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Join us on a journey of discovery this summer at The New York Public Library! Discover free programs for kids, teens and adults.
Skills for the Workplace
Teens review professional workplace skills to prepare for their entry into the workforce. We’ll reflect on challenging work situations, discuss how to respond to them, and learn about resources available for support.
Date: Wednesday, July 10
Location: Parkchester Library
Audience: Teens/ Young Adults
Adult Art Workshop
Join us for a basic painting using water colors or coloring pencils. Coloring promotes wellness, and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses, and creativity. All materials will be provided.
No Registration required.
Date: Monday, August 12
Location: Castle Hill Library
Audience: Adults
STEAM Crafts and Chat
Learn how to 3D print your own designs, express your creativity through drawing and painting, make jewelry by hand, and more at our weekly STEAM Crafts and Chat workshop. First come, first served.
Date: Wednesday, September 4
Location: Harry Belafonte Library
Audience: Teens/ Young Adults
Family Storytime
Join us for songs, rhymes, and favorite read-aloud books in this storytime that’s fun for the whole family. For young children of all ages. Ideal for caregivers with multiple-aged children.
Date: Friday, September 6
Location: Riverdale Library
Audience: Pre-schoolers
If you have any questions about the events listed above, please contact the branch for more information. See here for service updates at the Library.
【小题1】Which branch library should teens choose if they want to practice essential job skills?| A．Parkchester Library. | B．Castle Hill Library. |
| C．Harry Belafonte Library. | D．Riverdale Library. |
| A．Design a 3D printer. | B．DIY hand-made jewelry. |
| C．Learn to serve others. | D．Explore the New York city. |
| A．They are targeted at teenagers. | B．They are free of charge. |
| C．They are available all summer. | D．They need to be registered in advance. |
It all started with a simple question;“Can I paint your portrait (肖像)?”
In the summer of 2015, Brian Peterson was reading the book Love Does, about the power of love in action, when his quiet was disturbed by a homeless man. Inspired by the book, Peterson made an unexpected decision: He was going to introduce himself. In that first conversation, Peterson learned that the man’s name was Matt Faris who failed to pursue a career in music and ended up being homeless.
“I saw beauty on the face of a man who hadn’t shaved in probably a year, had overgrown fingernails, and probably hadn’t had a shower in close to a year. ”Even though Peterson hadn’t pioked up a paintbrush in about eight years, he asked if he could paint Faris’s portrait. Faris said yes.
Peterson’s connection with Faris led him to form Faces of Santa Ana, a nonprofit organization focused on befriending and painting portraits of members of the community who are unhoused. Working from a black-and-white photo of the subject, Peterson chooses colors inspired by the subject’s personality and life story, creating an impressive portrait.
Peterson sells the striking artwork, signed by both subject and artist, dividing the proceeds and putting half into what he calls a“love account”for his model. He then helps people use the money to get back on their feet. Many of Peterson’s new friends use the donations to secure immediate necessities. But Peterson has learned not to make assumptions about what a person needs most. “I’ve made a mistake thinking I knew what people wanted, ” he says, “but why don’t we just ask them?”
Peterson has discovered that there’s more to the finished products than the money they bring to someone who’s down and out. The buyers tend to connect to the story of the person in the painting, finding similarities and often friendship with someone they might have otherwise overlooked. “People often tell me, ‘I was the one that would cross the street. But I see homeless people differently now, ’ ”Peterson says.
【小题1】What brought Peterson and Faris together?| A．Beauty on Faris’ face. | B．Inspiration from a book. |
| C．Peterson’s passion for art. | D．Faris’ suffering in his life. |
| A．Selling the homeless’ portraits for profits. |
| B．Giving instant necessities to the homeless. |
| C．Asking the homeless for their needs directly. |
| D．Taking what the homeless want for granted. |
| A．The homeless are gaining more concern. |
| B．The life of the homeless is different now. |
| C．Buyers value friendship with the homeless. |
| D．Figures in Peterson’s paintings are popular. |
| A．A good model is key to a fine artwork. |
| B．An expected decision makes a great artist. |
| C．A picture really is worth a thousand words. |
| D．Each unfortunate person has his own misfortune. |
New students at Eton, starting the school year in September, are not allowed to take smartphones with them. Instead, they will each be given a “dumb” Nokia phone that is unable to access the Internet and only allows calls and texts.
Students might blame the psychologist Jonathan Haidt, who popularised the idea that smartphones are responsible for rising rates of mental health problems among young people. Teachers at nearly two-thirds of secondary schools now say they have rules that prevent students from using their phones during the day.
But is there really anything wrong with spending a bit of time watching videos on social media? Or taking your phone out while you’re in the supermarket queue to see funny news? We might need meaning and purpose and psychological richness in our lives, but surely we need a bit of pleasure too. A study published in April in PLoS One found that spending 20 minutes on social media or watching videos on YouTube not only contributed to no negative stress response, but was associated with a decrease in both heart rate and cortisol (皮质醇).
What we get wrong is thinking that we are relaxing just because scrolling (浏览) mindlessly through social media is unproductive and feels like “time out”. There is a significant difference between doing things like being with our loved ones, spending time in nature, or reading a great book and emotional numbing (麻木). As the psychiatrist Anna Lembke argues in her book Dopamine Nation, by endlessly seeking pleasure and stimulation from our smartphone — which she describes as the “modern-day hypodermic (皮下注射) needle” — we become addicted to such stimulation, and find it harder to find joy in other less immediate things.
But also, by never putting our phones down and never giving ourselves a break from endless stimulation, we are not able to go into the kind of quiet brain state that allows mind-wandering, creativity and deep reflection.
As we all know, if you are not paying for it, then you are the product, and businessmen in the marketplace of attention are constantly adjusting the ways in which they occupy our brain space. We must learn to get more creative and intentional about the ways we choose to relax ourselves and perhaps, even, to enjoy some good-old fashioned boredom.
【小题1】Why is the school Eton mentioned in paragraph 1?| A．To raise a doubt. | B．To explain a phenomenon. |
| C．To introduce a topic. | D．To launch a campaign. |
| A．Constant use of social media is beneficial to health. |
| B．Proper use of social media can reduce stress. |
| C．Watching YouTube videos increases heart rate. |
| D．Spending time on social media has little effect on people. |
| A．Because smartphones can bring new energy. |
| B．Because people rely too much on smartphones. |
| C．Because smartphones might relieve pain quickly. |
| D．Because people will get medical help from smartphones. |
| A．We should pay for using smartphones. | B．Businessmen often control our thinking. |
| C．Boredom is unacceptable in modern life. | D．We should choose our relaxing ways wisely. |
We’ve all been there: those times you need to argue your point of view to someone who you know disagrees with you. You immediately go to your keyboard and start to type out that 280-character tweet, the Facebook reply, or a paragraphs-long email. Surely the reason, logic, and strong power of your written words will convince whoever it is who disagrees with you to see your point of view. But new research suggests a different idea.
That research was conducted by Juliana Schroeder, assistant professor of University of California, Berkeley, and her colleagues. In Schroeder’s study of almost 300 people, participants were asked to watch, listen, and read arguments about subjects they agreed or disagreed with. They were asked to judge the character of the communicator and the quality of the argument. Schroeder’s team found that the participants who watched or listened to the communicator were less dismissive (抵触的) of their claims than when they read that communicator’s same argument.
The idea for her study came from a newspaper article about a politician. One of us read a speech that was printed in a newspaper from a politician with whom he strongly disagreed. The next week, he heard the exact same speech playing on a radio station. He was shocked by how different his reaction was toward the politician when he read the speech compared to when he heard it. When he read the statement, the politician seemed idiotic, but when he heard it spoken, the politician actually sounded reasonable.
So in the workplace, speaking to someone in person often involves nothing more than walking a few doors down to their office. And that’s exactly what you should do if you need to convince that boss or colleague of why your blueprint for the company or project is the right one.
Only as a last way should you try to communicate with someone who you disagree with over social media. Twitter’s limited text allowance and social media users’ short attention make arguing your point an uphill battle.
【小题1】What’s the result of the research?| A．Written words are more logical and reasonable. | B．People prefer to communicate with key board. |
| C．The participants prefer reading an argument. | D．Communication works better orally. |
| A．To introduce the topic for discussion. | B．To summarize the previous paragraphs. |
| C．To explain why Schroeder conducted the research. | D．To introduce the politician’s speech. |
| A．Logical | B．Practical. | C．Silly. | D．Frightened. |
| A．To persuade your boss, you need to walk to his office and leave a message. |
| B．It’s difficult to fully explain your points due to social media’s limitation. |
| C．Arguing over social media is more convenient than speaking in person. |
| D．Communicating with others over social media is encouraged. |
Sometimes we get along.
They make us happier. For many, that sibling bond means a lifetime of emotional support. That’s why a tight relationship with your siblings can bring happiness later in life.
Siblings keep us physically fit.
No matter the reason, keeping that strong connection with our siblings could help us live a longer, happier and healthier life.
| A．They could help you live longer. |
| B．Other times they drive us crazy. |
| C．Our siblings’ health is often similar to our own. |
| D．Research shows that older people with living siblings are more positive. |
| E．Siblings make perfect childhood friends, as they share the same environment. |
| F．Research shows that our siblings can help us stay active. |
| G．Or it may be because we turn to loved ones for support when we’re sick or stressed. |
A 71-year-old Swedish man “can’t put into words” how thankful he is for the new technology that saved him from sudden cardiac arrest (心脏骤停).
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EMADE drones (无人机) swiftly delivered an automated external defibrillator (AED), a device to save a person’s life during a sudden cardiac arrest, to the
After receiving on-site treatment, the patient was
“This is a truly
| A．change | B．conflict | C．incident | D．campaign |
| A．doorway | B．backyard | C．house | D．driveway |
| A．quickly | B．gradually | C．exactly | D．usually |
| A．seek | B．offer | C．stop | D．refuse |
| A．influential | B．immediate | C．impressive | D．inspiring |
| A．energy-efficient | B．life-saving | C．cost-effective | D．family-centered |
| A．hospital | B．ambulance | C．scene | D．room |
| A．storage | B．purchase | C．delivery | D．return |
| A．On purpose | B．By chance | C．Without delay | D．In fact |
| A．rested | B．waved | C．struggled | D．collapsed |
| A．learning | B．performing | C．explaining | D．teaching |
| A．noticed | B．imagined | C．remembered | D．missed |
| A．rushed | B．called | C．guided | D．dragged |
| A．stable | B．realistic | C．popular | D．useful |
| A．report | B．inquiry | C．recovery | D．preparation |