Phillips Academy
Founded in 1778, Phillips Academy, also known as Andover, is an independent, coeducational private high school that best prepares the students in grades 9～12 for college. It is a place of great tradition. Because of its size, Andover offers the great depth and width of activity while still feeling like a personal place. With over 300 courses, the possibility for growth is limitless.
Application
Application fee: $40 for American students; $70 for international students
Application deadline (最后期限): February 1, 2020
Interview required: Yes
Required tests:
SSAT or ISEE for applicants to grades 9 and 10
SSAT, ISEE, PSAT, SAT or ACT for applicants to grade 11
PSAT, SAT or ACT for applicants to grade 12
TOEFL or IELTS for all applicants for whom English is not the native language and who do not attend a school where English is the teaching language (in addition to the above required tests)
Tuition (学费)
The yearly tuition is $43,300, which is for the highest grade and may have changed for the current school year. If housing is included, the total fee is $55,800 yearly. For more information, please contact the school.
Students
The total number of students: 1,150
Student types: White 54%; Asian 26%; African American 6%; others 14%
Teachers
Student—teacher rate: 51
92% of students and parents agree that the teachers can well lead and control the classroom, 85% of students and parents agree that the teachers really care about the students.
Address
180 Main Street, Andover, Massachusetts, the United States
Contact information
Telephone: (978) 749—4000；
Website：www. andover. edu
Cassandra Warren, a babysitter, was in a rush and feeling a little overcome with work and planning her 200person wedding. As she was extending invitations for her wedding in the mail one day last year, she hurriedly addressed one to her aunt and uncle in Oregon.
A week later, the invitation came back, with a handwritten note on the return envelope: "I wish I knew you. Congratulations! I've been married for 40 years—it gets better with age." A $20 bill was inside.
Cassandra was at a professional crossroads and had been having a tough day. In fact, she nearly broke down, telling her husband-to-be, Jesse Jones, about her depression just as she opened the misdirected envelope. And the magic envelope wasn't finished with its surprises. Cassandra looked closer and saw that on the envelope were "Live long and prosper", a nod to the spacebased film Star Trek (《星际迷航》).
Cassandra and Jesse had no idea who the anonymous note writer was. But they figured the Star Trek reference was because the person noticed the "fandom" corner of their invitation, which had both a Star Wars lightsaber (光剑) and a Harry Potter wand (魔杖). "She assumed we'd understand her message," Cassandra said. "Which we did."
The following night Cassandra and Jesse went out to dinner with a friend who was going overseas with the military. They happily put the $ 20 toward their bill. Then Cassandra stopped by a store and bought another card—a thankyou card. She wrote her aunt and uncle's incorrect address on the envelope again to "Kind Stranger". Inside, she wrote, "Thank you for the note and taking the time to send it. Not many people would have done that. It was a big blessing after the day I was having. I am thankful for people like you still being in the world."
Surfing the Internet for fun will make you a better employee, according to an Australian study.
The University of Melbourne study shows that people who use the Internet for their own reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. Study author Brent Coker said, "Surfing the Internet at times helps increase an employee's attention."
"People need to relax for a bit to get back their attention," Coker said on the university's website. "Having a short break, such as a quick surfing of the Internet, helps the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total Internet attention for a day's work, and as a result, increases productivity (生产效率)," he said.
According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work surf the Internet for their own reasons during office hours. Among the most popular surfing activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos. "Firms spend a lot of money on software to block their employees from watching videos, using social networking sites or shopping online," side Coker. "That's not always a good idea."
However, Coker said the study looked at people who surfed the Internet in moderation (适度), or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. "Those who spend too much time surfing the Internet will have a lower productivity than those without." he said.
Some of the world's most famous musicians recently gathered in Paris and New Orleans to celebrate the first annual International Jazz Day. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of jazz music, its significance and its potential as a unifying (联合) voice across cultures.
Despite the celebrations, though, in the U. S. the jazz audience continues to shrink and grow older, and the music has failed to connect with younger generations.
It's Jason Moran's job to help change that. As the Kennedy Center's artistic adviser for jazz, Moran hopes to widen the audience for jazz, make the music more accessible, and preserve its history and culture.
"Jazz seems like it's not really a part of the American appetite," Moran tells National Public Radio's reporter Neal Conan. "What I'm hoping to accomplish is that my generation and younger start to reconsider and understand that jazz is not black and white anymore. It's actually colour, and it's actually digital."
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. "The music can't be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same," says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller's music for a dance party, "just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music," says Moran. "For me, it's the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion (情感) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight on how to talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context," says Moran, "so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster."
Teenage Brains in the Digital World
When it comes to technology, adults won't be able to keep up with their children. It took the radio 38 years to reach 50 million people, but it took only 20 years for the phone to reach the same number, and 13 years for the television. In contrast, it took Facebook 3.6 years. .
Over the 15 years, digital communication has brought in more changes than the printing press did in 1570. And those most likely to use them in this world are teenagers, whose brains appear to have an extraordinary capacity to adapt to the world around them., enabling teenagers to keep up with the increasing pace of digital technology and giving them an advantage when it comes to multitasking (多重任务处理).
In the US, on average teenagers spend 8.5 hours a day using computers, mobiles, and other devices to learn, interact and play. , such as talking on the phone while you're watching TV. As they stare at these screens, they're taking in and sorting through an incredible amount of information.
. YouTube indicates that teenagers all over the world are watching the same clips and laughing at the same joke, indicating that they are more globalminded than teenagers in the past. They may be keen on texting their friends and posting updates on social media sites.
. By the age of 30, our brains will become more set in their ways, making it harder for us to adapt and cope with the new technology.
A. However, there is a cutoff
B. Twitter only needed 88 days
C. There are concerns about how to make friends online
D. There is an advantage of the growing digital trend
E. Having a more flexible brain means certain parts of it haven't developed yet
F. This means that the teenage brains can adapt to new technology
G. This increases to 11.5 hours if you include all the multitasking that goes on
You may have noticed some changes in your grandparents. As they get old, they start 1 things. And the older they get, the 2 things they will forget. For example, they may not be able to 3 where they left their glasses, or they may forget the names of their close friends. If you don't want to 4 memories very early, put down your sandwiches. A new study published in a science magazine shows that cutting calories can 5 people's (especially the old people's) memory.
Calorie restriction (热量限制) let lab animals live longer. And these 6 animals seemed to be 7. But it wasn't clear 8 it was the same with people.
In the latest 9, scientists asked 50 elderly women to 10 the number of calories they consumed (吃,喝) by a third. After three months, the 11 found that the women were not only 12, but they were better than they had been at 13 words — they remembered more words than ever, which suggested that keeping calories under 14 could help keep the brain 15.
In a word, the less you eat, the more you will remember.
I'm not sure is more frightened, me or the female gorilla (大猩猩) that suddenly appears out of nowhere. I'm walking on a path in the forest in the Central African Republic. Unexpectedly, I'm facetoface with the gorilla, who begins screaming at top of her lungs. That makes her baby scream, and then a 400pound male appears. He screams the (loud) of all. The noise shakes the trees as the male beats his chest and charges toward me. I quickly lower myself, ducking my head to avoid (look) directly into his eyes so he doesn't feel (challenge).
My name is Mireya Mayor. I'm a (science) who studies animals such as apes and monkeys. I was searching these three western lowland gorillas I'd been observing. No one had seen them for hours, and my colleagues and I were worried.
When the gorillas and I frightened each other, I was just glad to find (they) alive. True to gorilla's unaggressive nature, the huge animal (mean) me no real harm. He was just saying："I'm king of this forest, and here is your reminder！"Once his message was delivered, he allowed me (stay) and watch.
A Simple Thank
I have been in the teaching profession more than thirty years, and one of the best teachers I have ever known was Mr. Rowe. I was lucky enough to coteach fourth grade with him.
Mr. Rowe had infinite patience and understanding and I learned so much from him. He could perform miracles, like the one he performed with Steven, one of the unhappiest kids I ever saw. Steven couldn't stand school. He didn't like being picked last for kickball. He didn't like the kids who raised their hands and knew all the answers, and most importantly, he didn't like himself.
The first day he walked into Mr. Rowe's classroom, he ignored the other students, looking angry and annoyed, and slid into his chair, knocking a couple of textbooks onto the floor.
Mr. Rowe walked over to him and touched Steven's shoulder, but Steven pulled away. Nevertheless, Mr. Rowe welcomed him: "Hi, Steven. I'm happy you are in my class. We are going to have a great year." Steven looked around the room as if Mr. Rowe must be mistaken. No teacher in his right mind would want Steven to be part of his classroom.
So, while Mr. Rowe seemed cheerful and relaxed that day of school, it seemed like Steven was angry and confused.
That day after classes, Mr. Rowe chose Steven to pitch the kickball at recess. "Hey, Steven," Mr. Rowe commented, "You are good at pitching. Let me show you my secret trick." Mr. Rowe taught Steven one of the tricks that not a single kid could perform. Steven learned fast and did quite well! Everyone cheered for him!
After the kickball, Steven sat as close to Mr. Rowe in class as he could. When a question was asked, Steven lit up; he knew the answer! He raised his hands. When he answered the question, his voice shook. However, he got the answer right! He said, with Mr. Rowe, his days of the fourth grade promised wonderful.
That is not to say that every day went smoothly, but it was evident that Steven grew to love Mr. Rowe more and more with each passing day.
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Time passed quickly that year, and before we all knew it, it was the last day of school.
……
Many years later, Mr. Rowe and I were surprised when a handsome young man walked into our classroom, dressed in the Marine Corps (海军陆战队) uniform.
