【推荐2】Exercise and healthy eating go together to produce a healthy lifestyle! Many of us have internal (内心的) ________ why we can’t do either one! We have all once felt ________ for planning an activity but failing in the end! We are busy. We don’t have time to drive to the ________, the weather is too bad for that promised walk, and it’s too hot or cold out, or any other number of excuses!

The good news is that any exercise helps increase our ________. Fifteen minutes of activity a day, or 90 minutes per week, is enough to cut your risk of death by 14%, compared to ________ people. That is a healthy ________ to develop.

Please take the time to add ________ to your life. Start slow, if you are out of shape. You do not need to be a (n) ________ sportsperson. Fast walking is enough to help control diabetes (糖尿病)! ________ by adding a 10-minute walk to your daily life! Even adding 5 minutes to your walk each week can make a(n) ________ difference.

Try to ________ for at least 30 minutes per day. You can break it up into three 10-minute ________ if you need to. It all makes ________. Just get moving! Moreover, some apps on your phone can help ________ your steps. You do not need an expensive gym membership either. To ________ your health, just walk out the door!

【推荐3】Children are naturally curious beings, but getting them to study something they aren’t interested in can be a difficult task. Teachers often find themselves trying to reward in the _______ of stars or threat of punishment. But what if rewards and threats aren’t the _______?

Natural curiosity is sometimes referred to as “internal motivation”. Studies have found that children who see learning as _______ and important are better at it. And it’s easy to understand why — it’s difficult to study something we aren’t _______.

External motivation, things like rewards and punishment, does have its _______ too. Motives for achieving good grades or fear of being punished have been _______ to benefit older students. However, it seems that at an early age, it doesn’t have as much effect. So for this group, how can we stimulate that _______?

According to some experts, the key is to _______ some degree of freedom. Let the child see their learning as their _______ will. If you want to teach a child to read, let them choose which book they use. Whether it’s a comic book or classic literature — the aim of stimulating their desire for reading is still ________. Likewise, ________ a relationship with them as learners — listen to their negative feelings. Explain why an activity is valuable, even if it isn’t ________ fun.

So it seems that the most ________ way of motivating children, especially the young ones, might ________ stimulating that internal motivation. Maybe it’s time to release them from the reigns of threats and rewards, and give them a bit more ________ of how they learn.

【推荐1】A hundred years ago, the largest city in the world was London, with a population of 6.5 million. Today it is beaten by Tokyo. With barely a quarter the population of London a century ago, the Tokyo metropolitan area has since ______ to 34 million, promoting it to first place in the global city league table. Tokyo’s phenomenal growth is largely due to a single factor: migration from the countryside to the city.

This ______ migration can now be seen in scores of cities around the globe. And it has brought us to a crucial moment in human history. In 1990, most people lived in the countryside, with a little over 10 percent of the world’s population living in ______. From next year, the UN Population Division predicts that for the first time in history, more people will live in cities than in the country, and the biggest growth will be in “mega-cities,” with populations over 10 million.

The ______ of mega-cities - there are now 20 in total - has brought with it huge environmental and social problems. Cities occupy just two percent of the land surface of the Earth but consume three-quarters of the resources that are used up each year. Their residents are making ruinous ______ on soils and water supplies for food and on forests for wood and paper.

______ the world’s population to the countryside isn’t an option. Dividing up the planet into plots of land on which we could all survive self-sufficiently would create its own natural disasters, not to mention being highly unlikely to ever ______. If we are to protect what is left of nature, and meet the demand to improve the quality of living for the world’s developing nations, a new form of city living is the only option. ______, governments, planners, architects, and engineers are beginning to wake up to this idea, and are dreaming up new ways to green the mega-cities. Their approaches ______ two main principles: recycle whatever possible and remove as many cars as possible. So as well as developing energy-efficient buildings, emphasis is being placed on increasing the use of ______ and redesigning how cities are organized to integrate work and living areas into a single neighborhood, rather than ______ cities into residential, commercial, and industrial zones.

Planners and architects now agree that to improve the social and environmental condition of cities the top ______ is to cut car use. They say zero-emission cars running on electricity or burning hydrogen are not ______. What is needed is a wholesale rethink of how new cities are laid out — and how existing ones expand — to ______ the need for cars in the first place. One way of achieving this is to build cities with multiple centers where people live ______ their work in high-rise blocks that are also near public transport hubs. In parts of the world this is already taking place.

【推荐2】Imagine your favourite song. Now________the way it makes you feel. Chances are, if you asked a friend how that same song made them feel, they would have the same ________.

Alan Cowen wanted to know whether people who lived in ________ countries would respond that way, too. He thought it was ________that music Americans consider angry would be considered scary by people who lived somewhere else.

Cowen is a researcher. He ________ a study of more than 2500 people in the United States and China. He and his fellow researchers________them many kinds of music.

They found that everyone had pretty much the same________response to the music. For example, “The Star-Spangled Banner” made people feel pride, ________Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” made them feel joyful. But even though people in China and the United States felt angry while listening to a________song, says Cowen. “They differed in whether they thought that________was good or bad.”

Past research by other scientists has shown that people across cultures________as many as six basic emotions: fear, anger, surprise, disgust, sadness and happiness. But Cowen’s study identified motional responses or ________ “felt through the language of music”. Perhaps coolest of all, the researchers ________an interactive map of those musical emotions.

Teachers around the world are using this map in their________. It is helping students find newwords to describe their emotions. This ability could help them control their own emotions or better ________ other people’s feelings.

【推荐3】Ollivier Jean-Baptiste, 25, a vlogger from France living in China, delivered a speech on the latest episode (电视剧集) of the China Daily Youth Power series. The episode, named “Timeless Tales from China”, was _______ on Jan 30.

In his speech, titled “Bridging Cultures: A Personal _______ from France to China”, He spoke about his _______ impressions of China. Just like his family and friends, he saw China as a distant and _______ place with a culture entirely different from France and other Western countries.

“My wife took me to see the flag-raising _______ in Tian’ anmen Square. Witnessing countless young people rushing _______ the flag, I was deeply moved. It’s a country of strength, unity, and love,” he said.

When Jean-Baptiste visited his Chinese wife’s hometown for the first time, he couldn’t speak much Chinese. He felt the warmth of home in a foreign country and was _______ to live in China, he said. All of these experiences made Jean-Baptiste eager to _______ different aspects of Chinese culture. He visited many tourist _______ in China. When he returned to France for vacation and ________ photos of his travels and life in China with his family, they were also excited.

________ his fantastic personal experiences in China, Jean-Baptiste noticed that friendly interactions between the two countries are ________. After learning about the 15-day visa-free travel from France to China, his family and friends couldn’t wait to ________ their trip to China. “I’m overjoyed to __________ them during the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations, showcasing China’s modern development and rich history,” he said. “I may be just an ordinary person with __________ influence, but everyone can be a cultural ambassador.”