Here, sleep experts clear up some of the biggest misunderstandings about sleep they see with their patients, which could weaken your ability to have a night of good sleep.
Myth:
The latest research shows that the right amount of sleep may vary from person to person and should leave you feeling energized the next day. I'm a sleep doctor. Take myself for example. .
Myth: Don't fall asleep with the TV on.
I've cured more people suffering from sleep problems than you can imagine by telling people it's OK to fall asleep with the TV on. Control the watching time so it doesn't affect your sleep later in the night.
Myth: You can catch up on lost sleep on the weekend.
A Harvard study found that even if you sleep for an extra 10 hours on the weekend to make up for only sleeping six hours a night for two weeks, those extra hours won't improve your reaction times or ability to focus. Plus, sleeping late throws off your biological clock, which can lead to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
Myth: Alcohol can help you rest easy.
Alcohol may relax you so you nod off quicker, but studies show you'll wake up more and get less of deep sleep you need to feel rested.
A. You need 8 hours' sleep a night. B. A lack of sleep can cause anxiety. C. We take unscheduled naps during the weekend. D. I've been a 6.5-hour sleeper my entire adult life. E. Many people can't turn off their brains, but watching TV helps. F. People commonly use alcohol to fall asleep, but it doesn't work. G. You can't make up for too little sleep by sleeping more at weekends. |
Check out some fun weekend activities from our friends at Arizona Parenting.
Walk in the Wild: Walk or run for wildlife at the Phoenix Zoo's Walk in the Wild 2016. Put on your favorite animal dress and take part in the one mile or 5K,enjoying the sights and sounds of the Zoo. Walk in the Wild includes a morning full of unique activities you won't find at any other valley walk, including all-day zoo admission and a lakeside after-party. Register online. 6-10 am. Phoenix Zoo, 455 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix. 602-286-3800.
Free Museum Day: It is hosted by Sesame Street and HBO at the Children's Museum of Phoenix. Kids can participate in activities, enjoy a performance by the Sesame Street Muppets and get to join the Everyday Heroes Club. An act of kindness is all it takes to become a member. Performances and activities will take place at 10:30—11:30 am and 1:30—2:30 pm.9 am—4 pm. Children's Museum of Phoenix, 215 N. 7th street, Phoenix. 602-253-0501.
Sunday A'Fair: Sunday A'Fair features free outdoor concerts in Scottsdale Civic Center Park by top Arizona musicians, along with an arts-and-crafts market, fun activities for children and families, guided tours of the sculptures in the park and free admission to Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA). Guests are invited to bring blankets, lawn chairs or picnic baskets, and enjoy a relaxing afternoon of great entertainment. Delicious foods, snacks, beer, wine and soft drinks are also available for purchase.12-4 pm. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. 2nd St., Scottsdale. 480-994-ARTS (2787).
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Recently, our school has held the meaningful discussion on whether it is necessary for middle school students to have classes on weekends. Some of our classmates believe we should have classes on weekends, because we can make fully use of the free time to review the lessons we had learnt. Some others are against the opinion, saying we had better to have a good rest on weekends so that we can work effective during the weekdays. The rest agree with neither of the opinion. Keep the balance between work and play are both important for us. They suggest one day of the weekend should used to learn our lessons and during the other day we do something interested or have a rest.
As a boy I was always small for my age. I was also five years younger than one of my brothers and seven years younger than the other. 1, I often felt left out when their friends came over to 2. They didn't want me to listen in on their conversation. I often 3 myself outside playing alone and feeling forgotten.
I remember one 4 afternoon 40 years ago feeling especially 5 as I sat in the yard behind our house. We lived miles from town and I 6 saw my own friends outside school. I heard my brothers laughing from inside the house and felt a single 7 coming down my cheek. At that moment I saw a 8 walking over to me. He was walking happily and his tail was wagging(摆动)as well. Even though he didn't know me he 9 me like a long-lost friend, licking(舔)my hand and 10 beside me on the spring grass. It must have been at least an hour that I petted and 11 this four-legged angel. He let me pour out all my 12 and share my deepest thoughts before he kissed my cheek 13. I went back inside feeling happy, knowing that no matter what life may hold I was 14. Today, I still remember that furry angel with a smile.
In truth, nothing brings us greater 15 than knowing we are loved. Knowing we are loved gives us the 16 to love others as well. Knowing we are loved 17 us to be the people we are to be. Knowing we are loved aids us in 18 Earth more like Heaven. Embrace(拥抱) that love. Take joy in it. Welcome it into your 19. And then go out and 20 your own love with the world.
Breakthroughs in science and technology are paving the way for modern cities to support bigger populations. Now, we see the most exciting urban innovations to show you exactly how they'll improve your city's infrastructure(基础设施).
Lighting Up The Night
Anthony Di Mari dreamed up an electric tree to help irrigate public parks and light them at night. These electric trees contain a special infill (填充物) that collects water from rainfall. The water is then distributed through a shallow underground irrigation system with the help from the trees' swaying movement. An electric motor turns energy from the waving of the artificial trees into electricity, which is used to light up the trees' outer LEDs.
Thinking Outside The Box
As more people flock to urban areas, city planners will need to get increasingly creative about how to satisfy residents' health and transportation needs within decreasing available space. One way to achieve this is by updating infrastructure to support biking and walking by building suspended(悬浮的) roundabouts like hovering in the Netherlands. By lifting bicycle and pedestrian traffic above busy roadways, cities can significantly decrease over-crowded traffic condition.
Waving Hello To Clean Energy
Cities that don't receive enough sunlight may find an attractive alternative in wave power. Since ocean waves rarely experience disruption(中断), electric engines driven by their clockwork push-and-pull can reliably provide power throughout the year. Further, thanks to advances in wave power technology, engineers have been able to move wave power engines farther offshore, where the waves pack the most punch, making the engines extremely efficient. So in the future, heavily populated coastal cities may use wave to meet their energy needs.
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Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on October 11, 1884. When her mother died in 1892, the children went to live with Grandmother Hall. Her father died only two years later. Attending a good school in England at 15 gave her the first chance to develop self-confidence among other girls. In her circle of friends was a distant cousin, handsome young Franklin Delano Roosevelt. They became engaged in 1903 and were married in 1905. Within 11 years Eleanor had six children;one son died early.
In Albany, where Franklin served in the state Senate from 1910 to 1913, Eleanor started her long career as a political helpmate. When he was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹症) in 1921, she took care of him devotedly. From his successful campaign for governor in 1928 to the day of his death, she dedicated her life to his purposes.
When Mrs Roosevelt came to the White House, she understood social conditions well and she transformed the role of First Lady accordingly. She broke the tradition to hold conferences, and expressed her opinions. This made her a target for political enemies but her sincerity of purpose made her personally popular to many. As she had written, "If truth and loyalty are stamped upon her face, all will be attracted to her. "
After President Roosevelt's death in 1945, she returned to a cottage at his Hyde Park estate. She told reporters, "The story is over. "Within a year, however, she began her service as American spokeswoman in the UN. She continued a positive career until her strength began to wane in 1962. She died in New York City that November, and was buried at Hyde Park beside her husband.
a. She went to live with her grandmother.
b. She led a happy life in a good school.
c. She was very sad when her father died.
d. She got married and gave birth to six children.
e. She fell in love with Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Finding the Real You
Psychometric testing—personality testing—has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. These tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment (招聘) and are widely used in the selection of managers.
The most popular of these personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is based on the theory that we are born with a tendency to one personality type which stays more or less fixed throughout life. You answer 88 questions and are then given your “type”, such as Outgoing or Quiet, Feeling or Thinking.
Critics of personality testing raise doubts about “social engineering”. Psychologist Dr. Colin Gill warns that the “popular” personality traits (特性) have their disadvantages. “People who are extremely open to new experiences can be butterflies, going from one idea to the next without mastering any of them.” However, the psychometric test is here to stay, which may be why a whole sub-industry on cheating personality tests has sprung up. “It's possible to cheat,” admits Gill, “but having to pretend to be the person you are at work will be tiring and unhappy and probably short-lived.”
So can we change our personality? “Your basic personalities fixed by the time you're 21,”says Gill, “but it can be affected by motivation and intelligence. If you didn't have the personality type to be a doctor but desperately wanted to be one and were intelligent enough to master the skills, you could still go ahead. But trying to go too much against type for too long requires much energy and is actually to be suffered for long. I think it's why we're seeing this trend for downshifting—too many people trying to fit into a type that they aren't really suited for.”
Our interest in personality now exists in every part of our lives. If you ask an expert for advice on anything, you'll probably be quizzed about your personality. But if personality tests have any value to us, perhaps it is to free us from the idea that all of us are full of potential, and remind us of what we are. As they say in one test when they ask for your age: pick the one you are, not the one you wish you were.
— _______, if you insist．
