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ndanｏpｅratｉｎｇliｎe,bｕｔtherｅwｅrｅｓomａnｙpeopｌethａtIｃｏuldｎ’tiｎiｔiａｌlygettotheｐlatforｍ．Fｉnaｌly,Ｉgottoｍｙoffice,weｔthrouｇh,andexhausted．Afｔerａnｕｎeｎｊoyabｌydａy，Garｔh,myDirector,ｓentanｅ－mailｔoeverｙoｎe:“Thａnkstｏevｅrｙｏｎewｈorｅpｏｒｔedｔowｏrk.Itiｓａlwaｙsreassurｉｎｇwheｎeｍplｏyeessｈowｔheirdｅvotｉontotｈeirjoｂｓ．Thaｎkyｏu．”Garth’semaｉlwasshｏrt,butwelcomｅd.Itmａｄemereaｌizetｈatevenｗhentimｅsａretouｇh,ａfｅwwordscanmakｅabigdifｆｅrence.Paｓsage8FａｉrｙTalesTａlesoｆthｅsuperｎatuｒalarecoｍｍｏｎinaｌlｐarｔsofBriｔain.Iｎpａrtｉcular,ｔhｅrewａｓａbｅｌiefiｎfａｉriｅｓ.Nｏtａlloｆtheseｆaｉriesaｒetheｆriendly,ｐｅople－lovｉngsｐrｉtesthａｔappｅａrinDisｎeyfiｌmｓ,ａｎdiｎsomefｏlktaleｓtheyaｒeｃruｅlandcａｕsemuchhuｍａnsｕｆfｅring.ThiｓisｔｒueｉnthｅtaｌeｓaｂouttheChaｎｇeling．Ｔhｅseteｌltheｓｔorｙofamｏtｈｅrwｈosebabygrowｓsickandpａleaｎdｈascｈaｎgedsomｕｃhthａｔitiｓalmoｓtunrecｏｇｎｉzabletｏthｅｐaｒｅntｓ.ItwastheｎfeaｒeｄtｈatｔheｆａｉrieshadcｏmeaｎdstoleｎｔｈebａｂyawａyandｒｅｐｌacedｔｈehumanbabywithａfairyCｈａnｇeｌｉｎg.Ｉntｈosecaseｓｔherewａsoｆtenａwaytｏgeｔtheｒｅaｌbａbｙbacｋ.ＹoｕcouldplａcethｅCｈaｎgｅlingｏnthefｉｒe--thenitwｏuldｒiseuｐtｈechimney,anｄyouwouldｈｅａrtｈesoｕndofｆaｉｒieｓ’lａughtｅrandsooｎaftｅryouｗｏulｄfiｎdｙoｕrｏｗnchilｄsafeａndｓｏundnearby.Passage9Sｅlf-IｍａgeＳelf-imageisyourowｎmind’spictｕｒeoｆyouｒselｆ．Thiｓimａgeincludeｓthewayyoulook，thewayyouact，ｔｈewayyoutａｌkandtｈewayyｏuthinｋ.Inｔeｒestｉｎglｙ,oｕｒselｆ－ｉｍａgesareofｔenqｕitediｆfereｎtfromtheiｍａgeｓｏtｈｅｒsholｄａｂouｔus.Ｕｎfｏｒtunateｌy,mostoｆtheseｉmaｇesａremorenegaｔivetｈaｎtheｙｓhouldbe.Ｔhuscｈanｇｉngthewaｙyｏｕｔhｉnkabｏutｙoursｅlｆｉｓｔｈｅkｅyｔochanｇingyouｒseｌｆ-ｉｍageａndyouｒｗhoｌeworlｄ．Itｍightbeｔhａtyouareｅxperienｃinｇanegativeself-ｉmａgｅbecaｕｓeｙoucａn’ｔmｏvepastｏneflawｏrweａｋｎesｓｔｈatyouseeaｂouｔyourｓelf.Ｗell，rollupyoursleeｖesanｄmａkeachangeofｉｔａsyourprｉmarytａsｋ.Thebesｔwayｔoｇｅtriｄofanegatｉveserf-ｉｍagｅiｓtorealizethatyoｕrimaｇeisfａｒｆｒomobjeｃtivｅ，andｔoａctivelyconｖinｃｅyoｕrｓelfofyoｕｒposiｔiｖｅqualitｉes．Cｈangingthewayｙouthinｋandｗorkingonｔhｏｓe,ｙouwillgoａｌoｎgwayｔowaｒdspｒoｍotｉｎgapositｉveself-imaｇe.Pａssage10SｈopaholicsＴhｅworｄaddictiｏｎusualｌymakeｓyｏｕthｉnkofalｃohｏlordｒｕgs,ｂutinmodｅrn-daysociｅtyweaｒeseeingsomｅnewkiｎdsofａｄdictｉｏnｓ.Somepeｏpleａreｃｏmｐｕlｓｉvｅshoppｅrs.Othersfiｎｄｉｔimｐoｓsibletｏpullｔｈemsｅｌvesawayfromtheｉrｗｏｒk．StiｌｌotｈersspenｄcｏuｎtleｓshourswａtｃhiｎgTVｏｒplａyｉngcomｐuterｇaｍeｓ.Overｔhｅyeａrｓ,shoppｉngｈasbecomeaveｒycommｏｎactivｉty.Manｙpeｏｐleｅｎｊoygoingtomallｓorｓｔoresmorｅａndmoreeverｙｄaｙ,butit’smｏｒethanaｃoｍmonhobbyforｓomeoftｈem.Ｔｈｅyhaveｔuｒｎｅdintoshｏｐaholiｃs.Theyａｒepeoｐlewｈｏsiｍplｙｅｎjoyshｏppiｎgａndwalkiｎgaroｕｎｄspendｉｎgmｏneywiｔhouｔｂeiｎgaｂｌetostoｐdoingit．Ｔｈｅｙarｅhookedｏｎｓhopｐinｇａndusuａｌlｙｂuythinｇsｔhatｔheydoｎ’tneed．Evenｔhoughtheｙdoｎ’thａvｅeｎouｇｈmｏｎey,theｙbuyeｖｅrｙthingtheywａｎｔ.Whｙdotheｙhaveｔhiｓadｄiｃtiｏn?Therｅisn’taspeｃｉfiｃanswer.Soｍｅｐeoｐlegoｓｈoppｉngｗhｅntheyａresａd,worriｅd,ｕpsetorｌonｅly.Soｍｅeｖenｔｅndtohａｖethisaddictionwｈｅntｈeyfeelgｕｉｌｔy.Paｓsage11TiｍeMaｎageｍeｎtＴimeiｓsｏmeｔｈｉngfｒoｍｗhichwｅcan’ｔescape.Ｅｖenｉfweigｎoreit，ｉt’sｓtｉllgoｉｎgbｙ，tickiｎｇａｗay，sｅcｏndbｙsecｏnd,ｍｉnuteｂｙminute，hourｂyhoｕr.Sothemaｉniｓｓueinusｉngyoｕrtｉmewｅｌlis,“Whｏ’sｉncharge?”Wecanａllowtimetosliｐbyaｎdlｅｔitbeourenｅmy.Orwecantａkeconｔｒoｌoｆｉtandmakeitouraｌｌy．Ｂytａkiｎgcｏntｒolofｈowｙoｕspendyｏurtime,you’llincreaseyoｕrｃｈanceｓoｆbｅcomingamoｒｅsｕｃｃeｓsfｕlｓtuｄent.Perhａpsmoreiｍportaｎtly,ｔhｅｂetteｒyｏuａreａtmaｎagingthetimｅyouｄｅｖotｅtoyｏursｔudｉes,theｍoreｔimeyouwiｌlhaveｔospeｎdonｙouroｕtsｉdeiｎｔｅrestｓ.Theaimoｆｔｉmeｍanａgemeｎｔisnottosｃhedｕleｅｖerｙｍomeｎtsowebｅｃｏmeslavesｏfａtimetａbletｈatgoｖernsｅverywaｋiｎgmoｍentoｆtｈedａy．Ｉｎｓtead,ｔheaｉmｉstomakｅinfｏrmedchｏiｃesasｔohoｗｗeｕseoｕrtime.Paｓｓage12CharｉtyＳhｏpsTｈecｈarityshopisaBrｉｔｉsｈｉnstitutioｎ,selｌingｅverythingｆrｏmcloｔｈｅsｔoeleｃｔriｃgoｏds,alｌatverygoｏｄprices.Ｙoucangettｈinｇsyｏuwon'tfindiｎtｈeshopｓａnyｍore.ＴheｔhingIｌikebeｓtaｂｏuｔthemisthａtｙouｒmｏneyisgoiｎgtoagｏodｃauseandｎｏtintothepoｃkｅｔsｏfprｏfit-drivencｏmｐaｎiｅs,andyoｕareｎｏtdaｍaginｇｔhｅplanｅｔ,butfinｄinｇaｎｅwhomeforunwantedｇｏoｄｓ.Mｏstofthepｅoplewoｒkiｎginthechariｔyｓhopsareｖolunteers，altｈoｕｇhtｈeｒeｉsofｔenａmａnagｅrwｈogetｓｐａid.Over90％ofｔhegｏｏdsinthechａrityshopｓarｅdｏnａtedbｙthepublｉc.Tｈeshｏpshaveｖeryloｗruｎningcｏsts:ａlｌprｏｆitsgoｔoｃｈaritywｏrk．Chａriｔysｈｏpsraisemorｅｔhaｎ￡1１0miｌliｏnayｅar,ｆunｄinｇｍｅdicalreｓeａrch,oｖerseasaid,sｕｐｐoｒｔiｎgsiｃkａnｄpoorchｉlｄｒｅn，hｏｍelessanｄｄisａbledpeople,aｎｄｍuｃhmorｅ.Passａgｅ1３PassiｖeLｅarningWecanacｈieｖeｋnowledgeｅithｅracｔiｖelｙorpａssively.Ｗeaｃｈievｅiｔactiｖeｌybｙdirectｅxperience,bｙtｅstinganｄpｒｏvinganｉdeａ,orbyｒeasｏniｎg.Weachieveknowlｅdgeｐassivｅｌybyｂｅingｔolｄbysoｍｅｏneｅlｓe.ＭoｓtofｔheｌeａrnｉｎｇthattakesplaceｉｎｔheclassroomaｎdthekindｔhａtｈapｐeｎswhenｗewatｃhTVorrｅａｄnewspapｅrsormａgaｚinesispassｉve．Cｏnditｉoｎedaswｅaretopassiｖｅlearniｎg,ｉt'ｓnoｔsｕrｐｒisiｎgtｈａtweｄependoｎｉtinoureveryｄayｃoｍmunicａtionwithfrienｄsanｄco-workｅrｓ．Ｕnfortunately,ｐassiveｌｅarｎｉｎgｈasａserioｕspｒoblem．Itmakesustendtoaｃｃｅｐtｗhatwｅareｔoｌdeｖenwhenitisｌittlemoｒethanheaｒｓayａndrumor.Thaｔ'swhaｔhaｐpeｎsｉndａilｙliｆe.Theｓimplｅｆactthatpeoｐlerepｅaｔastoｒyiｎtheiｒownwoｒdschangestheｓｔory．Then,tｏｏ，moｓtｐｅoｐlｅlisteniｍｐerｆectlｙ．Ａｎｄｍaｎyeｎｊoyadｄｉngｔｈｅiｒｏｗncｒeaｔivetouchtｏaｓtory,tryingtoimproveonｉt，sｔampingitｗitｈtheirｏwnperｓｏnalstyle.Yetｔhoｓewhohｅａｒｉｔthｉnｋｔｈeyknow．Pasｓａge１4Different“Stｙlｅs”ofDｉrecｔionsItｒａvelａlｏｔ,andIfinｄoutdifferｅnｔ“styles”ofdiｒｅctionseｖeｒytｉmeIa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eveｒ,Germansprefｅrｔogetｄoｗｎtｏbuｓinｅssmoｒeｑuickｌｙ.Ｗｅtｈinkthattheyaｒeｒｕde.Infact,ｔhｉsiｓｊustｂecａuｓeoｎeculturｅｓｔartsｄiscｕssionsａndmakesｄｅcｉsioｎmoｒequickly.Pａsｓage21StreｓsＳtreｓsiswｈatyouｆｅelｗheｎｙourｅacttｏｐrｅｓsure,eitherfｒomtheoｕｔｓｉdewｏrldorfromｉnsｉdeyoｕrｓelｆ.Stresｓｉｓaｎｏｒmalreactioｎfoｒpeｏpleofalｌａges.Mostpeoplｅｔhiｎkthatpreｓｓureisａlwａysabａdtｈinｇ.Iｎfaｃt，ａlｉｔtleｂitofsｔｒｅssｉsgood.Withoutstｒｅｓｓ,moｓｔoｆuscouldn’ｔpusｈouｒselvｅsｔodoｗelｌ,ｅｓｐｅciallｙiｎdｉfｆiｃｕltthinｇs.Pｅoｐleusualｌyｃomｐlaｉnａｂoutfeelingpｒessedfｏrtiｍewhentheｙareundeｒcｅrtainpressure.Itiｓtrｕｅｔhａtｙｏｕcan’talwaｙscoｎtrolｔｈｅthingstｈａtａreｓtｒessiｎgｙouout,bｕtｙoucaｎcｏnｔrｏlhowｙｏureaｃtｔothｅm.Thewayyoｕfeelａbｏuｔthiｎgsｒesultｓfromthewayyoｕthinkaboｕttｈｉｎgs.Iｆｙｏucｈangehoｗｙouthｉnk,yｏucanchａｎgethewayyｏufeｅl.Trythefollｏwｉngｔiｐsｔｏdealwithyourｓｔresｓ:Makealｉsｔｏftｈeｔhingsｔhatａrecausingyourstress.Giveyourｓeｌｆanｅxcｕse.Doｎ＇tpromｉsetｏdothiｎgsyoucａn＇ｔdoorｄoｎ'twaｎｔtoｄo．Ｆｉndsｏｍeoneｔｏtalｋto.Passage２２ＬoveisaｔｅlephoneLoveｉsaｔelephｏｎewhichｉsalｗayssiｌｅntwｈenyouarehｏpingfｏracall,butringswheｎyouａrenotreａdyｆoｒit.Asaresulｔ,ｗeoftｅnｍｉｓsｔhelｏveｃoｍiｎgｆroｍtｈｅotｈerend.Ｌoveｉsatｅlepｈonewｈiｃhiｓseｌdoｍpｒogram-ｃontroｌledordｉrｅctｌydiａlｅｄ.Yｏuｃaｎnoｔｇｅtanimmediateaｎsｗｅｒwithasｉmple“helｌｏ”，letａloneｇodeepintｏyｏurlｏveｒ’ｓhｅartwitｈｏnecａlｌ.Usuallyiｔｈaｓtobｅrelａｙｅdbｙanoｐerａtoｒ,aｎdyouhavｅｔowａｉtpatientｌｙ.Lovｅiｓａtｅlｅｐｈoｎｅthaｔisalwaｙsbusy.Wｈenyouarereadytodiａｌforlove,yｏｕonｌyfiｎｄ,tｏyouｒdiｓaｐpoｉnｔment,tｈelinｅｉsalreａdybeingusedbysomｅoneelｓe.Ｌoｖeisatｅlepｈonｅ,butitisdｉfficulttoknowwｈentoｄial．Youｗiｌｌmｉsｓtｈｅoppoｒtｕnityiｆyourｃalliseｉｔhertｏoeaｒlyorｔｏolａte.Paｓsaｇe２3JealoｕsyTｈeｅxperｉenｃeofjeａlousｙｖariesｅnoｒmoｕslyfroｍａgｅtoａge，froｍcultｕrｅｔocｕlturｅ,ｆｒomcoｕpｌetocoupｌe，frompersontｏperｓｏn,andcanbedｉffｅｒentwithinthesamｅpersoｎfｒomtimetotｉme．IntheUniｔｅｄSｔａtｅs,ｔheｒeｈａｓｂｅenacｈanｇeoｆａttitｕdeｔowardｊeａlouｓyiｎrecｅntyeａrs.“Normal”ｊeａlｏusy,wｈicｈhaｓbeｅnｓeenａsaninevitａbｌeaccomｐａnimenｔoｆlｏｖeandsｕpporｔofmａrriage，hascomｅtoｂeseenｂｙsomeaseviｄｅｎceofpersonaｌinsecurｉtyａnｄweaknessintherelationｓｈiｐ,ａndtherefoｒｅatｈreａttothｅｐaｒtnｅrshiｐ.Ｍｏｓｔjealoｕsfｌashescoｍｅfｒomｆeeｌｉnglefｔｏutofａnａcｔｉｖｉｔyinvｏlvｉｎｇｙourpaｒｔnerandanoｔhｅrpersｏnoｒothｅrpeople.Wｈenyoｕrｐarｔnerpaｙsatｔeｎtiontoanother,yoｕrfirsｔｒｅaｃtionistonotethａtｔhｅyaｒｅ“ｉｎ”andyouａｒｅ“oｕt”．Youｆeelexcluded,iｇnoｒed,unappｒeｃｉａteｄ.Tｈiskindofｅｘｐｅrｉｅnceiｓnｏｔｕncｏmmon，ａndｄeaｌinｇwｉthitgraｃefｕｌlyiｓpartofｔheｅtiqｕetteｏｆourtｉme.Passage2４ＤｉｆferｅnｃｅsBeｔwｅenTelevｉｓionaｎｄRａdioAｎnoｕncｅrsWhｅnteleｖisionfirsｔbeｇaｎtｏexｐand,ｖeryfewofpｅoplewhoｈadbｅcｏmefａmouｓaｓｒａdioannounｃｅrｓwｅrｅaｂletobeeｑuａllyeffeｃｔiveontelevision.Someｏfｔhedifficultiestｈｅyｅxperiencedｗhentheywerｅtｒyinｇtoaｄaptｔhｅmｓelveｓtｏthenewmediumweretechnｉｃａl.Wｈenwoｒｋingｏnradio,fｏrexａmple，theyhａdbecomeacｃｕsｔｏmedｔoｓeeｉnｇonbeｈalfoｆthｅlisｔener.Ｔｈｉsaｒtofseeｉngfｏｒotｈｅｒsｍeaｎsthatｔhｅcomｍentatorhastobeverygｏｏdａtｔａlｋing.Ｉｎｔｈｅｃaｓeoftelevision,hoｗeveｒ,theannｏｕncｅrｓeeseverｙthiｎgｗitｈｔheviewｅr.Ｈiｓrolｅ，ｔｈｅrefore,ｉscompｌｅteｌyｄiｆfeｒent.Heｉsｔheｒｅtoｍakeｓurethatｔheviewｅｒdoｅsｎotmisssoｍepｏｉｎtoｆiｎterest，tｏｈelｐhimｆocusｏnparｔicｕlartｈiｎｇs，ａndtoｈelphｉmｕndersｔanｄtheimａgesｏnthetelｅｖisionscｒeen．Uｎｌikehisｒadｉocolleague,ｈemuｓｔknowｔheｖaｌueｏfsｉｌｅnｃｅandhｏwtoｕseｉt,atthｏsemoｍenｔsｗｈｅnthepicｔureｓｓpｅａｋfortｈeｍselveｓ.Passａｇe25TheAｆｒicanEleｐhaｎtＴheAｆｒicａneleｐhant，ｔhｅlaｒgestｌandanimａlｒeｍainingoneartｈ,iｓoｆgｒeatimpoｒtancetoAfriｃanecｏsysｔem．Asaｂigplant-eaｔer，itlａrgeｌysｈａpeｓtheforest-ａｎｄ-savannasurroｕndingｓinwhichitlｉves,ｓetｔingthetｅrmsoｆexisｔenｃeformilｌionｓofothｅranimalsthａｔlivｅiｎiｔshａbitａt.Itistheｅlｅphant'sgreatdesｉreforfoｏdthａtｍakesiｔadisｔｕrbｅroｆｔｈeｅnvｉrｏnmｅnｔandａniｍｐoｒtaｎｔbuｉldｅｒofitsｈabitat．Initscoｎtｉnuouｓｓeａrchforｔhe３０0poundｓｏfplantsiｔmｕsｔhａveevｅrｙday，itkilｌssmalｌtreｅsandunderbuｓｈeｓ,anｄpullsbranchesoｆfbigtrｅｅs.ThisｒｅsuｌtsinnｕｍｅｒｏusopeｎｓｐaceｓinbｏtｈdeeｐtｒｏpicａｌforestｓandinthewｏodlandｓthatｃｏｖｅrpartoｆtheＡfricａnsａvanｎas.WhatwoｒriｅｓｓcientisｔsnｏwｉｓthaｔtheＡfrｉcanelephanthasbｅcomｅaneｎdａngｅrｅdspecieｓ.Ifｔheelephaｎtdisａpｐeａrｓ，sｃientistｓｓay，maｎyｏtｈeranimalswillalsodｉsapｐeaｒfromvastaｒeａsofｆoreｓｔaｎｄsaｖａｎna,grｅaｔｌychangiｎgaｎdworsenｉｎgthewholeｅcｏｓｙstem．Pasｓage26OperationsｏnthｅBｒaｉnItisｄｉfficultfordｏctｏｒstohｅｌpaｐｅrｓoｎwithａｄamagｅdｂｒaｉｎ.Wiｔhouteｎoｕｇｈｂlood,tｈebrainlivesforoｎlyｔhｒeｅtofiveminutes．Ｄr.Whitｅthｉnｋsdｏcｔorsｓｈouldｔryｔｏmａkｅthebrainverycold．Ｉｆitiｓｖeｒｙcold,thebraiｎcanliｖewitｈoｕtbｌｏodfor30minuｔes.Ｔhisgivｅｓthedoctorsalｏｎgｅrtimｅtoｄoｓomｅtｈｉngforｔhｅbraiｎ．Ｄｒ．Ｗhｉｔｅtｒiedhｉsｉdeaon１3mｏnkeys.Firｓthetaughｔtheｍｔododiｆｆereｎtjobｓ.Theｎｈｅopｅratedｏｎtheｍ．Heｍadｅtheｍonkeｙs＇blooｄgothroｕghamachｉnｅｗｈichｃoolｅdtｈeｂlood，anｄtheｎsentｔheｂlooｄbａcktothｅmonkeyｓ＇brａｉns.Whenｔhebrａiｎtemperaturewａs50deｇｒeｅs，Ｄr.Ｗhｉteｓtoppedthｅbｌｏodtｏthｅbrain.After３0minuｔeｓheturｎedｔheblooｄbaｃkon.Ｈewａrmeｄtｈebloｏｄaｇａin.Afｔertheiｒopｅｒationstheｍonｋeyｓweｒeｌｉkｅthｅyｗerebefore．Thｅｙwｅｒehealthyａndｂusy.Eaｃhoneｃouｌdsｔｉlｌdothejｏｂsthｅdoctoｒhadtaughｔthｅｍ.Passａge27DepreｓsionThｅdictionarydeｓcrｉbesｄepressioｎaｓtheｓtａtｅoｆfeelｉngverysaｄ,anｘiousaｎdｈopelｅss.Ｔhequestiｏｎhereisｗhyoｎegｅtsdepreｓsed.Isittｈeinabｉliｔyｔoｄeａｌｗiththesｉtuatiｏｎorthehigｈstｒessｌeｖｅｌsthatcomeｗｉｔhsuccesｓorfailｕre?Ｌifeiｓｆuｌｌoftｗistsandｔurｎs.Somearｅpleasantandsomeａｒenotｓopｌeaｓant，ａndsｏmetimeseventerrｉbｌe.Ｎoonehasａｌａcｋｏfpｒｏbｌemsinhisorｈerｌｉｆｅ.Evｅｒｙonｅhａsａpｅrsonalsetofｐroblｅｍs.Eventhepeoplewhoconsｔaｎｔlyhavｅasmilｅontｈeiｒfaｃesｈavｅprｏｂｌeｍs.Theonlydiｆferencｅisthattheyknoｗhoｗtodealwｉthtｈepｒｏbｌeｍsaｎdｓｍｉｌeaｂoutthefacｔthaｔｔhｅｙｃａｎovercomｅthem．Seaｓonａlchaｎgｅsarethemａinｒeａsonfordeｐressioｎinnaｔｕｒｅ.Changeisunａｖoidaｂle.Iｔmaｙｈappenｉnnaｔurｅorｉnlife,buｔthｅwaｙtheｃｈangｅmakｅｓusfeｅlisｓｕbjective1.Theydiffeｒfｒomｐersontoperｓon,alongwiｔhtｈｅｗayswｅdｅalwiｔｈtheｍ．Feeｌiｎｇｄeprｅsｓｉoniｓanorｍaｌpｈeｎomenon2，bｕｔlettingitoveｒtake3ｕsｃｏmpletｅlｙiｓnotthebeｓtthｉnｇ.Therearenospｅcifｉcｒuｌｅsｏｒconceptsｔoｄealwｉtｈit．Wｈatｅｖerwａyａperｓoｎfeeｌｓistｈebestwaytodealwitｈitshｏulｄbeａｄopted,ｂuｔbesureiｔwilｌnｏｔｈurtａｎotherpｅrsｏn．Passaｇe２8WhiｔeNoｉseTherｅaｒediｆfｅreｎtkindsofnoisewｉthｄiｓtｉnctfreqｕenｃｉesthaｔaｒｅcｌａｓsiｆｉeｄｂycoloｒ，namｅｌｙ:whｉtｅnoｉse,pinknoisｅ,ｂｒownnoisｅ,blｕｅnoise,ａndgraｙnｏiｓe．Belowisanoverviewoｆwhitenoise．Ｇｅnerａlｌyspeaｋing,whiｔeｎｏiseiｓaｐartofthefuｌlscaleｏｆｓounｄfreｑｕenｃiｅｓａｈumａnｅarcaｎｒeｃogniｚｅ.Whiｔenoiseisａmiｘtuｒeofsoｕndfrequeｎciｅｓｉnequａllevels.Iｔiｓavｅｒyquietsｏuｎｄｔhatisrｅlａxｉnｇandpleａsａnttｏｔheeaｒｓofanyｏｎe.Ａnumberofpeoplｅｓaythaｔiｔｉsｓimilaｒtothｅsoｕndｏftｈerainｏrtheoｃｅａnｗaves.Wｈｉｔeｎoｉseｏfferscoｕntlessbenefits.Thenoisecoｍeｓindifferentｆormｓｔｈatsｅrvediffｅrｅntpurposｅs．Somewｈｉtenoｉseｗorｋsbｅｔtｅrtｈanoｔhｅｒsfｏrpartiｃuｌaｒｕses.Soｍepeoplemaｙfindsomeｗｈitenoiｓeｓoundsmｏｒeplｅａsingthａｎoｔheｒs.Mｏreoveｒ,whｉtｅnoiseiｓsaidtｏhaveamoｒecaｌｍiｎgｅｆfecｔｔhanmusiｃdｏeｓ.Pａsｓage２9ＣｅllPhoｎeNowadays,witｈtｈｅｒａｐｉdｄeveｌopmentｏfIＴandｉnformaｔionｉｎdｕsｔrｙ，／cellｐhｏｎesplayadｏmｉｎａntｒｏleiｎｐeople’sliｆｅ./Oｎtheoｎehand,themｏｂilephoneｉｓｐortablｅaｎdcoｎveｎｉent.／Ｂeingｗｉｒeleｓs,yｏｕｃａncaｒryｔhemｅverywherｅwiｔhgｒeaｔeasｅ./Yｏucａnｒeacｈaperｓonｗhereverandｈoweveｒfarａwayheis./Oｎthｅotｈeｒhａｎd，iｔiｓaｆｒienｄindｅed./Whenｅveｒyoucomeacrｏsstroｕble,yoｕcancallfoｒhｅｌｐimmediately./Howｅvｅr,jｕsｔaseveryｃｏinhastwosides,/theｃeｌlphoneａlsohasｉtsmanyｄiｓａdｖantageｓ．/Sｏｍｅpeｏpｌecomplainｔhatｍobilephoｎesgiveunpleａsantnoiseoｎsomeｉmｐortantｏccaｓions／wｈｅntｈｅownｅrfｏrgｅｔｓtotｕrnｔhemofｆ.／Anditalsocｕtｓintopeople’sｓｐarｅtime,/bｅcauseｗithｔhemobｉlｅpｈonｅthｅbｏｓsｃａneasilyｒeachtｈemａｎdｃallｔhemｔｏdutydurinｇtｈeirspaｒetｉme./Worstoｆaｌl，tｈｅeｌectromagｎetｉcｗaｖｅｅmitｔｅdfroｍthephoｎｅiｓsaｉｄtoｂehａrmfultopeｏpｌｅ’shealth/ａnddoｅｓofteｎcauseheadachestoｔheownｅr.／Passaｇe30FaｃingtheE