【推荐3】As teenage students, you may feel stressed in the holidays for many reasons. Whatever the season is, it’s important for you to take care of your mental health. Here are a few suggestions to consider.

    1     Staying physically healthy is your best defense against holiday stress. You should keep your good habits as usual. Do play a variety of sports, but make sure to drink enough water after exercise. Try eating a balanced diet every day. Don’t overeat or fill up on sweets at party dinners.

Calm your mind. Buying something simple and inexpensive with your family will help you have peace of mind through the holidays when you’re shopping for goods.     2    You can also color or draw with him or her to deal with stress and improve mental health during the holidays.

Practise gratitude. Having gratitude means expressing thanks for what is good in your life. Remember to often show your thanks. Before meals, give thanks to the one who cooks them. Give thanks even if that person is you.     3     When you practise gratitude, you may also spread it. That way, your mind will be at peace.

Make time for joy. What kind of things can bring you joy? Washing clothes for your parents, looking after your relatives, or volunteering in your community is an effective way. Even delivering a plate of cookies to a neighbor is a choice.     4    

Make time for yourself. Maybe you need time for yourself after being with family for a long time.     5     Even a little break can make a big difference when it comes to reducing stress.

【推荐1】Dutch “Jogger Jo” breaks over-70s record on his 75th sub-three-hour marathon

At 70 when many of people are winding down, Jo Schoonbroodt is somehow speeding up. On Sunday, Schoonbroodt, a 71-year-old from Maastricht, ran a marathon in a staggering 2 hours 54 minutes and 19 seconds to become the fastest septuagenarian(七十至八十岁的) in history.

“I only started jogging at 36 because my doctor told me I had high cholesterol,” he says. With a few miles remaining, he knew he was just ahead of the previous best, set by Gene Dykes in 2018, because a friend was following him on his bike and barking out his lap times. But his legs were starting to get heavier. “However, my friend had a special trick to keep me on track,” said Schoonbroodt, “He put Eddy Wally’s song Chérie, Chérie on his phone on repeat. I’ve always loved it. It gave me a boost. I overtook one runner after another and, despite getting cramp in the final 500 meters, I was able to break the record by four seconds.”

Schoonbroodt often runs at nine or 10-minute mile pace, far slower than the 6:38-minute miles he ran for 26.2 miles to set his world record, but he says the key thing is he listens to his body. “A lot of people follow a training plan or coach and push on even when their body is saying: ‘No, this is not a good day to do it,’” he says. “the key thing is he listens to his body”.

Being a late bloomer, he believes, has actually helped him because he himself never had to worry about chasing faster times of his youth. While Schoonbrodt’s achievements are exceptional, he is not the only old master to defy conventional wisdom.

What might explain this phenomenon? John Brewer, a sports scientist at the University of the West of Scotland, points out. “Compared to 40 years ago, the advances in nutrition, recovery and technology all mean that it is more possible for people in their 60s and 70s to produce good performance if they follow the right training,” he said.

【推荐3】Over the last two decades, humankind has created a vast mobile network enabling people to share information at unprecedented(前所未有的)rates, discovered water on Mars, engineered cars that run on hydrogen(氢), etc. So many achievements have there been, in fact, that most go unnoticed by the general population. It is only when a family member needs a heart transplant that you come to learn about the possibility of someone building a heart for them.

In September, British mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah claimed to have solved the Riemann Hypothesis, a complex mathematical equation(数学方程式)that has puzzled some of the world’s brightest minds for 160 years. ”What is the Riemann Hypothesis and why should I care?“ you ask. Frankly speaking, I don’t understand it, and I don’t think I ever will. But I am sure that its applications for advancement in science and technology will be significant. The fact of the matter is that individuals or teams can spend years or even decades working on maths problems that they may never solve. They do so not only because of the rewards that might be available, but also because it is a worthy goal. Most of the world will not understand what these individuals do, but our lives would be very different if nobody ever sought to challenge themselves and take on crazy projects.

I admire a man named Jiro Ono, owner and chef of arguably the most famous sushi restaurant in Japan. Jiro became a qualified sushi chef in 1951, nearly 70 years ago. Today, at the age of 92, he is still looking for ways to improve upon his craft. Many would think that after doing something for that long, they have nothing else to learn, but Jiro puts that notion to shame. Every day, he stands behind the counter and experiments with food in his pursuit of perfection.

In life, just about every corner you turn, you can find areas to improve upon. Medical researchers look for ways to cure cancer; basketball players practice hard to become the next Michael Jordan; scientists experiment with alternative fuels to help the environment. Most of us have not been tasked with progressing in a certain way yet, but what all of us should be doing is seeking to improve ourselves for the good of ourselves or for the good of others.