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How many books have you finished since high school? Between study, work, family, and social lives, trying to find time to read needs more effort than a relaxing hobby. How can you get reading books into your full schedule?

Borrow more books than you can read. Libraries have very large "limits" on books you can take out.Return anything you don't like. Some of the most efficient readers return five out of six books unread. This is not something to be ashamed of.

If you have a whole morning to read, you might hope for more kinds. People who read a lot have something going to suit all tastes.

Try the 50-page rule. If you feel you have to finish all the books you start, you may be stuck in something boring and not read again for weeks.You'll find something else you love more soon.

Don't care about any thoughts about what you "should" be reading. It is OK if you are not so interested in the world's great literature. Read what you want.If you're only reading because you "should" read, then over time, reading will drop from the top of your list down to laundry level or going to the dentist.

A. Read more than one book at a time.

B. You may have trouble deciding what to read first.

C. Here's how to make more time for your favorite books.

D. So go crazy and borrow anything that looks interesting.

E. Quit after a few dozen pages if you're not feeling into it.

F. Reading is one of the most pleasurable activities out there.

G. People don't do well with the feelings of suffering long term.

If you're in the market for a new food or water dish for your cat, you might want to check out Free the Ocean's Bamboo Cat Bowls. These are made of bamboo fibers and rice husks (稻壳) and are more eco-friendly than traditional plastic.

The presence of bamboo—used as a renewable filler—is part of what makes the bowl greener. Bamboo, which is technically a grass, grows 30% faster than trees and as much as 1.5 inches per hour! Not surprisingly, it produces 30% more oxygen and absorbs 35% more carbon dioxide than trees, according to Mimi Ausland, founder of Free the Ocean. "It's a cut-and-come-again plant, which means it can be cropped without disrupting the root ball, reducing carbon giving off when it's harvested."

Rice husk is a byproduct(副产品) of rice production that is a challenge to farmers because it is hard to break down and of no great value. Its use as a filler provides a purpose for an otherwise useless material and, along with the bamboo.

Ausland said, "Plastic cat dishes have bacteria(细菌), which can put your cat's health at risk. Even if pet owners clean them regularly, they cannot be fully sanitized. Plastic bowls are the main cause of cat diseases.

However, the bamboo cat bowl will not leach (渗人) harmful chemicals into your pet's water the way that traditional plastic can and it is naturally free of bacteria.

Cats will like the bowls, as they have low edges. With an easy-to-pick-up handle, they come in four colors.

One customer commented, "My cats prefer these cat food bowls just like me. The cats like the low lip that makes it easy to eat out of. And the fact that they're made of bamboo and that buying them makes a difference to the environment is amazing! And it is easy to wash in the dishwasher."

Yellow is usually the color of happy, joyful emotions. But according to a new study, not all people associate the color with good feelings.

To find out what factors might play a role，researchers tested a new hypothesis (假设): What if people's physical surroundings affect their feelings about certain colors? For example, if someone lived in cold and rainy Finland, would he feel differently about the color yellow from someone who lived near the Sahara Desert?

The researchers looked at color-emotion data from an ongoing international survey of 6, 625 people in 55 countries. The survey asked participants to rate 12 colors on how closely they were associated with feelings including joy, pride, fear, and shame.

The researchers paid particular attention to the data for yellow, and analyzed how different factors—including hours of sunshine, hours of daylight, and the amount of rainfall—were associated with the emotions people reported for the color. The two best predictors(预测物) of how people felt about yellow were the annual amount of rainfall, and how far they lived from the equator (赤道).

Overall, people were more likely to associate yellow with joy when they lived in rainier countries that lay farther from the equator, researchers reported in the Journal of Environmental Psychology. In Egypt the possibility of yellow being associated with joy was just 5.7%, whereas in chilly Finland it was 87. 7%. In the United States, with its mild climate and amber (琥珀色的) waves of grain, people's yellow joy association levels were between 60% and 70%.

The researchers also checked whether associations changed with the season—whether, for example, people in a certain country liked yellow more in the winter than they did in the summer. They found that opinions about the color remained fairly constant all year round—even when the weather changed, the data on yellow-joy associations were as good as gold.

I've just arrived from New York City at the airport in Rome and already I'm lost, wandering left and right and searching for the right exit. I'm supposed to meet my wife Elvira, who lives in Italy now, and then drive to Guardia Sanframondi, the little town where we own a house, to meet our newborn granddaughter Lucia, now all of 11 weeks old.

But I takes a wrong turn, and then another, all in vain. I'm lost for 15 minutes, then 30, and finally about 45, unable to get my passport properly scanned and pick up my luggage. This is more than mildly inconvenient. After all, I've just flown more than 4 ,000 miles, a flight into my future.

But suddenly I see Elvira, who is holding baby Lucia in her arms. I'm found.

I stay in Italy for three weeks. It's impossible for me to get enough of Lucia, and so I follow a strict agenda. Hold Lucia in my arms. Kiss Lucia all over her face. Wheel Lucia in her carriage in the most public places available. Make faces at her and even sillier gestures and sounds.

Today, at 70, I'm a permanent resident of Italy, with Lucia living a five—minute walk away. We visit her at her house and she visits us at ours almost every day. In most American families, adult children with grandchildren live in different towns and states far away. Italian families, on the other hand, are more likely to live near each other. Sometimes three generations here even stay together in the same home. I've happily turned my life upside—down to be a grandpa Italian—style. Lucia is just what I need right about now. If I'm lucky, I'll be just what she needs, too.

If you really want a taste of the everyday swing of Dutch life, a bike tour through Amsterdam is the way to go.

What is included in an Amsterdam bike tour

The bicycle is of course provided and included in the price of the tour. Some tours offer coffee and tea after the tour finishes. Every tour especially has its own theme and route. You can compare them by visiting webpages dedicated to a particular tour.

A tour itself is a beautiful experience. Amsterdam's architecture, markets, bridges, plazas and street atmosphere are memorable and comfortable to see from a bike seat. See them like most citizens of Amsterdam do.

Amsterdam bicycle tour basics

These tours are usually between one and two hours long. They are guided by friendly and knowledgeable tour guides who are well capable in Amsterdam information. What's more, the tour guides usually know many languages and are used to overcoming language barriers(障碍).

Important during the bicycle tour of Amsterdam

Please don't become so Dutch that you ignore( 忽视) the traffic laws. It is a fact that some Amsterdammers often cross a street or a bridge when they feel like doing it. That is why staying alert (警惕的) and a little bit of biking experience can help you to go through the small city streets during an Amsterdam bike tour. Also, unless you are 100% sure that the weather will be sunny, you'd better bring a jacket. When you start moving on the bike, the wet Amsterdam's air can get quite cold.

I had been working in a game reserve (野生动物保护区) in South Africa for many years. Though a part of me longed for the busy familiarity of Paris, I knew my life was in South Africa.

One night there was a sharp knock on my door. I wasn't expecting a visitor. "Francoise? It's me," a woman whispered. I threw open the door. "Amanda? What's wrong?"

Amanda, a thin young woman, was our chef. She motioned for me to come outside. "There's a baby Ellie here."

"An elephant?"

"She's right over there, tiny and terrified."

"It must be ET's baby daughter," I said.

Amanda explained that she'd heard a noise outside her room. She'd taken her flashlight, opened the door and shined it across the garden. A tiny elephant stared back at her, eyes in terror. Not knowing what to do, Amanda had closed the door and climbed out of a back window to call me.

Elephants are fantastic mothers — ET would never leave her baby unattended. Apparently, the baby elephant had somehow slipped under the fence.

Amanda and I had to get her inside the house to keep her safe until we could get her back to her mother. Her frightened eyes stared at us through the leaves. I walked slowly toward the Ellie. She watched me but as soon as I was within touching distance, she ran behind the house. Amanda and I ran after her. Finally, we managed to corner the Ellie in the parking area. She stood completely still, head down and eyes flashing anxiously at any movement or sound. I tried approaching her again, and this time she didn't resist, allowing us to gently get her into my home.

I kept talking to her, telling her she was safe and that we would get her back to her mum. Then I called the reserve center for help and, to our relief, they promised to come right away.

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Realizing the Ellie might be thirsty, I told Amanda to get her some milk.

……

Soon, we heard the sound of a truck on the dirt track.

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On the Use of Artificial Intelligence

As a boy, I spent much time in London. One of the joys was spending weekends(bicycle) to Kew Gardens, famous for housing the world's(large) greenhouses. The importance of the gardens cannot be underestimated— some of the samples(bring) back by Charles Darwin are still alive.

However, it was the pagoda (塔)always fascinated me. Years ago, I went to China. Whenever I'm back to London, I always pay it a visit.

The pagoda was designed by William Chambers, a British architect who had been to China at least twice. The 10-storey octagonal (八边形的) pagoda, which is 163 feet high,(complete) in 1762. Purists, however, argue that pagodas should always, haveodd number of floors. The original building was very colorful and the roofs were covered with iron plates, with a dragon on each corner. The iron plates were later replaced and the dragons(subsequent) disappeared. Since then, there have been several(restoration), mainly to the roofs, but the original colors and the dragons have not been replaced.

Nowadays, being more familiarChinese pagodas, I feel it seems somewhat odd. But for a boy who would later have a quarter century career in China, the Kew Pagoda remains an(inspire).

In 2019, I was staying at a fitness camp in Thailand. After doing 2.5 hours of kickboxing, I began to cough. Thinking it was probably from the intense workout, I brushed off the 1 .

But over the next few hours, I started struggling to2 breathe and my heart began to 3 . I panicked and decided to get help. As I was 4 myself to the front desk, a Thai woman saw me and asked what was wrong. I tried to 5 that I couldn't breathe.

The woman was so 6 . She was on the phone within 10 seconds, 7 a car to get me to a hospital. Another Thai woman came and talked to me for a few minutes, 8 me I would be okay at the hospital. Ten minutes later, the car came.9 , I was taken to a doctor's office. The nurse couldn't speak English but 10 me the whole time she examined me. Then she 11 "bronchitis" (支气管炎) on her phone and gave me some medications.

When I got back to the 12 , many people asked me if I was okay. They checked in on me multiple times a day and brought me food. Over the next week, I 13 .

It is hard to describe the 14 that I felt at the time, as well as the relief and thankfulness I felt being surrounded by so many 15 strangers who took care of me. I don't know what would have happened without them.

Just breathe. Sound familiar? Whether trying to decrease stress, anxiety, and muscle tension or increase our focus, we are frequently encouraged to breathe.

There is a good reason for this, particularly when it comes to muscle tension and pain.When we are stressed, our muscles tense, and this tension can increase pain. Pain can also cause stress, increasing muscle tension and creating more pain. Also, it is common to hold our breath when we are stressed or in pain.

So, one helpful way to manage stress and pain is to practice relaxing our muscles and nervous system via breathing exercises. While engaging in longer relaxation exercises is beneficial, practicing brief exercises is practical.

Breathe Slowly and Rhythmically

Imagine your breath is a wave in the ocean that is slowly coming into shore and then slowly going back into the ocean. See if you can practice breathing slowly and steadily for about two to five minutes.

Lengthen the Exhale (呼) Portion of Your Breath

The exhale is like a brake for our nervous system, helping it slow down. Practice making the exhale portion of the breath longer than the inhale: For example, if you naturally inhale to a count of three, practice slowly exhaling to a count of five.

Breathe from Your Belly (腹部)

Belly breathing tends to be the most relaxing type of breath. When you breathe using your belly, you stimulate the vagus nerve which activates the relaxation response.Therefore, you feel at ease and comfortable.

It is important not to wait until tension and pain increase to practice these exercises.So just slow down and breathe on.

A．Practice breathing in and out at a slow speed.

B．Unfortunately, doing so increases pain and stress.

C．The exhale part of the breath is the most relaxing.

D．Breathing from your nose only helps you calm down.

E．Physical pain and emotional stress often go hand in hand.

F．They will be most effective when you are not in much pain.

G．This will reduce your heart rate and blood pressure and lower stress.