【每日阅读训练——速度4系列】【速度4-7】&【越障4-7】

fox0923

每日阅读汇总贴http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_RC/thread-562296-1-1.html
逻辑姊妹篇：http://forum.chasedream.com/GMAT_CR/thread-580862-1-1.html
daisy, 抓抓加油，最后的冲刺！！



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A group of students and alumni from Berklee College of Music inBoston have returned to the United States after three weeks in Kenya, they werepart of a cultural exchange program aims to transform lives through music.
They taught music, performed, donatedinstruments to a local community center and learned about traditional Kenyanmusic.

Music is an integral part of life in Kenya.

"Growing up, I sang a lot in school. And we had competitions and choir andmusic every year," says Sam Lutomia, a staff member at Berklee College ofMusic. Born and raised in Kenya, he now lives and works in Boston. "When Imoved to the States, I got exposed to a higher level of music and I was like,'Is there something I can do now that I'm in the States?'"
Global YouthGrooveBerklee alumnus Aaron Colverson with a student at MatendeHigh School in Kakamega, Kenya.
He co-founded Global Youth Groove, with the goal of exposing Kenyan young people to Westernmusic and encouraging them to pursue a career in music.

"I started talking with students at Berklee College of Music and facultymembers and they all responded positively," says Lutomia. "And we startedcollecting instruments. After that, we traveled to Kenya last month to start acommunity center."

Thirteen Americans made the trip, including four high school students from theBoston area. Among them was 17-year-old Marina Miller.

"We started out in Nairobi," she says. "We got a chance to meetwith local musicians and listen to them play."

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Global YouthGrooveChildren at the Divine Providence Children's Home inKakamega, Kenya, examine a guitar.
In Kakamega, in western Kenya, the Americanspresented a gift.

"We've gathered like 20 instruments," says project coordinator AaronColverson. "They include acoustic guitar, electric guitar, acousticviolin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, also a trumpet and a trombone. We had somerecorders and also an entire drum kit, lap tops and recording software."

Dozens of young Kenyans, between the ages of 15 and 30, took workshops offeredby the group.

Berklee student David Chapman says, for some of the Kenyans, it was their firsttime seeing and touching such instruments. "Their music classes would justbe them reading books about western instruments.

The workshops offered a more hands-on approach.

"We would lecture for a while and teach, everything would be veryinteractive," Chapman says. "If anyone had any questions or wanted toplay with instruments, we would always welcome that."

The group also held workshops in orphanages and performed at a national musicfestival.

"When you put music in front of kids, it seems that their minds open up,"says project coordinator Aaron Colverson. "Music gives them a chance toexpress themselves through songs and writing the songs."

Throughout the trip, the group met with local musicians and listened to themplay. They also learned about traditional Kenyan instruments, dances and songs.

The short trip has had a lasting impact, according to Nairobi native WamburaMitaru, who studies at Berklee.


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"Up until today, kids are talking to one another," she says."There is one young man, his name is Scott from Kenya, and he playsviolin. He met with Aaron Colverson from Berklee. They really got to jam witheach other and play the violin and Scott got to learn about different things.He now plays everywhere, when he can."

Trip leader Sam Lutomia is happy with the enthusiasm generated by the exchangeprogram. He hopes the trip becomes an annual event and would like to expand itto neighboring countries.
Doug Levine | Washington
August 15, 2011

Jessy J and her saxophone
Jazz is in the air! Threeof today's leading ladies of contemporary jazz have new releases.
Saxophonist Jessy J has been a bright light on the smooth jazzscene since releasing her debut album three years ago. Her latest effort, Hot Sauce, tapsinto her Latin influences on such tracks as "Meant To Be." It alsoincludes Will Young's pop hit "Leave Right Now," Duke Ellington's"In A Sentimental Mood," and eight originals. According to Jessy, whowas born Jessica Spinella in Portland, Oregon, the "J" in Jessy Jstands for Jazz.

Hiromi's "Voice" CD
Jazz fusion and classical music come togetheron a new album by Japanese pianist Hiromi called Voice.

Hiromi was introduced to jazz at age eight, and at 14, performed with the CzechPhilharmonic Orchestra. After a brief stint as a law student in Tokyo, she cameto the U.S. to study jazz at the Berklee College of Music. She was offered herfirst recording contract while still attending Berklee.

Hiromi's Voice features The Trio Project, with Anthony Jacksonon bass and Simon Phillips on drums.

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Terri Lyne Carrington's "MosaicProject" CD
Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington delivers one of the most ambitious albums of the year, The Mosaic Project. Thecollection features some of today's best and brightest female jazz singers andinstrumentalists. Among them, vocalists Dee Dee Bridgewater, Cassandra Wilsonand Dianne Reeves, pianist Geri Allen, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen, percussionistSheila E, and this year's Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist, singer andbassist Esperanza Spalding on the track "Crayola."
Steve Herman | Tokyo
August 16, 2011
Japan's tourism industryhas been knocked into a deep recession. Foreign tourists, who normallycontribute about $16 billion annually to the economy, canceled planned visits afterthe March 11 earthquake and subsequent nuclear disaster devastated thenortheastern part of the country. The yen's surge this year against many othermajor currencies, including the U.S. dollar, has done further damage.

The buzz of cicadas outdoes the voices of subdued vendors on a hot August dayat Sensoji Temple, one of Tokyo's top tourist attractions. The lane leading tothe temple contains dozens of stalls selling souvenirs, snacks and cold drinks.

July and August are normally the peak months for foreign visitors to Sensojiand the rest of Japan. But this summer their numbers are noticeably fewer.

A soft drink seller makes a transaction with a Japanese tourist: 100 yen, thatis $1.30, for a half-liter bottle of oolong tea.

The vendor, who did not want to reveal his name, laments such sales are not asfrequent as they should be.

He says the season is not as bad as he might have feared. He explains that hehas seen worse times in his 20 years on the job, but there is a noticeable dropthis summer in the number of foreigners.


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Standing along the curb in the Asakusa districtin the 34 degree heat is rickshaw driver Ryuta Nishio. He charges tourists3,000 yen for a ten-minute ride. At the current exchange rate that has soaredto about $40.

Nishio says the number of riders has dropped about 30 percent this Augustcompared to the same month last year. It is not only the number of foreignersthat has declined, he says, but domestic tourists as well.

Slideshow: Tokyo tourism district



But some foreigners are overcoming concerns about lingering radiation, seismicaftershocks and a worsening exchange rate. The yen has gained about 8.5 percenton the U.S. dollar in the past six months.

Blaine Deitch, a retiree from southern California, says the trip has turned outto be worth every devalued dollar he has spent.

"That does take a dip in your pocket. That's going to stop a lot of peoplefrom coming. It almost stopped me," notes Deitch. "But my wife wantedto come back, so here we are."

Taiwan college student Teng Changcheng is on a five-day visit to Japan withfamily. She says the situation seems to have improved in the country since thecalamity five months ago.

Teng says her family did not worry about making the trip because the Japanesegovernment now seems to have the nuclear crisis under control.

U.S. Marine Clayton Simpson is visiting from the U.S. state of North Carolina.



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"Despite the disaster, I've always wantedto come, so we decided this year was the year," Simpson says. "Allthe sites have been great but the people they've been extremely helpful. Wedon't speak a lot of Japanese ourselves. They've been very nice and helpful andit's been a great experience."

Japan's major tourism organizations are running publicity campaigns to reassurevisitors. One promotion says Tokyo's radiation levels are lower than those inNew York, Hong Kong and other major destinations.

Some hotels are slashing room rates amid a continuing dip in bookings byforeign tourists, although business travelers are trickling back in.

Many in the travel industry believe, however, it could be another year beforeoverseas leisure travel bookings return to previous levels. They warn theindustry could suffer further setbacks if another damaging earthquake hits, orthe strong yen continues to reach new record highs.

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Keeping employees healthy (939 words)
Trim staff, fat profits?
American firms areoffering staff carrots to stay fit. Soon they will wield sticks
Jul 30th 2011 | NORWALK, CONNECTICUT | from the print edition
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ONE of the bosses in the film “Horrible Bosses”(see article) announces that it is time to “trim some of the fat”. Hethen tries to fire the fat employees. In real life, companies are more humane.But they do worry about their employees’ health, and the effect this has onproductivity and insurance premiums. Many are trying to nudge their staff tokeep fit.
At GE Capital’s office in suburban Connecticut,for example, employees may not smoke on company property. The office gym haspersonal trainers and flyers with recipes for kale and quinoa salad. Outsidethe cafeteria, a sign warns of the calorific peril of the chicken pot pie;inside, the salad bar has colour-coded tongs to convey which salad toppingsshould be used “freely” or “sparingly”.
Health premiums in America have more thandoubled in the past decade. The proportion of adults who are not merely chubbybut clinically obese has more than doubled since 1980, to a third. Small wondermore firms are offering wellness programmes. This year 73% of employerssurveyed by PwC said they offered some type of wellness initiative; of thosewith more than 5,000 workers, 88% did.
Such programmes used to involve little more thana few leaflets urging staff to exercise, eat less and quit smoking. Now theyare pushier. Many firms ban smoking on the premises. Many also offer incentivesfor living healthily. This can mean cash, or something more complicated.
This month Humana, a health insurer, launched aprogramme to reward healthy behaviour with points that can be used towardshotels and electronic gadgets. The trendiest human-resources departmentssubscribe to the theory, peddled by behavioural economists, that people are notrational actors—given the choice between good health later and a doughnut now,the doughnut will usually win. But people can be manipulated to act morewisely.
Large firms are often the most ambitious. AtIBM, employees receive a $150 bonus for exercising, eating nutritious meals andso on. One such bonus is designed not just for an employee but for his entirefamily. According to IBM’s own data, caring for a diabetic child is six timescostlier than caring for a healthy one. One study of the exercise bonus schemeshowed that participants’ annual health costs grew 19% more slowly than thoseof non-participants. In any other field such results would be dismal. IBMconsiders it a triumph.
GE has experimented with various tactics. In2009 it worked with UnitedHealthcare, an insurer, to give diabetics cheaperdrugs and nutritional programmes, an effort to avert costly complications. Anew health plan, meanwhile, aims to wring value from health spending. GE paysfor 100% of preventive care but tries to steer employees toward cheaper, moreeffective treatment. “This isn’t about big brother telling people what to do,”says John Rice, GE’s vice-chairman, “but helping them make better choices.”
More and more firms are jumping on the wellnessbandwagon. United last year announced a partnership with the YMCA, a gym, andWalgreens, a pharmacy, to prevent those at risk of diabetes from acquiring it.Express Scripts, which manages drug plans, has a lab that studies how workersuse (legal) drugs and how they might be nudged to take the right ones at theright time. It calls this “Consumerology®”. Healthways, which helps employerscreate health programmes, offers workers different incentives to take theirmedicine. (For example, one diabetic may be persuaded by $3. Another may require$20. Others may simply do it because not taking your medicine can lead tocomplications such as having your foot amputated.)
It is unclear how many of these programmesactually work. Some appear to. United’s intervention for pre-diabetics is anexpansion of a model tested by the National Institutes of Health, which reducedthe likelihood of developing diabetes by 58% over three years. Kevin Volpp, thedirector of the Centre for Health Incentives at the University of Pennsylvania,found that GE’s anti-smoking incentives prompted 9.4% of smokers to remainsmoke-free after 18 months. Without incentives, only 3.6% of those who tried toquit succeeded. A review published in HealthAffairs last year found that firms saved $3.27 forevery dollar they spent on health programmes.
However, Dr Volpp sounds a note of caution.Companies with programmes that flop are less likely to broadcast their results.Some initiatives reward healthy employees for activities they might have doneanyway. Others prompt only temporary change. “Short-term weight loss is not aparticularly big trick,” says James Pope, the chief science officer forHealthways. “Long-term weight loss is.” PwC’s survey found that more than halfof employers with wellness programmes judged them to have had only a minimaleffect. Nevertheless, a healthy 89% planned to expand their programmes.
In future, some firms may stop offering healthinsurance, dumping employees on new state exchanges created by Barack Obama’shealth law. Those who continue to offer insurance may try controversial meansto keep it affordable. A growing number of Healthways’s clients want to usesticks as well as carrots, says Dr Pope. At Safeway, a grocery chain, thepremium that employees pay for their health insurance falls if they keep theirweight and cholesterol under control. In other words, the unhealthy arepenalised. GE first offered incentives to employees who stopped smoking; nowthose who still smoke must pay $650 more for their health insurance. Companiesmay be nudging now, but in future they may shove.

daisyの小夢想

收到，正能量100~~ lol
糊糊编错号了 哈 到4-7了~

fox0923

哈哈，是我脑子秀掉了，光顾者给daisy抓抓加油了~~
努力努力，win！win！win！

DREAMNENGNENG

谢谢，抓抓！
just believe yourself and do it!

superbat28

今天老大考试。。唔。。
那我就不学习了……
哈哈哈~

不行了。。回家20天就没怎么运动过。。
今早起来头彻底爆了。。

我去电影院转一圈了。。。
下午等抓好消息~
嗷~
特此通报。

望各位注意劳逸结合~哈哈

kidvii

占位。

kidvii

今天在老爸单位，没有计时器。懒得弄了。
越障：
1. In a movie , bosses fire fat employees, in real world ,employers are more kind ,but they do care their emploees' health.
2.eg: GE 1.ban smoke 2. gym 3. signs inside and outside the cafe.
3.the premiums for heath is high, so companies try to let the emploees be healthy.
4.a proposal :provide economic incentives for employees.
5.GE not only provide incentives for employees as well as for their famiiles.
6.companies do that with various programs eg . eg. eg.
7.in the future,companies may just let employees  rely on the health care program
some companies do the opposite: provide penalties
maybe can both

fox0923

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手欠，没按确认发送就换主页了~~

fox0923

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In  a movie"horrible boss", the employer fired the fat employees.
The same thing is happening in GE, GE established the gym for their employees, and ban smoking so that its employees cannot smoke in the company area.
The insurance premium has been doubled in US, and the health programs and bans were not really executed until recently. More firms push their employees to stay healthy.
Some firms do corporate with YMCA and pharmacy to create better plans for their employees. Also, some firms provide the $150 bonus for its employees if they quit smoking or stay fit, and such plan not only benefit for their employees, but also for their family members as well.
In some firms, the employees pay less for their health insurance if they stay healthy or quit smoking, and they pay more if they are still smoking or obese. So this is a good way to reward employees when they stay fit and punish them when they don't.

superbat28

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我也手欠了。。没看表就归零了。。。
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