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International publisher looking for a ________

Have you ever thought of making a career by working at home? Be your own boss! Forget about all that traveling! No more working in an office!

We’d like to hear from you if you:

Are fluent in French

Have experience of working in publishing Are independent and hard-working

Have word processing skills

We can offer you a package that includes $ 25,000 per year, free health club membership and medical insurance, 30 days’ holiday.

To apply, email your CV to Fiona Middleton at fionamiddleton@langtrans.com.

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This small company is looking for a landscape gardener

Green Fingers, a small gardening company of just 4 employees, is looking for a hard-working person to join the team. No experience of gardening necessary. Training will be provided. The successful applicant must own a car, be able to keep accounts and work outdoors.

$ 18,000 plus 7% pension (养老金), 20 days’ holiday, petrol allowance (补贴) for car.

Contact Phil Sweet on 07979 700701 to find out more about the job or write to Green Fingers, 14 Heydon Drive, London SW 12.

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We are looking for a care worker

Residential home for elderly people (养老院) seeks assistant. No previous experience of the job necessary.

Are you patient with people?

Are you interested in looking for elderly people? Are you able to do shift work?

Are you available at weekends?

If all the answer to all of these questions is ‘Yes’, then please contact Mary Love on 01245 3187291 for an application form.

$ 17,500 with opportunities for overtime, 20 days’ holiday, taxi allowance for travel to and from work, free meals.

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Assistant Marketing Manager

We are a well-known international toy manufacture, based in the Hong Kong, and we are expanding our export marketing activities in Europe.

We are looking for enthusiastic people to join us. The work will involve telephoning and corresponding (通信) with our overseas clients. You must be fluent in English and Cantonese. Experience in marketing will an advantage but not essential.

We’ll offer a competitive salary and good welfare treatment.

Please send your resume (简历) to HMTOYS Ltd, Room 4 23F Honor Mansion, 334 -339 Nathan Road.

A couple has recently placed their garbage can out for collection for the first time in 14 months, all thanks to their recycling skills. Richard and Louise Arnold have established such an effective routine that they only need to put their garbage can on the side of the street once a year.

Louise explained that making small monthly changes in her life has resulted in her family producing very little waste. She said, “It’s not as difficult as you might think if you start with small steps. We began with soap, switching from bath cream to natural soap without packaging. These bars are large enough that we cut them in half, using one for the sink and the other half for the shower. It’s both cost-effective and environmentally friendly.”

“So it’s actually quite easy. Just go around your house and think of little things you can do gradually, and you’ll start noticing the difference,” Louise added. Currently, the couple takes recyclable waste to the tip, donates clothes to charity shops, and brings soft plastics and batteries to a shop that accepts them.

In 2017, the couple established No Waste Living, which initially started as a weekend stall at the local market and has since developed into a website. Louise regularly writes a newsletter for her hundreds of subscribers. They also started selling eco-friendly products, ranging from non-chemical household cleaning and washing solutions for a “less toxic home” to bamboo washing-up brushes. Louise mentioned, “I started No Waste Living because I wanted to show our achievement s and lead by example.”

Although the family occasionally faces criticism, Louise remains determined. She said, “The main point of contention(争论) for people regarding new waste rules is having to drive their waste to a recycling center, which adds to their already busy lives. However, in the long run, you will create more space in your home, save money, and spend less time dealing with garbage cans.”

China’s TikTok, which has taken the world by storm, is working its magic in its home nation, too.

The Chinese version of TikTok, called Douyin, has amassed (累积) 400 million daily active users, parent company Byte Dance (字节跳动) revealed in its annual report this week. This is an impressive growth for the addictive video app, which had 250 million daily active users in January last year.

The report, which describes users’ behavior and trends, shows the cultural difference between China and the US, said Katherine Wu, an investor at New York-based firm Notation Capital.

Things that trend in these two countries are completely different. For example, knowledge-based content is extremely popular in China, but less so in the U.S. Also, those creators that did the most dance videos in China are users born in the 60s, while in the US, it seems that it’s mostly teenagers who are creating the dances.

Byte Dance claimed that Douyin has established itself as the largest knowledge, culture and art platform in China. 14.89 million “knowledge-based content videos” were shared on the app last year, it claimed. For example, one of the world’s most valued startups claimed that the number of users who posts videos about chemistry reached 130 million people last year. “On the art and culture front, videos related to those topics had 543.1 billion plays on Douyin last year.” it claimed.

Education has become a main use case for Byte Dance. TikTok, which is estimated to have earned more than $50 million last year, already counts educational content as one of the most consumed categories on its app across the world. The app launched an educational campaign in India last year, where it has amassed more than 200 million users.

How to Have Open Communication

When you can communicate openly, you can start improving your relationships, both personal and professional, in a number of ways.     16     There are a few things that you can do when you have an open conversation.

    17     Be mindful of where and when you need to have a discussion with someone, especially if you are having an important disagreement. Someone is not likely to be open when communicating if you are surrounded by family or out in public. Therefore, have a discussion when it’s more convenient for both you and your partner.

Have patience. When emotions are high, it can be easy to be swept in those feelings and want to get all your points across. But this can make communication more difficult because you are so focused on your feelings that you aren’t able to focus on what you need to say. Be patient and allow for silences that happen.     18    

Take the time to listen to what the other person is saying.     19     This allows you to see if there is any misunderstanding and allows you the time to understand his words accurately. You don’t need to agree on all his words, but it is important to understand where they’re coming from.

Be honest with your thoughts and your feelings. Sometimes we feel the need to soften our words to lessen the blow.     20     After all, when we leave out certain details, we’re not able to communicate openly. You need to be honest with your partner about your needs and your experiences. By doing so, you’re hopefully closer to being able to tackle the issue.