Apart from psychological illness, we are all largely responsible for our own emotional health.What we say to ourselves over and over for days, weeks, months, and sometimes years, has a great effect on how we see ourselves.This also contributes to many mental health disorders. Many of us have problems with negative thoughts playing on the channel of our minds, but if you're buried in it and believe it, it could be wearing your sense of self-esteem.Here are a few beliefs that indicate you may need to switch the channel: I'm not good enough? /I don't deserve...? /No one likes me? /I'm a failure. Negative thoughts remind you of your bad feelings and they bring your focus on your failures, and that gets you nowhere. What can you do?Here are some suggestions: Switch the channel when negative thoughts appear.Self-talk is not so obvious that we often don't notice its effect on our mood and belief systems.Key things to notice are "if only" or "what if" statements:the former keeps you stuck in the past with regret, while the latter keeps you fearful of the future.There is nothing you can do about the past, and the future isn't here yet, so stay in the present moment. Recognize that actions always follow beliefs.You'll find yourself behaving in ways that are consistent to your beliefs.So,start believing the best about yourself:act as if you believe that you're a valuable and worthy person. Develop positive self-talk rather than negative self-talk.Instead of always looking down upon yourself in your head,think of some things you actually like about yourself.What are your strengths? What are you good at? Instead of saying "I' m a loser",try saying,"I am capable./I'm good at.../I accept myself the way I am." Thinking poorly about ourselves gets us nowhere and is extremely self-limiting.Decide today to turn off the negative self-talk channel in your mind and develop your true potential. This text is most likely to appear in _ . A) a recreation guide B) a medical journal C) a science textbook D) a travel brochure
B
If a diver surfaces too quickly, he may suffer the bends. Nitrogen dissolved in his blood is suddenly liberated by the reduction of pressure. The consequence, if the bubbles accumulate in a joint, is sharp pain and a bent body -- thus the name. If the bubbles form in his lungs or brain, the consequence can be death. Other air-breathing animals also suffer this decompression sickness if they surface too fast: whales, for example. And so, long ago, did ichthyosaurs . That these ancient sea-animals got the bends can be seen from their bones. If bubbles of nitrogen form inside the bone they can cut off its blood supply. This kills the cells in the bone, and consequently weakens it, sometimes to the point of collapse. Fossil bones that have caved in on themselves are thus a sign that the animal once had the bends. Bruce Rothschild of the University of Kansas knew all this when he began a suty of ichthyosaurs bones to find out how widespread the problem was in the past. What he particularly wanted to investigate was how ichthyosaurs adapted to the problem of decompession over the 150 milllion years. To this end, he and his colleagues traveled the world's natural-history museums, looking at hundreds of ichthyosaurs from the Trassic period and from the later Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. When he started, he assumed that signs of the bends would be rarer in younger fossils, reflecting their gradual evolution of measures to deal with decompression. Instead, he was astonished to discover the opposite. More than 15% of Jurassic and Cretaceous ichthyosaurs had suffered the bends before the died, but not a single Trassic specimen showed evidence of that sort of injury. If ichthyosaurs did evolve an anti-decompression means, they clearly did so quickly -- and, most strangly, they lost it afterwards. But that is not what Dr Rothchild thinks happened. He suspects it was evolution in other animals that caused the change. Whales that suffer the bends often do so because they have sufaced to escape a predator such... The purpose of Rothchild's study is to see _ . A) how often ichthyosaurs caught the bends B) how ichthyosaurs adapted to decompression C) why ichthyosaurs bent their bodies D) when ichthyosaurs broke their bones
B
Every year, thousands of young Europeans set off to explore their continent by train in the summertime. It is a necessary part of growing up and often the first time many Europeans travel without their parents. Now you too can share this adventure. There are so many places you can not afford to miss while travelling in Europe: the Eiffel Tower of France, windmills of the Netherlands and the Colosseum of Rome. How do young people afford to visit everything they want? The answer lies with the Eurail Pass. This ticket allows a traveller unlimited journeys by rail in European countries which are members of the scheme. Ambitious Chinese travellers can buy the ticket in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The most popular type of Eurail Pass amongst young people, according to Zhao Jiaji, from China Air Service Ltd, is the Eurail Selectpasses. With this you can design your own trip by selecting three, four or five neighbouring countries from a total 18 nations including Liechtenstein, Monaco, Hungary and Romania. "There is plenty of choice with this pass: in total this range offers over 400 different combinations of countries to choose from!" said Zhao. The Eurail Selectpass gives 5 to 10 travel days within a 2-month period. For more flexibility there are the Eurail Passes which allow you to take trains in 17 countries on any day you like. It is valid for a period of either 15 or 21 days, one, two or three months. If you just want to travel in one or two countries to learn more about the local culture, Eurail Pass also offers two-country passes such as Spain-Portugal, France-Switzerland and Belgium-Luxemburg. And countries like Britain, France and Germany offer a kind of Eurail Pass which allows unlimited train travel in their country. Before buying the Eurail Pass, you should know some tips to save money. The 2nd class train travel ticket is cheaper than 1st class. And youths under 26 years old or groups of 2 or more people traveling together can enjoy discounts. For more information, please check out... With the Eurail Selectpasses, you can _ . A) stay in Europe for 2 months or even longer B) enjoy a wide range of combinations of countries C) take trains on any day you like D) focus your trip in one or two countries
B