【推荐1】Regardless of where you are going, travelling can be quite exciting. Just plan your trip well, and it should be enjoyable. Before you leave, get all the right paperwork in order. Also, keep these tips in mind.

Consider your food allergies(过敏), if you have them, when you are travelling to foreign countries. The more severe your food allergies are, the more important it is to learn key food terms in the local language. This way you can be sure to alert wait staff of your allergies to specific foods and, in the worst situation, be able to inform medical professionals of your condition.

Write down all the important information you will need when going overseas. Addresses, phone numbers, names of hotels and attractions you’re visiting should all be listed. You will need to contact the embassy if you have any trouble. This will be handy should you have difficulties.

When travelling around other countries, beware of fraudulent taxis. Be certain that the taxi is a real taxi before you enter the car. Anybody can add a taxi sign to their car, but they might not be legal.

For extra safety when staying in a hotel, bring a door stopper with you. When you are on the road in countries with little or no development, you want some more security with you in the room while sleeping. If there’s no deadbolt or chain behind the door, put a small, wedge doorstop under the room door before you go to bed.

To keep travelling expense within budget, try making them as far ahead as you can. With so many physical memories available for purchase when you travel, one fact is always true. The sooner you buy them, the cheaper they will be. If you don’t shop at the last minute, you can extend your travel much more.

Take your hotel’s business card and put it in your wallet or purse. This one little item can save you and get you back to where you need to be in case you get lost in a foreign land. This is particularly true if you don’t know the language very well.

When you travel, try your best to educate your family as much as you can along the way. Travelling to foreign lands provides you with an ideal opportunity to teach your children about the workings of the world beyond your own country, and, with just a few sensible precautions, it is also completely safe. The best way to foster tolerance for other cultures in your children is to spend time in other countries with them.

【推荐2】Work-Life Balance

Many articles are focused on the importance of work-life balance. Below are some suggestions mentioned frequently.

Decide on priorities(优先的事物).     1     You do not need to do everything in one night. Prioritize what needs to be done early in the week and what can be done later. If you are focusing on a few projects, you will do a better job on each assignment.

Don't be an over-achiever. Being an all-around person is good. However, you do not need to be the captain of the football team, the lead in each activity and the employee of the month.       2     And at the same time get your work done and have time to relax or hang out with friends.

    3     If there's an activity that no longer brings you joy, think about whether you really want to continue pursuing it. It's hard to let go of something you've invested in for years, but if it has become a burden with little return for you, it's time to give it uр.

Take care of yourself.     4     Do not sacrifice(牺牲) your health because you are too busy to take care of yourself. A combination of a healthy diet, regular exercise and plenty of sleep helps you relieve stress.

Schedule time for relaxation. Set aside half an hour a day to do something that just makes you feel good. Read a book or a favorite magazine, take a walk or ride your bike.     5    

【推荐2】The chicken or the egg—which came first? It's probably one of the most commonly cited paradoxes — a chicken hatches from an egg, so the egg came first, right? But then what laid the egg? The two ideas seem contradictory, and that's exactly what a paradox is — a problem that seemingly has no definitive solution and can 't be logically solved.

And paradoxes don't just exist in philosophical debates but also in our daily lives. How can work be flexible but maintain structure? How can we switch off if we're working from home? Two contrasting ideas could cause people stress, but what if we accept the contradiction and change the way we look at it? This is what some experts call the 'paradox mindset'.

A paradox consists of two realities that exist at the same time—even though that seems impossible. If you embrace just one of those realities and ignore the other, it can cause problems. For example, embracing change may lead to burn—out, while embracing stability may lead to boredom. Some experts have found the acceptance of both realities and a willingness to embrace them can improve both creativity and productivity by allowing you to navigate a path through the contradictions.

A 1996 study of geniuses by Albert Rothenberg found that those thinkers spent time considering opposites and antitheses. Consider Einstein. The theory of relativity was born out of the paradox that something could be moving and stationary at the same time depending on perspective.

So, having a 'paradox mindset' and accepting the bigger picture may help you to better understand problems. It could also make you happier knowing that contradictions exist. As a result, it may lead you to improving your productivity and creativity. If it worked for Einstein, maybe it could be good for you too!

【推荐3】Electric vehicles（EVs）are a strong weapon in the world' s efforts against global warming. But the effects of EVs depend on which country you are in.

The Radiant Energy Group（REG）tried to learn the difference in gas emissions（排放）caused by a gasoline vehicle and from charging an electric vehicle. The study compared statistics on the emissions caused by charging a Tesla Model 3 to drive 100 kilometers with those on the emissions coming from an average gasoline car driven the same distance.

Countries where charging an electric vehicle is cleaner than driving a gasoline-powered car use a lot of hydroelectric, nuclear or solar power.

Sales of electric cars are rising the fastest in Europe. Data from the REG suggests that EVs in Poland and Kosovo actually create more carbon emissions because their electric systems depend so much on coal. In other European countries, however, EVs result in reduced carbon emissions.

The countries with the biggest carbon gas savings from EVs use a lot of nuclear and hydroelectric power. First was Switzerland at 100 percent carbon savings over gasoline vehicles. Next was Norway at 98 percent, France at 96 percent, Sweden at 95 percent and Austria at 93 percent. The research was based on public data on Europe's electricity usage and the European Environment Agency（EEA）.

The countries which showed the lowest savings were Cyprus at 4 percent, Serbia at 15 percent, Estonia at 35 percent and the Netherlands at 37 percent.

Germany and Spain create a lot of electricity from the sun and wind. But the sun and wind do not add to a country's electricity system equally throughout the day. For this reason, the amount of carbon emissions saved by driving an EV depends on the time of day it is being charged. Charging in the afternoon, when there is more sun and wind, saves 16 to 18 percent more carbon, which means the best. At night, electricity systems are more likely to be using gas or coal.

Automakers including General Motors, Stellantis and Volkswagen have set targets to sell mainly electric vehicles in Europe in the coming years. U.S. car company General Motors says it will have all new electric cars by 2022.