10th Annual Hospitality （餐饮服务业）Student Conference

Tuesday March 4, 2008

Conference Schedule

Tour #1: Tour of Hotel and Resort

Go on a behind-the-scenes tour of Barona, a luxury hotel and resort. Your tour guides will be actual employees who can give you the inside sight about running this great business and what it takes to get an exciting career in hospitality industry.

Tour #2: Cooking demonstration

Who want to be a top chef （厨师）? Watch and smell as award winning chefs demonstrate their cooking art and share some of their kitchen secrets with you.

Tour #3: Opportunities fair

Take advantage of this opportunity to speak with various professionals from hotels, schools and other businesses in the hospitality industry. Learn about education and career options; and don’t forget to stop by the interview skills workshop.

Dat Phan

Dat was born in Saigon, Vietnam and grew up struggling and poor in California. He worked at Barona Resort before he made it big as a comedian!

His culturally insightful （发人深省的）comedy inspects ridiculous stereotypes, and shared his experience of being a regular American guy with a Vietnamese heritage （文化遗产）. He has been honored as The Top 10 Most Influential Vietnamese-Americans.

Dat Phan aims to create a more positive image of Asian-Americans in the world of entertainment and Hollywood. “We want to be seen as more than just martial artists （武术家）, or bad stereotype roles in American TV & Movies.”

64．The majority of the people present at the conference are probably _______.

A．tourists from other cities

B．students who plan to work in hotels or restaurants

C．news reporters of a local TV station

D．managers who wish to take in some new staff

65．What is the right order of the activities?

a．Enjoy the funny show.

b．Give away prizes.

c．Watch a cooking demonstration.

d．Talk about interview skills.

e．Take a tour around an expensive hotel and resort.

A．a―e―c―d―b     B．a―d―c―e―b          

C．d―e―a―c―b      D．c―d―b―a―e

66．Which of the following is NOT true about the comedian Dat Phan?

A．He was born in Vietnam and grew up in the USA．

B．He is a very successful comedian in the USA.

C．He is working in Barona Resort now.

D．He is not satisfied to be seen just as a martial artist.

67．All the following can be learnt from the conference EXCEPT ______.

A．how to run a big hotel and resort            

B．what it takes to be a great chef

C．how to behave better in an interview      

D．what jobs are available in the local hotels

    This is a list of the origins of some slang words or phrases that we all use regularly．These words are common in almost all English speaking nations．

Cool

    Who hasn't used this word at least once in their life when speaking highly of something? This meaning of the word is relatively new in English，but not as new as you might think．The earliest record found so far is from 1884 in the phrase“Dat’s  cool!”

Kick the Bucket

   This means“to die”．Many people consider the term to have come from a guilty man standing on an upturned bucket which was then kicked out from under his feet leaving him to hang，but there is no written evidence that this is the case．In fact，it is more likely from a different type of bucket entirely．In butchery(肉食店)，when a pig was killed it would be hung from a pole．It is mostly likely that in his death throes(垂死挣扎)，the pig’s  feet would bang against the rail(横杆)to which they were tied．Therefore，kicking the bucket was a term referring to the last actions of the pig before he finally died．

Bob’s  Your Uncle

    Bob’s  your uncle generally means that something is simple or easy or a“job done”．It is most likely that this phrase came about as a result of nepotism(裙带关系)．In the late 1800s， Lord Salisbury(first name Robert)was prime-minister of Great Britain．After his third term he was succeeded by his nephew Arthur．Arthur had been made Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1886． Suspicions arose that Robert was favoring his nephew Arthur．The term“Bob’s  your uncle”could be used at the time as a reference to this charge of nepotism．

36．What does the passage mainly talk about?

    A．The most commonly used slang words in the world．

    B．The origins of some most．commonly used slang words or phrases．

    C．The origins of English words and phrases．

    D．Common words and phrases in English speaking countries．

37．If you want to praise something，the slang words or phrase you may use is“      “．

    A．Cool                                                          B．Kick the Bucket

    C．To Die                                                      D．Bob’s  Your Uncle

38．From the passage we can infer that the slang phrase“Kick the Bucket”――．

    A．is the oldest in meaning among all the English slang words or phrases

    B．has the same meaning as“Kick the Ball”

    C．will be never used in the future

    D．has something to do with pigs

39．The underlined word“succeeded’’in Paragraph 4 means“        “．

    A．taken position of    B．brought up           C．killed                     D．driven away

40．You may read this passage in         ．

    A．a science fiction                                        B．a cook book

    C．an English vocabulary text                          D．an advertisement

The home improvements have taken what little there is ___ my spare time
Afrom    Bin       Cof     Dat