Until recently daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it __________(consider) an unhealthy escape from real life and its duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very __________ (health) thing to do. Some researchers are finding that daydreaming may be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us ,____ ___(be) a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go beyond this. A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some (surprise) conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming contributes to intellectual growth. It also improves (concentrate),attention span, and the ability _________ (get) along with others. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was due to the positive use of daydreaming. Florence Nightingale dreamed of becoming a nurse. The young Thomas Edison pictured as an inventor. For these notable persons, it appears their daydreams came true. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick offered this advice: “Hold a picture of yourself… in your mind’s eye, __________will drew you toward success. Picture yourself (vivid) as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible.
Charlie Chaplin developed his own manner of acting, the one that was to become world-famous. He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air he walked. During his first year, Chaplin acted in 35 films, many of he wrote and directed himself. Chaplin’s earliest films were (silence), because the equipment for adding sound to films had not yet been developed.
The (develop) of films with sound became a problem for Chaplin, as he was uncertain about (make) films with dialogue. Instead, he continued to make films without dialogue, but he added music. Chaplin’s later films, _ , were not well received. He made only six films 1940 and 1966 and only first of these is still popular today. Before he died in 1977, he _ (honour) in a number of ways for contributions to the film industry.
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It’s really hard for any of us to be faster than Liu Xiang, but still we can do our share during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since the first modern Olympics, volunteers (become) an important and insuperable part of the great event. There were 900 people (work) for free at the first modern games and number of volunteers increased since then.
has been estimated that around 100,000 volunteers will be needed for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympics Games. It might be the (big) volunteer recruitment in the history of modern Olympics.
There are many kinds of volunteers. “Towards Olympics” volunteers refer to those help the whole nation preparing for the games when the final day comes closer. “Games-time” volunteers refer to volunteers recruited directly by BOCOG. They perform post-specific (responsible) during the Games, work at the times and places designed by BOCOG and serve at the Beijing Olympic Games pay. High school students are welcomed to become city volunteers. They will have (fix) or specially assigned working positions during the Games. Anyone can be a social volunteer, jobs are spreading Olympic concepts and culture, maintaining social orders, optimizing city environment and advocating civilized behavior.