【推荐2】I don’t know what your dream is. I don’t care how disappointing it might be as you’re working toward that dream. But that dream you’re holding in your mind is possible. Some of you already know that it’s hard. It’s hard to change your life. In the process of achieving your dreams,     1    .

There will be moments when you are going to doubt yourself. You’ll say, “Why? Why is this happening to me?” For those of you who have experienced some hardships , don’t give up your dreams.     2    , but they will not stay, they will come to pass.

Many of you fail to seek your purpose in life. You dream and then follow it up with a list of all the reasons why the dream is unachievable.     3    . Things like these are the true limits you experience in life and they are what you create or what you allow others to lay upon you.

    4    . Acting on the dream is harder. Recognize that a dream is a journey. On the simplest level, it takes commitment, time and courage. But rarely is something great easily realized. Dreaming is recognizing the potential for greatness and seeking it in all areas of your life. Believe in your dreams and your ability to accomplish them. I’m here to challenge you to reach for your dreams. Do not be afraid to dream.     5    !

【推荐3】Confidence is an important element of success. However, as we grow older, we start to lose our confidence because of the life-altering changes we go through. We don’t always have as much of it as we need.     1    

Learn something new and interesting. If you’ve lost your confidence, learning something new and interesting can help you regain your sense of competence. Of course, the key to gaining confidence in something new is to put in the time and practice.     2     The more knowledgeable you become, the more confident you’ll feel contributing to conversations and trying new things.

    3     When we compare ourselves to others, we feel jealousy (嫉妒) toward them. As we experience more of these negative feelings, we also tend to feel worse about ourselves. When you find you don’t have achieved what they do, remind yourself that everyone has their own pace,and life isn’t always a competition.

Surround yourself with positive and supportive people. We should pay close attention to how other people make us feel-if someone always leaves us sad and disappointed after hanging out, then it might be time to separate ways with him.     4     When we have people in our lives who love and support us unconditionally, we feel confident and secure in who we are.

Don’t let perfectionism or your past get in the way. For most people, the pressure to be perfect locks them up and makes them too afraid to even try. In fact, failure isn’t always as bad as you think.     5     It’s crucial to take the first step and just do your best even if’it’s not perfect right away. Learn from past struggles and use them to move forward.

【推荐3】Retail (零售) Shop Supervisor (主管)

Pay: £9.74 per hour, paid weekly

For this 30-hour-a-week position, we need you to be available between 6 am and 7 pm, 5 out of 7 days, sometimes including some weekends. Early & late shifts.

You'll fit right into Greggs as a supervisor if:

You have had some team supervisory experience in a similar customer-focused retail environment.

You are able to stay focused on delivering excellent standards and great products all while keeping an eye on your targets.

What we can offer

As well as a non-stop working environment, and a rewarding feeling of accomplishment and teamwork, we have a whole range of bonuses (奖金) that you can take advantage of.

Career progression and brilliant training programmes.

Employee Staff Discount up to 50% off our food.

Holiday entitlement (津贴) starting at 4. 2 weeks and increasing with service, plus bank holidays (Pro-rata for part time).

If you're interested in progressing within the company, we have some fantastic development programmes for supervisors who are enthusiastic about retail and would like to progress to the shop manager, and we'll support you to maximise your potential.

What you'll do

Supervisors are at the heart and soul of our shops. Working closely with the manager and team, our supervisors make sure our customers have a great visit every time they come into a Greggs shop. As well as some of the more practical tasks such as food prep and keeping the shop clean, you'll also keep your team involved and motivated to deliver the fast and friendly service Greggs is famous for. Our retail supervisors are responsible for managing the shop when the shop manager isn't around; as second in command, supervisors really are our shop managers' right-hand person.

【推荐1】At some point in life, many people develop a mental problem. While most people get over it, for others it doesn’t go away easily.

The WHO says that about 20 percent of teenagers worldwide suffer from mental illness. It’s thought that the number of teenagers with mental illness around the world will increase by half by 2022. It will become one of the main causes of illness, and even death.

In China, the picture isn’t bright, either. About one tenth of teenagers under the age of 17 have a mental health challenge.

The world is changing fast. Study and relationships have always caused stress, but today the stress is much higher than before, the WHO said.

A research centre in Oxford University says that young people today have big stresses at school. For example, they experience bullying. In a 2017 report, the centre noted that the Internet was a special source of stress. Online, young people often see “messages about perfection” and this causes the young “great uncertainty about their futures”, says the centre.

Also, according to China Daily, Chinese people don’t ask for help with their mental problems. They fear that others will think less of them if they say that they are in mental trouble. Elaine Peng, a US mental health educator, makes a similar point. And in the UK, over three quarters of young people believe their mental problems have a social stigma. It is reported in 2017 that a quarter of young UK people wouldn’t ask for help if they developed a mental problem.

Young people who don’t ask for help for their condition may be creating problems for themselves in the future. Elaine Peng warned that, “If we hide our mental health, it may remain a problem forever.”

“My message for young people is, if you feel something is wrong within you—ask for help,” he told China Daily.

【推荐2】A University College London modeling report looked at urban car use to conclude that cities have to become car-free to survive. The study notes the number of cars is actually increasing faster than the population — in 2019, 80 million cars were built while the population increased by 78 million. The production of these cars were responsible for 4% of global carbon dioxide emissions. That’s bigger than aviation and almost as big as the steel and concrete industries, and that’s before you even fuel or charge them up.

The study authors construct a mathematical model where time is money, and residents choose between driving their cars and taking public transport on the basis of the time it takes to do the trip. It turned out that the more people who decide that driving is faster, the more crowded the roads, and the longer the trip takes.

One solution is to build more transit or bike lanes and reduce traffic lanes and parking to get more people out of cars. This would make it faster for everyone. But this is hard to do. The rapid growth of the urban population, land use policies, and the expansion of suburban areas make it impossible to walk or ride a bike to and from the office. It’s also economically costly to introduce efficient public transport with high frequency and within easy walking distance.

There was a report coming from London showing there are incredible battles over every effort to calm streets and reduce traffic. It’s got to the point where the drivers claim they actually represent disabled people who have to drive, businesses that need customers who drive, and poor people who have to breathe the exhaust. It’s all upside down.

In the press release, Dr. Humberto Gonzalez Ramirez said, “Currently, much of the land in cities is dedicated to cars. If our goal is to have more liveable and sustainable cities, then we must take part of this land and allocate it to alternative modes of transportation: walking, cycling, and public transport.”

【推荐3】The 4 movies released in April

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

In the third of five planned Fantastic Beasts films, Albus Dumbledore and New Scamander fight with the dark forces of Gellert Grindelwald in the 1930s. Several scenes are set at Hogwarts, so they could reproduce some of the old magic.

It was released on 15 April in the US and Canada.

Petite Maman

The heroine of Petite Maman is eight-year-old Nelly. After her grandmother’s death, Nelly plays in the woods near her mother’s childhood home, and meets Marion. They play together every day. This astonishingly insightful and heartbreakingly hopeful cinematic poem will pierce your heart, broaden your mind and delight your soul, even as you wipe away tears.

It was released on 22 April in the US.

Downton Abbey: A New Era

BBC Culture’s Caryn James enjoyed the “elegance and glittering production values” of the first Downton Abbey film, which was released in 2019. This film is the sequel (续集) of it.

It was released on 29 April in the UK and Ireland.

Operation Mincemeat

This stranger-than-fiction film tells the story which happened during World War Ⅱ. It sounds like the plot of a far fetched espionage (间谍) novel rather than a real-life story, because one of the officers behind the plan was Lieutenant Commander Ian Fleming, later the author of the James Bond novels.

It was released on 15 April in the UK and Ireland.