Summer Activities

Students should read the list with their parents/carers, and select two activities they would like to do. Forms will be available in school and online for them to indicate their choices and return to school. Before choices are finalised, parents/carers will be asked to sign to confirm their child’s choices.

Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role — showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under £5 per family a day. And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she’s been able to put a lot of what she’s leant into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam,14, Finn,13, and Jack, 11.

"We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant," she explains. "I pay £5 for a portion(一份), but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometimes we’re not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves. "

The eight-part series(系列节自), Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV’s Save Money: Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonight’s Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the family’s long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.

Preparing Cities for Robot Cars

    The possibility of self﹣driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurist's dream， years away from materializing in the real world． Well， the future is apparently now． The California Department of Motor Vehicles began giving permits in April for companies to test truly self﹣driving cars on public roads． The state also cleared the way for companies to sell or rent out self﹣driving cars， and for companies to operate driverless taxi services． California， it should be noted， isn't leading the way here． Companies have been testing their vehicles in cities across the country． It's hard to predict when  driverless cars will be everywhere on our roads． But however long it takes， the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities， for better or for worse， depending on how the transformation is regulated．

    While much of the debate so far has been focused on the safety of driverless cars（and rightfully so），policymakers also should be talking about how self﹣driving vehicles can help reduce traffic jams， cut emissions（排放） and offer more convenient， affordable  mobility options． The arrival of driverless vehicles is a chance to make sure that those vehicles are environmentally friendly and more shared．

    Do we want to copy﹣ or even worsen﹣ the traffic of today with driverless cars？ Imagine a future where most adults own individual self﹣driving vehicles． They tolerate long， slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work， entertain themselves or sleep on the ride， which encourages urban spread． They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking． Instead of walking a few blocks to pick up a child or the dry cleaning， they send the self﹣driving minibus． The convenience even leads fewer people to take public transport﹣﹣an unwelcome side effect researchers have already found in ride﹣ hailing（叫车） services．

    A study from the University of California at Davis suggested that replacing petrol﹣powered private cars worldwide with electric， self﹣driving and shared systems could reduce carbon emissions from transportation 80% and cut the cost of transportation infrastructure  （基础设施） and operations 40% by 2050． Fewer emissions and cheaper travel sound pretty appealing． The first commercially available driverless cars will almost certainly be fielded by ride﹣hailing services， considering the cost of self﹣driving technology as well as liability and maintenance issues（责任与维护问题）．But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people become comfortable with the technology．

    Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn't extend the worst aspects of the car﹣controlled transportation system we have today． The coming technological advancement presents a chance for cities and states to develop transportation systems designed to move more people，and more affordably． The car of the future is coming． We just have to plan for it．

While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this ____  (1)  ____ process and found something that has changed my ____  (2)  ____ at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).

   I never felt an urge to ____  (3)  ____ any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The ____  (4)  ____ language were enough in all my interactions(交往). Little did I know that I would discover my ____  (5)  ____ for ASL.

   The ____  (6)  ____ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club ____  (7)  ____ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very ____  (8)  ____ of communicating without speaking ____  (9)  ____ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ____  (10)  ____. This newness just left me ____  (11)  ____ more.

   After that, feeling the need to ____  (12)  ____further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club's meetings. I only learned how to ____  (13)  ____ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ____  (14)  ____ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to ____  (15)  ____ those meetings and learn all I could.

   The following term, I ____  (16)  ____ an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ____  (17)  ____. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ____  (18)  ____, if there had been any talking, it would have ____  (19)  ____ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ____  (20)  ____ way of communication it opens.

Opera at Music Hall：1243 Elm Street．The season runs June through August，with additional performances in March and September．The Opera honors enjoy the Artsmembership discounts．Phone：241﹣2742． /://www ．cityopera ．com ．

Chamber Orchestra：The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street，which offers several concerts from March through June．Call 723﹣1182 for more information．/：www．chamberoch．com．

Symphony Orchestra：At Music Hall and Riverbend．For ticket sales，call 381﹣3300．Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall and in summer at Riverbend．/://www．symphony．org/home．asp．

College Conservatory of Music （CCM）：Performances are on the main campus（校园）of the university，usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater．CCM organizes a variety of events，including performances by the well﹣known LaSalle Quartet，CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra，and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music．Students with I．D cards can attend the events for free．A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556﹣4183．/://www．ccm．uc．edu/events/calendar．

Riverbend Music Theater：6295 Kellogg Ave．Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover （piece difference）．Big name shows all summer long! Phone：232﹣6220．/:///www．riverbendmusic．com．

Which number should you call if you want to see an opera？

When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra？

Where can student go for free performances with their I．D．cards？

How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places？

If you are a fruit grower﹣or would like to become one﹣take advantage of Apple Day to see what’s around．It’s called Apple Day but in practice it’s more like Apple Month．The day itself is on October 21，but since it has caught on，events now spread out over most of October around Britain．

Visiting an apple event is a good chance to see，and often taste，a wide variety of apples．To people who are used to the limited choice of apples such as Golden Delicious and Royal Gala in supermarkets，it can be quite an eye opener to see the range of classical apples still in existence，such as Decio which was grown by the Romans．Although it doesn’t taste of anything special，it’s still worth a try，as is the knobbly（多疙瘩的） Cat’s Head which is more of a curiosity than anything else．

There are also varieties developed to suit specific local conditions．One of the very best varieties for eating quality is Orleans Reinette，but you’ll need a warm，sheltered place with perfect soil to grow it，so it’s a pipe dream for most apple lovers who fall for it．

At the events，you can meet expert growers and discuss which ones will best suit your conditions，and because these are family affairs，children are well catered for with apple﹣themed fun and games．

Apple Days are being held at all sorts of places with an interest in fruit，including stately gardens and commercial orchards（果园）．If you want to have a real orchard experience，try visiting the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale，near Faversham in Kent．

What can people do at the apple events？

What can we learn about Decio？

What does the underlined phrase “a pipe dream” in Paragraph 3 mean？

What is the author’s purpose in writing the text？

Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device（装置）on your desk．And they’ve never actually 　(1)　you．Everything they know about you 　(2)　through this device，sometimes from hundreds of miles away． 　(3)　hey feel they can know you 　(4)　from the sound of your voice．That’s how powerful the 　(5)　is Powerful，yes，but not always 　(6)　．For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone．Rani，my faceless agent whom I’d never met 　(7)　，got me rock﹣bottom prices on airfares，cars，and hotels．But her cold voice really 　(8)　me．I sometimes wished to 　(9)　another agent．

One morning，I had to　(10)　an immediate flight home for a family emergency．I ran into Rani’s office 　(11)　．The woman sitting at the desk，　(12)　my madness，sympathetically jumped up．She gave me a 　(13)　smile，nodded while listening patiently，and then printed out the 　(14)　immediately．“What a wonderful lady!” I thought．

Rushing out 　(15)　I called out over my shoulder，“By the way，what’s your name？”“I’m Rani，”she said．I turned around and saw a 　(16)　woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip．I was 　(17)　! Why had I thought she was cold？Rani was，well，so　(18)　．

Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport，I figured it all out．Rani’s 　(19)　﹣her warm smile，her nods，her ‘I’m here for you’ 　(20)　﹣were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.