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I like to travel. I have been fortunate enough to make trips to half a dozen countries in Europe. I enjoy seeing new things, experiencing other cultures and m 1.new people. My wife and I recently came back from a driving trip that covered more than 17, 000 kilometers and a little more than six weeks on the road. It was a wonderful adventure filled with new sights and s2..
We're home now and have settled back into our daily routine of life. We live in a small town, so there are not the same sorts of attractions o3.in a big city. That does not, of course, mean there is nothing to do, just that we don’t have the big shows and all the shops and other activities a city can provide. Actually, our town is a f4.place where people say hello to you on the street whether they know you or not, a place where you can walk to almost anywhere you want to go and leave the car at home and a place where being outside is usually very nice because we have generally good weather.
I find that when I am at home, particularly for a while when we have just r5.from a trip, I feel very pleased. Perhaps it is because everything around me is familiar and the daily routine is so much the same that I can move through it almost without thinking. Perhaps it is because our friends are here, because we can have meals at home instead of always being in restaurants a6.it's nice to let someone else do the cooking and because I can sleep in my own bed. There are times I think it would be nice to simply stop travelling and stay home.
We will travel again and we feel fortunate to be able to do so. It's a wonderful world and we want to see as much of it as we can. S7., one of the best things about travelling for me is coming home. I'm very content here even if it is difficult to say exactly why.
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Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, s1. walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
In o2. to realize their wish, they started by talking to bookstore owners and researching（调查） the industry. One figure caught their attention: they’d read some- where that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries（推理小说）, and many buyers spent more than 300 a year on books. Mary and Richard were t3. mystery readers and owned a big collection of such books.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Cafe near their home. With three children in college it was i4. for the couple to spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to a5. customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to d6. their stories. Today Mystery Lovers make sales of about 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an e7. life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.
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Christmas means different things to different people. To some people, it means bright packages under a Christmas tree. To others. it means family get together to have a wonderful meal. To Christians. it means Jesus's birthday. Christmas also means giving a helping hand to people in need. Although people are busy s 1. for presents and sending Christmas cards, they take time to help others.
In America and around the world, Christmas offers many chances to spread "peace on earth, goodwill toward men". For example, some people stand outside malls and stores collecting m 2. for the needy. Many churches and other organizations collect toys and clothes as Christmas gifts for poor families. Going caroling （唱圣诞颂歌) is another traditional way to bring cheer to neighbors--e 3. the elderly and people who can't get out much. The Christmas spirit encourages people to help each other in many different ways.
The spirit of helping others isn't l 4. to Christmas. However. People help others year-round. Many organizations like The Make a Wish Foundation exist just to help others. It gives dying children a chance to have their dream come true. Thousands of people spend their time serving as v 5. in hospitals, homeless shelters and schools. As the old saying goes, "Charity begins at home"-but it doesn't s 6. there. Americans are keen on helping needy people in other countries. as well. Many American organizations reach out to suffering people in other countries. For a certain amount per month, people can provide needy children with food, clothing and education.
As long as there are people in need, helping others will remain an important task. Americans are not the only ones who believe in helping others. People in every culture recognize that being h 7. is one of the greatest virtues(美德)in life. as well as one of the sweetest joys. The Christmas season is a great time to renew our promise to help people in need. We never know when we might need a little help.
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We might love to tell others about our unusual experiences—that time we climbed Mount Everest, tasted some rare food or ran into a famous person on the street. But new research suggests：that if we s1. these unusual experiences with others, it may bring something uncomfortable.
"Unusual experiences are pleasant in the moment but can cause social t2. in the long run, "says psychological scientist Gus Cooney of Harvard University. "Some people mistakenly thought that having an unusual experience would make them the star. But they were wrong, because to be unusual is to be different from other people, and social interaction is based on something similar. "
"We all h3. to have experiences that are fine and rare, and when we get what we want, we are always eager to tell our friends. But I've noticed that conversations always seem to develop well on more ordinary topics." Cooney explains. " This made me wonder if unusual experiences were r4. as lovely as we had thought. "
To find out, Cooney and his colleagues had 68 people come to the lab in groups of f5.. In each group, one person was asked to watch a popular video of a street magician performing for a crowd, while the other three people were asked to watch an ordinary animated video. After watching the videos, the people sat around a table and had a five-minute free conversation.
After the group discussion, the people who watched the magician's performance felt w6. than those who watched the animated video, because they felt they were not included during the discussion.
This finding suggests that we ought to give more thought in choosing what to talk about with others. If an experience turns you into someone who has n7. in common with others, then no matter how good it is, it won't make you comfortable in the long run.
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We might love to tell others about our unusual experiences—that time we climbed Mount Everest, tasted some rare food or ran into a famous person on the street. But new research suggests：that if we s1. these unusual experiences with others, it may bring something uncomfortable.
"Unusual experiences are pleasant in the moment but can cause social t2. in the long run, "says psychological scientist Gus Cooney of Harvard University. "Some people mistakenly thought that having an unusual experience would make them the star. But they were wrong, because to be unusual is to be different from other people, and social interaction is based on something similar. "
"We all h3. to have experiences that are fine and rare, and when we get what we want, we are always eager to tell our friends. But I've noticed that conversations always seem to develop well on more ordinary topics." Cooney explains. " This made me wonder if unusual experiences were r4. as lovely as we had thought. "
To find out, Cooney and his colleagues had 68 people come to the lab in groups of f5.. In each group, one person was asked to watch a popular video of a street magician performing for a crowd, while the other three people were asked to watch an ordinary animated video. After watching the videos, the people sat around a table and had a five-minute free conversation.
After the group discussion, the people who watched the magician's performance felt w6. than those who watched the animated video, because they felt they were not included during the discussion.
This finding suggests that we ought to give more thought in choosing what to talk about with others. If an experience turns you into someone who has n7. in common with others, then no matter how good it is, it won't make you comfortable in the long run.
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At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It's a very goodw___1.___of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring（获得）experiences. It helps travellers g__2.___a lot. Travel can make our minds become much w__3.__.
But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing r___4.__ on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time a__5.____ has affected people's mind. For example, they found that the students who lived in foreign countries for a longer period were better at s__6.__ problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can w___7._ up your mind and make it more active . H___8.____ , that doesn't mean the more places you've been, the more creative you'll become. Another group of professors have been doings__9.___ research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn't have enough time to immerse（使……沉浸）t___10.___ in a new place and a new culture. They weren't as creative as the people who spent the time really getting to know a place. You have to interact with the places you go to and then you can benefit from it.
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American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone p_________ (2) you the salt on the table, when someone walking before you k_________ (3) the door open for you, when someone s________ (4) you have done your work well, or you have b__________ (5) a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brother and sisters, husbands and wives.
“Excuse me” is another s___________ (7) sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that someone wants to walk p__________ (8) you. It is not polite to b__________ (9) others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough(咳嗽) or make any u____________ (10) noise before others.
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When making a promise, why do Chinese people like to hook pinkies (勾小指)?
In China, children like to make promises and show their t1. in each other by hooking pinkies with each other. They then say, “A pinkie promise must be k2. for 100 years.” Maybe you used to hook pinkies with your buddies, didn’t you?
No one is sure how long this h3.has remained and where it comes from. It’s said that it has something to do with the role of fingers in Chinese c4.. As we all know, the Chinese character for “finger” has the s5. pronunciation as a character that means “aim” or “purpose” . The latter can sometimes refer to someone’s thoughts. So hooking fingers can be seen a6.the exchanging of thoughts. And it shows that the two believe in each other.
That might be why the fingers play an important part in making promises. Chinese people not only use them to complete a promise, it is also common for some ancient people to cut fingers w7. making a blood oath (歃血盟). When someone swears (发誓), they use their finger to p8. to the sky.
Generally speaking, people hook fingers when they are making a serious promise. In some gangster (黑帮) movies, if a person breaks a promise, p9. he or she will have their little finger cut off!
Of course, this kind of thing is not very likely to happen in r10. life. But we can still see how important “pinkie promises” can be.
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Life affects friendships. As we grow, marry, fight in wars, move across the country or change jobs, old friendships fall away and new ones form. As long as we live, the things a1. us change, and as long as things change, friendships are affected.
When we were children, we had best friends. No matter what h2., we were still friends. We live our lives, however, and do what life calls for us to do, and as we get older, memories fade, faces blur, and ever friends’ names from childhood are f3..
Do you have a question about friendship? Do you wonder what to do with a friend who is no longer friendly? Perhaps you will see that you can’t control o4.. If someone wants to be your friend, it is their choice. All you can do is to treat them well and do the best for them when you are w5. them. Then you wish them well when they leave.
You can talk to old timers and they will tell you that life is f6. of incredible joy and incredible sorrow, and that what bothers you today will one day becomes a m7. and the sting will be gone. Seniors might tell you that you will learn more as you get older. They will tell you that friendships come and friendships go. It’s the way life works, after all.
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A rare experience
Imagine the situation. You’re walking down the crowded high street and s1. a complete stranger stops you and says, “Hi! You were on the beach in the south of Spain six years ago. How are you doing?” This stranger isn’t necessarily m 2. . He or she might be a “super - recogniser”. These are people who have the unusual ability to recognise people they have seen only once -- a long time ago, maybe in a crowed.
Whatever the differences in looks
It doesn’t matter what the person looks like now. People change, get different hair styles, dye their hair or go grey. Wrinkles, new glasses and makeups give them new a3. , but the “super - recognisers” can still recognise them.
An inborn skill
Although scientists have known for a long time that about 2% of people suffer from face - blindness, which means that they have huge problems recognising faces, they are only new realising that some people are the exact o 4. .Tests have shown that a “super - recogniser” can identify people that they only saw for a brief moment -- and this is not an ability that we can d5. , it’s something we are born with.
A great h 6.
The police are starting to use “super - recognisers” to spot criminal faces in videos of crowds. They look for people with a specific build and facial features like beards and moustaches but they can even recognise quite o7.people, with no noticeable features at all. As well as surprising our holidaymaker in Spain six years later, this ability can be used for a very practical purpose indeed.