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　　Being considered a leader in our society is indeed of high praise．Leadership means power, commands, respect and, most important, encourages achievement．Unlike vitamin C, leadership skills can't be easily swallowed down．They must be carefully cultivated．

　　Different from popular belief, most good leaders are made, not born．They learn their skills in their everyday lives．But which do they develop? How do they(and how can you)get others to follow?

　　Always give credit．Many leaders note that the most efficient way to get a good performance from others is to treat them like heroes．Giving public credit to someone who has earned it is the best leadership technique in the world．It is also an act of generosity(慷慨)that's never forgotten．

　　Giving credit is more effective than even the most constructive criticism(批评), which often hurts rather than helps．Kenneth Blanchard, the author of The One-Minute Manager, agrees．"Catch people doing something right!" he says, "Then tell everyone about it．"

　　Take informed risks．"The best leaders know that taking a risk is not a thoughtless exercise," says management adviser Marilyn Machlowitz, "Sky divers don't go up in an airplane without checking the parachutes(降落伞)beforehand．"

　　Because the idea of risk also carries with it the possibility of failure, many of us usually wait for others to take charge．But if you want to be a leader, you must learn to fail, and not die a thousand deaths．Pick yourself up and start all over again．

　　Encourage enthusiasm(热情)．"When people understand the importance of work, they lend their mental strengths," says Lee Ducat．But when they get excited about the work, all their energy gets poured into the job．That's a great force! Is this the best way to create excitement? Be enthusiastic yourself．You will be followed by everyone．

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　　A latest national survey has found that over half of China's netizens(网民)are suffering from various mental problems although some 62 percent of them claim at the same time that they are happy on the whole anyway．

　　This is the result of China's first White Paper on Netizens' Health Conditions issued on Wednesday by 39．net, China's largest authoritative website(官网)on health sciences．It is the first most comprehensive(广泛的)health survey on netizens' health situation ever conducted in China in ten years' time．The white paper came out after two months of online and offline research that involved over 150 thousand netizens, covering topics and questions on health knowledge, mental situation, sense of health, and living habits．

　　According to the white paper, more than 70 percent of China's netizens say they are suffering from mental problems such as bad memory, anxiety, depression, and a lack of confidence．And a similar 72 percent of them also say they are often suffering from diseases like insomnia, dizziness, joint degeneration and achings．Meanwhile, another 53 percent of netizens believe that white collar employees who have bigger work pressures are more likely to catch mental problems．

　　The white paper adds, doing almost no sports and spending long time surfing online lead to the above mentioned health problems among netizens．Only 9 percent of netizens take up sports on weekends while over 40 percent stay home, surfing．And only 16 percent netizens can assure more than eight hours' sleeping daily．

　　At present, China has a netizen population of 162 million, with a monthly consumption of 186 yuan, or about 25 dollars, on Internet surfing．

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　　Will you get a good job? What will you do? Many new graduates feel lost when they consider the endless list of career choices．They've invested a lot of money for their diploma(文凭)and now an important question stares them in the fact．

　　I've seen so many now graduates who do not know how to use the degree they have just earned．An example was Dave，who loved sports and had played baseball throughout his college years．He had his heart set on working for Nike．But he had never made clear in his own mind what kind of job he could do for Nike，so nothing ever happened．Another example was Allison，who was a history major．She wanted to work as an event planner，but unfortunately，no one hired her．Why? No experience．

　　Failing to do some solid career exploration first(to get a clear idea of the types of jobs you can do)is a big error that many college students make．After our suggestion，Dave and Allison both found their jobs．To ensure a brighter future，follow these effective strategies：

　　－Make educated career choices．Identify the job you want．Conduct research．Ask parents to advise you on actual job duties．Consider what your natural talents are，and look for positions where you can use them．

　　－Don't rely on the Internet．Networking is an effective tool－be sure it's a job－hunting strategy you use．New studies from the Department of Labor state that only 4％ of job-seekers found their job on the Internet．The fact is that 63％ of all jobs are filled by contacts．

　　Employers are making quick decisions．Most people lose the job in the first minute of the interview．It's deadly to let the employers focus quickly on how well you can perform the job．

　　－Practice your interviewing skills．Be ready for the tough questions by first writing out good answers to possible questions and having a role-playing interview with your friend．

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　　The University is in Princeton, New Jersey．It is an hour's train ride south of New York City and an hour's train ride north of Philadelphia．

　　There are 4,600 undergraduates(本科生)．There are also 1,900 graduate students, but Princeton is unusual among universities in having a student body made up largely of undergraduates．

　　Princeton has about 700 full-time faculty members(教员)．There are another 300 or so part -time and visiting faculty．All faculty members at Princeton are expected to teach and research．

　　Princeton offers two undergraduate degrees：the bachelor(学士)of arts(A．B．)degree and the bachelor of science in engineering(B．S．E．)degree．

　　An academic year runs from September to late May and lasts two terms(fall and spring)．A normal course load is four or five courses per term, although many students take extra courses．

　　Princeton provides housing for all undergraduate students．Freshmen and second-year students are required to spend their first two years in one of five colleges．Each college has its own dining hall, common rooms and computer centers．

　　Tuition(学费)：＄29,910

　　Room and board：＄ 8,387

　　Other expenses(books, telephone, etc．)：＄ 3,083

　　Total：＄ 41,380

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　　Since many of you are planning to study at a college or university in this country, you may be curious to know what you usually do in a typical week, how you can get along with your fellow students, and so on．These are the questions I want to discuss with you today．

　　First, let's talk about what your weekly schedule will look like．No matter what your major may be, you can expect to spend between four and six hours a week for each class attending lectures．Lectures are usually in very large rooms because some courses such as introduction to sociology or economics often have as many as two or three hundred students, especially at large universities．In lectures, it's very important for you to take notes on what the professor says because the information in a lecture is often different from the information in your textbooks．Also, you can expect to have exam questions based on the lectures．So it isn't enough to just read your textbooks; you have to attend lectures as well．In a typical week you will also have a couple of hours of discussion for every class you take．The discussion section is a small group meeting usually with fewer than thirty students where you can ask questions about the lectures, the reading, and the homework．In large universities, graduate students, called teaching assistants, usually direct discussion sections．

　　If your major is chemistry, or physics, or another science, you'll also have to spend several hours a week in the lab, or laboratory, doing experiments．This means that science majors spend more time in the classroom than non science majors do．On the other hand, people who major in subjects like literature or history usually have to read and write more than science majors do．

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　　“A good parent” can be a confusing phrase．It is almost impossible for one person to be “a good parent” at all stages of a child's life．Some parents are at their best before their children begin to speak．Others are most successful before their children enter elementary school．Still others make their finest contribution to older children or teenagers．Every parent can understand one stage of a child's development better than another．It is hard for a person to possess superior capacities throughout the entire period of a child's growth．

　　A mother might be “a good parent” from her baby's birth until it is three; that is the period when it needs her protection and loving care．Then the start of her child's independence might upset and alarm her, and she might then become less helpful for a few years．A father might be awkward and uncomfortable with a younger child, but could turn into an excellent parent when the child is old enough to be taught the skills of cycling, fishing and so on, or to be taken on trips．Some parents feel easier with boys, and others with girls － and then only at certain ages or stages．

　　It is important for parents to understand and accept their own limitations in these matters, just as they must accept the child's faults of personality and limitations of talent．Otherwise, fathers and mothers will feel guilty and blame themselves for weaknesses that may not be their faults．Much of the guilt experienced by modern parents comes from the mistaken feeling that they ought to be all things at all times to the child, which is clearly mistaken．In past ages, grandparents and uncles and aunts lived with the family, and provided different kinds of support; in our present “nuclear” family, too many roles are demanded of the two parents, which they cannot possibly fulfill．

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　　I woke up one morning last week to read a story about an athlete who had seemed to have everything．

　　US track star Marion Jones owned a trophy(奖杯)case filled with medals．She had worldwide fame．She held the high honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an Olympics － the 2000 Sydney Games．

　　But last Friday, the 31-year-old track star tearfully confessed that she had lied to fans, sports official and US federal agents about taking steroids．

　　The five Olympic medals in her trophy case? Gone．Meaningless．The worldwide fame? Exchanged for infamy．The honor of being the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at an Olympics? Forgotten, wiped off the record books．

　　“It is with a great amount of shame that I stand before you and tell you that I have betrayed your trust．” Jones confessed．

　　She'd posed for pictures with fans．She'd attended parties and talked about her accomplishments．But for years she'd slept －or tried to sleep － knowing that much of what she had done was built on a lie．

　　Now, finally, she'd decided to tell the truth．

　　“If she had trusted her own natural gifts and allied them to self-sacrifice and hard work, I sincerely believe that she could have been an honest champion at the Sydney Games．” IAAF President Lamine Diack said over the weekend．“Instead, Mario Jones will be remembered as one of the biggest frauds in sporting history．”

　　Sadly, she won't be the last．There are still others lurking(潜伏)behind their trophies．They too appear to have everything．They're superstars, the envy of every young person who has played a sport．But for how long? And at what cost? Every time they look at their trophies and medals they remember that the awards really belong to someone else．

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　　Two years ago，Wendy Hasnip，47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechless for two weeks．When she finally recovered, she found herself talking with what seemed to be a French accent．“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the first ten minutes laughing,” Hasnip said at the time, “while I have nothing against the French．”

　　Hasnip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find themselves speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country．The condition usually occurs in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke －a sudden loss of consciousness，sensation，or movement caused by a blocked or broken blood vessel(血管)in the brain．

　　The condition was first identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman whose head was injured during an attack by the German military．The woman recovered but was left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villagers who avoided her after that．

　　Researchers have discovered that the combined effect of the damage to several parts of the brain makes victims lengthen certain syllable，mispronounce sounds，and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice．Those changes in speech add up to what sounds like a foreign accent．

　　Another researcher，a phonetician(语言学者)，says victims of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent．Their strangely changed speech only resembles the foreign accent with which it has a few sounds in common．

　　When an English woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scottish accent．However, Annie's Scottish coworkers said she didn't sound at all like a Scot．

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　　We have met the enemy and he is ours．We bought him at a pet shop．When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest, it's hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings．“Most of the infections(感染)we think of as human infections started in other animals,” says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University．

　　It's not just that we're going to where the animals are; we're also bringing them closer to us．Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country．A strange illness killed Isaksen's pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea, “I don't think it's fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them．” says Isaksen．

　　“Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing．” says Peter Schantz．Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call．Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners．We know very little about these new diseases．A new bug(病毒)may be kind at first．But it may develop into something harmful．Monkey-pox doesn't look a major infectious disease．But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person．

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　　The “aha moment”(顿悟时刻)for Arjun Nagendran came one recent afternoon while he was cleaning up the muddy paw prints, and his pet dog, Rocky, was tracking across the house “again”．

　　“Why not make shoes for dogs? ” the 10-year-old boy thought．For most kids, the moment might have ended right here．But for Arjun and five of his classmates from Littleton School, an accidental idea proved talent when they won first place at the first-ever Student Inventors Day at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City．The winning invention, “Green Paws”-an eco-friendly dog shoe made from bark, three leaves and recycled rubber-got the group a ＄1, 000 prize, two television appearances and a shot at being the next “As Seen on TV” hit product．

　　More than 20 schools, most of them from New Jersey, gathered at the center to show their green inventions．Each team had 10 minutes to introduce their inventions to the judges．In the end, the chief judge Khubani announced that it was the Green Paws product that stood out, particularly because his company had been looking into the very idea of how to keep paws clean．

　　Pet products are usually popular sellers, he said, noting that his company has marked four new pet inventions this year alone．And while his senior managers had put forward the idea of new paw wipes, they had never thought of pet shoes, he said．

　　“We thought about cleaning pets’ paws, but we never thought about keeping them clean in the first place．” Khubani said after the event．“They actually have an idea that is marketable．” The company will begin conducting market research on Green Paws this week, he said．But Arjun and his team will have to put off another day before they receive congratulations from their classmates．

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