How to Make Sure Your Idea Doesn’t Die
Getting great ideas? It’s Easy. Following up on them is hard!
Ask “Why doesn’t this work”.
Although he might have had the idea for it, Steve Jobs didn’t just have the iPhone’s unique touch screen in a single night. Instead, he thought about the present situation of smart phones and continually asked a single question: “Why don’t they work?”
A good routine often helps you put your ideas into action. Toni Morrison, an outstanding writer, has a more special routine centered on daylight. She rises at around 5:00 each morning to watch the dawn. For her, it’s important to wake before the light and observe the transition(转变) into day.
Don’t fly alone.
When ideas meet in a shared physical or mental space, creative ideas are bound to happen—which is great. Working in a shared physical space just might help you find your ideal creative partners.
A.Make full use of your spare time |
B.Never ignore the power of routine |
C.They can strengthen your confidence and give some valuable suggestions |
D.This one little question helped him get from an idea to a practical solution |
E.He makes a great contribution to “the look and feel of the product” |
F.Here are some tips to make sure your great idea becomes a reality |
G.She considers it a special moment that inspires her to write |
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【推荐1】With the pandemic in full swing, most colleges and universities have transitioned almost all of their classes online. Some students prefer online classes. They love having the flexibility to work from home and to work in the hours they want to work.
Read the syllabus (大纲).
When you need to know something, do not blindly go through your online education portal clicking tabs or go ahead and email your professor. Wait until you have looked through the syllabus for your answers. The syllabus is supposed to be your guide for the entire semester.
Note the deadlines.
In an online class, it is incredibly easy to let deadlines creep upon you or even pass you by before you even know it. So make sure that you note the deadlines. However you need to do that or find doing that to be most effective, do it. Find writing things down in your planner most effective? Do it. Making reminders on your phone? Do it. Filling it out in your online calendar? Do it.
Ask questions.
While strategy number one told you that you should not immediately email your professor with a question, that was in regards to asking questions that could be answered by the syllabus.
A.Online classes can be tough. |
B.It is fun to attend online classes. |
C.They think they can save much time and energy. |
D.Other students really struggle with online classes. |
E.It tells you what you are doing, when, why, and how. |
F.You do not want to fail a class because you never turned anything in. |
G.However, you shouldn’t be afraid to message your professor with thoughtful questions. |
【推荐2】Modern science suggests that a healthy lifestyle matters much to how long you can live and how well you live. Here are some tips for you to form a healthy lifestyle.
Keep a scientific diet. Keep in mind that sugar can be removed from our diet completely. Over intake of sugar is one of the main reasons for getting fat. Over intake of protein (蛋白质) or fat and low intake of fiber (纤维) can also lead to getting fat. We only need a few grams of protein every day to keep our body in order. Like rain to crops, not the more the better.
Be always in a good mood. There is a relationship between the mood and health. A good mood keeps you in high spirits. Thanks to the Internet, we can enjoy and learn much without going out. Take a look at some online shops and pick up some bargains (廉价品) , enjoy music and movies and chat with good friends. Just keep happy.
Enough sleep. Two studies show the reasons why teens and adults don’t have enough sleep. With teens, a major reason is mobile phone use; with adults, it’s work. Meanwhile, a third study of young children shows that lack of sleep in early life may lead to serious problems in future. Everyone needs at least 8-hour sleep to recover from tiredness and the hurt caused by hard work in the daytime.
Proper exercise. Do exercise to keep away from fatness. Because of the quick pace of the modern life, you don’t have time to do exercise every day, but at least three times a week and 45 minutes each time.
1. The author wrote this passage to ________.A.tell the readers how to take proper exercise every day |
B.provide some advice on how to form a healthy lifestyle |
C.ask people to care about their health rather than their work |
D.make some surveys among those who have health problems |
A.购买 | B.观察 | C.摄入 | D.拒绝 |
A.Low intake of protein. | B.Low intake of fat. |
C.Over intake of fiber. | D.Over intake of sugar. |
A.use mobile phones too much | B.have too much homework |
C.eat too much sugar every day | D.don’t have enough exercise |
【推荐3】Technology is everywhere. Almost all of us carry some piece of technology with us every time. It’s true to say that technology makes our lives easier. However, scientists are saying that we need to give ourselves a break-otherwise we put ourselves at risk of developing hundreds of health problems. With all this free time, why not put it to good use and do something without technology?
To start with, you could learn a new skill. There are hundreds of possibilities: crafts(工艺), cooking, learning a musical instrument or a new sport. Maybe you’ve always wanted to learn to cook for your family, but haven’t had time? Perhaps you feel like learning how to knit(编织), so you can have a new sweater for the autumn? You could use your free time to learn something new—and perhaps it will lead to an exciting chance in the future.
If you just want to relax, why not go to a beach? Take along your favorite book and relax on the sand, or go for a walk along the coastline. If you don’t live near a beach, you could go to your local park. Why not take along a picnic, or try and discover some of the local wildlife?
Little things, like challenging yourself to complete a crossword or a Sudoku, are a great place to start. You could even follow the latest fashion: adult coloring books! Coloring is amazing, and it can be a nice way to escape from the pressure of modern life!
Whatever you choose to do with your summer, try something new! You might surprise yourself and find a hidden talent within you; you might make new friends along the way. Next time you find yourself aimlessly switching channels, have a think at what else you could spend your time doing.
1. According to scientists, using technology continuously may ________.A.make people live longer | B.solve many social problems |
C.provide people with more free time | D.have a bad effect on people’s health |
A.Learning something new. | B.Taking exciting chances. |
C.Making a living by knitting. | D.Getting together with the family. |
A.It’s a great tourist attraction. | B.It’s a challenging game. |
C.It’s a new fashion show. | D.It’s a book about coloring. |
A.Make More New Friends | B.Follow the Latest Fashion |
C.Make Plans for Summer Holidays | D.Take a Break from Technology |
【推荐1】Children are starting on digital devices at ever younger ages, and opinions on the effects of children's digital-media habits are deeply polarised.(两极分化的).
Jean Twenge, a psychology professor, thinks excessive use of the internet and social media makes children lonely and depressed and poses serious risks to their physical and particularly their mental health, sometimes to the point of driving them to suicide.
However, Daniel Kardefelt-Winther of the Innocenti research office of Unicef examined various evidence and found less cause for alarm than is often suggested.Most of the studies he examined seem to show that the technology helps children stay in touch with their friends and make new ones.
The relationship between the use of digital technology and children's mental health, broadly speaking, appears to be u-shaped.Researchers have found that moderate use is beneficial, whereas either no use at all or extreme use could be harmful.
What worries some experts more is that screens are becoming part of the middle-class armoury( 武器 ) for perpetuating( 巩固 ) social advantage.Children from well-off homes are enrolled in private classes to learn skills like "How to be a YouTuber", which poorer parents cannot afford.
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A.The disadvantages of overusing digital media. |
B.The bad effects of using digital media. |
C.Several bad impacts of using digital media. |
D.The advantages of overusing digital media. |
A.Objective | B.Favorable |
C.Indifferent | D.Uncertain |
A.Not all Children from rich homes can attend private classes |
B.Not all Children from poor homes can learn skills like“how to be a YouTuber”. |
C.Digital media is the only way of strengthening the middle-class. |
D.Digital media can widen class gap. |
A.Should children interact with digital media ? |
B.Should parents allow their children interact with digital media? |
C.What children do to interact with digital devices. |
D.How children interact with digital devices. |
【推荐2】Restaurants’ growth accelerated in the 20th century. Dining out became relatively more expensive. And yet three economic changes ensured that demand for restaurants grew despite rising prices.
The first was immigration. In the 50 years after the Second World War, the net flow of migrants into rich countries were more than four times as before. Starting a restaurant was a good career move for new arrivals:it neither required formal qualifications nor, at least for chefs, fluency in the local language. Migrants tended to improve the quality of an area’s restaurants. London’s became far better in the era of free movement with the European Union. The melting pot that is Singapore has some of the best food in the world Restaurants became more tempting, even as prices went up.
The second factor was the changing microeconomics of the family. Households’ choices about whether to make their own food or to buy it premade were shaped not only by the cost of ingredients, but also by the time spent on shopping and preparation. As more women entered the workforce during the 20th century, a working woman who cooked dinner would be sacrificing time which might otherwise be used to earn money. And so eating out made increasing economic sense, even as it became more expensive.
The third factor was changing working patterns. Historically, poor people tended to work longer hours than rich ones. But in the latter half of the 20th century the opposite became true. The rise of knowledge-intensive jobs, and globalization, made rich people’s work more financially rewarding and enjoyable. Working late into the night became a sign of status. The result was that the people with the most money to spend on dining out increasingly needed it most, since they had the least free time.
The long-term future of the restaurant is less clear. The pandemic has led to many people buying more takeout than before, while others have a newfound love of cooking.
Restaurants have little choice but to continue to adapt. Maybe apart from food, they can also double down on what they do best: offering those who need to eat a taste of romance, glamour and love.
1. Why was starting a restaurant a good choice for the new migrants?A.They could meet the requirements easily. |
B.They could speak the local language fluently. |
C.They could serve the best food in the world. |
D.They could move to and from the country freely. |
A.They might make little money. | B.They tended to eat at home. |
C.They tended to work longer hours. | D.They might have a lower social status. |
A.Restaurants have to double the price of dishes. |
B.Restaurants have to reduce the cost of ingredients. |
C.Restaurants have to adapt to the needs of customers. |
D.Restaurants have to cancel the take-out service. |
A.How to make restaurants more appealing. |
B.How restaurants survive the pandemic. |
C.What contributes to the development of restaurants. |
D.Why people go to restaurants despite the rising price. |
【推荐3】China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.
In recent years, the proportion (比例) of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and in 2001, the number was 42.14%.
There are several reasons for this.
Firstly, there is little difference between boys and girls in their intelligence (智力). That’s to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.
Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.
Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls’ education.
1. China Youth says that more and more ______.A.boys are clever than girls |
B.girls have entered colleges |
C.boys can’t go to school |
D.girls begin to study at school |
A.girls at schools in 1998 |
B.boys at schools in 2001 |
C.girls in colleges in 2001 |
D.boys in colleges in 1998 |
A.three | B.two | C.four | D.five |
A.Boys may not do well in their study as girls because they don’t like studying. |
B.Boys are much cleverer than girls because they’re interested in many things. |
C.Girls study harder, but they couldn’t get higher marks than boys. |
D.Girls’ intelligence is the same as boys’. |