Here comes 4 most popular clubs in our school! Join us, and we will help you to find your own shining points, lead you to find beauty and to create beauty, and make your campus life as fulfilling and happy as a dream.
Yoga Club
Yoga not only improves balance, flexibility, and joint stability, but also serves as a peaceful escape from the stress of daily life. Our students will have the chance to physically exercise while reducing some stress from their life. The club will be available to 10-16 members from grades 7 to 12, and will meet once weekly(Tuesday).
Basketball Club
Students will be able to develop their basketball skills further and have the opportunity to compete in basketball games with members from other international schools in Beijing. The club will be available to 10-16 members from grades 5 to 8, and will practice twice weekly.
Public Speaking Club
The Public Speaking Club will be centered around the personal development of students along with developing public speaking skills. The club will be interested in focusing on all skills in delivering better speeches and improving communication skills. The club will be available to 10-12 members from grades 7 to 12,and will meet once weekly (Wednesday).
Media Club
The Media Club teaches students the basics of journalism. The club engages in a wide range of activities like interviewing teachers and students, writing about big events on campus, and operating the weekly school radio broadcasts. The club will be available to 8-12 members from grades 6-12 and will meet once weekly(Monday).
Many of China's ancient buildings were in danger of being destroyed before Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng started to document them in the 1930s. The husband and wife team were among the first people to work on preserving these buildings in China, and they are also the most well-known. Their efforts have inspired generations of people to speak out for architecture that is threatened by rapid development.
Becoming China's best architectural historians was not an easy task. The buildings they wanted to save were centuries old and often located in distant parts of the country. In many cases, they had to travel through dangerous areas in the Chinese countryside to reach them. During the 1930s, exploring remote areas in China meant traveling on muddy, poorly maintained roads by mule or on foot. Inns(客栈) were often dirty, food could be polluted, and there was always a risk of violence from rebels, soldiers, and robbers.
Their greatest discovery was the Temple of Buddha's Light in Wutai County, Shanxi Province. The breathtaking wooden temple was rebuilt in 857 A. D. , making it the oldest building known in China at the time.
Liang and Lin crawled into the temple's most forbidding, forgotten areas to determine its age. One area they explored was inhabited by thousands of bats and millions of bedbugs, covered in dust and littered with dead bats. "In complete darkness and among awful smell, hardly breathing, with thick masks covering our noses and mouths, we measured, drew, and took pictures with flashlights for several hours. When we finally came out to take a breath of fresh air, we found hundreds of bedbugs in our bag. We ourselves had been badly bitten. However, the importance and unexpectedness of our find made those hours the happiest of my years hunting for ancient architecture." Liang wrote about this experience in a book called "Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China's Architectural Past".
Thomas Cheatham had planned to study Latin during his time at Hebron High School in Texas. But when he learned that the school district was going to offer a Chinese class, he quickly changed his mind.
"I think Chinese would be beneficial than Latin," said Cheatham, who is now in his second year of studying the language. He speaks Chinese to order food at Chinese restaurants and reads social media posts from his Chinese-speaking friends. While it's a difficult language to master, the high school student, who plans to study computer engineering, thinks it will be important for his career. "Chinese is a good language to know, especially with China becoming a growing power," he said.
Many experts agree that proficiency (熟练) in a language spoken by about 1.4 billion people worldwide will give American students an edge in the global economy.
"People's interest in Chinese is growing fast" said Marty Abbott, director of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. "We're seeing it in all parts of the country."
Abbott predicts that as many as 100,000 students are now studying Chinese in public and private schools, throughout the US. She said the US government had designated (指定) Chinese as an "important needs" language and provided professional development programs for teachers. "Our government wants to increase our language ability for national security and economic competitiveness," Abbott added.
At the same time, the Chinese government is spreading knowledge of the Chinese language and culture through Confucius Institutes (孔子学院) set up in many US states. For example, the Confucius Institute at the University of Texas in Dallas has been the home of a Confucius Institute for more than 10 years. It sponsors Confucius Classrooms at 21 local public and private schools, where tens of thousands of students are learning Chinese.
Travelling is undoubtedly one of the most valuable learning experiences one can have. Whether it's the people you meet or the things you see, travelling provides more valuable life lessons than school. . Here are four reasons why travelling is such a valuable learning experience:
Travelling forces you out of your comfort zone.
School provides a safe environment where you feel comfortable with people who share similar cultures and backgrounds. Meanwhile, travelling means new foods, cultures, languages, people, and places to explore. And it is a good thing, because it will help you grow as a person.
Travelling allows you to see and experience new ways of life.
Reading about it in a textbook is not the same as living it. Travelling gives you a new perspective(观点) on how you live and helps you understand and appreciate different cultures.
Moving to a new place far away from home requires you to adapt to a new culture, language, and customs. Overcoming these challenges and accomplishing things you never thought possible will build your confidence and self-esteem(自尊心).
Travelling helps you be comfortable with uncertainty and the unexpected.
If there's only one thing you can be sure of while travelling, it's that trips don't always go according to plans. There are plenty of things that can go wrong and that can force you to change your plans. Travel teaches you to be flexible, go with the flow, and accept uncertainty.
In conclusion, travelling is an enriching experience that provides valuable life lessons that cannot be learned in a classroom. It helps you grow as a person, build confidence, appreciate different cultures, and become more adaptable to change.
A. Travel with an open mind.
B. Travelling helps you build confidence.
C. It pushes you out of your comfort zone.
D. Instead of being told something, you experience it.
E. Travellers love to make plans, but they also like to break them.
F. This skill is necessary in life as plans often change unexpectedly.
G. Nothing compares to experiencing a different way of life firsthand
Jenna had graduated from her junior school. She was ready for new 1 in high school and filled with confidence. However, she didn't2 that high school life was quite different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders. She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 3 for her to be chosen. Two hours later, the 4 read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 5 as the list ended without her name. Feeling 6 , she walked back to her dormitory carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving at the dormitory, she started with 7 . She had always been a good math student, but now she was struggling. She moved on to English and history, and was 8 to find that she didn't have any trouble with those 9 .
Later in math class Jenna devoted herself to working out the problems that had given her so much 10 . By the end of the class, she 11 how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she'd 12 to try to fit in with her new school. She wasn't sure if she'd 13 , but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said, "You will feel like a 14 fish in a big pond instead of a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 15 fish you can be."
On the day the tornado hit, there was no sign that the fierce weather was on its way—the sky was blue and the sun had been out. Soon the tornado was on top of us. It was the (loud) thing I had ever heard. The house was shaking, and the power went out. And the wind (begin) to roar(咆哮) through the house. Everything was moving. My husband and I must reach the storeroom(储存室) on the first floor (keep) us safe relatively. When we finally reached the last flight of (step), our front door was blown open. Suddenly, a three-foot-long tree branch(树枝) flew over our heads, (miss) us by inches(短距离). By the time I reached the storeroom, the tornado had been over us for about a minute. My husband pushed me down to the storeroom floor, he couldn't get inside himself because the wind. I held his arm as the tornado blew the door open. All of sudden, his feet stayed off the ground. I thought he was gone. And then everything stopped. He landed on his feet. I couldn't believe it was over. Our neighbor said the storm caused serious damage, lasted four minutes. In that time, four of the twelve town houses (destroy). Luckily, none of us were seriously injured.
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At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-based language. It back several thousand years to the use of longgu — animal bones and shells on which symbols by ancient Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today's hanzi.
By the Shang (around 1600-1046 BCE), these symbols had become a well-developed writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when people were divided leading to many varieties of dialects and characters. This, however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207BCE).
Emperor Qinshihuang united the seven major states into one country where the Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. That writing system was of great importance in uniting the Chinese people and culture. Even today, no matter where Chinese people live or what dialect they speak, they can all still communicate in writing.
Written Chinese has also become an important by which China's present is connected with its past. People in modem times can read the works which were written by Chinese in ancient times. The high regard for the Chinese writing system can be seen in the development of Chinese as an art form, known as Chinese calligraphy, which has become an important part of Chinese culture.
Today, the Chinese writing system is still an important part of Chinese culture. As China plays a greater role in affairs, an increasing number of international students are beginning to China's culture and history through this amazing language.
