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Some individuals are born with a gift for public speaking.Do you want to be a good public speaker? Here are some principles you must master.

People want to listen to someone who is interesting, relaxed and comfortable. Too often when you stand up to give a speech, you focus on the "public"at the expense of the "speaking. " Focus on the speaking. Talk directly to your audience, be yourself and make a connection.

Even the most successful public speaker will make mistakes. Yet, the only one who cares about any mistake is the one who is speaking. People's attention wanders constantly. In fact,most people only absorb about 20 percent of a speaker's message. So, don't stop speaking when you make a mistake unless it's a truly serious one.

Your goal is not to be a perfect public speaker.And like everything else in life, that takes practice. Remember, even world champion athletes practice their skills on a consistent basis.

It's rare to hear someone say, "I wish that speaker had spoken longer. "On the other hand, you probably can't count the times that you've thought, "I'm glad that talk is over. It seemed to go on forever! "So surprise your audience. Always make your presentation just a bit shorter than anticipated. It's better to leave your listeners wishing for more than shifting restlessly in their seats waiting for your speech finally to end.

A．Do the opposite.

B．You want to be an effective public speaker.

C．You don't need to apologize for a minor slip.

D．When it comes to public speaking, less is usually more.

E．The objective of most speeches is to benefit the audience

F．Take the fear out of public speaking by focusing on your listeners

G．However, the majority of people are effective speakers because they train to be.

In a time when too much importance has been attached to utilitarianism (功利主义), it doesn't come as a surprise to me that we people no longer believe in poetry. Utility is now often the standard of what one should devote his or her time and energy to and what he or she shouldn't, but don't get me wrong. I am not saying that one should not consider utility at all when making crucial decisions. On the contrary, everyone should take it into account. Medicine, law, business and engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance and love, these are what we stay alive for.

My dad once told me that "life is suffering", which now I think is probably a unanimous (无异议的) opinion among most people. With a tough life inevitably comes a tough language—and that is what poetry is and why poetry is needed. It offers people a way to talk about the difficult, to describe things in life, like death, suffering, profound joy and transformation. So whenever I hear someone say that poetry is not a must, or it's an option, or it's only for the educated middle classed, I suspect that he or she must have had things pretty easy.

But how can people live without poetry? Unlike what the academics may tell you, my suggestion about bringing poetry into your lives is that don't analyze it and don't ask others to analyze it. Don't deconstruct (解构) it or try to make meaning of it. Just find the poems that wake you up, that make you feel as if you've submerged (沉浸) yourself in a hot spring or an ice bath. Find the poems that make you feel almost irrational joy or sadness. Find the poems that make you want to roll around in them or paint their colors all over your bedroom ceiling. Those are the poems you want to play with. Find the poems that communicate with the deepest parts your being and welcome them in.

If finding others' poems no longer satisfies you, compose your own! You don't have to be a poet to compose poetry. After all, poetry is not a luxury. It's about searching for the real meaning of life and also about giving meaning to life. Just like Walt Whitman's "O Me! O Life!", a poem that ends by speaking directly to its readers: "the powerful play goes on and you may write a verse (诗)," poetry is about everyone. And now I want to ask you the mother of all inspirational questions; "What will your verse be?"

— Inspired by Jeanette Winterson's book:

Why Be Happy When You Could be normal?

Christine Rowsey didn't know how she would go on. The last three years had been hard, but she still felt that she was making progress toward her goal of becoming a nurse. "I didn't have any money. I didn't have anything—just a dream," she recalled.

That dream came out of the loss of her son, who was born 3 weeks in advance. Unfortunately, after a whole month in the intensive care unit, the boy left her. Christine's main source of support during that ordeal had been the hospital's nursing staff. "I really loved the way they helped me," she said. That's when Christine had a realization:She wanted to do something with her life that mattered. Christine became determined to become a nurse and help people the way she had been helped.

She was able to learn in Oakland University's one-year licensed practical nursing (LPN)program. She took out loans (贷款)and worried about how she would repay them. She became the star student but struggled to take care of her family and study at the same time. With scholarships, she was able to cover about half of her costs. For the rest, she couldn't find a way out. That's when Christine found out about a VOA program, which not only paid for her study but offered to cover gas and food. "The VOA program was a real blessing," said Christine. "I wouldn't have been able to continue if VOA hadn't been there for me."

Christine now works as an LPN in Detroit, where she cares for patients. Through VOA, she gives talks to young people about the nursing profession. "Nursing school was the hardest thing I've ever done, and VOA helped me through it," said Christine. "All these people helped me rewrite my life, the way I wanted it to be written."

Things to Do in Yorkshire This Summer

Harrogate Music Festival 

Since its birth, Harrogate Music Festival has gone from strength to strength. This year, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary. We begin on 1st June with Manchester Camerata and Nicola Benedetti, presenting an amazing programme of Mozart pieces. 

Dates:1 June-31 July 

Tickets:£12-£96 

Jodie's Fitness Summer Classes

As the summer months roll in, our Georgian country estate makes the perfect setting for an outdoor fitness session. Come and work out with our qualified personal trainer, Jodie McGregor, on the grounds of the Middleton Lodge estate. 

We will be holding a free taster session on 23rd May, at 10 am, to demonstrate the variety of effective and active exercises. There are eight spaces available for the taster session. Advance bookings are required(info@middletonlodge.co.uk.paris) 

Dates:23 May-11 July 

Tickets: £7.50 per session 

Felt Picture Making 

Working from an inspirational picture, this workshop at Helmsley Arts Centre will teach you the techniques you will need to recreate your picture in wool. 

We will also discuss the origins of felt, what enables wool fibres to become felt and how the processes we use work. 

Dates: 12 June-12 July 

Tickets: £40 including materials 

Figure It Out!-Playing with Math 

A new exhibition in Halifax uses everyday activities to explain the hidden math principles we all use on a regular basis. Pack a bag, cut a cake, guess which juice container holds the most liquid, and much more. Discover how architects, product designers and scientists use similar skills in their work. 

Dates:7 May-10 June 

Tickets: Free

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Many years ago, when I was a young man in my twenties, I worked as a salesman for a St. Louis piano company. Every time we would advertise in Southeast Missouri, we would receive a reply on a postcard which said, "Please bring me a new piano for my little granddaughter. I can pay $10 a month with my egg money. " The old lady scrawled on and on and on that postcard until she filled it up.

Of course, we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month. No finance company would carry a contract with payments that small, so we ignored her postcards. 

One day, however, I happened to be in that area calling on other replies, and out of curiosity I decided to look the old lady up: The old lady lived in a small and dirty house in the middle of a cotton field. There were chickens in the house. Obviously, the old lady could not have qualified to purchase anything on credit. Her little granddaughter was about 10, barefoot. I explained to the old lady that we could not sell a new piano for $10 a month. However, she still sent us the same postcard every six weeks. 

A couple of years later, I owned my own piano company, and when I advertised in that area, the postcards started coming to me. For months, I ignored them. 

But then, one day, despite knowing that I was about to make a terrible business decision, I delivered the piano to the old lady and told her I would carry the contract myself at $10 a month with no interest, and that would mean 52 payments. I took the new piano in the house and placed it where I thought the roof would be least likely to rain on it. It old her and the little girl to try to keep the chickens off of it, and I left — sure I had just thrown away a new piano. 

But the payments came in, all 52 of them as agreed — sometimes with coins taped to a 3×5inch card in the envelope. It was incredible!

So, I put the incident out of my mind for 20 years. 

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Paragraph 1: Then one day, as I was sitting at the bar having an after-dinner drink, I heard the most beautiful piano music behind me. 

Paragraph 2: She told me her name was Elise and since her grandmother couldn't afford to pay for lessons, she had learned to play by listening to the radio.

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Announcement for Medical Emergency Drill

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The Student Union

Ancient books from the Song (960 — 1279) and Yuan (1271 — 1368) dynasties are now show at a new exhibition at the Shanghai Museum and about half of the exhibits (list) as "treasured ancient books" in China.

Pages Through the Ages: A Selection of the Song and Yuan Rare Books of the Shanghai Museum is set to run through Aug 13, (feature) 66 precious books from the 10th to the 14th centuries. It is the first large showcase of ancient books from the (collect) of the museum. 

There is a saying among the archaeological circles in China goes, "A page from a book of the Song Dynasty is worth a tael of gold", which refers to the importance high value of these ancient books.

The Song and Yuan dynasties saw  peak in the development of Chinese culture, and this coincided with the (gold) age of ancient books in China, says Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai Museum. 

This period also saw vast improvements (make) to paper-making, ink manufacturing and block printing techniques, and their rapid development (lead) to the creation of diversified binding formats that ranged from scrolls to butterfly to concertina and wrapped-back bindings. 

Devi had never been to a swimming lesson in her life. But now that her mother had found a new job in the city, Devi faced a new 1 —school field trips to the local pool. 

The first time Devi went with her class to the pool, she had no 2  what she was in for. Devi 3  into the water and held onto the side of the pool, expecting to be able to touch the 4  with her feet. But when Devi 5  the side of the pool, she sank under the water. Devi soon 6  the cement ledge (水泥平台) to prevent herself drowning. Then, seized by 7 , she just sat on a bench, too embarrassed to try again. 

When she came home, her mother 8 right away that Devi was upset. "Honey, I made a call to the local pool, and you start lessons this weekend. " Devi felt 9 that lessons would help, but she had to 10 her fear.

11 , when the time came to take her first lesson, Devi was even more embarrassed than before. "I'm 13, and I'm taking lessons with all little kids! This is 12 !"

When she was standing there, her 13 came over and said, "Hi, Devi! I'm Angela. You know what, I didn't learn to swim until I was 20, and now I'm a swimming teacher!"

Angela's words put Devi 14 . She couldn't help but smile, realizing that she might never be a fearless swimmer, but she would sure have fun 15 .

Recycling is a great way of doing your bit for the environment and helping to protect the earth's precious resources. However, a new study has revealed that our desire to be sustainable maybe doing more harm than good. According to waste company Biffa, this is because of "wish-cycling" — assuming that items such as disposable coffee cup sand pizza boxes will be recycled if put in the recycling bin. In fact, pollution from those items or other non-recyclables can result in recyclable items that have been put in the correct bin going to landfill. David Heaton, a business director at Biffa, said: "Pollution happens when items are disposed of in the wrong bins or haven't been cleaned before being recycled. "

Experts at Biffa analyzed the amounts of non-target and non-recyclable materials that entered UK material recycling facilities between 2016 and 2020. It was found that, in 2016, the average pollution rate of recycling waste was 13. 4 percent, rising over four years to 17 percent by the end of 2020. This shows that, even as people are becoming more eco-conscious, wish-cycling is increasing both in households and businesses. 

The Biffa experts say that one of the best ways to prevent pollution of recycling is to clean recyclable waste before putting it in the bin. They suggest cutting off the top of old pizza boxes and only recycling that part to avoid pollution from the grease (油脂). Check the on-packaging recycling label to check it can actually be recycled When it comes to plastics, Biffa recommends checking the resin code, the number in the plastic triangle, to know whether it should go in the recycling bin. In general, resin codes 1, 2, 4 and 5 are recyclable, while 3, 6 and 7 are not. Larger items, like electronics, furniture and batteries, can also be recycled but often can not go in household recycling bins as they need specialist separating. These will need to be taken to recycling centers or sustainable waste management companies. 

"It's vital as a nation that we get better at effective ‘pre-cycling'— sorting waste correctly before collection to reduce pollution rates," added Mr. Heaton.

Many of the psychological benefits of outdoor play are already well established. Our brains evolved in natural landscapes, and our perceptual(感知的)systems are particularly well suited to wild outdoor spaces. 

This means that natural scenes provide the perfect level of stimulation, which is thought to help recharge the brain when it is tired and easily distractible. Supporting this theory, one study found that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were better able to concentrate following a 20-minute walk in the park, compared to a 20-minute walk on the streets of a well-kept urban area. Being exposed to grass and trees seemed to have had a beneficial effect on their minds. The authors recommended using such "doses(剂量)of nature" as a safe and accessible way of supporting children with ADHD, alongside other tools.

Besides these restorative effects, outdoor play can offer valuable learning experiences. For example, playing with mud or sand can help children develop the way their senses and movement interact, which allows the child to gradually understand his or her body signals. 

Such activities — away from the house or classroom — may also help children to find ways to cope with emotions that maybe hard to explore in other environments. So-called "sand tray therapy", which involves using sand and clay to express one's thoughts and feelings, is an accepted form of counselling for children who are struggling to verbalise their emotional state.

When it comes to the child's physical health, the most obvious advantage of outdoor play maybe the exercise A child may find it easier to buildup strength and endurance in a large open space resulting in a reduced risk of overweight, according to one study led by Elizabeth Gershoff, professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin, US.

The latest findings, however, suggest there could be a host of other advantages to playing in natural environments — and the secret maybe alive in the mud itself. 

On the day he almost died, Kimbal Musk had food on the brain. The Internet startup talent and restaurateur had just arrived in Jackson Hole from a conference where chef Jamie Oliver had spoken about the benefits of healthy eating. This was something Musk thought about a lot- how he might make a difference to the food industry—but beyond expanding his farm-to-table movement along with his restaurant, Musk hadn't yet broken the code. Then he went sailing down a snowy slope (坡) and fell over, breaking his neck. The left side of his body was paralyzed.

Musk eventually made a full recovery, but it involved spending two months on his back, which gave him plenty of time to come up with a plan. Since then, he has launched an initiative to put "learning gardens" in public schools across America; attracted Generation Z to the farming profession by changing shipping containers into high-tech, data-driven, year-round farms; and this year, is kicking off a new campaign to create one million at-home gardens.

Aimed at reaching low- income families, the Million Gardens Movement was inspired by the pandemic, as both a desire to feel more connected to nature and food insecurity have been at the forefront of so many people's lives. "We were getting a lot of inquiries about gardening from people that had never gardened before," says Musk. "People were looking to garden for a bunch of reasons: to supplement their budget, to improve the nutritional quality of their diets, or just to cure the boredom that came with the lockdown. "

The program offers free garden kits that can be grown indoors or outdoors, and will be distributed through schools that Musk's non-profit, Big Green, has already partnered with. It also offers free courses on how to get the garden growing and fresh seeds and materials for the changing growing seasons. "I grew up in the projects when I was young, in what we now call food deserts," says EVE, one of the many celebrities who have teamed up with the organization to encourage people to pick up a free garden. "What I love about this is that it's not difficult. We are all able to grow something. "

● Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxe

Type: Fantasy

When Ophelia moves to a strange city where it never stops snowing, she discovers a boy locked away for 75 years in a museum. She must help the boy before the Snow Queen freezes the world. Along the way, Ophelia learns how to believe in things she cannot see. 

Targeted readers: People who like fairy tales would enjoy this book. 

● A Hundred Horses by Sarah Lean

Type: Mystery

During her visits to her aunt and cousins, the wooden horse Nell is stolen by a girl named Angel. As Nell finds out Angels true identity, a bond grows between them and a group of 99 horses. Word has it that the 100th horse is magical. But where is it? Nell doesn't know, but Angel might know.

Targeted readers: Kids who like animals and nature will be sure to find this book exciting. 

● How to Catch a Boggle by Catherine Junk's

Type: Fantasy

Birdie is an orphan who is good at trapping monsters with her singing voice. She is the only goblin hunter (猎人) in the forest. When kids go missing, it's up to her to figure out why.

Targeted readers: Anyone who is looking for monsters will take great pleasure in this book. 

● I Even Funnier: A Middle School Story by James Patterson and Chris Greenstein

Type: Fiction

After a car accident Jamie loses his family, so he moves in with his aunt, uncle and his cousin Stevie, whose basic aim is to trick Jamie. But Jamie keeps having a positive attitude and running after his goals. He has been recently honored the Funniest Kid Comic of New York State. 

Targeted readers: This book would be great for anyone who is fond of humorous books.