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Want to Be 100? Listen to These 5 Centenarians(百岁老人) Five neighbors at a central Missouri retirement community who are all centenarians get asked all the time:“How did you live to be 100?“ If you want to live to 100 or more, this rare group of five golden girls says the key to longevity (长寿)is working hard at a job you love and taking care of your body while you’re at it. Even though an estimated 70,000 people in the country are currently at the century mark or beyond in age,it is unusual to find five 100-year-olds living in one place. The average life-span(寿命) of Americans is about two or three years short of an 80th birthday party.And most people don’t want to cut out coffee, soda, alcohol, cigarettes, and eat healthy food. “People tell me all the time, ’ I don’t want to live to be 100,’“said Mildred Leaver, who turned 100 in June. “I think that’s just sad.Aging is attitude and I don’t feel old,“said Leaver,a former educator who still drives her Buick around town. It doesn’t take long to see that Leaver and her neighbors Mildred Harris, Grace Wolfson, Gladys Stuart and Viola Semas, have a lot more in common than their longevity and lifelong healthy habits.All are 100 except Stuart,who is 101. Even though their sight and hearing aren’t what they used to be, they’ve all avoided illnesses that many elderly people are stricken with.It’s been 50 years since Leaver beat cancer for the first and only time. The common thread that connects these women is the decades of service to jobs each loved as a farmer,designer, school principal, bookkeeper and secretary.In the early years of their lives, gainfully employed women like them were just as rare as 100-year-old are today.

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Spacing in Animals 1.Any observant person has noticed that a wild animal will allow a man or other potential enemy to approach only up to a given distance before it flees.“Flight distance“ is the terms used for this interspecies spacing.As a general rule, there is a positive relationship between the size of an animal and its flight distance—the larger the animal, the greater the distance it must keep between itself and the enemy.An antelope will flee when the enemy is as much as five hundred yards a-way.The wall lizard’s flight distance, on the other hand, is about six feet.Flight is the basic means of survival for mobile creatures. 2.Critical distance apparently is present wherever and whenever there is a flight reaction.“ Critical distance“ includes the narrow zone separating flight distance from attack distance.A lion in a zoo will flee from an approaching man until it meets a barrier that it cannot overcome.If the man continues the approach, he soon penetrates the lion’s critical distance, at which point the cornered lion reverses direction and begins slowly to stalk the man. 3.Social animals need to stay in touch with each other.Loss of contact with the group can be fatal for a variety of reasons including exposure to enemies. Social distance is not simply the distance at which an animal will lose contact with his group—that is, the distance at which it can no longer see, hear, or smell the group—it is rather a psychological distance, one at which the animal apparently begins to feel anxious when he exceeds its limits.We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group. 4.Social distance varies from species to species.It is quite short—apparently only a few yards— among some animals, and quite long among others. 5.Social distance is not always rigidly fixed but is determined in part by the situation.When the young of apes and humans are mobile but not yet under control of the mother’s voice, social distance may be the length of her reach.This is readily observed among the baboons in a zoo.When the baby approaches a certain point, the mother reaches out to seize the end of its tail and pull it back to her.When added control is needed because of danger, social distance shrinks.To show this in man, one has only to watch a family with a number of small children holding hands as they cross a busy street. A.Philosophical distance B.Flight distance C.Social distance is determined in part by the situation D.Critical distance E.Social distance F.Physical distance

To Have and Have Not It had been boring hanging about the hotel all afternoon.The road crew were playing a game with dollar notes.Folding them into small planes to see whose would fly the furthest.Having nothing better to do, I joined in and won five,and then took the opportunity to escape with my profit.Despite the evil-looking clouds, I had to get out for a while. I headed for a shop on the other side of the street.Unlike the others, it didn’t have a sign shouting its name and business, and instead of the usual impersonal modern lighting, there was an appealing glow inside.Strangely nothing was displayed in the window.Not put off by this, I went inside. It took my breath away.I didn’t know where to look, where to start.On one wall there hung three hand-stitched American quilts that were in such wonderful condition they might have been newly-made.I came across tin toys and antique furniture, and on the wall in front of me, a 1957 stratocaster guitar, also in excellent condition.A card pushed between the strings said $ 50.I ran my hand along a long shelf of records, reading their titles.And there was more… “Can I help you?“ She startled me.I hadn’t even seen the woman behind the counter come in.The way she looked at me,so directly and with such power.It was a look of such intensity that for a moment I felt as if I were wrapped in some kind of magnetic or electrical field.I found it hard to take and almost turned away.But though it was uncomfortable.I was fascinated by the experience of her looking straight into me, and by the feeling that I was neither a stranger, nor strange, to her. Besides amusement her expression showed sympathy.It was impossible to tell her age.She reminded me faintly of my grandmother because, although her eyes were friendly.I could see that she was not a woman to fall out with.I spoke at last.“I was just looking really“ , I said, though secretly wondering how much of the stuff I could cram into the bus. The woman turned away and went at once towards a back room, indicating that I should follow her.But it in no way lived up to the first room.The light made me feel peculiar, too.It came from an oil lamp that was hung from the centre of the ceiling and created huge shadows over everything.There were no rare electric guitars, no old necklaces, no hand-painted boxes with delicate flowers.It was also obvious that it must have taken years, decades, to collect so much rubbish, so many old documents arid papers. I noticed some old books, whose gold lettering had faded, making their tides impossible to read, “they look interesting“ , I said,with some hesitation.“To be able to understand that kind of writing you must first have had a similar experience“ ,she said clearly.She noted the confused look on my face, but didn’t add anything. She reached up for a small book which she handed to me.“This is the best book I can give you at the moment“ , she laughed.“If you use it.“I opened the book to find it full, or rather empty, with blank white pages, but paid her the few dollars she asked for it, becoming embarrassed when I realised the notes were still folded into little paper planes.I put the book in my pocket, thanked her and left.

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Good Table Manners Manners play an important part in making a favorable impression at the dinner table.Here are some general rules; Napkin (餐巾)use The meal begins when the host unfolds his or her napkin.This is your signal to do the same, so place your napkin on your lap.Unfold it completely if it is a small napkin,or in half,lengthwise (纵向的) , if it is a large dinner napkin. If you need to leave the table during the meal, place your napkin on your chair as a signal to your server that you will be returning.Once the meal is over,place your napkin neatly on the table to the right of your dinner plate.Do not refold it. Use a napkin only for your mouth.Never use it for your nose,face or forehead. Use of utensils (餐具) Start with the knife, fork or spoon furthest from your plate, and work your way in, using one utensil for each course. If soup is served, remember to spoon away from yourself.This helps stop the drips.Do not put the entire soup spoon in your mouth.Instead,fill a soup spoon about 75 per cent with soup,and sip(啜饮)it from the side noiselessly. After finishing dinner,place the knife and fork parallel to one another across the plate with the knife blade facing inward toward the plate. Using your fingers Here’s a list of finger foods: sandwiches, cookies, small fruits or berries with stems, French fries and potato chips,and hamburgers. Chew(咀嚼) with your mouth closed and don’t make noise;don’t talk with your mouth full. Bread must be broken with your hands.It is never cut with a knife. Don’t pick something out of your teeth.Instead, excuse yourself to the bathroom. If possible,try not to cough at the table. Do not put your elbows(肘)on the table.In France,it is essential to have both hands above the table at the same time. Do not put bones or anything else on the table.Things that are not eaten should be put on your plate.