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We all need to feel understood, recognized and affirmed by our friends, family and romantic partners. We all need to find our tribe.
Research has shown that among the benefits that come with being in a relationship or group, feeling accepted is regarded as the most important driver of meaning. When other people think you matter and treat you as if you matter, you believe you matter, too.
Though we all share a need to belong, in the first decades of the 20th century, many influential psychologists and physicians did not acknowledge this fundamental aspect of human nature. The idea that children needed parental love and care to live a full and meaningful life was not only considered medically dangerous, but also dismissed as immoral and disgusting.
As behavioral psychology came into fashion and academic psychologists turned their attention to child- raising, this view shifted and they began to examine and affirm the vital importance of attachment in early life. They discovered that people, whatever their age, needed more than food and shelter to live full and healthy lives.
But, sadly, many of us lack close ties. At a time when we are more connected digitally than ever before, rates of social isolation are rising. The results of an Age UK poll published recently suggest that half a million people over the age of 60 usually spend each day alone, and it's not unusual for another half a million people to go without someone to speak to for five or six days. All these figures reveal more than a rise in loneliness — they reveal a lack of meaning in people's lives. In surveys, we list our close relationships as our most important sources of meaning. Research shows that people who are lonely and isolated feel their lives are less meaningful.
While close relationships are critical for living a meaningful life, they are not the only important social bonds we need to cultivate. Psychologists have also discovered the value of small moments of intimacy. “High-quality connections”, as one researcher calls them, are positive, short-term interactions between two people when a couple holds hands on a walk or when two strangers have an empathetic(移情作用的) conversation on a plane. High-quality connections have the potential to unlock meaning in our interactions with acquaintances, colleagues and strangers. We can't control whether someone will make a high-quality connection with us, but we can all choose to start one. We can say hello to a stranger on the street rather than look away. We can choose to value people rather than devalue them. We can invite people to belong.
Passage outline | Supporting details | |
The need to belong | *Everyone hopes to develop a *People’s self-respect is | |
The changing | *Many famous experts in the first decades of the 20th century *Experts later came to realize that people, | |
Consequences of | *Many people are cut off from the world and feel *People who do not have enough close relationships find their lives are less | |
Another way to meet the need | *High-quality connections make a *We should | |
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Arrange to sleep uninterrupted in a quiet, dark room. This means you may have to turn off or unplug your phone, hang darkening curtains on the windows or wear a sleep eye mask, and train your family and friends to leave you alone while you sleep.
Fit in a nap（小睡）. When your daytime sleep period is too short, taking a short nap of less than 30 minutes just before work or on a break has been shown to improve alertness and enhance performance.
Develop and follow a sleep routine. It's best if you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day. Try not to vary this too much on weekends. Your body likes routine.
Take extra care to make healthy choices. You may be tempted to reach for unhealthy foods or nicotine to stay awake or alcohol to try to sleep. But ultimately these choices are more harmful than helpful.
If you have tried all these things and are still having problems getting enough quality sleep during the day, talk to your doctor or a sleep specialist. Sometimes medications（药物治疗）may be helpful and safe. In other cases, there may be an underlying sleep disorder that needs to be addressed.
1. The purpose of the text is to .| A．persuade workers to have a god sleep. |
| B．advise night workers to keep healthy |
| C．encourage workers to do day work |
| D．help night workers to sleep well |
| A．A suitable account of alcohol to help sleep. |
| B．A regular life on weekday’s and weekends. |
| C．A dark room without phoebes to sleep in. |
| D．A break for sleeping anytime during the day. |
| A．If he suffers from a sleep disorder for the first time. |
| B．If a good sleep environment is greatly needed for him. |
| C．If he falls to get quality sleep through his own efforts. |
| D．If he has the problem of bailing to sleep in the daytime. |
| A．night workers need a long time to fall asleep |
| B．constant breaks at work help to improve performance |
| C．it is difficult to create a good sleep environment |
| D．night work requires people to adjust their body clocks |
【推荐2】While being in a foreign country may be fun, there is always danger abroad. All visitors from any country should learn what the dangers are in foreign countries and how to protect themselves no matter how sure they are that they are safe. There is always the possibility that something can go wrong, so, as they say, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
Research the country you are going to before you go.
Make three copies of everything before you leave. Make copies of your passport, travel itinerary and tickets, credit cards, driver’s license, and any other important documents.
Keep your personal information secret. No one but you needs to know where you are staying, where you are going, and when you are doing it. No matter how trustworthy a person seems, it’s not important they know your personal information. If somebody asks where you are staying, then lie. When checking in a hotel, don’t say your room number out loud at any time. Ideally, the hotel clerk should be cautious about it.
| A．Safeguard your room. |
| B．Check to see if tap water is safe. |
| C．You should copy the back of everything as well. |
| D．The following tips can make your next foreign trip as safe as possible. |
| E．If you think others heard your room number, simply ask to have it changed. |
| F．The best way of researching is to search on the Internet for legal information. |
| G．If you are quiet and respectful, you are less likely to draw attention to yourself. |
【推荐3】Success is about being able to live a happy and fulfilling life that allows you to be true to who you really are. Do you want to have a successful life or create a life that makes you feel passionate to be alive?
·Believe In Yourself
When you believe in yourself, it fuels your creativity, your ambitions and your motivation to do things.
·Know Your Intention
If your intention is simply rooted in money and fame, chances are that you are never going to truly feel successful.
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Success is all around you and flows through you and the more you can welcome that into your life, the more you will start to feel it. This is a powerful mindset(心态)shift and one that will help you to consist with your ambitions and dreams. Being grateful for the tiniest successes in life will also help you to create more and more success.
| A．Surround Yourself With Success. |
| B．Realize You Are Already Successful. |
| C．The truth is that you are already successful. |
| D．Here are the three things you need to focus on. |
| E．Try taking a few minutes to remember what you are thankful for. |
| F．It also helps you to strengthen your belief to accomplish your desire. |
| G．The feeling of success given through money and fame is only temporary. |
I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say …
“Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities (优先考虑的事).”
He continued, “You see, I sat down one day and did a little math. The average person lives for about seventy-five years. Now then, I multiplied 75 by 52 and I came up with 3,900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. Now stick with (继续倾听……的话) me, Tom. I’m getting to the important part.”
“It wasn’t until I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays that I started thinking about all this in any detail,” he went on. “I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought 1,000 marbles. I took them home and put them inside a large, clear plastic container. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and thrown it away.
“I found that by watching the marbles diminish (变少), I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight.
“It was nice to meet you, Tom. I hope you spend time with your family, and I hope to meet you again.”
You could have heard a pin drop on the radio when the old man signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had panned to work that morning. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. “Come on, honey, I’m taking you and the kids to breakfast. And can we stop at a toy store while we’re out? I need to buy some marbles.”
1. The underlines word “intrigued” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ________”.
| A．encouraged | B．moved | C．worried | D．attracted |
| A．in his twenties | B．in his fifties |
| C．in his seventies | D．in his eighties |
| A．Spending more time with our family. |
| B．Enriching our life with marble games. |
| C．It’s never too late to love our family. |
| D．Learning to live life to the fullest. |
【推荐2】I have just arrived in a country where I don't know the language, where I have no family roots and where I find myself all alone. It may sound frightening. But let me tell you a little secret: it is not.
When you travel abroad by yourself for whatever reason-exchange program, internship, volunteering, or simply as tourist-a- new and fascinating world will open up for you, world you would have never been able to see if you had just stayed at home.
People from a different country are not aliens. They are simply people like you who happened to be born in another region. They have pretty much the same wishes and worries as people from your own country.
I know that you see a lot of news on TV saying terrible things people do all the time. Your family may have spent a great deal of time telling you not to trust strangers. However, when you travel alone you will realize that people are just as good as you. Everyone is just leading their lives, working, studying and having a good time with their friends. Most people will be happy to help you and get to know you.
Maybe in the past when you would need months to travel from one place to another, traveling could be expensive. Nowadays, the world is just so connected that it is perfectly possible to find cheap flights, accommodation for all budgets and cheap and quality food.
You will get lost, but it's fine! I can't even count how many times I didn't know where I was going or how to find the right direction. Everything looks great on Google maps, but sometimes your phone will die or your data will end. Just calm down. Go to a store or stop someone in the street and ask! Or simply walk around and be curious.
1. The first paragraph is written to .| A．encourage people to travel | B．show the advantages of traveling |
| C．introduce the topic of the passage | D．show the difficulty of traveling alone |
| A．almost | B．all | C．only | D．just |
| A．People do terrible things all the time. |
| B．It's dangerous to trust strangers when travelling alone. |
| C．People will always be happy to help you and get to know you. |
| D．People are not so bad as you see on TV or hear in your family. |
| A．most people travel abroad alone as tourists |
| B．travelling abroad is better than travelling at home |
| C．people from a different country are simply people like you |
| D．it's cheaper and easier to travel abroad now than in the past |
【推荐3】No matter what dream you have and how disappointing it might be as you’re working toward that dream, stick to it and make it come true. Some of you already know that it’s tough. It’s hard to make a difference.
There will be plenty of opportunity for self-doubt, 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 on your dreams.
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.
| A．Dreaming is the easy part |
| B．Your dreams never walk away |
| C．Dream big, fight hard and win |
| D．The rough times are going to come |
| E．You must spend more time achieving it |
| F．You feel determined and produce excuses to support the belief |
| G．A breeze of opportunity, along with pleasure, pain, or both, will blow in |
