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8 . Hello, everyone! What is the true definition(定义) of Healthy Living? It sounds silly that we need to define Healthy Living. After all, we know what “Health” is and we also know what “Living” is. So today, let’s start by discussing what “Health” is.
Interestingly enough, health is not simply defined as just living without disease. The real definition of Healthy Living is the steps, actions and plans one puts in place to achieve the best possible health. Healthy Living is about making smart health choices for today and for the future. Eating right, getting fit and keeping a good emotional(情感的) condition are all part of creating healthy life. Since the whole of YOU, that is, all parts of yourself, must work in harmony together, you need to put balanced energy into each part of yourself.
The body or Physical: You need good nutrition(营养), proper weight, enough exercise and rest and proper stress management.
The mind of Emotional:You need correct thoughts and a proper self-image. You also need to give and receive love; you need to experience happiness and you need joyful relationships with yourself and others.
The Spiritual:You need inner calmness, openness to your creativity, and trust in your inner knowing. For some it needs having a relationship with a higher power.
Well, we all know when the body is out of balance, our body tells us right away. We might feel tired, catch a cold or become ill more often, but, believe it or not, we can also tell when the Emotional You is similarly out of balance.
1. What would be the best definition of Healthy Living?A.Living happily and without any disease. |
B.Taking steps to achieve properly made plans. |
C.Making smart choices for getting one’s body fit. |
D.Having one’s body, mind and spirit work in harmony. |
A.keeping physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being |
B.making all parts of oneself work in an active way |
C.keeping your emotion and spirit in a good state |
D.putting energy into each part of oneself in the right order |
A.how to make each part of yourself fine |
B.a few useful ways to live healthily |
C.other definitions of “Healthy Living” |
D.how to tell when the mind is out of balance |
9 . LONDON—England will join the growing list of places that don’t allow smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places that includes even Buckingham Palace with a strong law.
Pubs, clubs and restaurants will all be smoke-free places. Taxi drivers have been warned that they could be fined(罚款) 50 pounds, or about $100, if they are caught lighting up inside work taxis.
Experts say the bans have become unchangeable because of increasing health costs and public worry over second-hand smoke. Some of the strictest smoking bans are in some of the United States’ states, such as New York and Florida, which include bars and restaurants as smoke-free places.
Spain, Italy, Iran, Norway, Sweden, Singapore, South Africa, Uruguay and New Zealand have made laws to limit smoking. France banned smoking in many public places in February and cafes and restaurants will become non-smoking places next year. Finland will introduce a ban, too.
Bans are spreading among countries, and the World Health Organization supports them, but it said that by 2030 there will be “at least another two billion smokers in the world” and an expected decrease in male smokers “will be offset(抵消) by an increase in female smoking rates, especially in developing countries.”
In advance of the English ban, anti-smoking ads have coated bus stops and the government prepares to pay some money to help people give up smoking. The rest of Britain—Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland—already have smoking bans ready.
1. England does the following to ban smoking EXCEPT________.A.introduce a ban | B.pay some money |
C.reduce the health costs | D.put up anti-smoking ads |
A.More places in Britain forbid smoking. |
B.Taxis are smoking-free places in England. |
C.People will be fined for smoking in public places. |
D.A smoking ban must be put into use in England. |
A.the smoking situation is still serious around the world |
B.the number of smokers in Finland is not large at all |
C.ads didn’t appear in England until the ban was started |
D.Scotland will be one of the strictest anti-smoking places |
A.doubtful | B.supportive |
C.negative | D.indifferent (漠不关心的) |
10 . Music will not earn an income unless it is well marketed. No matter how good you are at songwriting, composing music, playing instruments and everything on the creative side of music, you will never earn money without marketing it to your customers.
Let’s look at the steps in marketing and apply (应用) it to the online business world to make an effective marketing plan for your music.
Find out customer’s need
Before you can discover, you need to make it clear who your customers are, by answering the following questions:
First, what industry do your customers belong to? For example, if you are a music producer, your customers will most likely be recording companies.
Second, what field are you in? Music is broad; you need to specialize. Are you a rock songwriter, a pop producer or a jazz musician?
You then need to judge your customer’s need by examining those things already commonly accepted in the marketplace: the lyrics and melodies that are popular.
In this stage, you should examine your competitors by visiting their websites to learn from them. What is done by your competitors in the marketplace (where your business belongs) is most likely to meet your customer’s need.
Predict customer’s need
What you have to predict are the things that even your competitors may not have realized. These can be discovered by doing a survey or interviewing your customers. For example, you need to ask them directly, “What things are you looking for in a music publisher? When you are searching for music online, what would be the best presentation of music material to make you interested?”
Now that you have known what your customers expect from your music, you need to write your music with the goal of meeting their expectations. This time your marketing efforts will most likely pay off.
1. We can learn from the first paragraph that________.A.musicians usually have little income |
B.music won’t be popular if it is too creative |
C.to earn money musicians have to give up the creative side of music |
D.it is not enough to only have good music if musicians want to earn money |
A.interview a music producer | B.join a recording company |
C.decide the kind of music you will make | D.listen to popular songs in all fields |
A.Change the customers’ attitudes. | B.Admit your own style. |
C.Meet the customers’ need. | D.Try to get in touch with the customers. |
A.Famous musicians. |
B.Recording companies. |
C.Managers of big companies selling music instruments |
D.Music-makers expecting to earn money. |