1 . Among many celebrated U.S. places for very cool sunsets, here are notable favorites.

While you are visiting California Dreamin’, El Matador’s eye-catching nightfall is a worthy way to lead you into deep thought. It is about the sands of time. Pack a basket of delicious food for a late-in-the-day picnic overlooking the Pacific Ocean, via the Pacific Coast Highway. The sunset is a sweet dessert.

The 1,218,375-acre Grand Canyon National Park is wonderful. The canyon itself stretches 277 miles. Its wildlife is also so abundant. You can go to the South Rim of the canyon (大峡谷), which offers the best sunset advantages. Sometimes, you can see deer running and eagles flying with the sunset standing as the background. An unforgettable thrill: Grand Canyon Floor Landing Helicopter Sunset Tour by Canyon Tours.

Called the River of Grass, Everglades National Park — South Florida’s amazing 1.5-million-acre wetland reserve — is quilted with coastal trees and grass. An especially chosen sunset-watching site is near Mrazek Pond, approximately three miles north of the Flamingo Visitor Center. This is a birder’s (观鸟者) dream place, too, home to more than 360 species.

Haleakala Crater in Hawaii Aloha, a vast dormant (休眠期的) volcano 10,023 feet above sea level, is famous for its sunrises — so that dawn sun-seekers climb the volcano in the middle of the night to make the long drive up a winding road to the summit. But Haleakala’s sunsets are just as amazing. Since fewer people arrive late in the day, a more personal sunset participation is possible. Consider a private or group sunset hike to appreciate the Pacific Ocean. It is worthwhile.

2 . Develop Positive Relationships

One of the most profound experiences we can have in our lives is the connection we have with other human beings. Positive and supportive relationships will help us to feel healthier, happier, and more satisfied with our lives.     1    

●Accept and celebrate differences.

    2     Yet when we try to build relationships, we expect that people will think like we do. In this way, it is so much easier to create a friendly relationship. However, while we may find it initially easier, the novelty of sameness soon would wear off. So accepting that we are all different is a great starting point.

●Listen effectively.

Listening is a crucial skill in boosting another person’s self-esteem.    3    In active listening, we also are genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking, feeling, wanting, or what the message means, and we are active in checking out our understanding before we respond with our own new message. This process is what distinguishes active listening and makes it effective.

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In a world where time is of the essence, we don’t always have the time to give to our loved ones. Being present in the time you give to people is important. In other words, when you are with someone, you are truly with someone and not living in the past or worrying about the future. Devoting time, energy, and effort to building relationships is one of the most valuable life skills.

●Manage mobile technology.

By now, everyone has a mobile phone and many people have two or more. While they are a lifesaver in an emergency, and an effective tool for communication, they also can be a complete distraction when people exhibit a lack of mobile phone etiquette (礼仪).    5    

China says its push to bring modern communications technology to poor villages is having an effect on standards of living. Over 98 percent of villages once    1     (suffer ) from poverty have gained access to broadband----and the effects are beginning to     2     (see).

Official data show that, since 2015 China's central government and basic telecom (电信)operators    3     (give) over 60 billion yuan ($9.28billion) in the construction of fibre-optic (光纤) network in 43,000 villages in the distance and the construction of 4G base stations in more than 9,200 villages once stricken by poverty     4     (extreme).

Thanks to the     5     (introduce ) of a better communications network, Beldron, a 26-year-old villager in Nyingchi city, has been able to promote a stone pot made by the county's factory through a live show. "This is our stone pot. You'll know how great it is when you have     6     taste of our local food cooked with it," Beldron said during a live show held     7    (promote ) the stone pot in a store of the factory. Over 20 stone pots can be sold during one live streaming show, Beldron said.

Now rural areas in China have gained access to the same network and Internet connection speed     8     urban areas, including the remotest regions     9     suffered from extreme poverty. Besides, those once poor areas in the country are seeing     10     (evidence) improvement in communications because of the construction.

4 . Owen Colley, a 6-year-old from Hingham, Massachusetts, was upset to learn about the Australian bushfire. He asked if any animals had been hurt in the _________ and his mom said yes. Quiet, he left the room and drew a picture of a kangaroo, and a koala in the rain with his own pencils. The picture _________ his wish for Australia, a wish for rain.

“It was _________ the first time Owen had made a wish for something else _________ himself,” his mother said. “He asked us if he could help and together we came up with this _________. We could make some clay koalas and sell them and then we can _________ away the money."

Owen started making little koalas out of clay and his parents set up a way for people to _________ to Wildlife Rescue South Coast, a rescue group. The Colley family is sending one of Owen’s koalas to each person who is _________ to donate $50 or more.

So far, Owen has _________ more than $20,000 for the rescue group in just a week. In fact, Owen has a connection to Australia. His father __________ in Sydney and Owen even lived there when he was __________.

Owen hopes that other parents and children can find ways to help with those __________ by the bushfire. “Anyone can make a __________ and even we can bring hope to them when we come __________,” Owen said. “I just love the idea that maybe other kids can take this to their communities and sell small clay koalas locally and collect money for this __________ cause.”

5 . Women over 45 are one of the fastest-growing groups of people who are homeless in Australia. In 2020, an estimated 405,000 women over 45 were at risk of housing affordability stress and hence becoming homeless. Considering the shortage of affordable housing, an ageing population and the lifelong economic disadvantage that women experience, this problem requires a speedy solution.

A simple solution for older women facing homelessness is to provide them with access to appropriate, safe and affordable homes for the long term. So why is this problem so difficult to solve? Recent attempts provide good short-term choices. But they do not create long-term housing that meets older women's needs to age in place and have a sense of belonging and safety. All these aspects are important for their well-being.

Chinese courtyard housing — siheyuan — has some important principles that could be culturally adapted to the Australian background. The name “siheyuan” translates into quadrangle (四方院子) courtyard housing. This type of housing comes from traditional Confucian ideas of the extended family unit, arranged around a courtyard or series of courtyards with graduated levels of privacy.

The interesting thing about the siheyuan arrangement is the highly ordered series of rooms with private units organized around open spaces and halls for gatherings. The order of the siheyuan presents a great opportunity for adapting it to suit the needs of older women. It’s a type of co-housing arrangement. People live independently but together, sharing some facilities (设施) like open space and areas to come together for occasional meals. This model could form part of the rise in shared housing.

The courtyards meet the needs of older women to maintain a strong connection to a garden space. The courtyards promote social contact and exercise., as well as space for quiet contemplation (沉思). The hall serves as a social connector. It’s a place for activities, connecting with family or friends, creative projects or listening. The private units ensure the independence, safety and sense of belonging that older women need. Cultural and social needs are met easily within one’s personal space.

7 . Comfort foods are typically energy-dense, high-fat, and sweet, such as chocolate, ice cream and French fries. They provide pleasure or temporarily make us feel better.     1     .

•Self-medication.

There seems to be a consistent connection between negative emotions and unhealthy foods, a phenomenon called emotional eating. In a bad mood, people are drawn to unhealthy foods（sugary and fatty）as a coping approach.     2     However, one study found that although comfort foods provide some relief from negative moods, so do other foods or even eating no food at all.

•The need to belong.

We tend to associate certain foods with members of our family, social gatherings and people taking care of us. So when we feel lonely we desire these foods to give us comfort and security.     3     . For example, for a college student away from home for the first time, comfort foods may serve as a reminder of family or friends in times of stress or isolation. Evidence showed that people with positive family relationships were more likely than others to reach for comforting foods on the days when they felt lonely.

•Special occasion.

    4     . The excuse reflects a dilemma. From a short-term perspective, the indulgence（纵情享受）is the best choice, but from a long-term perspective, healthy eating is the best choice. The ideal solution is to somehow do both.     5     . If the situation can be framed as the "last time", then the dilemma disappears, since the person can say to himself that a new and better life will begin tomorrow.