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Life isn't fair. Some people just seem blessed with the ability to effortlessly charm anyone they meet. Well, it might seem like a magical power, but in fact there are a number of factors at work. The answer is: to a large extent, yes you can.

But first, the bad news. People initially judge each other based purely on physical appearance. With just a glimpse of a face, people make snap judgments about each other's likability, trustworthiness and confidence. How should we deal with this? People perceive a smiling face as more trustworthy, warmer and sociable. It sounds like common sense, doesn't it? Smile and others will smile with you.

What other tricks might we have?  Consequently, three things we can do to signal that we are not a threat are to: raise our eyebrows quickly, tilt (仰起) our heads slightly, and once again, to smile. 

So we've looked at body language, but of course what you say is hugely important too, unless you want to just stand there grinning foolishly. The golden rule of friendship is if you make people feel good about themselves, they're going to like you. In other words, you should not talk about yourself and all your wonderful achievements.

Finally, finding common ground is good to form a connection. Charming people are particularly skilled at seeking out shared interests or experiences to bond with others. Simple things like asking where someone's from really can open up a discussion and allow you to find areas in common. And if all else fails, you can fall back on that most British of topics: the weather.

A. So, can you learn to develop superhuman charm? 

B. Shared interests are the key to making connections with others. 

C. What good tricks can we employ to become charming? 

D. Our brains often survey the environment for friend or enemy signals. 

E. It can be a nice start of a conversation. 

F. Instead, you need to show interest in them. 

G. There's one incredibly simple tool: your smile.

After losing an important deal in India, a business negotiator learned that her counterpart (对方) felt as if she had been rushing through the talks. The business negotiator thought she was being efficient with their time. Their cultures have different views on how to conduct negotiations, and in this case, the barrier prevented a successful outcome.

Research shows that deal-making across cultures tends to lead to worse outcomes as compared with negotiations conducted within the same culture. As we know, cultures are characterized by different behaviors, communication styles and norms (准则). Consequently, when negotiating across cultures, we bring different views to the bargaining table, which in turn may result in potential misunderstandings that can lead to a lower likelihood of discovering value-creating solutions.

Cultural conflict in negotiations is linked with the fact that we, at most times, interpret others' behaviors, values, and beliefs through the lens (透镜) of our own culture. To overcome this, it is important to rescarch the customs and behaviors of different cultures as well as understand why people follow these customs and exhibit these behaviors in the first place.

Just as important, not only do countries have unique cultures, but teams and organizations do too. Before partaking in any negotiation, take the time to study the context and the person on the other side of the bargaining table, including the various cultures to which he belongs, whether the culture of his culture, the culture of engineering, or his particular company's corporate culture. The more you know about the client, the better off you'll do in any negotiation.

Therefore, we see the negotiator has learned her Indian counterpart would have appreciated a slower pace with more opportunities for relationship building. She seems to have run into the issue: Using time efficiently in the course of negotiations is generally valued in the United States, but in India, there's often a greater focus on building relationships early in the process. By doing research on the clients' cultures, they can adjust their negotiation method and give themselves a better chance of creating a valuable negotiation experience for both themselves and their counterpart.

Most people who've stayed up all night know the "tired and nervous" feeling the next day. The body might be exhausted, but the brain feels active or even crazy. Even after these changes fade away, sleep loss can have a strong anti-depression effect on people for several days.

To figure it out, a team of biologists from Northwestern University looked at the effects of sleep loss in mice. In the beginning, they created a depressed state in all the mice by repeatedly giving them small shocks. In response to these shocks, the mice entered a depressive-like state and eventually stopped trying to escape their cages. Subsequently, some were allowed to sleep while others were forced to stay up. Later, they tested the mice's response to shocks again. They found that after this sleepless night, the mice that had stayed up were less depressed and showed more attempts to escape the shocks.

What causes these changes in mice? To see how the mice's brains responded to their sleepless night, the researchers measured dopamine neuron (神经元) activity. They saw that mice lacking in sleep showed higher dopamine activity in three regions: the prefrontal cortex (前额叶皮质), nucleus accumbens (伏隔核) and hypothalamus (下丘脑).

To figure out which areas were related to the mice's anti-depression effect, they silenced dopamine reactions in each of these areas of the brain. The anti-depression effect disappeared in mice when the team silenced the dopamine input in the prefrontal cortex, while it continued to exist when they do the same to the other two regions. That's why Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy, the leading researcher, says that this region may be important in relieving depression.

Based on the belief that transitions between a depressed state and a non-depressed state are influenced by the brain's ability to reorganize connections, Kozorovitskiy and her team looked at individual neurons in the prefrontal cortex for signs of growth. They saw evidence of the new connections, suggesting that dopamine had reconnected neurons in the mice brains to maintain their mood for several days. Kozorovitskiy says this work may help future studies on depression treatment, but whether it'll cure depression remains to be seen.

Moments ago, a seal was resting on a piece of floating ice deep in an Antarctic channel. Then three hungry killer whales appeared. When the seal noticed them, it was already surrounded.

On this sheet of sea ice, the nearly thousand-pound sea l would be unreachable for most of his enemies in nature. But these killer whales had mastered a hunting technique called wave washing: working together to turn water into a weapon.

Having identified their target, the killer whales formed a battle line and started rushing toward the ice. Just before reaching it, they rolled to their sides in a single, synchronized(同步的)motion. The wave they created was so powerful that it flooded the ice sheet and washed the frightened seal close to the edge of the ice sheet. Slowly and methodically, they repeated the attack. At the third time, the wave sent the helpless seal flying into the sea. It struggled to climb onto a piece of ice, but then disappeared from view...

"The level of intelligence that went into making each wave was staggering. They solved the problem with very complex teamwork. They used water as a tool," said wildlife filmmaker Bertie Gregory, who had spent a decade tracking those killer whales, known as Bls. "I rarely saw failed hunts. This behavior was not what they were born with. It was learned and mastered over decades. Every time they made waves, it almost felt like more of a teaching experience than hunting. It was terrifying to watch."

But as Antarctica warms and sea ice disappears, seals are increasingly staying on land, out of killer whales' reach.

"I've found Bls are losing about 5 percent of their population every year. Whether this subgroup will go extinct or just adapt their behavior, I don't know," said Gregory. "But with fewer opportunities for the killer whales to wave wash, I'm seeing an extinction of a culture."

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On a Friday night, a poor young artist named Anthony Perry stood at the gate of the New York railway station, playing his violin. The violinist was a student at an arts college and had planned to attend advanced studies in Vienna. He needed money to pay the tuition, so he played the violin at the railway station every day to make money. The music was so great that many people stopped to put some money into the hat of the young man.

The next day, Anthony came to the same place, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. Different from the day before, he took out a large piece of paper and laid it under his hat. Then he began to play the violin. It sounded more pleasant than ever.

Soon he was surrounded by people who were attracted by the words on that paper. It said, "Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come to get it soon."

After about half an hour, a middle-aged man rushed through the crowd to the violinist and said, "Yes, it's you. I knew that you were an honest man and would certainly come here." The young violinist asked calmly, "Are you Mr George Sang?" The man nodded. The violinist asked, "Did you lose something?" "It's a lottery ticket (彩票)," said the man. .

注意：1. 续写词数应为150左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Anthony took out a lottery ticket and George Sang's name was seen on it. 

Anthony's good deed was posted on social media and went viral. 

假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Jim对中国的美食很感兴趣，他尤其喜欢中国的水饺，特地写信向你咨询如何包水饺，请你用英语给他写一封回信，内容包括：1. 详述水饺制作的过程；2. 期待回复。

注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear Jim,

Yours,

Li Hua

Chinese martial arts (武术), African tribal dances, and Brazil's Samba set off waves of (applaud) from the audience in mid-October. The 8th International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held Chengdu, the capital of southwestern China's Sichuan province.

The five-day event brought together around 6,000 performers  engaged in more than 900 performances of intangible cultural heritage from 47 countries and  (region).

It was co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Sichuan government and the National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO, and aimed (show) China's efforts to implement the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and promote (tradition) Chinese culture.

Five exhibitions,  (include) those featuring intangible cultural heritage in modern life, and international craftsmanship,  (stage) to expose the public to the cultural charm, and thus promote the inheritance of heritage.

"The framework of the convention (full) recognizes the significance of intangible cultural heritage in empowering and ensuring sustainable development," Shahbaz Khan, representative of UNESCO Multi-sectoral Regional Office for East Asia, said as he addressed the forum via video.

It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into a(n) 1 . We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly my mother will push the 2 into the Third World War. She'll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don't plan to be a doctor. And much to her 3 , I don't want to do any job related to science, 4 . In fact, when I said that I planned to 5 in English, she nearly had a heart attack.

"Why can't you be like my co-worker's son?" she shouts all the time. Her co-worker's son 6 a four-year scholarship and is now 7 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don't know what to say except that I simply can't be like Mr. Perfect as I've called the unnamed co-worker's son. I can't be like him.

I understand why my mother is 8 about my future major. I've seen my mother 9 to raise me on her small 10 and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes back home around 6:00 pm or even 7:00 pm. 11 as she is, she still cooks supper for me and then does other housework 12 late into the night. Additionally, she never wears fancy clothes and expensive jewelry.

I am fully 13 that what my mother has done is out of her deep love for me. However, I want her to know that by becoming a(n) 14 , it doesn't mean I'll be successful. I'd rather 15 my dreams and create my own future.

Chinese is one of the world's most widely spoken languages. As one of the six official languages used by the United Nations, Chinese now has gained itself greater status (地位) in the world. Chinese is interesting and special. Unlike most other languages, Chinese has a written form and several spoken forms.

Mandarin (普通话) is a statement in China. Mandarin is shaped and based on the Beijing dialect and other dialects spoken in the northern areas of China. Mandarin is taught in schools throughout the country. The media, officials, and the government use Mandarin as their main language. When you type in Chinese, you use a phonetic system, called pinyin, which matches the Mandarin pronunciation. Mandarin is used as a mother tongue by most people who are about one fifth of the world's population. Chinese once had a very great influence on some neighboring countries with their languages and characters, such as Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and so on.

Nowadays, with the development of China, Chinese people not only speak Chinese, but also learn other languages, such as English.  Many Chinese people can speak basic English, especially the youth, students, and staff of service trades like hotels, restaurants, airlines, banks and post offices.  The language communication now is not a problem at all for those who wish to come to China.

Now Chinese is becoming more and more popular. As long as you know Chinese, you'll also be fine anywhere in China.

A. The official language of China is the Mandarin.

B. The more words you know, the faster this will happen.

C. It is the common language of all modern Han nationality people.

D. Pinyin is a system used for writing Mandarin Chinese using the Roman alphabet

E. English is a required course and universal education in China and has great popularity.

F. In large cities, there are more people who can communicate with foreigners in English.

G. In addition to China, Mandarin is an official language in several other countries in Asia.