What if you could give your children everything they wanted without them having to take any effort at all to get it？Would they appreciate what they now have？Would they know how to even maintain the lifestyle or how to keep the business moving forward and not downward?
There is some debate among parents of this new generation about the question of whether our children have been given so much that they now expect everything all at once. A case in point is a friend of mine who has a son in his late twenties. It is not that he doesn't have a good paying job and a really nice house. Actually his house is a lot better and bigger than I ever had at his age. But, he is not satisfied with what he has；he wants everything else right now, not tomorrow, but right now.
What he wants is a bigger house, a fancier car, and all the newest gadgets(小玩意) that come on the market. He never thinks he should work a little longer and save his money or that he shouldn't have it all. Maybe we have spoiled our children to expect more than what they should normally expect and then expect all of these worldly possessions to keep coming their way.
Now, the situation with my friend's son is one where his son calls him and complains that life is difficult and that he is having a hard time getting what he wants. The discussion usually then turns to waiting a little longer and working to save money but this discussion usually ends with his son still being disappointed with his life.
Each life must come from work, sacrifice and satisfaction of being able to provide for your family, but there is little room for just wanting when waiting, working and patience could get it done.
All of us need a bit of hardship, struggle, learning to overcome obstacles, understanding perseverance, and developing an attitude that speaks loudly about accepting responsibility for one's own destiny.
There are as many kinds of careers as there are people. They vary greatly in the type of work involved(涉及) and in the ways they influence a person's life. The kind of career you have can affect your life in many ways. By making wise decisions concerning your career, you can help yourself build the life you want. To do that, you need as much information as possible. The more you know about yourself, the better able you will be to choose a satisfying career.
What do people hope to obtain from a career? Some people desire a high income. Some hope for fame. Others seek for adventure. Still others intend to serve people and make the world a better place. Before you begin to explore career fields you should determine your values, your interests, and your aptitudes that will make you competent for your future work. Most people are happiest in jobs that fit their values, interests, and skills. Each person has many values, which vary in strength. For example, money is the strongest value for some people—that is, wealth is more important to them than anything else. As a result, they focus their thoughts, behaviour, and emotions on the goal of earning a high income. Other values include devoting to religion, taking risks, spending time with family, and helping others.
Before making a career decision, you can ask yourself what is most important to you and examine your beliefs to better know your values. For example, is it important to you to work as a member of a team? Or would you rather be in charge or work alone? If working alone or being in charge is important to you, independence is probably one of your primary values.
Helping and supporting others may be key to living a longer and healthier life, according to a new research from the University of Bagel in Switzerland. The findings published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, show that grandparents who care for their grandchildren enjoy longer lifespans. So do old people who care for others within their social networks.
Using data from the Berlin Aging Study, the researchers analyzed the longevity(寿命) and caregiving habits of more than 500 old people between the ages of 70 and 103. The study compared grandparents who acted as occasional caregivers with those who did not. It also compared these grandparents with old adults who did not have grandchildren but cared for people within their social networks.
Those grandparents who did not play the role of attending to grandchildren were more likely to have died within just five years of the testing period. While those old adults who provided, support to their family lived for an extra seven years on average and those provided support to their social networks lived for an extra four years on average.
Although the new study only focused on old adults, it's safe to assume that the health benefits of helping and taking care of others also reach those of all ages. However, it's important to note that too much caregiving often has just the opposite effect. There's a clear link between too much caregiving and a number of negative physical and mental health consequences.
Sacrificing Sleep to Get Top Grades Doesn't Work
Sacrificing sleep and skipping meals to study in looking for academic excellence actually doesn't work, a new Harvard study has revealed recently. . They usually like getting less sleep or adopting poor eating habits, in a search for top grades. But the new study of 4, 000 British teenagers shows those who display determination, courage and persistence also tend to have healthier lifestyles.
Children who study hard are also likely to look after themselves, and cultivate healthy emotional regulation skills, rather than behaving in ways that are bad for their health. . Studies have shown the harmful effects stress over exams have on young children's health. . The study also found for the first time a link between highachieving students and helpfulness. The research revealed that those pupils who see themselves as having potential rather than having fixed abilities are more likely to help their peers. .
Dr Christina Hinton, a research member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, said, ", but rather cultivating healthy emotional regulation skills and effective learning strategies. Our results suggest. "
A. Children struggling for excellence tend to make extra sacrifices
B. Children making sleep sacrifices can lead to excellence
C. The findings showed that children who work hard are also likely to develop health
D. Highachieving students have more potential than those lowachieving students
E. Having a growth attitude appears to have more impacts on the others around them
F. A survey found very young children smoke cigarettes and use energy drinks to prepare for their exams
G. Getting top grades does not require pushing yourself at all costs
A sailor (船员) in one of Christopher Columbus's three ships is eagerly (渴望地) looking for land. In the sailor's eagerness to 1 land, he makes his 2. He thinks that a cloud on the horizon (地平线) is land. The sailor, with great excitement, calls out, "3!"
Greatly excited, the rest of the ship's sailors run to the side quickly. They, too, 4 eagerly out at the horizon. They are 5 at the thought of land. They have 6 nothing but a very large area of water for weeks.
As the ship moves forward, the sailor's mistake is made 7. The "land" is nothing but a cloud. What do the others say to the sailor who made the 8 call? What do they say when it turns out that the "land" was only a moving cloud? The sailors make a 9. They say, "You just saw the dirt under the cooking 10!" The response (答复) may not seem 11 at all today, but it was a humorous response to the living conditions on 12 long ago.
When Columbus13 from Spain in August 1492 across the Atlantic Ocean, he traveled in three small, wooden ships. The living conditions were 14. Most of the sailors slept fully-clothed under the stars on the hard decks (甲板). There were no bathrooms, 15 there was not a 16. Food had to be 17 on the open deck at risk of 18 the wooden ship. To prevent the ship from catching fire, the cook would always spread 19 under the place where the cooking was done. The others would joke with a sailor who had wrongly 20 he had discovered land. And they usually told him that what he had really seen was the dirt spread out by the cook for preventing fires!
More than 1, 250 lit stalls(货摊) brighten the center of Thailand's capital city, (provide) a multicolored sight. The shelter, is designed for the thousands of traders and shoppers at Bangkok's night market, has become an (attract) itself.
The market, which (call) Train Night Market Ratchada in English, was opened in January 2015 and has become popular spot for locals and tourists. Software engineer Prasas Ambati visited the market and took the landscape photographs from a nearby car park. "Those (color) tents and people shopping, eating at stalls and the flashing lights were great. The tents made me think of a giant painting."
This is (primary) a market that sells yesteryear(旧时) goods, old-fashioned (collection) of clothes, motorbikes, and second-hand toys. There are also plenty of general market things for sale, cheap clothes, shoes, bags, and other fashion items. But above all it's one of the best places for street food, open-air bars with live music frequently (perform) all over.
1）你的个人信息 (年龄，性别，性格等)；
2）你的特殊优势 (对地方旅游景点的了解，扎实的语言功底，相关的经历及沟通能力等；
3）你的承诺。
注意：1）词数80个左右;
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
One winter Sunday, my little sister, Colleen, and I built the greatest snowman ever. We gave him a carrot nose, beautiful hat, cozy scarf and gloves. He was a masterpiece.
The next morning when looking outside, we smiled lovingly at him over our meal. We gave him a high-five (击掌) as we passed by on our way to school. A lot of kids went past our house, so he was the hot topic at our school that morning. It was our pride!
The day dragged on until finally we could rush home. But as our yard came into sight, we saw something wrong. The snowman was gone! We only found a broken stick here, a torn glove there and balls of snow everywhere. Worst of all, the snowman's once-proud carrot nose lay limp(无力的) and half-eaten.
What had happened? We were both astonished and angry. But then, we were only kids, who wouldn't have anything take away our happiness. Actually we knew only one thing: Our snowman would rise again. And so we rebuilt him.
The next day we came home to find another mess on the front lawn(草坪). For the rest of the week, the destruction was repeated daily. Each afternoon we'd return to find our snowman had fallen apart, and then we built again.
By Saturday morning, we had a plan. We borrowed a really big bucket(水桶) from Mom, filled it with water and left it outside. The next morning, it was frozen solid. We packed snow all around the ice block as the base(底座) of the snowman. Then we built the other parts of it once again. The trap was set. and we waited for the snowman bullies(破坏者) to come.
注意：续写的词数应为 150 左右。
Monday morning, hiding behind the window, we soon saw what we were waiting for.
Seeing their pained look, we couldn't help laughing.
