Stress: Good or Bad?

Stress used to be an almost unknown word, but now that we are used to talking about it, I have found that people are beginning to get stressed about being stressed.

In recent years, stress 【小题1】 (regard) as a cause of a whole range of medical problems, from high blood pressure to mental illness. But like so many other things, it is only too much stress 【小题2】 does you harm. It is time you 【小题3】 (consider) that if there were no stress in your life, you would achieve little. If you are stuck at home with no stress, then your level of performance will be low. Up to a certain point, the more stress you are under, the 【小题4】 (good) your performance will be. Beyond a certain point, though, further stress will only lead to exhaustion, illness and finally a breakdown. You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself 【小题5】 number of questions. Do you, for instance, feel that too much is being expected of you, and yet find 【小题6】 impossible to say no? Do you find 【小题7】 (you) getting impatient or 【小题8】 (annoy) with people over unimportant things?... If the answer to all those questions is yes, you had better 【小题9】 (control) your stress, as you probably are under more stress than is good for you.

To some extent you can control the amount of stress in your life. Doctors have worked out a chart showing how much stress is involved in various events. Getting married is 50, pregnancy 40, moving house 20, Christmas 12, ete. If the total stress in your life is over 150, you are twice as likely 【小题10】 (get) ill.

Young Chinese bring hanfu to the world during Spring Festival

Young people dressed in hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group in China,【小题1】 (spot) in many【小题2】 (locate) around the world during this year’s Spring Festival holiday.

An initiative launched in late January by Xiaohongshu, 【小题3】 Chinese lifestyle-focused social media platform, invited users to upload photos or videos of themselves and friends wearing hanfu at landmarks around the world from January 28 to February 19.

The first two weeks of the initiative saw some 10,000 Xiaohongshu users share their photos 【小题4】 (take) from around 30 countries and regions around the world. One user even posted photos from Antarctica.

Many young Chinese people working or studying overseas also invited 【小题5】 (they) foreign friends to wear 【小题6】 (tradition) Chinese costumes to celebrate the Spring Festival together.

Hanfu, as well as other traditional forms of Chinese costume, 【小题7】 (experience) a surge in popularity in recent years. Clothes featuring traditional Chinese elements combined with modern designs, 【小题8】 are dubbed the “new Chinese style” have developed into a fashion trend among the 【小题9】 (young) generations not only in China, but also worldwide.

Analysts say the rise 【小题10】 “China chic” reflects young Chinese people’s confidence in their own culture. Wearing Chinese-style costumes not only reflects the wearer’s Eastern temperament, but also presents Chinese aesthetics to the world.

From: chinadaily.com.cn