How important is your appearance? Although everyone wants to be good-looking, are beautiful people always happier people? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some people may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person.

    Some people think that women who are exceptionally(格外地) pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive(无魅力的) people can be intelligent(智慧的).

    On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn't want to look at; and no one wants to be plain, either--that is, to be neither attractive nor unattractive, and have a face that is easily forgotten. Being attractive is like being rich. It can help you find happiness, but it doesn't always make you happy.

    So maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be an interesting person. For interesting people have interesting faces, and interesting faces are almost always attractive.

We can often read interesting "facts" about space online. However,some of them are wrong. The following are some common myths(荒诞说法) about space.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Many people believe the afternoon sun is yellow. However, the light it gives out is white. The earth's atmosphere(大气层) makes the sun appear yellow and the sky appear blue.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} In fact, all the asteroids (小行星) together weigh only about four percent of the moon. That's why scientists are excited when they happen to see even one asteroid crashing(碰撞) into another.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} It all depends on where you believe space begins above the earth. From the International Space Station(ISS), you can see the Great Wall and many other man-made buildings. From the moon, you can't see any buildings, but you may see some city lights.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Sometimes, the moon looks very close. It seems like you can almost touch it. In fact, the moon is about 385,000 kilometres away from the earth.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Copernicus came up with this idea as early as 1543, but in fact the universe is bigger than we think. So there is no centre of the universe and everywhere in the universe can be the centre.

A Pathway(路径) to Meaning in Life

When it comes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. A life filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, what makes a meaningful life?

Many researchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors(因素): having long—term goals, believing that one's life matters, and feeling that one's life fit s together and"makes sense".

But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimes life enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open to appreciating(欣赏) such experiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We call this experiential appreciation(EA). EA is about the person feeling connected to events and being able to appreciate the value within the connection. It shows the discovery of and admiration for life's beauty.

We recently set out to better understand EA in studies. We were interested in whether EA was also tied to general judgment of meaning in life. If so, it could be a factor for meaningfulness.

In the first study, we had people rate (评估) their support for different methods of reducing stress. We found that people who managed stress by focusing on their appreciation for life's beauty also reported experiencing life as highly meaningful.

In the next study, we asked people to rate the degree to which they agreed with various statements, such as"I appreciate the beauty of life"and"I appreciate little things in life, "as well as other statements that related to the three factors and a general sense of meaning in life. Our results showed that the more people reported that they were"appreciating life"and its many experiences, the more they felt their life was valuable.

In the following studies, we further looked at the connection between EA and meaningfulness. For example, we found that people who were asked to look back on the most meaningful event of the past week generally reported high EA in those moments.

All the result s proved our theory(假设) true. But putting it into practice can be difficult. Our fast—paced lifestyles fill the day with goals. We try to get the highest output both at work and in spare time. This focus on future outcomes makes it all too easy to miss what is happening right now. We should slow down and let life surprise us.

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2．有一个好的饮食健康，多吃蔬菜、水果，不吃垃圾食品。

3．多运动，少看电视，少玩手机。

How to Keep Healthy

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Hi Betty,

I'm really excited that you are coming to China next month!

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Yours,

Li Hua