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Recently, my friend, who is a physician, told me she wasn't doing a ＂good enough＂ job being a parent and was missing out on her children's lives.
I've learned that other physicians also believe the 1 of their profession will somehow adversely(不利地)affect their children's 2.
I tell my colleagues not to 3, and that one day their child will appreciate them for their life as a 4child.
I can say this 5 my mother was a palliative-care physician. Being the daughter of a palliative care physician wasn't 6: I came to understand mother's absence, having to 7her with others, and being 8to human suffering and death were just 9 of my life. 10, being the child of a physician had a 11 effect on my life. I learned love was sacrifice and you would get love and appreciation in return. If I could have my 12over again, I wouldn't change much.
Sure, there were times when I wanted to 13 my mother's pager（传呼机）out of the window, or 14that she could have attended school events. But even as a child I knew what I was 15, and what she was sacrificing, were 16 worth it for the life that I got to lead. My mother's work as a palliative-care physician provided me with experiences that enriched my life, teaching me 17 lessons, skills and the knowledge of kindness, sympathy and generosity.
So, to anyone who is concerned about 18 a career with raising children, I offer you my reassurance. While there will be tough times, one day your child will 19 you for the experiences and the life they've had as a result of your 20.
Where do you go when you want to learn something? A friend? A tutor? These are all 1places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 2somewhere else instead. I had the3 of seeing this first hand on a 4.
My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did well this season and so5 a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some6experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 7 trained. Through the first two games, her8 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I9 seeing my daughter playing her best, 10still defeated.
It seemed that something clicked with the 11 between Saturday and Sunday. When they 12for their Sunday game, they were 13 different. They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had 14the day before into their15 . They played aggressively and 16scored a goal.
It 17me that playing against the other team was a great 18 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 19is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be20what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
On the first day of your Senior High you must meet many new classmates. Do you want to make friends with them? Do you know how to make friends with them? The following article will tell you how to do it.
Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it improves 1 practice. If you want to meet people and make friends you must be 2 to take action. You must first go to places where there are people. You won't make friends 3 at home alone. Join a club or group, for talking with those who 4 the same experience as you is easier, and 5 them in some activities.
Many people are 6 when talking to strangers. After all, meeting strangers means facing 7 , and it's human nature to 8 a bit uncomfortable about the unknown.
Most of our fears about dealing with strange people 9 from doubts about ourselves. We10 other people are judging us, thinking us too tall or too short, too this or too that. 11 , don't forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself 12 you are, and try to put the other person at ease. You'll 13 feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confidently 14 you don't feel that way 15 you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk straight, look 16 at other people and smile. If you see someone you'd like to 17 , say something. Don't wait for the other people to 18 a conversation.
Just meeting someone 19 doesn't mean that you will make friends with that person. Friendship is 20 on mutual（相互的）liking and “give and take”. It takes time and effort to develop. And there are things that keep a new friendship from growing.
Singing led to a small invention that has been a big help to millions of people.
Art Fry sang in a choir(合唱团). He wanted a 1to mark the songs the choir was going to sing. He 2a piece of paper that was 3 enough so that it would stick to the page, but he didn't want it to stick so 4that he couldn't remove it without 5 the page.
Fry worked for a company that made 6. One of its workers had made a glue that was sticky but not too 7 and could be used 8. Fry coated the top of small pieces of paper with the glue. He stuck these to 9of his notebook. The sticky pieces of paper did a good job of marking Fry's 10. People at Art Fry's company soon found that these sticky notes were good for 11ittle notes; they could be more than just bookmarks.
12, the sticky notes didn't sell very well. So the company that 13 them started giving some away. People weren't14 sticking notes on books or papers. Once they saw how 15 the sticky notes were, they started 16and using them.
It's quite likely that you have 17 these sticky notes. Millions of pads of sticky notes are sold each year. Can you guess 18 of Art Fry's invention? If you say “Post-it? Notes,” you are19. Post-it? Notes are a great 20.
When people ask me to name typical British dishes,I have,however,struggled to think of an answer.Yes,we do have our own national dishes.We do have fish and chips,and we have other dishes like roast dinner and shepherd's pie.But how much do we actually eat them?
Fish and chips,is made up of battered（绞碎的）fish and chips,which is often accompanied by a thick paste（酱）. The majority of British people really do love this dish but it is not something that we would eat,say,on a weekly basis.It's also not usually something that we would cook at home.The British people associate this dish with the seaside and it's something that will usually be eaten on a day trip there,bought from a takeaway fish and chip shop.
Another favourite British dish is roast dinner.This is made up of roast meat,usually chicken or beef, accompanied by roast vegetables and a meat sauce called gravy（肉汁）.It is usually eaten on a Sunday,perhaps for a special family dinner.It can either be cooked at home or eaten in a traditional pub.We also eat a more elaborate version of this for our Christmas dinner.
Although we do have our traditional dishes,our diet has been greatly influenced by other countries.You can find a wide range of international foods in the supermarket or varieties of different restaurants on our high streets.A famous saying amongst British people is that our national dish is now chicken tikka masala,a dish which is heavily influenced by Indian cuisine.
Don't expect to be served a traditional dish if you ever get invited for dinner at a British family's home!
I'm proud of myself for this kindness I did last night. I did it 1and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to2, because by sharing I am also sharing the3and more self-centered side of myself.
It was last night and I 4 my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I5 a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn't have a6and usually either catches a taxi home or7for an hour waiting for8 staff member and friend of hers to finish work.
In the past I've9to drive her home as she 10on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to 11straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”.
So I tried to 12her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out（偷溜）to the 13 without letting her see me and 14without offering her a lift.
Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me 15her and put myself in her shoes. She had young16who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now 17I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered. She 18 And of course, she was extremely 19
Well, I learned a great 20 last night about not being so self-centered and selfish!
The Beginning of Drama
There are many theories about the beginning of drama in ancient Greece. The one most widely accepted today is based on the 1 that drama evolved from ritual(宗教仪式). The argument for this view goes as follows. In the beginning, human beings2 the natural forces of the world — even the seasonal changes — as unpredictable, and they sought through various means to3 these unknown and feared powers. Those measures which appeared to 4 the desired results were then kept and repeated until they changed into 5 rituals.
6stories arose which explained or masked the mysteries of the rituals. As times passed, some rituals were 7, but the stories, later called myths, continued to exist and provided material for art and drama.
Those who believed that drama evolved out of ritual also argue that those rituals contained the 8 of theatre because music, dance, masks, and 9 were almost always used. 10, a suitable site had to be provided for performances and 11 the entire community did not participate, a(n) 12 division was usually made between the ＂area of acting and the area in which an audience sits ＂. Besides, there were performers, and, since considerable importance was 13 to avoiding mistakes in the practice of rituals, religious leaders usually 14 that task. Wearing masks and costumes, they often imitated (模仿) other people, animals, or supernatural beings, and mimed (用哑剧表演出) the 15 effect — success in hunt or battle, the coming rain, the revival of the Sun — 16 an actor might. Eventually such dramatic representatives were separated from 17 activities.
Another theory traces the theater's origin from the human interest in 18. According to this view, tales about the hunt, war or other things are told and gradually spread. 19 through the use of action and dialogue by a narrator and then through the assumption of each of the roles by a different person. A closely related theory traces theater to those dances that are primarily gymnastic or that are 20 of animal movements and sounds.
As everybody knows, some people have their principles. Of course1 also have their own opinions. I have opinions about what I think is right or 2 or good or bad. But they're only opinions! I won't try to build my life upon my opinions, but I'll try to 3 my principles.
It's said that a 17-year-old boy learned a lesson about life principles. He found a woman's 4 that contained ￡127 and her 5. He jumped onto his bicycle and rode to her house—about a mile away. The woman gave him a(n)6 and twenty pounds. That evening the boy told his parents about the 7 and his father said, “I don't think you should have8 ￡20 for doing what you should have done. A person shouldn't be rewarded for being 9.
There's no denying that the boy thought over his father's10and then he rode to the lady's home again and gave the11 back to her. She didn't want to take it, but he told her she had to and that his father12 something to him that he had never13 before.
In my opinion, if we are always honest and insist on the personal 14of always doing the right thing, we will 15 change. These great principles shape our lives and make us into persons of character. They build 16 and teach confidence. It's pretty obvious that the boy is fortunate to be 17by a wise father.
In a word18Martin Luther King, Jr. said it well, “The time is always right to do what is right.” Those were his principles. Decide to always do what is 19 today and every day, and you will find yourself building a life that 20.
In our daily life, we have too many things to deal with. It seems as if life is always tiring. However, whenever I feel 1, I'm grateful to everything life2me and try to make the best of everyday. I learnt this attitude towards life from the story of my friend Joanne.
In middle school, Joanne was always 3 , with a big smile on her face, as if she was always 4with what life offered her. But soon, things 5 changed. She passed away because of a serious6. Her smiles only exist in my memory. The last time I saw her in the hospital, she was terribly ill. However, she still7 a warm smile and was happy about my 8 . I prayed(祈祷)for her recovery. 9 , she lost the battle against10at last.
This made me think of another story. Maria and Jessie, who were good friends, had a big argument one day and they 11to talk to each other in the following months. Maria, who was deeply sorry for her 12words, intended to call Jessie to 13first but don't have enough14to do it. Feeling quite 15 , she asked her classmates for 16, and even consulted some of her teachers. For many times, she 17her phone but gave up at last.18 one afternoon, she got the news that Jessie had lost her life in a traffic accident.
The lesson I learned is that nobody can 19what will happen in the future. Anytime you feel upset or depressed, why don't you change your20and value every day!
Do you know how many languages there are in the world? There are about 1500, but many of them are not considered very 1English is considered one of most important languages because many people 2 it, not only in England and America, 3 in other countries of the world. About 200,000,000 speak it 4their own language, and another 230,000,000 use it as 5 language. It is 6 to say how many people are learning it. 7Boys and girls in schools are trying to do so.
Many8children study French. French is also a very important language9children study German, Russian, Japanese and Chinese.
Which is the best10 to learn a language? We know that we all learnt11 language well when we were 12. If we learn a second language in the 13way, it may not seem so difficult. What does a small child do? It 14 what people say, and it tries to guess what it hears. When it wants something, it has to 15 it. It is using the language,16 and talking in it all of the time. If people use a second language 17 they will learn it 18.
In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to 19 .It is best to learn all new words through the 20 . You can read them, spell them and speak them later.
In childhood, we often linked fear with imagination, afraid that a monster was hiding behind the door or under the bed, or that an airplane would crash on our houses.
As we grow up, we're often encouraged to think of 1 as a weakness. However, scientists have actually shown that human beings tend to be optimists.So maybe that's 2we think of fear, sometimes, as a danger in and of itself. "Don't worry," we like to say to one another, "Don't panic". In English, fear is something we 3. It's something we overcome. But what if we looked at fear in a(an) 4 way? What if we 5 fear as an amazing act of the imagination?
Maybe it's no 6 that some of our most creative minds 7 to leave fears behind as adults. The incredible 8 that produced "The Origin of Species", "Jane Eyre" and The Remembrance of Things Past 9 intense worries that affected the 10 lives of Charles Darwin, Charlotte Bronte and Marcel Proust. So the question is, what can the rest of us learn about fear from imaginations and young children?
Now, some of us naturally 11 our fears more 12 than others. Recently I read about an essay of study on successful businessmen, and the 13 found that these people 14 a habit that he called "productive paranoia(偏执狂),"which meant that these people, instead of 15 their fears, read them closely, they 16 them, and then they 17 that fear into preparation and action.So that way, if their worst fears came true, their businesses were 18.
And maybe if we all 19 to read our fears, they could offer us something as 20 as our favorite works of literature little wisdom, a bit of insight and a version of that most elusive thingthe truth.
There are so many spring festivals around the country centered on gardening, bluegrass, wine and food, or Earth Day. But if you visit western Colorado's Grand Valley, you'll see a festival1to sharing. Congregants(集会者) of more than 100 area churches have decided to2what they believe in.
Called ShareFest, the event brings volunteers from different3for a busy but4weekend of house repair, painting, gardening and more. The idea was5put forward by a group of pastors(牧师) in central Arkansas and was finally6by First Presbyterian Colorado churches in 2007. A group of people from church decided to offer7to a local school. Teachers needed desks washed and other work done. And so it began.
Churches have been8flyers(传单) in their area over the past several months so that people in need can either post their9for help on a central website or call the team for10. Teams of church members "adopt" neighborhoods or organizations to help with those wishes. Project leaders then visit to11what materials and time are needed.
Past12included everything from making the bed for an elderly woman to painting a building, which required 30 gallons of paint. Local businesses13materials. Participants don't have to be big and strong-or even14. In past years, five-year-olds picked up leaves in neighbors' yards. Seniors created care packages for college15with blue books for tests and other16that could help them through finals.
The two-day event17with a prayer and a cheer. Then Saturday morning, volunteers18the streets and homes around the town, starting doing voluntary work.
People come together to make a corner of the world a bit19. What a great way to20spring!
The Double Ninth Festival (the Chongyang Festival) is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. With a history of more than 2,000 years, It 1in the Warring States period. It developed quickly and had already been quite common 2 the Tang Dynasty. In the 1980s,the Chinese government made it a public holiday also known as" Senior Citizens' Day", trying to3the moral of respect for the elderly. On this day, people are supposed to visit and4the elderly. Here's the customs of this festival.
Climbing Mountains
Climbing mountains is a main activity during the festival. Take your families to a mountain to get some exercise and breathe5air in the woods. Take a deep breath on top of a mountain, enjoy the beautiful natural autumn 6 all to yourself, exercise your body and get prepared for the coming 7. This will provide you with mental peace and 8the ill-fortune or diseases as they may say.
Appreciating Chrysanthemums (菊花)and Drinking Chrysanthemum wine
Appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine have always been a 9during the Double Ninth Festival. In history it was also called" the Chrysanthemum Festival", as it is the flowering time of chrysanthemums. Poets, celebrities and nobles would 10 a feast to write poems to appreciate the elegance of chrysanthemums. Today, 11 chrysanthemum exhibitions are often held in big cities to 12people during the festivals.
Appreciating the Falling Autumn
As the Double Ninth Festival 13the early autumn in China every year, it also is a good time for families to get together for a hiking to 14 the colours of the falling autumn.
There are other customs 15 visiting the elderly, eating Chongyang cake and wearing cornel(茱萸).
High school students who take music courses score significantly better on math, science and English exams than their non-musical peers, according to a new study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology.
School administrators needing to cut budgets often look first to music courses, because the general belief is that students who devote time to music rather than math, science and English, will 1 in those disciplines.
" Our research proved this belief 2 and found the more the students engage with music, the better they do in those subjects," said UBC (University of British Columbia) education professor and the study's principal investigator, Peter Gouzouasis." The students who learned to play a musical instrument in elementary and 3 playing in high school not only score significantly higher, but were about one academic year ahead of their non-music peers with regard to their English, mathematics and science skills, as measured by their exam grades, 4 their socioeconomic background, race, previous learning in mathematics and English, and gender."
Gouzouasis and his team 5 data from all students in public schools in British Columbia who finished Grade 12 between 2012 and 2015. The data 6 , made up of more than 112,000 students, included those who completed at least one standardized exam for math, science and English. Students who studied at least one instrumental music course in the regular curriculum counted as students 7 music.
The researchers found the 8 relationships between music education and academic achievement were more pronounced for those who took instrumental music rather than vocal (发声的) music. The findings suggest skills learned in instrumental music 9 very broadly to the students' learning in school.
" Learning to play a musical instrument and playing in a band is very 10 ," said the study's co-investigator Martin Guhn, an assistant professor in UBC's school of population and public health. " A student has to learn to read musical notes, develop eye-hand-mind coordination (协调), develop keen listening skills, develop 11 skills for playing in a band and develop discipline to practice. All those learning experiences, and more, play a role in 12 the learner's cognitive capacities (认知能力), executive functions, and motivation to learn in school."
The researchers hope that their findings will be brought to the 13of students, parents, teachers and administrative decision-makers in education, as many school districts over the years have emphasized mathematics and literacy 14 other areas of learning, particularly music." However, the amusing aspect is that 15 education can be the very thing that improves all-around academic achievement," said Gouzouasis.
Many of us have characteristics coming from our families. Maybe we have our father's eyes or grandmother's hair color. But there are still other elements of our personalities picked up by 1our parents, such as our mother's love of cleaning or our dad's 2 of humor. Researchers learn there are usually three kinds of people from their 3.
The first kind of people are the job-oriented (以求职为目的的) who 4 to regard a job as simply a way to make money. They 5 to working day after day and don't think it interesting for them to do anything else. If you have a job-oriented father, you may 6 work this way. However, you'll not 7 hold the viewpoint if you grow up close to your job-oriented mother.
The second are the career-oriented who see their jobs as a place to gain 8 . They don't mind working overtime. In fact, some 9 their jobs so much that they are feeling more comfortable in the 10 than at home. They are always 11 of making progress in their work. Being close to a career-oriented father12you'll carry on your father's. 13 enough, having a mother with this viewpoint seems to have little14.
The third are the calling-oriented who consider their jobs as a way to have a15effect on the world. They are more16improving the world around them than17a large salary. These people usually come from homes 18both parents have abilities. This19that adolescents need the support of both parents in order to have the confidence.
The good news is — we still have our20to find a career that suits us.
One of my main concerns when I am helping people achieve their life goals is how they measure success. I see individuals getting frustrated as they 1 hard for success.
One of the main 2 that cause this frustration is that people allow their 3 of success to be determined by someone or something else. Another is that they become frustrated at their own 4 lack of success when comparing themselves with other people.
We are all individuals with individual wants, skills and experiences. We should look at our own skills to 5 what is successful to us. We should look 6 to determine what it would mean for us to be successful in our own mind rather than someone else's.
Evaluating successful people 7 looking at their own pathway to success, their 8 and their determination, and 9 those into their own experience to see how they can 10 themselves.
You must 11 your own course of action, and stay on your course. You alone must determine what success means to you and achieve your own goals not 12 else's. Do what you do to the best of your 13 and the rest will take care of itself. For example, I believe that I am 14 but I am not a millionaire! Others may not see me as a success in their eyes but that does not 15; it is how I see myself that is important to me and my life.
Here is the 16. Being a success is doing your best, not being the best. Success is not something you become-it is something you 17 being. When you get to that 18 ， you will experience a lot more joy and a lot less 19. And that sounds good! Remember the great quote from Napoleon Hill, "If you cannot do great things, do small things in a 20 way."
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 1 realize that those challenges are the very things that 2 us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with3.
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 4. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing5 the challenge isn't worth the6 and call it quits.
Although there are certainly7 when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most 8 all that is needed is9 and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how10 or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to11 it and work through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 12 for discussion and talking about how you feel instead of just saying what the other person did wrong. 13 you can say to a friend, "I got my feelings hurt."14 "You hurt my feelings," you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for15 they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 16 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 17 to get over, and hurt only 18 to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, and it 19 to everyone, and some day you will 20all of this and say, "Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that's a good thing."
Paintings and sculptures can be a(n) 1 for the eyes of visitors to art museums, but today they are also considered to be an unconventional 2 for people with mental illness.
Last month, a group of Canadian doctors started to write a brand-new kind of prescription (处方) which gives patients free 3 to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Nathalie Bondil, a museum's general director, 4 that being in contact with culture and arts can help with 5. Each prescription will allow not only the 6 to go into the art museums but also their families or friends to 7 them. In the museum, visitors can 8 the artworks, and take part in a wide range of activities There's increasing evidence that the works of art, 9 the works of art describing nature, can have 10 effects on people with fear，depression and 11.
In 2017, the U.K.'s All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts. Health and Well-being also released a report stating that" it's time to 12 the powerful contributions the arts can make to our health". Is it possible for art to help overall health?
We may not know the answer yet. Only time can 13. But one thing is 14 , that is, more and more people today are 15 of the idea that" art is good medicine".
Coffee shops are cool, but in Wilmington, Bitty & Beau's Coffee enjoys a good reputation for its warmth.
At the heart of the shop's popularity is its 1 staff: Almost everyone has an intellectual(智力的)or developmental disability.
The coffee shop was opened in 2016 by Amy Wright and her husband, 2 by two of her four children Beau and Bitty, who have Down syndrome(唐氏症).
When the couple discovered that most people with intellectual and developmental disabilities could never find an employer who would even give them a(n) 3 , they decided to do something about it.
"It 4 me like a flash of lightning: a coffee shop!" Wright said. "It would be the perfect environment for bringing people together. Seeing the staff 5 customers at the door, preparing food, serving orders and cleaning tables, people would realize how 6 they are."
When the shop opened, it immediately had 7 out the door. National press attention 8, and six months later, it had to move to a 9 space.
Today, the store employs 40 people with disabilities, who are really good at their jobs.
What makes Amy most proud is the 10 it has built in the community. "Every day, people say, 'You've made my day. Thank you.' That's a feeling of happiness most people don't get elsewhere, and it's what 11 people back here," she said. "This is a place where people can 12 with those with disabilities and realize how much more alike we are than different. It's 13 a cup of coffee. It's a human rights movement. It's given our employees the respect and a sense of being 14 that they deserve. For many employees, it's their first job, and their 15 fills the air."
Shangsi Festival, also known as the Double Third Festival, is an ancient Chinese festival celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month. It is a festival mainly 1 by Chinese ethnic groups, including Han and Zhuang, to ward off evil 2 and natural disasters. The Shangsi Festival is also a day considered to be the 3 birthday of the Yellow Emperor.
There are many theories about the festival's true origins. Some say it 4 from a dinner party held on the banks of the Qushui River during the Zhou Dynasty (1100 - 221 BC). 5 say it comes from the custom of getting 6 of evil by bathing in the river. On this day, people would hold a sacrificial ceremony by the riverside to honor their ancestors, 7 bathe in the river with herbs to rid themselves of misfortunes and purify their bodies. Following 8, young men and women would go for a spring outing based on these scenes 9 in the ancient text, Shi Jing (The Book of Songs).
The 10 Wang Xizhi from the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 317 - 420) wrote in his Lanting Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion) about how 11 men took a bath and composed poetry while drinking from cups left along the 12 river.
In the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 907), it is said the emperor would treat his followers beside the river, 13ordinary people enjoying drinks and sightseeing. After the Ming and Qing 14(AD 1368 - 1911), the festival developed into a spring outing 15 lively activities like drifting cups, drifting eggs, drifting dates, stone throwing, wearing willow-wreaths, hiking and eating glutinous rice and listening to choir music.
