2 . Don’t know where to choose gifts for friends or family? Here are five special gift shops featuring different kinds of gifts.

Games Gadgets

Tel:402-875-5543

Games Gadgets is the perfect one-stop (一站式的) shop for electrical goods. Here at Games Gadgets we provide a wide range of electronic goods at some of the very best prices around. From Cameras and GPS Sat Navs to Gaming Accessories and Computers, iPads and iPods, we have everything you could ever need.

Reba

Tel:406-637-2219

Reba supplies fashion clothes, jewellery (珠宝) and gifts to people throughout the local area. Reba is an independent store, supplying well-known brands as well as up-and-coming designers. Reba is a store for those who love clothes, jewellery and gifts and it always aims to ofier something different.

The Sweet Shop

Tel:421-896-3129

The Sweet Shop is a brand-new gift store created just for chocolate lovers. The shop sells a wonderful range of chocolate-themed goodies from dark to white chocolate. It is extremely popular with all kinds of parties, chocolate lovers and people who are looking for a fun activity.

Blue Department Store

Tel:419-156-9910

A favorite shopping destination for many foreigners, Blue is devoted to top brands including expensive famous wines which are all 30 percent oft, maybe 40 to 50 percent off. We have no more than70 kinds of world-famous wine in our store. Location: No. 6001 Oak Street, O Hare International Airport.

Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store

Tcl:491-938-9012

Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store opened only one month ago and it features new sportswear this season. They have well-known brands such as Nike, Adidas, Levis, Nautica and Hush Puppies. Quality Stuff Off-Price Department Store is famous for the reduced price of each item. Reduced rates vary from 40 percent to 80 percent. The best buys here are some brands, which find a nice balance between style, quality and price.

3 . As you can imagine, there are numerous types of advertisements in different mediums, on different channels, and with different goals for their business.

Print advertising

The first print advertisement ran in England in 1472. Since then, this type of advertising has become available in newspapers, magazines, and similar mediums of carrying a brand’s message to its ideal end users. In this advertisement method, the advertiser pays the publisher to place their advertisements in the publication.

Radio advertising

Radio advertising dates back to 1920, when the first commercial radio stations were launched in the United States. In this advertisement medium, the advertiser pays the radio station to play their advertisements during selected breaks between music or a radio show.

Television advertising

Television advertising originated in the 1940s with the promotion of practical items and political campaigns. In this advertisement medium, the advertiser pays the local or national TV network to show their advertisements during selected breaks in the network’s regular programming.

Internet advertising

Internet advertising took root in the middle of the 1990s. In this advertisement method, the advertiser pays the website owner to place their advertisements in exposed spaces that are minor to the website’s own content. Internet advertising includes video, search engine marketing, and more.

However, as you know, the advertising types above have developed dramatically since their respective origins. Some advertisements have been memorable years after they first ran.

So how do you create an advertising strategy that works fine? This blog post is about the advertisements and campaigns we can learn from.

4 . In the mornings, as I walked from the train station to the office, I planned my day by making a to-do list in my head: the scientific articles I would read, the data sets I would analyze, and most urgent of all — the insights into human nature that it was my job to discover.

Each evening, I went back to the station, again going through my mental checklist but this time sizing up my performance against the expectations Td set for myself that morning. Time and again, when comparing my to-do list with my got-done list, I felt frustrated because I had fallen short.

But one day, something very strange happened. During my trip home, without any conscious intention, my thoughts began to change. Instead of feeling bad about my weaknesses, I said aloud very softly: I’m a nice person. I’m a nice person. I’m a nice person. By the time I boarded my train, I was done with my little chant-until the next day when I walked home. And again, after counting my failures, I found myself saying quietly: I’m a nice person. It turns out that there’s a technical term for this practice: values affirmation (肯定). And what it emphasizes is recognizing and strengthening the personal values you hold most dear.

When you affirm a core personal value, you raise your sense of self-worth. You broaden your outlook:Instead of focusing on your shortfalls, you switch to a wide-angle view that includes your resources and opportunities. And the people who do this are happier, healthier, and more hopeful. Over time, I made progress in my research and learned a lot about what makes most successful people special, including this: Nobody has passion and determination unless what they do lines up with their values. Try values affirmation for yourself and teach the practice to your students.

Take a moment and think of a value you hold dear, whether it’s kindness, creativity, or gratitude. Whatever it is, name it. And then say to yourself: Come what may, I know who I am. Your values are your foundation and your compass, too. Trust them, and they will lead you home.

5 . One day many years ago, a friend surprised me by using Spanish “Como estas?”instead of the English “How are you?”She told me _________ that she was learning Spanish at the University of Hawaii. It was the first time I had _________ the Senior Citizen Visitor Program (SCVP), which was free to those suitable.

Immediately, I rushed back home and _________ everything about the SCVP online. The next day, I _________ the SCVP office at UH. My_________ course (课程) was the Life-long Study for Hawaii Elders. However, the person at the other end of the phone _________ me: I had to be at least 60 years old to_________ . At that moment, I really hated to be so_________ ! But no choice — so I started _________ to get older.

At the end of 2018, after my 60 birthday, I telephoned the SCVP office again. In the spring__________of 2019, I got registered(注册) and __________ two classes: Ballroom Dance and Introduction to Interpretation.

No matter how old I was, once I was sitting among young people, with both my body and spirit __________ in the classroom, listening to and writing down what the __________taught made me forget my age.

Of course, I used this experience to__________ that old people’s brain may get__________but it’s still enough to learn __________. Second, for aged people, returning to school helps them to seemingly __________ their real age, especially when they get the same__________as younger classmates do in examinations. And third, we aged people are useful ones who have rich __________including knowing why, what and how to keep __________.

7 . Personal growth doesn’t necessarily only happen when the conditions are perfect. Seeds tend to develop only when conditions are right. A seed will remain dormant (休眠) until moisture (湿度) and temperature are favorable for growth. Unfortunately, as humans, we don’t always have the luxury of growing when conditions are just right. Sometimes you must cultivate (培育) personal growth and flower where you’re planted, often in spite of external circumstances.

For much of my life, I let external circumstances control my happiness. If things weren’t going well, then I wasn’t well. I told myself that I would be happier if conditions were right. With this mindset, I gave myself permission to stay emotionally dormant. I was waiting for things around me to change before I would do the work to become a better version of myself. In other words. I made my personal growth conditional on external circumstances.

The problem with waiting for change outside of yourself is that you might have to wait a very long time, maybe even forever. And if you stay dormant while waiting, you aren’t growing. You’re simply stuck in place. You certainly aren’t becoming the better version of yourself that you want to be.

If you want to engage in personal growth, like planting seeds, you have to do some work to make it happen. You can’t wait around for everything to fall into place. Start with pulling up your emotional weeds. Examine yourself and remove the pessimistic thoughts and behaviors that are holding you back. Then, work on the foundation that you have. Practice positive life habits that build your self-respect and happiness.

Personal growth is something you can fight for. It may not come naturally, but when you develop this mindset, you will flower no matter where you’re planted.

8 . While Romano’s classmates were beginning their college life, the 19-year-old Croatian young man had different dreams. In Croatia taking a gap year is not as common as in other countries, but Romano decided to take a break for a year or two after high school and try volunteering in Africa.

Upon arrival in Arusha. Tanzania, Romano found a volunteering project through an organization. Now he helps poor children and teaches them English and math. These children are not abandoned. They come from low-income families and any help is welcome. There is no soap or running water in the school, and to learn English, the children depend on volunteers because there are not enough qualified teachers.

“They don’t have much, they are poor, but honest and happy, because they are not aware that there may be something better out there for them. As I was lecturing, I saw the materials they used for learning: worn-out pencils, one eraser for 20 children, torn and printed notebooks, and not to mention clothes and shoes. I will only tell you that uniforms are worn to conceal (掩饰) their clothing and thus to mask material inequality,” says Romano, who was therefore encouraged to launch a charity action to collect donations for children’s necessities.

Romano believes that every child has the right to the basics, including education. It is for this reason that he wants to help these little ones. “Even though I was aware of it before, I realized how privileged I am in life just because I was born on another continent. I learned to appreciate more what I have and manage without the basics. As a result, I met a different culture, tested my limits and looked at things from a different perspective -- a gratitude perspective,” concludes Romano, hoping that little by little, both he and other volunteers will contribute to positive change through their work.