【推荐1】A British sleep expert, professor Chris Idzikowski, did a research showing that there was some connection between the way people sleep and their personality.

The fetal position

The fetal position gets its name from the shape of a baby in the mother's stomach. It is the most common position in the world. People who sleep in the fetal position tend towards worry and anxiety. They are often shy and sensitive. In the fetal position, a sleeper's body is like a ball as he lies on one side with legs and arms bent. Adults usually sleep in this position.

The starfish position

When sleeping like a starfish, you lie on your back with arms up near the pillow. Sleep scientist Idzikowski says starfish sleepers value friendship. People who sleep in this position are good listeners and quick to help others. If you have a starfish sleeper as a best friend, you’re in luck. Starfish sleepers are great listeners and a source of comfort to others.

The freefall position

In the freefall position, sleepers have their hands on or around their pillows, with their heads turned to one side. Freefall sleepers are social but sensitive and can become upset by extreme situations. They like to be in control of everything around their life. It's all part of their long periods of indecision, but once they make a choice, they stick to it. This position can aid in digestion (消化).

The log position

For those who suffer from back pain, the log position could be helpful for you. Log sleepers have both their arms and legs extended, so their bodies are straight like a log. Log sleepers are very trusting, but are usually social and easy-going individuals. Idzikowski claims that preferring a log position suggests that a person is sociable and can communicate with others easily.

【推荐1】“The mangoes nearly killed us,” said Julie McKenzie with a smile and a celebratory sundowner drink in her hand, (pleasant) recalling the backbreaking 10-hour shifts harvesting tropical fruit in northern Australia.

For the past few weeks, the 60-year-old grandmother has been working alongside her 64-year-old husband, Ian McKenzie, picking grapes in the heat of summer in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.

The couple from the port city of Newcastle, north of Sydney, are grey nomads (游牧民；不断更换工作的人), a growing cohort (一群人) of older Australians who have swapped (交换) the comfort and familiarity of the suburbs for a life on the road following the fruit-picking trail.

The exact numbers of grey nomads crisscrossing Australia (贯穿澳大利亚) are unknown, but academics have estimated there are tens of thousands constantly on the move, and around a quarter of those have sold their homes. For some, trips away can last for a few months, while others travel indefinitely. Unlike itinerant snowbirds (流动的候鸟族) in North America, who travel south in recreational vehicles to escape the winter, Australia’s wandering retirees do it year-round.

“It is quite a phenomenon,” said Tim Harcourt, an economist at the University of New South Wales Business School. “Retired people don’t want to stop working. They want to combine a bit of fruit picking, a bit of leisure and a bit of traveling in their retirement. There is actually a shortage of people needed for fruit picking, so having these experienced workers is a really good thing,” he said.

In other corners of the world, including Spain and Sweden, the fruit picking industry is beset (v.困扰/ adj.充满的) by poor conditions and meager (少的；不足的) wages, and often involves unskilled migrants or illegal immigrants.

Retirees join the fruit picking trail for different reasons. Some do it for a change of lifestyle; some do it to escape boredom. For the McKenzies, a health scare followed by brain surgery prompted (促使) 64-year-old Ian McKenzie to walk away from the pressures of his old life working in logistics in search of something more peaceful. “After about four months (on the road) all the stress seemed to drop away…and we realized that we were free and we could do what we wanted to,” he explained. “We’ll do anything and have done anything.”

【推荐2】For many years people in Estonia have been leaving their rubbish in the forests. Rainer Nolvak, a businessman, and his friends wanted to clean up all the rubbish in Estonia. The rubbish was not just an environmental problem. It was a problem of people’s attitudes. Rainer Nolvak got together with a team of 20 friends and they began to make a plan about how to clean up the rubbish. Soon, over 600 people joined the group.

They named the project Let’s Do It! Estonia. The Ministry of the Environment gave them some support. Many companies joined the group. Famous actors and singers also took part in it. Even the President of Estonia joined. They sent information about Let’s Do It! Estonia throughout the country.

Technology experts developed a special computer program. Team members went into the forests to find where the rubbish was. They used their mobile phones to mark every place where they found rubbish and sent the information to the computer program. Then, the marked rubbish places appeared on the map. Anyone could go on the Internet and see the map.

The team found a surprising result. There were over 10,000 tons of waste in the forests of Estonia. When people saw how much waste was around their own homes, they were shocked. Thousands of people began to help. The team chose May 3, 2008 as the day to clean up the rubbish. On May 3, more than 50,000 people helped to get rid of the rubbish. They cleared out over 10,000 tons of rubbish in only one day!

This was amazing for the environment in Estonia. It was also an important step for Estonian society. Rainer Nolvak gave a speech at a conference in the Balkans. He said, “The most important thing we did was build a team. It changed every one of us. We had to connect with people. We had to see that the rubbish was our problem. At times we were afraid of sharing. When we were together and there were many of us, we were not afraid.”