Though many people think of summer as a time to slow down and enjoy a vacation, it can also be the perfect time to make money or get experience. Here are some good summer jobs for you.
Survey-taking
Survey-taking is a way to make money during your summer holiday, especially if you live in an area that doesn't have many chances. With a computer or smartphone, you can sit on your sofa and search for survey sites such as Surveys On The Go, InboxDollars or Swagbucks. Without much effort,you can start making money for your opinions. However, the ease of use comes with a low earning potential.
Food Delivery.
If you enjoy driving, you can use your car to deliver food. You can sign up to deliver food from restaurants with services such as Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub. Another choice is delivering daily used goods with services such as Postmates,Shipt and Instacart. The earning potential for delivery can be higher than for other jobs because customers often give tips. The disadvantage is that these jobs require you to put in more time.
Photo Applications
If you go to the mall, you can use an app such as Field Agent or Gigwalk to make money by taking pictures of products in stores. See any help-wanted signs in the store windows? Take a picture and get paid for each one you find.
House Sitting and Pet Care
Summer is a time when people take vacations and may need someone to look after their homes or pets. Services such as HouseSitter and MindMyHouse connect homeowners with proper house sitters(看房人）。For animal lovers who would rather care for someone's pet while they are away, you can turn to services like Rover.
At noon that day, I drove back to my house after the performance. Just as I entered the living room, I heard a gentle sound coming from the bedroom upstairs — it was the sound of my favorite violin.
"Thief!"
I dashed upstairs. Sure enough, as expected, a boy of about 12 years old was petting my violin. The boy had messy hair and a thin face, his oversized coat seemingly filled with something. At first glance, I found a new pair of shoes missing. It seemed that he was surely a thief.
Then, I saw his eyes full of fear and despair. My anger was immediately replaced by a smile. I asked, "Are you Mr. Ram's nephew, Michael? I'm his housekeeper. Two days ago, I heard his nephew living in the countryside will come. It must be you. You're really like him!"
Hearing my words, the boy was first astonished, but then quickly said, "Has my uncle gone out? I think I'd better first go out for a walk and visit him again in a while."
I nodded and asked the boy who was preparing to put down the violin, "Do you like to play the violin so much?"
"Yes, but I'm so poor that I can't afford it," the boy replied.
"Then, I give this violin to you." The boy looked at me questioningly, but he picked up the violin. Going out to the living room, he suddenly saw on the wall my huge color photo I performed in the Sydney Opera House. He trembled(颤抖) for a moment and ran out without looking back.
I was sure that the boy had understood what happened because no one would decorate the living room with the housekeeper's photo.
A few years later, at a music competition of senior high school students in Melbourne, I was invited to judge the final. Finally, a violin player called Merritt won the first prize with his strength!
After the award, Merritt ran to me holding a violin box, excited, asked, "Mr. Brian, do you still know me? You have given me a violin, which I have been treasuring until today! Today, I can give back this violin to you without regret…" It turned out that he was "Mr. Ram's nephew Michael"!
Tears welled up in my eyes.
The time to form a new habit depends on the person, the habit itself, the environment, and the motivation. Generally speaking, 60 days is good enough for getting a new habit formed, but some habits could take twice as long. Some habits will never be formed no matter how much time passes. Even a habit that takes months or years to form can still be broken eventually.
Becoming an early riser was really challenging. I struggled with this habit for years to manage to form it. I do break this habit now and then, usually by choice to experience something different for a while. In the past 90 days, I have stayed in bed past 5 am perhaps only two or three times. It takes me less than a week to be back with it. Remembering the benefits surely helps.
In my 20s I was too impatient with many habits. If I couldn't get something working in a few weeks, I'd often drop it and try something else. Now that I'm in my late 40s, I have learned to think in a more practical way. I know that even if it takes many months or years to form a new habit, I am sure the habit could bring advantages for many years. It doesn't take me too long to think of carrying out the new habit, I just get it started. When you think about a habit that you have stuck to for many years, who cares if it took a few weeks or six months to form it?
Don't worry so much about how long it takes to form a habit. Instead, consider which habits could improve the quality of your life so that they are worthy of six months to get them formed. When a habit forms at last, it feels uncomfortable not to do it, and your day doesn't feel complete without it.
Scientists have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady. Plants in the deep darkness of a thick forest, where natural supplies are not very great in amount, won't attempt to top their neighbors in growth as those in moderate (中度的) shade do. In deep shade conditions, it would be a waste of energy and harmful to survival because green shoots would never be able to top their larger neighbors in growth.
So how do plants prevent such growth in deep shade conditions? The secret lies in the clocks inside them, say scientists from the John Innes Centre and the University of Bristol.
They have discovered that when plants notice deep shade, this changes the expression of genes in certain parts of the circadian clock (昼夜节律时钟) — the internal daily timer found in plants and other living things. These clock components perform an additional role in preventing plants from lengthening and overtopping neighbors.
The work identifies a previously unknown role of the circadian clock in controlling plant development, and the findings may have possible effects on both natural plant populations and crops. Professor Antony Dodd of the John Innes Centre said, "The biological clock of plants plays a big part in their development and fitness. This work casts new light on a new role of the circadian clock in adapting plants to competition with other plants in their environments." "It also gives us new insights into how plants adapt to very deep shade, where resources are very limited," said Professor Kerry Franklin at the University of Bristol.
This work provides evidence for the stability of the circadian clock in stressful environments, and information that may be useful in developing new generations of crops in a challenging climate.
Gratitude is not only an art in daily life, but also part of our traditional virtue (美德). Has your mother or friend told you that you're an ungrateful person? Do you feel unable to appreciate the world or people around you? Are you obsessed (着迷) with things you don't have instead of being thankful for what you do have? If so, then you will definitely need to work on being a more grateful person.
The proposal to show gratitude has been put forward in the last few decades. Although such encouragement is morally meaningful, it seems still to be too abstract . So, how can you make giving thanks part of your daily routine?
Stopping playing the victim is the first step you're supposed to take. If you want to be grateful, stop complaining to the world, your teachers, your friends and your family about not putting themselves in your shoes, and focus on how much they've helped and cared about you.
Volunteering in your community is another effective way to show how grateful you are for what the world has given you. Whether you're helping clean up a local park, working in a soup kitchen, or teaching children or adults in your community to learn to read, your viewpoints on life will change positively.
You shouldn't always be good only to your close friends or family members. You can help a neighbor look for a lost dog. You can also help an old lady carry her groceries. You don't have to search for these opportunities purposefully. Sometimes they will present themselves. So when they come, act with generosity. You'll be more grateful for your role played in the world.
A. You are likely to work hard to avoid these questions.
B. You may find yourself involved in one of these situations.
C. Gradually, you'll be more grateful for the chances to repay the society.
D
Doing an act of kindness is also a great way of practicing gratitude.
E. There are some tips that help make it possible for you to practice gratitude.
F. Ungrateful people are always blaming the world for the problems and owing all the faults to others.
G. When you reflect on your thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions, you are actually reflecting on your values.
Bella arrived at the parking lot at about 12:00 p.m. She 1 into her car, and began the 40-minute 2 home. She's just worked so much and felt quite 3. She almost drove on auto-pilot (自动驾驶仪). A few minutes later—wham! Out of nowhere a truck 4 her backward 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She sat in the car, injured by the hit.
As it happened, Peter was going to bed 5 he heard the loud noise of metal on metal and 6 glass coming from not far. As a volunteer firefighter, without 7Peter grabbed a flashlight and ran out. He came to the truck that had 8 Bella's. Once Peter concluded the driver was OK, he 9 himself and spotted Bella's car trapped on the railroad tracks. Just then he heard an urgent bell sound: a 10 was coming!
Peter 11 to Bella and knocked at the window. She just looked at him, her eyes 12. Peter thought he had to get her off right now. He pulled the handle 13, but the door was damaged and jammed shut. Peter ran to the passenger's side and threw open the door. He grabbed Bella's arms, and pulled her until he could 14her out and bring her to 15 behind a signal box a few feet away. Within six seconds, the train crashed into Bella's car!
I get so music that I am unaware of things happening round me.
Everything was switched off one clock.
The last act of the play was so touching that the whole audience was .
The children and went to attend the party
She carried an armload of boxes wrapped with green paper and red and silver ribbons.
People celebrate to show that they are grateful the year's supply of food.In ancient Egypt,the harvest festival was (celebrate) during the springtime——the Egyptian harvest season.It (feature) a parade and a great feast with music, dancing, and sports.Today, in some European countries, people decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit, get together to celebrate over a meal. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in China,families gather to admire the (shine) moon and enjoy delicious mooncakes.
At age 5，Lin Qiaozhi lost her mother, death affected her deeply. So at age 18，she chose to study medicine despite complaints from her brother. Graduating from PUMC, she (hire) as a resident physician of the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital and later the chief resident physician. Several years later,she was sent to study in Europe and then the US where she was invited to stay by her colleagues but she rejected (they)offer.The new People's Republic of China saw Dr Lin (play)a key role. "As doctors, we should be responsible for the patients and treat them as our sisters. "she told new stuff in her department.Though Lin Qiaozhi never married, she was respected the "mother of ten thousand babies", having delivered over 50,000 babies in her lifetime.
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