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【全效学习】八年级下册英语B本 Module 2 Unit 2
①Everybody enjoys acts of kindness (善.举). But can you explain why? Some people think kindness is something out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool to make us more popular. But research shows that being kind can activate (激活) an area of the brain called Striatum. Research also shows that kindness improves people's moods(情绪). But why and how does it happen? Here are a number of different ways.
②Firstly, being kind can make someone smile. If you see yourself smile in a situation, people around may be smiling too, especially for your close friends and family. A kind act makes someone who is sad feel better. It can also make ourselves feel good.
③Secondly, being kind starts or develops a social connection with others. Kind acts like buying someone a present make friendships stronger. Research has shown that spending money on others may help you get a stronger feeling of happiness than spending it on yourself.
④ Thirdly, in another research, even children in their first year of secondary school know how being kind makes them feel happy. If one person is kind, he or she makes others in the group kind. It also lifts everyone's spirits.
⑤Lastly, the story doesn't end here. Being kind may improve your mood, but research has also shown that if you're in a good mood, you can act much more kindly. This makes it a wonderful two-way relationship, doesn't it?
A. Spring Festival It falls on the first day of the first lunar month. On the eve of the festival, the whole family get together for a big dinner. People stay up to eat dumplings at midnight for good luck and health. People light fireworks, too. |
B. Mid-Autumn Festival It's on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. People enjoy the Lady in the Moon at night. Mooncakes are the traditional food. People eat them for family reunion and happiness. |
C. Lantern Festival It comes on the 15th of the first lunar month. It marks the end of the Spring Festival. On this day, people eat yuanxiao for good luck. Special activities include the display of lanterns and riddle solving. |
D. Dragon Boat Festival It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. It's for the great poet Qu Yuan. People gather to watch the colourful Dragon Boat Races. People eat zongzi this day. |
End Plastic Pollution Our Planet(星球) Our planet is very special and we must take care of it along with the animals and plants. However, one big problem is that there is too much plastic pollution. Every year, people use too much plastic and it weighs(重) the same as 30 million elephants! By the year 2050, there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish!
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