Aristotle once wrote that “happiness is a state(状态) of activity” In other words, whether you want life-long happiness or a few moments of good cheer, you’ve got to move forward. We’ve found five steps to take toward happiness.
University of Illinois researchers asked nearly 1,200 people how money, volunteer activities and close relationships influenced their happiness. Reported Newsweek’s Sharon Begley on the findings, “The highest levels of happiness are found in the most stable（稳定的） relationships. ” The new study found those who were friends of happy people had a greater chance of being happy themselves.
Singing aloud, talking to a stranger: all may increase a feeling of happiness, according to the study. Participants(参与者)followed the advice for two weeks and felt happier.
The researchers also gave $5 or $20 to 46 strangers by chance. Half the group was told to spend the money on themselves, while the other half was told to spend it on others. Those who spent the wealth on others felt much happier than those who spent it on themselves. There was no difference in happiness between those who spent $5 or $20, suggesting that it’s not how much money you spend, but how you spend it, that bring joy and satisfaction.
What’s more, Studies showed that discouraged (气馁的) people who wrote down three good things each day for six months became happier.
Title: Steps toward happiness
The | To find what makes people happy. |
The findings of the study | The Happiness can You can gain happiness by singing or talking to others You will be happier by You may |
Conclusion | Happiness can be found if all these have been done. |
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Critical thinking isn't about thinking more or thinking harder, but about thinking better. Training your critical thinking skills can open up a door to a better world. But the journey of being a person with critical thinking is difficult. It requires a lot of hard work and practice.
Train your questioning skills.
Asking questions is perhaps the key act of critical thinking. If you don't know what questions to ask, or don't ask the questions in the first place, you may as well not get the answer. Finding the answer is what critical thinking is all about.
Think several steps ahead.
Don't just think one or two steps ahead. Think several. Imagine you're a chess grandmaster who's fighting with someone with the ability to think several steps ahead. You have to match intelligence with him. Once the problem you are working on may begin, use your imagination to guess what the possible futures will be.
Spare at least 30 minutes a day to improve your brain function.
Spend 30 minutes in your busy day making your brain more powerful. There are a few ways that you can do this:
●Try to be active in finding the solution to a problem a day. It could be a theoretical or a personal one.
●Find the time to exercise regularly. 30minutes of exercise— as little as a walk around the neighborhood——can help improve brain function.
●Eat the right kinds of foods. Avocados, blueberries, wild salmon, nuts and seeds, as well as brown rice play an important role in keeping your brain healthy.
As long as you keep practicing, you can improve your critical thinking a lot.
Critical Thinking It is not | |
Ways to Improve Your Critical Thinking | You may get the answer |
Spend 30 minutes a day training your brain function. ●Try to solve a problem a day ●Do regular exercise every day. ●Eat right kinds of foods to keep your brain in good | |
【推荐2】Confidence is very important in everyday life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude. A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chances to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:
Speak loud. When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.
Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done.
Get rid of fear. Fear comes along with failure. But it's easy to overcome（克服）if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
Pick up hobby. If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some way, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
1. What kind of people can have more chances to succeed?2. What can make you tired but completely relaxed?
3. How many suggestions are referred in the passage? What are they?
4. 把短文第二段中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。
Greet people
Greet people and hope that they have a good day - whatever time of day it is. It doesn’t hurt any people. 62.It also makes people think you’re friendly.
Share
Take something to eat in your pocket. Ask if people would like to have some, and at the same time hand it to them.
Help people
Simple actions, like helping people carry something or opening a door show your kindness.
Smile
63. smiling, to, easiest, is, the, introduce, way, yourself, perhaps . There’s a great reason why it takes fewer muscles (肌肉) to smile than to cry. Nature just wishes us to smile more.
Respect others
The world’s full of differences. So learn to respect others. 64.It is the only way other people will respect you.
任务一：61将61处汉语翻译成英语。
任务二：62.将62处英语翻译成汉语。
任务三：63.将63处单词连成完整的句子。
任务四：64. 写出64处划线部分it所指代的内容。
任务五：65. 请给短文拟写个标题。
1. What is the virus transmitted by？
2. How long does the symptoms normally last?
3. How many people will probably get sick if 100 people get infected?
4. What are the main symptoms of those infected people?
5. Are there any mosquitos that can transmit the virus in Canada?
Years ago they knew a lot about the moon, They knew how big it is and how far away it is from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to send men to the moon.
The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth. A plane can not fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers high above the earth. Then there is no air. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is rocket. Rockets can fly out into space. Rockets with men in them have already reached the moon. Some rockets without men I them have flown to other parts, much farther away than the moon in the universe. One day rocket may be able to go to any place.
根据短文内容, 回答下列问题
1. Why do scientists want to send men to the moon?
Because they want to
2. How far is the moon away from the earth?
It’s about
3. Why can’t a plane fly to the moon?
Because
4. How do people reach the moon?
They can reach there
5. Where can rockets go?
One day rockets may be able to go to
【推荐3】The sixth sense
The "sixth sense" is often said to be a strong feeling that a person has about something or someone. Read about one mother's experience.
I had a feeling ...
Kathy Sansano arrived home from work two months ago at 7:00 in the evening. "Usually, my husband is home before me, but when I got in, his briefcase was there, but he wasn't," recalls Sansano. She just thought that he want to the store for something. Sansano began preparing dinner, but couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. "I just started feeling very anxious and had to sit down. Five minutes later my husband phoned to say that our son had been injured in a football game at school."
Luckily, the boy only had a broken wrist, but Sansano still can't explain how she knew something was wrong. "It might have been 'mother's intuition (直觉)'" she laughs. "My son and I have always been very close."
Science points out five basic senses that humans use to experience the world. There is now evidence that human may also own a sixth sense-or an intuition about people or events. Recent studies suggest that insects and animals release odorless(meaning "without any smells") chemicals into the environment to send signal emotions such as fear or aggression (侵略). When another creature of the same kind senses the chemical, certain behavior is caused in that creature; for example, it will prepare to fight or to protect itself.
Scientists believe that humans long ago may have communicated using these kinds of chemical signals. "I walked into the room, and something just didn't seem right." It may be that the person is sensing chemical messages that have been produced by others. Kathy Sansano's husband may have left the house feeling afraid and worried about their son. When Kathy got home, she sensed his worry.
1. Kathy's husband came home earlier than his wife that evening, didn't he?2. What happened to their son at school?
3. What made Kathy have the feeling that something was wrong?
4. According to recent studies, how do insects and animals send signal emotions?
5. What will you probably do if you sense the messages of "fear"?
6. Do you believe there is a sixth sense in life? Show you reason(s) or example(s).
Every day, most of us are drawing our own pictures of who we are online. We put pictures and words on Sina Weibo and Wechat; we have music to listen to and films to watch; we write how we feel in apps like Douban and Zhihu.....
The Internet keeps our likes and dislikes, our faces, and even the way we think and act online. These are our digital legacy(数字遗产) to our friends and family. They can remember us after we die. And they can even say something about what we are like.
How might we use so much personal information one day? The UK TV program Black Mirror gave one answer. In that show, a man, Ash, died in a car accident(车祸). His girlfriend Martha learned about a robot, and it could bring him “back to life”. The robot’s face, actions, language and other living ways are all from the real Ash’s digital legacy. Soon, Martha found that she could hardly tell the difference between the real Ash and the robot one. This idea might seem a little scary to some people. But you might agree that this kind of robot could be possible in the future. No one wants to let their loved ones go after they died.
Some may take back or even delete(删除）your information if you don’t use them for a long time. For example, you will lose your Taobao account(账户）if you don’t use any of Alibaba’s services for six months. Others may not do this. Users can choose 10 people they trust to get their digital legacy from Google. Google will send them the digital legacy, like the users’e-mails, photos and so on. These people can also choose to delete all their Google informartion or keep it in their own way.
Our digital legacy Use it? |
| How do we By · ·Listening to music and watching films; ·Writing down our own How can we deal with（处理）it？ YES * After someone dies, people could use it to make a “robot”, being almost NO ·The Internet or ·Choose someone to keep it in another way. |
【推荐2】John and David are students. (1)________ are Mr. Green’s sons. They get up early in the morning. They go to school by bus after breakfast. ( 4 ) They always have lunch at school. John likes to eat hamburgers, chicken and eggs. David likes vegetables and fruit. ( 5 )他不想变胖。After lunch John goes to play volleyball and David goes to the classroom. John likes playing computer games, but David likes to watch TV.
根据短文内容完成下列各题。
1. 在（1）处填入一个恰当的单词:
2. Is John David’s cousin?
3. What does David like to eat for lunch?
4. 把画线句子(4)译成汉语。
5. 把画线句子（5)译成英语。
【推荐3】Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project.
The main task is to study "Man and Environment". It will care about the astronauts' physical effects and the experience of staying there.
Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.
阅读短文，把A-D四个句子填人文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确。然后完成第5小题。
A. Everyone will stay and work there alone.
B. For 18 months, they won't see sunsets or sunrises.
C. The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow.
D. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge.
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5. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Five space lovers were chosen as volunteers. |
| B．The Mars-500 test will take place in Paris. |
| C．The volunteers will face many sorts of difficulties. |
| D．The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars. |
