International Summer Program: Spiderman at Hoyts Cinema Carousel
Join us for an afternoon of superheroes as you watch Spider-Man: No Way Home at Hoyts, and catch up with other Curtin international students also staying in Perth over the summer break.
Schedule●1 pm: Students arrive at Hoyts, sign in and purchase any food or drink that they would like.
●1:30 pm: The film begins!
●4 pm: The film concludes, and students leave the cinema.
As Curtin has paid part of the cost of the film, the reduced student ticket is $10. If you would like any food or drink, please bring additional money to purchase it.
This activity is only available to international students who have applied for a course at Curtin University now.
Places are limited so book your spot now! Please use your Curtin student email to register for the event.
Important Information●By signing up for this activity, you declare that you are a Curtin international student over the age of 18 and have read the information above. You also agree to:
●Declare all your medical or accessibility requirements that organizers must be aware of and inform the organizers if you have any illnesses or injuries on the day.
●Behave according to the Curtin Student Charter ( 章 程 ) and accept that going against the Charter may result in your removal from the activity.
●If you're under 18, please call 9266 3954 for further information on how to proceed.
A crowd cheered Kunle Adeyanju as he turned off his motorbike engine after completing a tiring 41-day trip. The 44-year-old left London on April 19 and arrived in Nigeria's commercial center Lagos on Sunday after travelling more than 8, 000 miles across 13 countries. He started the impressive journey to raise funds for Rotary International to deal with polio(小儿麻痹症)in his native Nigeria.
Accompanied by a dozen bikers for the last stretch of the journey from the Republic of Benin,
Adeyanju was welcomed by supporters in Ikeja, in central Lagos. Adeyanju, called "Lion Heart" by fans, won popularity among the public by posting daily pictures with comments about his journey on social media. At every stop along the way, he was greeted by enthusiastic supporters.
He did face some challenges, like the one in Mali where one of his wheels broke. "I was standing in the middle of the night, alone in a bush, not knowing what to do, without speaking the language," he said, explaining he had to walk to the nearest village. "Fortunately, the locals helped me." Not all of the challenges he faced were solved smoothly." Mauritania, a country in northwest Africa, was" 'terrible'," he said, after he got robbed of hundreds of euros. "The worst experience, "he added.
The former Shell employee self-funded his trip with $ 20, 400 in savings, hoping to raise up to $ 48 million for Rotary International. "I have been suffering from a lack of sleep lately because I slept only three to four hours per night. But I feel proud because I finished this challenge, " Adeyanju said just after he arrived, wiping the sweat off his face. Adeyanju added that he is now planning to have a possible cycling trip to Ghana or a bike ride to Israel to help raise more funds. And he has another dream:to climb Mount Qomolangma.
Although the northern right whale (Eubalena glacialis) has remained the most endangered of the world's whale species, we removed it from our Top 10 Endangered Species List a few years back. Because of effective conservation regulations, the number of right whales that travel the Atlantic coasts of Canada and the US had rebounded (回升) from an all-time low of 350 to at least 450 by the middle of the 21st century's second decade.
However, the tide of good news for the species now seems to have been reversed, due, apparently, to global climate change. Warming ocean waters, particularly in the Gulf of Marine where the whales often feed, have caused kill-the tiny creatures right whales feed on - to decrease and become more difficult for the whales to find. As a result, right whale reproduction has fallen to an alarmingly low level, deaths due to all causes have increased, with 16 of the huge cetaceans (鲸鱼) found dead in 2017 alone. Researchers are finding evidence of increased levels of stress on the animals. So alarming is the situation that we've decided to put the northern right whale right back at the top of our list.
The right whale got its name because 19th century whalers considered it "right" whale to kill, as it was not only full of valuable whale oil, but it also floated after it was dead, which made it easy to handle and process. As a result, it was driven to near extinction. Though now protected by law, right whales continue to suffer losses due to commercial fishing-and now, increasingly, as a result of global climate change, due to the lack of the tiny crustaceans (甲壳类) on which they feed.
The American space agency NASA says a spacecraft has entered the sun's outermost atmosphere for the first time. Scientists announced that Parker Solar Probe traveled through the solar atmosphere's outer edge, known as the corona (日冕). They described the entry as a successful touch on the sun.
Unlike Earth, the sun does not have a solid surface. Instead, it is a superheated ball of material held
together by gravity and magnetic ( 磁 的 ) forces. The temperature of the corona is so high that the sun's gravity cannot hold on to it and some solar material escapes from it and goes into space, which causes the solar wind. The solar wind is the flow of charged pieces, known as plasma.
Parker Solar Probe was launched in 2018 which mainly studied the solar wind. The sun is actually a magnetic variable star with solar activity happening nearly periodically. Scientists said being able to study the solar wind and the corona close up could help them better understand "the way the activity causes changes to the planet we live on".
"We can actually see the spacecraft flying through the coronal structure during a total solar eclipse (日全食)," Nour Raouafi, the project scientist, said, adding that it took them a few months to examine information from the spacecraft and to confirm the result and that the evidence used included data on magnetic fields and the solar wind, as well as images. Scientists reported Parker Solar Probe successfully went in and out of the corona at least three times.
The Parker team said early data also suggested the spacecraft may have entered the corona during its ninth close approach in August, but a further study is needed to make a confirmation. The spacecraft is expected to keep getting closer to the sun and diving deeper into the corona until its final orbit, planned for 2025.
Monday and Tuesday have already come and gone, and it's officially the middle of the workweek. Congratulations on making it halfway through! Here's how to make your Wednesday go as smoothly as possible. Before you know it, Friday will already be knocking on your door.
Prioritize (优先) the difficult assignments. Writer and essayist Nicolas Cole writes about what unproductive people do, including "accidentally" canceling "their hardest tasks." "Unproductive people find every reason in the world to prioritize making another to-do list over digging into their hardest tasks. Productive people do the opposite," Cole writes.
Don't be a computer zombie (僵尸), but head outside for a walk. While letting your eyes glaze over as you struggle through the day can be a tempting option, you'll probably need to take some time away from your desk to truly focus..
Hands off the phone! More time scrolling through social media feeds on your phone means less time crossing things off your to-do list. Try hiding your phone somewhere that isn't in plain view as you work at your desk.Also turn off certain announcements so you have fewer opportunities for distraction.
Hit a roadblock? Think of yourself as someone else.Put some space in between you and your problems to help decrease your anxiety. If that doesn't work for you, imagine that your friend is in the situation instead.
Whether you love your job or are just getting by, work shouldn't be your everything. Revisit that page-turner you stopped reading a while back, spend time with family or friends, or get back in touch with your hobby at a class after work.
A. Do something to enjoy life outside of work. B. If you worked, you have a sense of completeness. C. So go outside for a quick walk and a breath of fresh air. D. It can create a relaxing Wednesday routine. E. It might just be out of sight, out of mind. F. Don't put them off for you won't be able to bury them forever. G. Science says that thinking of yourself in the third person can help you prevent stress.I was with my father at a clinic near his home for a routine blood test. An elderly woman came in and sat on a1 room chair. She settled into the seat opposite my dad and smiled at him and he smiled back 2. He was 77 years old and had been living with Alzheimer disease for several years. It's a disease that 3 your loved ones, slowly, day by day and the memory loss is painful and4.
After a while, she started singing the tune My Heart Will Go On. Since Alzheimer disease also has
a(n)5to damage a person's patience, I couldn't help thinking that this little woman was playing with fire. Her singing began gently. I glanced at Dad to see his 6. His smile was gone, and he was7 right at her. I couldn't read his expression initially, but it seemed to be something like 8. I wondered if he was lost somewhere in his memory, or maybe he was trying to figure out whether this was someone he should 9. Slowly, the woman's singing got louder and her eyes closed with10. Now Dad looked a little shocked. Still, I watched nervously, noticing the 11 of an angry outburst and was considering my options on how best to 12 in. Instead, his face changed, and the tension13 in his eyes. He no longer looked confused.
When her song ended and the waiting room became 14, the woman opened her eyes. My dad was still looking directly at her. "That was beautiful," he said. 15, she smiled and said, "Thank you."
China boasts its brilliant and long history, in the Song Dynasty (AD 960 —1279) was very wealthy with its large population and fast-growing economy. At the (high) of its power, a huge number of technological innovations (emerge) with many practically significant applications.
Bi Sheng of the Northern Song Dynasty (AD 960 —1127) invented the movable type printing, using individual blocks. The blocks could each print a single character and then be used (repeated). To be more efficient, he prepared two sets of iron boards. Whenwas being used for printing, the other could be used to arrange characters for the next page. This time-honored technology, the movable type printing, was one of the(important) inventions in the Song Dynasty, and greatly improved the speed and quality of printing, havinginfluence on the world. However, it was not until around 15th centurythis technology eventually showed up in Europe. Furthermore, the Chinese were also the first(invent) the compass, which changed sailors' navigation in the sea. (accompany) with star charts, another Chinese invention, the compass made sea travel much easier.
I suppose everyone has a particular childhood Christmas that stands out more than any other. For me, it was the year that the Burlington factory closed down. Small child as I was, the events of that Christmas will live forever in my heart.
My father, who had been employed at Burlington, never, let us know that we were having financial difficulties. We knew only that our daddy, who usually worked long, difficult hours, was now home more than we had ever remembered.
Mama, a homemaker, now sought work in the local textile mills, but jobs were scarce. Therefore, daddy's unemployment check would now be our family's only source of income. I don't know for sure how they managed, but somehow they did. They made sure they scraped together enough money to buy each of us a Barbie doll. For the rest of our presents, they would rely on their talents, using waste materials they already had.
While dark, rough hands sawed, hammered and painted, flexible fingers fed dress after dress after dress into the sewing machine. Barbie-sized clothes for every imaginable occasion pushed forward from the old machine. Where we were while all of this was taking place, I have no idea. But somehow my parents found time to pour themselves into our gifts, and the excitement of Christmas was once again born for the entire family.
That Christmas Eve, the sun was just setting over the distant horizon when I heard the roar of an unexpected motor in the driveway. Looking outside, I could hardly believe my eyes. Aunt Charlene and Uncle Buck had driven all the way from Georgia to surprise us. Packed tightly in their car, as though no air was needed, sat my three cousins. I also couldn't help but notice many gifts for all of us, all neatly packaged and tied with beautiful bows. They had known that it would be a difficult Christmas, and they had come to help. The next morning we awoke to more gifts than I ever could have imagined — mountains of gifts among all that excitement and laughter.
注意：Daddy decided not to give us his gifts.
……
They were wooden boxes that can be used as a house to store a Barbie doll.
