Some of the best advice I ever heard was: “Get 3 hobbies, one to keep you physically active, one to express yourself creatively, and one to make you social.” I don’t know if that’s a famous quote but it really inspires me.
Set some physical goals for yourself. Maybe it’s running a marathon, maybe it’s lifting your own body weight, maybe it’s riding a unicycle to work every morning.
Finding a hobby is probably the hardest one right now. I would recommend some goal-oriented video games with voice chat. I started playing VR paintball last month, which was incredibly helpful for me. You might also want to look into joining an online Dungeons & Dragons game.
If you get these hobbies started and set personal goals for yourself in each hobby, you’ll soon start feeling more fulfilled.
| A．Find a way to be creative. |
| B．It doesn’t matter what it is. |
| C．Talk to your children about creation. |
| D．It is extremely important to have a clear goal. |
| E．Try to do each hobby for at least 30 minutes a day. |
| F．Just get started and move onto another if you have to. |
| G．You need to find something that requires you to actually talk with others. |
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【推荐1】As a child grows out of being an infant and begins to notice and react to the world around him, you may find yourself wondering how you possibly impart(给予；传授) all of the things that he needs to become a responsible, respectful adult.
Show your child respect. This is perhaps the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child by giving him your full attention and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication.
Agree to disagree.
Control your impulse to overact. When a situation arises between you and your child that requires calmness, keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior.
Praise, praise, praise! So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that the accomplishments are not celebrated enough.
| A．Teach manners by using polite requests and responses. |
| B．Try to remember that a child won't always agree with you. |
| C．Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life. |
| D．If he sees you lose temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future. |
| E．A child may act like he pleases, but will respect being given limits. |
| F．When you see your child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows just how proud you are of him. |
| G．Setting a good example is the best way to start a child on the path to respect |
【推荐2】How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle
You probably more or less know the basics on how to live a healthy lifestyle. Some obvious steps include eating more greens and superfoods and cutting back on sugars and alcohol.
Take time off
You know those vacation days that have been piling up at work? Use them! Or at the very least, take a sick or personal day. Taking time away from work can have both physical and psychological health benefits, including reducing the risk of heart attacks, depression, and stress.
Read anything
Just read. It stimulates the brain and enhances brain function. Reading,
We do almost everything on our phones, computers, TVs, and tablets, so a digital break might seem impossible, but taking time away from it every day is a good thing. It can improve sleep, increase productivity, and deepen your personal connection with those around you. It doesn't have to be a long break, either. 30 minutes is OK.
Stop caring what other people think
It's not worth expending your energy on the opinions of others, especially when they become detrimental to you.
| A．Be true to yourself |
| B．which exercises your brain |
| C．Take a Break From Technology |
| D．Turn Off All Technology Apps |
| E．And when you remember all these things |
| F．But while it's easy to write all these things down |
| G．Further, a little break from your job can actually increase your productivity. |
【推荐3】September is upon us, which means one thing for parents and children alike: term time. Many will be excited to engage in-person, after months of remote learning. Unfortunately,this won't apply to everyone. It's alarming that an estimated 540,000 children will continue to stay at home, due to mental or physical health concerns directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic (流行病）．For those that aren't able to attend classes in person, maintaining some form of connection with their peers is vitally important, both to protect their educational development and to prevent them from becoming isolated(孤独）。
No Isolation, a company that specializes in understanding and reducing the impact of loneliness, has decided to take action. Throughout the summer, No Isolation worked with independent researcher,Henry Peck, to better understand the effect of lockdown on educational and emotional development in school-aged children. They collected responses from some primary and middle school students and found that about 1,320 children, or more than 75% of the surveyed, were more or less lonely during the lockdown.
There is no immediate “fix" for loneliness, but there are steps to be taken to help.Parents need to open up a dialogue around what loneliness is, and what it feels like, so as to stress that feeling lonely is completely normal and a topic that is safe to talk about. For adults, loneliness is a shame, which means that often they are not open enough about it with each other, let alone with their children. Parents need to break the taboo around loneliness by talking and encouraging children to share their emotions.They also need to learn to ask for help. Sometimes these emotions need to be talked through with family or with a professional. Now, more than ever, parents should be listening to children and helping to make sure they are heard when they feel lonely. They are facing the same pandemic,and they deserve all of the help and support they can get.
1. What may prevent many young people returning to school in the coming new term?| A．The interrupted connection with their peers. |
| B．The continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| C．The benefits of remote learning they have ever received. |
| D．The physical and mental impact of the pandemic on them. |
| A．A bad effect of loneliness. |
| B．The large number of students in the UK. |
| C．A worrying common phenomenon. |
| D．The convincing accuracy of the survey. |
| A．By making sure their children feel safe at home. |
| B．By receiving education on what loneliness actually is. |
| C．By talking about the nature of loneliness with their children. |
| D．By opening up a dialogue about their struggle with children. |
| A．Serious consequences of loneliness. |
| B．Effective ways of dealing with loneliness. |
| C．Possible ways of breaking the taboo. |
| D．Great significance of social emotion sharing. |
【推荐1】Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours drawing pictures. When she grew older, the 15-year-old discovered the joy of sewing (缝纫). She says she finds it calming. She started out making small things, like jewelry and soft toys. Over time, she began making clothing. Her love of the creative work led her to open a business. Three Blue Bunnies is the name of her company, which makes what she calls “wearable art.”
“My definition of wearable art is something that makes you feel unique. It’s one of a kind, often handmade,” she explains. She sells her creations in farmers markets and at sales for local churches.
All the pieces Ellie creates are made of used or donated fabrics. She works a lot with jean jackets, renewing them with artistic additions. The process starts with finding cloth material that looks good with the jackets. “Then, I find out the design that works on it through trial and error (反复尝试) or the design comes to me,” she explains.
Elliesharpenedher creative skills at school. Cheryl Crow was one of her teachers early on. Crow calls Ellie “a dream student.” She says Ellie worked hard and made progress. “She was always very creative, but also very kind, helpful to the other students.”
Ellie has many dreams. She wants to be a teacher and to spread the joy of creativity among children. She also dreams her business will grow and become a model for other young people who have a dream they want to come true.
1. What does “wearable art” mean according to Ellie Heath?| A．Something that can be worn. |
| B．Something that is valuable. |
| C．Something that makes you different from others. |
| D．Something that cannot be found anywhere else. |
| A．Creative and determined. | B．Generous and outgoing. |
| C．Warm-hearted and clever. | D．Hard-working and unique. |
| A．All of the cloth comes from donation. |
| B．Ellie got a lot of pleasure from her design. |
| C．It is a piece of cake for Ellie to create a wearable art. |
| D．The process of artistic design is usually not easy. |
| A．Performed. | B．Challenged. |
| C．Improved. | D．Applied. |
【推荐2】Why Drawing is Important for Your Child's Development
One of the first things a child can do is pick up a pencil and start drawing. And as new technologies are becoming much more accessible, they bring with them new ways to learn important creative skills.
Drawing makes children more expressive.
Children can't always express themselves using words and actions. And drawing is another important form of communication. You can understand your child's thoughts and feelings better through their drawings.
Drawing develops your kid's problem solving skills.
When drawing, a child is faced with several decisions — whether it's “What colour should I use here?” or “How do I draw an animal and connect one part of its body to another?”
Each time they draw they access their imagination and make physical representations (再呈现) of what's in their mind. People's imaginations have allowed them to create all of the things that we use and are surrounded by every day.
Drawing gets your kids ready for school.
| A．Drawing makes your kids active physically. |
| B．Drawing lets your kids' imagination run wild. |
| C．Drawing is one of the early basics of thinking. |
| D．Being happy can increase problem solving skills. |
| E．All these questions require them to solve problems. |
| F．We see drawing as one of the most basic of these skills. |
| G．Being able to express what they feel also develops a child's EQ. |
【推荐3】The other day I was going through the airport at Ibiza and getting my Spanish exit stamp—a Brexit benefit or drawback depending on how you feel—and the nice passport lady flicked through (浏览) my passport, seeking a rare empty page, and said: “Wow, you have a lot of stamps.” Like a five-year-old, I practically glowed with pride.
Because I do have a lot of stamps. And sometimes I simply like to look at them. Right now, my passport is so full of stamps it is in danger of filling up. However, there is a fair chance that this won’t happen—not because I have any intention of ceasing my travels, but because most countries are moving on from the era of physical stamps. In future our comings and goings will be monitored digitally—and speedily.
This will, of course, be great for shortening airport queues, but it also means we will kiss goodbye to the romance of the exotic (奇异的) stamp, that reminder of the time we crossed from, say, Chile to Bolivia via the Andes and the salt plains. Or that first time we landed in the USA and got one of the simplest stamps of all. The border officer smiled as he stamped my passport and said: “Welcome to America.”
In my decades of travel, I have acquired some seriously—to my mind—exotic and wonderful stamps: Armenia, Madagascar, Greenland. Some of the smallest countries demand entire pages of your passport—looking at you, Cambodia.
Then there are the special stamps to truly remote destinations. My personal favourite is probably the one I got going into the Republic of Mount Athos in northern Greece. It was magnificently beautiful: the double-headed eagle of Byzantium, returned to life and impressed on my passport pages.
It was certainly more cheerful than the stamp I once got from the British embassy in Bangkok, which arranged for my return to the UK from Thailand after I really misbehaved. That stamp said “Impound (扣留) Passport on Arrival in London”. And so they did.
Yet I miss that stamp too.
1. What does the author think of the shift from physical stamps to digital records?| A．Convenient but romance-reducing. | B．Eco-friendly but culture-erasing. |
| C．Modern but artistically inferior. | D．Cost-efficient but emotionally hurtful. |
| A．Readers. | B．Pages. | C．Cambodia. | D．Stamps. |
| A．To exhibit the extent of his global travels. |
| B．To present a less positive travel experience. |
| C．To highlight his attachment to all his stamps. |
| D．To reflect on his misbehavior and its consequences. |
| A．My Favorite Passport Stamps |
| B．The Beauty of Passport Stamps |
| C．Digital Progress: Passport Stamps at Risk |
| D．Passport Stamps: Bridging Borders and Cultures |
