Understand your pet's body language

Body language is different depending on what sort of animal you have chosen as your pet.【小题1】Understanding your pet's body language will help you to be a better communicator, as you can even copy some of its movements, expressions and sounds to send your message in a way it understands.

● 【小题2】If your dog isn't looking directly at you, but is looking out of the corners of its eyes so that you see a lot of the whites of the eyes, it might be about to have an aggressive outburst. If your dog is feeling stressed or aggressive, its wide eyes will be accompanied by a rigid(绷紧的)body.

●If your cat looks at you and blinks at you slowly, it's likely communicating affection.【小题3】For cats, closing one's eyes in the presence of another is a way to show trust. If your cat feels threatened, its tail will likely be upright; its back will likely be arched, too.

●【小题4】If your bird's pupils (   瞳孔) enlarge and shrink rapidly, this can be a sign that it's excited or greatly interested, or scared or angry.【小题5】Birds will shake their feathers while cleaning themselves ; if their feathers remain shaking, however, this could mean they’re unwell, in which case, take them to an animal doctor for a checkup.

Do you have one of those days when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad moods will probably go away after some time. 【小题1】

Give yourself a positive talk. 【小题2】 Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper and then give optimistic answers. Then try your best to think and behave positively.

【小题3】 Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster (遏制者). A person who is in a bad mood has low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk or doing some quick exercises can do wonders towards changing that bad mood. However, you should pay attention to the length of time.

Avoid things that won't improve your moods. TV may not help much, because you need to increase your energy level and stimulate your mind. And before you reach for a piece of cake and coffee, think about how moods and food are linked. 【小题4】 Research shows that carbohydrates (碳水化合物) produce a calming effect on people who have a desire for   them.

Another simple way to be against unhappiness is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, your realize you are not helpless. 【小题5】

Life isn't fair. Some people seem blessed with the ability to effortlessly charm others. How they do it? 【小题1】   However, there are a number of factors at work. So, can you learn to develop superhuman charm? The answer is: to a large extent, yes you can.

There's one incredibly simple tool: your smile. Professor Laura Padilla Walker says that people see a smiling face as “more trustworthy, warmer and sociable”. It sounds like common sense: doesn't it? 【小题2】

What other tricks might we have up our sleeves? When talking about how to influence people, the professor suggests, “Our brains are always surveying the environment for friend or foe signals.” 【小题3】 To raise our eyebrows quickly, tilt our heads slightly, and, once again, to smile.

【小题4】 Here she recommends that “the golden rule of friendship is that if you make people feel good about themselves, they're going to like you.” In other words, you need to show interest in them. Don't always talk about yourself and all your wonderful achievements.

Another way to form a connection? 【小题5】 Michael Strano, a professor of management with Seattle University, says that charming people are particularly skilled at seeking out shared interests or experiences to help them build good relationship. Simple things like asking where someone's from really can open up a discussion and allow you to find areas in common. And if all else fails, you can fall back on that most British of topics: the weather. Glorious day, isn't it?