Are you a “glass-half-empty” or a “glass-half-full” type of person? A study showed that optimists (乐观主义者) are more likely to live longer than those who have a(n)
Vicki Siska has been through some stressful times but has managed to remain optimistic. “Music
Humour also helped Pippa Kennedy stay positive. She watched a TV show named Dad’s Army to help her get through a bad
Sue Oakley Dunn says she remains positive and healthy because she does “what makes my soul sing”. She has plenty of hobbies to do for
As well as the benefits of friendship and laughter, Robyn Black, who does yoga and has better access to
Sports like American football and ice hockey get most of the attention when it comes to concussions (脑震荡) and other forms of brain injury. But soccer is a(n)
Heading the ball is a key soccer skill. But a new study finds that players who head the ball frequently are more likely to suffer
“For many people, it’s beyond belief that a slight injury could be a problem,” said Dr. Michael Lipton, an expert of neuroradiology (神经放射学) in New York City.
Lipton and his team interviewed 37 adult soccer players from New York City and took high-tech scans (扫描) to
The
Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot (吉祥物) of the Beijing Winter Olympics, is a cute panda whose
Have you ever wondered why it is called Bing Dwen Dwen? In Mandarin (普通话) bing has several meanings, though the most common is “ice”. The character also symbolizes purity (纯洁) and strength, while dwen dwen means “strong and lively”.
Do you know why the mascot wasn’t named Bing Dundun in English? To read Bing Dundun correctly, you would have to be familiar with the pinyin system, which is
There are some immediate advantages. The biggest is that the tone has been mixed into the spelling of each syllable (音节). The transliteration (音译) of Bing Dwen Dwen this time does work and is
The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American film. It tells how an African-American single parent and his five-year-old son struggle to survive and fulfill the American dream in San Francisco. The screenplay is based on the best-selling
The Pursuit of Happyness is based on the true story of Chris Gardner. In the film, Chris Gardner is trying to make a living by selling medical equipment. His wife Linda is working two jobs to help pay his
Chris’s persistence
The film does score some emotional points in its portrait of an African-American male who turns out to be a(n)
Mr. Zhang is a successful businessman in our city. When he was fifteen years old, his family was so poor that he had to
Dyson has become a byword (代名词) for high-performing products, technology, design, and invention. James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story in Invention: A Life.
Over a four-year period, James Dyson made 5,127 prototypes of the dual cyclonic vacuum cleaner (双气旋真空吸尘器) that would transform the way houses are cleaned around the world. In d
This was an outcome of his time studying at the Royal College of Art in the 1960s, when he was inspired by some of the most famous and
In Invention: A Life, Dyson reveals how he came to set up his own company and led it to become one of the most
Whether you are someone who has an idea for a better product or a(n)
Arianna Huffington has been very vocal (直言的) about the importance of sleep since accidentally overworking herself to the point of exhaustion (筋疲力尽) in 2007.
Critics might point out that she managed to establish a(n)
Contrary to popular belief, she told CNBC Make It that she truly became successful when she quit working round-the-clock.
“Huffington Post was only a two-year-old baby when I
After coming to realise the importance of sleep, Huffington started to see a difference in her work
“I can tell you with authority that when I’m exhausted, I’m the worst version of myself,” said the entrepreneur (企业家). “I’m more reactive. I’m less creative. And all of us can testify to that.”
“I’m not c
In January, eight gorillas (大猩猩) at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in California, became the first great apes to test positive (阳性的) for COVID-19. “There was an immediate concern,” said Nadine Lamberski, the chief
So Lamberski made a decision. In February, she gave nine other great apes an experimental COVID-19 vaccine. Those nine became the first zoo animals in the United States to get the vaccine. Since then, the vaccine has been shipped out to zoo animals in 27 states. Lamberski got the COVID-19 vaccine from Zoetis, a company that makes medications for animals. Now the company reports that its vaccine is safe for other animals, too. It’s
So far, Zoetis has donated its vaccine to nearly 70 zoos in the U.S. According to Lamberski, zoos are requesting the vaccine because their animals
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