CONGRATULATIONS

We’ve organized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College. Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any questions.

Your First Steps…

Please return the Acknowledgment Form sent with your acceptance letter to Dean Robert Howe, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, McGuinn Hall 221,140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.

■For Ph. D. Acceptances and Master’s Acceptances with funding, we ask you to reply by April 25, 2008.

■For Master’s Acceptances without funding and Non-degree Acceptances, we ask you to reply by May 31, 2008.

■You should also contact your department to receive any department information.

Over the Coming Months…

Get informed about services around campus. We have provided links for you to the following offices.

■Student Services

After you return your Acknowledgment Form, you should receive a letter containing your BC Username and Eagle ID number. With this information you can reach email and Agora. In Agora, BC’s online community, you can update your student information, check your student account, and register (登记) for classes.

The Office of Student Services issues (发行) your BC Eagle One Card. This ID card acts as your campus library card and meal card.

Student Services’ website offers a complete listing of courses for the school year, as well as student forms and other important student information. The Office of Student Services also handles billing.

■Housing

…CLICK HERE for more information.

If we can be of any more help to you, just contact us. Congratulations again! We look forward to you joining our University!

1. The above page can most probably be read ________.

A. on the Boston College website             B. in the Boston College newspaper

C. on BC Eagle One Card                   D. at Student Services

2. The information above is particularly useful for those ________.

A. who want to apply for Boston College      

B. who want to know about Boston College

C. who’ve been admitted to Boston College    

D. who’ve decided to pay a visit to Boston College

3. If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to ________.

A. return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2008

B. send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2008

C. email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2008

D. return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2008

4. If you want to decide what courses for the school year you’d better ________.

A. call up the Office of Student Services            B. get in touch with the Admissions Office

C. read your acceptance letter                         D. visit Student Services’ website    

 

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Are you afraid to ask a boy (girl) for a date？

Many people are afraid to assert themselves (insist upon their own rights). Dr Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’s because their self-esteem(自尊) is low. “Our whole set-up makes people doubt themselves,” says Alberti. “There’s always a 'superior' around — a parent, a teacher, a boss — who 'knows better’”.

But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people to assert themselves. They offer “assertiveness training” courses (AT). In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive(敢闯, 闯劲儿) without hurting other people.

In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear. A group taking an AT course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger motive—the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

In the passage, the writer talks about the problem that _______.

A. some people are too easy-going

B. some people are too timid

C. there are too many superiors around us

D. some people dare not stick up for their own rights

The effect of our set-up on people is often to _______.

A. make them distrust their own judgment

B. make things more favorable for them

C. keep them from speaking out as much as their superiors do

D. help them to learn to speak up for their rights

One thing AT doesn’t do is to _______.

A. use the need of people to share

B. show people they have the right to be themselves

C. help people to be aggressive at anytime even when others suffer

D. help people overcome fear

CONGRATULATIONS

We’ve organized the following information to help you prepare for your arrival at Boston College．Please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at any time over the coming months with any questions．

Your First Steps…

Please return the Acknowledgment Form sent with your acceptance letter to Dean Robert Howe, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, McGuinn Hall 221,140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467．

■For Ph．D．Acceptances and Master’s Acceptances with funding, we ask you to reply by April 25, 2008．

■For Master’s Acceptances without funding and Non-degree Acceptances, we ask you to reply by May 31, 2008．

■You should also contact your department to receive any department information．

Over the Coming Months…

Get informed about services around campus．We have provided links for you to the following offices．

■Student Services

After you return your Acknowledgment Form, you should receive a letter containing your BC Username and Eagle ID number．With this information you can reach email and Agora．In Agora, BC’s online community, you can update your student information, check your student account, and register （登记） for classes．

The Office of Student Services issues （发行） your BC Eagle One Card．This ID card acts as your campus library card and meal card．

Student Services’ website offers a complete listing of courses for the school year, as well as student forms and other important student information．The Office of Student Services also handles billing．

■Housing …

CLICK HERE for more information．

If we can be of any more help to you, just contact us．Congratulations again! We look forward to you joining our University!

1.The above page can most probably be read _________．

A．on the Boston College website             B．in the Boston College newspaper

C．on BC Eagle One Card                    D．at Student Services

2.The information above is particularly useful for those ________．

A．who want to apply for Boston College

B．who want to know about Boston College

C．who’ve been admitted to Boston College

D．who’ve decided to pay a visit to Boston College

3.If you want to study for your master’s degree with funding, you will have to _______．

A．return your Acknowledgment Form by May 31, 2008

B．send back your Acknowledgment Form by April 25, 2008

C．email your Acknowledgment Form to Admissions Office by May 31, 2008

D．return your Acknowledgment Form to Student Services by April 25, 2008

4.If you want to decide what courses for the school year you’d better _________．

A．call up the Office of Student Services

B．get in touch with the Admissions Office

C．read your acceptance letter

D．visit Student Services’ website

 

With your workload growing, you may be telling yourself a vacation is one luxury you can’t afford.  【小题1】 A vacation allows you the opportunity to recharge your physical and motional batteries, disconnect from everyday concerns, and return to work rested and refreshed. Some facts have proved employees are more productive after a vacation than before one. Here are some tips for you to plan your vacation to make sure that your time away from the office is worry free.
Time is right. A Robert Half survey shows that July and August are the most favorable months for employees to take a break because these months offer ideal beach weather and many businesses slow down during this time.  【小题2】 For instance, if a big task is planned for the summer, you may consider postponing your trip until the fall.
Ask others for assistance.  【小题3】 Your supervisor can help you determine who is the most qualified for a particular task.
Let your contacts know. Give colleagues and customers you frequently work with a few weeks’ notice before you start off.  【小题4】
Conduct a technical review. Before you leave, make sure there is plenty of room in your e-mail inbox so you don’t exceed (超越) your storage limit while you’re out of the office, which might prevent you from sending messages when you return. 【小题5】
In short, taking vacation is necessary and beneficial for your job. But you must plan your vacation properly in order to work free and worry free on holiday.

A．Ask trusted colleagues to handle your projects while you’re away.

B．A summertime beach vacation includes so much more than what you desire these days.

C．But the truth is that you can’t afford not to take one.

D．This will give them enough time to plan for your absence.

E. Also make sure passwords won’t expire(期满) while you are away.
F. What’s more, find your pet a temporary home when you are on vacation.
G. When planning your vacation, remember to take into account any activity that your department will be focused on during that time.