A Go to a party. B. Work on a paper. C. Have a meal with the man.
Various sports attract fans for different reasons: Spectator sports draw even more fans who just love to watch. Here are some of the most beloved sports worldwide.
Hockey-2 billion fans
Hockey, both on ice and on a field, wins a following of two billion enthusiastic fans worldwide. Field hockey is mainly played in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, while ice hockey is particularly popular in Canada and the US, where kids grow up playing pond hockey. Unlike ice hockey, field hockey usually does not involve body contact in the form of checking and hitting.
Football-4 billion fans
Football, better known as soccer in the US, is by far the most popular sport in the world. Experts estimate that the origin (起源) of football may go as far back as two thousand years, beginning in ancient China during the Han Dynasty. One major reason for football's global popularity is that unlike other sports that require expensive equipment, all you need to play football is a ball and your feet.
Volleyball-900 million fans
Volleyball pits two teams across a high net, each attempting to smash the ball onto the opponent's floor. A popular variant, beach volleyball, is competed on sand by pairs rather than the regular six players per team. The crowd appeal of beach volleyball has grown greatly in recent years.
Tennis-1 billion fans
An estimated one billion people worldwide follow professional tennis tournaments and matches. In tennis, players on both sides of a net try to hit a ball with a racket so that it either goes past their opponent (对手) or bounces twice on their opponent's side of the court to score points. Tennis superstars like Rafael Nadal, and Serena Williams are now household names around the world, with huge international fan bases.
In 1867, Caroline Shawk Brooks and her husband, Samuel, had a farm in Arkansas. Life on the farm was not easy. From sunrise to sunset, Caroline and Samuel milked cows, gardened, and picked cotton. This left Caroline no time for her dream of becoming an artist.
Time was not the only problem. Money was a worry too. The cotton crops were failing. What could Caroline and Samuel do?
Caroline decided to make butter (黄油) from their cows'milk and sell it at market. But other farms also made and sold butter. How would Caroline set her butter apart from the rest? This is where Caroline's artistic talent came in. To draw attention to her butter, she began making small butter sculptures (雕塑). She used many different tools, such as butter paddles (搅拌器的浆叶), broom straws, and tree sticks. She also put the butter in a shallow tin pan, which sat in a larger tin pan filled with ice to stop the butter sculpture from melting.
Caroline's butter sculptures were a hit. Before long, she was displaying them at fairs and exhibitions. One of her largest butter sculptures was a life-size statue called A Study in Butter. It was transported all the way to Paris for the 1878 world's fair.
Caroline also made sculptures using marble (大理石). She eventually opened a studio in New York City where she created many marble sculptures, some of which were shown at the 1893 world's fair in Chicago.
But Caroline never stopped making butter art. She considered butter a superior material to work with. At the 1893 fair, she also displayed her butter techniques with a sculpture of Christopher Columbus.
Caroline Shawk Brooks died in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1913. She is remembered as the first known American butter sculptor.
We're all familiar with the feeling―it usually starts with a little itch (痒) deep inside the nose. Next comes the awareness that it's going to happen. Then, achoo! Air rushes out of our nose at a shocking 100 miles per hour, bursting out whatever was causing the itch. The high-pressure from a sneeze (喷嚏) has led some people to think that if we didn't close our eyes, they could be pushed out.
For decades, countless people have tested the theory. When finding it almost impossible to keep their eyes open while sneezing, many have concluded that the theory must be true. If you try it yourself, the possibilities are that your eyes are still where they belong. That's because they are held firmly by the muscles in the eyes. Furthermore, increased pressure from sneezing actually builds up in the blood vessels (血管), which may cause vessels to break but may not be possible to push the eyeballs out.
Why did this theory start, anyway? Some say that it all began in 1882, when the New York Times reported an incident of a woman who burst one of her eyeballs during a sudden sneeze. Others point at the fact that different high-pressure experiences, such as childbirth, can cause blood vessels in the eyes to break out. Still others say that closing our eyes when we sneeze shows the theory is true. Scientists, on the other hand, explain that we close our eyes for the same reason we sneeze ― to prevent unwanted things from entering our bodies. Either way, as far as we know, there are no actual recorded cases of anyone losing an eyeball because of a sneeze, so don't lose any sleep over it!
It's 1: 45 a. m, and 21-year-old Thomas Murphy is studying for an important exam. To stay awake, he's had two cups of coffee in the last three hours and is now downing a popular energy drink which also has caffeine.
Caffeine is present in many of the foods and drinks we consume (消耗), but is it good for us? Charles Czeisler, a scientist and sleep expert at Harvard Medical School, believes that caffeine causes us to lose sleep. "Without enough sleep — the typical eight hours -the human body will not work at its best, physically, mentally, or emotionally. " Too often, Czeisler says, we consume caffeine to stay awake, which later makes it impossible for us to get the rest we need.
A number of scientists believe that regular caffeine use causes physical dependence. Heavy caffeine users show similar behaviors. For example, they get mild to severe headaches, or they feel tired or sad when they can't have a caffeinated drink. To reduce or stop these feelings, users must consume caffeine, which is characteristic of drug addiction.
Despite these concerns, the general opinion in the scientific field is that caffeine is not dangerous when one or two small cups of coffee per day are consumed. Furthermore, a lot of current research goes against long-held negative beliefs about caffeine, and suggests that it may, in fact, have health benefits. For example, studies have shown that caffeine can help ease pain and help improve one's mood. Research has also shown that some caffeinated drinks can help the body fight a number of illnesses, including certain types of cancer.
Caffeine's behavioral effects are real, but most often mild. Getting that burst of energy, of course, is why many of the world's most popular drinks contain caffeine. Whether it's a student drinking coffee before class or a businessperson enjoying tea with lunch, humankind's favorite stimulant (兴奋剂) is at work every day, all over the world.
Becoming a super learner is one of the most important skills you need to succeed in the 21st century. In the age of technological change, staying ahead depends on continual self-education - a lifelong mastery of new skills, and ideas.
Super learners read a lot.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It gives us the freedom to travel through space and time, and offers a deeper view of ideas and knowledge. In fact, many of the most successful people share this appreciation for reading.
Super learners view learning as a process.
Learning is a journey, a discovery of new knowledge, not a destination. It's an enjoyable lifelong process that super learners value. Instead, they keep mastering new principles, processes, worldviews, thinking models, etc. The "ongoing and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge is important for their growth.
Keeping your brain healthy keeps it sharp. What you do or don't do for your brain can significantly change how you record and process information. Everyone wants to live an active life for as long as possible, which depends on brain health. Fruit, vegetables and protein from fish can slow the decline and protect a healthy brain.
Super learners take short breaks, early and often.
According to recent research, taking short breaks, carly and often, is likely to help you learn things better. "Anything less than 30 is just not enough, but anything more than 50 is too much information for your brain to take in at one time, " they say.
A. They don't have an end goal. B. Super learners have a growth mindset. C. Super learners take care of their brains. D. Experts recommend 30-50 minutes sessions. E. Better learing approaches can make the learning process enjoyable. F. If you aim to learn a new skill, some of these habits can be useful for you. G. Elon Musk grew up reading two books a day, and Bill Gates reads 50 books per year. |
It's strange, but I don't really remember the hurricane (飓风）itself. It all happened so 1 . I was sitting in my room when the roof (屋顶) just2 . All of a sudden, there was the sky where the roof had been and I was very 3 . Without a roof, staying inside was really4 . It was August, so it was really hot and it smelled so 5 everywhere because much rotten food was thrown on the streets! Living in the 6 air, we became breakfast, lunch and supper for the mosquitos(蚊子). We had lost our home and everything in it. But Mom kept on7 us that whatever happened, we should always try to see the good side of things. Anyway, we were all together and safe. Mom's words made us feel 8 . I remember us all lying under the midnight 9 and looking up at the stars. Even though we had lost a lot, moments like those gave us 10 for the future.
Although it was only a few days before we were 11 , it felt like months. We were taken to another town in a faraway county. Now, one year has 12 and I'm back home in New Orleans. We are working together to 13 our home and our lives. Now we have another chance to look up at the 14 of New Orleans, their beauty inspiring us and giving us15 to move on.
On the (one) day of my high school life in the USA, I showed a great interest in one of the (lecture), marketing lecture. My teacher, Mrs. Tolman, (recommend) that I should register a national marketing club (call) DECA which attracts many students with interest in business. So I did. The biggest challenge was (collect) money for the marketing competition later in the year by selling candles. Mrs. Tolman said the competition was due in a week and that 40 percent of the income would go into my personal account, made me(addict) to the selling. At beginning, I tried to sell some candles to my host mom. She said that if I could show the candles (confident) and do a wonderful sales presentation, she would certainly buy some. I started my topic with a firm handshake. Then I focused all the different kinds of candles and the special sales I could offer and convinced her that our candles were the best choice for gifts and home decorations. Finally she bought three candles.
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When I was six, I played my first soccer game. It was a real game, complete with coaches, uniforms, and parents cheering from the sidelines.
Our two teams, Team One and Team Two, seemed pretty evenly matched, at least in the beginning. The first period ended without a single goal scored by either side. We were all still learning how to play the game properly, and our inexperience ran through this part. We stumbled over the ball, tripped over our own feet, and often completely missed our kicks. But what mattered most was that we were having fun, pure and simple.
The second quarter brought a significant change in the game. Our coach decided to pull out most of our starting players and put in the substitutes (替补), except for me—I was left guarding the goal. On the other side, Team Two's coach decided to keep their best players on the field, which made things even more challenging for us. It seemed that winning suddenly become essential, even for us six-year-olds.
Team Two started to rule the game, and I found myself surrounded by their players whenever they came near our goal. I was determined to do my best, but it was tough. I couldn't match the skills of three or four other really good players. Team Two began to score, one goal after another. I threw myself in front of the ball with all the energy I could gather, trying desperately to stop them but in vain.
The pressure was mounting, and I could feel my frustration building with every goal that slipped past me. I shouted, I ran, and I dove, but they kept scoring. I gave it everything I had, but it seemed useless.
My parents were there on the sidelines, and I could see them in the crowd. As the game progressed, I could see the change in my father's expression. He had been urging me to try harder, yelling advice and encouragement from the sidelines, but now he seemed different. I could see the pain in his eyes, the pain he felt seeing me struggle. It made me want to cry.
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Team Two scored their fourth goal, and it was half-time break.
In that moment, what my father said meant the world to me.
