Loneliness is all about feeling isolated, but it's actually quite common. In general, there are three different types of loneliness.
The first kind of loneliness is temporary. It is the most common type but usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situational loneliness, is a natural result of a particular situation, such as, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place. Although this kind of loneliness can cause physical problems, it usually does not last for more than a year. The third kind of loneliness is chronic (the opposite of “temporary”). Being the most severe, it usually lasts for more than two years and is often connected with serious illnesses.
An important factor in loneliness is a person’s social contacts. Through social contacts, we get emotional support and guidance from our parents and teachers and share similar interests and activities with our friends. However, some lonely people almost make no contacts with people around them and feel apart from those who they supposedly know well. They just see themselves as outsiders. On the other hand, some lonely people may have enough social contacts, but they rarely enjoy the contacts and question their popularity, thinking of themselves as someone powerless. So loneliness is closely related to the quality of those social relationship in addition to the quantity.
Loneliness is tough, but something can be done to cope with it. First, take time to accept that you are suffering from loneliness. Then, contact your old friends or visit relatives to spend quality time with others. Besides, pick up a hobby to reduce your feelings of loneliness, such as taking up needle work, joining craft classes, or attending lectures. You can also beat loneliness by volunteering at a nursing home, hospital, church or pet rescue organization. This not only helps you get in touch with people from all walks of life, but also makes you feel good about yourself.
In a word, if you take a correct attitude towards loneliness and get involved with people around you, you are sure to get over it.
| Loneliness Loneliness is quite common. Ⅰ. ●Temporary loneliness: disappearing quickly and requiring ●Situational loneliness: resulting from some particular situation, ● Ⅱ. An important factor in loneliness: ●Lack social relationship quantity: feeling disconnected with others treating themselves as ●Lack Ⅲ. ●Face the problem and accept it ●Contact ●Pick up hobbies ● Taking a correct attitude and getting involved with others, people are sure to get over loneliness. |
Many Chinese believe 31 (eat) pig brains will increase their intelligence and some Americans regularly eat 32 ___ (cook) eggs to keep their minds sharp. 33 , doctors don’t recommend eating 34 raw eggs or animal brains. Then, what food is good for your brain? Scientists have found a relationship 35 ____ diet and a healthy brain. Generally speaking, fish is a brain food. 36 ____ fish, you should introduce lots of dark green leafy vegetables and colorful fruits into your diet, because most people lack the special vitamins 37 these brain food provide. If you eat brain foods 38 ____ (regular), they can increase brain power — help you pay attention, keep you 39 ___________ (motivate), improve your memory and 40 _____( less) stress from studies. Then you can do much better in your test.
With the (31)_____________ (develop) of industry, air pollution is getting more and more serious. In Beijing, many people (32)___________(suffering) from different kinds of (33) ___________ ( ill ) because of air pollution.
Air pollution is caused (34)_________ the following reasons: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles（车辆）. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off (35)_________ (poison) gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another (36)_________ (fact) is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health but also to others’. (37)__________ these, about 10% of air pollution is caused by other reasons.
We should take some measures to fight (38)_____________ pollution. New fuel can be used to take the place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the importance of (39)___________(environment) protection and does something to stop pollution, the problem will (40)___________(solve).
Rudolph Valentino was a famous film star in the 1920s.
He once wanted to buy a particular silver ring that had a semi-precious stone in 31 .
The jeweler warned him against the ring, 32 (tell) him that it had a curse on it. 33 owned the ring would have bad luck.
Valentino did not believe him 34 he bought the ring.
He wore it during the making of his 35 film, The Young Rajah. The film was a complete failure.
Valentino put the ring 36 _ and went on to make many 37 (success) films. By 1926, he had forgotten all about the curse on the ring.
He wore it 38 . Soon afterwards, he fell ill and died.
39 of Valentino’s friends inherited the ring.She, too, became ill, 40 quickly gave the ring away to a young artist. She recovered from her illness almost immediately,
However, there was one band that started in a different way. It began as a TV show. The musicians of 31________ the band was formed played jokes 32___________ each other as well as played music. Their music and jokes were based loosely on the band called “The Beatles”. The TV organizers 33 (look) for four musicians who were lively and who could make good music. They put an advertisement in a newspaper 34 (look) for rock musicians, but they could only find one that was good enough. They had to use actors for the other members of the band. Actors may not be able to sing so at first other musicians sang the songs for the programme 35 the band pretended to sing them.
Their attractive performances 36 (copy) by other groups and their fans supported them fiercely. Each week the group that was called “The Monkees” would play a song or two written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became 37 (serious) about their work, “The Monkees” started to play their own instruments and write their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. They became even more popular than “The Beatles” in the USA and sold even more records. However, the band broke 38 in about 1970, but 39 (unite) in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, which was a 40 (celebrate) of their time as a real band.
Many animals 31 (disappear) during the history of the earth. 32 (famous) of these animals were dinosaurs. They lived on the earth 33 (ten) of millions of years ago, long 34 humans came into being. There were many different species of dinosaur and several of them have been found in China. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan Province, and not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. The scientists were surprised 35 (find) they could run 36 other dinosaurs, but also climb trees. They could tell this from the way the bones 37 (join) together.
Dinosaurs died 38 quickly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it was after a large rock hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got 39 hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. Nobody knows 40 sure. In the same way there are animals that have died out more recently and no one knows why. Listen to the story about the dodo, an animal that has disappeared from the earth.