Smokejumpers
Every year, wildfires destroy millions of hectares of forest land, leaving many homes damaged and a lot of people homeless. Smokejumpers are helping to stop this.
What is a smokejumper?
Smokejumpers are a special type of firefighter. Unlike regular firefighters, they work in a different way. They jump from planes or are lowered by helicopters into areas that are difficult to reach by car or on foot, like the middle of a mountain forest. They race to put out fires as fast as they can.
What do smokejumpers do?
At a fire site, smokejumpers first examine the land and decide how to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from spreading or to slow its progress until full, ground-based firefighters arrive. Using basic equipment such as shovels and axes, smokejumpers clear land of burnable material like dry grass and dead trees. They carry water with them too, but only a limited amount.
Who can be a smokejumper?
Although the majority of smokejumpers are men, more women are joining now. The most important factors are your height and weight. Smokejumpers employed in the United States, for example, must be between 120 and 200 pounds (54 and 91 kilograms), so they don't get blown by strong winds, or get hurt when they land. Smokejumpers must also be capable of surviving in the wild.
The work is dangerous, and the hours are long. But for these firefighters, smoke jumping isn't just an occupation. They love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 28-year-old smokejumper Bob Smith says, "This is the best job for tough guys."
Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important. New evidence suggests that the link between handwriting and educational development is deep.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they are also better able to create ideas and remember information. In other words, it's not only what we write that matters — but how.
A study led by Karin James, a psychologist at Indiana University, gave support to that view. A group of children, who had not learned to read and write, were offered a letter or a shape on a card and asked to copy it in one of three ways: draw the image on a page but with a dotted outline（虚线）, draw it on a piece of blank white paper, or type it on a computer. Then the researchers put the children in a brain scanner and showed them the image again.
It was found that when children had drawn a letter freehand without a dotted outline or a computer, the activity in three areas of the brain were increased. These three areas work actively in adults when they read and write. By contrast, children who chose the other two ways showed no such effect. Dr. James attributes the differences to the process of free handwriting: Not only must we first plan and take action in a way but we are also likely to produce a result that is variable. Those are not necessary when we have an outline.
It's time for educators to change their mind and pay more attention to children's handwriting.
Have you ever been faced with trying to stay positive when others around you are negative? A negative person can bring you down and throw your positive plans out of the window. Whether you deal with a family member, friend or co-worker who is negative, there are things you can do to remain positive in the face of negativity?
Whatever you do, don't argue with a negative person. Arguing only adds fuel to the fire. I have noticed when my children are crabby, it is best to avoid trying to convince them to analyze and adjust their attitude. As soon as I take the approach of being in opposition to them, the situation gets worse before it gets better. Sometimes the best thing to do is remain silent and let negativity pass.
You know how difficult it can be to give love and positive attention to negative people. Unfortunately, that is often exactly what they need. A negative person is usually afraid he is unlovable. How do you show love when someone is negative? You must listen to what he is trying to tell you. Acknowledge the feelings he has by saying something like, “You sound very angry right now.” How might you help a negative person? Offer a hug even if you get rejected. A negative person often has difficulty accepting love from others.
If you have negative people on your life who are affecting your mental and physical health, you need to decide whether or not you want these people in your life. Some people are so negative that you have no other choice but to remove them from your life. However, some people, such as your children, are difficult to remove from your life, in this case, professional counseling(咨询) may be the answer.
Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits-including making your brain sharper.
Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive functions such as memory and attention. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology at Kent State University.
Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits(缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients showed damaged learning and 23%showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didn't lose weight dropped even further.
The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he's seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way-eating healthier and getting more active. He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. "If we can improve the condition with operations, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well," he says.
"Communication is the most important and sociable of all human behaviors", which is absolutely true as for human community. Communication is the majority of everyone's social life. "Without communication, life would be as cold as a rock." Because these certain conversations can make people attracted. Personally, we should consider the following three ways to make good communication.
To start good communication, we can make certain enough preparations, especially some relative questions. We can ask some questions to show our politeness, respect and sincere care. For example, have you been carrying on well recently? What do you favor in your spare time? Remember to think again before you put forward a question.
The most important part of communication is to listen. Permit others to do most of the talking. Be patient and hold interest in their comments, making necessary gestures to show you are listening. Do not interrupt others when they express excitedly. Being a good conversationalist as well as a good listener will help you a lot.
Appropriate eye contact is like a great element of the main dish which makes it more delicious. During communicating with others, we should look the speakers in the eye kindly. It will help us to improve mutual (相互的) understanding. Do not hesitate to look into them. But you had better not stare at them and not look at them for too long.
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A. Enjoy good communication, being friends with them.
B. It is usually said that eyes are windows to the soul.
C. It would make others feel uneasy and unwilling to continue talking.
D. They believe they wanna know and even convince us.
E. We should concentrate on others' saying and think in their shoes.
F. It is considered to be fairly comfortable to be asked fine questions.
G. Furthermore, good communication is an interesting attraction in our daily life.
When I was a little girl, I spent memorable school vacations with my grandmother, Mama Lenn Yaho. My Mama Lenn Yaho was a farmer with a 1 back that made it seem like she was always leaning forward to examine something. Early in the morning, she set out to the farm. I would skip2 along trying to keep up. On our way, along the muddy footpaths that wound through the village, Mama Lenn Yaho would3everyone as we passed.
There were the4 greetings. "Did you wake up in a good mood this morning? Did you sleep well?" Then, the more personalized greetings. "Are the grandchildren in good health? And what about their parents?" If she passed the 5 person upon our return later, she would greet him or her again.
The people that Mama Lenn Yaho greeted would 6similarly. "I see you have your granddaughter with you today. How is her father?" As a(n) 7 girl, I found these greeting habits humorously meaningless and8time-consuming. What I now realize is that the greetings strengthened the 9that bound the people in my grandmother's village. They promoted a sense of 10.
I believe in the gift of a 11greeting. I believe it is more than mere good12. It is like pressing the 13button among the noise of our daily lives, as we14from home to work, from one meeting to another, to 15and drop off the children. It is stopping to 16 the person in front of you as if to 17 say, "I see you."
My Mama Lenn Yaho 18 me that there is always time to greet someone before getting down to 19. I believe you can always take a few extra seconds to exchange greetings with a person. I believe we enrich our society when we acknowledge the unique 20of one another.
As the saying (go), "A hero is known in time of misfortune".
There is a doctor saved many people's lives. He is Zhong Nanshan.
In early 2020, a disease (call) Novel coronavirus pneumonia hit Wuhan. It spread quickly. Many people were infected the disease. All people were with (anxious). Zhong's team took many measures to cure the people. He suggested that people (wear) masks. There is no doubt his suggestion is necessary. he is 84, he still treats (patience) in the hospital. He is our hero,
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I am writing to apply to the position of the secretary that you have advertised.
No sooner have I graduated from the university than I worked in America. I have all the experience which you need. I have the good command of speaking English.
The most important thing is what I like office work. I am true sure I can do it well.
I'll appreciate if you can take my application into considering. I am look forward to your reply.
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Dear Editor,
I am a senior high school student, named Li Hua
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
