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高二英语课外阅读2017.10.24

Xi’swordsinspireyouth

习近平主席给年轻人的七条人生建议。

Everyday,PresidentXiJinpingworkshardtodrivetherejuvenation（复兴）ofChina,buthestilltakestimetosharehisexperiencesandwisdomwiththecountry’syoungpeople.Fromformingahealthylifestyletokeepingapositiveattitudetowardlife,hiswisewordsarelikealighthouse（灯塔）thatguidesChina’syouthontherightpathtopersonalgrowth.HerearesevenpiecesofadvicehehasgiventoChineseyouthondifferentoccasions.Let’stakealook.

Refine（磨炼）professionalskills

①Theyouthmustrefinetheirprofessionalskills.Studyistheladderofprogressandpracticeisthewaytoimprovecapability.QualityandcapabilityoftheyoutharedirectlylinkedtothecourseofrealizingtheChineseDream.（May4,2013）

Thebuttonsoflife

②Livingone’slifeislikebuttoningupone’sjacket.Ifthefirstbuttonisnotfastenedcorrectly,therestwillneverfindtheirrightfulplace.Thebuttonsoflifeshouldbefastenedwellfromtheverybeginning.（May4,2014）

Youngpeopleshouldavoidstayinguplate

③Iwassoeagertodomyjobwellbutfellillquiteoften.Thereason?

Ialwaysburntthemidnightoil.Later,IcametorealizethatIcouldn’tworklikethisanymore.Onehastobefullyawarethatonecannotfinishalltheworkatatime,howeverenthusiasticonemaybeaboutthejob.（Jan12,2015）

Happinessdoesnotfallfromthesky

④Thefutureisencouragingandinspiring.Buthappinessdoesnotfallfromthesky.Weshallestablishaspirittoprevail,andcontinuetoimmerseourselvesinhardwork.（Dec31,2015）

Honestwork

⑤Thewholesocietyshouldvigorouslypromotethespiritofhardwork,encouragingpeopletorealizetheirdreamsandchangetheirfatethroughhonestwork,whileopposingnegativethoughtssuchasprofitingfromotherpeople’swork,opportunismandindulginginpleasureandcomfort.（April26,2016）

Rollupoursleeves（袖子）toworkharder

⑥Asthesayinggoes,“successcomestothosewhoshareinonepurpose”.Aslongasour1.3billion-pluspeoplearepulledtogetherforacommoncause,aslongasthePartystandstogetherwiththepeopleandwerollupoursleevestoworkharder,wewillsurelysucceedinaLongMarchofourgeneration.（Dec31,2016）

Notslackinprosperityandnotlosefaithinadversity

⑦Duringone’sgrowthandendeavor,theyoungmaygainsuccessandjoy,butmayalsofacedifficultiesandpressure.Oneshouldtreatthesuccessandfailureatthemomentwithacorrectattitude,notslackinprosperityandnotlosefaithinadversity.Oneshouldconsiderboththesuccessandfailureaswealthinlifeinsteadofburdens.（May3,2017）

Question:

Whichoneimpressesorinspiresyoumost?

Andwhy?

Trytoshareyourownideasandcombinethemwithyourownlifeexperience.

Blamegenesforbadsleep

“夜猫子”可能和基因突变有关。

Foralotofpeople,gettingafullnight’ssleepisnothingmorethanjustadream.Someofusclimbintobedintheearlyevening,andthenextthingweknow,it’s2inthemorningandwe’restillstaringattheceiling.

It’scommonknowledgethatsleepproblemscanbecausedbythingssuchasstress,anxiety,orevenusingasmartphonebeforebedtime.Butrecently,ateamofresearchersdiscoveredthatgenescouldalsobeacauseofsleeplessnights.v

Thescientists,fromRockefellerUniversityinNewYork,US,foundthatdelayedsleepphasedisorder（DSPD,睡眠时相延迟障碍）,aconditionthataffectsone’ssleepingpatterns,ispasseddownviaamutated（突变的）gene.wDSPDsuffererswakeuplaterandgotobedlaterthantheaverageperson.

Tocometotheirconclusion,theteamstudieda46-year-oldwomanwhoisonlyusuallyabletofallasleepat2or3inthemorning.

Itwasdiscoveredthatthewoman’sbodyproducesthehormone（荷尔蒙）thathelpsussleepatnightuptosevenhourslaterthanregularsleepers.Thescientistsfoundthiswascausedbyamutationinoneofthewoman’sgene,onethathelpsregulate（调节）the“bodyclock”.

Someofthewoman’sfamilymemberswerealsofoundtosharethesamemutation–andthesamesleepingproblems–leadingthescientiststobelievethatsleeptroublesarepasseddownthroughthegenerations.

However,havingthismutationdoesn’tmeanyouautomaticallyhavesleepproblems.Theteamalsofoundtwopeoplewhohadthemutationbutreportednoproblemswiththeirsleep.

Butwhilethisisaninterestingdiscovery,itoffersnohelptothosewhocan’tfallasleepatnight–althoughthereareafewthingsyoucouldtrytohelpyousleepearlier.

BBCjournalistMichaelMosleyproducedaTVdocumentaryinMayinwhichhetalkedabouthisbattlewithinsomnia（失眠）andthetechniquesheused.

“Iavoidsocialmediaforatleastanhourbeforebed,Idomindfulness（正念冥想）exercises,andifIwakeupinthemiddleofthenight,Ireadabookforanhourorso,”hewrotein