Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, relax instead of stressing, and slow down instead of speeding up. Apply these principles(原则) in your everyday life. You will then find yourself well along on your journey to simplification.
Separate Your Actions
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have energy that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you carry two, it will take forever. But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back and get the other one, and carry the second pig to the finish line, then you can be sure of success.
Say “No” Firmly
If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do, then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. The solution is equally simple: say no to accept so much work in your private life or your working life.
Allow Yourself to Be Weak
“I can deal with stress” is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work. People who can deal with stress are given more and more to --- until one day they break.
Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. If you become ill, or your work efficiency decreases, change your life goals. Say quite openly, “I can’t manage that.”
Stop Expecting Everything to Be Perfect
“If only I were slimmer, more beautiful, richer, more clever, then I would be happier.” This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill, and unhappy. Life is imperfect. Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life.
Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous: driving a car; crossing the road. But life doesn’t entirely have these things. In among them there is possibility that you may make small and large mistakes.
Escape Now and Then
Successful people all have their own places where they can be left alone in order to work. Find out which places improve your creativity. For me it’s the train. When I know that I’m going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls or people knocking on my door, I find my mind is free and I can read or write articles.
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Theme | Less is more, which helps you 2. a simpler life. |
3. to apply | Concentrate on one task, and you will find you are more 4. than you know and achieve 5. more easily. |
6. to accept too much work in your life. | |
Change life goals if you are under more stress than you can 7.. | |
8. yourself to make mistakes since life is not perfect. 9., you will be unhappy. | |
Find out where you can be left 10. to improve your creativity. | |
Exercise may help to safeguard the mind against depression through previously unknown effects on working muscles, according to a new study involving mice.
Mental health experts have long been aware that even mild, repeated stress can contribute to the development of depression and other mood disorders in animals and people. Scientists have also known that exercise seems to cushion against depression. But precisely how exercise, a physical activity can lessen someone’s risk for depression, a mood state, has been mysterious. So for the new study, researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm studied the brains and behavior of mice in a complicated and novel fashion.
We can’t ask mice if they are feeling cheerful or in low spirits. Instead, researchers have pictured certain behaviors that indicate depression in mice. If animals lose weight, stop seeking out a sugar solution when it’s available — because, probably, they no longer experience normal pleasures — or give up trying to escape from the cold-water zone just freeze in place, they are categorized as depressed. And in the new experiment, after five weeks of frequent but low-level stress, such as being lightly shocked, mice displayed exactly those behaviors. They became depressed.
The scientists could then have tested whether exercise blunts (延缓) the risk of developing depression after stress by having mice run first. But, frankly, from earlier research, they wanted to know how, so they bred pre-exercised mice. A wealth of earlier research by these scientists and others had shown that aerobic exercise, in both mice and people, increases the production within muscles of an enzyme (酶) called PGC-1alpha. The Karolinska scientists suspected that this enzyme somehow creates conditions within the body that protect the brain against depression. Then, the scientists exposed the animals, which without exercising, were in high levels of PGC-1alpha to five weeks of mild stress. The mice responded with slight symptoms of worry. But they did not develop depression. They continued to seek out sugar and fought to get out of the cold-water zone. Their high levels of PGC-1alpha appeared to make them depression-resistant. Finally, to ensure that these findings are relevant to people, the researchers had a group of adult volunteers complete three weeks of frequent endurance training, consisting of 40 to 50 minutes of moderate cycling or jogging. The scientists conducted muscle biopsies (活体检查) before and after the program and found that by the end of the three weeks, the volunteers’ muscle cells contained substantially more PGC-1alpha than at the study’s start. The finding of these results, in the simplest terms, is that “you reduce the risk of getting depression when you exercise,” said Maria Lindskog, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute.
1.The researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm conducted the new study hoping to know______.
A. if exercise cushions against depression
B. what can lead to depression in animals and people
C. if stress can contribute to the development of depression
D. how exercise contributes to reducing someone’s risk for depression
2.We can infer from the new experiment conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute that mice are depressed except when ______.
A. they stand still in place
B. they stop searching for the sugar water
C. they attempt to escape from the cold-water zone
D. they can’t experience normal pleasures any longer
3.Researchers asked a group of adult volunteers to complete three weeks of frequent endurance training in order to ______.
A. know if exercise can help to safeguard the mind against depression
B. know if they can endure 40 to 50 minutes of moderate cycling or jogging
C. confirm the findings above are also relevant to people
D. ensure they can lose weight after moderate cycling or jogging
4.It can be concluded from the passage that______.
A. the enzyme called PGC-1alpha helps to ease depression
B. athletes are more likely to develop depression than ordinary people
C. the mice with high levels of PGC-1alpha are easier to develop depression
D. in the past mental health specialists didn’t know exercise could help reduce depression
We’ve all heard about the power of our attitude, and that it’s our attitude that determines how much we succeed in life.If you look around you, you will see that people with a positive attitude ___life more and are generally happier and more successful than those who walk around grumpy and pessimistic. Our attitude is the driving force in our lives—it can either push you to do great things or pull you down to your demise（灭亡）.
__ it’s true that humans are born with certain tendencies or orientations, our personalities and attitudes are developed through our relationships and experiences. Our attitudes begin to develop in childhood and constantly evolve and change over the years through day-to-day interactions and experiences.
All the things that you have been ____, or all the people you have met and interacted with can affect your attitude. Even if you think that all these factors have molded you into a person with a ____attitude towards life, there is no need to worry as there is always a ____ for change. You can make it by doing some simple things. The first step towards change is to ____ what needs to be changed. You need to do a(n)____ and in-depth self-evaluation so you can point out exactly which of your qualities need to be ____ or totally changed. Besides, we all need to know that what we are trying to accomplish can ____ be achieved, and that we can be more optimistic, more social and more patient. ___ someone who has the kind of attitude that you want to have, and let his or her life give you inspiration and ___ to move beyond your temporary failures on your2__towards becoming a successful person. In addition, choose the ____ company. Surround yourself with people who’re optimistic and have a positive ____ about life. You’ll see that your effort to change will be ____ with this kind of people as friends. ___, believe that you’re able to change. Often, the greatest obstacle between us and our ___ is ourselves or our inability to ___
What we’re able to do. If you don’t believe in yourself or believe that you or your life change, it just won’t ____ .
It cannot be denied that a positive attitude is very important in living a successful and satisfying life, ____ it’s only right to try to have a positive attitude.
1.A. spend B. enjoy C. share D. choose
2.A. When B. Even C. While D. Since
3.A. through B. for C. in D. among
4.A. curious B. casual C. poor D. cautious
5.A. chance B. reason C. decisions D. detail
6.A. select B. appreciate C. balance D. understand
7.A. honest B. fancy C. extra D. fun
8.A. praised B. determined C. improved D. developed
9.A. quickly B. actually C. regularly D. personally
10.A. Observe B. Hire C. Find D. Interview
11.A. experiment B. explanation C. suggestion D. encouragement
12.A. journey B. performance C. stage D. level
13.A. general B. right C. perfect D. same
14.A. opinion B. plan C. hobby D. manner
15.A. plainer B. greater C. braver D. easier
16.A. However B. Usually C. Finally D. Therefore
17.A. languages B. goals C. habits D. roles
18.A. trust in B. take in C. result in D. compete in
19.A. last B. work C. happen D. count
20.A. as B. if C. but D. so
You should ______ advice from your English teacher on this matter，Tom.
A. wait B. seek
C. carry D. put
He broke the law，and now he must face the ______ of his actions.
A. judgement B. morality
C. advances D. consequences
Mary, don’t ______ all the soap.Leave me some to wash with，please.
A. put up B. give up C. make up D. use up
