B
Evening Workshops
Optional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs are not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany (SEB) meetings over a series of years.
Workshop 1: Student Network
Date
Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th
Chairs
Hugo de Boer and Arika Virapongse
Sponsor
Society for Economic Botany
Description
Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become familiar with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors(大學(xué)指導(dǎo)老師). Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students.
Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making
Date
Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th
Chair
David Strauch
Sponsor
University of Hawaii
Description
Digital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of material recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects (e.g. camera settings, audio), technical aspects (framing, lighting, focus), and some ways of presenting the material. Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are welcome to bring their own camera equipment.
Workshop 3: Collections for Botany
— Collections Development and Management
Date
Friday evening, Feb. 7th
Chair
Jan Salick
Sponsor
Society for Economic Botany
Description
SEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collections of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for solving management issues.
小題1:One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is to ________.
A．provide students with greater control over the media
B．link cultural information to recognizable plants
C．help the students to deal with most of the environment issues
D．help the students to be familiar with educational programs
小題2:Which of the following is true according to the poster?
A．Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.
B．Participants have more than one option on Feb.5th than another night.
C．Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.
D．Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.
小題3:You are a college student, interested in plants and good at taking TV pictures. Which of the Evening Workshops is most suitable for you?
A．Botanical Film Making.B．Collections for Botany.
C．Student Network.D．Society for Economic Botany.

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:A

試題分析：文章介紹校園里面晚上的工作室，包括工作室開(kāi)放時(shí)間，主持人，贊助商和具體的活動(dòng)內(nèi)容。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的句子：Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become familiar with a variety of educational programs可知每年舉辦的網(wǎng)絡(luò)聚會(huì)是為了幫助學(xué)生熟悉教育課程，選D
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從date這欄的內(nèi)容：可知在2月5號(hào)有兩個(gè)工作室，而2月7號(hào)只有一個(gè)，選B
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making里面的句子：可知Botanical Film Making.更時(shí)候?qū)ΨN植感興趣擅長(zhǎng)拍電視圖片的大學(xué)生。選A
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