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Some Texans are trying to relieve the loneliness and isolation that many elderly Americans are feeling during the coronavirus pandemic by creating safe "hugging booths."
Amber Crenshaw and her husband Steve Crenshaw own a business called Handle With Care and work with Unlimited Care Cottages, an assisted living facility. Amber said she and her husband designed and built the hugging booths after one of the nurs suggested the idea.
"The residents have been, just so filled with joy," Amber said. "It was one of our resident's birthdays. We were able to t the booth up for their birthday, and family members were able to come in and give birthday hugs. It has really lifted the spirits of the assisted living residents."
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Buck Buckholtz, the owner of Unlimited Care Cottages, where the hugging booths have bee
n ud, said that the families were also excited.
He said, "The families, there was a pretty quick respon of, 'When can you bring it to this hou? When can you bring it to this hou? When are we going to have one?"
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Amber said that she and her husband designed it to fit into a standard door without gaps, and built it with materials that coronavirus cannot transmit through, allowing family members to hug each other safely.
"Just the power of touch is so important becau it's been since March since the family members and the residents at the homes have been able to touch and hug," she said. "Through this, we've been able to create an opportunity for them to reach out and have a touch. It's huge, it brings lots of joy."
The Crenshaws have just worked with Unlimited Care so far, but they said other assisted living facilities in Texas have contacted them with interest.
1. Who gave the idea of building the hugging booths?
A. Amber Crenshaw B. Buck Buckholtz
C. Steve Crenshaw D. 乾隆后面A nur of Handle With Care
2. What might happen next according to the text?
A. The Crenshaws may continue to work with other assisted living facilities in Texas to build more hugging booths.
B. The Crenshaws will make the hugging booths better.
C. Other assisted living facilities in Texas will help Handle With Care
D. The Crenshaws will prevent coronavirus from transmitting.
3. The Crenshaws诗成语 put the hugging booths to u____ .
A. on one of their动态图片格式 resident's birthdays
B. to reduce the residents’ panic during the coronavirus pandemic
C. to help the family members celebrate birthdays together.
D. becau霸权国 of the the coronavirus
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Desperately trying to keep a smile on your face will only make your depression wor, a new study suggests.
Feeling content has become the sole goal for many in recent years, but embracing your sadness may be more beneficial.
University of Melbourne rearchers said that society's downright shunning回避 of being sad could be harmful for sufferers of the blues.
Dr Brock Bastian, a psychologist behind the study, said: 'Depression rates are higher in countries that place a premium on重视；珍视 happiness.'
'Rather than being the by-product of a life well-lived, feeling happy has become a goal in itlf. This reinforces the message that we should aim to maximi our positive emotions and avoid our negative ones'
Society needs to change its attitude on depression if the disorder is to be tackled effectively, Dr实习周记大全. Bastian hinted.
He added that people have become so ud to not showing signs of vulnerability脆弱 due to social media being ud to celebrate achievements.
For the study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, the rearchers assd 112 depresd patients. Each volunteer was asked to rate their symptoms of the blues and how much pressure they faced to be happy. They were tracked over a period of one month.
4. From the text we know that ____ .
A. People are usually ud to hiding their weakness and their feelings of depression.
B. Social media ud to celebrate achievements.
C. All the sufferers of the blues place a premium on happiness
D. Depresd patients never tackle their pressure effectively,
5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text ?
A. Keeping a smile on your face will only make your depression wor
B. Don't try and be happy - it will only make you sad.
C. Society's downright shunning of being sad makes people stronger.
