1 . How to Protect Against Undue Influence Online
The potential for undue influence has become increasingly significant in this era of digital interconnectivity. Undue influence can affect our perceptions and influence our decisions. It may even end anger our autonomy (自主) and mental health.
Understand what undue influence is
The first step to protecting yourself is understanding what undue influence is. Undue influence refers to a situation in which an individual or group employs unreasonable control over another person’s behavior information, thoughts, and emotions.
Develop media literacy skills
In an age of fake news, it is crucial to develop media literacy skills.
Delete as much data as you can about yourself. Be mindful of what information you share online, and always ensure that your online activities are secured through reliable sources. Review all policies on platforms, especially “free” ones. If you aren’t paying, then you are the product, as in many cases, they are selling your data.
By including these steps into your digital life, you can protect yourself from undue influence in the online world, ensuring that you can think and act independently, free from ill control.
| A．Prioritize privacy |
| B．Be mindful of free ones |
| C．It’s vital to have a health y Internet and real-life balance. |
| D．In the digital world, undue influence can take many forms. |
| E．Everyone deserves the right to live free from undue influence. |
| F．They involve analyzing, evaluating, and creating media in various forms. |
| G．Here are some essential strategies for you to protect yourself online from undue influence. |
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3 . In school, we learned the periodic table and were told to recite the alphabet, but nobody forced us to take a class on what emotions are and how they work before we entered the big world. And for many of us, that means understanding how we feel and why can be incredibly difficult.
Yet, research shows that being aware of your emotions is hugely beneficial and people with high emotional awareness have better social and emotional functioning. In layman’s terms, that can translate as being able to predict your emotions and develop coping mechanisms in advance, becoming wise to unhealthy behavior patterns, and even being more in tune with the needs of others.
“Emotional awareness is being able to identify and make sense of not only our own emotions but those of others. It’s absolutely essential in maintaining good mental health,” explains Rachel Vora, psychotherapist and founder of CYP Wellbeing. “When we are able to identify and reflect on our emotional responses, we can understand how this influences our behaviors and in turn, change the way we respond to challenging situations.”
Of course, pinpointing how we feel can often prove difficult. It’s the very reason we turn to general phrases like “I feel blue” or “I’m not myself today”. Vora says this is often because on some level we don’t want to know how we really feel. “We can often try to numb (使麻木), suppress or avoid emotions because they feel overwhelming or distressing and this can often lead to a lack of emotional awareness as we feel disconnected from ourselves,” she explains.
Without emotional awareness, we can also develop emotional blind spots: unhealthy thoughts, behaviors and coping mechanisms that are hidden from our view. Perhaps you may feel self-doubt when you receive negative feedback. Unless you take time for introspection (反省), you’ll remain unaware of these habits. Vora says tuning into your emotions and honestly reflecting on how you feel is key. “By identifying our emotional blind spots, we can feel more in control of our emotions, how to improve our mood and also how we respond in challenging situations.”
1. What can we know about people with high emotional awareness?| A．They can foresee their emotions. |
| B．They solve problems ahead of time. |
| C．They always keep positive attitude. |
| D．They can avoid unhealthy behaviors. |
| A．It can be gained without difficulty. |
| B．It is vital for us to keep mental health. |
| C．It can enable us to respond to challenges easily. |
| D．It is helpful to understand most people’s emotions. |
| A．We don’t know how we feel. |
| B．We lack emotional awareness. |
| C．We can’t control our emotions. |
| D．We describe our emotions with difficulty. |
| A．How to control our mood. |
| B．What to do with our habits. |
| C．When to practise self-reflection. |
| D．How to develop emotional awareness. |
Tomato Changed My Life
Doing things-without being planned was never my strength.
As a 14-year-old, I would refuse to go for walks around the block with my friends if I was the least bit behind in my schoolwork.
Unlike most teenagers, I lived not in my room, but in an unused kitchen upstairs where I spread my books and papers on a large round table. I spent considerable time there, working continuously for hours, and my mother worried. She would try to lure (引诱) me away. “Come and watch the parade!” she would call from downstairs. “All neighbors are out there!” She thought of all kinds of tricks-the swimming pool, ice cream, stray cats and turtles-to remove me from my -studies, but nothing ever worked.
Later, in college, the pattern continued. The library and my college dorm replaced the unused kitchen at home. When spring came along friends would stop by my dorm or peer into my library room to persuade me to play Frisbee on the lawn. “No, I would almost always say.” I have too much to do.
My college study days were gone, but not my need and love for schedules. My friends and sisters tried to keep me away from my plans, but they were hardly ever successful.
This summer, though, while house sitting for my parents, I was persuaded to change my plans in the most unexpected way. The sight of tomatoes growing in my mother’s garden lured me out of my tightly scheduled world. They drew me with the power of a lover’s gaze. Hundreds of them were turning ripe and red by the minute, decorating the garden like decorations on a Christmas tree.
“If I have time, I’ll make tomato sauce (番茄酱).” I told myself. But my long week in the house by myself was already filled with things to do: writing, and finishing a project that I brought home from the office.
Then, watching the fascinating tomatoes continuously falling to the ground in ever-greater numbers, again I mentally argued about all the things I had planned and needed to do.
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Finally, I gave in.
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A month later, my parents came back.
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5 . When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. My experience that time just confirmed this statement.
I paced the crowded airport, sweaty and annoyed. It was two days before New Year’s Day, and my flight home had been
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I couldn’t hide my
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On a trip where everything had gone
| A．arranged | B．checked | C．confirmed | D．canceled |
| A．same | B．early | C．new | D．regular |
| A．boarded | B．flew | C．left | D．traveled |
| A．asked | B．fought | C．found | D．joined |
| A．feel | B．entertain | C．calm | D．reward |
| A．anxiously | B．secretly | C．quickly | D．noisily |
| A．waist | B．arm | C．head | D．leg |
| A．pleasure | B．hunger | C．surprise | D．annoyance |
| A．ability | B．strategy | C．battle | D．activity |
| A．shot | B．look | C．hit | D．shake |
| A．bottle | B．cover | C．snack | D．puzzle |
| A．defeat | B．disappoint | C．attract | D．direct |
| A．customer | B．owner | C．producer | D．receiver |
| A．empty | B．shallow | C．round | D．incomplete |
| A．high | B．wild | C．fast | D．wrong |
6 . If someone says you are too old to learn to swim, ignore them. Remind them of then 75-year-old Rosemary Caruana, the grandmother who knows you’re never too old to learn to swim. She thought she was unable to swim at all. More than that, she had a strong dislike for the water. But despite this, she found herself in her swimming costume at her local pool.
Caruana took her grandson swimming and was watching her grandson in the pool. She decided she needed lessons. So after her grandson’s lesson she approached the swimming teacher and asked whether or not she would be able to take some swimming lessons. The teacher told Rosemary that you’re never too old to learn to swim and said she’d be happy to teach her.
“I watched my youngest grandson swimming and thought, this is ridiculous...you’re 75-year-old, he’s swimming, you’re not-and you live on an island. So I asked his teacher if she would teach me and she said yes.”
Over the next 12 months, Caruana attended each session to build up her swimming ability. She had a goal, which was to swim a length of the pool. She did it. She still takes part in her swimming lessons each week, and now looks forward to each session rather than panicking as she had in the early months.
“Now, 12 months later, I absolutely love it. And I can now do four lengths of the main pool which is 25 meters, two on my front and two on my back. I do still need my wonderful instructor Sally beside me, though. I am not quite confident enough to go it alone.”
You are never too old to learn: inspired?
You are never too old to learn to swim, said Rosemary. If you are a grandmother inspired by Rosemary to learn to swim, then use our Poolfinder widget to track down your nearest pool below.
1. Which of the following statements is true?| A．Caruana had a love for water at first. | B．Caruana started to learn to swim at 75. |
| C．All grandmothers can learn to swim. | D．Caruana is old enough to learn to swim. |
| A．There were no local pools when Caruana was young. |
| B．Caruana’s grandson asked her to teach him swimming. |
| C．Caruana could do 25 meters after attending one session. |
| D．The swimming center has different pools in various areas. |
| A．To tell a story. | B．To make an advertisement. |
| C．To introduce a practical trick. | D．To prove one’s ability. |
| A．You are never too old to learn to swim | B．How a grandmother loves swimming |
| C．Rosemary Caruana, an old grandma | D．What a wonderful swimming instructor! |
7 . More than 3/4 of the Southeast Asia population is agriculture-based. Twice as much fish is consumed in this region compared to other forms of animal protein, reflecting the long coastlines and river environments of Southeast Asia. The staple food throughout the region is rice, which has been cultivated for thousands of years. Rice serves as the basic staple food for more than half of the world’s population today.
In Asia, there are different styles of eating food. In India and the Middle East, as well as Southeast Asia, people eat food with their hands. It is a very direct way to experience the texture of the food, and people normally wash their hands before and after each meal. Normally, only the right hand is used, so that one knows to keep it especially clean. Generally, the foods to be eaten are placed on plates in the center of the mat or table, and people take food in small portions as they eat.
The exception to this pattern is Vietnam, where the influence of China was much stronger than anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Here, each person has chopsticks, and food is served and apportioned (分配) onto individual plates or into individual bowls. A similar pattern is found in other Asian countries where Chinese influence was especially strong, e.g., Japan, Korea and so on.
The influence of Western cultures is found not only in the use of tables and chairs in many modern Southeast Asian households, but also in the use of spoons and forks. Knives are not necessary, since meat and vegetables are chopped into smaller portions before cooking or serving. A large spoon is held in the right hand, while the left hand is used to shovel food into the spoon.
1. What does the underlined word “cultivated” in the first paragraph mean?| A．Cut. | B．Grown. | C．Eaten. | D．Harvested. |
| A．Its people eat with chopsticks. |
| B．People take food in small portions as they eat. |
| C．Food is served and apportioned into individual cups. |
| D．Western influence is found as well as Chinese influence. |
| A．The use of tables and chairs. | B．The use of spoons and forks. |
| C．The influence of Western cultures. | D．The transforming of Asian eating culture. |
| A．Asian Food and Culture | B．World’s Food and Culture |
| C．Eastern & Western Food and Culture | D．Southeast Asian Food and Culture |
1.“入乡随俗”的意思；
2.遵守“入乡随俗”的意义。
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Dear Crystal,
Glad to read your email. The expression “rùxiāngsuísú” is a Chinese idiom.
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Yours,
Li Hua
1. 去年你在乡村度假；
2. 今年打算多进行体育活动。
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2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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1. What can be learned about Sandra Gellert?| A．She taught at several universities. |
| B．She has several business-related degrees. |
| C．She won an award for her latest seminar. |
| D．She has over 20 years’ experience in the financial field. |
| A．House pricing. | B．Retirement income. |
| C．International investment. | D．Foreign exchange trading. |
| A．Register online. | B．Call (456)223-1232. |
| C．Visit St. Morton City Bank. | D．Contact Sandra Gellert. |
