【推荐1】Life isn’t fair. Some people just seem blessed with the ability to effortlessly charm (吸引) anyone they meet. Well, it might seem like a magical power, but in fact there are a number of factors at work.     1     The answer is: to a large extent, yes you can.

But first, the bad news. People at first judge each other according to physical appearance. With just a glimpse of a face, people make quick judgements about each other’s likeability, trustworthiness and confidence. How should we deal with this?     2     People regard a smiling face as more trustworthy, warmer and sociable. It sounds like common sense, doesn’t it? Smile and others will smile with you.

What other tricks might we have?     3     Consequently, three things we can do to signal that we are not a threat: raise our eyebrows quickly, raise our heads slightly, and once again, to smile.

So we’ve looked at body language, but of course what you say is hugely important too, unless you want to just stand there smiling foolishly. The golden rule of friendship is if you make people feel good about themselves, they’re going to like you. In other words, you should not talk about yourself and all your wonderful achievements.     4    .

Finally, finding common ground helps form a connection. Charming people are particularly skilled at seeking out shared interests or experiences to bond with others.     5     And if all else fails, you can fall back on that most British topic: the weather. It can be a nice start of a conversation.

【推荐3】There are two kinds of garlic, a kind of vegetable — hardnecks and softnecks. Plant hardneck varieties in northern areas six to eight weeks before a hard frost (霜).     1     They do not last as long in storage.     2     Their heads contain several rows of smaller cloves (蒜瓣). They are usually the kind shoppers find in supermarkets.

Do not plant the garlic you find in the supermarket.     3     It also may not be the kind best for your growing conditions.

Separate the head into individual cloves. Do not remove the outer part of thin skin. Cover them with soil, press them down and water well. If the temperature falls below four degrees Celsius, add a thick cover of straw (稻草) to the garden bed.     4    

It is fine for the garlic plants to send out green growth, during autumn and early winter, even in northern climates. Do not worry about possible damage to this growth in cold weather.

Remove the straw cover in spring. Put a little fertilizer between each row 5 to 10 centimeters from the stems. Keep the bed free of weeds.

    5     Finally, remember to store garlic heads in a cool, dry spot. Do not wash them.

【推荐1】I was always one of the kids who got picked on. If you’d asked me, I would have told you I was against bullying(欺凌).

But then one day I was chatting with my friends Maya and Lizzie, when Kristina came up, who was one of the bullies, so I prepared myself for more insults. But nothing happened. Perplexed, I looked at her, only to hear that she was sorry for the way she had treated me, and that she wanted to be my friend.

Despite Maya and Lizzie’s disapproval, I accepted Kristina’s apology. Later that day, I sat with the popular girls for the first time, feeling important, as if people were noticing me in a way they never had before. Afterwards, I started spending more time going around with my popular friends, laughing at other people, calling their names, and sometimes even pushing and shoving them.

Then one day, Lizzie came up to me, accusing me of saying something mean to Maya. I explained it was just a stupid joke, but we got into a fight, and she scolded me for acting like a jerk. Mad, I screamed at and punched her. She fell, tears welling in her eyes, yelled, “You’ve become one of them--a bully!” and ran out of the school, crying. I just stood there breathing hard and staring at my fist. Apparently, I had become one of those I’d always hated.

I cried hard, keeping picturing scenes of what I had done, regretfully. I decided to apologize to Lizzie. But she turned her back on me. No one would talk to me. Then Kristina walked up to tease me, “Where are your friends now, loser?” I felt like the loneliest person in the world.

Then with the help of the counselor, I talked things through with Lizzie and Maya. I told them how sorry I was. I explained I’d wanted to be popular so badly that I had forgotten how much they meant to me but that I was done with being popular now. Fortunately, they decided to give me another chance.

【推荐2】Everyone has struggled with fitting in at school. You may be shy of going to a new school. There are different ways to meet people and find your place at your school.    1     Still, there are some methods that might help you shorten the process.

Put yourself out there. You are not the only person that is trying to fit in at school. Sometimes you have to take the first step to get the process started. Try talking to a person that is alone. It's much easier to talk to one person instead of a group of people.    2    

Build self-confidence. Everyone likes to be around confident people.     3    We are often hard on ourselves when we make mistakes or compare ourselves to others. While these negative thoughts are normal, you can replace them with more positive things.

    4    It is easier to bond with someone when you all have similar interests. It's agreat way to meet people who like the same things that you like. You will always have things to talk about with people who share the same interest with you.

Be a good friend. The best way to make new friends is to be a good friend yourself. Be loyal, honest, and fun to be around.    5    Well, those are the same things that will help you fit in with people at your school.

【推荐1】Tutors Wanted: Math/ Science/Humanities +Test Prep

Job Posted: 2 days ago

Wage: $27-30 per hour

Job Type: Part time

Schedule: Afternoons, evenings, weekdays, weekends

Job Description:

We’re looking for tutors to join us before the next school year starts.

Our ideal candidate (候选人) will be able to assist middle and high school students with test preparation and academic work in math, science and or humanities.

We’ll pay for your training before this fall and can also offer flexible summer tutoring opportunities .

Once our fall semester starts on August 21, we’ll have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 12-8 pm as well as from 3-9 pm Monday-Thursday.

What we offer:

* Flexible scheduling. Tutors work from 15 to 30+hours per week depending on availability and student demand.

* Free Sunday dinners during the academic year.

* Health insurance reimbursement(报销) for staff working over 30 hours per week.

* We are five minutes’ walking distance from the Menlo Park Caltrain station.

Applicants must:

* Be able to show mastery of the subjects they tutor.

* Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year.

Application instructions:

* Email us your resume.

* Tell us why you want to join Academic trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students (if you have any).

* Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutor-Mathematics, Sciences, Humanities, or Foreign Language.

【推荐2】University Room Regulations

Approved and Prohibited (禁止) Items

The following items are approved for use in residential rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fire works, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.

Access to Residential Rooms

Students are provided with a combination for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.

Cooking Policy

Students living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.

Pet Policy

No pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $ 100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.

【推荐3】We have many trips for you to explore the world your way. Our travel ideas are as diverse as the world itself and are designed to let you experience it. Please start with the following four trips.

Athens and Crete Explorer

London for Families

Australia & New Zealand

Classic Egypt

【推荐1】Surprise! High School Student Discovers New Planet Three Days Into NASA.

When 17-year-old Wolf Cukier accepted an internship (实习) at NASA, he expected to be challenged and gain insights into pursuing a career in astrophysics (天体物理学) . Instead, he attained worldwide fame for an achievement finding a new planet!

The teenager came across the distant world while examining images of the variations in star brightness captured by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and uploaded to Planet Hunters TESS by amateur citizen astronomers. “I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had marked,” Cukier said. “About three days into my internship, I saw a signal from a system called TOI 1338. At first, I thought it was a stellar eclipse (日食) but the timing was wrong. It turned out to be a planet.” Further research revealed that TOI 1338 b, as it is now called, is a rare circumbinary planet (环双星行星) — a world orbiting two stars. Even more exciting, TOI 1338 b is the first circumbinary world discovered by the TESS mission.

The researchers believe that TOI 1338 b is about 6.9 times larger than Earth. The experts claim that TOI 1338 b's two stars vary in size. It is also the only planet in the TOI 1338 system, which lies 1,300 light-years away from Earth.

Not surprisingly, the High School senior is looking to pursue a career in physics and astrophysics. When asked of his plans to seek out a job at NASA, the youngster said, “I've no idea about NASA's hiring practices but it can't hurt!” He added, “A career in space research is appealing.”

【推荐2】In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.

It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.

Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

【推荐3】A mind-reading chip that lets you control a computer by just thinking has been made public at a conference in China. Named Brain Talker, the chip could be used to control computers, smart phones and other devices, its creators say. It has been jointly developed by Tianjin University and China Electronics Corporation.

This kind of brain-computer interface (接口) is designed to let a person control a computer, a smartphone or other electronic devices using his/her brainwaves alone-without needing any forms of verbal orders, movements, or button pressing. Brain interfaces would not only allow for the faster operation of various technologies, but also be used to assist people with disabilities, for example by letting an individual drive an electric wheelchair just by thinking.

“Brain-computer interfaces hold a promising future,” said Dong Ming. "The Brain Talker chip advances brain-computer interface technology, allowing it to become more portable, wearable and accessible to the general public.

The brain decoding (解码) chip works by picking out minor neural (神经) electrical signals in the brain and rapidly translating them into a form that the computer can understand. “This brain-computer chip has the ability to identify minor neural electrical signals and decode their information efficiently, which can greatly enhance the speed and accuracy of brain-computer interfaces，” said Dr. Dong.

Recent technology advances have allowed researchers to develop the Brain Talker chip, so it is smaller and operates faster, more precisely and with greater efficiency than existing brain-computer interfaces. Although it is not clear exactly how the device will be worn, most brain-computer interface devices are worn on the outside of the body, rather than being fixed directly into the users’ brain. Cheng Longlong, a data scientist, said that the research team will attempt to improve the performance of the Brain Talker. One day brain-computer codec chips will contribute to medical treatment, education, self-discipline, security as well as games and entertainment.