ItdoesnothavetobeJanuary1sttogiveyourselfachancetomakethemostoutofyourday—andyourlife.Everydayisafreshstarttolearn,grow,developyourstrengths,freeyourselffrompastregretsorhurts,andmoveforwardolderandwiser.Everydaygivesyouachancetoreinvent(彻底改造)yourself.Eachdayisabrand-newandblankpaper.Howwouldyouliketocreateyourday?Whatwouldyouliketopaintonit?Ifyouwakeupinanegativemind,youaremorelikelytopaintadarkpicturethroughouttheday,andyourpicturewillnotreflecthope,joyandhappiness.Ifyoutakeeachdaytothinkpositively,howwouldyourlifebedifferent?Everydayyouwillgiveyourselfthegiftofan“attitudeofgratitude”.Eachdayisachancetolookatthingsinadifferentway.Youcanexperienceeachdayinthebeautyoftheworld.Youfindyourselfchangingfrom“Ican’t”to“Ican.”Withafocusonpositiveintentions,youfeelyouarefullofpowerandmorelikea“winner”thana“loser”.Youpaymoreattentiontothepresent,andyouwillbemorelikelytolivefullyinthepresenteachmomentofeachday.Afterall,thepastisagreatplacetovisit.Butyoudon’twanttolivethere!Sohowaboutstartingeachdaytakingamomenttothinkofapositiveintentionfortheday?Thefirstparagraphmainlytellsus().
Thesenseofsoundisoneofourmostimportantmeansofknowingwhatisgoingonaroundus.Soundhasawastedproduct,too,intheformofnoise.Noisehasbeencalledunwantedsound.Noiseisgrowinganditmaygetmuchworsebeforeitgetsanybetter.Scientists,forseveralyears,havebeenstudyinghownoiseaffectspeopleandanimals.Theyaresurprisedbywhattheyhavelearned.Peaceandquietarebecominghardertofind.Noisepollutionisathreatthatshouldbelookedatcarefully.Thereisasayingaboutitbeingsonoisythatyoucan’thearyourselfthink.Doctorswhostudynoisebelievethatwemustsometimeshearourselvesthink.Ifwedon't,wemayhaveheadaches,otherachesandpains,orevenworsementalproblems.Noiseaddsmoretension(紧张)toasocietythatalreadyfacesenoughstress.Butnoiseisnotanewproblem.InancientRome,peoplecomplainedsomuchaboutnoisethatthegovernmentstoppedchariots(四轮马车)frommovingthroughthestreetsatnight!Waysofmakinglessnoisearenowbeingtested.Thereareevenlawscontrollingnoise.Wecannotreturntothe"goodolddays"ofpeaceandquiet.Butwecanreducenoise--ifweshoutloudlyenoughaboutit.Whyarescientistssurprisedbythefindingsintheirnoisestudy?
Oftheconsonants/p/,/t/,/k/,/f/,/m/,/z/and/g/,whichhasthefeaturesofvoicelessandvelar?
/k/是清音,软腭音,爆破音;/t/是齿龈音,爆破音,清音;/g/是浊音,软腭音,爆破音,/p/是双唇音,爆破音,轻音。