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How To Book

　　Booking opens for “Beckett Shorts” on September 8．

　　By telephone

　　For credit card bookings．Calls are answered．

　　Box office

　　01789-295623 9∶00 a.m.-8∶00 p.m.(Mon.-Sat．)

　　0541-541051(24 hours, 7 days, no booking charge)

　　By fax

　　For credit card bookings．Please allow at least 48 hours for reply, if required．

　　Box office

　　01789-261974 or 01862-387765

　　By post

　　Please enclose a cheque or credit card details together with an SAE or add 50 p to the total amount to cover postage．

　　Please send to the Box Office, RST, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV376BB．

　　Booking opens for all other plays on September 19．

　　In person

　　Box office

　　RST hall, 9∶30 a.m.-8∶00 p.m.(Mon-Sat)

　　Overseas Booking

　　The easiest method of payment is by credit card．You can also pay by Eurocheque(up to ￡500)with your card number written on the back．

　　Paying for your tickets

　　Credit Cards

　　We accept Visa, Master card, American Express and Diners Club．Please give the card number, name and address of cardholder．

　　Cheques

　　Cheques and postal orders should be payable to：Royal Shakespeare Theatre

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　　An ichthyologist is a scientist who studies fish．Most people who do this job say they love their work because it is very rewarding and varied．They work not only inside a laboratory, but also out in the field．Fieldwork includes traveling to rivers, oceans and lakes in order to collect information and specimens(样本)．Reading, writing and speaking are also very important to the job．Fish scientists need to read the research of other scientists．They must be able to write up their own research clearly so that others can follow it．They also need to be able to give lectures about their findings, so that they can spread knowledge．

　　Ichthyologists who wish to specialize can choose any one of three areas of study．The first area is aquiculture(水产养殖)．This involves the study and practice of fish farming and management．Because it is a rather new study, there are very few job opportunities available．However, as there is so much to discover, many see it as an exciting area for a new ichthyologist to enter．The second area is fisheries science, which means working with a team of scientists to find out more about different fish species．The third area is about the protection of natural fish populations．This is very important today, given that many fish species are in danger of dying out because of the actions of humans．

　　To become a successful fish scientist, you need to have a curious mind and be able to work on your own．You also need to be able to handle equipment and perform experiments; but most importantly, you must love fish．To become an ichthyologist, you will need to train at a university to pass a Bachelor of Science degree．For this, you will need to be good at mathematics, physical science and biology．Then, you will need to study for another year to complete an honours degree in ichthyology．This honours degree contains coursework about all aspects of fish．You also need to complete a research paper．

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　　When you enter a supermarket, you see shelves full of food．You walk between the shelves．You carry a shopping basket and your food is in it．

　　You probably hear soft, slow music as you walk between the shelves．If you hear fast music, you walk quickly．The supermarket plays slow music．You walk slowly and have more time to buy things．

　　Maybe you go to the meat department first．There is some meat on sale, and you want to find it．The manager of the supermarket knows where customers enter the meat department．The cheaper meat is at the other end of the meat department, away from where the customers enter．You have to walk by all the expensive meat before you find the cheaper meat．Maybe you will buy some of the expensive meat instead of the meat on sale．

　　The department selling milk and milk products such as butter and milk powder is called the dairy department．Many customers like milk that has only a little butterfat in it．One store has three different jars of low fat milk．One says “1 percent fat” on the jar．The second says “99 percent fat free”．The third says “LOW FAT” in big letters and “1％” in small letters．As you can see, all the milk has the same amount of fat．The milk is all the same．However, in this store the three jars of milk cost three different amounts of money．Maybe the customers will buy the milk that costs the most．

　　Most of the food in supermarkets is very pleasing．It all says “Buy me!” to the customers．The expensive meat says “Buy me!” as you walk by．The expensive milk jar says “Buy me!I have less fat．”

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　　TOKYO－Applicants to a private high school for girls in Sasebo in southern Nagasaki Prefecture will be asked to hold and move various small objects including beans and marbles with chopsticks as part of the entrance exam．

　　“This is simply one factor to assess whether these girls can handle chopsticks correctly, which is really the most basic element in education,”said Katushi Hisata, the vice principal of Hisata Gakuen Girls’ High School．

　　“It’s surprising to see how many children don’t know how to hold chopsticks correctly, which is part of the Japanese culture’s beauty,” he told AFP by telephone, adding that only 20 percent of elementary students use chopsticks correctly．The westernization of Japan’s eating habits means that use of the knife and fork is increasingly common, while a growing number of children with working parents eat alone, leaving them less versed in chopstick etiquette(礼仪)．

　　The school’s vice principal accused celebrities appearing on television food and cookery shows of using chopsticks wrongly．

　　The school, built in 1902, has traditional classes in tea ceremony, kimono-fitting, etiquette and cooking as part of the wider curriculum．“We are aware that this kind of exam won’t make students jump up and come running to us, because this is unlike normal high schools that advertise success rates of students entering prestigious universities,” Hisata said．“But we do know that education is not only about having brains, but also etiquette,”he added．

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　　It may be one of Britain’s most successful exports－Miss World．This nearly 60-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knock-out looks in a mad struggle for the crown．

　　Traditional values have long kept Chinese women from displaying beauty．But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contests, although some men will still be shouting that the winner is no more beautiful than his wife or somebody else．But such men are not shouting for the right reason．The question is：Why isn’t there a Mr．World Beauty Contest?

　　And a further question to be asked is：Does taking part in a beauty contest show a woman’s courage, wisdom and liberation or rather the opposite－a forced choice and a revolting act made under conditions of long-term discrimination?

　　Organizers of such beauty contests claim that the contestants are judged on qualities other than just their physical appearance．But still no answer is given to why there isn’t a Mr．Beauty or a Mr．World Contest?Or at least, why is it that only women’s “qualities” need to be recognized but not men’s?

　　Think about who is always standing beside a fancy car on show．And this is how “qualities” are judged：if the girl looks good, there is little reason why the car beside her is not of high quality．

　　While such events go on and on, what never changes is the routine practice that in every fancy car show, a girl stands beside a fancy car．What never changes is the fate of women as a class．So let’s put more time and resources into trying to change all these rather than holding beauty contests．