You need some bread and milk. But half an hour later, you leave the supermarket with a trolley(手推车)full of1, not just bread and milk. What games do supermarkets play to make us spend so much money？
The tricks usually start2you walk into the supermarket. Outside the supermarket entrance, anybody who walks past can smell warm, fresh bread. That makes us3and ready to buy lots of food，not just bread.
Now you're inside and, of course, a small basket would be fine,4 all they have are trolleys. And the problem is that it 5sad and lonely with just one or two products inside a big trolley. So we may fill it with something. 6, supermarket trolleys are actually getting bigger so that we buy more.
Of course, many people shop in supermarkets because they think 7is cheaper than in other shops. Supermarkets offer various prices on different things. One new trick is to put red stickers on products. Customers usually connect red stickers with 8prices so the red stickers are easy to be noticed, even when there is no reduction! 9, this trick appears to work more with men than with women.
Apart from what you see and smell in a supermarket, what about what you 10? In most supermarkets they have soft, slow music. It's so relaxing that you11and spend more time(and money)in the store. You also move more12when the supermarket is busy. Experts suggest it's better to shop when it's13, on a Monday or a Tuesday for example. And be careful with queues at the checkouts. These are sometimes deliberate(故意)to make you buy something from the checkout shelves while you 14.
So, next time you go into your local supermarkets, remember these15and see if you can come with just the things you went for.
New York is 3 hours ahead of（在……前）California, but it does not make California slow.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, but waited 5 years before getting a good job！
Someone became a CEO at25, and died at 50.
While another became a CEO at 50,
And ▲ to 90 years,
Someone is still single, while someone else got married.
Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone.
People around you might seem to go ahead of you, some might seem to be behind you.
But everyone is running their own RACE, in their own TIME.
Don't envy(羡慕)them or laugh at them.
They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act.
So. RELAX
You're not LATE.
You're not Early.
You are very much ON TIME, and in your TIME ZONE.
My name is Tim. Daddy didn't know how to show love. He went to work every day and blamed(责备)me for the mistakes I had made when he came home.
Once I broke my leg and it was Mum who held me in her arms all the way to the hospital.
Later Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the hospital.
They asked him to move it, saying the place was saved for the ambulances(救护车), for an emergency. Dad shouted, "What do you think this is? A tour bus?"
At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed out of place. He just kept himself busy blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and welcoming the guests. It was Mum who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.
When I learned to ride a bike, I asked him not to leave me alone, but he said it was time. I fell and Mum ran to pick me up, but he stopped her. I was so mad that I showed him that I could ride it myself. He just smiled.
When I went to college, Mum did all the writing. He just sent money and a little note about how great his garden looked now just because I wasn't playing football on it.
Whenever I called home, he acted like he wanted to talk but always said," Wait, Tim. I'll get your mother."
When I got married, Mum cried.
He just blew his nose loudly and left the room.
Daddy just didn't know how to show love, unless.
Was it possible he showed it and I didn't recognize it?
About 10 years ago, I started a job as a trainer. In one of my first classes, the head trainer told us a story.
He began by drawing a man standing in the middle of a circle. To make it more interesting, he drew things like a house, a car, and a few friends inside the circle.
He asked the question," Can anyone tell me what this is？"In a long silence, one guy decided to speak out," The world?" The trainer said, "That's close. Actually, this is your Comfort Area. Inside your circle, you feel very comfortable. You have all the things that are important to your home, your family, your friends and your job. People feel that inside this circle they are safe from any danger."
" Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this circle？"A strong silence came over the room. At last, the same guy started," You are afraid." Another guy said," You make mistakes." The silence continued and the trainer smiled and said," When you make mistakes, what can the result be?" The first guy shouted," You learn something."
"Quite right, you are learning." The trainer turned to the board and drew an arrow（箭头）pointing from the man to the outside of the circle. He continued to say," When you leave your Comfort Area you put yourself out there, in front of the world to be in situations that you are not comfortable with. The end result is that you have learned something that you did not know and you slowly become a better person." He turned again to the board and drew a bigger circle around the first one, and added a few new things like more friends, a bigger house, etc.
The moral of the story is that if you stay inside your Comfort Area, you will never be able to expand your horizons（开阔视野）and learn. When you step out of your Comfort Area you will finally make your circle bigger and your mind grow stronger, and all in all a better person."
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Have you ever forgotten where your socks are when you wake up in the morning? Can you remember what you ate for lunch a week ago? You may think that being forgetful is not a good thing. But now you should be thankful.
Scientists from University of Toronto found that forgetting actually is a key part of learning. Getting rid of unnecessary information can help our brains work better.
What kind of information is unnecessary? Scientists say that this may have something to do with the environment you live in.
In an environment that is always changing, our brains may require us to remember less. For example, a supermarket cashier(收银员)meets many people every day and will probably only remember them for a short time. But a designer who often meets his or her customers will remember longer.
" That's because our brains keep making new neurons(神经元)from stem cells(千细胞)," said Paul Frankland, a professor at the University of Toronto.
There is a special area in our brains called hippocampus(海马体). It is important for us to learn and remember. When new neurons fit in the hippocampus, they renew our old memories. This could explain why you forget so much information about the time when you were very young.
However, being forgetful is not always good. When you don't have enough sleep, you may have a hard time remembering new information. Sleep helps the brain store and keep new facts and information, Matthew Walker from the University of California told the Huffington Post.
Ms Lin, an expert on psychology, is giving a speech about how to stay relaxed.
Whenever you need help, turn to your parents and friends for help. It's better to speak the worries out and get some advice from others. Sometimes you will feel relaxed when you find that someone else has the same problems as you do.
If you find yourself stressed out, try to find a way to let the feelings out. Doing breathing exercises, listening to music, doing some sports and taking a walk may help. Or just shout it out if the other things don't help you feel better.
When you calm down, it's time to deal with your problem. You should find out what the problem is and figure out a way to solve it. If you can't solve all of it at once, you may begin by solving part of it. When you don't know what to do with your problem, you may become stressed. But when you've found out what the problem is and have started solving it, you will find your stress gone.
Every coin has two sides. Looking at the dark side can make you stressed and it won't help solve your problem. So why not look at the bright side? You may find your problem not too hard to deal with when you are less stressed out. And more ideas will come up to you when you are relaxed.
After you have solved the problem or part of the problem, buy yourself a gift, go and see a movie or just hang out with your friends. You will enjoy the feeling of being relaxed.
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A. Release stressed feelings B. Get support C. Reward yourself D. Try to solve the problem E. Always look on the bright side |
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Are you still the only child in your home？If not, do you have difficulty in getting on well with your little brother or sister? The steps(以下)may help you.
◎Find out(确切地)what your little brother or sister does that make you angry, then come up with a plan. (无论什么)you do, don't hurt them. Your younger brother or sister looks up to you, so set a good example.
◎Pay no attention to them. Many (次数), your brother or sister does something for attention. If you pay no attention to these things long enough, they will finally give up.
◎Make a deal. Say something like," If you give me some (空间)while my friends are here, we can play your(喜爱的)game after they leave. " If your brother or sister asks you to play with them because they have nothing to do, try to ask him or her to (绘画)for you. Usually, it works.
◎When all these (失败), get help from mom or dad. Just ask for a (建议)on how to get your brother or sister out for a while.
Tammy was not happy. Her parents thought that she was too young for cell phone, no matter how much she begged." But Sun and Alicia have mobile phones!" Tammy cried," I don't get one, I won't be popular."
"Having mobile phones doesn't make you popular, "Tammy's dad said (loud). He was always saying something like that, as if he knew it was like to be in fourth grade." Besides", Dad said, "You (not allow)to take mobile phones to school. And you can call your friends from the house as soon as you finish your homework."
But I can't send (they)text messages, "Tammy replied
"You can use e-mail", Mom said." mobile phones are expensive. We want you to wait until you can pay part of the cost before you get one"
"By that time I will not need one. Nobody (know)who I am." Tammy said." I might as well move to an island where no one live." might as well move to an island where no one live."
" In that case, I'll get you some empty (bottle)and some paper, "Dad said" Bottle messages are much (cool)than text messages."
"Ugh", sighed Tammy.
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