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Screaming, Heidi stood up and displayed a2 on the back of her leg. Blood flew out of it. We were off to the nearest3 straight away. Dr Anderson was on a(n)4 visit that day. Heidi felt extremely tense. Calm and friendly, he told Heidi a joke to put her5 and took out a needle. Heidi seemed to6 notice when he gave her a7.

After Dr Anderson bandaged (用绷带包扎) Heidi's leg, he8 a clean rubber glove like a balloon, tied it, and used a marker to draw a chicken face on it. Heidi laughed and played with the9 for a few days.

Fast forward twenty years. Our family10 our memories during a dinner, and we talked about the bottle accident. I spoke about the whole11: a broken bottle, Heidi's screaming, blood, injection, etc. Heidi said to me, looking12, "Oh no, Mom, that's not what happened." And she told us her memory — It was much more13. She told us how funny Dr Anderson was and how attractive that chicken-head glove was. She just14 back fondly on that day. She15 the unpleasant elements and only remembered the good parts. Then I realized that there could be something good in pain. And I'd like to express my heartfelt thanks to Dr Anderson who made children keep the beauty in mind.

Sometimes we may wonder if we were a machine, we'd never let things fall through the cracks, and we wouldn't forget things. It gets in the way of our productivity because it makes us blind to the roots of our actual problems.

So what is underneath our productivity problems? Our productivity depends on our feelings, not new tools. Understanding how our feelings affect us can open up freedom to make progress and finally improve our productivity. So how?

That means recognizing and working with our emotions. But usually no matter what the issue is, we easily ignore it and hope that it goes away rather than to admit something is wrong. What we forget is that our emotions have great impacts on our actions. The most productive people need to have regular practices to maintain that awareness.

Once we are aware of the problem, the next step is observing. Though difficult, observing without judgment counts most. For example, when our inbox (收件箱) is messy, we just see it with little judgment. Avoid feeling anxious, as it prevents us from addressing the root issue.

Finally, try to address our emotions. It is the most effective way to help us be productive daily. A one-touch email strategy or checking the email twice a day may do a bit, but none of these really solve the problem completely. Actually we are able to use our own desire that we can't let people down to help us get through our inbox.

A. ignore our emotions.

B. Awareness is the first step.

C. Identify what causes the mess.

D. We are not machines but emotional beings.

E. But the idea of being a machine is actually a trap.

F. One day, we'll find that we've finished handling all in it.

G. Sometimes, working like a machine is effective and useful.

The cover of Brain Medicine shows a human brain filled with colorful microplastic particles (微粒), next to a plastic spoon. This image highlights a key finding: Human brains may contain about "a spoonful" of microplastic material. Ultra-processed foods, which now make up over 50% of energy intake in the US, contain far more microplastics than whole foods. These tiny plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in size, can get into human brains and increase significantly in large amounts.

Studies have shown a link between eating ultra-processed foods and negative mental health. People who eat such foods have a 22% higher risk of depression, a 48% higher risk of anxiety, and a 41% higher risk of poor sleep. The new assumption is that microplastics could be the missing link in this connection. For example, a type of processed chicken has 30 times more microplastics per gram than fresh chicken breasts. Recent findings in Nature Medicine also revealed high levels of microplastics in the human brain, and these levels were three to five times higher in people with serious mental decline. Ultra-processed foods and microplastics seem to damage human brains through similar biological processes, like causing deleterious reactions and stress inside human bodies.

To study this further, researchers suggest creating a Dietary Microplastic Index (DMI) with the aim of measuring microplastic exposure from food. Another paper shows that a modern technique might be able to remove microplastic particles from the blood, but more research is needed. In conclusion, while more studies are required, it is clear that reducing ultra-processed food consumption and finding ways to remove microplastics from our bodies are important. After all, as the saying goes, "You are what you eat."

Street corners show this well. Busy crossroads have their own social patterns: People waiting for traffic lights chat, say goodbye, or gather around vendor stalls (摊位). Sociologist William H. Whyte observed in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces that even a single vendor can transform a corner into a mini-community, proving that small spaces can help build big relationships. These moments turn ordinary stops into opportunities for interaction.

Streets are the birthplace of relationships. Neighbors meet on connecting roads; coworkers bond over roadside drinks; strangers share short talks. These interactions build the urban social structure. As the lines between public and private spaces become less clear, streets become like extensions of home, where community takes shape naturally.

Urban experts emphasize the power of design. Jane Jacobs' "frequent streets" prioritize daily interactions, while Edward T. Hall's research shows seating arrangements affect social dynamics. A bench facing an open area or a sunny walkway encourages people to pause and interact. Thoughtful design — from shade structures to designs that are friendly to pedestrians (行人) — turns spaces into places for connection.

Despite their value, lively streets are rare due to challenges like noise, pollution, and safety worries. Planners must realize well-maintained streets should be places where people feel they belong, proving that life between buildings is the life of the city. So they should address these through comprehensive design: protecting spaces from bad elements, reducing traffic jams, and ensuring access for everyone. Taking care of them is also important, as well-designed spaces do well only when they are kept up.

I remembered standing in line at the Social Security Office with my mother. When we got to the front of the line, my mother looked at the form and started to ask the lady a question, "Excuse me, can I..." The lady cut her off and said, "Madam, take the form to the desk, fill it out, and come back. Next!" My mother and I walked to the desk, and she looked at the form. Tears started to well up in her eyes, and I asked, "Mom, what's wrong?" "Boy, I can't read or write," she answered. Then she hugged me and said, "You'll never know what it's like to be ignorant." At that time, as a child, I didn't know much about what she meant. All I know was I should do something to assist her.

Because my parents were illiterate (不识字的), they wanted to encourage my reading. They decided to buy me books with pretty pictures. When I was ten years old, I started to gather up a big collection of books. I was ready for the world with reading. However, because of a tight budget, there was little chance that I would go to college or get a scholarship. So I had to join the army. During my service, I would hear the army lawyers talk and noticed how someone could be found guilty or not guilty, with just a turn of a phrase. I started thinking, "When I get out of the army, I'm going to become a lawyer!"

I started attending night school. For seven years, I showed up at class whatever the situation. And two years after I retired from the army, I earned my bachelor's degree. Although I didn't become a lawyer, the journey did take me to a place where I could fight against ignorance in the classroom.

Tour Overview

Take a special adventure in Sri Lanka, exploring its rich biodiversity and conservation efforts. This tour offers a good view of iconic wild species with ocean exploration as well as amazing game drives and guided hikes.

Highlights

Yala National Park: Enjoy game drives in the morning and spot leopards, deer, and wild cows in the evening. Experience the thrill of witnessing these animals in their natural habitat.

Kanneliya Rainforest: Explore one of Southeast Asia's most diverse areas on a guided hike. Discover rare lorises (懒猴) and special birds.

Gal Oya National Park: Experience a boat on Gal Oya Lake and game drives to encounter elephants, crocodiles, and a variety of plant species.

Blue Whale Expedition: Join an expert marine biologist for a boat tour in search of the largest creature on the Earth, the blue whale. Admire the beauty of these gentle giants in their natural environment.

Rekawa Turtle Conservation Centre: Visit this well-known centre on the southern coastline, where you can gain insight into nesting turtles and conservation efforts.

Places to Live

Stay in a mix of 4-star hotels and tented camps, offering comfort in the natural surroundings.

Inclusions

Free bus and boat rides.

All hotel bills and meal expenses.

Expert guides and a marine biologist.

Entrance fees to national parks and conservation centres.

Exclusions

Travel insurance.

Personal expenses.

International flights.

Target Audience

Whether you are a first-time visitor or an experienced naturalist, this adventure allows you to observe a great many species on land, in the sky, and at sea.

Booking Information

To book this tour, please contact our travel agency by phone or via the address. Join us on this incredible journey! To know about the phone and address, click here.

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Dear Peter,

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Yours,

Li Hua

Originally constructed around 256 BCE by the State of Qin as an irrigation (灌溉) and flood control system, Dujiangyan is a remarkable example of ancient (engineer) skill and is still in use today.

During the Warring States period, people living along the banks of the Min River were troubled by annual flooding. Irrigation engineer Li Bing (lead) a team to construct an embankment (堤坝) to redirect part of the river's flow upon thorough investigation. Then they cut a channel through Mount Yulei to let out the extra water. During the construction, cutting the channel proved to be a much more challenging task than (anticipate), as the tools available could not break through the hard rock of the mountain. Therefore, they used a (combine) of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they broke could be removed. Once completed, the system prevented floods and made Sichuan one of China's most productive (agriculture) regions by using the redirected water irrigation.

Now if you visit Dujiangyan, you will see an unusual construction looks like a fish's mouth. This famous attraction, Yuzui, together with two other important parts, namely, Feishayan and Baopingkou, (design) scientifically to control the water flow throughout the year. Recognized as UNESCO heritage site, Dujiangyan has irrigated farms while preventing floods for over 2,000 years.

This was proven6, though, years later. I was working at a minimum-wage job,7to support my family. One day, I found myself with just 10 dollars in my wallet but the petrol tank on my old car was empty. I8 at a convenience store and bought 5 dollars'9 of gas. As I waited in line to pay, I saw a woman10 searching her purse for money to buy milk for her children. For a second,11 held me back: My math told me I had nothing left. The next moment, however, my emotions urged me to offer her my last 5 dollars! I felt12. It didn't make13 sense to me, but   I was sure this small sum of money made a big difference.

As I reflected later, I began to realize how math, in its own way, had guided my14. Math is much like love: the more we give, whether it's our time or money, the more we receive. Finally, I was able to appreciate the15of math.

Researchers led by academics at Imperial College London studied data from the UK Biobank study on more than 26,000 people who had completed intelligence, reasoning, reaction time and memory tests. They then examined how participants' sleep duration, quality, and chronotype (时间型) affected brain performance. They found that those who stay up late and those classed as "intermediate" had "superior cognitive function", while morning larks had the lowest scores. Going to bed late is strongly associated with creative types. Artists, authors and musicians known to be night owls include James Joyce and Lady Gaga.

But while politicians like Barack Obama famously seemed to thrive on little sleep, the study found that sleep duration is important for brain function, with those getting between seven and nine hours of shut-eye each night performing best in cognitive tests. Prof Daqing Ma, the co-leader of the study, added, "We found that sleep duration has a direct effect on brain function, and we believe that actively managing sleep patterns is really important for boosting and safeguarding the way our brains work. We'd ideally like to see policy interventions (干预) to help sleep patterns improve in the general population."

Some experts, however, urged caution in interpreting the findings. Jessica Chelekis, a sleep expert at Brunel University London, said there were "important limitations" to the study as the research did not account for education attainment, or include the time of day the cognitive tests were conducted in the results. The main value of the study was challenging stereotypes around sleep, she added.

Researchers have long struggled to explain how fish turn up in lakes far from other bodies of water, a mystery even Charles Darwin noted in 1859, when he suggested that aquatic (水生的) hatchlings might stick to the feet of birds, though his bright idea remained a theory.

In 2019, Yao Akifumi, a biology student then, wondered if Darwin might have been right and further wondered if fish-hunting birds might transport egg-bearing aquatic plants stuck to their feet. To test this, he set up two ponds one metre apart, one containing 36plants and the other without, both equipped with camera traps. After six months, some plants had switched ponds, and one camera captured a bird flying away with a plant on its foot. Next, Yao aimed to see if fish eggs could weather the journey being carried out of water. He attached tiny medaka eggs to aquatic plants and removed them for zero to 24hours—at favorable hatching conditions — before returning them.

In a paper in Science of Nature, Mr. Yao reports that the medaka eggs can successfully hatch after up to 18 hours out of the water. Eggs without a plant leaf to attach to rarely survived a few hours. The big drop in survival was at 16.3 hours, when half the eggs became lifeless.

Whether any egg could survive that long, given that a bird's average flight-speed is around 39kph, is doubtful, says Mr Yao, since wind exposure during such a long journey would dry them out.

Shorter journeys, however, are certainly possible. And since many other medaka-like species are found throughout Asia, the chances are high that hitchhiking (搭便车) explains how they have ended up in lakes with seemingly no connection to other water bodies. Yet again, it would seem, Darwin's theories turn out to be correct.

Deere decided to look into the problem. From his previous work on plows, he knew that dirt was less likely to stick to highly polished metal. That thought was in the back of his mind when he visited a sawmill (锯木厂) in 1837 and noticed a broken saw made of steel. Deere brought it home and began making a better plow. The plow he wanted would have to cut deep into the soil at a sharp angle so that dirt would fall off, yet it could not put too much burden on the horses pulling it. After several experiments, Deere constructed a new plow that featured wood handles. It proved a success. Unlike the old iron plows, Deere's not only had a blade from which dirt fell away cleanly, but it also turned the soil more efficiently and quickly.

Demand for Deere's plows increased sharply, but production was limited by the shortage of polished steel. Initially, Deere could only produce a few plows each year. However, Deere's persistence paid off as he sourced cheaper steel from Pittsburgh. Amazingly, in 1857, his company manufactured and sold 10, 000 plows!

Deere, a perfectionist, continually improved his plows, introducing multiple new versions in a single year. While this slowed down his production ability, it ensured Deere a solid reputation among his customers. Deere plows became world famous in the 1870s when they outshone the competition in a demonstration in France. That same decade, his company built its first riding plow and designed the leaping deer as its trademark.

"Mary, I hate to call Rob in the mornings. He's growing so fast and he needs his sleep. If you could see how sound he sleeps when I go to wake him up! I wish I could manage alone. "

"Well, you can't, Adam." His mother's voice was quick and light. "Besides, he isn't a child any more. It's time he took his turn. "

"Yes, " his father said slowly, "But I sure do hate to wake him. "

A few days before Christmas that year when he was fifteen, Rob heard these words and something in him spoke: his father loved him! He had never thought of that before, for neither his father nor his mother talked about loving their children -- they had no time for such things. There was always so much to do on the farm.

They were poor, and most of the excitement for Christmas was in the turkey and the pies his mother made. His sisters sewed presents and his mother and father always bought him something he needed, not only a warm jacket, maybe, but something more, such as a book. And he saved and bought them each something, too.

He had gone to the ten-cent store and bought a tie as usual. It had seemed nice enough until he lay thinking the night before Christmas. He wished that he had a better present for his father.

A thought struck him like a silver lightning. Why should he not give his father a special gift in the barn(牛棚)? He could get up early, earlier than four o'clock and he could move quietly and slowly into the barn and get all the milking done. He'd do it alone, milk and clean up, and then when his father went in to start the milking, he'd see it all done. He laughed to himself as he gazed at the stars, it was what he would do, and he mustn't sleep too sound.

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At a quarter to three, he got up and put on his clothes.

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Back in his room, he had only a minute to pull off his clothes in the darkness and jumped into bed, for he heard his father up.

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Volha Halpyarovich, from Belarus, (experience) the healing power of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a child. "When I caught a cold or had a cough, my mom used to make a cupping, a technique that involves placing cups on the skin (create) suction (吸力)," said Halpyarovich.

After she moved to China over 12 years ago, she became even more crazy about Chinese medicine. Living in a community with a drugstore Chinese traditional herbs and medicine were sold, Halpyarovich met an experienced doctor. The wise old gentleman began with a thorough diagnosis, checking her pulse, examining her tongue, and observing her eyes. To her surprise, he accurately pointed out her health issues talking too much.

TCM views the body as universe connected with nature. It focuses on improving blood circulation and removing blocks, (lead) to enhanced well-being. After following the treatment, Halpyarovich felt (good). She believes that traditional Chinese medicine is not only a kind of treatment, but it's a lifestyle.

As more people seek harmony with nature and within (they), Halpyarovich recommends traditional Chinese medicine. "I find it to be a complex and (benefit) method that is in agreement with the goal of living in harmony," she said. From cupping to personalized herbal treatment, she encourages others to explore the diverse and useful    (approach) that Chinese traditional medicine has to offer.

As part of the school project, Li's school has2 its students to do more community work. After the half day of3 work, Li told himself not to jaywalk (乱穿马路) anymore. "I think through community work we get to4 others and, more5, we grow a sense of responsibility," he said.

Community service is an important6 of education for teenagers around the world. In the US and Canada, high school students need to7 40 hours of community service before8. For those Americans who have finished 1,400 hours of community work, they can get a9 of nearly $5,000 (33,000 yuan).

Chinese students today do10 community work, too. Qian Lijun, 16, and her classmates went to a local elder care home this winter. They put Spring Festival couplets (对联) on the doors and11 the people living there. Li Xiaotian, 15, said he used to12 ads from the walls with his classmates. They brought brushes, towels and knives and13 for three hours under the summer sun. "It was tiring, but seeing the clean14 without ugly ads, we really felt15," he said.

Since the Warring States Period (战国时代), the ancient people loved sweets and developed methods of producing sugar. In the Tang Dynasty, there was huge progress in the technology of sugar making. And sugar, the precious product once only served to the emperors and princes, also went into common people's homes. With the cultural and economic (经济的) development of Song and Yuan Dynasties, people became less interested in only tasting sweetness. In the Ming Dynasty, some people added pictures with good luck into the bowl of sugar, and sugar painting appeared.

Sugar painting is different from normal painting. Sugar painters use syrup (糖浆) as the material, a spoon as the "paintbrush", and a smooth table as the "paper". To make syrup, they have to make sugar hot before painting. Since syrup may become hard if it cools, the painters have to produce the work very quickly. They move the spoon full of syrup up and down, left and right. Soon a sugar painting is done.

However, it's a pity that this folk art is dying recently. The sugar painting that used to be rich in shapes has become poorer and poorer because of fewer needs. What's worse, few people seem to be willing to pass on the art except those aging sugar painters.

For most people, painting is a kind of art and difficult to understand. However, sugar painting has pulled the art down into people's daily lives. Through it, we may see the spiritual support of the ancient people across centuries. Now, sugar painting has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in China. Therefore, the art should be remembered, missed and passed on.

In Western cultures, bread holds a significant place. In France, the baguette is more than just a type of bread; it is a symbol of French culture. The process of making a baguette requires patience and skill, from kneading the dough to baking it to a perfect golden-brown crust. French people often enjoy baguettes with cheese, butter, or cold cuts, and it is a common sight to see them walking down the street with a freshly baked baguette under their arm. This simple yet iconic food represents the French love for good food, their appreciation for the artisanal, and their relaxed lifestyle.

Food also plays a crucial role in cultural celebrations. In the United States, Thanksgiving is a major holiday centered around a large meal. The traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. These foods are not only delicious but also have historical and cultural significance. Turkey, for example, was one of the foods served at the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, symbolizing the harvest and the cooperation between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.