If you find yourself lonely on Feb. 14, it's technically possible to be happy when you have Netflix.
Clueless(1995)
When it came out in 1995, "Clueless"was a modern movie on the classic Jane Austen novel "Emma. "Today, it's a sad, somewhat retro(怀旧的)story about a high school girl(Alicia Silver stone)who finds joy in bringing together couples around her, while remaining single and particular about who she chooses to date. She soon finds love in an unexpected place.
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
As a journalist, Andie (Hudson) in the film is assigned a special task where she has to write about her experience trying to make a man fall in love with her, followed by making him want to break up with her. The assignment goes to unexpected places when Ben (McConaughey) enters the picture.
The Imitation Game (2014)
Strange things happen when people fall in love with machines; it's actually happening with today's technology. In" The Imitation Game", which is set in the 1940s, tells the true story of Alan Turing and his team to break the German secret codes to win World War II. Although the film is largely about code breaking efforts, it also delivers on some love, both machine, and human.
Frances Ha (2013)
Filmed in black and white, "Frances Ha" begins with a bad breakup and is followed by the journey of Frances Halladay (Greta Gerwig) to become a professional dancer. It's a touching adventure with plenty of love along the way.
An afternoon nap(午睡)is one of the joys of life, although too much napping could signal all is not well. In some cultures, people will have a daily nap—this is fine. The warning comes when people start sleeping during the daytime, when they did not sleep before. There is certainly a good reason to believe that daytime sleepiness—as in the Alzheimer's disease study—can be a marker of an underlying condition.
For most people, napping during the day is mainly a sign that you are not getting enough sleep at night, says Dr. Neill Stanley, a sleep expert. "If you feel sleepy during the day, you should think about taking a nap. That is what the body needs —it doesn't need to be kept awake with caffeine. It needs sleep. "The feeling we should notice is "sleepiness", he says. "It's not tiredness, which could be more psychological and linked to stress."
So how do you nap well? The key thing, says Stanley, is how long your nap lasts. Choose either a 20-or 90-minute nap. "When you fall asleep, you'll quickly go through the lighter stages of sleep into your first period of deep sleep. You don't want to wake up because that's when you wake and feel worse than you did before. "Napping for 20 minutes means you will wake up before you go into deep sleep; napping for 90 minutes means you'll complete a sleep cycle.
Once you factor in the time it takes to fall asleep—"Some people are better at napping than others but, "says Stanley, "a healthy adult will fall asleep in between 5 and 12 minutes. "—you can set an alarm, allowing a 30-to 40-minute period for a short nap, and up to two hours for a longer one.
A good time to nap is during the body's natural dip in the afternoon, between 2 p. m. and 4p. m. "You don't really want to be napping much past that because then you are going to be eating into your night-time sleep, "Stanley says. The point, he stresses, is to get good night-time sleep, which would ensure you probably don't need to nap at all.
In the 17th century, the Netherlands experienced a period of artistic prosperity known as the Dutch Golden Age. During this period, artists found inspiration in Northern Renaissance painting techniques, contributing to masterpieces like Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer. Known as the "Mona Lisa of the North", this painting represents the best of Dutch art and it has become one of the most beloved paintings in art history.
Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is famous for his paintings of contemporary Delft, a city in Holland where the artist was born, lived and died. Girl with a Pearl Earring is Vermeer's most well-known work of art. However, it did not attain international fame at its time of completion. That came about at the end of the 20th century, when it was featured in a special exhibition in Washington, D. C.
Girl with a Pearl Earring does not show a specific person. Instead, it shows an unknown girl dressed in grand clothing, who is "like a vision coming from the darkness "and" belongs to no specific time or place", art historian Arthur K. Wheelock explained.
Vermeer is known for his ability to create shapes and forms using light rather than lines. This characteristic approach is particularly evident in Girl with a Pearl Earring. First, he would "invent", or create an initial drawing on the canvas. Then, he made a single colored underpainting (底层色). Next, he added color. And, finally, in order to make the piece extraordinarily bright, he would apply a thin layer of glaze (釉)to certain parts of the painting.
In addition to its fascinating context and appealing beauty, the piece is celebrated for the mystery that surrounds it. "When you think about Mona Lisa, she is also looking at us, but she isn't engaging—she's sitting back in the painting, self-contained, "Tracy Chevalier, the author of The New York Times' best-selling historical novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, points out. "While the girl with a pearl earring in the painting is right there—there is nothing between her and us. She has this magical quality of being incredibly open and yet mysterious at the same time—and that is what makes her so appealing."
Have you ever suddenly developed an appetite from a passing glance at a freeway billboard featuring a brightly colored cheeseburger, or decided to step into a candy or ice cream store displaying a window full of lively shades and hues(色调)of sweet treats? If so, you are in good company. Unless we are medically restricted or strictly dieting, we are not likely to resist inviting fare simply because we recognize the lack of nutritional value.
Devina Wadhera and Elizabech D. Capaldi-Phillips in A Review of Visual Cues Associated with Food recognize the impact of sensory cues(信号)on food consumption and enjoyment, and the potential they have to promote healthy eating behavior. They cite previous research in providing some interesting examples of the visual impact of different color schemes(方案)on taste and food enjoyment. They note that pink food on a white plate was considered sweeter and more flavorful than the same food on a black plate. Apparently, we consume with more of our senses than we realize. So given the rainbow of colors around us when faced with so many appealing food choices, is there any way to control our appetite? Thankfully, some research says yes.
Oliver Genschow demonstrated that when it comes to eating less colors impact consumption! They specifically researched the effect of the color red. They found that people ate fewer pretzels when using a red plate, as opposed to white or blue, and drank less from a red cup than a blue cup. They suggest that the color red reduces food and drink intake by functioning as a stop signal.
But when it comes to healthy eating, instead of putting on a pair of sunglasses to block the inviting hues of food cues, consider the value of discipline. Healthy eating involves intentional choices, not mindless responses to sensory cues. And before you invest in many red tableware to slim down, remember that what goes onto those plates is much more important.
Often when we have an uncomfortable feeling, such as sadness, fear or shame, our first reaction is to reject that feeling. We may tell ourselves that it is a bad feeling we don't want to have. For example, some people try to push it away or use alcohol to feel better.
Certainly no one wants to feel emotional pain all the time, but when we reject our emotions, we may actually make things worse. Often emotions arise as they give us useful information about the, world.
An alternative to pushing away our emotions is to accept them. Accepting means that we must practice allowing our emotions to be what they are without judging them.When we're happy, we have to accept not only that happiness is a short-term condition, but also that we won't always be happy. This goes for every type of emotions.
Emotions help us decide what we should stay away from and what we should approach. Therefore, accepting emotions is helpful, because when we listen to our emotions, we can actually learn important information.
After all, it's our instincts(本能) to avoid them. With practice, though, we can learn to accept our emotions. Meditation(冥想)and mindful breathing exercises can be helpful.
A. We have emotions for a reason.
B. Actually, it is vital to handle our emotions.
C. It isn't easy to learn how to accept emotions.
D. It also means accepting that emotions will change.
E. Then we may do something to get rid of that feeling.
F. Therefore, pushing away emotions isn't the best idea.
G. Without emotions, we would make terrible decisions all the time.
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity1my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity2.
We had a glass studio. A couple of years ago we experienced a(n)3winter; there was a lot of snow and ice. The 4 of the ice and snow5the roof of our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. 6it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to 7 the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty8to do.
The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio9we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a disastrous experience.
We could simply say that we could no longer 10 our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that 11 our mind, but we didn't have it happen.
We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated(翻新) the barn, 12our working area and today we have a13studio than we previously had. If the adversity we were14had not happened, we probably would 15 be working in the old studio, a studio that was less efficient.
Rice Cooked in Bamboo Tubes(竹筒)is also called Bamboo Rice. It's a type of roasted food consisting of rice and sóme spices(香料), ( contain) in a bamboo tube.
Who and where does Bamboo Rice originate from? Originally, this food( make) by minority nationalities living in mountain areas, such as the Dai people in Yunnan, local people still eat Bamboo Rice frequently now. The main materials of Bamboo Rice are rice and meat, which are puta bamboo joint(竹节) with water and baked on a fire. And it is served still in a bamboo tube( sustain) the softness and freshness of the roasted rice. It's tasty, whether hotcold.
There are ( typical) two kinds of Rice Cooked in Bamboo Tubes, one of which( be)Rice Cooked in Fragrant(芳香的)Bamboo Tubes. A fragrant bamboo tube is usually the size of a wine cup, and the rice usually hasunique flavor. Besides, the tube can have a length of 40centimeters. It's the best( choose) to make Bamboo Rice.
When I was about six years old, my family and I went to Disneyland one weekend and had a wonderful day full of excitement. Little did I know that the real excitement wasn't to begin until that night.
While we watched the fireworks, I began to get an urge to go to the restroom, but I didn't want to miss the show. I overheard my sister Isabel talking to my mom, and I got closer to them to hear what they were talking about.
"Mom, I'm going to the bathroom with Lizette, okay?" said Isabel.
"Okay, "my mom replied, "but stay together. I don't want any of you getting lost. "
The second I saw my sisters leaving, I didn't think twice before running after them—without telling my parents. As I followed them through the huge crowd of people, I started to lose sight of them. I began to panic as I scanned the crowd for them. Crazy thoughts ran through my head like "What if I never see my family again?"
I gave up trying to find my sisters and tried to get back to my family, but I was completely mixed up. After searching for what seemed like forever, I couldn't hold back my tears, and I started crying like I had never cried before.
"Mommy!" I cried out. But everyone around me was too caught up by the fireworks to pay any attention to me.
I tried to stop the scary thoughts that were going through my head and started running as fast as I could …anywhere…everywhere. I was going crazy. I'm only six, and I've gotten lost. "What have I done? How could I have been so dumb to run off without telling anyone?" I thought.
With my face wet from tears, I kept running, pulling at people's pants and crying, "Mommy!" I was hoping, wishing, that one of these adults would be one of my parents.
注意：1. 续写的词数应为150左右。2. 请按照如下格式在答题卡相应位置作答。
Luckily, I felt a pat on my shoulder and a gentle voice came," Are you lost?"
……
Finally, through the crowd of people, I recognized a face.
