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Ways to Create Calm in Your Daily Life

Most of us need some space for calm in our lives. A few simple minutes can create much needed moments of calm. You can use these skills to create calm in your busy schedule.

Go walking. Walking is perfect and you can do it well anywhere. Simply walking and taking in the view is stress reducing. It makes room for new ideas to take root. Appreciate nature. When we think of nature we think of getting out into the open air, and that's great if you can. Actually , nature is everywhere. Find a park or a small patch (小块地) of great green, or just stick your head out of the window! You have many ways to appreciate nature.

Listen to music. Many people listen to music to calm themselves down. Music actually lifts us out of ourselves. Discover what music works for you. .

Do some activities. Certain activities like yoga and tai chi need quiet focus.  They are good for the body, mind and spirit. Classes are a good place to begin, but once you learn the skills, you can practice anywhere: home, school or even on the road.

Try out some of these ways and you'll soon be practicing "moments of calm".

A. But what if you are in the city?

B. Notice the animals around you.

C. They are perfect for active calming.

D. Music is a way to express the way that they are feeling.

E. It's a time to get stressful thoughts out of your head.

F. With enjoyable music even work can be "music to your ears".

G. You don't have to find a mountain to sit on, or empty your mind of all thoughts for hours.

Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was unable to do a steady job. He fell suddenly ill and had to be admitted to the hospital.

He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he decided to volunteer at the local children's hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect job for him. He ended up working with the seriously ill children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

One of his kids was a girl with a rare disease that paralyzed (瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn't do anything, and she was very depressed. My dad decided to try to help her. He started visiting her in her room, bringing paints, brushes and paper. He stood the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to paint. He didn't use his hands at all. All the while he would tell her, "See, you can do anything you set your mind to."At the end of the day, she began to paint using her mouth, and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent home because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also left the children's hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later after my dad had recovered and returned to work, in came the little girl who had been paralyzed and only this time she was walking. She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a picture she had done using her hands. At the bottom it read: "Thank you for helping me walk."

My dad would cry every time he told us this story and so would we. He would say sometimes love is more powerful than doctor, and my dad—who died just a few months after the little girl gave the picture—loved every single child in that hospital.

Port Lympne Reserve, which runs a breeding (繁育) programme, has welcomed the arrival of a rare black rhino calf (犀牛幼崽). When the tiny creature arrived on January 31, she became the 40th black rhino to be born at the reserve. And officials at Port Lympne were delighted with the new arrival, especially as black rhinos are known for being difficult to breed in captivity (圈养).

Paul Beer, head of rhino section at Port Lympne, said: "Obviously we're all absolutely delighted to welcome another calf to our black rhino family. She's healthy, strong and already eager to play and explore. Her mother, Solio, is a first-time mum and she is doing a fantastic job. It's still a little too cold for them to go out into the open, but as soon as the weather warms up, I have no doubt that the little one will be out and about exploring and playing every day."

The adorable female calf is the second black rhino born this year at the reserve, but it is too early to tell if the calves will make good candidates to be returned to protected areas of the wild. The first rhino to be born at Port Lympne arrived on January 5 to first-time mother Kisima and weighed about 32kg. His mother, grandmother and great grandmother were all born at the reserve and still live there.

According to the World Wildlife Fund, the global black rhino population has dropped as low as 5500, giving the rhinos a "critically endangered" status.

Explore Central Park, one of the largest city parks in the world and one of the most famous symbols of New York. Let's have a look at its main sights.

Central Park is New York's largest city park and one of the biggest in the world, with an area of 843 acres. This park is home to man-made lakes, waterfalls, grass and wooded areas. You will also find the Central Park Zoo, among other attractions in this green space of New York.

Besides being the city's primary green lungs, Central Park is also a favorite spot for many New Yorkers. It is perfect for sunbathing, going for walks, or doing outdoor sports. Something that we found curious is seeing so many people running with their babies in prams (婴儿车).

On Foot or By Bicycle

To get to know some of the wildest parts of Central Park we suggest walking. However, to get a general feel for the whole park, the best thing to do is to hire a bicycle and enjoy the scenery.

If you decide to hire a bike, you will find lots of bike rental stores around Central Park that are not very expensive.

Open Time

From 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekends. From 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays.

Price

Entry to the Park is free. But if you visit some parks like Central Park Zoo, you need to buy a ticket.

Transport

Subway: Line 5, 6, 7, A, B, C and D. Bus: Line M1, M2, M3, M4 and M10.

53-year-old Diarra Boubacar was welcomed by a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan, as a specially  (invite) expert.

Boubacar was born in the African country of Mali, whose people found  difficult to get affordable healthcare. This was  Boubacar continued the family tradition of training to be a doctor. In 1984, he joined a government-sponsored program to study in China. In his freshman year, Boubacar  (earn) a grade as low as 40%. The frustrated man was not defeated by  hardship of learning the ancient Chinese language to read traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)  (classic), and he was gradually absorbed in TCM.

However, the greatest challenge he faced was to convince people that even though he was a foreigner, he could still treat them  (effective) with TCM. Fortunately, his fluency in Chinese got improved and it helped. In 1997, he became the first foreigner  (receive) a doctoral degree in acupuncture(针灸) from Chengdu University of TCM.

Besides his work, Boubacar has been helping patients in (distance) villages in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Due to his contributions in the community, where he has also been helping train village doctors in TCM, today Boubacar is known "China's barefoot doctor" and the "African Norman Bethune".

It all started when I learned to read, or rather, before I learned to read.

When I was two years old, my grandma decided it was time to 1 me to poetry. I didn't understand the words, but my parents said my first complete sentence was the recitation of a poem because my grandma had read it to me so many times that I could 2 it.

Throughout my childhood, I always had a bunch of 3  about who I would become when I was older, like an inventor, a doctor, or a dancer. But these ideas 4  in middle school. I spent a few years wandering 5  through life, having no clue what I was 6  about.

7 , in my first year of high school, I met Miss King, who 8 my life. She was enthusiastic and encouraging. I loved her and I wanted to make her proud of me. So I worked hard and put my 9 into every essay she assigned. I even practiced 10 in my spare time and brought what I wrote to her for feedback. One day, she said to me encouragingly, "I recommended you to the school newspaper, and you can write for it."

Her words 11 something in me. Suddenly, I wasn't 12 anymore. I had a destination. I'd become a 13 . Doing well at the school newspaper was the first step to get there.

Thanks to the first poem my grandma read to me and Miss King's 14 , now I'm writing for newspapers all round the world. It's still the bottom of the ladder, and I've got miles left to 15 , but at least I've made somewhere.

The Best Ways to Get Good at Any Sport

If sports are something that interests you, it stands to reason that you would want to be good at them. Succeeding in a sport takes skills, and skills take patience and determination. Skills alone may take you far, but you'll never go all the way unless you have the right attitude and team spirit to back it up.

Join a sports team.

If you want to become a sports superstar, joining a team is a good way to start. Even if your skills are currently low, joining an amateur league will sharpen up your skills. Sports teams are everywhere, and most of them are free to join. If you go to school, you should go for team tryouts when they're happening.

Practice until your skills become second nature. 

If you're wondering at what point a skill becomes mastered, it is when you're able to do it automatically and without thinking. This is called the autonomous stage, and it's where you want to be at if you want to play sports competitively. When you're in the fight of a game, you won't have time to think everything through, so practice until it's all automatic, so you'll know you're ready.

Set ambitious but realistic goals for yourself.

 Instead, you should take a look at what you are, and figure out where you think you would like to be. Give yourself a suitable amount of time to achieve that goal, and break it down into smaller parts if the goal is especially big.

One of the biggest reasons people join sports teams in the first place is to make friends with new people. Chances are you'll develop friendships with at least some of them. Making these friendships a priority is a good move if you want to become great at sports. You can practice together on your own time. The morale (士气) boost of playing with friends helps as well.

A. Set your sights wide.

B. Promote friendships with other players.

C. Recreation centers are often host to sports teams as well.

D. This doesn't mean saying you'll be professional within a year.

E. But if the desire is intense enough, you will do anything to realize your dreams.

F. Given enough time and repetition, a skill will eventually fall under this category.

G. However, you need to think about other things if you want to be a good sports player.

Four Libraries of Oxford University

Education Library

Located within the Department of Education at 15 Norham Gardens, the Education Library supports all members of the University studying and researching in the field of education. The books we hold are based around the Department's teaching. We also have journals, online resources, study rooms and super staff to help you throughout your studies and research.

Opening hours: Mon-Wed: 8:30 a. m.-5:30 p. m./ Thurs-Fri: Closed

English Faculty Library

Established in 1914, the English Faculty Library (EFL) primarily serves all those reading and teaching English at Oxford. The EFL holds over 104,000 volumes to support the range of teaching, study and research in the English Faculty. Most of the EFL's collections are borrowable. We offer borrowing services, IT and printing facilities and a variety of study lounges (自习室).

Opening hours: Mon-Thurs: 9 a. m.-5 p. m./ Fri: Closed

Social Science Library

The Social Science Library (SSL) is one of the University of Oxford's busiest lending and reference libraries, supporting staff and students in the Social Sciences Division. We have around 250,000 books on a range of subjects and extensive collections of academic journals. We offer a wide range of individual study rooms, as well as printing and IT facilities and research support.

Opening hours: Mon-Thurs: 9 a. m.-7 p. m./ Fri: 9 a. m.-5 p. m./ Sat: Closed

Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library

The Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library is one of the Bodleian Libraries' principal research libraries, with collections focusing on the study of archaeology and the ancient world, art and architectural history. We offer borrowing services, IT and printing facilities and study halls.

Opening hours: Mon-Thurs: 9 a. m.-9 p. m./ Fri:9 a. m.-5 p. m./ Sat-Sun: Closed

The Christmas Spirit Strikes Again

I always dreamed of making a big surprise of a lifetime. Thanks to a little determination, some luck, and a generous helping of Christmas Spirit, my dream became a reality.

My family is Canadian, although my sister moved down to Australia a few years ago to study. She was graduating just before Christmas, but due to my own scholarly schedule back home, I would be unable to make it down in time for her graduation. She was understandably disappointed, and I felt guilty that I wasn't able to be there for her on this special occasion.

While I was talking to my professor the week before my sister's graduation, she commented, "Well, if you want to go, just go ahead!"I couldn't believe my luck! I nearly jumped for joy. "Just make sure you get permission from administrator（行政主管），" she added. My heart sank. The administration at my school was infamous for denying any sort of time-off requests. I almost didn't bother asking, because I knew it would be a waste of time. But something in me decided to try, just in case. Maybe it was the hope that the Christmas Spirit would somehow affects the administrator at this time of year. When I returned home to check the reply in my inbox, I steeled myself for disappointment. I held my breath, opened the e-mail, and started to read. And re-read, just to make sure I'd understood. Approval? I couldn't believe my luck!

Immediately, I called the airline. Unexpectedly, even during the busy Christmas season, I was able to change my ticket to arrive the day before my sister's graduation. With news this fantastic, I was bursting to tell my sister. But, fingers on the dial（拨号盘）， I paused. Wouldn't it be much more fantastic if I could surprise her? What a state of shock she would be in! Slowly a great idea came to my mind. I decided a much more dramatic arrival than just a ring of the doorbell. What if I couldn't arrive in a box?

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。

I started to plot. 

I, hidden in the big box, heard the mailmen ringing my sister's doorbell.

注意：1．写作词数应为80左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

Yours,

Li Hua

In Europe and around the world, Germany（see） as a country of wealth and hope—good job opportunities, good transport links and lots of（culture） attractions. But there are problems below the surfacecould affect the younger generation.

Peter Matuschek, chief political analyst at the German polling（民意测验） institute Forsa, says that while Germans tend（be）content with their own lives, they feel less satisfied with the direction the country is taking.

So what（exact） is going on? Youth unemployment here was 

6.4% in 2017, far （low）than that in EU countries like Italy or Greece. But there is still a feeling that the older generation isn't focusing enoughareas that will affect young people.

"The politics we have now here in Germany are more for middle-aged people, said 24-year-oldAaron Hinze（work） in health care in Berlin. "When I look in the future and askis going to pay for my retirement when I get old, the answer is nobody."

However, elsewhere in Europe and the world, Germany remains a promised land for young people. Dino Cviko, a 24-year-old journalism student in Sarajevo, said that he hoped to move to Germany when he finished his studies--even if it meant giving up the（possible） of working in journalism.

Susan and I both worked at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta for over a decade and were in the same department for five years. Both of our husbands were experiencing kidney（肾）1 . We generally just2 and said hello when we3 one another. But a five-minute restroom conversation last September changed everything.

We ran into each other in the restroom as we were4 our hands. It proved to be a life-changing5 . We started having a conversation about where my husband and I were in the transplant（移植） evaluation process. And with that we started talking about blood types. To our surprise, we soon6 Suan was a match for my husband, Rodney, and I was a match for Susan's husband, Lance.

A sudden7 jumped into my head. What if we could8 our kidney s to each other's husbands? We both9 . I went back to my office and set everything up with her donor coordinator（协调人）. Seven months later, Susan, Lance, Rodney and I10 a paired kidney exchange transplant. All four surgeries went smoothly and Lance's and Rodney's bodies accepted their new kidneys.

"We are11 because a lot of men and women and children wait years—and I mean seven tonine years, not just one or two," Susan said. "And sometimes, their time on the wait12 will outlive them."

According to doctor Christina Klein, our experience is very rare. She has been a doctor since 2008, and she has personally never seen this13 before. Going through the transplant process together gave our families a unique14 . "We skipped friendship," Susan said. "We bypassed friendship and we are15 family now."

Managing Time with the Pomodoro Technique

The Pomodoro Technique, one of the most efficient time management techniques, was developed by Francesco Cirill o in the late 1980s.These blocks are separated by short breaks. Each block is known as a "pomodoro"， the Italian word for "tomato". Cirillo named the system after the tomato-shaped kitchen time r that he used to track his work time when he was studying as a university student. He developed a habit of doing short blocks of work followed by resting periods. He realized this method could help him work with time instead of struggling against it.

First, choose a task that you'd like to get done. It can be something big, something small, or something that you've been putting off for months. What matters is that you are ready to give it your full attention. Next, set a timer for 25 minutes. Try to spend the full 25 minutes with your complete attention on the task.Sit back, have a drink, go for a short walk, or do something else that is not work-related. Once you have completed four of these 30-minute cycles, treat yourself to a longer break that lasts 15 to 30 minutes.

After trying the Pomodoro Technique, you may want to experiment a little. Some people have found that 90-minute blocks work best, while others might perform better with more flexible periods.Just remember, like many things in life, simpler is often better!

A．It varies from person to person.

B．Cirillo was struggling to focus on his studies.

C．Then, when the timer goes off, take a five-minute break.

D．It uses a time r to break down your work into 25-minute blocks.

E．The Pomodoro Technique is built around a handful of important steps.

F．In 2006, Cirillo published his Pomodoro Technique for people to use for free.

G．In theory, the longer break will allow your brain to get ready for the next round of pomodoros.

Older adults sometimes get themselves a dog for companionship. But the pets are increasingly sending their owners to the emergency room（ER）. Injuries that happen while walking a dog can result in life-changing circumstances and such accidents are increasing, according to a study published in the medical journal JAMA Surgery.

The study looked at patients who made visits to hospital emergency departments throughout the United States from 2004 to 2017．Researchers said that there were more than 32,000 emergency room cases of fractures（骨折） associated with walking leashed（用皮带束缚的） dogs among people 65 and older. Cases increased from 1.671 ER visits in 2004 to 4,396 in 2017.

According to the study, nearly 80 percent of the patients have been women, whose generally lower bone density（密度） than that in men may be a reason. Being female means you are more likely to suffer fractures and bone disease, such as osteoporosis（骨质疏松症）. Susan Bush, 69, says she has been injured multiple times while walking her dogs, including suffering a broken leg while trying to prevent her dog from running after a bear that came out of the woods near her Pennsyivania cottage, But despite this, she refuses to give up her pets. "Dogs are our soulmates," she says.

Some seniors may be underrating the physical risks involved in walking a dog every day, says Dr. Jaimo Ahn, a lead author of the study. In most cases, Ahn blames what he called a"small person/big dog"scenario（情景）， where there is a disparity between a pet and its owner's ability to handle it. He also says that some seniors might not be as prepared to handle a pet as they should be. "Some of them are really well-trained, but others are really poorly trained," he says.

The researchers suggest that clinicians work with patients who use dog walking as exercise to reduce the risk of injury. That could include training dogs not to make sudden movements when leashed and suggesting smaller types of dogs.

Over the last five months, local and regional competitions have been held across Kenya for Maasai men of"warrior（勇士）"age. They are part of the Maasai Olympics, which have been held every two years since 2012. These men compete in six events: 5,000m, 800m, 200m, high jump, javelin and the rungu（a wooden throwing club） throw. There are also two events for women: 1,500m and 100m.

December 15,2018 marked the final round with crowds gathering in Kimana, near the Amboseli National Park, about 200 km south of Nairobi（the capital of Kenya）. Different kinds of medals are among the prizes for the winning individuals and communities.

International charity Born Free, a main sponsor of the events, helped to offer Maasai warriors an alterative to killing lions as part of their traditional ceremony. It was the brainchild of the wildlife charity Big Life Foundation and eight Maasai elders who wanted to"stop lion hunting by our warriors once and for all, making it a cultural taboo（禁忌）."

"As human populations grow, and our wants seem to increase—with little sympathy for those other species with whom we share the planet—the pressing need for co-existence, and examples of how this may be achieved. are few and far between," said Born Free's CEO Howard Jones.

"The Maasai have a 500-year-old tradition of hunting lions to prove the courage of young men. As a result, an estimated 2,000 lions now remain in Kenya. The Maasai live and work alongside these creatures, so they are expected to play a key role in their protection and conservation," added Jones.

The Maasai Olympics were developed to encourage young men to compete in an organized sports completion based on their traditional warrior skills. As well as the competitive element, the events also aim to educate local people about conserving lions and wildlife, and the importance of human-wildlife co-existence and tolerance.

Drew Lanham grew up on the farm his grandfather built in the 1920s. Lanham, now 54, says his father felt a responsibility to stay on the land and care for the animals and crops planted there. "I saw my father through the land, and I saw the land as my father's heart," he said.

As a kid, he remembers being attracted by the wildlife he would encounter on the short walk between his parents' farm and his grandparents' house. Even though the journey was less than a quarter-mile, he recalled, back then it "seemed like a thousand miles".

Above all, he was captivated（迷住） by the birds."From a very early age, I believed that I would be someone who studied birds-who somehow found a way to fly,"Lanham said. He said he lost track of that dream on the road to becoming an engineer. "Once I left for college, everybody said," You're good at math and science. Be an engineer, Drew,'" he said.

As a student studying engineering at Clemson University, it was a trip to the farm that helped him circle back to his love of birds. "I can remember coming back home, and all of these wonderful forests that I'd grown up in had been cleared away. And losing that land was like losing my father all over again," he said. Lanham's father had died years before.

Though much of their home had been destroyed, some wildlife remained. "I remember when I drove on the dirt road, I heard birds singing. It was the most hopeful thing for me," he said. The bird songs li t a fire under Lanham. After his visit back to the farm, he couldn't see himself returning to work as an engineer. At Clemson he got on track to study to become an ornithologist（鸟类学家）.

"The long hours of work were often hot and hard. But when I looked up, there would be flocks（群） of birds. I realized I was doing what I had always dreamed of,"he said.

Great Family-Friendly Festivals

Fête Du Citron, February 15—March 3

What to do with 145,000 tons of citrus fruit（柑橘属水果） for two whole weeks? Artistic masters create a series of mind-blowing sculptures and patterns exhibited around the city of Menton, in the south of France. Highlights include the Golden Fruit Parades that occur every Sunday, which are an endless series of coaches, entertainers, bands, folk groups, dance groups and citrus fruit fioats.

Haro Wine Festival, June 28-30

Forget food fights. How about a wine fight? The wine fight, a feature of Wine Festival in Haro, a quiet town in Spain, reunites thousands of locals and tourists and uses more than 130,000 liters of wine during the battle. There's even a kid-friendly battle a couple of days before using grape juice.

Guca Trumpet Festival, August 8—11

Held in Guca in the middle of Serbia, it's regarded as the world's largest brass（铜管乐器） music festival. Each band gets to play three tunes as folk dancers dance for an enthusiastic audience. Visitors become part of Serbia for a night, dancing to brass band concerts all night long.

Cascamorras, September 6-9

In the towns of Baza and Guadix in Spain, the athletic festival is a whole lot of fun. Villagers from Baza invite tourists to get covered in black olive oil and brightly-colored paste（糊） in neighboring town Guadix.

In Baza, people run down the hill into the village and in Guadix through the town, ending in the evening when they're attacked by water from villagers and then sprayed with foam（泡沫）. The chosen villager "Cascamorras" must try to stay clean.

It was July 2019 and my mum Rebecca was taking me on a 120km walking holiday from Portugal to Spain as a special treat for my 10th birthday. One day, while walking along the coastal path staring out at the Atlantic ocean, I chatted away to Mum. "When Lexi turns 10, are you going to take her on a trip like this?"I asked, referring to my seven-year-old sister. Mum said Lexi had already asked to go to Svalbard in the north of Norway because she was crazy about polar bears.

Although I was still on my first special trip, I'd been learning about ancient civilizations at school and knew I'd love to see some relics in the flesh. So I continued saying, "Why don't I go to Egypt while you're in Svalbard with Lexi?", adding that my dad, Olaf, could take me there. "Great, but I'm not paying for it. "Mum replied, chuckling. "That's fine. I'll pay, "I said, "Tll save up my pocket money and get a job. "

So that's exactly what I did. Though I was too young to do any other paid work, I had my own solution. I started saving my $10-a-week pocket money. Also, I washed my parents'car or mowed the lawn for extra cash. 

In 2020, we moved to Perth. One day, I saw a pamphlet (小册子) in the letter box advertising a job delivering catalogues. When I told Mum I wanted to do it, she tried to put me off the idea, reminding me that the work was tiring and time-consuming. But when seeing the determination in my eyes, she agreed to call them. Thankfully, my young age didn't bother them-I got the job. On a Monday, a mountain of catalogues were dropped off at our house, which shocked me a lot. I told myself to calm down and dedicated to work. It took me nine hours to sort through them. At first, I used my bike and carried the catalogues in my backpack to deliver them to 430 houses in my area. 

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After several deliveries, I found it wasn't very efficient. 

Three and a half years later, I saved a massive $6, 500, and Dad and I flew to Cairo, Egypt. 

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Dear Chris

How are you doing?

Yours, 

Ii Hua

Growing up on a farm, Tori James spent much of her early years outdoors, building shelters and playing in muddy streams. She 1  herself as an ambitious and adventurous child and owes the Duke of Edinburgh Award to her love for 2  James says she could never have  3  that one day she might be the youngest British woman to 4  the peak of Mount1. 1. Everest. 

Today, James is a(n) 5  adventurer. Alongside her successful climb of the world's  6  peak  in 2007, she was  a member  of the  first all-female team to 7  a tiring 650-kilometre ski race to the Magnetic North Pole in 2005, and in 2014 she set the 8  for the longest non-stop open-sea kayak crossing in UK waters. 

Yet ahead of her first exploration at the age of 18, James had 9 her ability to last a month out in the cold without the comfort of a hot bath. "It's only by 10 our comfort zone that we understand our true potential, "she explains, "That's when the 11 happens. "

James encourages would-be adventurers not to be 12 by the conventional image of the rugged (粗犷的), hardy explorer. "I am such a believer that, with the right support and skills, everyone can bring 13 to an exploration, "she adds, "Sometimes, it's only out in the field that someone's 14 talents emerge, 15 in the process of exploration. "