If you like the idea of being able to read much faster, remember more easily, and being more creative, this list of Tony Buzan's books might be inspirational to get you started.
Study Skills Handbook
This book does not focus only on reading efficiency but also covers the subjects of memory improvement and mind mapping. It is an absolute must for students of all ages.
Speed Reading
This popular book explains the principles of efficient reading. It allows you to improve your reading and retention (记忆力) skills immediately. The book gets right down to the practical matter of learning to read fast and remember what you have read.
The Mind Map Book
The Mind Map Book is a ground-breaking work on the basics of mind mapping suitable for everyone and introduces revolutionary techniques for planning and note-taking. It is one of Tony Buzan's books that have taken the world by storm, selling more than 250 million copies. This guide will teach you how to use your brain properly and to maximum effect and additionally contains numerous practical exercises.
Use Your Head
Use Your Head is for those of you that feel as if you have not been able to reach your full potential. In this book, Tony Buzan teaches you how to think and learn from all possible sources of learning. You will also increase your creativity and your problem-solving abilities. Use Your Head has been translated into 27 different languages and is one of the most popular and best-selling Tony Buzan's books on every continent. You will most certainly gain valuable advice on how to achieve your mental potential fully.
Chelsea Sodaro is a 34-year-old new mom who recently won the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, in the professional women's field. Just 18 months after giving birth to her daughter, Skylar, the professional triathlete won the intense competition.
The IRONMAN World Championship required contestants to complete a difficult race — a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. A resident in Reno, Nevada told Fox News Digital, "The IRONMAN World Championship is the most important part of our sport. All the best athletes show up ready to throw down".
Sodaro, shockingly, had only ever completed one IRONMAN prior to the World Championship — in June 2022. With just one other full IRONMAN finished, Chelsea Sodaro had to train hard for the championship. The preparation for a race like this can range depending on the competitor, but for Sodaro, preparation was the key to her massive success. The triathlete trains roughly 25–30 hours a week across all areas of the race: swimming, biking and running. Training athletes like her also tend to lift weights and gain muscle to help them succeed in the race.
However, this particular competition proved to be a challenge beyond the physical training aspect.
Sodaro said the Big Island of Hawaii had unique climate conditions that required additional training on her part. But during the days leading up to the race day, Sodaro said she was very nervous. But she said that right before the race began, she felt a sense of peace. "I poured so much into my work, and my family made a lot of sacrifices to get me to the start line in one piece. I knew that I was ready to have a great day," she said.
So how did Sodaro make it to the finish line first? She said she stayed focused and didn't panic when things went wrong.
Sodaro crossed the finish line at 8:33:46. That made her the first rookie (新选手) to win the IRONMAN World Champion in 15 years and the first American in over 25 years.
Scientists of the University of Chicago have discovered a way to create a material that can be made like a plastic, but conducts electricity more like a metal. The research, published in Nature, shows how to make a kind of material in which the molecular (分子) pieces are disordered, but can still conduct electricity extremely well.
This goes against all of the rules we know about conductivity — to a scientist, it's kind of seeing a car driving on water and still going 70 mph. The finding could be extraordinarily useful; if you want to invent something revolutionary, the process often first starts with discovering a completely new material.
To the scientists' astonishment, the material easily and strongly conducted electricity. What's more, it was very stable. "We heated it, cooled it, exposed it to air and in a wet environment, and even dropped acid and alkali (酸和碱) on it, and nothing happened," said Xie, the first author on the paper. That is enormously helpful for a device that has to function in the real world.
But to the scientists, the most striking thing was that the molecular structure of the material was disordered. "From a fundamental picture, that should not be able to be a metal," said Anderson, the senior author on the study. "There isn't a solid theory to explain this." One of the material's attractive characteristics is that it has new options for processing. For example, metals usually have to be melted in order to be made into the right shape for a chip or device, which limits what you can make with them, since other components of the device have to be able to withstand (承受) the heat needed to process these materials.
The new material has no such limitation because it can be made at room temperatures. It can still be used where the need for a device or pieces of the device to withstand heat, acid or alkali, or a wet environment has previously limited engineers' options to develop new technology.
Every year, millions of birds fly between Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental mountains and the Gulf of Mexico from August to November to escape cold temperatures, giving rise to an event known as the "River of Raptors", which brings hundreds of foreign birdwatchers to the coastal area of Veracruz.
"Many of my customers have been at other famous bird migration (迁徙) sites but say they have never seen anything as grand as the ‘River of Raptors' in Veracruz," said Steven Koevoet, a birdwatching guide who has shown visitors places in Yucatan and Veracruz for over 25 years.
Yet the yearly event has not led to a large increase in ecotourism. Critics suggest the lack of increased ecotourism is mainly caused by Mexico's failure to encourage tourism away from its beach resorts (旅游胜地). Environmentalists believe high levels of violence and environmentally unfriendly practices are also problems for developing ecotourism in the states of Chiapas and Veracruz. Violence has stopped birdwatching for years in some places, where the activity was an important source of income for local communities.
But, environmental groups, universities and farmers in Veracruz are trying to change this. Angel Viveros, a rancher (大农场主), uses land owned by his family for activities including birdwatching, horse riding, skydiving and hiking. Supported by the non-profit group Pronatura Veracruz, which studies and counts the birds in the yearly migration, he is now receiving hundreds of visitors yearly. Local coffee producers organize coffee tastings and educational talks about the importance of birds in spreading seeds. A green, bird-friendly stamp for those producers could be the next step. One retiree who has been visiting Veracruz since 2002 had this to say, "Apart from feeling the physical relaxation, it is like something spiritual ... there are no words to describe what it feels like to see the river of birds."
Everyone needs friendship to survive. How do we strengthen the existing friendships in our lives? Here some experts offer the following tips.
Show your affection to your friends.
We often think of affection as a sort of love in romantic relationships. It's about communicating love and appreciation. There are many ways you can show love to your friends. Tell them how much they mean to you. These simple acts show you genuinely care for them and let them know it's safe to invest in your friendship.
Be generous to your friends.
Think about what your skills and talents are and find a way to turn them into a generous act. Sharing your time, attention or resources with them is an easy way to develop your friendships. People want to stay with friends who value them, and generosity is a way to express that. You can share acts of generosity with your friends. If you're great with kids, you might offer to babysit for your friends who are parents.
Think about how good it feels to tell a friend you secretly like a trashy (无聊的) TV show and hear them respond "Me too!" We feel a deeper connection to our friends when our vulnerability (脆弱) is met with support. It means they accept us for who we really are, the good and the bad. So don't be afraid to share your struggles with your friends. It may bring you closer.
Face conflict bravely.
But being able to deal with conflict with friends in a healthy, constructive way can strengthen your friendships. It might be painful at first, but it shows you want to make your relationship better.
A. Share your struggles and joys.
B. It's hard to deal with conflict in friendships.
C. And remind them you are grateful to know them.
D. But it's more than holding hands and kissing.
E. It is more likely to build deep, long-lasting friendships.
F. Start by telling your friends how much you value them.
G. If you get a raise at work, treat your friends to a fancy dinner.
Actor Anthony Anderson has realized a dream 30 years in the making. The 51-year-old1 a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University last week. "It was all a dream! Words fail to 2 the feeling I'm having right now," Anderson wrote on a social media platform. "My proudest moment is a sense of 3 — finishing what I started many years ago."
Anderson finished his junior year at Howard 30 years ago. 4 some financial difficulties, he had to ask for a 5 from school. He worked hard to make a 6 . Later he started a family and his career 7 . He played the starring roles in many films and became a
8 . The following years he was occupied in his work and didn't return to school. It was something he always felt 9 about — until his son, Nathan, gained 10 to Howard four years ago. That inspired his longing for university study, so he was 11 to go back and finish his degree.
"This spring I was 12 able to finish the work to graduate from Howard University," Anderson said. He marked it as a 13 by calling it "a full-circle moment" and 14 his fans, "It's never too late. Things happen when they're supposed to happen!" Anderson, now a father of two, plans to 15 his education and go to graduate school for a master's degree.
If you've got children, then London is a great place which you can take them because there is no shortage of family-friendly museums and (attract). All these places will educate and entertain your children so that they won't even realize that they (learn) something already in the process.
The Science Museum is just brilliant. Science (forget) by many kids today who seem far more interested in their electronic devices but this museum will really cause them (know) that science has built and will build the world around them. They can jump into a flight simulator (模拟器), or see gravity works in this great and busy museum. The Natural History Museum is similar, with huge dinosaurs to amaze you as you enter, and then galleries of the (tiny) creatures in the world like hummingbirds.
If you've already done with the big museums, then you might prefer delight (find) in visiting the Museum of the Home which takes you to learn about a detailed history of 400 years of the British home. For the bookworms among you, the Charles Dickens Museum will (undoubted) provide more background on the great author. And the exhibit in the Tower of London will be must for those interested in jewels (珠宝).
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John and Nancy were left with their grandmother Linda after their mom was hospitalized for illness. They were curious about when they could finally see their mom. "The hospital won't allow her to leave until all of her medical bills are settled. I have given your mom all I could, but there's still a large amount that we need to pay off," Linda explained. John and Nancy missed their mom a lot and wanted her to come back home as soon as possible.
"What if we put up a lemonade stand (摊位), John?" Nancy asked her older brother. "We can pick the lemons from the garden and make fresh juice out of them," she suggested. Her brother smiled, "That's a great idea, Nancy!" From then on, John and Nancy stayed outside the entire afternoon after school selling lemonade. A week went by, they only managed to earn ten dollars.
On Saturday morning, they sat on the side of the yard, looking worried. After a couple of seconds, their silent pondering (沉思) was interrupted by loud police sirens. "Hey, fellas!" one of the policemen greeted. "My colleague Jacob said that his neighbor had a lemonade stand in front of their yard." The two children nodded. "I'm sorry, officer. But I didn't think there would be anything wrong with that. Besides, we didn't earn a lot," John tried to explain.
"Don't worry. You're not in trouble. I bought a cup of it from you two the other day, remember? I asked why you were selling lemonade, and you told me it was to raise funds to get your mom out of the hospital," Jacob interrupted upon seeing John and Nancy looked nervous.
"I told my friends over here, and we decided we wanted to help. Come to the back of the police car, and we have something to show you," Jacob told the kids. They slowly made their way to the back of one of the police cars and saw a nicely-painted wooden lemonade stand. "That's beautiful!" Nancy said in surprise.
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"There's a big food festival downtown today, and we got you a stand." Jacob said. "Why not go there and give it a shot?" …… There was a large crowd eager to buy lemonade. |
