Dance Classes
Ballet
Ballet teaches grace, posture （姿势） and flexibility. Students focus on the use of proper ballet items（物品）, expanding their knowledge of classical ballet techniques and improving motor skills for classical ballet practice. The class is a formal ballet class.
Age: 8-10
Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020
Time: 10: 30 am-12: 00 am on Saturdays
Creative Movers
Students can explore creative movement, balance, focus, the development of skills, motor planning and balance. The class helps build strength, flexibility and self-confidence, and allows children to realize expression in a positive and encouraging environment. Children use their imagination to celebrate movement and have lots of fun.
Age: 3-5
Date: September 7, 2019-January 18, 2020
Time: 9: 00 am-9: 45 am on Saturdays
Jazz
Jazz includes movements from both classical ballet and dance techniques. This class will focus on traditional Jazz dance. Students will be introduced to jazz-style rhythms and movements. In order to ensure proper placement for your child, we invite all students to participate in a sample（示例）class. Students and parents work with program staff to meet students' personal dance goals.
Age: 5-6
Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020
Time: 2: 00 pm-3: 00 pm on Saturdays
Hip Hop
Students will be introduced to several different aspects of hip hop dance including Popping, Locking, Breaking and Tutting in a high-energy environment. Our hip hop instructors are highly knowledgeable and will provide students with a wonderful view of hip hop dance.
Age: 7-10
Date: September 7, 2019-May 16, 2020
Time: 1: 00 pm-2: 00 pm on Sundays
It was the 9th day of Wuhan lockdown （封锁） starting on January 23. My parents left because they had been running fever for several days and they were showing other symptoms of COVID-19.
The virus, COVID-19, is somehow fearsome because it does not discriminate（区别对待）in choosing who it infects. And if the older people were infected, the situation could be worse, so I was wondering whether my parents would make it.
On the second day, my parents called and asked me how I was. We talked using FaceTime, and the moment I saw my mom lying there with an oxygen mask and my dad could not talk without breathing heavily, I realized that I had to live on my own.
But two weeks later, I got a fever and had to go into quarantine（隔离）to be observed for 14 days. Fortunately, my illness turned out to be not COVID-19.
Everything there was busy, and there seemed to be a shortage of medical staff and materials were in short supply. Even though the doctors and nurses were covered from head to toe, I could see how tired they were when I looked into their bloodshot eyes. Most of the patients were really understanding, but of course there were those who were not, and complained loudly, but all the doctors and nurses tried their best to deal with it in a calming way.
When the quarantine was over, every patient thanked the workers for what they had done, but the answer patients received was exactly the same: "That's what we're here for. "
In many ways, my interest in language learning began with my grandmother. She moved from Switzerland to England when she was young and I was always amazed that she spoke English to me, Italian to my grandfather and French or German on the phone to her relatives and friends. I always imagined she could be a translator of books, or a tour guide. What's more, she didn't learn English at school, but picked it up by herself when she came to England.
It's hard for me to understand how someone can speak several languages so well. I can just speak a bit of Italian and German by listening to her. And I hardly use other languages in my own job. But that doesn't mean I don't want to learn other languages. In my eyes, being able to ask for a meal in a restaurant on holiday in a non-English speaking country would be great. Most important of all, it would be nice to talk with people from around the world-it would be easier to make new friends if I spoke their language. In fact, language learning is easier now than ever because of new technology. For example, recording your voice helps you see how well you're doing and helps you continue to improve. There are apps to help you learn new words. However, I still think going to class improves conversation skills and helps you quickly deal with mistakes. So it's better to combine （结合） different methods.
Salad seeds（生菜种子）that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate than the ones on earth, scientists found, thanks to thousands of young people who helped conduct an out-of-this-world experiment.
The project started in 2015, when British astronaut Tim Peake took a million seeds with him on his journey to the International Space Station （ISS）. The seeds spent six months there before they were sent back to Earth in 2016. In a message sent from the ISS, Peake said the purpose of the science experiment was to find out if the conditions in space affected the seeds' ability to grow.
Around 600, 000 pupils at 8, 600 schools in the UK were then asked to grow the rocket seeds that had been to space, along with regular seeds that had never left the planet. Peake described the experiment as "one of the largest and most inspirational experiments of its kind".
The results of the study, which have just been published, found that the space seeds grew more slowly than the ones that had stayed on Earth. Researchers on the experiment said this was due to the stresses of space travel, such as the zero-gravity（零重力）atmosphere and high levels of cosmic rays （宇宙射线）, which slowed the growth of the plants.
Now researchers are hopeful that if the seeds are properly protected, it might be possible to grow plants during future space tasks to other planets. Dr Jake Chandler, from University of London, who led the study, said, "The possibility of eating home-grown salad on Mars may be one small step closer. "
When we think of bicycles, we think of fun and the outdoors. Bicycles give riders the freedom to explore and enjoy the environment and its surroundings. .
Most people know that riding bicycles is environmentally friendly. . If you are riding a bike, you are helping to reduce air and noise pollution.
Bikes are becoming more and more popular across the world. In fact, they are becoming more than just a fun pastime（娱乐）. . For many people around the world, access to markets and schools would not be accessible without a bike.
. Some cities, such as Paris and Barcelona, have not only built bicycle lanes but also have introduced a system of renting bikes. You can rent, or use a bicycle in one area of the city and drop it off in another area of the city. Paris now has thousands of bikes for public use, with bicycle stations located throughout the city.
Some South American cities, such as Bogota in Colombia, have a weekly car-free day. . On these days, the traffic-related air pollution from old buses and trucks is greatly reduced.
It seems that the bike is a force for good, providing solutions for cleaner cities without leaving a serious environmental footprint.
A. Riding bicycles is a healthy, cheap activity and good exercise.
B. Cities are taking this love and demand for bicycles seriously.
C. People are encouraged to buy bicycles to go to and from work.
D. Daily use of a bicycle has very low effect on the environment.
E. It is cheap and convenient to travel around the world on bicycles.
F. They are also used as a daily transport to work, school or shopping.
G. More than 2 million people bicycle, skate, or jog along the closed roads.
Lainey finished third grade. She had good grades and could read1 grade level, but she did not like to read. On a family car trip, her Aunt Dede pulled out a copy of Harry Potter, as a surprise for her2. But Lainey took one look at it, 3 her eyes, and said, "Boring!"
Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it. 4 the youngest children in the class were5 by the story. They6 with great interest and then7 joined in grand conversations about Harry's adventures.
"How can you say it's 8？Have you read it？" asked Aunt Dede.
"No, it's too long and it doesn't have any9. " complained Lainey.
"Oh, that's where you are10；there are lots of pictures. Every page is full of pictures；you just have to read the words to 11 them. It's like magic. "
"Nice try, Aunt Dede, " Lainey replied 12 from the back seat.
Another13 was in order. "Well, if you don't want to read it, give it14. Maybe your mom would 15 hearing the story. " The book sailed through the air to Aunt Dede and she began to read it aloud. By the end of the first chapter, 16 were coming from the back seat: "Please read a little 17. "
Lainey is an example of an18 reader. As shown here, Lainey can become 19 about reading when 20 with literature on topics that interest her, and when the people around her model involvement in the reading process.
What would you think if I told you that you don't see, learn, or feel like you think you do？Here （ be） some of the strange things our brains do:
We don't know ourselves like we think we know ourselves.
Many people enjoy（ do）personality tests. You may get one that sums you up . . . we tend（ think） "Wow!That's me. So clever how they did that!" In fact, we can also say the exact same thing if we are given a vague （不明确的） （ describe）.
We don't learn like we think we learn.
There is a strong relationshipour imagination and muscle memory. Imagining doing something （ successful） is just as good as actually doing it.
If you plan to play piano, imaging the keys - seeing your hands move through the chords（琴弦） is just as good as sitting down in front of the piano.
We don't feel like we think we feel.
There are many stories about amputees（截肢者）who still feel their（ miss） limb, though it isn't there at all. If you hid your hand under the table and placed a plastic hand on the table in front of you next to your other hand - then had someone touch both in the same way for a while - then hit the fake（假的）with a large stick, you would feel the pain as if it （ be） your real hand.
I still remember the first day I come to this new school. Everything was new to me, what made me realize I was no longer a small child. I had to depend on me. Luckily, I made several good friend. Their interests were similar with mine. I had great English teacher, Maggie. She let me know the important of English. So I decided to learn English hardly. Although it was very difficult at first, but with the help of my teacher, I made rapidly progress. Just as the old saying goes, "Where there is a will, there is a way. "
1).学好英语，增加交流机会。
2).多交朋友，友情会使人忘记孤独。
3).积极参加各种活动，使自己的生活更加有趣。
注意：1). 词数100左右；开头已经写出，不计入总词数。
2). 可适当增添细节，以使行文连贯.
Dear Susan,
I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble adapting to your new school life in America,
Yours,
Li Hua
