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Invention       Introduction

High-speed trains       

In 1998, the first high-speed train, from Shenzhen to Guangzhou, could run at a speed of 200 km/h. In 2025, they can run at the speed of 250-350 km/h.

Mobile payment       

In 2002, China UnionPay (银联) first provided online payment. After that, Alipay, WeChat Pay, JD Pay, Tenpay and other online payments appeared.

Shared bikes       

In 2014, shared bikes were first used in Peking University. Later, they were popular in other universities. Now, there are many of them in almost every city.

Shopping online       

At the end of the 1990s, shopping online appeared, but it wasn't popular. But from 2003, as SARS spread, people found shopping online was convenient and since then it has been loved by many people.

Nowadays, many students use a to study after school. It's light and easy to carry, so they can take it to the library or study at home conveniently. It brings great to their learning. For example, when they don't understand a difficult science lesson or math problem, they can helpful videos from educational apps. These videos are made by good teachers and often share useful learning techniques, like how to draw mind maps or analyze questions step by step. To use the laptop well and not waste time, you need a good. You should plan time for each task clearly, like 40 minutes for watching learning videos and take a 5-minute break every hour to keep your eyes healthy. Besides, you should pay attention to the of long-time screen use and protect your health.

—That's great! Being like that makes everyone feel happy around her.

—Great! I want to help sell books and toys.

—You're right. Let's stay at home and watch a movie.

— Maybe he was too busy with his homework.

—Wow, that's amazing! I didn't know she danced so well.

Clear your mind. Go ahead. Clear it.

OK, now, try not to picture a white bear.

Failed (失败)?

OK, let's try again. Now do the countdown from three. Three, two, one!

Oh no! White bear again!

If you're having trouble with this, don't worry. You're not alone. In fact, the harder you try not to think of something, the more you end up thinking about it.

It has a name, called Ironic Process Theory. Social psychologist (社会心理学家) Daniel Wegner first studied it in 1987. The theory (理论) tells people "thought control has the opposite (相反的) effect on behaviors (行为)." So, if you've ever told yourself again and again not to play computer games or not to eat too much ice-cream, I'm sure this comes as no surprise. So it almost makes sure that your hard work to change bad habits by resisting (抵抗) will fail.

A famous psychologist Carl Jung said, "What you resist not only keeps staying there but will grow in size." If resisting the bad habits is not only useless but harmful, then what should you do instead?

One way is to change what you want on your own brain. It goes like this: when you want to do something that you shouldn't do, don't resist. Instead, replace.

Let me give you an example. My friend Jack had a strong habit that he tried to break—he couldn't stop eating junk food. He fought with it for years using the "resist, resist, resist" way with results we can only guess at. Finally, he decided to try something different. Every time he felt that want, instead of trying to fight with it, he replaced the want with a drink of water! After a while, he found that the want slowly started to disappear (消失), until he forgot that it was ever even a thing.

I love this amazing idea! Getting a drink is just one choice: You could also try peeling an orange, going outside, doing a push-up, taking a walk... You could try whatever works for you. It doesn't matter what you do. Instead of resisting the behavior, just do something else.

Start of Winter, or Li-dong, is the 19th solar terms (节气) in a year. It usually falls 7th, November. When it (come), there is less sunshine and heat in North China, so its arrival means the (begin) of the winter. It also means that (animal) begin to rest and hibernate (冬眠), and people spend more time at home.

提示词语: enjoy, interesting, fun, knowledge, friend

提示问题: 1. What is your hobby?

2. What do you do to develop (发展) your hobby?

3. What benefits (好处) can you get from your hobby?

My Hobby

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