In my living room, there is aplaque that advises me to “bloom {#blank#}1{#/blank#}youare planted”. It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program. Thejob {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(responsible) requiredoccasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothystands out in my memory as on one {#blank#}3{#/blank#}bloomed in her remote area.

       Dorothy taught in a remote school nearHarlan. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wind) around the mountain. In theeight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving thepossibility of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) by thesame train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive throughmountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the smallshabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hope).

        From the moment of my arrival at thelittle school, all my gloom disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom,I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(prepare) to show me their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(late) projects. Dorothy told me witha smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread they madethemselves for dinner.

        Lonely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}she was far away from the moderncivilization and convenience, she never ran out of reports of excitingactivities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooleddown. She passed all the tests {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(excellent)and I found that Dorothy was really blooming where life had planted her.

    Creating good habits can be as tough as breaking bad habits. From my experience, one of the most important factors {#blank#}1{#/blank#} make forming a new habit hard is that a lot of willpower {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (require), at least in the beginning, and that alone can prevent many people correctly developing their desired habits.

    Now instead of just using willpower and reminding {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (you) to start the new habit each day, why don't you just link it to an existing one? I have done {#blank#}4{#/blank#} experience. It started with just 20 pushups (俯卧撑), something easy. So before I showered each day, I would do the pushups. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a couple of days, I increased the amount just to make it a bit more challenging.

    Gradually, over the course of about 3 months, I'm now doing 100 pushups. And as the habit grew stronger, it got easier to do so {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (natural). Now I know the habit is pretty much ingrained (根深蒂固), for I feel like something is missing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I don't do this before showering. I found it pretty easy {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (create) this habit and not much willpower was involved.

    I think the key, apart from using an {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (exist) habit, is to start out with something really easy. Once that starts becoming part of your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (day) routine, add on to it.

    Club sports — for those just like sports

    Many colleges have established many club sports, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to meet a special interest or fill a gap {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an intercollegiate(校际的) team is not available. Some of sports, like fencing, crew and rugby, are sometimes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (compete) for club members. They are often played with other colleges and sometimes with community groups. These clubs give you the opportunity {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play) a sport you love or learn a sport that is new to you. The one drawback(缺点) to club sports is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} colleges often don't fund(提供资金) them. In these cases, club members have to work hard to organize fund-raisers and collect money to keep their sports {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(go).

    Club sports are less time-consuming {#blank#}7{#/blank#} other athletic items, and you can easily miss a practice or even a competition if your academic or work commitments are {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(particular) demanding at a certain point. You can also leave a club sport if you find it just isn't working out. However, it's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (worthy) it to stick with a club sport for a while.

    Most colleges have a full range of teams, so you can attend sports competitions year-round. At bigger schools, larger sports, like football and basketball, may attract fans from all over the area. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(small) sports, however, will also attract a group of fans.

    Michael is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} American high school student. Like many schoolmates, Michael used {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (eat) breakfast while it was still dark. But that changed when his high school followed a new time schedule two years ago.

    The problem of school start time has become one of the most important issues {#blank#}3{#/blank#} are discussed in public. A growing number of sleep-related studies have pointed to high school students' need {#blank#}4{#/blank#} more sleep. More than half of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (child) between ages 15 and 17, as is shown by researches, sleep for 7 or {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (few) hours per night.

    Children like to stay up at night, usually going to bed late and waking up late in the morning. These habits may {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (cause) by the biology (生理), according to researchers. They think changing the sleep schedule of children {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) unable to work, "Only going to bed earlier will not {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (certain) make someone less tired in the early morning hours, "said a researcher. He also added, "Kids' lack (缺乏) of enough sleep is a growing public health problem in our nation. We need to work out ways to deal with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. Putting off school start time may be helpful."