When you have a different opinion（观点）with your friend, what should you do? One of the ways is to talk to your friend and tell him or her how you are feeling. It is always important to share your feelings with your friend.

However, as we grow older, our interests change and sometimes this means that a friendship may not be as close as it was before. This also means that you may find a different group of friends to spend time with.

Then what should you do to keep friends? One useful thing is to tell them you like them. Smiling, talking to them, and praising them are all the good ways. People usually like to make friends with the people who understand and enjoy them.

It is also important to remember that you should always be yourself. Sometimes when you focus on “keeping friends”, you might begin to do things or act in some ways that are not part of your personality. Moreover, if your friend is unfriendly to you, you can be impolite to him. If friendship makes you become someone who you are not, then it is not worth(值得) keeping.

Do you find it hard to say no whenever someone comes to you for a favor? Do you feel bad when you have to tell people that you really can’t help them? Do you often pretend you agree with them even though you think differently? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be a “people-pleaser”.

    1     However, if you try to please others at the cost of your own happiness, that is going too far. Here are some things to help you stop being a people-pleaser.

To start with, it’s important to let people know your limits.     2     If you don’t want to do some things, say it out. You can also tell others you are not able to being helpful all the time.

When someone asks you for a favor, tell him or her you need time to think about it.     3     Do I really want to do this? How much time will it take? Give yourself some time to find out if you want to do it and you have the time to do it.

You always try to please others maybe because you are not confident. Then you need to do more positive self-talk.     4     You don’t have to give away your time and energy to things that don’t bring you joy.

It’s hard to make a quick change, so start by taking small steps. You may start to text others to say no.     5     Stopping being a people-pleaser doesn’t mean you have to give up being kind and helpful. You can still do good things in your own way.

【推荐3】People are always trying to live a healthy life. You might have read so much on this topic. The following ideas may sound strange, but they can really help you.

Exercise when you are tired.

After a long and tiring day of study, exercising might not sound like a good idea, but it should. In fact, physical activities can provide you with the missing energy. Research shows that exercising for just 30 minutes can make you feel good!

Write by hand to help the brain be active.

Although writing something using a computer is faster, it is much better to remember the whole thing by writing it down by hand. When you read a handwritten text, naturally it's easier for your brains to remember the information.

Spare more time for yourself.

By sparing the time for yourself and just being alone for a while, you can have a chance to think and get to know yourself better. And you won't behave impulsively （冲动地）.

Drink hot drinks on a hot day.

What cools more on a hot summer morning cold water or hot water? The study shows that the hot water does make people feel cooler. When you are drinking something hot, the body will feel the change in temperature and increase the perspiration（流汗）, which helps you cool down!

    1     The answer for most people would be yes. But where does our rubbish go？It doesn't just sit in the rubbish bin. Every day，workers come to take the rubbish from our rubbish bins. They put it into a big truck and carry it to landfills（垃圾填埋场）. At the landfill，people sort（分类）the rubbish. They recycle some，burn some and bury some of it underground.     2     It means that less rubbish ends up in landfills. Landfills can also be bad for the environment.

So many Chinese cities encourage everyone to sort out their rubbish before throwing it away. Put the food in one bag. Put the plastic bottles in another. And throw them in the right rubbish bins. In this way，we can help save a lot of time，money and energy for all of society.     3     so they have higher recycling rates（比率）. In Sweden，only 4 percent of household waste ends up in landfills every year. In Japan，people recycle nearly 50 percent of all rubbish. There is still a lot to do when it comes to rubbish sorting in China. People in the country make about 300 million tons of rubbish every year.     4     The rest of it ends up in landfills. Most of it is unsorted. The good news is that many cities are trying different ways to make things better. Beijing will start a new program to improve rubbish sorting next year. If people sort out their rubbish，they'll get WeChat bonus points.     5    

Every country has its favourite food. It's because of their different eating habits and lifestyles. In America people usually work hard and keep busy. They think, "Time is money." They wouldn't like to spend much time eating. You can find that they eat fast food on weekdays quite often. There are lots of ways of cooking Western food. They think meat and milk are important. So the ways of cooking meat and products from milk are also important. Chinese food have different tastes, too. For example, the most famous four tastes: Chuan, Lu, Su, Yue. People not only want to eat healthy food but also want to see the beautiful colours. The food should smell nice and taste delicious, too. There are many vegetables in Chinese food. In China, eating is a kind of culture. You can study it and enjoy yourself.

【推荐3】In September 2021, Taobao opened a store, selling everything for just RMB 0.01. For example, people only need to spend RMB 0.01 on a bag of rice to be expired (过期) in three months, and then the store will send it to their homes for free. The shop is the first online food bank of its kind in China. It provides food close to its use-by date for people in need. “These foods are still good to eat,” said Liu from Green Oasis, an organization that owns the store. To make sure the foods are going to people who need them most, the store asks shoppers to provide something to show that they are disabled or poor. Because they have trouble feeding themselves. The organization said it got 1,000 tons (吨) of food from restaurants, supermarkets, food factories and some other places. But before opening the online food bank, the organization mainly gave out food through its physical stores (实体店). Green Oasis opened China’s first food bank in 2014. It has more than 200 stores across the country, with more than half of them in Shanghai. It expects its first online store to help it reach more people. “Food banks can not only give help to people in need, but also cut down food waste,” said Liu. It is reported that China wastes about 18 million tons of food each year. The waste alone can feed 30 to 50 million people. The world’s first food bank appeared in the US in 1967. After that, thousands of more food banks appeared all over the world.