When it comes to the changes in our life, I always memorize my skating. I1 that no matter how much we enjoy doing something, at some point the one we enjoy comes to a 2 and we move on to our next life phase.
When I was a young boy growing up in New York, I enjoyed3 skating on the local ponds free of charge. Later, I4to enter a roller rink(溜冰场). As my years of roller skating began to5, I discovered that quite often I would be the oldest skater. That, how-ever, never6me because I figured that some-body had to be the youngest and somebody had to be the oldest. I just7to be the oldest.
About a year ago I was skating with a group of middle school students. But this time it was8. For the first time I was having trouble keeping my9and almost fell several times. My years of skating were
10over! I felt as if I had just lost my favourite11. That was when I was aware that there was more to roller skating than just the skating. I12to hand out skates to the students. If they were having a(n)13time trying to skate, I helped them with a smile and words of14. "The next time we come to skate I15that you will do much better because you have already16 the poorly part of skating."
Surprisingly, I don't miss skating. It's time to move on to another phase of it— the17phase. I have18those years on skating for joy. I'm smiling and laughing a lot19now. On the faces of others, I now get to see the20that I once had for roller skating.
Basic information about three classical movies
⒈Forrest Gump
"Stupid is as stupid does," says Forrest Gump(played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance)as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century...(Click here to show more)
Rating: PG-13(Under 13 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian )
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
Written By: Eric Roth
In Theaters: Jul 6, 1994 Wide
On Disc/Streaming: Aug 28, 2001
Box Office: $ 330,000,000
Runtime: 142 minutes
Studio: Paramount Pictures
⒉Rain Man
Self-centered, avaricious Californian Charlie Babbitt(Tom Cruise)is informed that his long-estranged father has died. Expecting at least a portion of the elder Babbitt's $ 3 million estate, Charlie learns that all he's inherited is his dad's prize roses and a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. Discovering that the $ 3 million is being held in trust for an unidentified party, Charlie heads to his home town of Cincinnati to ascertain who that party is. (Click here to show more)
Rating: R(Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Barry Levinson
Written By: Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow, David Rayfiel, Barry Levinson
In Theaters: Dec 16, 1988 Wide
On Disc/Streaming: Jan 1, 2000
Runtime: 133 minutes
Studio: MGM
⒊The Shawshank Redemption
In 1946, a banker named Andy Dufresne(Tim Robbins)is convicted of a double murder, even though he stubbornly proclaims his innocence. He's sentenced to a life term at the Shawshank State Prison in Maine, where another lifer, Ellis "Red" Redding(Morgan Freeman), picks him as the new recruit most likely to crack under the pressure. But...(Click here to show more)
Rating: R(Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
Genre: A Prison Drama
Directed By: Frank Darabont
Written By: Frank Darabont
In Theaters: Sep 10, 1994 Wide
On Disc/Streaming: Jan 27, 1998
Runtime: 142 minutes
Studio: Columbia Pictures
My day began on a definitely sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea(杜鹃花)bush. By the time I got outside, he'd broken it. "Can I take this to school today?" he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldn't see the tears gathering in my eyes.
The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If only my husband had just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan.
It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.
Somehow I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. As I finished hanging up the last of my husband's shirts, I looked at the clock. 2: 30. I was late. Jonathan's class let out at 2: 15 and I hurriedly drove to the school.
I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teacher's door and peered through the glass. She rustled through the door and took me aside. "I want to talk to you about Jonathan," she said.
I prepared myself for the worst. Nothing would have surprised me. "Did you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?" she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush and trying to hide the hurt in my eyes. "Let me tell you about yesterday," the teacher insisted. "See that little girl?" I watched the bright-eyed child laugh and point to a colorful picture taped to the wall. I nodded.
"Well, yesterday she was almost hysterical. Her mother and father are going through a nasty divorce. She told me she didn't want to live, she wished she could die. I watched that little girl bury her face in her hands and say loud enough for the class to hear, 'Nobody loves me'. I did all I could to comfort her, but it only seemed to make matters worse." "I thought you wanted to talk to me about Jonathan," I said.
"I do," she said, touching the sleeve of my blouse. "Today your son walked straight over to that child. I watched him hand her some pretty pink flowers and whisper, 'I love you.'"
I felt my heart swell with pride for what my son had done. I smiled at the teacher. "Thank you," I said, reaching for Jonathan's hand, "you've made my day."
Later that evening, I began pulling weeds from around my azalea bush. As my mind wandered back to the love Jonathan showed the little girl, a biblical verse came to me: "... these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." While my son had put love into practice, I had only felt anger.
I heard the familiar squeak of my husband's brakes as he pulled into the drive. I snapped a small limb bristling with hot pink azaleas off the bush. I felt the seed of love that God planted in my family beginning to bloom once again in me. My husband's eyes widened in surprise as I handed him the flowers. "I love you," I said.
5G, the fifth generation of wireless, promises lightning-fast download speeds and could lay foundation for high-tech advancements like self-driving cars. But like many new technologies, it's causing concern about potential health issues.
The first generation of wireless introduced mobile phones, and 2G brought texting. 3G laid the groundwork for smart-phones, and 4G allowed video streaming and more. 5G is expected to download data 20 times faster than its predessor(前任)，and some experts argue it could be much faster.
Too much of a good thing?
It's not just about streaming data faster, it's about streaming more of it. On a 5G network, a user can download a movie instantly, and data will flow between connected objects without delay. The amount of data people use on mobile devices has gone up 40 times since 2010 and is only expected to increase. 5G networks are wireless companies attempts to satisfy that demand.
Uncertain effects
The untested nature of 5G, and the extensiveness of its infrastructure(基础设施)has some worried that the increased exposure could have serious health effects. Wireless safety advocates(倡议人士)have called for more studies on the effects of the exposure, and one group is trying to stop the installment of 5G networks in Chicago's neighborhoods.
The federal government has safety rules that wireless companies must obey that limit human exposure to radio waves, including frequencies uses with 5G.
Wireless industry association CTIA says typical exposure to 5G infrastructure is comparable to Bluetooth devices and baby monitors, and there is no scientific evidence of negative health effects.
Still, assurances from government agencies and industry operators are not enough for Chicago resident Judy Blake. Additional studies on 5G's health impacts likely wouldn't soothe her either. She said, "People can't choose whether or not to be exposed to this radiation."
"I don't need another test. The only test that's going to happen now is people's lives," said Blake, 67.
Only time will tell?
Though little is known about the long-term health impact of the millimeter waves that 5G operates on, some research has shown short-term exposure could be problematic, said Joel Moskowitz, a public health expert at the University of California at Berkeley.
The eyes and sweat glands(腺体)are among several body parts studies have shown could be at risk. Moskowitz said. Insects and plant life could also be affected, he added.
The millimeter waves used in SG are absorbed by the upper layers of skin, potentially causing the temperature of the skin to rise, said Suresh Borkar, senior lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The effects of extended rises in skin temperature "become a big unknown," he said.
This isn't the first time people will come into contact with millimeter waves: They're also used in airport body scanners, said Lav Varshney, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Still, it's the first time the high- frequency waves will he used on such a scale, and concerns surrounding new technologies are common throughout history.
"When cars first started replacing horse-drawn carriages, people were afraid of what the health impacts of traveling at high speeds would be," Varshney said. "There has always been occurrence of this fear."
For famous photojournalist Sir Don McCullin, the landscape has changed since the days when dozens of printed pages were devoted to his photo stories, leading him to declare, "Photojournalism is dying." According to Sir Don McCullin, newspapers and magazines are much more interested in the wealthy, the glamorous and celebrities. They don't want suffering people in their newspapers. Photojournalism hasn't lost its way but it's been conveniently pushed aside. Shrinking editorial budgets, increasing competition and mistrust of the Press are just some of the factors impacting photojournalism. But the power of photography endures and technology is allowing photographers more creative freedom than ever before. The world is hungry for visual storytelling, but will photojournalism survive?
We spoke to photojournalists working in this industry about the state of affairs today, and asked their opinions about photojournalism in the digital age.
Ilvy Njiokiktjien
"Assignments have changed, so people don't need to go somewhere for months to work on one project. When Don McCullin's pictures were making it into the newspaper, his images would be the news. Now if I take a picture at Nelson Mandela's funeral, for instance, there are 300 other photographers there. There are so many images that you are never going to really shoot an iconic image. You're not the only one there—there are your colleagues and there are people with cellphones. I don't think a single image will ever lose its power. Single images, to me, are so strong—I can look at a single image and never forget it. But there are new ways of storytelling—with cellphones, with interactive online experiences and virtual reality. Therefore, it's important to see what matches the story."
Jérôme Sessini
"I think now we are freer than before because of technology. Besides, we don't care about the newspapers like people did before. We get free from the newspapers, so we are able to tell stories in the way we want to tell them. In my opinion, pictures can express emotions—I believe more in emotions than in rationality. I don't want to tell people, ‘this is like this', or ‘like that'. I want them to first feel something from the pictures, and then ask some questions. They will have to find the answers by themselves."
Magnus Wennman
"When I started, press photography was a pretty old-school profession, but today it's completely different. It's not about the technique any more. It's about telling stories, and you have endless opportunities to tell stories by means of pictures. If you are engaging in storytelling, I would say your future is very bright. Photojournalism is more democratic. As a matter of fact, nowadays we can see people shooting with their cellphones anywhere. Photojournalism is no longer the privilege of those working at newspapers. The new generation of photojournalists should work in a completely different way. As you see everywhere, visual storytelling is getting more and more important. If you're good at that, you're going to survive."
Daniel Etter
"A lot of people have been declaring that photojournalism is dead and, somehow, it's still around. It's still alive, and it's still kicking—maybe not quite as hard as in Don McCullin's days, but it's still important. It doesn't have the impact it once had, and it will never have that impact again. I always believe photography plays a role, but if there are better ways of telling visual stories, I'm fine with that. The biggest problem we are running into now is how to make others believe us. Look at how really basic facts are in question nowadays. To make our work a reliable source of information is our biggest challenge. I haven't figured out a way to make news more trustworthy—the only thing we can do is do good work. That means doing research and trying to represent events in a fair way."
On an average day most of us check our smartphones 47 times, and this habit clouds our judgment on what information to select and store, which might explain why it's time we should do things about the information we take in to form memories.
As simple as it sounds, the repetition of tasks-reading, or saying words over and over — continues to be the best method for transforming short-term memories into long-term ones. To do that, we have to retrain our minds to focus on one task at a time. Sadly, most turn a blind eye to this formula because we believe we're productive. New connections are made in your brain when you learn, so to remember what you learn, do what you probably did in your youth: Repeat words, thoughts and ideas over and over until you get them right.
Also, spaced repetition might be the best way. Quickly pushing facts into our brains leads us to forget them in the long term. When you review knowledge and practice it often, it sticks, a research has shown. So if you can include what you're trying to remember into daily life, ideally over time, your chances of keeping it significantly improve. But once you stop reviewing that knowledge, the retention(保留)drops greatly. To get past it, space out your repetition over a few days and test the effect yourself. But be careful: find a healthy interval that works. This is a good way to effectively start tackling a new language.
Sometimes, memory and focus usually go hand-in-hand. Dr. Cowan suggests rearranging our office setup as one way to improve focus. "The rebirth of the open workplace cannot be helping stay on task," Dr. Cowan said. Referring to work spaces without desks, physical barriers and privacy, but with a lot of playthings.
Multiple studies have found that procrastination(拖延)leads to stress and completely kills focus. Stop engaging in useless tasks like surfing the web and just handle whatever it is you need to work on. Then watch your focus increase quickly and your memory improve.
Memory is very cue(提示)dependent, "Mr. Schacter, a psychologist, said, referring to". Something he calls absent-minded memory failure. "Most say it could never happen to me, but it's a very long list of responsible people that it has happened to. When you don't have that cue, you can forget almost everything."
A simple way around that is to set reminders. Even better, combine a few of these techniques: Write your reminder on a post-it and put it on your desk so you're forced to repeatedly look at it over a long period, including the practice of spaced repetition.
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Current situation |
The use of smartphones makes it difficult to process the information, so we should do something to help it. |
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Ways of our memories |
Repeat the tasks until you the information you got in mind. It's sad that the majority the repetition because we assume we're productive. |
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Put what you want to remember into daily life and you will remember them. Go over and practice what you've learned at. |
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Be sure not to doing things necessary to handle. Give special to what you need to focus on rather than deal with other things. |
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Absent-minded failure may affect almost anything if you're not of it. Build on the memory with the of many techniques. |
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Be aware of the situation you're in and take targeted measure to form memories, or you're likely to pay the price. |
