With over 300 years of history, Harvard University, US, welcomed its first-ever Chinese commencement(毕业典礼) speaker. On May 26, He Jiang, a 2016 PhD（博士学位）graduate, gave a speech that stood for the graduate students at commencement. It's one of the highest honors for a Harvard graduate.
In his speech, he told a story about his childhood. He grew up in a poor village in Hunan. Once a spider bit him on the hand, and his mother had to set his hand on fire to cure him. There were no doctors in the village, and this was the only cure a rural woman knew.
When he got older, he couldn't help but think about why there wasn't a better cure at that time. And he thought out the answer —- the unequal distribution of knowledge in the world.
“Even today we haven't been very successful in bringing knowledge to where it's needed most,” said He. “Even basic life-saving knowledge we can get easily in the modern world is often unavailable in poor areas.” According to the China Children and Teenagers Foundation, there are still around 3 million children in China lacking education, and most of them live in rural areas.
“One of the biggest problems for rural students is that they lack chances as well as motivation(积极性). It disturbs me that many people in rural areas think studying is useless.” Said He.
But He Jiang knows how education can change people's lives. “I just hope my experience can give those rural students a bit of encouragement and hope,” said He.
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More and more people are good at catching business chances to create wealth. Recently the Chinese Internet buzzwords(流行词) “thin blue mushroom” have become the name of a company in Shenzhen.
How do the buzzwords come? In fact, they mean “sad and feeling like you want to cry” in English. When they were first spoken by a young man, they sounded similar to “lan shou xiang gu'. At that time, the young man just experienced a sad story of love and posted a video online. In the video, he said such words. Only a few days later, the words became popular among Internet users. Before that, some other buzzwords also became popular on the Internet. After Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui got third prize in the Rio Olympics, she said that her success was because of “prehistoric powers (洪荒之力)”. And just two days later, “Prehistoric Power” became a company's name in Shenzhen.Besides, Wang Jianlin, the richest man in China, ever discussed his “small” goal of earning 100,000,000 yuan on TV. His words became popular online quickly. After one week, a new company named “Earning 100,000,000 yuan” appeared in Shenzhen.
So what will be the next company with a new buzzword?
Go to your local public library, and you will find an unusual activity is appearing more and more: Practicing reading with trained dogs. How would you feel about taking time once a week to read aloud to a dog.
Each dog in a reading program experiences a special training session. The trainers also receive training; they learn how to interact(互动)with the students and the dogs. Each program has high standards. There have been many studies of the interactions between humans and dogs that show dogs lower people's blood pressure and heart rate. People become more relaxed and calmer and will completely forget what they are scared of when they have a dog nearby.
Unlike at school, where students sit at desks or tables, students and dogs sit together on special reading mats. Some students lie next to the dogs. Each student reads to one dog, so there is a quiet din of voices in the room. The dog has been taught a command to pay attention to the reader. So when the trainer says something to the dog, it focuses on the student at once. But sometimes, the students read the dogs to sleep!
The dog's trainer is also present. He or she watches the dog carefully to make sure that the dog behaves. Sometimes, the trainer gives the dog a break when the dog becomes restless. While the trainer doesn't help with the reading, the trainer talks to the student about the dog and explains how to take care of pets and how to be safe around animals.
Students who read to dogs show the benefits of this interaction. They are calmer and can avoid worrying about getting all the words correct. The dog just wants to hear the story. As students learn more about the dogs they read to, they also learn that they have gained a new friend.
Not only do students change their reading habits with the dogs during the program, but they also change their school habits. Their reading skills increase by twelve to twenty percent. They start raising their hands and answering questions more often. They pay more attention in class. Some students start arriving at school earlier and are absent less often.
Dogs are not just for playing fetch with anymore. Now they can help people become better readers. Next time you visit your local library, be on the lookout for four-legged creatures (生物) who want to hear a good story.
A. Do some stretching. B. Raise up your phone. C. Buying a good phone. D. Just put the phone down. E. Take a load off. F. Traveling by air? |
Doctors say these tips will help people prevent trouble in the text neck.
Doctors encourage users to lift their phones to eye level rather than staring down at a screen. That way there's no added pressure from bending the neck downwards. Besides, users can look down at their phones with their eyes rather than bending their necks.
If the previous step is too awkward(笨拙的), simply don't use your smartphone as much. Many of the tasks performed on a smartphone can also be done on desktop-based apps.
For those who spend long periods of time on their phones, it's important to take breaks. Take a five-minute pause for every 15 minutes of smartphone use, and this one goes for tablet and laptops users too If you're sitting, get up, walk around and if possible, engage in step.
There are simple stretching exercises that can make muscles and tendons happy again after a long texting session. One is to turn the head as far as possible to the left, then back to neutral, and then all the way to the right. Next tilt(倾斜) the head ear-to-shoulder to one side, then return to upright, and then tilt to the other side.
Don't fall asleep. Often, travelers sleep in contorted(扭曲的) positions on airplanes and cars. When they do, the head often falls off the center of the neck, which can promote imbalance. Also, when in bed, it's important to avoid sleeping on the stomach.
