When it comes to success, we all believe that confidence is one of the most important reasons for it. Confidence plays a very important role in people’s life. It is the first step on the road to success.     1     It is built, not inborn (天生的). You can try these simple tips for practicing and increasing your self-confidence levels.

Accept your failure.     2     You should hold a correct attitude towards your every failure. If you are not failing, you are not trying. Only when you face up to your difficulties, can you build up your confidence and give yourselves a chance of success.

Dress your success. You don’t have to be confident by dressing up. Make the most of your own special physical advantages and not always pay attention to your faults.     3    

Listen to yourself. Do not look down upon yourself. Don’t put others’ opinions above your own inner voice.     4     Just follow your heart. You should always remember that you are sure to be the best and different from anyone else in the world.

    5       Stop putting yourself down, and stop keeping regretting about your tiny mistakes. Learn to highlight (强调) your advantages and the world will learn to see and admire them too.

Confidence is a plant that grows slowly. We should build confidence through constant (持续的) and patient effort. Only when we have enough confidence in ourselves, can we take the first step on the road to success.

【推荐3】A survey has shown that lots of people can’t sleep well. Sometimes you feel tired when you wake up. You may have a headache and you feel like you could sleep for another three hours. Many things around us cause sleeplessness. Here are a few changes you can make to improve your sleep.

Go to bed and get up at the same time. You may share the same bedroom with your sister or brother. You both must go to bed regularly so that you don’t trouble each other.

Clean up your bedroom. A study from a university in Zhengzhou found that people with clean bedrooms usually sleep better than those with dirty and untidy (不整洁的) rooms.

Get more house plants. Studies show that house plants help with reducing stress (减轻压力). Also, plants such as lavender (薰衣草) and gardenias (栀子花) have smells that may help some people relax and sleep better.

Make your room dark. When light hits your eyes, it tells you not to fall asleep. In fact, we need darkness especially in the evening. So if you want your body to know that it’s time to rest, turn off the lights about an hour before bedroom or wear eye masks. Your phone and your TV should also be thought of. You may also use the dark curtains (窗帘) to keep any outside light from entering your bedroom.

Lower your bedroom. The body becomes cooler at night, so lowering the temperature before bedtime can help you relax and fall asleep more quickly. The National Sleep Foundation in a country says your bedroom should be about 16℃ to 19℃ for a good night’s sleep.

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【推荐2】Everyone has a family name. In China the family name is the first name, but in English-speaking countries the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? Some family names come from the places of their homes. A man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s family’s names may be Wood, Lake, because they live near the wood or the lake. Some family names come from a person’s job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook. And many people get their family names from their fathers’ names. If you hear the name “Jackson”, you can know that he is the son of Jack.

【推荐3】You probably know many of the things that you can do with the hundreds of different muscles in your body. But have you ever thought about how the muscles in an animal's body are different from yours? An animal's muscles are made to do the things that are most important for its life.

Lions are hunters. They depend on their ability to catch other animals. Lions must be fast in order to catch their prey(猎物). The powerful muscles in their back legs allow them to run at the speed of more than 30 miles per hour. They can also jump a distance of more than 35 feet. The strong muscles in their front legs help them catch their prey.

Snakes also use their muscles for hunting prey and for movement, but their muscles work in very different ways than lion's do. Because snakes do not have any legs, they use their muscles to push against the ground or other objects to move themselves forward. Their muscles also allow them to eat things that seem much too large. For example, a snake may eat an egg that is larger than the width of its body. How does this happen? The snake's strong neck muscles work together to push the egg down the mouth.

The elephant's long nose has a lot of muscles. Scientists believe that the nose alone has more than 100000 muscles! This is because the elephant uses its nose much in the same way that people use their hands and fingers. Even though the nose is large, it can perform surprisingly tasks. For example, an elephant can pick up a small leaf from the ground. The nose can also be a powerful tool. An elephant can use its nose to pick up a tree by its roots or even to lift a baby elephant.

The great muscles of these animals seem pretty unbelievable. But the muscles in your body work exactly the way you need them to. After all, it might be fun to be able to jump a distance of 30 feet, but as a human being, there is just not much need of it.

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【推荐3】Five, four, three, two, one, blast off (发射升空) ! At 00: 23 on Oct 16, 202l, the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft rose into the sky from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. Three Chinese astronauts—Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu—set off for the Tiangong space station.

The spacecraft successfully docked (对接) with the space station core module Tianhe. The astronauts will stay in space for six months, carrying out the longest-ever space mission by Chinese astronauts.

Shenzhou XIII is the fourth spacecraft to visit the Tiangong station and the second manned (载人) ship to transport astronauts to the orbiting outpost (轨道位置) . Before it, Shenzhou XII manned spacecraft was launched on June 17, carrying three astronauts—Nie Haisheng, Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo. They stayed in the space station for three months and returned to Earth on Sept 17.

The Shenzhou XIII astronauts have a wide range of tasks, such as doing medical experiments, setting up robotic (机械的) arms and checking the devices inside the station. They have performed two space walks to work outside the station—one was on Nov 7, with Wang becoming China’s first female spacewalker, while the other was on Dec 26.

The Shenzhou XIII mission has fueled (点燃) teenagers’ passion for space exploration as well. On Dec 9, the astronauts gave a science lesson to millions of students on Earth. They showed the kids their space life and did some fun science experiments. For example, Wang made a water ball to show that water in space is different from that on Earth. It will not flow downward (向下) if you try to pour it into a cup.

Denis Simon, director of the Center for Innovation Policy at Duke University in the US, told Xinhua that China’s success in space continues to be impressive. “China is now well on its way to being a leader in space exploration,” he said.