Watt
A wide-eyed stranger gets down from a country train. The destination (目的地）：Mr Knott's house. The task: to serve. The story of a manservant in the home of his unseen master, Samuel Beckett's 1953 novel comes to the stage in a one-man production starring one of the greatest interpreters (演绎的人) of the writer in the world—Barry McGovern.
Dates: Mar 10-12
Tel: 021 450 1673
Kilkenny
Queen of Technicolour—The Story of Maureen O'Hara
This one-woman show marks the centenary (一百周年) of Irish actress Maureen O'Hara who was born in 1920. Star of Hollywood's golden age, she played roles that often showed her true character as a tough and courageous woman. Written and performed by Elaine O'Dwyer, this is a journey with Maureen, showing the person she was behind the stage.
Date: Mar 21
Tel: 056 776 1674
Town Hall Theatre
3 Hail Mary's
A comedy taking Ireland by storm, 3 Hail Mary's centres on three characters named Mary who have lived in a nursing home together for over 10 years and have become great friends. However, they are being moved to three separate nursing homes. The play is set around their last few hours together as they decide to celebrate them in style.
Dates: Mar 19-21
Tel: 091 569 777
Cork Arts Theatre
Julia
Presented by the Polish Arts Festival, Julia is the story of a women's journey into her inner self through her life experiences. Her feelings onstage are shown in the form of a dancer and the voice of the soul is revealed by singing and music. The performance is bilingual (Polish-English). Also at the Cork Arts Theatre: Beyond the Curtain Mar 30-Apr 1
Date: Mar 22
Tel: 021 450 5624
When Sabrina Vega was 5 years old, a friend invited her to a party held at a gym where Sabrina discovered that she loved doing gymnastics.
A few nights after the party, Sabrina had a dream. She told her mother, Jahira, about the dream. Jahira said, "Sabrina said that in her dream she went to the Olympics. She described everything at this international competition. At first I did not take her story seriously. "
But Sabrina kept talking about her dream. She told it to her father, David. So Jahira and David decided to pay for Sabrina to learn gymnastics.
So Sabrina started to train at a special and competitive gym. Though only 7 years old, she was already training to compete at a high level. The years passed quickly. Sabrina got better and better. By the time she was 12 years old, Sabrina was training so many hours each day that she did not have time to do things that many other Americans of an age did.
When Sabrina was 13, she had a chance to compete in a national gymnastics event. If she did well, the event would give her the chance to join the national team — the team that trains for the Olympics.
But the family was out of money. Jahira had to tell Sabrina that she could not go. Jahira said, "Tears came to her eyes, and she said, ‘I understand' . "
A week or two later, a rich family came to visit Sabrina' s gym unexpectedly. They watched Sabrina train. Then they asked to talk to her mother. The rich family offered Jahira all the money they needed!
Eventually, Sabrina Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-round.
Anne woke up at 6: 00 am this morning because it was the first day of school. She went into the bathroom, looked in the mirror and she started to scream. Her little sister woke up and went to see what was wrong. Anne started to cry, "It's the first day of school and my hair is a mess! "
Her little sister Emily shook her head, "Oh! Anne you woke me up for that. I'd ' m going back to bed. "
"THANKS FOR THE HELP. … NOT! " Anne screamed to her sister. Anne was really sad about her hair. She started to search through everything trying to find something to fix her hair. Finally she found some hair spray. It helped a little but not much so she went to pick out her clothes. She had no idea what to wear. It was either her new dress with little pink bows all over it or her favorite white but now brown T-shirt and ripped jeans since they were in style. She put on her T-shirt and jeans.
After she was finally done with that she went to the kitchen to find something to eat. After she ate she went back into the bathroom. Afraid to look in the mirror she started to brush her teeth. She tuned on her radio and started to dance. Forgetting about the slippery(滑的)floor she slipped and hurt her head but trying to be brave she got back up and continued to brush her teeth.
She rinsed out her mouth and went back in the living room. She glanced at the clock. It was 7:00. She hurried to get on the bus. She waited and waited, but the bus never came. So she went inside to see what time it was. It was 8: 00
She got scared. She was running through the house screaming, "Mom! Mom! The bus forgot me! "
Her mom woke up and sat up. She started to laugh. "School doesn't start till tomorrow, silly, " her mom chuckled.
Anne stood there a minute. "What! I got up for nothing. I have to do this all again tomorrow, " she thought.
Malaria (疟疾) has been a deadly problem for humans since ancient times. Usually, people get malaria when infected mosquitoes (被感染的蚊子) bite them. Countless people have died from it. Thankfully, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou found an effective drug called qinghaosu (青蒿素).
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Tu' s discovery. In 1969, Tu became the director of a national project to develop a drug against malaria. Her team took a unique approach (方法). They went back to books about classical Chinese medicine. After reading more than 2, 000 old remedies (药方), Tu and her team collected over 600 plants and listed almost 380 possible remedies for malaria.
One remedy (治疗法), which is 1, 600 years old, uses the sweet wormwood (青蒿) plant to treat malaria. Tu found it effective and tried to extract (提取) the qinghaosu from it in order to make drugs. The extraction failed at first, so Tu returned to the classical books again and finally found a way. She used a low-temperature method to extract the qinghaosu and succeeded in 1972.
After her team showed that qinghaosu could treat malaria in mice and monkeys, Tu and two of her colleagues (同事) volunteered to test the drug on themselves before testing on human patients. It turned out that qinghaosu was safe. All patients in the tests recovered. Gradually, qinghaosu became the first-line treatment (治疗方案) for malaria recommended (推荐) by the World Health Organization (WHO), saving millions of lives around the world.
In 2015, when Tu was awarded with the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, she refused to take all of the credit (荣誉). Instead, she praised her colleagues and Chinese traditional medicine. She once proudly said: "Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world. "
Successful students use different skills to study, which brings them more success.
Here are the four skills almost all top-performing students use.
They have clear goals.
All top-performing students have clear, specific goals. They motivate you and drive you to study more. But make sure that you do not get carried away. Set realistic goals which can challenge you, but do not seem impossible or too difficult to achieve.
They are regular.
Almost all successful students study regularly, because they know "what you give is what you get". If you put in regular hours of studying, then you will learn more and get better grades. This will help you to study regularly.
They study without pressure（压力）.
Successful students study a lot. But they study without pushing themselves too much. Most students make the mistake of studying too hard or studying continuously for a long time. Studying should be done in a balanced manner. Take a break for a few minutes, after studying for 30 or 45 minutes. Relax, walk around your house, or drink some water and return to studying. Such short breaks will refresh your brain and you will learn more effectively.
Studying is not something you do just because your parents ask you to do it. It' s really very important for you. Studying gives you knowledge and ability that will remain with you for the rest of your life. It gives you the chance to get a job and earn money. And successful students recognize the value of studying well.
A. They give importance to study.
B. They finish their homework on time.
C. Learn their skills, and you will also join their rank.
D. Having such goals gives you the power to study better.
E. Set aside some hours, each day or each week, for studying.
F. This creates pressure and slows down learning and memory.
G. But to score A grade , you should make well-planned efforts.
I always knew that I depended too much on my phone. 1 I didn' t know how much, so I decided to do this 2 to find out.
Every morning since I got a smart phone, I' ve used The Weather Forecast App to find out what to 3 . On the first morning I had to dress without guidance, but 4 I was able to guess that the day would be cold and foggy by looking out of my window.
I couldn' t know what time it was. I haven' t worn a 5 for more than a year, because my phone 6 the time. So I was late for 7 riends who had been on the bus for two hours from Santa Monica to Palos Verdes. I was also 8 for my part-time job. And 9 , I couldn' t call people to tell them that I was running late.
Getting places was harder, too. I got 10 because I couldn' t use the GPS on my phone. My driving, though, got a lot 11 because I no longer had my phone in one hand checking directions while 12 my car.
But the number one trouble was not having my contact list. I forgot to write down my friends' and family members' phone numbers before I 13 the challenge. It was sad to realize that I couldn' t 14 my brother' s and my mum' s cell phone numbers. Oh, how I 15 to turn on the phone for just a second to look up phone numbers!
Even with all the problems, however, I found 16 not worrying about missing a text message or an e-mail.
This challenge was a（n） 17 learning experience. It surprised me how I' d taken no notice of even the 18 things like remembering phone numbers. We all should 19 some time to think about how we can depend 20 on our cell phones.
My husband and I were paying a visit my parents in Tucson. We went to a fast-food restaurant for dinner together. My husband went to the counter(柜台) (order) dishes and I stood with my parents.
My dad is 90 years old. He can hardly see very well and walks with a stick. I was looking around in the restaurant, (wait) to sit at the first table that was (convenient) than others. A woman who was sitting with her son saw me and asked me to come to her. With a puzzled look on my face, I pointed to (me)and said, "Me?" . She (nod) and said, "Yes, you. " I walked to the table and she said, "Bring your family here. I can finish eating at the counter. My son is in hurry to leave anyway. " My eyes (fill) with tears as she wiped down the table and guided my dad to the seat.
I always believe that there are (nature) kind people in this world. This woman has set a good example to her son, is a really lucky guy.
