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辽宁省部分市2024届高三上学期期末英语试题分类汇编
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辽宁省丹东市2023-2024学年高三上学期期末英语试题
第二节(共5小题; 每小题2.5分, 满分12.5分)
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Many of us are now finding ourselves exhausted, burned out, struggling to build balance back into our lives. We need to recharge. Water can help. 36
Remember that all water counts.
You may have some nearby water, even if it is just a creek alongside the road. Start there. Then branch out to water you can visit on the weekend or a vacation. 37 . So does domestic water—in pools, bathtubs, even sprinklers. If you can't get to actual water, then paintings, photographs, videos and movies can produce some of the same benefits. Even virtual reality helps.
Go often.
38 .A 2019 study found that it takes at least two hours a week in nature to improve our well-being, although that time can be broken into smaller stretches. A more recent, yet-to-be-published study found that spending a similar amount of time near water has the same benefits, says Mathew White who studies the health benefits of water environments.
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And get good at it. This will help you experience a flow state where time and your worries fall away as you become fully engaged in the sport you are doing. When you become skilled at an activity, your brain changes: It forms new neural pathways, which become faster and stronger. This makes it even easier in the future to enter a state of flow while doing this same activity.
Listen.
In a recent study, scientists found that the water sounds people find most restorative are rain in a rainforest, waves lapping on a beach, and a babbling brook. When the researchers added sounds from living beings to the water sounds, people liked them even more 40 . It will trigger happy memories.
A. Try a water sport
B. A little bit makes a big difference
C. Become a professional in a water sport
D. Urban water counts—rivers, canals and fountains
E. So make an audio recording of your favorite water
F. The followings are some ben