本文向我们介绍了几个人的不同工作，有的是志愿者，有的在服务于巴西世界杯。

随着2014年世界杯在巴西落下帷幕，2016年奥运会将在巴西举办，更多的中国游客愿意去巴西旅游。

暑期到来，加利福尼亚州各地的暑期培训班又“火”了起来。尽管培训班帮助各学段的孩子们学新课或巩固已学课程，但有识之士还是担忧培训班昂贵的学费可能将一些低收入家庭的孩子们拒之门外，进一步加大教育的不公平。

    查尔斯王子对教育大臣说，选择性教育应该得到社会支持。对于停办文法学校应该三思而后行。文法学校让底层出身的孩子们受益很多，为他们改变自己的家庭背景提供了机会。

本周二，洛杉矶将开始实施禁塑令，任何在便利店使用一次性塑料袋的做法都是违法的。尽管担心使用纸袋会影响收入，但店主们对于政府保护环境的做法给予支持。

Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans.So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular.New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”

　　Many cities have interesting nicknames. New Orleans probably has more nicknames than any other American city. One web site lists its more than twenty nicknames. The most famous is “The Big Easy”. It shows the slow and easy-going way of life in New Orleans. 　　    So how did the city get this nickname? In the early 1900s there was a dance hall in New Orleans called “The Big Easy”. But the nickname did not become famous until the early 1970s. That was when a newspaper writer began calling New Orleans by this name. She compared the easy-going way of life there to the hurried pace of life in New York City. In 1970, James Conaway wrote a book called “The Big Easy”. The story was in New Orleans. In 1987, they made that book into a film. It made the nickname even more popular. 　　New Orleans has other nicknames. Another nickname is “The Birthplace of Jazz”, because that kind of music started in New Orleans. And, there is a nickname that uses the short way to write New Orleans and Louisiana. It you do not want to use the complete  name, you can call the city “NOLA.”