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When we reached an altitude of 14,000 feet, my son's face turned pale as he2 inched to the opening and fell out of the3. Something went cold in my heart. But, only seconds later, instructions were being4, and it was my daughter's turn. Her face, however, was5, and she laughed and whooped, falling away into the wild blue. For a quick moment, a desperate fear6 me, and I wondered if that was the last time I would see them. But the thought soon7 as I felt a strong pull on my pack and was moved into position.

With a big birthday approaching, my children had chosen to surprise me with an unforgettable way to dive into the decade I'd wanted to8, but when a woman celebrating her fiftieth wedding anniversary spontaneously decided to9, I knew I had to do it, too.

Now I was in the10. I forgot all the instructions as the sheer terror and joy11. Although it felt like forever, the minute before the parachute (降落伞) opened was memorable. With the earth quickly approaching, I spied my son and daughter running to12 me. We had an excited three-way13.

It was a(n)14 moment. I could have refused to leave the plane, missing both the extreme thrill of the dive and the unique beauty of the view from the sky.15 to the appearance of safety no longer felt like the only option.

These are just two cases that many people deal with frequently. Some use outlining to flesh out and organize their ideas, but is that the best strategy?

This two-dimensional structure is designed to help you remember information because its format is easy for your mind to remember. More than 250 million people worldwide use them, so why don't you have a try and see what they are all about?

What is a mind map? Simply put, it is one's ideas put into the form of a visual diagram that starts with a central idea. Put this idea in a bubble in the middle of a page with lines radiating out to other bubbles that contain related themes or concepts. Use words, short phrases or images to express your ideas. And use color-coded bubbles for a visual representation of each branch's connection.

Studies have shown that this technique of using pictures, colors and visual arrangement has improved people's recall and memory of information by 10 to 15 percent. Creativity is aroused because of the spatial arrangement, enabling people to make more links and associations on topics of any kind. Additionally, it increases one's productivity because mind mapping makes it easier to learn faster.

So whether you're in charge of a project or writing a research paper, make this technique a core part of your planning process!

A. But it doesn't stop there.

B. It should look like a many-legged spider.

C. This is a common problem that many people face.

D. It has proven to increase not only productivity and creativity but also memory.

E. Or perhaps you are planning to write a paper, and all you have is the main topic.

F. If everyone thought in a linear manner, then the answer would be yes, but most people don't.

G. Enter mind mapping, a technique that shows how different ideas and facts relate to one another.

The first study, published as a working paper in June, explored ChatGPT at work. Anders Humlum of the University of Chicago and Emilie Vestergard of the University of Copenhagen surveyed 100,000 Danes across 11 professions in which the technology could save workers time, including journalism, software-developing and teaching. The researchers asked respondents how often they turned to ChatGPT and what might keep them from adopting it.

Across all professions, women were less likely to use ChatGPT than men who worked in the same industry. For example, only a third of female teachers used it for work, compared with half of male teachers. Among software developers, almost two-thirds of men used it while less than half of women did. The gap shrank only slightly, to 16 percentage points, when people in the same firms working on similar tasks were compared. As such, the study concludes that a lack of female confidence may be in part to blame: women who did not use AI were more likely than men to highlight that they needed training to use the technology.

Another potential explanation for the gender imbalance comes from a survey of 486 students at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). It also found a gender gap: female students enrolled in the NHH's only undergraduate programme were 18 percentage points less likely to use ChatGPT often. When the researchers separated students by admission grades, it became clear that the gap reflected the behaviour of mid-and high-performing women. Low performers were almost as likely as men to use the technology.

Why might this be? The researchers probed what was going on with some clever follow-up questions. They asked students whether they would use ChatGPT if their professor forbade it, and received a similar distribution of answers. However, with clear approval, everyone, including the better-performing women, reported that they would make use of the technology. In other words, the high-achieving women appeared to put a ban on themselves. "It's the ‘good girl' thing." reckons Ms Isaksson. "It's this idea that ‘I have to go through this pain, I have to do it on my own and I shouldn't cheat and take short-cuts'."

Gaslighting is initially used to talk about what happens in romantic relationships. However, many individuals also experience gaslighting at work. In fact, a recent survey has found that 58% of the respondents said they have experienced gaslighting at work. It's unsurprising since gaslighting usually involves a power relationship and a need to control others. In the workplace, the dynamics between a boss and his employee can be the perfect breeding ground for this type of behavior. You boss may tell you to handle an assignment in a certain way, but when you do, he gets annoyed and says it isn't what he wants. It makes you feel like your memory is faulty.

In order to find out whether your boss's behavior really constitutes gaslighting or he is just a poor communicator, you could write down your experiences and ask yourself what really has happened, what his motives might be, and how your emotion is affected. But always be careful because gaslighters know how to fly under the radar. They are skilled at weakening an employee's confidence and sense of reality in a clever and hard-to-prove way.

To protect yourself, at the end of the conversation with your boss, repeat back what you have heard and follow up with an e-mail restating the main points, documenting the interactions between you two. But don't get your hopes high that this will automatically solve the problem, Robin Stern, author of The Gaslight Effect, warns, because it's hard to get a gaslighter to change his behavior pattern. If things don't improve, you may want to consider getting out of the gaslighting situation by looking for a new position.

Sischo works with some of the rarest endangered species on the planet, kāhuli — Hawaii's native tree snails. The colorful, jewel-like snails were once so abundant. It's said they were like Christmas ornaments covering the trees. Almost all of the 750 different species were found only in Hawaii. Today, more than half of those species are gone, the extinctions happening in the span of a human lifetime. Sischo and his team with Hawaii' s Department of Land and Natural Resources have the heavy task of saving what's left.

To stave off extinction, 40 species of snails, each about the size of a dime, live in human care inside an unremarkable trailer near Honolulu. For some, it's the only place where they' re found, their wild populations having completely disappeared. "Most people, when they think endangered species going extinct, they think of pandas and tigers and elephants, but imagine having 40 different species that are all as rare as pandas are," Sischo says.

This winter, one species of snail will inch toward an auspicious milestone. It will be released in a special enclosure in the mountains of Oahu, one that has been painstakingly prepared to give the snails the best chance of survival in their natural environment.

Still, the outlook for Hawaii's snails is uncertain, symbolizing a new era in the conservation of endangered species. Around the world, plants and animals are being brought into enclosure as a last-ditch effort against extinction. But as the climate heats up and invasive species continue to spread, many have no clear path to return to nature in the near term. That could mean they stay in human care. In the face of the biodiversity crisis, many wildlife biologists say there's no other choice. "These are biological treasures that are irreplaceable," Sisch o says. "It is now or never. What we manage to keep on Earth will be what the next generation is able to put back."

Museum of Bad Art(Boston, Massachusetts)

The mission of MOBA is to collect, exhibit and celebrate art that will be shown in no other venue. Highlights include Lucy in the Field with Flowers, a painting found in 1993 leaning against a trash barrel, waiting for garbage collection. This painting was the first of the MOBA collection. A low point and a must-see — is the painting Our Lady or Perpetual Housework.

The Mob Museum (Las Vegas, Nevada)

This 1933 former U. S. post office and federal courtroom was bought by the city of Las Vegas in 2002 for $1, with the condition it be used for something cultural, like a museum. Officially the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, this museum tells a visual story of the war between the mob and the police. The museum ends its tour by inviting you into a fully operational — and legal — speakeasy.

International Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, Rhode island)

This museum was built on the site of the first United States National Lawn Tennis Championships in1881(which grew into the U. S. Open in New York). A highlight is a Kings Court for "court tennis," first played by monks and kings dating back to 1538. In this ancient game, the ball can bounce off the walls and windows and still be in play. There are only 10 such courts in North America, as they cost approximately $3 million to make.

Be Like Dad

Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.

I was in my study on a cold Sunday in May 2020 when I glanced out the window and saw my dad's car parked in our driveway. He was walking from my front door to his car, about to leave. Why would he drive all the way to my house, only to turn around and leave? Had the doorbell stopped working? I raced downstairs, opened the door and yelled "Dad! What are you doing?" I shouted.

My dad lives forty minutes away, and I hadn't seen him since COVID-19 because we were following the health-department guidelines to self-isolate and not leave the house, so it's strange that he would show up.

He smiled and pointed beside the door, where I could see a bright yellow begonia (秋海棠) plant.

"I know it is Mother's Day, but... I'm not a mother," I was puzzled.

My dad smiled. "But I think you should get flowers, too, my dear son." With that, he winked and drove off.

That evening, I called to thank him and told him how touched I was that he had driven such a long round trip just to leave begonias on my doorstep.

That's when he let me in on his little secret. It turns out I wasn't the only receiver of an act of kindness from him. To keep away from the loneliness during epidemic he decided to do acts of kindness to remove the social isolation (隔离，孤立), and it made him so happy to see the smiles on people's faces.

"But why?" I continued.

It just had started a couple of weeks before, when a friend of his was having a tough day and called him to talk about it. He knew she loved ice cream, so after ringing off, he went straight to the grocery store, bought a huge ice cream, drove to her house and left it on her doorstep. Then he called from the driveway to tell her to look outside.

"She just beamed when she saw it. I don't think leaving her a million dollars would have made her happier."

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After listening to story after story like this, I was inspired.

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1. 表达感谢；

2. 提出个人建议；

3. 说明理由。

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Dear Lucas,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua