Scientists, doctors and mental health professionals have been studying the connection between colors and mood for years. Many now believe that colors can not only bring about emotional reactions, but can also correct mood. Colors behave in three basic ways: active, passive and neutral (中和的).
Active colors are warm colors, including yellow, orange and red. These colors bring confidence. Warm colors can also bring cheerful attitudes. Yellows and golden colors work well in offices, kitchens and study areas. Reds heat up a room. Passive colors or cool colors make people calm, quiet and satisfied. Bedrooms, private areas and bathrooms are great places for blues and greens. Beige, gray and white are thought of as neutral colors. They help to put the focus on other colors or serve to tone down colors that might otherwise be overpowering on their own.
You can easily change the look or feel of a room by making good use of different colors. Mixing and matching colors is an excellent way to balance color and emotion, and provide a welcoming feel for guests.
To create a feeling of warmth and comfort in a room, use bright, warm colors like yellow, orange and red. These colors are good choices for rooms that appear cool due to limited sunlight. Yellow adds cheerfulness to dull rooms. You can add yellows to rooms which are not closely related to happy thoughts, such as kitchens and laundry room. In rooms where there's plenty of sunshine, cool colors can provide a calming environment. Sage greens and sky blues are perfect for bedrooms, playrooms and activity areas. Neutral colors, such as pale gray, white and beige, send a peaceful message to your brain. It's not a coincidence that most doctor's offices, coffee shops and mental health centers are decorated in neutrals.
To make your wall color choices better, pick out furniture that will provide a visual contrast. Cool colors make a room seem larger than it is and warm colors make rooms feel smaller.
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Americans are far more knowledgeable about drinks than they were 20 years ago.Witness the Starbucks revolution and you’ll know where the trend goes.Now, encouraged by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and slow the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar change.Enough fashionable tea houses are springing up to make even longtime coffee drinkers consider switching drinks.
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Tea is available in more places than ever.The Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $4.6 billion from $1.8 billion.“Green tea is seen by consumers as a ‘functional food’” — delivering health benefits beyond food itself, says Vierhile.
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Recently published studies point out that only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis have been shown to contain health benefits.Other herbal teas may taste good, yet they do little more than warm up the drinker.But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence is powerful.In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that the antioxidants (抗氧化剂) in t
hese so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.
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One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC, a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as vitamin C.“When people ask me for something good and cheap they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them to drink real tea,” says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City’s Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center.
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Among those inspired to become a green-tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga, a New York writer who took it up after seeking advice from a nutritionist six years ago.“I’ve never been a coffee drinker,” says Ghilaga, 33.“She told me to start drinking green tea for the antioxidant qualities.” Now Ghilaga and her husband habitually make tea — they order theirs from InPursuitofTea.com, an Internet tea company.And although tea contains about half the amount of caffeine in a cup of coffee, “you still get such a kick from it,” says Ghilaga.根据对话情景的内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能够填入每一空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。该选项中有两个为多余选项。
M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?
W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who’s driving me crazy.
M: ___6___
W: He comes home every night around 10 with his car window rolled down and radio turned up really loud.___7___ But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake.
M: Oh, no.
W: Oh, yes.Sometimes it takes us until midnight just to get them to settle down again.
M: ___8___
W: We haven’t even really met them yet except to say a quick hello.
M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them, I dare say.
W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining.___9___ I’m just not get
ting enough sleep and neither are the children.
M: ___10___
W: Yeah.
M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at present is getting your children to sleep at night.
| A.Have you tried talking to them? |
| B.What do you mean? |
| C.Actually, they didn’t say anything. |
| D.Maybe you could ask about their son and they’ll be sure to ask about yours. |
E.Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at the office.
F.Don’t get your hopes too high!
G.It stops as soon as he turns the car off.
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—When is your vocation going to start?
—I'll be leaving on the fifth of August
—61How many weeks are you going to be taking?
—I'm taking two weeks now, but l want to save the other week and take it sometime during winter.
—That sounds good.62
—To the beach.
—Have you made your hotel reservation yet?
—63I'll be staying with friends.
—You're lucky. 64
—What about you? When are you planning to take your vocation?
—_ 65I should be thinking about it, I guess.
| A.Oh, I don't need to do that. |
| B.No, not really ! |
| C.That's only a few days from now |
| D.It’s hard to find a hotel in August. |
E. That depends.
F. I don't know.
G. Where are you going?
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M:Hi.Jenny.Nice to meet you here! Have you got eve
rything ready for Christmas?
W:61.What about you,Mike?
M:62.By the way,have you read this news in the newspaper? Two men broke into a store near here last night and took more than $4,500 in cash.
W:63.Two young men held up my husband on the street last week in the middle of the afternoon.
M:Really? 64.Where did that take place?
W:65.Right in front of the cinema.
| A.I’m sorry to hear that |
| B.No.I came here to get some meat and fruit |
| C.Only a block from here |
| D.I think I can get everything ready today |
E. How much did it cost you?
F. That’s nothing
G. Good luck to you
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reached its banks wondered not only where it went, but what lay beyond. In 1764 the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, Louis XV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumping-off place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West.
| A.It was the Mississippi that made the city what it is |
| B.Levees, high banks built of earth, hold back the flood waters |
| C.Therefore, as we know, it’s the third longest river in the world |
| D.It is known that the“Great Water”has also been a frontier river |
E.However, they paddled up and down the Mississippi in their boats to seek their fortune
F.The“Great Water”always remains a thread, for the streets of the city are below the level of the river
G.They call themselves Cajuns, who have actually been leading fairly primitive lives and preserving their own traditions
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