Insomnia, or "poor sleep", van have bad effects on a person's health and general well-being. It can     1     on both our physical and mental health and can lead to other health     2     .

Insomnia can be traced to many different reasons, but what is     3     to many sufferers is their inability to relax fully and "switch the mind     4     ".

Constant thoughts,      5     around and around in the mind, moving from one___6___to the next, prevent stillness and peace and     7     a sufferer extremely tired.

In order to treat insomnia     8     , it is first necessary to allow a sufferer to re-experience     9     real relaxation feels like. It's almost as though they've forgotten how to relax. Once this has been     10     by the brain, then fast and effective     11     can be made to reeducate the unconscious towards allowing the person lo relax     12     and to allow a natural state of sleep to     13     .

Hypnotherapy(催眠疗法) is one of the fastest and most effective ways of     14     this goal for long-lasting results. Sleeping pills, if used at all, should only be a short-term     15     as their effect is soon reduced and their side effects can be deep and far-reaching.

My kids and I were heading into the supermarket over the weekend. On the way, we spotted a man holding a piece of paper that said,“    1    my job. Family to Feed.”

At this store, a    2    like this is not normal. My 10-year-old noticed him and male a    3    on how bud it must be to have lo stand outside in the cold wind.

In the store, I asked each of my kids to    4    something they thought our "friend"there would appreciate.They got apples, a sandwich and a bottle of juice. "Then my 17-year-old suggested giving him a    5    . l thought about it. We were    6    on rash ourselves, but...well, sometimes    7    from our need instead of our abundance is just    8    we need to do! All the kids declared something they could do away with for the week.

When we handled him the bag of    9    , he lit up and thanked us with    10    eyes.When I handed him the gift card, saying he could use it for    11    his family might need, he burst into tears.

This has been a wonderful    12    for our family. For days the kids have been looking for others we can    13    ! Things would have played out so    14    if I had simply said ,"No, we really don't have money to give more. ”Stepping out not only helped a brother in    15    , but it also gave my kids the sweet taste of helping others. It'll go a long way with them.

Most parents, I suppose, have had the experience of reading a bedtime story to their children. And they must have    1    how difficult it is to write a good children's book. Either the author has aimed too high, so that the children can't follow what is in his (or more often, her) story,     2    the story seems to be talking to the readers.

The best children's books are    3    very difficult nor very simple, and satisfy both the children    4    hear the story and the adult who    5    it. Unfortunately, there are in fact    6    books like this, so the problem of finding the right bedtime story is not    7    to solve.

This may be why many of books regarded as    8    of children's literature are in fact written for    9    .“Alice 's Adventure in Wonderland" is perhaps the most    10    of this.

Children, left for themselves, often show the worst possible interest in literature. Just leave a child in a bookshop or    11    and he will.     12    willingly choose the books written in an imaginative way, or have a look at most children's comics, full of the stories and jokes which are the    13    of teachers and right-thinking parents.

Perhaps we parents should stop trying to brainwash children into    14    our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so    15    that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we'll just have to compromise over that bedtime story.

Hobbies let you explore interests outside of your line of work. They let you be    1    and try new things or clothings in a new way.

Look at what interests you. Examine what    2    your spare time when you have it. Do you enjoy reading books? Maybe you want to try your    3    at writing them. Do you like a    4     the end of the day ? Then maybe your hobby could be trying to brew(酿造)beer at home.

Think about what you prize most. What traits(特征) do you value? Do you value wisdom or courage? Do you    5    artistic expression? Let those traits    6    you when choosing a hobby. You could volunteer at a library as a hobby because you value    7    , or maybe you could take up    8    because you admire people who can    9    themselves with art.

Examine your skills and personality. If you don't have a great ideal of    10    , then maybe hand sewing taking a long time isn't something you'd enjoy.     11    , if you love building things, maybe you should consider a hobby like working on building furniture. Play to your strengths.

Pay attention to    12    excites your passion. The way you talk about issues can also show your passions and those passions can be    13    into a hobby. Think about the    14    you go on about. Ask your friends and family what you seem to talk about    15    . Now, think about what it is about that subject that you enjoy that much and determine how it can be transformed into a hobby.

How many different kinds of emotions do you feel? You may be surprised to find that it is very hard to specify all of then. Not only    1    hard to describe in words, but they are difficult to    2    . As a result, two people rarely    3    all of them. However, there are a number of    4    emotions that most people experience.

When we receive something that we want, or something    5    we like happens, we usually feel joy or happiness. Joy is a positive and powerful emotion, one for which we all strive. It is natural to want to be happy, and all of us    6    happiness. As a general    7    , joy occurs when we reach a    8    goal or obtain a desired object.

    9    people often desire different goals and objects, it is    10    that one person may find joy in repairing an automobile, while another may find joy in solving a math problem. Of course, we often share    11    goals or interests, and therefore we can experience joy together. "This may be in sports, in the arts, in learning, in raising family, or in just being together.

When we have difficulty    12    desired objects of reaching desired goals we experience    13    emotions such as anger and grief. When little things get in our way, we experience minor frustrations(挫折) or tensions. For example, if, you are dressing to go out    14    a date, you may feel frustration when a zipper breaks or a button falls off. The more difficulties you have in reaching a goal, the more frustrated you may feel and the angrier you may become. If you really want something to happen, and you feel it    15    happen, but someone or something stops it, you may become quite angry.

Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is    1    men first began to write six thousand years ago or    2    . The alphabet(字母表) we now use    3    down to us over a long period of time. It was developed from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

Picture-writing was useful in many    4    . It could be used to express ideas as well as    5    . For example, a drawing of a    6    meant the object "man".     7    a drawing of a man lying on the ground with a spear in him meant "    8    ".

Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese    9    the American Indians also developed was    10    writing in pictures. But only    11    much could be said this way. Thousands of pictures would have been needed    12    express all the ideas that people might have. It would have taken many thousand more to express all the objects    13    to men. No one could    14    so many pictures in a lifetime. Nor could anyone learn the meaning of all    15    drawings in a lifetime.

Every dream has something to do with our feelings, longings, wishes, needs, fears, and memories. But something on the"outside"may affect what we    1     . If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the blanket on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are sleeping or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will    2     tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

    3     the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you while you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young    4     are likely to dream of fairies(仙女) , older children of school examinations,     5     people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how that is    6     while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream,     7     is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his hand was rubbed with a piece of cotton. He dreamed that he    8     in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him,     9     on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

There are some scientists who have made a special    10     of why we dream, what we dream and    11     those dreams mean. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it    12     an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are    13     expressions of wishes    14     didn't come true. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes    15     out.

What is music? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting    1     . It is part of every culture on Earth. People use music to    2     feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

Music is a performing art. It    3     from such arts as painting and poetry, in which artists    4     works and then display or publish them. Musical composers need musicians to    5     and perform their works.     6     , most musical performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.

Music also plays a major role in other arts. Opera    7     singing and music with drama. Ballet and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers    8     their steps. Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its    9     on the audience.

Music is one of the    10     arts. People probably started to sing as soon as    11     developed. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical    12     . By about 10 ,000 B.C. , hollow bones had been used by    13     people to make flutes. The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.

There are two chief kinds of Western music, classical and popular. Symphonies, operas, and ballets are    14     music. It is generally harder to write and perform. Musicians who perform it need a lot of training. Popular music    15     country music, folk music, jazz, and rock music. It is easier to perform and understand.

There is a saying that money can't bring you happiness—like money and happiness could not go hand in hand. The longer version of the saying    1     : "but it sure helps".

Can money buy happiness? We all need money, which is a    2     fact. In times of depression we hear heartbreaking stories of people losing their jobs and homes. Saying that money doesn't bring happiness to them would be    3     thoughtless. "To the less fortunate ones money equals the continuing of their normal everyday life and that normal life is.     4     we find our true happiness in life. So yes—money can be a great    5     in bringing happiness in life.

And what about those who have their jobs? How often do they sacrifice(牺牲) their whole life to the pursuit of money? Now there are many people who feel true    6     in the game--they love to work long hours to earn more money, and we should let them do just that. Let them follow their    7     , because money can be a great motivator in achieving their better things in life.

We often hear    8     of how these long working hours have caused problems in people's    9     lives because they don't have time for their friends and families. Money and happiness sure don't seem to go hand in hand in this case.

Where does the balance between personal life and a life spent pursuing money and possessions    10     ? I believe money and happiness    11     each other. What is money to us? I've come to think it    12     freedom—freedom to do what we want or be our true selves with less stress. But we can do things like that    13     without money, too. So money is not the    14     condition for happiness. Only when we    15     the two, can money and happiness really go hand in hand.

"I give up!" "I can't take it anymore !" " l don't want to do it !” It is so easy to say these    1    when we are experiencing difficulties in life. This is true because we would rather    2    our dreams without having to go through the pains. One reason    3    people would rather take the easy way out is that they are lazy. I would like to encourage all of you to keep on no matter how.     4    the situation is. This is what I want them to do.

If you    5    give up, you will just end up thinking about all the things that could happen. What would happen if you just worked    6    ? You would probably not end up in this    7    where you are living. So if the only reason why you've not realized your dreams    8    your laziness, you will feel sorry for this    9    in the end.

If someone offers you something that would give you    10    success, don't take it. That is rubbish! Each success story has a lack story. And I believe that a truly    11    person is someone who has gone through difficulties that was demanded for him to reach his goal.

The problem with immediately getting what you want is that you    12    impatience. You don't get used to even just a little trouble. As a result, you won't    13    what you have achieved because you were able to get it without any effort. But if you went through the challenges to get what you have been    14    all the time , you will keep it as the best treasure. This is because you have    15    it with your blood, sweat, and tears.