【推荐1】How to Keep Calm Under Pressure

Exam pressure, job interviews and public speeches can all make you feel rather nervous-your heart’s racing, your voice sounds strange and your mind goes empty.     1     Here are three easy and effective tips that can help you keep calm.

    2     Take a deep breath through your nose for five seconds, hold it for a second, then push all the air out through your nose, slowly, counting to five. Repeat a few times and you'll feel calmer. By breathing deeply and slowly, you can change the message your brain's receiving from “danger” to “all is well”.

Second, try humming (哼曲子).     3     Studies in how we control heart rate have shown that humming can affect one of the most important parts of the body: the vagus nerve (交感神 经), which is like a superhighway of communication, connecting the brain to the heart, lungs and stomach, voice box, ears, and so on. So the next time you feel your heart racing, sing a song or just hum a note.

The final tip is to focus. When you are busy, you wish to do several things at the same time, but if you want to stay calm and actually get things done, don't.     4     When you do two things at once, it has to change between them very rapidly and floods your body with stress hormones (荷尔蒙). So break your task down into small parts or steps, circle the one thing you need to do next and forget about the other tasks until their time comes.     5    

A．Why are you so nervous?

B．What can you do to help?

C．It will make things worse.

D．Only a single note or a song will do.

E．First, slow your breathing way down.

F．This method is used by sports coaches to help athletes focus.

G．Studies show that your brain can only do one thing at a time.

【推荐3】Fishing is a great family sport，and a fun summertime activity.     1    . If you have never fished before it can seem very complicated. Expert fishers know when and where to find certain fish and the best technique to catch each fish. Expert knowledge comes from years of experience.    2    .

As a beginner you will want to use a technique called“Bait(鱼饵)Fishing”. This type of fishing is probably the easiest technique for catching fish. You will need some basic fishing equipment，which you can get at almost any outdoor gear store. You will have to have a rod and fishing line，hooks，some bait and if you are planning on keeping the fish，you will need something to store the fish.

The best way to learn how to fish is to learn from someone who already knows，so when planning your fishing trip，be sure to bring along someone who has fished before.     3    ，you will need to decide where to go fishing. Probably for the first time you will want to go to a local lake，where the water is calm and there are plenty of fish. You should also try to research the different types of fish that live in the place you decide to fish，so you know what types of bait they like to eat and what you want to do with the fish once you have caught it.

    4    ，you probably want to clean the fish，then store it before continuing fishing. If you want to release the fish，be extra careful when removing the hook，so it doesn’t get hurt too badly，then gently hold the fish in the water and allow it to swim away out of your hands.

    5     Take some time to learn from an expert and you will be able to catch all types of fish using a wide variety of methods.

A．If you want to keep the fish

B．After you have decided to go fishing

C．Once your hook and bait is in the water

D．Now you have a very basic understanding of fishing

E．There are many different species of fish and types of fishing

F．Here are a few simple and basic fishing tips to get you started

G．At this point you will need to determine if you want to keep the fish

【推荐1】Literary cities for book lovers to visit in the UK

The UK claims a rich   literary heritage, with cities packed with bookshops, literary landmarks and cafes. If you love books, try one of these city breaks.

1. York

Earning a amazing “bookspiration” score of 9.4/10, York has claimed the title of the best UK city for book lovers. Claiming the highest number of reading spots per100,000 people among all cities analyzed, York makes the literary lovers find it a best choice.

Top reading spot: Museum Gardens

2. Bath

Bath comes second, receiving a final “bookspiration” score of 8. 1/10.

Beyond its lots of quiet reading spots (more than 7 libraries and 16 bookshops per 100,000 people), the city offers enough green spaces, perfect for readers. A dream place for those who are fond of Jane Austen, it hosts the Jane Austen Festival in September every year, featuring a series ofexperiences and leaving deep impression.

Top reading spot: Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights

3. Belfast

In third place is Belfast, scoring 7.3/10. The Northern Irish city boasts 18 libraries and 55 charming bookshops to choose from. With an average Google rating of 4.71/5 — the highest of all cities analyzed, Belfast also has a increasing bookish culture as it plays host to an book festival attracting the nation’s biggest bookworms.

Top reading spot: Cave Hill

4. Bristol

Known as the hipster (潮人) capital of the UK, Bristol (6.8/10) secures fourth place to be a literary lover’s paradise. With bookshops from independent to second-hand (over 17 bookshops per 100,000 people), the lively South West city makes a perfect place for book-shopping.

Top reading spot: Hatter House Café

1. What is Bath special for?

A．Being a noisy place for book lovers.

B．Receiving the lowest score of the four.

C．Holding a festival for Jane Austen yearly.

D．Offering enough reading spaces for readers.

2. Which spot is best for readers in the South West city?

A．Museum Gardens.	B．Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights.
C．Cave Hill.	D．Hatter House Cafe.

3. Where can the text be found?

A．In a travel guide.	B．In a history book.
C．In a news report.	D．In an art magazine.

【推荐2】While you’re grounded and social distancing, you can still travel the world through the pages of these novels whose setting is often the main character. Whether going back in time to Cartegna, Colombia in “Love in the Time of Cholera” or getting lost on a remote volcanic Russian peninsula in “Disappearing Earth”, these books will transport you all around the globe.

1. ‘Snow Falling on Cedars’ by David Guterson

Puget Sound, Washington

While San Piedro is a fictional island in the real life San Juan Islands off Washington, the location of this haunting mystery is believed to be based on Bainbridge Island, which is more to the south in Puget Sound. But for anyone who’s been to these Pacific Northwest islands and experienced their pine and cedar forests and quiet harbors, the book’s description of San Piedro rings true: “a brand of green beauty that inclined its residents toward the poetical.”

2. ‘Disappearing Earth’ by Julia Phillips

Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

This detective fiction’s main character is Kamchatka, the remote Siberian peninsula full of unique

characters who reveal the ethnic and cultural conflicts of the region, all connected by a crime.

3. ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Cartagena, Colombia

Although the location of the book goes unnamed, it’s generally accepted that Marquez’s hometown was the inspiration for this story of unrequited love. The film adaptation was shot within the walls of the Old City.

4. ‘Florida’ by Lauren Groff

Florida

Storms, snakes, sinkholes and stories? Welcome to Florida. The fantastical tales in this collection span centuries, characters and towns, but all take place in the Sunshine State. You’ll be swept up in a wild hurricane of a ride with these lyrical stories of anger and love, loss and hope.

1. The text is especially helpful for those who ________.

A．are fond of traveling	B．are afraid of working
C．are eager to read	D．are happy to be grounded

2. Which of the following is an imaginary place?

A．San Piedro.	B．Puget Sound.
C．San Juan Islands.	D．Bainbridge Island.

3. Which book will you choose if you like the stories in the Sunshine State?

A．Snow Falling on Cedars

B．Disappearing Earth

C．Love in the Time of Cholera

D．Florida

【推荐3】PICKS OF THE DAY

Music: Crossfire Hurricane, BBC 4, 9 p.m.

It is a documentary that traces the eventful first 20 years of one of Britain’s most successful rock bands, The Rolling Stones. Featuring never-before-seen interviews, this 2012 film records the group’s early years through to 1981. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor recollect key moments, including the infamous Altamont concert and the recording of cassis album Exile On Main Street.

Film: The Girl In The Spider’s Web, Film 4, 9 p.m.

Swedish hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by computer genius Frans Balder to retrieve (找回) Firefall, a programme capable of accessing the world’s nuclear codes, which he developed for the National Security Agency. Though Salander manages to find Firefall, problems arise when Russian criminals steal her laptop. It’s not long before Salander is fighting for her life against enemies. Thriller, starring Claire Foy, Sylvia Hoeks and Stephen Merchant.

Travel: Kate Humble’s Coastal Britain, C5, 8 p.m.

Kate Humble’s starting point for the latest leg of her journey is the picturesque village of Alnmouth, once a leading grain port in the 18th century. Today, it’s known for its colourful houses and a sweep of sandy beach where Kate meets a former GP, Claire, who uses the sand to create temporary large-scale artworks and portraits, which are visible for only a few hours before the tide (潮水) sweeps them away.

Gardening: Monty Don’s Adriatic Gardens, BBC 2, 8 p.m.

The presenter begins the latest leg in the city of Trieste, near Italy’s border with Croatia. He visits a public garden created by an obsessive royal plantsman more than 150 years ago, which is now being carefully restored. Monty then heads down the Adriatic coast through Croatia to pick up the trail that the Venetians followed. The green-fingered expert ends his journey on the island of Lopud, near Dubrovnik.

1. Which channel will you choose if you are a fan of Claire Foy?

A．C5.

B．Film 4.

C．BBC 4.

D．BBC 2.

2. Who can use the sand to create artworks?

A．Kate.

B．Claire.

C．Mick.

D．Monty.

3. What is the text probably taken from?

A．A film review.	B．A textbook.
C．An advertisement.	D．A travel brochure.