For students, college is a series of disconnected experiences: the classroom, the dorm, the athletic field, and the internship(实习岗位). Yet the employers tell me what gets college students hired is the ability to translate what they learned in one place (the classroom, for example) to another that is far different from where they originally learned a concept (a project on an internship).
Educators call this “ transfer learning”—the ability to summarize key principles and apply them in many different places, which becomes more important as the skills needed to keep up in any job and occupation continue to change in the future. Our ability to drive almost any car on the market without reading its manual(手册)is an example of knowledge transfer.
The concept sounds simple enough. But today’s students, faced with the constant pressure to prepare for standardized tests, rarely have the chance to learn through problem-solving or to be involved in projects that improve skills that can be used in various settings.
In response to demands from students, parents and employers, colleges and universities are adding hands-on experiences to the undergraduate curriculum.
Arizona State University, where I’ m a professor of practice, is testing a curriculum across a dozen majors in which students learn nearly half of the subject matter through group projects. Engineering students might build a robot and learn the key principles of mechanics and electronics during the project. The hope is that students will be more involved if theories from the classroom are immediately applied in the outside world instead of years after students graduate.
What’s the problem with the hands-on learning experiences being added by colleges to the undergraduate curriculum? They’re often not accompanied by the guidance that students need to help them transfer what they learn. So students become adept skilled in job interviews at describing what they did during a project, but they have difficulty talking about what they learned and how they can apply that to where they want to work.
1. Why is the ability to drive mentioned in Paragraph 2?A.To show that everything is changing. |
B.To prove that driving ability is important. |
C.To stress the importance of practical skills. |
D.To explain the meaning of transfer learning. |
A.Various school projects. | B.Too much stress from tests. |
C.Their lack of theory knowledge. | D.Their unwillingness to solve problems. |
A.Seeing what they have learned is applied. |
B.Teachers changing the way lectures are given. |
C.Focusing on the key principles of every subject. |
D.Teachers explaining theories in an interesting way. |
A.They are effective. | B.They are unnecessary. |
C.They should be improved. | D.They cost a lot of time. |
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【推荐1】While children are dogs-loyal and affectionate (情深的)— teenagers are cats. It’s so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, and boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It jumps indoors with enthusiasm when you call it.
Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who is so boring. Instead of following your doorsteps, it disappears. You won’t see it again until it gets hungry — then it hunts through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you’re serving. When you reach out to touch its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it turns away from you, then gives you an indifferent (冷漠的) look, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before.
Since you are the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you think that you did something wrong. Filled with guilt (内疚) and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet to do things in a right way.
Only now you’re dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now has the other side of the wanted result. Call it, and it runs away. Tell it to sit, and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, waving your hands, the more it moves away.
Put a dish of food near the door, and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and you love too. Sit still, and it will come, seeking that warm and comforting lap. It has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it.
One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, “You’ve been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you.”
Then you will realize your cat is a dog again.
1. When you call a dog, how will it probably react to you?A.Excitedly. | B.Curiously. | C.Angrily. | D.Calmly. |
A.A dog. | B.A parent. | C.A situation. | D.A teenager. |
A.Children like cats can easily obey parents’ orders. |
B.Parents should try their best to leave their children alone. |
C.You can’t expect children to care about their parents’ feelings. |
D.Parents should consider what they do wrong to educate their kids. |
A.To tell us how a dog changes into a cat. |
B.To tell us how to deal with teenagers aged 13 or so. |
C.To tell us the similarities between pets and children. |
D.To tell us how to keep pets like cats and dogs. |
【推荐2】A Good Man from the Badlands Lives His Father’s Final Words
Tseringben had just lost his father. He told me, “
Tseringben’s father wasn’t educated but was wise. He didn’t attend school, but taught himself to read Tibetan. His mother is illiterate (文盲的). And neither of his parents learned Chinese.
“
Tseringben’s respect of education drove him to become a teacher. So he could provide children the same precious opportunity he got. He was teaching a class in Yushu’s remote Yege township when his brother called to tell him their father didn’t have long to live.
The father saw Tseringben enter the room. He tried to smile. He was so pale. He said, “There’s my son!” His weak voice faded away as he presented his final wishes to Tseringben.
Upon graduating from university, Tseringben could have taken many comfortable jobs throughout the region. But remembering his father’s words, he volunteered for placement in the school with the poorest conditions authorities could find. “Even the people who lived in Yege called it no man’s land,” he told me.
A.My mom and dad both had great taste. |
B.We’ll even sell our house if we have to. |
C.He has taught me precious values in his class. |
D.He told Tseringben to be wise and kind, and how. |
E.The spiritual peak on which I’d stood was suddenly gone. |
F.Tseringben has probably never thought of me as his student. |
G.My mom and dad were the most sympathetic people I’ve met! |
【推荐3】The college schedule is very different from the traditional high school schedule.
Another big difference you should be aware of is classes. Now, you’re in school from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
A.This will not be the case in college. |
B.In college, think about your schedule as a pyramid. |
C.Some things will appear similar, but many will be different. |
D.Typically, there is a lot more flexibility with your college classes. |
E.The differences will challenge your self-management as much as your abilities. |
F.The atmosphere and social life in college are also different from those in high school. |
G.The other cool thing is that you usually have more opportunities to explore your interests. |
【推荐1】Though a trip through Beijing has plenty of historical architecture to offer, the city's skyline also holds many achievements of modern design. However, Beijing has spread out its contemporary landmarks throughout the city, making it difficult for architectural enthusiasts to visit all of them. Therefore, we decided to gather them all into one place. Here is our list of Beijing's most iconic (标志性的) modern buildings:
CCTV Headquarters | The “Big Pants,“ as it is more commonly known, is one of just ten buildings in the city over 200m tall. The structure of the two leaning towers connected at the top and bottom by horizontal off-shoots (横向分支) is now so iconic that it is often used in film and television to prove the story is set in Beijing. |
CITIC Tower | Standing at 528m, CITIC tower is Beijing's tallest building and the tenth tallest skyscraper in the world. The office building serves as the headquarters of CITIC Group, but the basement level will soon contain a large shopping center and subway station. |
National Stadium | Better known by its nickname the "Bird's Nest”, the National Stadium is recognizable by its steel structures like a bamboo forest. The stadium, which seats an audience of 91,000, was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It is also scheduled to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Winter Olympics. |
National Centre for the Performing Arts | It's not hard to see how this theater earned the nickname of the “Giant Egg”. With an opera hall, music hall, several art exhibition halls, and restaurants, the National Centre for the Performing Arts is also the largest theater building in Asia. Besides the shape, its unique feature is that its appearance from glass to titanium (钛) and the surrounding reflection pool. |
A.To show how beautiful the city is. |
B.To express the author's deepest love for Beijing. |
C.To bring convenience to architectural fans. |
D.To attract more people to come to our capital city. |
A.CITIC Tower | B.National Stadium |
C.CCTV Headquarters | D.National Centre for the Performing Arts |
A.The "Bird's Nest” was constructed for the 2008 Winter Olympics. |
B.CCTV Headquarters is one of only ten buildings in Beijing more than 200m tall. |
C.National Centre for the Performing Arts is the largest theater building in the world. |
D.CITIC tower is the biggest building in Beijing and the tenth tallest skyscraper worldwide. |
【推荐2】Inspired by the effortless way humans manage objects by not using the sense of sight, a team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new method that enables a robotic hand to rotate (旋转) objects only through touch.
Using their technique (技术), the researchers built a robotic hand that can easily rotate a wide variety of objects, from small toys, cans, to even fruits and vegetables, with no damage to them. The robotic hand completed these tasks using only information based on touch. The work could aid in the development of robots that can manipulate objects in the dark.
To build their system, the researchers put 16 touch sensors (传感器) on the four-fingered robotic hand. Each sensor costs about $12 and serves a simple role: check whether an object is touching it or not.
What makes this method unique is that it depends on many low-cost touch sensors that use simple, binary signals (二进制信号) — touch or no touch — to perform robotic in-hand rotation. These sensors are spread over a large area of the robotic hand. This is different from a variety of other methods that depend on a few high-cost touch sensors fixed to a small area of the robotic hand, primarily at the fingertips.
The researchers then tested their system on the real-life robotic hand with objects that the system has not yet touched. The robotic hand was able to rotate a variety of objects continuously and wouldn’t lose its hold. The objects included a tomato, a pepper, a can of butter and a toy duck, which was the most challenging object due to its shape.
The team are now working on applying their method to more difficult tasks. They are currently developing techniques to enable robotic hands to catch and throw, for example. “If we can give robots this skill, that will open the door to the kinds of tasks they can perform,” said one engineer.
1. What does the underlined word “manipulate” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Control. | B.Remove. | C.Recognize. | D.Influence. |
A.They are quite expensive. | B.They cover most of the hand’s area. |
C.They perform difficult tasks. | D.They are mainly at the hand’s fingertips. |
A.A pepper. | B.A tomato. | C.A toy duck. | D.A can of butter. |
A.Improving robotic hands’ skills. | B.Designing more robotic hands’ shapes. |
C.Developing robotic hands’ creativity. | D.Rebuilding the robotic hands’ system. |
【推荐3】Hotels often undergo makeovers. However, few can compete with the Ice hotel in Jukkasjãrvi, Sweden. Carved entirely from “Snice”—a mix of snow and ice—the hotel is rebuilt annually, with each version more impressive than the previous one. The 32nd Ice hotel was open to guests on April 17, 2022.
The must-visit Swedish tourist destination came about accidentally. In 1989, Ice hotel’s founder Yngve Berquist organized an art show to attract tourists to Jukkasjärvi during the chilly winter months. The exhibition, held inside a 5.5-square-metre igloo (冰屋), was a runaway (迅速的) success. Many visitors decided to spend the night, selling out all of Jukkasjärvi’s warm houses. Hence, when a group approached Berquist about a place to spend the night, he offered them the igloo. “To my surprise, the guests were very impressed by the experience the morning after. Ice hotel was born,” Berquist recalls.
The Ice hotel has come a long way since its humble (简陋的)start. Constructed from 1, 000 tons of ice, and 30,000 tons of “Snice”, it now covers an area of over 5, 500 square metres, Preparations for the annual hotel begin in March with the harvesting of 5,000 tons of ice from the nearby Torne River. The ice is kept in cold storage until November when about 100 workers and artists get to work carving out a new structure. Ice hotel is typically open for business by mid-December.
This year’s hotel comprises 36 rooms, including 12 crafted art suites (套间). Decorated with massive ice stones and carved water shapes, it aims to provide visitors with a good nature experience. The “Dickensian Street” suite promises to take visitors on a tour of 19th-century England, complete with cobbled (铺鹅卵石的) streets, shops, and buildings from the era. Guests are advised to stay inside thermal (保暖的) sleeping bags and wear gloves and winter hats all night. Not surprisingly, most move to the conventional, warmer cabins nearby after a single night.
1. When was Sweden’s Ice hotel open for the 22nd time?A.In 2012. | B.In 1992. | C.In 1990. | D.In 2022. |
A.Warm houses’ being sold out. | B.The special warmth of it. |
C.The cheap ticket of it. | D.The unique structures of ice. |
A.Differences of Ice hotel rebuilt from ever before. |
B.The preparations for the annual hotel rebuilt. |
C.How the ice is kept in cold storage in Ice hotel. |
D.The development and construction of Ice hotel. |
A.Wear summer clothes even if in winter. |
B.Spend nights in modern rooms in warm sleeping bags. |
C.Experience 19th-century England in the “Dickensian Street” suite. |
D.Taste different kinds of local special food in the Dickensian Street. |
【推荐1】More than a billion people around the world have smart phones,almost all of which come with navigation(导航)apps such as Google or Apple Maps.This raises the questions we meet with any technology:What skills are we losing?What abilities are we gaining?
Talking with people who’re good at finding their way around or using paper maps,I often hear lots of frustration with digital maps.North/South direction gets messed up,and you can see only a small section at a time.
But consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me.Despite being a frequent traveler,I’m so terrible at finding my way that I still use Google Maps every day in the small town where I have lived for many years.What looks like an imperfect product to some has been a significant expansion of my own abilities.
Part of the problem is that reading paper maps requires specific skills.There is nothing natural about them.In many developed nations,including the U.S.,one expects street names and house numbers to be meaningful references,and instructions such as“go north for three blocks and then west”make sense.In Istanbul,in contrast,where I grew up,none of those hold true.For one thing,the locals rarely use street names.Why bother when a government or a military group might change them again?Besides,the city is full of winding,ancient alleys that meet newer avenues at many angles.Instructions as simple as“go north”would require a helicopter or a bulldozer(推土机).
Let’s come back to my original questions.While we often lose some skills after leaving the work to technology,it may also allow us to expand our abilities.Consider the calculator:I don’t doubt that our arithmetic skills might have dropped a bit as the little machines became common,but calculations that were once boring and tricky are now much more straightforward and one can certainly do more complex calculations more confidently.
1. What is the drawback of digital maps?A.They aren’t connected to smart phones. | B.They cost too much to download. |
C.They leave some users frustrated. | D.They mix up the south and the north. |
A.Doubtful | B.ambiguous | C.Supportive | D.Uncaring. |
A.No calculators,no digital maps. |
B.Technology is not developed in a day. |
C.Two paper maps are better than a digital one. |
D.When technology closes a door,it opens one as well. |
【推荐2】On a sunny spring day on the California coast, a crowd of people take photos of sea otters (海獭) floating on the waves. Lately, sea otter sightings like this one have become more common in California. The state's sea otter population is higher than it has been in decades. Scientists say the increase is something to celebrate.
Hundreds of thousands of sea otters once lived in the northern Pacific Ocean. But in the 1700s, people began hunting them for their thick fur. Hunting sea otters was banned in 1911, but by then fewer than 2,000 were left.
Starting in the 1960s, scientists began moving some otters to places where they had completely disappeared. Over the years, sea otter populations have grown. Today there are about 125,000 otters, mainly near Alaska. Scientists recently counted more than 3, 200 sea otters near California. It's the highest number they have found in that area in decades.
Sea otters aren't just cute. Sea otters also play a major role in their ecosystems. “There aren't a lot of them,” says scientist James Estes. “But they have a very big effect.”
Estes explains that otters love to eat sea urchins (海胆). That's important because too many sea urchins who eat kelp (大型褐藻) can cause big problems in the ocean.
When sea otters aren't around, urchins often cat up all the kelp in an area. That leaves animals like seals, fish, and crabs without a source of food or shelter. Kelp forests are also important in another way. They help absorb carbon dioxide. When people burn fuels to power cars and factories, large amounts of this gas are sent out into the air. It even gets into ocean water. There, it can cause problems for marine animals. For example, it can make it harder for some sea creatures to form shells.
By keeping the populations of sea urchins under control, sea otters help kelp forests grow﹣ and other ocean animals survive.
1. What caused the sharp drop in sea otter populations during the past several centuries?A.Over hunting. | B.Water pollution. | C.Too many enemies. | D.A lack of food. |
A.They are cute and smart. | B.They are nature's helpers. |
C.They are of great research value. | D.They are the symbol of California. |
A.The food source for sea otters. | B.The danger of carbon dioxide. |
C.The value of kelp forests. | D.The role of sea urchins. |
A.Otters on the job | B.Otters in trouble |
C.Otters out of sight | D.Otters under control |
【推荐3】Man is just one kind of the animals living on earth. We must be kind to the environment and try to protect it, but in fact, we aren't very successful.
With the human society developing faster and faster, the world we live in is getting more and more intolerable because of environmental destruction. For example, the forest destruction brings unpleasant weather. It is said that nearly 50% of the woods in the famous tropical rain forest, Amazon, have been cut down. The same situation also happens in other parts of the world, such as Africa, China, Southeast Asia and North America.
Some of us always think that China is a country with a large population and abundant resources. But actually, these rich resources are being used up rapidly because of the people's extravagance and the rapid growth of population. We can take the water shortage for example. Among more than 600 cities in China, almost 400 are lacking water, and of these more than 130 cities the lack of water is serious. The amount of water needed in the cities all over the country is six billion cubic meters a day! The water shortage has caused a great deal of loss, more than 120 billion yuan in agriculture and industry, and the loss is increasing. So we can say, that water shortage has become one of the most serious resource problems today.
Fortunately, many remedial measures have been taken. Lots of trees have been planted, which helps to improve and beautify the environment. At the same time, people have begun to find ways to make full use of water, in order to save every drop of water. What's more, laws concerning environmental protection have been put into effect and achieved-good results.
However, the problems of environmental protection still remain far from solved. On one hand, the environmental pollution and destruction are getting worse and worse in the modern world. On the other hand, the lack of knowledge about the importance of protecting the environment hinders the solving of these problems. So in a word, there's still a long way to go before we enjoy a clean and comfortable world.
1. What does the underlined word "intolerable" mean?A.wonderful | B.unbearable |
C.reasonable | D.unreal |
A.Man and Environment. | B.Human Society and Water. |
C.The Problems of Protecting the Environment. | D.The Importance of Protecting the Environment. |
A.many woods have been cut down in China. |
B.China is a large country with a large population and abundant resources. |
C.only a few cities in China are short of water. |
D.we'll soon solve the problems of protecting the environment |
A.most cities are lacking water. |
B.the loss to agriculture and industry by the lack of water is great and increasing. |
C.the population is increasing rapidly. |
D.water is being used up rapidly. |
A.educate as many people as possible to the importance of protecting the environment. |
B.finding ways to make the best use of water. |
C.put laws into effect that protect the environment. |
D.enjoying a clean and comfortable world. |
【推荐1】Citizen Science is a term used to describe non-specialist research and data collection carried out by private individuals, foundations and organizations using the power of the Internet to cooperate around the globe. Here we offer some remarkable examples of programs.
Rozalia Project
The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean is devoted to connecting people of all ages to their underwater world, to inspire them to be part of the plastic pollution solution by using underwater robots and sonar(声呐)as well as nets to locate and remove marine debris(废弃物). Rosalia Project is committed to accurate data collection and working with sailors, fishermen, boaters, concerned citizens, schools, authorities and more to clean up and progress solutions to the marine debris crisis.
Surfrider Foundation
Among its many citizen science initiatives, Surfrider has a chapter-run program called the Blue Water Task Force, a water testing program designed specifically to fill in the data gaps left by agency programs to help with resource distribution in areas with the biggest concerns for public health risk. The Blue Water Task Force citizen science program tests approximately 25 surf spots and streams that discharge onto popular recreation sites.
Hearts in the Ice
Hearts in the Ice is an innovative(创新的)project launched in 2018 that will create global dialogue and social engagement around climate change in the Polar Regions. In August of 2019, citizen scientists Hilde Falun Strom and Sunniva Sorby moved into a 20-square-meter cabin(小屋)known as Bamsebu. The goal of the project is to show rapid climate change and what we can do to reduce the effects. Life at Bamsebu was broadcast and published via Iridium satellite through social media to scientists, school children, adventures, and interested citizen from around the world.
1. For what purpose is Rozalia Project launched?A.To help people live a green life | B.To warn people of climate change |
C.To deal with ocean plastic pollution | D.To inform people of the underwater world |
A.Rozalia Project | B.Surfrider Foundation |
C.Blue Water Task Force | D.Hearts in the Ice |
A.They are all state-funded projects | B.They help to improve public health |
C.They mainly focus on marine life protection | D.They contribute to environmental protection |
【推荐2】Earlier this month,6-year-old lsaac went on vacation to Fort Walton,Florida,with his family. While there,his mother Garrett learned about Lulu,a restaurant that offers food to customers with food allergies(过敏症).
At LuLu,Isaac could eat a salad and roast chicken with rice.“lsaac looked at me as if he was asking me,Is this ok?”Garrett said. Once his mom gave the OK,Isaac enjoyed for the first time the experience of ordering and eating at a restaurant.” “That look on his face seemed to show that this was the coolest thing he had ever done.” Garrett said.
Garrett and her family rarely eat out because of Isaac’s food allergies. When they do, she cooks something for Isaac at home before they leave and brings it with her to the restaurant. “It’s not fun and it feels unfair,” she said.
Their night at Lulu marked a celebration for lsaac. Isaac felt terribly fulfilled because of eating at the restaurant. Garrett shared the moment on the restaurant's Facebook page to thank them for helping her son. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving hi m this experience.” she wrote in her post.
Barnett,the restaurant's manager said,“When customers tell the staff that someone in their group has a food allergy,I help with the order by passing it to the kitchen,ensuring it's cooked in a separate station and offering the finished food to the guests. We have been improving this process over the last 10 years since our allergy program was started.”
On Garrett's Facebook post,Lulu thanked Garrett for sharing her story. “Thank you for sharing your experience with us.” the restaurant wrote in a comment. “We are excited to see your son so happy!””
Garrett is hoping her post's popularity will make other restaurants,especially the places near her family's home about 30 minutes away from Mashville, provide such a service.” Lulu offers quality services to the guests with food allergies. Nothing would make us happier than that.” She said.
1. Why do Garrett and her family hardly eat out at restaurants?A.Because they are on a low income. |
B.Because Garrett likes cooking herself. |
C.Because Isaac easily suffers from food allergies. |
D.Because they consider the food in restaurants unhealthy. |
A.She leaves her son alone at home. |
B.She orders some special food for her son. |
C.She lets her son choose his favorite dishes. |
D.She prepares some food for her son ahead of time. |
A.He will help them order food. |
B.He will offer services to them first. |
C.He will provide private room for them. |
D.He will introduce their allergy program. |
A.LuLu's response to her post. |
B.Her son's experience at LuLu. |
C.LuLu's concern for the guests with allergies. |
D.More restaurants' following in LuLu's steps. |
【推荐3】We have to make certain our limited money is well spent. But what should we spend our money on? A 20-year study conducted by Dr. Gilovich, a professor at Cormell University, reached a powerful and direct conclusion: don’t spend your money on things.
The trouble with things is that the happiness they provide peters out. We get used to new belongings, and what once seemed exciting quickly becomes normal. We keep raising the bar and always look for an even better one. Belongings, by their nature, cause comparisons. We buy a new car and are thrilled with it until a friend buys a better one—and there’s always someone with a better one. Most of us usually assume that the happiness we get from buying something will last as long as the thing itself. It seems intuitive(直觉的) that spending money on something we can see, hear, and touch on a lasting basis delivers the best value. But it’s not the case at all.
Gilovich has found that experiences deliver more-lasting happiness than things. Experiences become a part of our identity. Everyone’s experience is unique. We are not our belongings, but we are the total of everything we’ve seen, the things we’ve done, and the places we’ve been to. “Our experiences are a bigger part of ourselves than our material goods,” said Gilovich. “You can really like your material goods. You can even think that part of your identity is connected to those things, but they remain separate from you. In contrast, your experiences really are part of you. We are the sum total of our experiences.”
Besides, we don’t compare experiences in the same way that we compare things. It’s hard to measure the relative value of any two experiences, which makes them that much more enjoyable. And expectation of an experience causes excitement and enjoyment, while expectation of acquiring some goods causes impatience. Experiences are enjoyable from the very first moments of planning, all the way through to the memories you keep. The temporary happiness achieved by buying things can be regarded as “puddles(水坑) of pleasure.” In other words, that kind of happiness dies away and leaves us wanting more. Things may last longer than experiences, but the memories that remain are what matter most.
1. Which one can replace the underlined phrase “peters out” ?A.is too little | B.disappears slowly | C.is not real | D.costs too much |
A.Experiences deliver less-lasting happiness than things. |
B.Experiences can exist in our memory forever. |
C.We are only a part of our experiences. |
D.Our experiences are what separate us from others. |
A.Experiences can be compared with each other. |
B.Expecting an experience increases our feeling of anxiety. |
C.People are more likely to be impatient when buying things. |
D.Spiritual wealth is the most valuable for us. |
A.How can we gain happiness with money? |
B.How can we make happiness last long? |
C.Why should we spend money on experiences instead of things? |
D.Why do experiences achieve more lasting happiness than things? |