OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS
Animals Out of Paper
Yolo！Productions and the Great Griffon present the play by Rajiv Joseph，in which an origami（折纸术）artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio. Merri Milwe directs. In previews. Opens Feb.12.（West Park Presbyterian Church，165 W.86th St.212-868-4444.）
The Audience
Helen Mirren stars in the play by Peter Morgan，about Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and her private meetings with twelve Prime Ministers in the course of sixty years. Stephen Daldry directs. Also starring Dylan Baker and Judith Ivey. Previews begin Feb.14.（Schoenfeld，236 W.45th St.212-239-6200.）
Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote this musical about Alexander Hamilton，in which the birth of America is presented as an immigrant story. Thomas Kail directs. In previews. Opens Feb.17.（Public，425 Lafayette St.212-967-7555.）
On the Twentieth Century
Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher star in the musical comedy by Betty Comden and Adolph Green，about a Broadway producer who tries to win a movie star's love during a cross-country train journey. Scott Ellis directs，for Roundabout Theatre Company. Previews begin Feb.12.（American Airlines Theatre，227 W.42nd St.212-719-1300.）
If you are hungry,what do you do?Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that?Just like your stomach,even your mind is hungry.But it never lets you know,because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover,favorite star and many such absurd things.So it silently began to pay careful attention to your needs and never let itself grow.When mind loosens its freedom to grow,creativity gets a full stop.
This might be the reason why we all sometimes think “What happens next?”,“Why can't I think?”,“Why am I always given the difficult problems?”Well this is the result of our own karma（宿命）of using our brain for thinking of not-so-worthy things.
Hunger of the mind can be actually settled through extensive reading.Now why reading and not watching TV? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood.Just like that to develop other aspects of our life,we have to take help of reading.You have innumerable number of books in this world which will answer all your "How to?" questions.Once you read a book,you just don't run your eyes through the lines,but even your mind decodes（解码）it and explains it to you.The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed.
Now this seed is unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas.The same seed if used many times,can help you link and relate a lot of things,of which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams! This is nothing lout creativity.The more the number of books you read,the more your mind will open up.Also this improves your speaking skills to a large extent and also makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary.Within no time you start speaking English or any language fluently with your friends or other people and you never seem to run out of the right words at the right time.
For Western designers, China and its rich culture have long been an inspiration for Western creative.
"It's no secret that China has always been a source(来源)of inspiration for designers," says Amanda Hill, chief creative officer at A+E Networks, a global media company and home to some of the biggest fashion(时尚)shows.
Earlier this year, the China Through A Looking Glass exhibition in New York exhibited 140 pieces of China-inspired fashionable clothing alongside Chinese works of art, with the aim of exploring the influence of Chinese aesthetics(美学)on Western fashion and how China has fueled the fashionable imagination for centuries. The exhibition had record attendance, showing that there is huge interest in Chinese influences.
"China is impossible to overlook," says Hill. "Chinese models are the faces of beauty and fashion campaigns that sell dreams to women all over the world, which means Chinese women are not just consumers of fashion — they are central to its movement. "Of course, only are today's top Western designers being influenced by China-some of the best designers of contemporary fashion are themselves Chinese." Vera Wang, Alexander Wang, Jason Wu are taking on Galiano, Albaz, Marc Jacobs-and beating them hands down in design and sales," adds Hil.
For Hill, it is impossible not to talk about China as the leading player when discussing fashion. "The most famous designers are Chinese, so are the models, and so are the consumers," she says. "China is no longer just another market; in many senses it has become the market. If you talk about fashion today, you are talking about China-its influences, its direction, its breathtaking clothes, and how young designers and models are finally acknowledging that in many ways."
Legend has it that the performing arts began when a Greek singer named Thespis invented tragedy. In 534 B.C., Thespis was performing a hymn（赞美诗）to the god Dionysius. Such hymns, called dithyrambs, were usually sung by a lead singer and a chorus. Thespis added a speaking actor. Performances at the annual Dionysian festival soon included plays with three actors as well as the standard hymns. By 449 B.C., the Greeks were giving prizes to the best actor and the best playwright at the festival. A modern word for actor—thespian recognizes the debt today's drama owes to Thespis.
Performing in a Greek play required physical strength. Because each play had only three actors, performers had to play several roles. Chorus members both sang and danced. Being in the chorus for the many performances given at a festival was said to be as demanding as competing in the Olympic Games.
The Theater of Dionysius in Athens could hold 20,000 people. Even those in the front rows were quite a distance from the actors. Performers used grand gestures and wore masks so that they could be seen by everyone in their huge audience. Tragic(悲剧的)actors wore long clothes and masks. Comic actors wore short costumes that let them move freely and masks designed to make them look ugly or silly. Sometimes the chorus were dressed up to look like animals.
Another legacy(遗产)of the ancient Greeks is the deus ex machina, or "god from the machine". If a playwright was having trouble with the plot, he might have a god appear through a trap door(天窗).The god would rescue the main character and find a solution to any difficult plot situations. Modem writers might not call on gods, but they do sometimes use unlikely ways to end a story. A character or an event that brings a complicated plot to an unlikely conclusion is still called deus ex machina.
Children art education is something that is much encouraged for children's creative growth. This is necessary because a child can have a sense of appreciation of the arts and along with all the other things that they learn in school.
Children art education should be designed from a very early age so that they are allowed to express themselves freely in whatever way that they wish to. However, the task of children art education is not a very easy one, because you have to find the right way in which you can help them get interested in what you are trying to teach them. The physical space where the art education is to be carried out should also be carefully decorated to make it attractive to the children. Use of colors should be made in abundance (丰富) as that is what attracts a child first to it.
Displaying examples of artwork that you think would be important enough to influence the children is also a good idea. Of course, a photograph of a painting of the Madonna (圣母马利亚) is something that children might not appreciate. This will be a source of inspiration for the children to try them out as well.
The creative process is something that you must not interfere with (干涉) during a children art education class. But after that, you must wait for the children themselves to come up with something meaningful to their ability. As long as the result is connected with the topic, every child's art work is worth praising.
A. You can just give them a topic for drawing.
B. Instead, put up paintings that children will be fond of.
C. The reason for this could be the lack of interest in the teacher.
D. A trip to an art museum can be an inspiration to many students.
E. They also have a place where they can express all their feelings.
F. This is the only way that art can be appreciated as children grow up.
G. So creating the right environment for children art education is very important.
How an undergraduate raised her sister and mother alone
For many undergraduates, finding a job or getting further education is a trouble at their age. However, a Henan girl faced more urgent and bigger issues when it came to job or further studies, because she had to help her family 1 before graduating from college.
Liu Jiaojiao, 26, was born in a village of Luyi county in Zhoukou city, Central China's Henan province. After graduation in 2014, she chose to be a teacher in a middle school in her hometown, so she could 2 her paralyzed mother.
Up to now, 3 the only bread-earner in the family, Liu has taken care of her mother who 4 from cerebral infarction(脑梗塞) for five years. She has remained positive and strong to overcome the challenges of life, 5complain about her fate.
In 2010, after finishing the college entrance examination, Liu was told that her father was 6with esophageal cancer(食道癌) six months ago. Then her father was dead about one year later.
"My grandmother was over 70 years old, and my sister was still in high school at that time, which left my mother and me to 7 the family," Liu said.
Hou Panzhi, 50, Liu's mother, has been suffering from mental illness for a long time. Liu said: "She could say something to encourage me at the beginning; I did not feel alone at that time."
In order to 8 money, she spent less than 10 yuan ($1.5) every day. Besides doing some part-time jobs at the college, she also worked in other southern cities such as Guangzhou and Hangzhou in the summer and winter 9.
However, Huo's 10 got worse in 2012; she suffered with cerebral infarction and became paralyzed. Liu then rented a house for her mother to take care of her while going to school nearby.
The teachers organized a donation and formed a volunteer team to help her. Liu also 11 a scholarship at school.
"I told myself that I am not lonely, there are many people around me. I had a strong12to support my family," Liu said. However, it was hard. She added: The most 13time was when I was sick at school."
Now, she works hard to strike a balance to take care of her mother and to teach students.
"I would like to tell my mother what happened in my math class after school, I feel she could hear it sometimes," she said with a smile. "I also buy an electro-tricycle two month ago, taking my mother to go outside."
She often14the photos with her mother on her WeChat, saying that wherever she is with her mom is home.
"Life is much better than before, I have a job, and my sister has grown up, we have become stronger and most confident than before," she added.
In July, Liu was nominated as a(an) candidate of the "National Moral Models" this year, which encourages and guides the young people to cherish the time with parents and have a sense of15.
Calligraphy is a visual art(relate) to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a broad tip instrument, brush, or other writing instruments.
In China, calligraphy is referred toshufa. Chinese calligraphy has long tradition, and is today regarded as one of the arts in the countriesit is practiced. Chinese calligraphy (focus) not only on methods of writing but also on cultivating one's character.
Chinese calligraphy is a farm of aesthetically pleasing writing. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been (general) held in high esteem across East Asia.
Calligraphy(consider) as one of the four best friends of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instrument, the board game "go", and painting. There are some general standardizations of the (vary) styles of calligraphy in this tradition.
Chinese calligraphy and ink and wash painting are closely related: they are accomplished(use) similar tools and techniques, and have a long history of shared artistry. Distinguishing features of Chinese painting and calligraphy include an emphasis on motion charged with dynamic life. Calligraphy has also led to the development of many(form) of art in China, including seal carving, ornate paperweights, and ink stones.
⑴你喜欢的讲座话题（从音乐、美术、舞蹈中任选其一）；
⑵选择该话题的原因及关于该话题你感兴趣的内容；
⑶希望从中有何收获。
注意：
⑴词数:100左右；
⑵可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
⑶开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
I'm Li Jin, a student at Chenguang High School.
Thank you for your time.
Yours,
Li Jin
During lunchtime, Emma suggested going to the zoo to feed the animals and her mom agreed.
"We'll stop by the bakery and pick some bread up. Now hurry and eat and then we'll go. It's going to be a lovely day. Grandma is coming with us. She'll be here any minute," mom said.
Emma ate her lunch and then ran into her room to get her shoes. The problem was that she could only find one of them. She looked under her bed, but all she could see were dirty towels and pants. She moved some of her toys out of the way，but still couldn't find her shoe. After she'd checked everywhere in her room，she ran into the kitchen. "Mom, I can't find my shoe. Will you wait while I look for it？"she asked.
Her mom thought about how many times she'd told Emma to clean her room up. She whispered something to Emma's grandma and then said to Emma,"You will have to stay home. Your dad and I will take Ryan to the zoo. Grandma will stay here with you."
"No! Please wait for me. I want to go to the zoo," Emma cried. "I'm sorry, Emma. I've told you a dozen times to clean your room and you ignored me. You can't find your shoe now. It's your own fault for not doing as I asked. You will stay home."
Emma ran into her bedroom, crying. Her mom came to the door and said，"Emma，clean that room of yours before I get home. I've told grandma not to give you any sweets until you finish the work." She went out to the car with Ryan and Emma's dad and then they drove away.
注意：
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好。
Paragraph 1：
Emma sat on her bed and cried for a long time.
Paragraph 2：
Emma and her grandma were sitting at the table, eating when her mom, dad, and Ryan came home.
