Here's one very simple but lifechanging advice that I first heard from Brian Tracy. Cut down on the TV at night by just one hour. Instead, use that hour to read books that could improve your life.
If you're a salesman, google for the best and most useful books on improving your sales.
This applies(适用) to all fields, not just the work-related(与工作相关的) ones. Maybe you want to improve your health, become a more energetic person. Or maybe you want to improve your study, your relations or perhaps do some personal development.
One hour a day is not much. But if you read for one hour a day on weekdays, that's about 260 hours a year. That's a large number of books and a lot of useful advice.
If you follow the ideas, who knows what great things and feelings could come into your life. Also, all that information and advice will start to open up your mind. You will start to see more chances in your life.
Now, you might think something like this:
1. I really don't have the money...
Answer: Visit your public library or search the database(数据库). Or look for books that are used in places like amazon.com.
2. I really don't have the time...
Answer: Buy audiobooks and listen to them in the car while driving to and from work. Or copy them to your MP3-player and listen while riding your bike /bus to work or school. Recently selling audiobooks through MP3-downloads has become popular...
Shut off the TV a little earlier and start reading.
1.What is Brian Tracy’s lifechanging advice about?
A. Watching TV. B. Listening to MP3.
C. Surfing the internet.D. Reading helpful books.
2.If you’d like to improve your work, you should_______ according to the writer.
A. read work-related booksB. become more energetic
C. improve your study D. improve your relations
3.Which is NOT true about reading an hour a day?
A. It will open up your mind.
B. You will have about 260 hours a year to read.
C. You will read lots of books and get much useful advice.
D. It will probably bring great things and feelings into your life.
4.What should you do if you really don't have the money to read?
A. To buy some books from amazon.com.
B. To download MP3 free.
C. To visit the public library.
D. To borrow audiobooks and listen to them.
5.What is the writer’s idea about audiobooks?
A. They are more useful.
B. Listening to audiobooks is easier than reading books.
C. It’s dangerous to listen to audiobooks while driving or riding.
D. Audiobooks are a good solution to the problem of having no time to read.
My friend Matt and I arrived at the Activity Centre on Friday evening. The accommodation wasn't wonderful,but we had everything we needed(beds,blankets,food),and we were pleased to be out of the city and in the fresh air.
On Saturday morning we met the other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two friends,Kevin and Simon,while sisters Carole and Lynn had come with Amanda. There were some other members I didn't know. We had come from different places and none of us knew the area.
We knew we were going to spend the weekend outdoors,but none of us was sure exactly how. Half of us spent the morning caving while the others went rock-climbing and then we changed at lunchtime. Matt and I went to the caves(岩洞) first. Climbing out was harder than going in,but after a good deal of pushing, we were out at last. Though we were covered with mud,we were pleased and excited by what we'd done.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案。
1. The writer spent the Saturday morning _____.
A. rock-climbing
B. sleeping
C. meeting friends
D. caving
2.There were _____ members in all in the writer's group.
A. 6 B. 8 C. l0 D. 12
3.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. some of the group had been there before
B. the group had done rock-climbing many times
C. some of the group already knew each other
D. group all came from the same city
4.The write thought her weekend was _____.
A. interesting B. relaxing
C. frightening D. unpleasant
5.This passage mainly talks about ____.
A. the writer's friends at the Activity Centre
B. the writer's experience at the Activity Centre
C. outdoor sports at the Activity Centre
D. how to go rock-climbing and caving
Beijing Travel Company Beijing-Singapore: four days in Singapore Website; www. beijingtour. com Telephone: 010一62617788
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Miramber Hotel Restaurant & Cafe, Swimming pool, KTV, Clothing store, Reading room |
Travel Plans Day 1: Morning: land at Singapore Changi Airport Afternoon: take a bus tour of the island Evening: have a party in the KTV Day 2: Morning: visit the Handicraft Center and the National Museum Afternoon: take the car to Sentosa Island(圣淘沙岛) Day 3: Morning: take a walking tour of old Singapore, including Chinatown Afternoon: take a boat trip around the island Day 4: Morning: free time for shopping Evening: return by air
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Date of Departure(出发) Price August 16, 2012 ¥3,220 August 17. 2012 ¥3,100 August 18, 2012 ¥2, 950 August 19, 2012 ¥3,150 |
1. What's the telephone number of Beijing Travel Company?
A. 010一62618877. B.010一62617788.
C. 010一61627788. D.010一61628877.
2. Travelers in this tour group will go to Singapore______.
A. by air B. by train C. by bus D. by sea
3.On the second day,travelers in this group can______.
A. visit Sentosa Island B. B. travel around by boat
C. go to Chinatown D. have a party in the KTV
4.When can travelers shop finely during the tour?
A. On the fast day. B. On the second day.
C. On the third day. D. On the last day.
5.If you only want to spend less than 3, 000 yuan,you can choose______ as your departure date.
A. August 16 B. August 17
C. August 18 D. August 19
For most people, the word "fashion" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What are in fashion?" And they use the adjective "fashionable" in the same way: "She was wearing a coat." "His shirt was really a fashionable color."
But of course there are fashions many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are fashions in school subjects, jobs…and in languages. Fashions as time goes. you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1850.
Today fashions change very quickly. We hear about things more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and televisions send information from one country another in a few hours. New fashions mean that people will new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
1.A. color B. clothes C. food D. money
2.A. nice B. beautiful C. expensive D. fashionable
3.A.at B.by C.in D. with
4.A. even B. just C. only D. already
5.A. change B. changes C. are changed D. changed
6.A. Where B. When C. If D.As
7.A. on B. for C. with D. from
8.A. very B. much C. too D. quite
9.A.in B.by C.to D. with
10.A. buy B. sell C. get D. use
Nearly _______of the earth___covered by sea.
A. three fourth; isB. three fourths; is
C. three fourth; areD. three fourths; are
--Don’t worry. My mother will look after your baby __________.
--Thanks a lot.
A. careful enough B. enough careful C. carefully enough