Take Action for a Better World: Volunteers Needed

Six months preparation in Denmark: African studies， teamwork combined with soçial work withgroup teenagers.

Six months community work in Malawi in People to People Projects: Child Aid， HIV/ AIDS Figure and Teacher Training.

Requirements: 18 years old， hard-working and socially engaged.

Please contact us by email: take action @ better world. com

 

Part-time Work with Exchange Students

Youth International is a non-profit high school foreign exchange student organization. We welcome teenagers. from over 80 countries worldwide and provide host families. The Community Representative is a part-time position designed for people with a strong desire to do something meaningful in the community and earn some extra money.

Applicants best suited for this work should like teenagers， have a strong interest in cross-cultural communication ， and feel comfortable with networking. Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the U. S. Positions available in most states.

If interested， please email: staff@ youth. org or call 888-123-9872.

 

International Summer Job

Hi， I'm an ESL student in China. I'm 20 ， quiet and polite， and I can speak English. I am looking for a summer job in an English-speaking country. I can teach Chinese， do housework and garden work， and cook Chinese dishes. Can anybody offer me a job? I don't need to earn much， just enough to pay for my return ticket to China. My goal is to improve my English and see a bit more of the world.

My email is ram3462 @ hot mail. com

 

Call for Native Speakers of English

I am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet， and you don't need any specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task，you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers.

If you are willing to help me， then please email me: club3864 @ hotmail. com

 
【小题1】Where will Jack， a volunteer， receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?

A．In some local offices in the U. S.

B．In an ESL organization in China.

C．In a preparation program in Denmark.

D．In an exchange student center in Africa.

【小题2】Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in Youth International?

A．One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.

B．One who hopes to take action to fight against AIDS.

C．One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.

D．One who wants to make a good fortune in the program.

【小题3】If Mrs. Black in the U. S. hopes to learn some Chinese at home， she may send an email to _________.

A．take action @ better world. com

B．ram3462 @ hotmail. com

C．club3864 @ hotmail. com

D．staff@ youth. org

【小题4】What are volunteers for the experiment over the Internet supposed to do?

A．To interview people online.

B．To do some housework.

C．To offer advice on Child Aid.

D．To provide language exercises.

   Here are some of the top museums in the world.

Smithsonian Institution，Washington D. C. ，the United States

The Smithsonian is the world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and various research stations. If you spent one minute looking at each object on display day and night, in ten years you'd see onlyten percent of the whole. Therefore, it's wise to head out with a plan.

Main attractions: the dresses of the First Ladies, the Gem Hall at the National Museum of Natural History and the Wright brothers'1903 Flyer.

Louvre, Paris, France

The Louvre was the palace of the kings of France before becoming a museum over two centuries ago. The addition of I. M. Pei's pyramid shocked many people when it was first used in 1989 as the new main entrance. The museum's collections are among the most important in the world. A good place to start is the Sully Wing, which leads straight to the Egyptian rooms.

Main attractions: Venus de Milo, The Winged Victory of Samothrace, and Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

The State Hermitage Museum，St. Petersburg，Russia

Russia may be isolated（孤立）from the artistic centers of Paris，Rome and London，but the Hermitage has managed to get an amazing collection of world art — more than three million items — from the Stone Age to the early 20th century. The museum occupies six buildings along the Neva River. This blue-and-whitestructure was finished in 1764. Catherine the Great founded the museum that same year when she bought 255 paintings from Berlin.

Main attractions: golden masterpieces from Eurasia and pieces from Nicholas'private collections.

The British Museum，London，England

Britain's largest museum looks after more than eight million objects ranging from prehistoric（史前的）bones to things of the Parthenon in Athens.

Main attractions: the Egyptian gallery has the world's second finest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside Egypt, including the Rosetta Stone, carved in 196 BC.

【小题1】What does the underlined sentence in the passage show?

A．The Smithsonian is open day and night.

B．People visit the Smithsonian frequently.

C．There are so many objects to see in the Smithsonian.

D．The Smithsonian has 19 national museums and galleries.

【小题2】Where should you go if you are interested in the Venus de Milo?

A．The Louvre.	B．The Hermitage.
C．The Smithsonian.	D．The British Museum.

【小题3】What do we know about the Hermitage?

A．It was founded in honor of Catherine the Great.

B．It mainly displays modern artworks.

C．It is the largest museum in Europe.

D．It was founded in the year 1764.

【小题4】What do we learn about the British Museum？

A．It is best known for the Rosetta Stone.

B．It mainly displays things of prehistoric periods.

C．It is a good attraction for people who love Egyptian culture.

D．It has the second finest collection of artworks in the world.

   The holidays are a time to give. These organizations are looking for volunteers and donations (捐赠). Read on to learn more about them. Then, find out how you can help.
American Red Cross
This holiday season, your donation can make a difference at home and abroad. The American Red Cross is making it easy to help people who have experienced natural disasters (灾害), members of the U.S. armed forces, and children all over the world. With just one click (点击), you can give the gift of caring.
National Military Family Association
Each year hundreds of Americans serve both at home and abroad to keep our country safe. This holiday season, we can help serve them. Through donations, National Military Family Association helps to provide military members and their families with scholarships, family retreats, camp programs for kids, and more.
Network for Good
This website allows its users to donate to organizations and discover volunteer chances. After natural disasters, the Network for Good provides a system of help and support for those in need. The website also offers tips to kids who want to give. Visit the website to find out how you can help make someone’s holiday season shine bright.
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Sometimes all it takes is one wish made come true to make someone smile. The work of Make-A-Wish Foundation is to make the wishes come true. Through support and donations, the foundation has made dreams come true for hundreds of thousands of children with serious illnesses.
If you want to help others, don’t wait for a better time. Help now! Your help will be valued highly.
【小题1】What do we know about the American Red Cross?

A．It serves members of armed forces all over the world.

B．It mainly supports people in natural disasters.

C．It helps children at home and abroad.

D．It doesn’t often ask for donations.

【小题2】To help American soldiers’ parents, which organization will you donate things to?

A．Network for Good.

B．American Red Cross.

C．Make-A-Wish Foundation.

D．National Military Family Association.

【小题3】Who would most probably visit Network for Good?

A．People who want to learn about natural disasters.

B．People who have volunteering experiences.

C．People who want to volunteer.

D．People who want to offer tips.

   At the Magazine we welcome your contributions! We love to publicize authors, bloggers and businesses. And there are several spots available for writers.
Author Spot
This is a regular page devoted to    new    and    experienced authors. Click here to    see the questions and you simply reply as you wish. To appear on Author Spot, your book must be already published. Please enclose a color photo of yourself plus a color photo of your book cover.
Top Tips
Are you an expert in your field? We welcome “Top Tips” on any subjects such as working from home, building up a business, writing — please contact us if you have an idea and look at the top tips posts on this site to see how to craft your own.
Press Releases
Do you have some news about your business, company or charity? We are always on the look out for great press releases to publish on our site. Simply submit your press release here or email it to ali- son@ feature world. co.uk.
Opinion pieces and Reviews
Got a subject you feel strongly about? Or would you like to review a book for us? We are happy to look at all other opinion pieces or reviews as long as they fit with the general ethos (思想信仰)of the site.
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Due to the number of submissions received    we cannot guarantee that your submission will be published. There might be a wait of a few weeks before your submission goes live.
We reserve the right to edit submissions — although as they are personal to the writer,we endeavor not to do this.
Any questions? Contact us here.
【小题1】Which is a necessary requirement to contribute a book?

A．One photo of you and your book.

B．A book never published.

C．Answering some questions.

D．An expert in your field.

【小题2】What does    the underlined part “we endeavor not to do this”   in the sentence mean?

A．We try not to be personal.

B．We try not to change your writing.

C．We try not to reserve the right.

D．We try not to delay the publication.

【小题3】Where does the passage come from?

A．A magazine.

B．A textbook.

C．A website.

D．A newspaper.

Several Jobs That Will Be Automated By Artificial Intelligence(AI) And Robots
Translator
Image recognition software and voice recognition software are bringing some major advances to language translation．Applications like Google’s Word Lens can translate words from signs and documents in real time and there are a lot of translation apps that allow you to type in a word or phrase and will translate it for you．
Some will even speak the phrase for you and raw word-to-word translation will be fully automated soon．
Fast food workers
Automated ordering booths have already made their way into a few McDonald’s restaurants around the world，and cooking positions could be removed next．The booths probably can’t handle customer service problems well，so televideo systems could bring in an office employee to deal with complaints．
Field technician
New advances in the Internet of Things could make this work obsolete.
Low-cost sensors combined with high availability cellular／satellite communications and cloud technology are being started to automate and alarm these sites, and can be checked and maintained from a desktop or mobile device.
Sales representative
But, e-commerce is changing how we make purchasing decisions, especially those where there isn’t much differentiation among the major competitors.
If you’re selling a high-differentiation product and／or a high-price, low-volume product you have some job security, but if you’re selling a high-volume, low-differentiation product, you better start polishing your resume, said Doug Camplejohn, CEO of Fliptop. “These kind of product sales are all moving online.”
【小题1】What can Google’s Word Lens do?

A．Translate by image and voice recognition software.

B．Speak the phrase or word for you.

C．Make real-time translation.

D．Allow you to type in a word or phrase.

【小题2】What can we infer from the second part?

A．All the restaurants own automated ordering booths.

B．Service problems can’t be handled automatically.

C．Cooks will not be automated by AI and robots.

D．Customers will have no complaints because of AI．

【小题3】What does the underlined word“obsolete”mean in Part 3?

A．Abandoned.	B．Welcome.
C．Forbidden.	D．Efficient.

【小题4】What does the author mean by“you better start polishing your resume” in the last paragraph?

A．You must value your present work.

B．You have some job security.

C．Your resume needs correcting further.

D．You should consider changing the job.