World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and reciting a poem is a fantastic way to make the most of it. You could perform for your family at home. 【小题1】 Or you could even ask your teacher if you could recite a poem to your class. Reciting a poem is the perfect way to share with your friends a piece of work or an author you love.

Roger McGough is a poet and author whose new picture book Money-Go-Round came out last month. He says it's of great benefit to recite poetry in many aspects. 【小题2】 “I was very interested in reciting poems as a child, “he says.” Performing them was like theatre. It brought them alive for me.”

【小题3】 Once you have picked a poem, McGough says that you don't need to learn it byheart in order to recite it. “I always read from a book when I perform poetry.”

Before performing your recital, spend plenty of time practising the poem and getting to know the words' rhythms. “Try not to stop at the end of every line, especially if the sentences run on from each other,” says McGough. “ 【小题4】 With a lot of poetry, you' re discovering the words as you've set off on with words.”

Many people might be worried about feeling nervous. 【小题5】 Those who perform poetry well have learned to embrace them. “I still get nervous when I go on stage,” says McGough.

“The more you perform, the easier it gets.”

Men living alone are at greater risk of falling ill, the study says. As a species, humans live better being around others.【小题1】? It varies among individuals as well as over one person’s stage of life.

【小题2】People who have been ignored can feel lonely because the community doesn’t welcome them in. And older adults can experience loneliness through retirement or the death of a loved one.

You could have a ton of social contacts and still be considerably lonely. You can see someone who is very social, and it seems like they are very connected, and yet they have a deep sense of loneliness.

【小题3】, quality is much more important than quantity. One of the things that distinguish between loneliness and solitude (独处) is that loneliness has very little to do with quantity—how many people you interact with, and how many groups you belong to.

Although there is a relationship between them, it is not very strong.【小题4】For some people, having a really deep, meaningful connection with one person is really critical to those feelings of connection, but for others it could actually be contact with a stranger. A deep conversation with a stranger at an airport bar, the smile of acknowledgement when you order your usual from your regular coffee shop, and a call with an old friend are all ways to decrease feelings of loneliness.【小题5】

Other resources such as social connection groups or shared activities are also available to help bridge the gap.

Do you ever feel like making your way through your to-do list is a one step forward, two steps back kind of game?

My to-do list has been ever-increasing lately in preparations for a new baby. Every time I cross something off—assembling a crib（组装婴儿床）,buying a new car—something even more difficult gets added.【小题1】 That will require some major work in the middle of decorating our new nursery.

【小题2】 For ever dinner I successfully cook, there are the dishes to be done. I brought my winter clothes out only to discover I needed to buy more storage for my summer clothes.【小题3】

I don’t have a secret answer to making household and life tasks easier, but I do think that I am starting to develop a better strategy for framing my thoughts around all the things I need, or even just want, to accomplish. The first step is stopping to check in with myself, which is advice I got from a therapist (治疗专家). I take a deep breath and think about what I really need.【小题4】And then I try to remember two important things:

•This busy and stressful period of life will pass.

•I am doing the best I can.

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