Time is something from which we can' t escape.  Even if we ignore it, it's still going by, ticking away, second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the main issue in using your time well is "Who's in charge?" We can allow time to slip by {#blank#}2{#/blank#} let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ally(同盟) .

    By taking control of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you spend your time, you'll increase your chances of becoming {#blank#}5{#/blank#} more successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote {#blank#}6{#/blank#} your studies, the more time you'II have to spend on your outside interests .

    The aim of time management is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable {#blank#}8{#/blank#} governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use our time.

    Happiness can be described {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind. There are many factors {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(contribute) to happiness.

    A person in an apparently ideal situation is not {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(necessary) happy. The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings.

    A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness. Though both may contribute, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs.

    The rich {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) not likely to be happier than the middle-income group or even those with very low incomes. People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school, and it {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(believe) that this is mainly.{#blank#}7{#/blank#} they have more opportunity to control their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(life). Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education.

    Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(disable) or those in pain. Learning {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(cope)with a health problem can contribute to happiness.

    According to an announcement by Sergey Kravtsov, Russian vice minister of education and science, Sputnik news reported, Russia's national college entrance exam will include Mandarin as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}elective foreign language starting from 2019. Chinese will become the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (five) elective test item for the Unified State Exam in addition to English, German, French and Spanish.

    The number of Chinese learners in Russia {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (rise) quickly in the past decade, according to a survey {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (carry) out by a linguistic research center in Russia. Approaches {#blank#}5{#/blank#}learning Chinese vary from person to person, with more and more people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(choose) university courses in Russia.

    The three-hour-long Chinese test will quiz students on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they) listening, reading, and writing abilities and a fourth section will examine students on grammar, vocabulary and Chinese {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (character). Some parts in the exam are even a little bit difficult for native Chinese speakers. Insiders from the Russia education industry confirmed those {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are with relevant professional background and Mandarin proficiency(精通) are more competitive in job application.

    According to the Office of Chinese Language Council International, some 100 million people, excluding native speakers, use Chinese {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (global).

    If you enjoy kayaking (皮划艇运动), you can paddle for free in Denmanrk, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Norway, but you also have to be willing to pick up trash.

    Organized by Greenkayak, free trips in the group's two-person kayaks are offered in return {#blank#}1{#/blank#}collecting waste from water surface. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}project began in Demark in April, 2017. With the help of a thousand kayak {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(voluntary), three tons of trash were collected from Copenhagen harbor that year. You can easily book a kayak for the time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}works for you. Life jackets and equipment — like a paddle, a waste picker, a bucket for the trash —{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (provide): just bring yourself. You can have two hours of free kayak time.

    Greenkayak believes that kayaks are highly effective at collecting waste because they can get close to areas that are otherwise hard {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(reach).

    "In Denmark, people love to hang out on canals, but {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fortunate) they see waste {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (float) by." one of Greenkayak's co-founders speaks of the program's origin. "You can't take your shirt off and jump in. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you can get in a Greenkayak and make a difference."

    If you want to take advantage of the free kayak, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(tourist) a city from its river and do your part to control water pollution.