My Grandma is 95 years old and still lives independently and happily at home. She has looked after her body her whole life, never drank or smoked a day in her life.【小题1】

She appreciates the little things in life like having cups of tea while sitting in her chair. But what she really loves to do is READ!【小题2】 Bless her heart!

Every Saturday I drive 70 kms to spend the day with her. I also bring my three kids. They runaround the home all day and bounce their balls in her driveway.

【小题3】 Laughing her head off, she is always laughing. I race around doing all kinds of housework. I make Grandma's bed and make sure she has enough sandwiches to keep in the fridge for later.

Every month Grandma gets a delivery from the Library which she looks forward to very much, two big containers full of books.【小题4】Most have been Pay It Forward books. Grandma smiles, saying that is a good thing. She can pass my books onto her friend who then passes them onto her friend. There have been a few times I purchased a couple of books when I didn’t receive any books from others and told Grandma they were given to me when I knew she needed books.【小题5】You see, Grandma respected money her whole life and she too raised three children alone, like me.

I’ve learnt so much from her. It feels so great just to be able to do something to be kind and to make someone else smile. She tells me she would be lost without me but the truth is I would be so lost without her.

Today, many people spend a lot of time reading online, whether reading news, social media, or e-books. While online reading opens up a lot of knowledge to people, there are some drawbacks, too. These include eyestrain, headaches, as well as difficulty in even finishing reading the text. Now a new reading plugin (插件) has been intended to help people overcome these problems and read faster online.

The reading plugin called Bionic Reading, which was developed by Swiss designer Renato Casutt, was created with the belief that your brain can read faster than your eyes. The plugin makes the first few letters of each word in bold (粗体), which actually allows your eyes to skip over parts of the text and your brain to fill in what is missing. Incredibly, reading like this feels like finally unlocking 100 percent of people’s brain.

Casutt came up with the plugin by accident. He was reading a book in a foreign language and realized he could read it faster and well master it if he separated it into parts. He has worked for six years to develop Bionic Reading and is still working to perfect it. Many people who want to strengthen their reading ability show interest in it, but more research is needed before it can be definitively shown that the system improves reading ability. But people with dyslexia (诵读障碍) have confirmed that Bionic Reading did help them focus on what they are reading.

Casutt’s goal is to integrate the plugin into all reading apps and online services. “In a digital world dominated (支配) by shallow forms of reading, Bionic Reading aims to encourage a more in-depth reading and understanding of written content,” he said. Bionic Reading is available in several apps like Fiery Feeds, Lire, and Next App. The best way to know if it helps you read better online is to try it yourself and find out what it is all about.

Self-help books refer to those books that are written to inspire, to encourage, and to just help a person. There are many kinds of self-help books, including books for growing your business, giving up smoking, or how to be better at golf. 【小题1】 However, their wealth of information and help is truly priceless.

Self-help books can be indeed helpful due to their several advantages. 【小题2】 For example, books on personal change, overcoming shyness, or other social and interpersonal (人际的) problems are written by sociologists (社会学家) or psychologists. The books dealing with problems about how to be successful in a specific career are usually written by those with wide real-life experience. In this way, self-help books are made more believable.

Self-help books won’t be able to provide much help if they tell you something you already know or you’re already doing. 【小题3】 They can let you see things in a new way. In this way, you’ll be able to understand and see things clearly through a fresh set of eyes.

The information, advice and opinions offered by these books are often supported by research studies. 【小题4】 By getting rid of uncertainty, you can start to take action to improve your life.

【小题5】 The books will let you understand first their rationale (基本原理) and then will help you take action to really deal with your situation, and finally you can solve your problems.

In a word, self-help books can be the start of achieving great changes — to help you help yourself.