Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.
※ Make a plan for attaining goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.
※Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way.
※When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the circumstances back to their favor.
※ These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.
※ Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.
※Finding the humor in situations can also lead to happiness. Find a way to make light of a situation that would otherwise make you happy.
※Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness.
| A．What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy. |
| B．On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be infectious. |
| C．Being overweight or not eating nutritious foods can have a negative effect on your mood． |
| D．These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves. |
E．Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.
F．There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.
G．It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.
Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock. In fact, the key to easy morning wake-up lies in resting your body clock 36 Here is how to make one.
● 37 In order to make a change, you need to decide why it's important. Do you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family, get in some exercise, or just be better prepared for your day? Once you are clear about your reason, tell your family or roommates about the change you want to make.
Rethink mornings. Now that you know why you want to wake up, consider re-arranging your morning activities. If you want time to have breakfast with your family, save some time the night before by setting out clothes, shoes, and bags. 3 8 That's a quarter-hour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timer.
Keep your sleep/wake schedule on weekends. If you're tired out by Friday night, sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderful. But compensating on the weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week, a recent study found. 3 9
Keep a record and evaluate it weekly. Keep track of your efforts and write down how you feel. After you've tried a new method for a week, take a look at your record. 4 0 If not, take another look at other methods you could try.
| A． |
Get a sleep specialist. |
| B． |
Find the right motivation. |
| C． |
A better plan for sleep can help. |
| D． |
And consider setting a second alarm. |
| E． |
If the steps you take are working, keep it up. |
| F． |
Stick to your set bedtime and wake-up time, no matter the day. |
| G． |
Reconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café to get coffee. |
Interruptions are one of the worst things to deal with while you're trying to get work done. 36 ,there are several ways to handle things.Let's take a look at them now.
37 .Tell the person you're sorry and explain that you have a million things to do and then ask if the of you can talk at a different time.
When people try to interrupt you,have set hours planned and let them know to come back during that time or that you'll find them then. 38 .It can help to eliminate(消除) future interruptions.
When you need to someone,don't do it in your own office. 39 .it's much easeier to excuse yourself to get back to your work than if you try to get someone out of your space even after explaining how busy you are
If you have a door to your office,make good use of it. 40 .If someone knocks and it's not an important matter. Excuse yourself and let the person know you're busy so they can get the hint(暗示) than when the door is closed,you're not to be disturbed.
| A． |
If you're busy, don't feel bad about saying no |
| B． |
When you want to avoid interruptions at work |
| C． |
Set boundaries for yourself as your time goes |
| D． |
If you're in the other person's office or in a public arcea |
| E． |
It's important that you let them know when you'll be available |
| F． |
It might seem unkind to cut people shirt when they interrupt you |
| G． |
Leave it open when you're available to talk and close it when you're not |
If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping. I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insects bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me. 36
The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer.
37We sleep in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor`s bill for my son`s food poisoning.
I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness.
38 Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.
39 We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.
40 It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style.
| A． |
This time there was no tent. |
| B． |
Things are going to be improved. |
| C． |
The trip they took me on was a rough one. |
| D． |
I was to learn a lot about camping since then, however. |
| E． |
I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping. |
| F． |
After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping. |
| G． |
There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall. |
Everyone knows that fish is good for health. 16But it seems that many people don't cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn't difficult. 17 This text is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.
18 Fresh fish should smell sweet: you should feel that you're standing at the ocean's edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn't fresh. 19 When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you'd better store the fish in the refrigerator if you don't cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn't as tasty as the fresh one.
There are many common methods used to cook fish. 20First, lean it and season it with your choice of spices(调料). Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound. (A larger one will take more time.) Then, it's ready to serve.
| A． |
Do not buy it. |
| B． |
The easiest is to steam it. |
| C． |
This is how you can do it. |
| D． |
It just requires a little knowledge. |
| E． |
The fish will go bad within hours. |
| F． |
When buying fish, you should first smell it. |
| G． |
The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease. |
How to Do Man-on-the-Street Interviews
The man-on-the-street interview is an interview in which a reporter hits the streets with a cameraman to interview people on the sport. _____31_____But with these tips, your first man-on-the-street interview experience can be easy.
When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the-street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it. For example, if your topic is about environmental problems in America, you might ask, "Why do you think environmental protection is important in America?" _____32_____
Hit the streets with confidence. _____33_____Say, "Excuse me, I work for XYZ News, and I was wondering if you could share your opinion about this topic." This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.
Move on to the next person if someone tells you she is not inter
Don't get discouraged.
● 34 Each interview that you get on the street shouldn't be longer than ten minutes. As soon as you get the answer you need, move on to the next person. Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers. If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won't be able to use it. A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten. 35
● If your news station or school requires interviewees to sign release forms to appear on the air, don't leave work without them.
| A． |
Limit your time. |
| B． |
As you approach people, be polite. |
| C． |
If you don't own a camera, you can buy one. |
| D． |
For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task. |
| E． |
To get good and useful results, ask them the same question. |
| F． |
That number of interviews should give you all the answers you need. |
| G． |
With a question like this, you will get more than a "Yes" or "No" reply. |