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Accept that you're not perfect. This is a great way to deal with criticism. To be able to take a little bit of feedback, you can't keep thinking that you can do no wrong. Nobody's perfect, so if you think you're perfect, then you're nobody. Every person has disadvantages.

See if there's some truth to it. If the feedback is coming from a person who has your best interest in mind, then you have to consider the possibility that there really is some truth to those words. If ten people say that you are selfish, then they can't all be wrong, can they? Take a moment to consider the possibility that this person is really on to something.

If you have received some criticism delivered in a friendly and helpful way, or just in a way meant to be honest and clear, just take the time to thank the person and to say that you appreciate the fact that the person told you something that can make you an even better friend, student, or professional.

Stop making excuses. If someone is giving you reasonable criticism, stop making excuses. If you get defensive (戒备的) and make excuses, then the person won't be able to finish telling you exactly what he or she means, and you won't get the information you need to really improve. It's natural that we feel defensive and get the feeling that we can do no wrong.

A. Make yourself a better person.

B. The following tips can be helpful.

C. Thank the person for being honest.

D. Most people are able to deal with criticism properly.

E. It's even more likely if you've heard similar comments before.

F. But it's important to hear people out before you cut them off to prove you're perfect.

G. If you don't see any of yours, you're not analyzing yourself as closely as you should.

"Putting these window films on the inside really is not giving you the benefit that you would want for protecting the birds," says John P. Swaddle, a biologist at the College of William and Mary and lead author of the new study.

To test the films' effectiveness, Swaddle and his co-workers applied one of two widely available film to either inner or outer window surfaces. On film reflected shorter light wavelengths (波长) that humans cannot see, and the other reflected longer wavelengths (many birds can see both). Both films helped to prevent bird strikes by more than 35 percent when put on the outside surface, the study found - but films on the inside had no benefit at all.

"It's some important work about the small differences between what can and can't work in terms of preventing window strikes from birds," says George Mason University biologist David Luther, who studies how birds adapt to cities.

People usually find it much easier to put films on the inside of a window, says Natalia Ocampo-Penuela, a conservation ecologist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. "For taller buildings, to apply something to the outside, you need scaffolds (脚手架)... you need to clean the windows extra well for them to apply correctly, and they don't last as long."

The study was conducted by Professor Pleger from Ruhr University Bochum. The team wanted to know how we make decisions about what to eat and where. They asked participants to choose between smaller immediate rewards and larger rewards that they had to wait for. The longer they waited, the bigger the reward. Brain activity was observed using functional MRI, which shows which parts of the brain are active during decision-making.

The brain observation revealed interesting differences when it came to each type of reward. When people made decisions about money, brain areas responsible for thinking about the future and self-control were more active. When deciding about food, the areas that are linked to immediate satisfaction were more involved. This means that our decision-making pattern depends on the type of reward that we are given.

By understanding how our brains respond to different types of rewards, we may develop better tools that control how we make those decisions that may have serious consequences in our lives. Professor Pleger believes that understanding these differences can lead to new treatments for impulsive behaviors and addictions. For example, Neurofeedback (神经反馈) can observe real-time brain activity to help individuals manage their brain functions, which can help them make particularly difficult decisions, specifically when it comes to unhealthy or addictive choices.

While my access to comics as a child was limited to what was printed in the newspaper, this changed once I grew older and started visiting bookstores to buy the books that I wanted to read. Having grown up on a diet of image-heavy books, I found the idea of reading text-only novels quite formidable. As I searched for books that lay somewhere in between, I came across a copy of Bhimayana — a graphic novel. It felt familiar due to its comic-like theme and design. Plus, understanding complex stories through pictures was relatively easier and more fun. And so, as I grew older, I found myself turning to graphic novels from childish comic books.

Graphic novels dealt with serious topics in a more engaging manner. They would literally show me what was going on. For example, when I was reading Joe Sacco's Palestine, I didn't have to imagine the ruin caused by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I could actually see it while reading about it.

Fast-forward a few years to when I was given a copy of Jonathan Bloomfield's Palestine: A Novel. Though I was impressed by the compelling (扣人心弦的) nature of storytelling in his book, I am not sure if I would have been able to visualize and enjoy his text-only version so much had I not read Sacco's Palestine first. Thanks to the graphic novel, I had a "picture" of whatever had happened, and that made it easier and more fun to understand the details of the whole story.

While my romance with comic books is still ongoing, in the long run, my love for graphic novels is much stronger and here to stay.

Welcome to Florence, welcome to Taste Florence! Discover the rich taste and culinary (美食的) heritage of Tuscany through an immersive cooking experience! Cooking is not only a delightful way to learn about local traditions, but it also allows you to dip into the authentic tastes of Florence, from fresh pasta to fine desserts.

A Culinary Journey Awaits

Whether you are a seasoned cook or a curious beginner, Taste Florence offers a unique opportunity to deepen your understanding of Italian cuisine while enjoying the vibrant culture of Florence. With its hands-on approach and emphasis on local materials, Taste Florence stands out as an inspiration for culinary enthusiasts eager to explore the heart of Tuscany through its cuisines.

Why Taste Florence?

Taste Florence has been sharing the love of Italian cuisine for over a decade and is the top cooking school in the city. Our experienced chefs guide you through hands-on classes where you can learn to prepare traditional dishes using fresh, local materials. We offer a variety of classes, including pasta-making, pizza workshops, and Italian desserts, suitable for all skill levels.

Class Prices

Class Type Duration Price/hour

Pasta-Making Class 3 hours €75

Pizza Workshop 2 hours €50

Italian Dessert Class 2.5 hours €60

Full Italian Feast 4 hours €100

Culinary Tours

Join our 4-hour culinary tour that takes you through the bustling markets and charming streets of Florence. You'll visit local food stores, taste traditional Tuscan products, and enjoy a meal at a family-run restaurant. Tours start every day at 10:00 am from Piazza della Signoria. You can reserve your spot online or at our Taste Florence location.

Born to a farmer's family in 1978, Cai has been deeply influenced by his father's idea that "one has to fight for himself". Since primary school, he has been getting up before 5 am to run and study English. At 29, Cai became chief tax manager in Vanke Co. In 2011, he joined JD Group, where he led his team to develop the first electronic invoice (发票) in China. Wherever he worked, he always tried his best to create new value.

Diagnosed with ALS in 2019, he would have only two to five years to live. ALS is usually caused by the gradual death of motor neurons(神经元), which makes normally easy movements like drinking water, eating, going to the bathroom, and speaking impossible. Finally, patients will completely rely on machines and others' help to survive. So far, only two medicines are available to treat ALS, but they can at most extend patients' life for several months without improving their living quality.

To develop effective drugs is the only way to save ALS patients. However, the intense effort required, which is unprofitable for so rare an illness, makes it a mission almost impossible. It usually takes 10-15 years to complete the research cycle for a new drug and the cost is $1-3billion. Take Alzheimer's disease for example. Between 2000 and 2017, investment in new drugs for this more common disease was over $600 billion, and 99.6% of the research on more than 300 drugs failed.

Cai decided to take matters into his own hands. He started his own medical technology company, built his own research team, and volunteered to try more than 30 new medicines which all failed. However, he has decided that even if all efforts prove fruitless, he will continue. To shoot the last bullet, he has decided to donate his brain and spinal cord for scientific research. He will not die for nothing.

When Dr Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres, and his life's goal was to make it a2.

The good doctor had some3 theories concerning plant care and growth. He never watered his new trees, which flew in the face of conventional (传统的) wisdom. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants4 them so that each following tree generation would grow5. So you have to make things6 for them and weed out (淘汰) the weaker trees early on.

He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots7 water. I took him to mean that deep roots were to be8.

Dr Gibbs9 a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They're extremely tall, big since they have deep10 now. However, the trees in my garden11 in a cold wind although I had watered them for several years.

It seemed that difficulties benefited these trees in ways12 never could. I stood there deep13.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I stand over them and watch their little bodies, the14 and falling of life within. I often pray for them. Mostly I pray that their lives will be easy. But I think it's time to change my prayer because now I know my children are going to encounter15.

In our weekly staff meeting, our editor Ashley was not pleased with the quality of our reporting. "Our readership is way down. We need better stories for this Thursday's school newspaper. Does anybody have any ideas?" she said.

I handed her my article about our basketball team beating Deerfield High School the previous night by one point. "Sports stories are fun," she said, "but not good enough for the front page. We need something to really get people ‘s attention."

After our meeting, we left the newsroom together and heard someone screaming, "Perry is missing!" Perry was a big red parrot and had been our school mascot (吉祥物) for ten years. He played an important role in students' lives, both in and out of class. He had also been a constant presence at school events, inspiring a sense of unity among students.

Everyone gathered around Perry's empty cage, heartbroken. Suddenly, a student from the crowd came over and showed me a photo. "You're a reporter for the school paper, right? I happened to take this yesterday," he said. In the photo was a Deerfield High School basketball player with something large hidden under his shirt around the size of a parrot.

"He must have stolen Perry to get back at us for winning the game!" Ashley cried. We hurried back to the newsroom, agreeing to run the photo on the front page with the headline "Deerfeld Stole Perry." "This is just the story we need. Everyone will read it," Ashley said confidently.

After she left, I took a closer look at the photo. The clock in the background read 4:15 pm, but our game against Deerfield hadn't started until 4:30 pm. Why would the boy have taken Perry before we even played? An uneasy feeling came over me that we might have falsely accused someone.

I went to Perry's usual caretaker to ask if he knew Perry was missing. "He's not missing. He's retired. He's ready for some quieter days," he said. Learning the truth, I immediately told Ashley and suggested writing a story to say goodbye to Perry.

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。

To my surprise, Ashley insisted on reporting the "Deerfield Stole Perry" story.

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On Thursday, the paper came out with the headline "Bye-Bye, Perry" on the front page.

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Music makes you express your emotion.

. This way your brain conveys the thoughts without speaking a word. When we try to express some sad emotion, you will use soft and deep music.

Music is an extremely unique way to develop the capability of memorising. The best example to prove this sentence is that you can easily learn something in the form of songs. The reason behind learning a song quickly is that your mind enjoys music.Whatever your minds enjoy, it keeps it.

Music makes you creative.

Music is key to creativity. It helps you in improving your mind by making it more artistic. No matter what the great invention is, it requires art. Creativity is fulfilled by music.

Music improves your fine reasoning skills.

During a study of children, it was shown that if children are exposed to three or more years of musical training, these same kids performed better.. They had better listening and speaking skills than those who had none. The children even tested better for vocabulary and reasoning skills.

A. This was the result

B. Music is an art of beauty

C. Some music makes you tearful

D. Music makes you live a better life

E. Music makes learning more pleasant

F. You should choose some kind of music with powerful beats

G. You usually play the music that reflects your thoughts or your emotions

In the study, psychologists Audrey and Ruud, both at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, stuck electrodes (电极) on the participants' heads. They asked the participants to type out or hand write with a digital pen words that appeared on a computer screen. Sensors in a cap recorded electrical brain activity. Then the psychologists looked for when two brain areas are active with the same frequency of electrical waves at the same time. This result can reveal the connectivity among different regions across the brain.

With handwriting, the researchers saw increased activity, specifically in low frequency bands, not only in the expected motor areas but also in others associated with learning. These low frequency bands have previously been shown to support memory processes. When the team compared the two tasks, they realized that handwriting —but not typing —increased the connectivity across parietal (顶叶) brain regions, which are involved in sensory and motor processing, and central regions, many of which are involved in memory.

"Even when the movements are very similar, the activation seems much, much higher in handwriting," Audrey says. "It shows that there's more involvement of these brain regions when you're handwriting, which might give you some specific advantages."

These findings suggest that there are distinct processes of brain activation happening while a person types or writes. This boost of stimulation of handwriting facilitates learning because these particular waves between these areas are involved in memory formation and encoding (编码) .

And although handwriting may help with learning processes, typing is often easier, faster and more practical. "Students and teachers alike should therefore consider the task at hand to decide to hand write or type," Audrey says. Despite the need for more studies to determine the best learning strategy, experts say that handwriting shouldn't be left behind in the digital age. "Schools need to bring in more writing into curriculum design," Ruud says.

During that hot summer, little Sammy and his sister Marie spent their vacation at their grandparents' farm. The farm was filled with fun and adventure, but one day, an unfortunate accident occurred. While playing, Sammy accidentally shot his grandmother's beloved pet duck with a slingshot (弹弓). Panicked, he quickly hid the duck behind a pile of old wood in the yard. He was afraid to tell his grandmother the truth, worried about being punished.

However, what he didn't know was that his sister Marie had seen the entire event. The next day, when Grandma asked Marie to wash the dishes, Marie seized the opportunity to shift the responsibility onto Sammy. She said, "Sammy told me he wanted to help in the kitchen today, Grandma." Sammy was shocked and confused because he had not said such a thing. Marie approached him and whispered threateningly, "Remember the duck?" It was then that Sammy realized Marie had seen his secret and was now using it to make him do the housework she didn't want to do.

This situation continued for several days. Whenever there were household chores to be done, Marie would threaten Sammy with "Remember the duck?". Sammy felt an increasing burden of guilt and responsibility.

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Finally, he couldn't bear the secret and pressure any longer and decided to tell everything to Grandma

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1．让父母监管电子设备；

2．为周末学习设立小目标；

3．找个学习伙伴。

注意：1．字数80-100词左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头结尾已给出，但不计入总词数；

4．在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear David,

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Yours,

Li Hua