Where do you find beauty? Fashion magazines? Music videos? One American photographer is finding beauty in unexpected places. And a new documentary about his work might help change the traditional standards of "who" is beautiful.
Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashion photographer to turn his lens (镜头) to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences. He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino (患白化病的) girl. "I was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but I was always told who was beautiful. And as an artist, I don't see beauty just on covers on magazines. I see it everywhere. So that was my initial – that opened my eyes a little wider and wider."
Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary, On Beauty.
One of women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera. "I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me but meeting him was my profound moment. I remember that that particular day he took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there's somebody who, like, really loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition."
The producer of the documentary, Joanna, and Rick are travelling from city to city to promote On Beauty. They say their tour is not about money, it's about the message: "As we travel from community to community we're taking photographs and we're empowering individuals with a powerful sense of who they are. They're seeing beauty in their reflection but we're also empowering their families and they in turn are empowering their community as well. All is based on the philosophy of change – how you see, how you change," said Guidotti.
It's normal to long for the taste of potato chips or a cheese –covered pizza. Even though they're full of calories, eating them occasionally won't do much harm. However, according to the new numbers, young people are becoming more gluttonous. The BBC's Good Food Nation Survey showed that on average, 16 to 20-year-olds ate fast food at least twice a day in the UK. So what's behind this fast food binge (狂热).
WebMD, an online publisher of news and information of human health and well-being, surveyed nearly 600 teenagers and adults in the United States. They found that the most common reason was our busy lifestyle. More than 92.3 percent of respondents said they were too busy to cook. Many find it challenging to balance work and life, and the convenience of fast food meets their needs. Fast food is readily available in corner stores and vending machines (自动售货机).
Remember those instant noodle cups from the supermarket? They're ready in minutes, and you can store them at home for a long time.
But many people think this trend does no good. Sarah Toule, head of health information at World Cancer Research Fund, told the BBC: "It's frightening that people, especially younger generations, are eating so much fast food loaded with fat, sugar and salt, but offers little nutritional value."
She added, "Especially high in calories, fast food leads to unhealthy weight gain – which in turn increase the risk of 11 cancers later in life.
So what is the right thing to do? Toule suggested that young people should prepare meals in advance and learn to include the different food groups in their diets.
Everyone gets anxious when the world takes an uncertain turn. And often, we treat that anxiety with a little panic buying.
A study published last year in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people buy things in troubled times as a means of keeping control over their lives. The researchers noted that utility items (实用物品) – specifically, cleaning products – tend to move most quickly from store shelves. The hoarding (囤积) of toilet paper, as perhaps the most fundamental cleaning product, may represent our most fundamental fears. An invisible enemy moves slowly and quietly towards us. We need to hold on to something in uncertain times. Maybe hoard of toilet paper brings promises.
The thing is, it's not actually going anywhere. For all the sharp words and even sharper elbows thrown around by the crazy toilet paper shoppers, they seem to be missing one essential fact: There is no toilet paper shortage.
As The New York Times points out, shop owners that see their shelves emptied often fill up the shelves again in a day, often in just a few hours.
"You are not using more of it. You are just filling up your closet with it," Jeff Anderson, president of paper product manufacturer Precision Paper Converters, tells the Times.
The thing is, the toilet paper-obsessed shoppers have been infected with something many times more contagious(感染性的) than any coronavirus: fear.
"People are social creatures. We look to each other for cues (暗示) for what is safe and what is dangerous," Steven Taylor, a clinical psychologist at the University of British Columbia, tells Fox News. "And when you see someone in the store panic-buying, that can cause a fear contagion effect. People become anxious ahead of the actual infection. They haven't thought about the bigger picture, like what are the consequences of hoarding toilet paper."
Some people find hobbies boring or simply think of them as a waste of time. What they do not know is that it can do a lot of good for a person physically, mentally and emotionally. Here are some of the benefits of having an interesting hobby.
It can help reduce the stress level in your body. This can be done by diverting (转移) your focus. For example, instead of always thinking of your problems, you can spare some of your time to focus on your hobby.
Physical hobbies like sports are a great way to exercise the body and your mind. It burns the fat stored in your body and helps reduce the cholesterol (胆固醇) levels. It also promotes better blood circulation which is good for the heart. What is important is that sports not only benefit the body, but also help in making your mind more alert and sharp.
Having a hobby allows you to acquire new skills and discover your hidden talents. Finding the right hobby may be difficult but as a tip, you can try different activities initially until you realize what your interests actually are. And as you learn more about your chosen hobby, you can develop or enhance your skills. For example, chess can make your analytical skills better.
Cultivating hobbies will eventually lead you to meeting like-minded new people. You could gain new friends while playing your favorite sports like golf, tennis or basketball. You encounter a lot of people especially in outdoor activities such as the golf course or courts.
It is bound to contribute towards the development of a better you and so, hereafter, even if you do not have a hobby, do make the effort to develop one.
A. Doing your favorite hobby gives you time to relax.
B. Art hobbies like painting can improve your creativity.
C. Getting into physical activities promote good health.
D. As you can see, cultivating a hobby is a great idea to improve yourself.
E. Your hobbies can also help with your job applications to various companies.
F. Your hobbies may not improve your quality of life unless you are interested in it.
G. Most hobbies also need strategy to attain your goal and this keeps your brain working.
I learned something really early from my family: Even the biggest challenges are less1when you solve them as a community.
My brother, sister and cousins were my first group. 2 we got more fights at home, we never 3 that outside our house, if you messed with one of us, you got 4 of us.
From school to sports, I was 5 in a class project, club, team or group. From speech and debate to field hockey, when I was in a community, I felt 6 to try for things that seemed 7. I grew because others pushed me. 8 didn't seem so scary because we were taking risks together.
When a drunk driver killed my father, it was our community that9. It was our family friends, our community theater and our sports teams that stood 10us. My father had been a high school history teacher, and his colleagues—now my teachers—began to keep a 11 eye on us because he 12 could.
I don't 13 a parent's death as the way to learn about the 14 of small communities, but it did make me 15 that. If I looked for bigger challenges with the support of a group, I was going to 16 broader goals and build deeper relationships 17 the journey.
As I sit here tonight with my team of five, I'm 18of how much I love these moments—building19 we believe in, that we'll learn from and that we'll do together.
If you are going to do something that terrifies you, first find a20.
Skin is not only large, but it is important. One of its jobs is to protect us, keeps bad things out. But sometimes it fails. (extreme) small bugs, called mites, can get under our skin. And when they do, they cause itching and great discomfort. So, to get under someone's skin means to annoy them or to bug them. That's just one definition of the (express) "to get under someone's skin." It can also mean that someone is very (attract) to you. You can't stop thinking about them. You might even be obsessing about them.
There are many ways (describe) people using the word "skin". If someone is thick-skinned they are not easily hurt emotionally. You can criticize them or be unkind to them and it simply rolls off their back. Thin-skinned people, , are easily hurt by criticism, even if it is not too severe. You have to be careful about you say to thin-skinned people so as not to hurt their feelings.
If someone is suddenly very (scare), you can say they nearly jumped out of their skin! For example, one day I saw my friend Sierra (wait) at a bus stop. She was wearing headphones and did not hear me come up behind her. So, when I (touch) her shoulder, she nearly jumped out of her skin!
When I worked as a nurse, I was on day duty while my friends were on night duty. On one shift, I remember I sensed something just before going off duty at 11 a.m. I had brought the ward sister (护士长) her morning tea, so I put down the tea tray. The tray rattled and fell through the window. At first I thought I had accidentally knocked it over, but then I felt the whole building shook and patients screamed.
I realized that we were in the grips of a tremendous earthquake. I caught hold of a nearby patient, who was terribly frightened by it. I pushed her under the bed and held the bed in place while I got under it myself. I then pulled a blanket down between us. As soon as it settled, I decided to try and get the patient safely outside. I carried her out and helped her down to the lawn, where several other people had now gathered.
I knew the ward sister was with another patient, so I went back inside the building. When I reached the ward sister, I found her patient could not walk. We made a seat for her by linking our hands and arms, and carried her outside together. We went back through the building to check no one was left behind. Almost all of the patients had been able to get themselves out of our ward (病房), as far as I knew.
Once our ward was cleared, a doctor called for volunteers to go down to the isolation ward (隔离病房) with him to help more people. Another nurse and I went down there. The first thing we saw was a bath in the hallway. We came to the ruined ward. The doctor went in ahead of us through the remains of what had been a doorway. He found one of the nurses partially covered with rubble(碎石). She was still alive so we began to clear the rubble away. Suddenly, the aftershock struck. The doctor ordered us to leave. This brave man intended to stay with the trapped nurse and risk his own life.
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We were determined to save the nurse with him together.
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Later in the afternoon I had time to look around, and saw the ruined building.
