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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS HOUSEInternational Students House is a unique club and accommodation centre for British and overseas students in London. It is located in the heart of London.s West End and is close to all public transport facilities. ACCOMMODATION comfortable accommodation for up to 450 people in single, twin, ¾ bedded and multi-bedded rooms 44 self-contained flats for married students and families long and short stays welcomed MEMBERSHIPClub membership is open to all fulltime students, professional trainees, student nurses and au pairs. Membership costs are kept to an absolute minimum to enable the widest possible access. You can join for as little as one month and for up to one year at a time. Membership entitles you to use the various facilities of the House. It has: restaurants student bars and coffee shop study rooms clubs and societies aerobics and fitness training discos, dance, jazz and cinema travel and excursions and much more! The best way to check out all we have on offer is to drop in any Tuesday evening between 7.15 pm and 8.30 pm for Open House in the Club Room. This is an opportunity for you to meet the staff and other club members, enjoy a free cup of coffee and find out all about what’s going on. You can take advantage of special membership offers. (Useful tip: bring along 3 passport size photographs if you wish to take out membership.) Thanks to the support of STA Travel and in association with LCOS (the London Conference on Overseas Students) International Students House now provides the service of an International Students Adviser. This new welfare service is open to all students at London’s bona-fide academic institutions. It aims to provide welfare support to help students overcome any personal or practical difficulties they may be experiencing whilst studying in Britain. One of the key features of the Advice Service is that the Adviser can be seen during the evenings until about 8 pm, Monday to Thursday. CHRISTMAS & NEW YEARUnable to get home for Christmas? How about joining in the fun at International Students House! Check out our special programme of activity taking place over the Christmas period. Even come and stay - the House will be offering reduced accommodation rates for students wishing to spend a few days in London over Christmas. We’ll also have an exciting New Year’s Eve party so come and join us and ring in the new year in the spirit of internationalism. Task 2. Read the text and complete the table below. Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. Bamboo, the phenomenon of the vegetable kingdom  With more than 1,500 species colonizing a multitude of habitats from sea level to 12,000 feet, bamboo is one of the most successful plants on earth. It can also add significant solutions to environmental problems to its list of successes. It is one of the most adaptable plants, with many valuable uses. For instance, it can grow in such degraded soils that it can be used to 'repair' soil damaged by overgrazing and poor agricultural techniques. In addition, its complex root network is ideal for preventing soil erosion and flooding. Unlike most tree species, harvesting does not kill the bamboo, so topsoil erosion and other adverse effects of tree-felling are kept to a minimum. Perhaps even more importantly, given that carbon dioxide emissions are thought to be responsible for global warming, bamboo produces more than 35% more oxygen than trees. Research has demonstrated that bamboo can absorb as much as 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hectare per year, giving the plant a potentially crucial role in stabilizing our planet's atmosphere. People have also used bamboo for an astonishing variety of functions over the last 4,000 years. Today, the durability and resistance to shrink or swell that characterizes bamboo means that it can be used as an eco-friendly alternative to slow-growing hardwoods for a range of products for the construction industry, such as wooden flooring.
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