【推荐3】Although we may not have the ability to paint the Mona Lisa, create music like Mozart, or write novels like Hemingway, everyone is born with a special ability — creativity (创造力). Some people can find and learn to show it early, while others might discover it later in life. We are all creative, and we need to create as much as we need to eat, breathe and sleep. Creativity has different meanings for different people, but unluckily a lot of things may stifle the development of it. And the importance of creativity is not valued as much as it should be. However, it has a powerful effect (影响) on one’s overall ability to get true happiness and success in life. If we stifle our creativity or lower its importance, we may create blockages (阻碍) in other parts of life. This can stop us from improving things like health, work and personal relationships.

No matter how busy one is, it is very important to leave some time to develop creativity. Trying out different hobbies is a great way to discover one’s creativity because it can be very enjoyable. Some people find one hobby and fall deeply in love with it. Some people prefer to try different hobbies for short time, or change them up each season to stay interested and keep trying different things.

One great thing about a hobby is that there are no set rules. Each person gets to decide how often they want to do it and whether they want to keep it for a long time or move on to something else after trying it for a few weeks or months.

Another cool thing about hobbies is that one can enjoy them quietly when spending some free time alone, or as a way to fit in a community (集体). Book clubs, art or cooking classes, gardening clubs — nearly every type of hobby offers a chance to meet with other people with the same interest and build relationships. This could be helpful on both a personal and a professional (专业的) level. Hobbies can be a great way to create a community among co-workers. Sometimes if co-workers are not getting along, having them take part in a seemingly non-work-related hobby can be great for creating common ground.

Usually, the simple act of developing hobbies can provide a chance for a person to find and show his or her creativity, which will produce great active changes. When people experience something as simple and great as creating something beautiful through hobbies, they begin to look at the world — and daily environments — in a fresh, new way.

【推荐3】China should continue to improve the county’s toilets as part of its “toilet revolution (革命)”, President Xi Jinping said recently.

The “toilet revolution” was first carried out across the country in 2015. Up to now, around 68,000 public toilets in tourist areas have been newly built or rebuilt, costing 20 million yuan and another 64,000 are in planning, expected to be completed in two years’ time. This has provided enough clean toilets for the public and improved the quality of these tourist areas.

The government also aims to build clean toilets in rural (农村的) homes. The toilets should be at least 2 square meters large with wall, roofs (屋项), doors and windows. They will be either flush (冲水的) toilets or dry toilets with underground storage tanks (存储箱)

In 2019, China spent another 7 billion yuan on rural “toilet revolution”. By the end of 2020, over 65 percent of the rural areas have had clean toilets. While back in 1993, that number was only 7.5 percent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Why should we pay so much attention to the toilets? Toilets are a big thing in our lives. They take away our waste and keep our homes and communities healthy. One gram of human waste may have 10 million viruses (病毒) and 1 million bacteria (细菌). These make us sick or even kill us.