There is no better feeling than walking away from your desk in the evening with a sense of deep satisfaction for a job well done.
Empty your inbox．
If you leave a tiring and undesirable task until the next day, you will walk away from your desk with a dark cloud hanging over you and a sense of fear. On the other hand, try to complete the task before you leave the office, and you will walk away with a feeling of freedom and victory.
Do something nice for someone else.
The key here is intentionality. Plan to end your day by doing something specific and beneficial for someone in your life—a partner, friend, family member, customer, etc. You will feel better when doing a good deed to others. It is impossible to do something nice for someone without feeling better yourself.
Say thank you.
Take a moment before you shut things down for the day to be thankful for your life.
| A．Determine what will make tomorrow special. |
| B．Regardless of what else has happened in a day, ending it with thanks is a rewarding approach. |
| C．Finish the task as far as possible before you leave. |
| D．Keeping your inbox empty makes you more effective. |
| E．In fact, a whole unproductive day can end with just 15 hyper-productive minutes. |
| F．Nothing else throughout your day could possibly be so bad. |
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【推荐1】The human brain remembers negative experiences more easily than positive ones. Our brains have developed in this way because threats, like dangerous animals, have a more immediate effect on people’s survival compared to positive things like food or shelter. As a result, you clearly know what makes you unhappy, but do you know what makes you happy?
Research suggests that our level of happiness depends partly on factors we cannot control—our genes and our life circumstances. But our level of happiness is also partly shaped by the choices we make. If you’ve been chasing wealth, fame, power and some material things, you may be looking for happiness in the wrong places. Psychologists suggest that the following habits can make people happier.
People who own close relationships tend to be happier than those who do not. The number of our friends is not the most important. What matters is the quality of our relationships. Relationships that bring happiness usually consist of the sharing of feelings, acceptance, mutual respect and trust.
People who exercise regularly can improve both their physical and mental well-being. Some research has shown that exercise can be as effective as some medicine in treating depression.
If we are so interested in an activity, we may lose track of time, and we can be in a state of flow. The activity could be playing the piano, surfing the Internet or playing a game...People who experience flow in their work or life tend to be happier.
People are more likely to be happy if they know what their advantages are and can use them regularly. People are especially happy when they can set goals and use their strengths to achieve them.
People, who think positively by being grateful, mindful and optimistic, are more likely to be happy. Being grateful means being thankful. Being mindful means considering, focusing on, and enjoying the experiences of the present moment. Being optimistic means being hopeful for the future.
1. Why do human brains remember negative things more easily?| A．Because negative things have more immediate effects on our lives. |
| B．Because human beings choose to remember negative things well. |
| C．Because our ancestors were unable to find enough food for living. |
| D．Because there are too many dangerous wild animals in the open. |
| A．The wealth we earn | B．The social environment |
| C．Our realized goals | D．Our academic performance |
| A．share the feelings of each other | B．work hard for the same goals |
| C．trust each other unconditional | D．share the same habits |
| A．if they can do something else at the same time |
| B．if they exercise regularly |
| C．when they feel time goes fast |
| D．when they know they’re working on what they’re good at |
| A．Why it is hard for some people to be happy. |
| B．Why people remember negative things easily |
| C．What makes people negative |
| D．What makes people happy |
【推荐2】How to Develop Appropriate Self-Confidence
Under most circumstances having self-confidence is a good thing.
But can you have too much self-confidence?
Keep learning new things. Even if you are highly confident about your skills in an area, keep looking for new challenges. It is easy to become overconfident if you think you know everything there is to know about a subject. Finding new challenges to overcome does sharpen your skills.
Listen to what others have to say. Overconfidence can sometimes cause people to become rigid and even arbitrary. Instead of assuming that your way is the right or only way, try to keep an open mind.
| A．Focus on the effort, not the outcome. |
| B．Is overconfidence definitely a good thing? |
| C．You might not always agree with other people. |
| D．Having too much self-confidence is beneficial to us. |
| E．Are you teaching in a different way and extremely excellent? |
| F．Confident people tend to be more successful in a wide variety of fields. |
| G．Finding new challenges also reminds you that there're fresh ways of thinking about things. |
【推荐3】It's a nightmare to have to wait for exam results.
Take some deep breaths.Stress and anxiety can trigger(引发) your body's “fight or flight”, response, making your breaths shallow and rapid.
Try not to go over the exam in depth afterwards.some people find it comforting to talk to friends about what they have written.However, it only makes you worry about the answers you can't change.It is also a bad idea because your brain does not perform will under stressful conditions.You will be unable to think clearly right after a stressful exam
Get some exercise to relax.You might feel like hitting the gym or going for a run directly after an exam, and doing some exercise is a great, way to reduce stress!
| A．Do something enjoyable to relax. |
| B．Spend time with positive people. |
| C．Laughter is really the best medicine. |
| D．Fight this stress response by taking deep breath. |
| E．It can produce a kind of chemicals to improve your mood. |
| F．You may feel like you perform much worse than you actually do. |
| G．The situation will be worse if you aren't sure of your performance. |
【推荐1】Imagine if your journey to work was from your bedroom to your living room. More and more people in the UK are doing their jobs at home.
Baz works as an engineer in a West London factory. He’s been an engineer since he left school - but he’s not very optimistic about his future. Heavy industry in the UK has almost disappeared. More people work in Indian restaurants than in steel, coal and shipbuilding put together! Baz also often gets tired of his long journey to work. Whether he travels by car or by public transport, it can take up to two hours a day.
His sister, Liz, lives in the north of England. She’s an Information Technology (IT) trainer at a college. Once every four weeks, she meets her trainees in person, but most of her training is done through IT.
Baz’s wife, Helen, seldom travels to work at all. She’s a graphic designer for a London advertising company. Once she’s got the children off to school, she starts work in front of her computer screen. She’s currently designing publicity material for a major London festival. When she’s finished her designs, she sends them electronically to her director. He works from home too - occasionally they meet up for a coffee.
Most people in the UK, like Baz, spend hours travelling to work - and complain about it, too. But an increasing number of people work as telecommuters, like Helen or Liz. Almost all of their work is done online or by phone. There are a million telecommuters in the UK, about 10 percent of the workforce.
1. Heavy industry has almost disappeared, so________.| A．more people work in steel |
| B．more people work in restaurants |
| C．more people work in coal |
| D．more people work in ship-building |
| A．at a college | B．in person | C．through IT | D．by phone |
| A．people who work at home with the help of a phone and the network |
| B．people who send messages over long distances by telephone, radio, television, etc. |
| C．people who speak to each other using telephone and video connections |
| D．people who take photos for people from different places to make a living |
| A．Baz, Liz and Hellen |
| B．A new way of working |
| C．Jobs in the future |
| D．Technology creates new jobs |
【推荐2】If businesses are to get workers back into the office during the epidemic(疫情) period, finding ways to maintain social distancing will be key. An Israeli company thinks it can help, using smart sensors mounted on workplace ceilings(天花板).
PointGrab developed its technology before the epidemic to help workspace managers optimize(优化)how employees use office space. About the size of smoke alarm, the sensors can record the exact number and location of people in buildings including offices, hotels and restaurants.
One of the company's first customers was Deloitte, which installed the system at its flagship London office last year. PointGrab's sensors were connected to screens in the building to show the availability of desks and shared areas in real time. PointGrab CEO Doron Shachar says it was one of a range of innovations that helped Deloitte fit 30% more people into 3% less space.
Now PointGrab has adapted the technology so the sensors can also monitor social distancing by keeping track of how far apart people are, and whether they're traveling in one direction around a building.
Workspace managers can set up warnings for when two people are closer than two meters for more than 30 seconds, for example.
The sensors have been included in the “six feet office” concept created by real estate(房地产) services company Cushman and Wakefield to encourage employees to practice social distancing. They are currently being used in this way at a university in the Netherlands, and at an innovation hub in Belgium.
While the social distancing innovation is new, PointGrab has deployed ( 部署)more than 10,000 sensors for workspace optimization, including in the offices of Coca-Cola, Facebook and Dell.
Workers might not like the idea of being monitored, but PointGrab says no images or identifying features are recorded. Instead, each employee is represented as an anonymous(无名的)dot on a dashboard.
“The sensor does respect people's privacy,” Shachar says. “This is extremely important the workspace.”
1. Which world can replace “mounted” in the first paragraph?| A．adapted | B．connected | C．fixed | D．included |
| A．make the best of employees' office space |
| B．keep track of how far apart employees are |
| C．encourage employees to practice social distancing |
| D．monitor people's privacy |
| A．Smart sensors can help save more space. |
| B．People will be warned when they are too closer. |
| C．Smart sensors will be installed in the offices of Facebook. |
| D．People's privacy can be recorded clearly. |
| A．Smart sensors will help maintain social distancing. |
| B．Getting workers back into the office is not easy. |
| C．How an Israeli company develop smart sensors. |
| D．Social distancing is extremely important in the workspace. |
【推荐3】Over the past few years, the amount and types of data available on the Internet and, in particular, the speed at which we can process the data, have increased to an extent few people could have imagined. As a result, many new business models have appeared.
One such model is a large corporation arranging to have another company, often located in a different country, perform essential tasks. This became possible with the growth of reliable and secure communications and the ability to move massive amounts of data over long distances in an instant. A company in the United States, for instance, first scans all its bills, orders, and wage payments into the computer and sends the documents to an accounting center in, say, Costa Rica. Basic accounting activity is then carried out at that site. Next, the data is returned via the Internet to the original company, where high- level analysis is done.
A second model is one in which work is divided into smaller, more specific tasks performed by individuals in different geographical locations. For example, specialists living at a great distance from each other can work together to produce a new semiconductor (半导体) design. A member of the group living in California does some initial work on the project and uploads the result onto a server. A colleague in Japan makes further additions to the design. Next, someone in Israel accesses it and does his/her part of the job. Finally the group member in California downloads it and gives it a final check. Thus, specialists in different parts of the world team cooperate to complete a single project.
Now, more and more people are taking advantage of the career opportunities that the IT Revolution has opened up. In this way, the best talent in the world can be chosen for each task wherever he or she is.
1. What factors are most considered by those companies using the first model?| A．Safety and rapidity. | B．Origin and popularity. |
| C．Location and material. | D．Economy and ecology. |
| A．To set up a pet hospital. | B．To hold the Olympic Games. |
| C．To create a travelling guidebook. | D．To organizing an important exam. |
| A．Simplifying workers' schedules. | B．Increasing the career opportunities. |
| C．Satisfying the demand of customers. | D．Reducing the cost of doing business. |
| A．All the work can be done digitally. |
| B．Doing business relies on location less and less. |
| C．Specialists don't need to go to company. |
| D．The increasing of speed at processing the data is predictable. |
