Today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. The Qixi Festival began in ancient times, became popular in the Western Han Dynasty, and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists. It is a traditional folk festival in my country. Originally, Qixi Festival was a festival for girls to pray for wisdom.
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Listening preparation for the KET exam can be described as a "battle" with your ears. As an examinee who has struggled through this battle, I deeply understand the importance of listening. Not only to pass the exam, but also to be able to thrive in future studies. This article will share my thoughts and experiences accumulated during the exam preparation process from multiple perspectives, hoping to help you who are preparing for the exam. Remember, listening is not something that happens overnight, but is a process that requires continuous effort and persistence. Let’s recharge our ears together and face KET!
1. Understand the structure of the listening test
In the process of preparing for the KET exam, you must first understand the structure of the listening test. This is like reading the guide before playing a game, otherwise you will only be defeated by the boss when you enter the level. I remember the first time I heard the KET listening audio, it felt like I was listening to an alien language and I couldn’t understand it at all! However, as I learned more about the exam structure, I gradually found the trick.
The listening section of KET is usually divided into four parts, each with different types of questions. This made me realize that familiarizing myself with these question types in advance would not only save time but also improve my confidence. Just like a traveler looking at a map beforehand so that he can reach his destination smoothly.
In addition, the content of the listening test is closely related to daily life, such as shopping, asking for directions, chatting with friends, etc. Therefore, being familiar with these scenarios will also make me more comfortable in the real exam. Believe me, understanding every audio of the exam will really make you feel like "I am listening"!
2. Develop listening habits
If you want to stand out in the KET listening test, developing good listening habits is essential. I remember that in order to increase my listening input, I would wake up my ears with a cup of hot coffee every morning and listen to the English radio while drinking. Although I couldn't hear many words clearly at first, I never gave up, just like the classic Internet saying: "Don't be afraid of difficulties, keep moving forward!"
I also listen to English songs while commuting and sometimes even sing along. Although my pitch was hilarious, it definitely improved my listening skills. Moreover, it feels pretty cool to be able to sing "Shape of You" in English, haha!
I found that I can use some online platforms and apps, such as BBC Learning English and the English channel on YouTube, to improve my listening sensitivity. These resources are diverse, interesting and practical, and are simply a "treasure" for listening practice!
3. Good note-taking skills
Taking notes is my "secret weapon" during the listening test. When I took mock exams before, I often lost points because I didn’t remember key information. So, I decided to develop a “tactical plan” for my listening notes. I started using different colored pens to mark different types of information, and wow, I felt like an artist!
For example, red represents important information, green represents places, and blue represents people. Every time I finish listening to a passage, I review it again to make my thinking clearer, as if a bridge has been built between my ears and my brain. After a period of practice, I found that this method not only made my memory stronger, but also reduced the panic when answering questions.
However, you also need to pay attention to your speed when taking notes. I used to be so focused on writing when listening that I didn’t even hear the last sentence. It was a tragedy. So it's important to find the right balance, just like driving a car, don't just stare at the dashboard, pay attention to the road as well.
4. Simulate the real exam environment
In order to perform well in the KET listening test, I chose to simulate the real test environment at home. I put my headphones on and closed the window to make sure there were no distractions. I remember that during the first simulation, my cat actually broke in and purred loudly, which was like the rhythm of "The King Next Door"!
However, this simulation training really greatly enhanced my ability to adapt to situations. Through repeated practice, I gradually adapted to the rhythm and tension of the exam, and I felt like I was participating in an "ear marathon."
At the same time, I will also choose some more difficult listening materials to challenge myself. Even if I don’t understand, it doesn’t matter. This can exercise my endurance. Just like playing a game and grinding dungeons, the higher the difficulty, the more experience points you get!
5. Ask teachers or classmates for advice
In the process of preparing for the exam, I realized that asking others for advice is also a very critical step. My English teacher was my "savior". Her guidance on listening made me enlightened. I remember one time, she explained to us how to capture key words and guess the meaning. At that moment, I seemed to see the "bright road of hearing".
Practicing with my classmates has become my norm. We will play listening recordings to each other, then answer questions individually, and finally discuss the answers together. Not only did this interaction make me have fun, it also strengthened our friendship. Just like a popular saying on the Internet: "The more friends you have, the easier your journey will be!"
In addition, I also joined some online learning groups to share experiences and encourage each other with friends from different places. During this process, I discovered that everyone has similar hearing problems. We are all working towards the same goal, and we are really "in the same boat"!
6. Maintain a positive attitude
What I want to say is that maintaining a positive attitude is the most important point in preparing for the KET listening test. In the process of preparing for the exam, I will inevitably encounter setbacks, such as low scores in the mock exam. However, I always tell myself: "Don't be afraid of being slow, just be afraid of standing!"
I will always remind myself that improving listening skills is a gradual process and cannot be achieved overnight. Therefore, I have learned to appreciate myself for every improvement, even if it is just a little bit. It’s a miracle that a “novice in listening” like me can actually understand a complete conversation after hard work!
Sometimes, I would say silently in my heart: "I can definitely do it!" This kind of positive self-suggestion made me feel more motivated on the way to prepare for the exam, as if I had added a buff to myself invisibly!
Although KET exam listening preparation is full of challenges, with reasonable methods and a positive attitude, I believe everyone can make progress on this road. In the future, with the development of technology, various online learning resources will become more and more abundant, and listening improvement will become more convenient. Therefore, I suggest that you make good use of these tools and persist in working hard. You will be able to overcome obstacles in the exam and create your own brilliant results!
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Some analysts pointed out that Nvidia rarely misses at the financial reporting level, but the current market environment requires the company to answer questions that obviously go beyond how many chips it sells.
Hardika Singh, economic strategist at Fundstrat, said Nvidia almost never misses on revenue, net profit and guidance. However, where the computing power giant "loses points" is that it fails to alleviate investors' concerns that its moat is narrowing, and it does not clearly clarify what kind of response strategy the company will adopt as the computing power landscape continues to evolve and the wave of AI changes that may disrupt various businesses ranging from network security to food delivery to banking.
(Nvidia’s sideways trading has lasted for nearly half a year, source: TradingView)
Michael Burry, the "big short" who continues to bet on technology stocks, also jumped out to "make up for it" and said that Nvidia mentioned in its latest 10-K form that the company's irrevocable purchase commitments reached US$95.2 billion, compared with US$16.1 billion in the same period last year, because TSMC required longer-term contracts and received cash in advance. That number, set to swell further, could pose a risk if demand falters.
Under the influence of Nvidia, other chip companies also fell, with Broadcom falling 3.19% and AMD falling 3.41%.
The stock prices of related companies that had previously benefited from the wave of AI infrastructure construction also fell. ASML, Lam Group and Applied Materials all fell more than 4%, while server supplier Super Micro Computer fell 3.9%. Storage vendors Western Digital and Seagate Technology also fell nearly 3% each.
In contrast, the "AI impact" sectors such as software continued to rise on Thursday after several weeks of continuous decline. Stocks such as Salesforce, IBM, and Visa supported the Dow's slight gain.
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Ranked by market value, Nvidia fell 5.46%, Apple fell 0.47%, Google-A fell 1.76%, Microsoft rose 0.28%, Amazon fell 1.29%, TSMC fell 2.82%, Meta rose 0.51%, Broadcom fell 3.19%, Tesla fell 2.11%, and Berkshire Hathaway-A rose 1.52%.
Under the dual pressure of the U.S. stock market and the Hang Seng Technology Index, the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed down 1.78%.
As of the close, Alibaba fell 2.78%, Pinduoduo fell 1.41%, NetEase fell 0.16%, JD.com fell 2.03%, Baidu fell 5.65%, Ctrip fell 2.59%, Li Auto fell 2.98%, Futu Holdings rose 1.05%, Bilibili fell 3.2%, and Weilai fell 1.73%.
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[Google Nano Banana 2 unveiled]
In the early hours of Friday morning Beijing time, the American technology company Google announced the launch of a new generation of image generation model Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash image model). The company claims that Nano Banana 2 can combine the image generation quality, reasoning capabilities and advanced world knowledge of Nano Banana Pro with the "lightning generation speed" of Flash models.
[Major US technology companies laid off nearly half of their employees due to AI]
As of press time, the U.S. financial technology company Block has soared by more than 20% after hours. Company CEO Jack Dorsey sent a letter to employees on Thursday saying that based on the judgment that AI will change labor productivity, the company has decided to reduce the current total number of employees from more than 10,000 to less than 6,000.
"Smart tools are changing the way companies are built and run, and we're already seeing it internally," Dorsey wrote in the letter. "A significantly smaller team can do more and do it better with the tools we're building."
[MP Materials invests in building the largest rare earth magnet production base in the United States]
MP Materials, the largest rare earth miner in the United States, announced on Thursday that it will build a large-scale rare earth magnet manufacturing park in Northlake, Texas, with a total investment of more than US$1.25 billion. The company estimates that when fully operational, the new factory will bring its total annual production capacity of rare earth magnets to approximately 10,000 tons.
[Netflix withdraws from Warner Bros. acquisition]
Warner Bros. Discovery announced after the market closed on Thursday that its board of directors believed that Paramount Skydance's latest acquisition offer was better than Netflix's. The latter will have four working days to revise its bid or give up the competition and leave with a $2.8 billion termination fee funded by Paramount.
Netflix quickly issued a statement saying that without having to match Paramount's latest offer, the deal was no longer financially attractive and decided not to match the bid. Affected by this news, Netflix rose nearly 10% after the market.
[Meta’s self-developed chip reportedly encounters obstacles]
According to new reports, Meta last week abandoned the most advanced chip it was developing for training AI models due to design difficulties and turned its attention to a less complex version. The company informed employees in its AI infrastructure division of the updated plans last week. This is also the background story behind Meta’s recent large-scale chip contracts with NVIDIA and AMD.
In response, a Meta spokesperson said: "We remain committed to investing in a diversified chip product portfolio to meet our needs, including advancing our MTIA product line; we will disclose more related progress later this year."
[Dell expects AI server revenue to be approximately US$50 billion this fiscal year]
After the market closed on Thursday, AI server maker Dell Technologies rose more than 10% after releasing its earnings report. For the current fiscal year ending in January 2027, it expects AI server revenue to be approximately $50 billion, a 103% year-over-year increase, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Dell said in a statement that adjusted earnings per share for this fiscal year will be about $12.90 on sales of about $140 billion. Analysts on average expected earnings of $11.56 per share and revenue of $126.3 billion.
[Cook confirmed that Apple will start releasing new products next Monday]
Apple CEO Cook posted on Thursday: "A big week is coming. It all starts on Monday morning!"
This statement is also consistent with previous reports that Apple will release new products for three consecutive days starting next Monday. According to previous reports, after releasing a series of new products through its official website, Apple will hold offline media experience events in three places including Shanghai next Wednesday.
(Shi Zhengcheng of Financial Associated Press)
Self-study academic qualifications are recognized by the country and society, and are useful. A self-study degree can also be very useful in finding a job, getting promoted and getting a salary increase, taking civil service exams, taking qualification certificates, continuing postgraduate studies, studying abroad, settling points, improving self-confidence, taking qualification certificates, etc. So what do the samples of self-study undergraduate certificates over the years look like?
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Graduation certificates for self-study examinations are produced uniformly by the National Examination Committee and are electronically registered on the Ministry of Education Examination Center network. Samples of self-study undergraduate certificates over the years have the seals of the Provincial Self-Study Committee and the examiner’s institution.
Self-taught academic qualifications
1. Find a job
In the workplace, work is indispensable. No matter which position you are in, you are eager to get a better job and seek better development. Nowadays, most companies have strict requirements on academic qualifications when recruiting, especially those large companies with good salary and benefits.
2. Salary grading
At present, our country's state agencies and institutions basically set wages based on academic qualifications, and bachelor's degree wages are one level higher than junior college wages.
3. Personnel reform
The basic requirement for promoting cadres and running for leadership in many units (especially state agencies and public institutions) is a bachelor's degree or above. Even if you are fully qualified, you are not qualified to run.
4. Take the civil service examination
Civil service jobs are stable, with higher remuneration, less pressure, and power. Many people now want to be civil servants. The Ministry of Personnel stipulates that civil servant positions require passing the civil service examination. Most civil service positions now require a bachelor's degree or above to be eligible to apply. Usually only grassroots and difficult jobs are reserved for junior college graduates.
5. Research
Many national vocational qualification certificates require a bachelor's degree or above. For example, the current requirements for registration for the judicial examinations for notaries, law, judges, and prosecutors must be a bachelor's degree or above.
Self-taught undergraduate diploma
1. Better than a “double major” or “double degree” diploma
Many graduates write "undergraduate degree" instead of "possessing a self-taught second degree" on their employment recommendation forms. In this way, employers are still very interested in undergraduates who can obtain a self-taught second degree diploma, because not all people can persist to the end. Moreover, relevant national laws also stipulate: “Graduates with a self-taught second degree can enjoy postgraduate treatment when they join the workforce after graduation.”
2. Win by choosing a career rationally
Self-examination is a process and an experience. Only those who have experienced it personally and are good at independent learning are the winners of the self-examination and the winners in the workplace. Because they know how to seize opportunities, how to screen opportunities, and how to create opportunities.
3. It can be seen that you have perseverance, perseverance and self-learning ability
Self-study students have less systematic knowledge than those who enroll through unified enrollment. However, the self-study examination is not necessarily easier than the unified entrance examination, on the contrary, it will be more rigorous.
Most self-study students study while working. They can combine their work and choose their majors with complete freedom, because they understand what they lack, and their social adaptability and practical experience far exceed those of unified enrollment.
Nowadays, many employers also particularly favor self-taught candidates because they can see self-discipline, diligence, never giving up and the unremitting spirit of pursuit. These spiritual qualities are exactly what many units need to focus on cultivating talents.
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Xinshi District Educational Science Edition Primary School Science Volume 2 Review Questions for Grade 5 1. Fill in the blanks: 1. When you press down the foam on the water surface with your hands, you will feel an upward force. This force is buoyancy. The sinking and floating of an object in water is related to the amount of water it displaces. Submarines achieve ups and downs by changing their weight by adding or subtracting water while keeping their volume constant. 2. The working principle of the thermometer is to utilize the thermal expansion and contraction properties of liquids. 3. When installing wires in summer, the wires between the two poles should not be pulled too tightly, otherwise in winter the wires will shrink due to cold and the wires will be easily broken. 4. When heat is transferred, it starts from the heat source and transfers from the hot end to the cold end. The further away from the heat source, the longer it takes for heat to transfer. Generally speaking, metals have stronger heat transfer capabilities than non-metals. 5. After the ancient Greek astronomer Ptolemy proposed the "geocentric theory", the Polish astronomer Copernicus proposed the "heliocentric theory" in his book "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Bodies". 6. The volume of water displaced by an object in water is called the amount of water displaced. 7. An instrument that compares the volume of a liquid is called a hydrometer. 8. The volume of water expands when heated and contracts when cooled. We call this change in the volume of water thermal expansion and contraction. 9. Heat is always transferred from the hotter end to the cooler end. Transferring heat from one object to another through direct contact is called heat conduction. 10. The gravity of a sinking object measured in air is 7. 5N, the gravity measured in liquid is 5N, and the buoyancy force it experiences is 2. 5N_. 11. A buoyant object's own gravity is 2N. If a force of 6N is used to press it into the water, the buoyant force it experiences will be 4N. 12. Write down the names of famous scientists in the process of people understanding the history of the earth. (At least three) Ptolemy, Bruno, Copernicus. 13. As time changes, the length and direction of the shadow of an object in the sun will slowly change. 14. Through my repeated experiments, I found that the number of times the pendulum swings back and forth per minute is related to the length of the pendulum, and has nothing to do with the amplitude or weight of the pendulum. 15. Objects with good thermal conductivity like metal are called good conductors of heat, while objects with poor thermal conductivity like plastic and wood are called poor conductors of heat. 16. Objects made of different materials, if they have the same volume, heavy objects will sink easily; if they have the same weight, small objects will sink easily. 17. The sundial uses light and shadow to keep time, the water clock uses the isochronous principle of dripping water to keep time, and the emergence of the pendulum clock improves the accuracy of timekeeping. 18. There are three ways of heat transfer: thermal conduction, convection, and thermal radiation. 19. The standard time currently adopted in our country is Beijing time. 20. The alternation of day and night is caused by the rotation of the earth, and the change of seasons is caused by the revolution of the earth. 21. The direction of the earth's rotation is from west to east, and the direction of the earth's revolution is from west to east. 22. Generally, the volume of an object expands when it is heated, and shrinks when it is cooled. We call this change of an object thermal expansion and contraction. 23. When the Earth rotates, its axis is always tilted toward the North Star. This is the secret of Polaris’ “immovable” state. 24. A stone is hung on a spring dynamometer. When weighed in the air, the spring dynamometer reads 4.7 N. When it is weighed completely immersed in water, the spring dynamometer reads 2.7 N. The buoyant force of the water on the stone is __2 N__. 25. The longitude passing through the Greenwich Observatory is designated as the 0 degree longitude. 2. True or False Questions: 1. The medicine ball sinking at the bottom of the swimming pool does not experience the buoyancy of the water. (×)
The reporter learned from the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on the 25th that scientific research teams from the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and other units have successfully developed an artificial intelligence model called SpecCLIP. This model is like a translator who is proficient in multiple "stellar languages" and uniformly interprets stellar spectral data from different telescopes, providing a new technical tool for astronomical research. Relevant research results were published in The Astrophysical Journal.
Stellar spectra are often compared to scientists studying the universe's "fingerprints." Each star's spectrum hides its identity—its temperature, chemical composition, and surface gravity. By analyzing these "chemical signatures", astronomers can trace the evolution of the Milky Way from its birth to the present, just like archaeologists reconstructing history.
However, real-life research faces a big problem: different sky survey projects, such as China's Guo Shoujing Telescope (LAMOST) and Europe's Gaia satellite, obtain spectral data in different ways, resolutions and band ranges. These data are like stories told in different dialects and are difficult to put together directly for large-scale analysis.
The SpecCLIP model was born precisely to break this data barrier. The research team innovatively introduced ideas similar to the "big language model" into the field of astronomy, using the "contrastive learning" method to allow AI to automatically learn and establish internal connections between spectral data from different sources.
SpecCLIP can not only predict the atmospheric parameters and element content of stars at once, but also conduct spectral similarity searches and even help discover special celestial objects. Based on its powerful data unified representation capabilities, SpecCLIP has played a role in many cutting-edge scientific explorations. For example, in the "Earth 2.0 (ET)" mission to search for the second Earth, it can accurately characterize the characteristics of the planet's host star, thereby improving the screening efficiency of potentially habitable planets.
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Children’s English learning skills
Early childhood is the best time to learn a language. Especially between the ages of 3 and 6, children are more likely to accept language and the cultural elements it carries. During this period, children have good memory and can basically absorb all content, which is very conducive to the accumulation of vocabulary and improving the fluency of their language expression. Children's English has a very good pavement for English. Children who learn English from English have a solid language foundation and can easily integrate with learning.
Children's learning of foreign languages does not start with learning letters and words, but first arouses children's interest in learning. By creating a good language environment, children can accumulate a large amount of listening experience and develop oral expression skills on the basis of understanding.
Some scientific and reasonable methods are very beneficial to this kind of teaching. For example, using the activity response method, you can use simple English words to ask the child to make corresponding actions: eye, ear, nose, and guide the child to point to the eyes, ears, and nose. The child repeatedly follows the instructions and gradually expresses them in English. The child will be very interested in learning words through natural movement activities, and it is also in line with the child's love of movement and play.
How to teach students better
Because if you want to learn a language well, you must first be able to speak it, but if you are not very proficient, you should listen to the recordings repeatedly and listen to them after every lesson. There are recording CDs specially issued by schools.
You must speak more often, read it boldly, and read it out loud. There are also groups like this in schools now, where everyone reads every text on their mobile phones. Because there are many people reading it, there will always be someone who can learn it better than you, so you should also listen to others and learn the correct pronunciation.
The first step to learning English well is to memorize more words. Each word in the lesson requires the ability to dictate or write down. Use a special English vocabulary book to learn the vocabulary by heart.
Generally, teachers require students to memorize every text, because they learn English slowly and require relatively little mastery. As long as they can read, write and memorize, that's it.
Today's children think that English is not the main subject, or they don't want to read English at all, so they don't listen carefully in class. You need to talk to your children about English and its benefits. For example, if we travel abroad in the future, it will be very helpful to know some English, and then emphasize that he must listen carefully in class. It is also a kind of respect for teachers.
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