Perhaps you have ever heard the saying: Change is the only constant. Everyone, without doubt, goes through changes in their life, whether it is a physical state of aging or a mental state of emotional maturity. However, some are afraid to make the conscious decision to move or they think it's too late to have a fresh start.
I have a friend named Jack. At the age of 37, he is a Senior Manager at one of the Big Four. He has a great salary, owns his own apartment and enjoys the fine things in life, but not without the heavy burdens that his job brings. On the surface, it looks like he has got life figured out. Yet when I once asked if he was happy with his work, he answered that he sometimes wished to quit his job to do something less stressful. But he'd become accustomed to this lifestyle and felt that it would be too late to give it up to achieve a new ambition.
For him, the risks are too high, so whether he can't abide his present job or not, he has to choose to suck it up. You might have come to a similar situation as Jack's or you might be a Jack. You're now facing a wall. No matter what it is—the stress of your job or the terrible feeling, it's time that you had to decide whether you'll tear down that wall or continue to let it enclose you. I suggest pushing back the boundaries and breaking the fixed patterns. Why do you feel it's too late to start over? That is simply because you're comparing yourself with others—younger or more successful individuals. In fact, you should compare yourself with the older version of you.
Don't become that person who lets life pass by only to regret it when you are making your way into old age. Don't let your life plateau（停滞不前）and waste away in the daily chores. Don't give up the potential you still have hidden and be locked away by your current state. Now, you'd better bravely start going after the things you want to do, without abandoning your dreams, ambitions and responsibilities.
The "little voice in your head" can be your worst critic and greatest supporter. It's been known to help with directions, give advice, and even remind you to put potatoes on the grocery list.
But does everyone have an inner monologue? For a long time, it was assumed that an inner voice was simply part of being human. But it turns out, that's not the case—not everyone processes life in words and sentences.
"By inner monologue, we mean that we can have private speech that's addressed to ourselves and that is carried out without any sound," said Helene Loevenbruck, a senior neurolinguistics researcher at CNRS.
With true inner speech, you almost "hear" your inner voice, she told Live Science. You're aware of its tone and intonation (语调). For example, the voice can "sound" angry or worried.
This long-held assumption was first challenged in the late 1990s by Russell Hurlburt, a psychologist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Hurlburt studied participants' inner speech by asking them to wear a beeper. Whenever the device beeped, they had to write down what they were thinking or experiencing in their mind just before the sound.
Perhaps the participant wrote down, "I need to buy some bread." He would then ask if that's what they actually thought. "Or did you think 'bread'? Or were you hungry?" Loevenbruck explained. After several meetings, participants got better at articulating (流利连贯地表达)their true thoughts, she said. Eventually, this method revealed that some people had inner speech every time the device beeped. But others had less inner speech than usual, and some didn't have inner speech at all. They experienced images, sensations and emotions, but not a voice or words.
The lack of an inner monologue has been linked to a condition called aphantasia (心盲症)sometimes called "blindness of the mind's eye." People who experience aphantasia can't mentally picture their bedroom or their mother's face. Many times, those who don't experience visualizations don't experience clear inner speech, either, Loevenbruck noted.
Samsung Electronics America announced that Galaxy device owners can make their own repairs to the Galaxy S20 and S21 family of products, as well as the Galaxy Tab S7+, starting August 2nd.
Samsung is cooperating with iFixit, the leading online repair community, to deliver their Self-Repair program. This program adds to Samsung's continued expansions for convenient repair for consumers and helps them with sustainable solutions to support a more circular economy by extending the life of their devices, as well as minimizing e-waste.
Samsung consumers who wish to make their own repairs can now purchase real device parts and convenient, easy-to-use repair tools, available through iFixit, Samsung retail and service locations, at the same pricing offered to our repair providers. In addition, Galaxy device owners will have full access to online repair guides that provide both visual and written step-by-step instructions, and best of all, at no cost.
"Making replacement parts available is a key sustainability strategy. We're excited to be working directly with Samsung and their customers to extend the lifetime of their phones," said CEO of iFixit.
Starting today, Galaxy device owners can replace the phone screen, back glass, and charging ports. In the future, Samsung plans to expand self-repair to include more devices and repair options from the extensive product portfolio (档案).
Furthermore, the program makes it easy for consumers to return their thrown-away parts for responsible recycling, as the new display kits will come with a return label to ship thrown-away parts back to Samsung — at no cost to the consumer.
In addition to the convenience of these new self-repair options, Galaxy smartphone owners have a choice on how they can extend the life of their devices across Samsung's expansive care options, including: Through Samsung's perfect care network, customers have access to over 11,000 Samsung Mobile certified repair technicians in the U.S.
As much as 80 percent of premature heart disease is preventable by making specific lifestyle choices. Some strategies, such as exercising and managing weight, are well known. "A small change in your everyday routine can potentially have a big impact in the 1ong run," says preventive cardiologist (心脏病学家) Dr. Beth Abramson, a spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Get eight hours of sleep. "When you're not rested, everything that happens in your life is a lot more stressful," says Dr. Arya Sharma, founder of the Canadian Obesity Network. If we're short of sleep, our bodies also have more difficulty controlling blood pressure, inflammation and blood sugar levels.
Engage in volunteer work. Research published in Psychosomatic Medicine in 2016 showed that a feeling of purpose in 1ife is linked to a lower likelihood of heart attack and stroke. "We know that loneliness is a risk factor for heart health," adds Sharma. "Volunteering gets you out of the house and creates a social network."
A recent study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that healthy people who skipped breakfast were almost three times more likely to have heart disease six years later than those who had a substantial morning meal. One possible reason: "If you're eating a proper breakfast, you're less likely to be hungry later and make poor food choices," says Abramson. "We need to eat a balanced diet as part of a healthy lifestyle."
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A. Eat breakfast. B. But others may not have crossed your mind. C. Volunteering might even increase your physical activity. D. Choose whole-grain, low-fat breakfast foods and include fruit. E. These factors can all have an impact on heart and blood health. F. Eat healthy food rich in protein and fiber but low in fat and sugar G. Doing good for others helps your self-esteem and relieves stress. |
It was 7:15 a.m. and Gary Messina was on his morning run along New York City's East River. Suddenly something caught his eye — a man screamed for help1the current pulled him away from the seawall.
David Blauzvern and John Green2their phones and keys on land and jumped in. Messina, a police officer, also joined them in the river. Just as the man was3, they stabilized him, with Blauzvern4his back and Messina and Green holding him5from either side. After ten minutes, they managed to get to the river's6and stayed as close to the seawall as they could.
Fifteen minutes later, a rescue boat turned7. As they approached the boat, there came a new8: The wave created by the current was sucking them under the boat.
Blauzvern remembers being pulled down just as someone in the boat9on to the man,10Blauzvern to let go. Somehow, he grasped a pole attached to the boat deck and dragged himself11. The men in the water pushed the drowning guy while the men in the boat pulled him up and, finally, to12. The man they had saved was taken to the hospital for medical aid. Details on his13have not been released.
As for the rescuers, each of them was at work by 10:30 a.m. "I was a bit late,"14Blauzvern, smiling. "But I had a good15."
The Shenzhou-13 return capsule, carrying the three Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu, (safe) landed back on Earth on Saturday morning after a record breaking six-month mission in space. China declared the Shenzhou-13 mission complete success after the medical team waiting on site confirmed that all three astronauts were good health.
Zhai, the commander of the mission, was the first (come) out of the capsule, waving his hand to the cheering crowd on site with a big smile. He said he felt very good. He (follow) by Wang, the first female Chinese astronaut who had entered China's space station. "I want to tell my daughter, mom returned after reaching for the stars," she said. Ye (exit) last from the capsule.
During the six-month journey in the space station, the crew confirmed key (technology) for the construction of the space station, (involve) in-orbit transposition of spacecraft and robotic arm operation of heavy loads. Besides (science) missions, the crew also gave two live science lectures from the space station, during they conducted various experiments and answered questions from students watching the class on Earth.
It was our turn to open our presents this particular Christmas morning. The living room was already covered with torn wrapping paper. Obviously, the children could hardly wait to discover the hidden treasures, which they had expected for nearly a month. Now we adults sat around the room with our presents at our feet, slowly removing the paper, trying to maintain our dignity in front of the children.
My wife, Brenda, and her family have a tradition of getting each other gag (恶作剧) gifts. This always makes me a bit uneasy at Christmas or my birthday, never knowing what form of embarrassment lies waiting for me under the thin borders of the wrapping paper.
Recently, my six-year-old daughter Christy seemed to busy herself with something while I was playing computer video flight games. Now she was standing directly in front of me. The excitement of the moment just beamed across her face. It was everything she could do to keep herself from helping me rip the paper from each present. Finally, I came to the last gift and with my natural Sherlock Holmes ability, I concluded that this had to be the gag gift. With everyone looking on, I decided to go ahead and get it over with—just let them have their laugh—and I tore the paper and there it was a toy airplane about two inches long. Our holiday guests started giggling to themselves as I looked up to my wife with an unpleasant smile on my face and blurted out (脱口而出), "A toy airplane? Are you kidding me?"
Brenda gave me the look—that look that always tells me I have just said something wrong and should have given it a second thought. I had failed to look at the name tag before I opened the present to see who it was from. As I picked up the paper from the floor and read the name tag, my heart sank.
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On the tag were the letters that read, "To Dad, Love Christy".
Staring at the gift, I suddenly thought of a way to cheer her up.
