Sales Executive
Pindan Labor Solutions is expanding and we require a Sales Executive. Working hours from Monday to Friday, 12 months a year. However, some weekend work may be required. You will be assisting our team of consultants with business development. You can get a monthly income of $5,200. Essential requirements include previous sales experience, strong communication skills, high level of computer competence, WA driver's license.
For more information, please e-mail to Stefan@tigerhospitality.com or phone 0452-236541.
Martial Arts Trainer
Go-Kan-Ryu Karate has a number of positions available for people who have an interest in the martial arts. The position will involve training new students on working days. An expected first year income of $45,000. Excellent people skills and previous experience are essential. Own car and license required.
Please contact Tim Hort on 0285-371464 or kvle@hospitalio.com for further information.
Workshop Manager
Located in Wongan Hills WA, Beckman Machinery want a Service/Workshop Manager to join our successful team. Your role will be to provide the best possible service to customers, Monday to Friday. You must have trade certificate, excellent communication and computer skills. Knowledge of agricultural products is essential. You can get at least $50,000 in your first year.
Please call Stuart 042-7-111105 or email to stuart@boekemans.com.au if any further information is needed.
Farmhand
A general farmhand is required to work on a farm located 40 kms from Condobolin. A driver's license is essential. Duties include: Sheep, Cattle work; Cropping & irrigation. Weekends off, except during sowing and harvest periods. $39,000 a year.
If you are interested in farm work, please e-mail to diane.moisis @cwcc.nsw.edu.au or call 0167-327047 for detailed information.
This holiday weekend will be about more than Thanksgiving treats and extra days off from school for eighth-grader Shreya Nair. Shreya will also spend some of her time conducting an interview that will end up in the Library of Congress.
Shreya, 13, is participating in a StoryCorps initiative called The Great Thanksgiving Listen. The project encourages students to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to keep the stories and voices of an older generation (一代人).
"It would be interesting to see her view on life and how it's different from mine based on the circumstances she grew up in," Shreya said about her interview.
StoryCorps' aim is to use audio to preserve the stories of people of all ages and backgrounds. Students will be able to record their interviews using a new app and upload them to the StoryCorps Archive at the Library of Congress.
Shreya's English teacher decided to get involved in spreading the word about the project, by assigning the interview as homework. Alison Matthews teaches Shreya at McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She incorporated (纳入) the StoryCorps interview assignment into a unit on the book, The Giver. Matthews describes the novel as a "story about this community where there's one man — the giver — who holds all the memories of the community."
"The StoryCorps project fit in so perfectly. The Library of Congress is the keeper of our memories. So I asked kids to think about the importance of memory in our society," Matthews said.
Shreya said that her classmates like the assignment. "It's an interview that will help us not only understand the book we're reading right now, but help us later in life," Shreya said. "One of the things I like about the project is that you get to hear so many other people's voices," she added. "Sometimes in this world it feels like our opinion is the only one, but when you sit down and listen, it's amazing what it can bring."
What's your opinion on spicy (辛辣的) food? Some people cannot handle even the smallest amount of chili peppers (辣椒) in their dinner while others can't get enough of them.
Scientists have long been puzzled by why some people love the chili while others loathe it. Plenty of research has been done on the subject, dating as far back as the 1970s. Previous results showed that a love of chilies is related to childhood experiences, and that cultural influences affect our taste too. But the latest study has found that a person's love of spicy food may be linked to his or her personality more than anything else, CBC News reported.
"We have always assumed (猜想) that liking drives intake — we eat what we like and we like what we eat. But no one has actually directly bothered to connect personality with intake of chili peppers," said Professor John E. Hayes from Pennsylvania State University, who led the study.
But before you look at the study, you should first know that "spicy" is not a taste, unlike sour, sweet, bitter and salty taste. It is, in fact, a burning feeling that you feel on the surface of your tongue. This got scientists thinking that maybe a love of spicy food is brought about by people's longing for thrill, something they usually get from watching action movies or riding a roller coaster (过山车).
In the study, 97 participants (参与者), both male and female, were asked to fill out questionnaires (调查问卷) about their personality, for example, whether they like new experiences or tend to avoid risks. They were then given a glass of water with capsaicin (辣椒素), the plant chemical that makes a chili burn, mixed into it.
By comparing the answers to the questionnaire and what participants said they felt about the spicy water, researchers found that those who tended to enjoy action movies or take risks were about six times more likely to enjoy the spicy water.
Interestingly, we used to believe that the reason why some people can withstand (耐受) spicy food is that their tongues have become less sensitive to it. However, this latest study has found otherwise. "It's not that it doesn't burn as badly, but that you actually learn to like the burning feeling," Hayes explained.
A. To keep herself busy, Anne started to write a diary, in which she described not only her struggles, but also her hopes and dreams.
B. After the war, her diary was found and published. Her spirit has influenced teenagers all over the world.
C. The Diary of Anne Frank has been one of the most powerful accounts of the experience of the Nazi Holocaust (大屠杀), which was written by Anne Frank, a little girl from a Jewish family.
D. Anne kept writing for two years until they were caught and sent to labour camps, where she and her sister died.
E. During the war, the city became unsafe, so Anne's family moved into a secret annexe—some rooms above her father's office, where they hid for a long time and suffered from hunger and fear.
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit — and that can be an angry thing. Read on for some ways worth trying.
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People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2 Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.
3 Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.
A. Focus on the future.
B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.
C. It should be something like learning gardening, or go dancing with your friends.
D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
E. But don't worry if your timetable isn't filled with life-changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
"I tried to play with some kids at recess (课间休息) and one of them pushed me away. So I 1 played by myself," my daughter told me after her first day at primary school. For most people it was no big deal, but I felt quite 2 .
I never really 3 school. It didn't help that my family moved around a lot so it felt like I was always moving to a 4 school. This also 5 that I spent much time as a child playing by myself. I 6 most children don't like playing by themselves. A 7 child is not usually a happy child.
Despite (尽管) this before my daughter started school I wasn't worried. I'd chosen a local public school for my daughter and many people said the school was a(n) 8 one. And yet only two days in she'd been by herself at recess — I was close to losing my 9 . I found myself at midnight searching for the local private schools. A look at fees (费用), however, put an end to that 10 .
It was then that I stopped and gave myself another reality 11 — my daughter had only been in school for two days and I was already considering 12 schools. I needed to give her a 13 to work things out before I made any rash (轻率的) decisions. I told myself that the start of school can often not be a(n) 14 one, and like every new beginning it takes 15 to get used to it.
At its most basic, stress (see) as any change or pressure in the environment. Most people think of stress a bad thing, but in reality most people need some of it." A little stress can be (help) to high schoolers in so many ways. It makes them want to study much (hard). It helps push them," says Mary Alvord, a psychologist (心理学家) in Maryland. Adolescence (青春期) is an important time (learn) to cope with stress because teens can then cope with it better in college.
But too much stress will influence both the body mind, Alvord says. In the short term it can cause anxiety (焦虑); over long periods of time, too much stress can cause heart problems. That's bad for anyone, but it can be (especial) bad for high schoolers: "Colleges are complaining (抱怨) that more and more kids are not paying much attention to (they) studies, and they are dropping out and taking a long time to graduate. It's not developmentally good for them to work so hard," says Alvord. And since everyone has a different psychological capacity (能力) for stress, is hard to know when a student is pushed to the point of (influence) his or her health.
Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity.
I intend to take full advantage of this trip to buy the things we need.
The thought suddenly flashed through my mind that I could help as a volunteer.
She didn't like the course but she stuck it out to get the certificate.
She's young and dynamic and will get along well with the team.
A. to come into your mind suddenly
B. a document that you receive when you have completed a course of study or training
C. political control of a country or an area
D. an organization that gives money, goods, or help to people who are poor, sick etc.
E. to have a plan, result or purpose in your mind when you do sth.
F. full of energy
G. the process of choosing a person or a group of people for a position, especially a political position, by voting
It is definitely true that a lot of hard work will pay off someday.
You will pass the test if you carefully revise what you have learnt.
The twins look alike, but they differ in interests.
There are plenty of parks and places for outdoor recreation in this area.
My parents always tell me to set myself a target that I can hope to achieve.
A. a particular activity that sb does when they are not working
B. a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building
C. without any doubt
D. to leave a place, especially to start a trip
E. a goal or an aim
F. to go over
G. not to be the same
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Dear Joe,
I am so delighted to hear from you. From your letter I know you are interested in my life. Let me tell you something that may help you know me better.
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The above is what my life is like now. If you want to know more, please don't hesitate to tell me. I am looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Ying
