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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：Monday 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(大学指导老师)．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：Monday 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：Wednesday 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.
【语篇解读】 本文介绍了校园里三种不同特色的晚间工作室，包括工作室开放时间、主持人、赞助商和具体的活动内容。
1．One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is to________．
A．provide students with greater control over the media
B．help the students to be familiar with educational programs
C．help the students to deal with most of the environment issues
D．link cultural information to recognizable plants
B [细节理解题。根据标题Workshop 1：Student Network下的Description中的第一句“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...”可知选B。]
2．Which of the following is TRUE according to the poster?
A．Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.
B．Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.
C．Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.
D．Participants have more than one option on Feb.5th than another night.
D [细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知A项错误；根据标题：Workshop 1：Student Network下的Description中的最后一句可知B项错误；根据第一段最后一句可知C项错误；从Date这行的内容可知，在2月5号有两个工作室，而2月7号只有一个。故选D。]
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．Collections for Botany.
B．Botanical Film Making.
C．Student Network.
D．Society for Economic Botany.
B [推理判断题。根据Workshop 2：Botanical Film Making里面的句子可知，Botanical Film Making更适合对种植感兴趣且擅长拍电影图片的大学生。故选 B。]
