Q: What is the hottest topic at your school? In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it's money. The school had an activity called "making a living" recently. About 800 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided into 112 teams. They went out to make money by selling things. What did they choose to sell? Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets. Huqi's team decided to sell educational books in front of the Children Activity Centre. They thought parents would like to buy books for their children. But unfortunately , they came across urban management officers . The officers asked them to leave. "We played hide-and-seek with the officers for the whole morning," said Hu. "Finally we gave up and moved to other place. Wang Yongyi and her team sold ice cream in a square. They didn't meet any officers. But few people were interested in what they were selling. The team then put up a board saying the money was to help the "Project Hope" for country kids. It worked. More people came to their stall. A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan. Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier. They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan. "It was not easy to make the money," said Meng. "Some people just looked. Others just tasted but didn't buy. Now I know how hard it is for our parents to earn the money we need to lead happy lives."

Answer the following questions:
1. What was the name of the activity?
2. How many teams are there?
3. How many pupils are there?
4. What was one item they sold?
5. and another?
6. one more?
7. where did Huqi's do their selling?
8. Were they able to stay there?
9. Who made them leave?
10. What did Yongyi's group sell?
11. Did a lot of people make purchases?
12. Why not?
13. What did the group decide to do?
14. Did that work?
15. How much did one person give?
16. How long did it take to sell cakes?
17. What was the name of the school?
A: 1. making a living
2. 112
3. 800
4. newspapers
5. bottled water
6. environmentally friendly shopping bags
7. in front of the Children Activity Centre
8. No
9. officers
10. ice cream
11. No
12. Few were interested
13. Put up a board saying the money was to help the "Project Hope
14. Yes
15. 100 yuan
16. four hours
17. Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School
Q: A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language. A pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures. They allow people who have no common language to communicate with each other. Pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages.

Not all simplified or "broken" forms of a language are pidgins. Each pidgin has its own norms of usage which must be learned for proficiency in the pidgin.

A pidgin differs from a creole, which is the first language of a speech community of native speakers, and thus has a fully developed vocabulary and grammar. Most linguists believe that a creole develops through a process of nativization of a pidgin when children of acquired pidgin-speakers learn it and use it as their native language.

Answer the following questions:
1. Can a pidgin be the primary language of a community?
2. What can it be made up of, besides words?
3. Who does it allow to communicate?
4. What is pidgin, very simply put?
5. Does it contain pieces from real languages?
6. What business uses situation can use a pidgin?
7. Do pidgins get much respect?
8. Does each pidgin have it's own standards on usage?
9. Can you learn it and become fluent in it?
10. Is a pidgin the same as a creole?
11. What is a creole?
12. Does it have a well established vocabulary?
13. And it's own grammar?
14. How do experts believe a creole comes about?
15. Do children learn it as their primary language?
16. Can people who live in the same country, but speak different languages use a pidgin?
17. From this article, would you say waving could be part of a pidgin?
18. Pointing?
19. How about grunting?
20. And lastly, clapping?
A: 1. no
2. body language
3. people without a common language
4. a language
5. yes
6. trade
7. no
8. yes
9. yes
10. no
11. first language of a community
12. yes
13. yes
14. nativization of a pidgin
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. yes
Q: After moving to New York, Brian Moore could not stop running into his ex-girlfriend. There were four awkward and unplanned encounters in six months, to be exact.

So while most social apps are about connecting with friends, family or good-looking strangers, Moore began to wonder if a mobile tool could use the same readily available location information to help you avoid certain people.

That's how he and Chris Baker were inspired to create Cloak, a free iPhone app that pulls in location check-ins from your contacts' Instagram and Foursquare accounts. It maps out the positions of people you know based on their most recent social posts so you can give them the slip.

Cloak's tagline is "Incognito mode for real life." You might say it's an anti-social network.

Click on a bubble on the map, and you'll see a person's name, his or her location and about how long ago he or she checked in there. If it was a while ago, the image will appear faded, like a ghost.

"We feel like we've reached the point of social fatigue -- too many networks with too much information, all the time," Baker says. "It's OK to turn off and pick up a copy of 'Walden' and just be alone."

The app lets people set up push alerts for acquaintances they'd prefer to avoid such as exes, frenemies or annoying co-workers. If someone wants to drop off the grid completely, he can set up these notifications for everyone in his social networks -- presumably while sneaking through dark alleys or hiding behind sunglasses and a hat.

Answer the following questions:
1. what is cloak?
2. who created it?
3. where does it pull check-in information from?
4. how many sources is that?
5. where did Brian move to recently?
6. how many unplanned encounters did he have when he got there?
7. over what timeframe?
8. what is the apps tagline?
9. is it pro-social?
10. what is it then?
11. can you use the app on everyone?
12. who thinks that we've reached a point of social fatigue?
13. who was it that Brian kept running into?
14. what happens to old check in locations on the map?
15. similar to what supernatural entity?
A:
1. iPhone app
2. Brian Moore and Chris Baker
3. your contacts' Instagram and Foursquare accounts.
4. Three
5. New York
6. four
7. six months, to be exact.
8. "Incognito mode for real life."
9. no
10. You might say it's an anti-social network.
11. If they have one of the sources enabled
12. Baker
13. ex-girlfriend.
14. It will appear faded
15. a ghost.