【推荐2】Say Goodbye to Post-holiday Syndrome

You’ve spent countless days waking up late, enjoying watching your favorite TV shows and lying on the beach.    1     It’s time to go back to work. Here are some tips to make the shift from vacation to work smoother.

Tidy up your work-space first.

Chances are you’ll be greeted by piles of unopened mail, files, and other office items sitting on your desk.    2     The longer you wait, the more likely these items will be sitting around your desk later in the week.

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You may feel the urge to work on three different things at the same time in order to catch up on work. However, this is not the most efficient approach. Instead, you should make a point to focus your mind and to only work on one item or task at a time.

Remove unnecessary distractions.

It’s incredibly important to get serious about cutting out obvious distractions. This way, you can catch up on things efficiently without being bothered every five minutes.    4    

Make plans to enjoy yourself the first week back.

    5     Scheduling a lunch date or two with friends can make the week back seem a bit less painful. Treat yourself to your favorite drink at the local cafe during your coffee break.

It may take several days for you to finally get readjusted and that’s perfectly fine. Stay calm, focused and relaxed. You’ll be back to your old routine at work before you know it.

A．Do one thing at a time.

B．Make a list of tasks based on their importance.

C．Then you suddenly come to an uncomfortable realization.

D．So it’s a good idea to pay less attention to these items.

E．You’re back at work, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself.

F．Rather than ignoring these items, take a few minutes to process them.

G．Switch off your cell phone, and close out of any social media accounts.

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

As a father who works outside the home, I recognize that it is easy for me to get caught up in stress at work. Indeed, sometimes it is difficult to turn off my work focus and turn on my family focus so that I can come home and be the loving husband my wife needs and the playful father my kids want.    1    . Good fathers provide stability and strength to the family. As fathers, we do not let the pressures and worries of work get in the way of being there for our kids.    2    

1.     3    It doesn’t need to be a lot of time, but if you are able, have one-on-one time with each of your kids.

2. Be goofy（滑稽的）with your kids. The more voices you do, the more expressive you are when you play with them, the more they will feel your love and your acceptance of them.

3. Spend time reading to them. Allow your kids to choose a book and spend time reading some of it to them before bed. The more effort you put into it the more they will feel your love.     4    .

As a therapist（临床医学家）who works with children and their families, I have noticed that the better the relationship that a father has with his child, the more influence that father will have on his child. As fathers work on developing a strong link with their kids through positive interactions, they can have a positive effect in the lives of their children.     5    

A．Fathers have such an important and irreplaceable role in the family.

B．Sometimes books can help you deal with children.

C．Reading stories is an excellent time for dads to practice voice imitations.

D．Here are some thoughts to help fathers keep their little ones in mind.

E．As a father he must involve hardships in all his life.

F．And the confidence can give their children a great advantage to succeed in the future.

G．Make a plan to spend time each day with your kids.

【推荐2】If this time last year you had told me that an exercise bike would save me, I’d have insisted you were wrong. I’d have protested that I’m not an athlete by any stretch. My coordination is lacking, my endurance is spotty (时好时坏的) and my speed is set squarely (干脆地) on tortoise.

In Grade 7, my physical education teacher watched me, eyebrow raised, as I tried to jump up and touch a marker on the wall. “You’re doing pretty well in my class,” he said, “for someone with no ability at all.”

In high school, I wasn’t suitable for a single team. I was bookish and slow, and that self-image (of being better suited to quiet reading and leisurely walks) remained with me for my entire life.

I discovered running in my 20s, and I enjoyed the feeling of quiet accomplishment — without the fear of letting down teammates. I tried yoga and enjoyed strength training classes, but I always prioritized mental pursuits over physical ones.

It was my mental wellness that finally forced me to rethink my fitness. This winter, I found myself bowing under the weight of exhaustion. I knew something had to change. I needed an outlet to release the tension of months of video conferencing, on-and-off solo parenting and virtual school. A run with my daughter wasn’t going to cut it.

I settled on an exercise bike with a big screen and the promise of life-changing results. Since early March, I’ve hardly missed a day on my bike. I’m not the fastest. But I’m finally learning that movement isn’t necessarily about athleticism (运动才能). More than anything, it’s about feeding your mind. It’s the feeling of accomplishment when you finish something hard outside of your comfort zone.

A handful of people will find glory in athleticism. For the rest of us, the reward is more personal: better sleep, improved mood and boosted confidence. I’m not destined (注定的) for the Olympics. But this was never about ability. That’s what I wish my gym teacher had told me.

If only he’d said, “You’re doing really well in my class. Look at your determination.”

1. Why didn’t the author exercise before her 20s?

A．She had no athletic talent.

B．She thought little of physical pursuits.

C．She focused on academic performance.

D．She wasn’t accepted by a single sports team.

2. What motivated the author to transfer her attention to physical exercises?

A．Her fear of getting sick.

B．Her daughter’s suggestions.

C．Her longing to let go of pressure.

D．Her desire to get out of her comfort zone.

3. What happened after the author rode her exercise bike?

A．She discovered her athleticism.

B．She quickly improved her cycling skills.

C．She gained a sense of accomplishment.

D．She was praised by her gym teacher.

4. What does the author think is most important about exercise?

A．Ability.

B．Confidence.

C．Strength.

D．Strong will.

【推荐3】In the past 70 years, physical activity in America has transformed from a necessity of daily life into an often-expensive leisure(闲暇)activity, and has reformed itself as the basis of people's social position."In the 1950s and 1960s, the body became a problem, and exercise developed — it had to develop-because people realized that we were all going to die of heart attacks," Shelly McKenzie, the author of Getting Physical： The Rise of Fitness Culture in America, told me.

With new middle-class needs coming into new marketing, Jack LaLanne^!s instructional exercise TV show introduced much of the country to the active pursuit of physical fitness in 1951, paving the way for workout tapes from fitness superstars such as Richard Simmons and Jane Fonda.In the 1970s, exercise began to leave the home, both through the popularization of jogging and weightlifting and in more organized ways, such as Jazzercise classes.

No matter how they package it, these businesses aren't just selling physical activity； they're providing people with a way to stick to expectations that the industry itself helped set."Exercise, and especially public exercise, came to indicate mental, emotional, and even spiritual health and virtue," Marc Stern wrote in 2008," In return for the effort, gym-goers attain(获得)the type of body that proves their virtue to all who see them.”

That these physical standards are difficult to achieve is the point."We live in a culture in which being diligent is highly, highly praised," Petrzela, the New School professor, who is working on a book about fitness's place in American culture, told me.

“Many people want to be regarded as people who value exercise, because it shows they're committed to（致力于）self-improvement, and to hard work."Above and beyond movement itself, part of the satisfaction of gym-going comes from performing those values around other people who share them, and from achieving what that community regards as success.

1. Why did exercise develop in the 1950s and 1960s?

A．Because exercise was a necessity of daily life.

B．Because people realized the importance of body health.

C．Because exercise was an often-expensive leisure activity.

D．Because people regarded exercise as the foundation of people's social position.

2. Why do many people like going to gym according to Marc Stern?

A．To keep healthy.	B．To gain good body shape.
C．To show their good character.	D．To prove their social position.

3. What do NOT make people gain satisfaction from going to the gym?

A．Seeing some superstars in the gym.

B．The same values around other people.

C．Achieving success defined by that group of people.

D．Being regarded as people who're committed to self-improvement.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．How to keep healthy.

B．Why American people want to gain virtue.

C．Why physical activity developed in America.

D．How physical activity developed in America.