Yours,
Li Hua
Chinese wine culture has a long and rich history, dating back thousands of years. One of the most famous traditional Chinese
In Chinese culture, wine is often associated with toasting (祝酒),
Many people dream of the moment when they will walk across their college graduation stage to accept the diploma (毕业证书), which they’ve worked so hard for. And in Alfonso Gonzales’ case, that moment was extra
It took Gonzales six
Gonzales earned his college degree from USC in 2007, making him the school’s
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Team building activities can make a great difference when it comes to job satisfaction and organizational success.
Set the team’s goal
Studies have shown that teams s work better when each member is aware of the goal. Before the team sets up, have a meeting to create a list of the goals that can help reach the end goal.
Solve problems immediately
Effective teambuilding requires an environment where problems are quickly dealt with. It’s wise to send a management team for solving problems. Furthermore, according to one social experiment, a “bad apple” can ruin a whole team. So it might be important to ensure one team member isn’t ruining the effort.
It’s useful to get the team from everyday surroundings and into somewhere unexpected. This can improve creativity, but also help build a closer relationship within the team. You could hold team meetings at a cafe, at the company lawn, or even at museums or amusement parks.
Bring humour to team work
The saying “Laughter is the best t medicine” definitely holds true in team building. Humor is a great way to relax team members. Bring humor to teamwork through fun cartoons, little jokes and even series of fun video clips.
A.Get outside of the office. |
B.Have teams take a break. |
C.But you should find a balance. |
D.What’s the solution if this is the case? |
E.You should stress the positive steps the team has taken. |
F.This will lead members to focus in a specific direction to get the expected results. |
G.But even with the best intentions, it’s not enough to just bring a group of people together. |
I am an anxious traveller. I arrive at airports and train stations extra early. I double-check all of my documents, feel butterflies in my stomach until I’ve arrived where I’m going. Non-anxious people laugh at me for being nervous. I used to feel bad about it, seeing it as unreasonable, weak. Not anymore now. I’ve learned to respect my anxiety.
Recently, I was driving along a country road at the start of a long trip that would mainly be on a large highway. I began feeling that something could go wrong. What if I run out of petrol? I worried, even though I still had plenty. So when I saw a petrol station just before the entrance to the highway, I decided to fill up. Just in case. And that’s when I discovered that one of my front tyres was badly deflated (漏气的). If I’d taken no notice of my anxiety, the tyre would have blown on the highway. My planning ahead, even though it wasn’t necessary, saved me from a possible disaster.
A growing number of psychologists are getting the message out that anxiety and other negative feelings have a role to pay in our lives. Psychologist Dennis-Tiwary thinks our culture goes to extremes in demonizing (妖魔化) difficult emotions. She knows what it’s like to be trapped by anxiety. “I remember a period at work when there was a lot going on,” she says. Worries kept waking her up at 4 a.m. and it kept her from fang back to much-needed sleep.
Instead of trying to stop this unpleasant feeling, however, Dennis-Tiwary leaned into it. “If you sit with the anxiety, you have an opportunity to learn from it,” she says. “I usually write down two or three things I could do to solve it” The next day, she always s felt calmer.
But how do we manage anxiety before it takes control of us? According to Dennis-Tiwary, solutions include meditation (冥想), exercise, volunteering, and close contact with nature.
1.By sharing his experience of driving on a country road, the author wants to ________.A.show that anxiety could benefit us |
B.argue that being nervous is unreasonable |
C.warn us of the possible danger of driving on highway |
D.inform us of the importance of making full preparations |
A.Pay no attention to it. | B.Share it with others. |
C.Depend on it. | D.Face it positively. |
A.To provide an example. |
B.To offer solutions. |
C.To support an argument. |
D.To give background information. |
A.The Upside of Anxiety |
B.Learn to Cope with Anxiety |
C.My Struggle with Negative Feelings |
D.Misunderstandings about Difficult Emotions |