To: nickbaker@itc.com

Subject: a meeting next Friday?

Dear Nick,

　　I’m wondering if we could arrange a meeting this Friday for you to come and fix our computer. We have a problem _45_ our computer to save data. We have tried to save our data many times, but none of them worked. Although we know about the problem, we cannot _46_ a solution. We’re now feeling really down and our work has also been slowed down.

　　I remember you once helped us solve a similar problem. So we really need someone like you to help us fix the problem again. Can I suggest that we meet next Friday on 6 January? I know that you often take your time _47_ on Fridays and Friday is the day when we don’t get too busy at work. We really hope that you would consider coming on that day. Anyway, let me know _48_ next Friday on 6 January would be good for you.

Best regards,

Richard

Ellen Glanz lied to her teacher about why she hadn’t done her homework; but, of course, many students have lied to their teachers. The difference is that Ellen Glanz was a twenty-eight-year-old high school social studies teacher who was a student for six months to improve her teaching by gaining a fresh prospect of her school.

She found many classes boring, students doing as little as necessary to pass tests and get good grades, students using tricks to avoid assignment, and students skillfully persuading teachers to do the work for them. She concluded that many students are turned off because they have little power and responsibility for their own education.

Ellen Glanz found herself doing the same things as the students. There was the day when Glanz wanted to join her husband in helping friends celebrate the purchase of a house, but she had homework for a math class. For the first time, she knew how teenagers feel when they think something is more important than homework.

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There are two ways to become affiliated to this network:individually or institutionally. Individual affiliation to this network is free and simple. Academic staff, researchers, heritage professionals, and students（above Masters level） may join the network on an individual basis. Individual members receive the FUUH monthly electronic newsletter informing them about worldwide news on natural and/or cultural activities. As an interactive communication tool, FUUH invites individual members to send news about their respective activities, provided that they relate to heritage. These items of news are reflected in the next FUUH newsletter, thus providing members instant worldwide dissemination and visibility. Institutional affiliation is made through the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding （MOU）in which the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO and a University agree to work together in a spirit of cooperation to reinforce links between their institutions, and contribute to World Heritage research and knowledge.

Universities interested in working with the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO through signing a Memorandum of Understanding can contact the World Heritage Centre.

        Authorities in Hawaii are proposing a ban on the popular tourist activity of swimming with dolphins off the Hawaiian coast. The dolphins have __46__ as a magnet for tourists over the past few decades. However, federal officials say the increasing tourism is __47__ to the dolphins because they are supposed to be resting and socializing. The National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to prohibit swimming with, or approaching within 50 meters of, Hawaii’s spinner dolphins. That would put an end to many tour group activities, which involve sailing alongside the __48__ in a boat and snorkeling with them. Ann Garrett, a spokeswoman for the National Marine Fisheries Service, said she didn’t think the ban would have a big impact __49__ the tourist trade in Hawaii. Tour operators __50__ with Ms. Garrett’s assessment. They warned that it would be the end of legitimate dolphin swimming in this area. Dolphins typically are most active at night and sleep and relax during the day, which is when the tourists interact with them.