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   Looking for something entertaining to do? Check out some wonderful festivals around the world.

Koningsdag — The Netherland

Koningsdag or King’s Day is a national holiday in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is celebrated on 27 April (26 April if the 27th is a Sunday), the date marking the birth of King Willem-Alexander. Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of feather boas (羽毛围巾) and body paint as crowds gather in the plazas and on the boats in the rivers. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, with many live music events, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.

Thai National Elephant Day — Thailand

Thai National Elephant Day is a national holiday in Thailand. Thai National Elephant Day has been celebrated on March 13th of every year since 1998. Because the elephant is the national animal of Thailand, it is highly respected and treasured. During the festivals elephant are honored during a ceremony (典礼) in which they are fed with bananas, other fruit, and sugarcane.

The Fire Festival — Shetland

On the last Tuesday of January the entire town of Lerwick, Shetland is in flames. At the festival, you’ll find yourself sitting, dancing, or stumbling around the largest bonfire you’ve ever seen in your life. The festival lasts only one day but takes the entire year to plan. Be prepared for an evening of singing, dancing, and fast paced activities, and don’t worry about making it to work next day — it’s a national holiday!

Holi — India

Holi, the Festival of Color, is a Hindu celebration full of joy and one of India’s most important holidays. On the last full moon day of the lunar month, usually late February or early March, the air is full of bright-colored powder. The festival is celebrated differently throughout the country, with bonfires and music, but the cheerful spirit is common throughout Hindu communities around the world.

【小题1】The festival celebrated on March 13th in Thailand is held to ______.
A.show people’s respect for their Queen
B.show Thai people’s respect for elephants
C.ask people to protect endangered animals
D.help people relax by singing and dancing
【小题2】Why don’t people have to worry about working the day after the Fire Festival?
A.Because people are allowed to sleep at work next day.
B.Because the activities are too simple to get people tired.
C.Because people don’t have to go to work next day.
D.Because the festival ends very early at night.
【小题3】Where should you go if you are interested in the Festival of Colors?
A.India.B.Shetland.
C.Thailand.D.The Netherlands.
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Several Jobs That Will Be Automated By Artificial Intelligence(AI) And Robots
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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.

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Opening Times & Admission
Museum Opening Times
The museum is open daily: 10 am -5 pm
Collections Centre opens daily: 11 am - 5 pm
Last admission to the museum and Collections Centre is 4:30 pm.
Closed: December 24 , 2017 - January 1, 2018 inclusive
Museum Admission
Adult
£ 14
Child (5 -16 yrs)
£ 9
Under 5 yrs
FREE
Concession (优惠价) (60 yrs+, unemployed, student)
£ 12
Family ticket (2 adults, 3 children)
£ 39
Groups of 12 or more (pre-booking essential)
£ 9
 

Your entry fee will be treated as a donation to our charity on which we may also be able to claim (索要) Gift Aid. In return you will receive FREE admission to the museum for a year with our Annual Pass (this excludes 5 Special Show Days per year).

Tickets for that very day are only available to buy at the museum.

Museum Tours

An optional (可选择的) tour of the museum is included in your entry fee. The tours are available between 11:15 am and 2:15 pm every day. They do not have to be pre-booked but have time limits.

Collections Centre

Access to the Collections Centre is included in your entry fee, so you will just need to show your museum admission ticket at the door to gain entry.

Show Days

On most show days the normal museum entry prices apply. There are, however, five Special Show Days per year when the admission price varies, including entry both into the show and the museum. On these days, Gift Aid tickets and promotional vouchers are not accepted. Advance discounted Show Day tickets are available online or via our Ticket Hotline 019 -26645033.

For more information about the British Motor Museum, please click here.

【小题1】If you arrive at the museum at 4:35 pm, __________ .
A.you may visit it for free
B.you will find it closed
C.you will still have enough time to enjoy it
D.you won’t be allowed to enter the museum
【小题2】How much does a 65-year-old lady need to pay for the admission?
A.£ 9.B.£ 12.
C.£ 14.D.£ 39.
【小题3】What can we know from the passage?
A.You can book discounted Show Day tickets by phone.
B.The museum opens later than the Collections Centre.
C.You need to pay an extra fee to visit the Collections Centre.
D.An Annual Pass will allow your entrance all year round.

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Earth Day Photo Contest

A picture is worth a thousand words! Enter the TFK photo contest and show us: Why is Earth Day important to our planet?

To enter the contest online, visit timeforkids. com and get details below.

TIME

●The contest begins on January 9,2017.

●The contest ends on April 20,2017.

INSTRUCTIONS

●An original and previously unpublished photograph that answers the Earth Day question “Why is Earth Day important to our planet?” and that was photographed by the entrant (参赛者) between June 1,2016, and April 20,2017.

●A brief description describing the picture: what is happening, where the photo was taken, the date the photo was taken and why the entrant chose to enter this image.

●Entrant’s first name only; entrant’s e-mail address; and parent’s, teacher’s or guardian’s e-mail address. Limit one work per person. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, late, or incomplete entries, or entries not received for any reason. Works belong to sponsors, and none will be acknowledged (承认) or returned.

●By entering, the entrant ensures that the work is first made and has not been published in any medium or won an award.

ELIGIBILITY

Open to the elementary school students at age 8-13 at the time of entry in the USA.

WINNERS’ LIST AND PRIZES

Judges will select 10 semifinalists (半决赛选手) from whom one grand prize winner and nine finalists will be chosen. The grand prize winner will receive a digital camera — approximate retail (零售) value: $300. The photograph entry of the grand prize winner will be published in the April 22 Earth Day issue of TIME For Kids. The photograph entries of all semifinalists will be published in the gallery of timeforkids. com. Winners will be informed by e-mail, and must respond within five days.

【小题1】What should an entrant who wants to participate in the photo contest do?
A.He or she should send an original photo after the Earth Day.
B.He or she should present a related description of the photo entry.
C.He or she should inform the sponsors of his or her delayed e-mail.
D.He or she should offer his or her e-mail address and family name.
【小题2】Who can enter the photo contest?
A. A college student in the USA.
A.A teacher of an elementary school in New York.
B.A 10-year-old elementary school student in California.
C.An American professional photographer.
【小题3】What do we know about the photograph entry of the grand prize winner?
A.It will be published in a magazine and a gallery.
B.It will amount to approximately $300.
C.It will be selected from nine finalists’ entries.
D.It will be acknowledged and returned afterwards.

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   Though they may often be thought of as services for travelers,ferries(渡轮)are often ignored as tourist opportunities. In cities and regions all over the world,ferries offer an advantage for top destinations.

Staten Island Ferry

Take a famous ride in one of the world's greatest cities;New York's Staten Island Ferry is free all day,every day. On this 25-minute trip between Manhattan and Staten Island,passengers will get a fresh view of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Golden Horn Ferry

The Bosporus is a narrow,natural strait located in northwestern Turkey,which carries many a boat between its European and Asian shores. Ferries here offer 20-minute trips or six-hour tours into the Golden Horn. Both feature marks made on the city by 13 different civilizations,including the Egyptians and Bulgarians.

Star Ferry

The Star Ferry travels between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, providing scenes of striking colors at sunset in the sky and against the skyline. The two-level Shining Star ferry is a reinvention of boats from the 1920s and offers tours of the harbor.

Alaska Marine Highway System

Though many cities host eye-catching ferry rides, other locations provide water journeys of a much greater range. Covering more than 3,500 miles, the Alaska Marine Highway System stretches along the coast from southern Washington to the Aleutian Islands. On this voyage, travelers can see wildlife including whales and bears, the largest national forest in the U. S. , and Alaska-native villages. While on the journey, travelers can book a two-or four-person cottage or put up a tent on one of the ferries.

Each with its own set of sights and experiences, ferries share just one thing—a new angle to redescribe your favorite place.

【小题1】Which is recommended to those in favor of free ferries?
A.Star Ferry.
B.Staten Island Ferry.
C.Golden Horn Ferry.
D.Alaska Marine Highway System.
【小题2】Why is the Shining Star ferry special among the four ferries?
A.It travels between two countries.
B.It was born out of old boats.
C.Its tours take the longest time.
D.It provides services in evenings.
【小题3】What can travelers experience through the Alaska Marine Highway System?
A.Local mountain villages.
B.The Statue of Liberty.
C.The U. S. 's largest national forest.
D.Striking colors at sunset.