安靜的狼

With the improvement of our living standard, more and more families own their personal cars. Cars are not only quick and convenient, but also present a life of high quality. However, in my point of view, I’m strongly in favor of riding a bike. My reasons are as follows.
First, cars are not swift, and the traffic is often held up especially in the rush hours. Every year there are quite many traffic accidents reported. Secondly, all cars give out CO₂, which contributes to the environment pollution. What’s more, the high price of gas makes your trip at a much more cost.
Riding a bicycle causes far less pollution. Bedsides, it can make us stronger and stronger and a very excellent bike won’t cost one tenth of an ordinary car. Let’s ride a bike all together.

Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions—those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.

Psychologists have known that one person’s perception of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even beating evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’ conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.

Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries.