Just like Brie, I believe life can be light and cheerful as long as we find ____10____(mean)ways to live, to come alive and feel alive. We can prove that art is not a fantasy and our lives is art itlf, and we are the artist, the world is our canvas(画布).
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Does City Living Hurt Mental Health?
People often move to cities ____1____ better jobs and more cultural activities. But are they putting____2____ at risk? Maybe.ndf
costumeplayExperts at the American Psychiatry Association say that “natural environments or green spaces” do much for good our mental health and ____3____(experience) nature helps people recover from the mental tiredness that comes from day-to-day work.
On the other hand, ____4____ they cannot say exactly why, mental health experts say some rearch suggests that city living might hurt our mental health.
Andrea Mechelli is a doctor with the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, London. “There have been studies ____5____ people were taken out of an urban environment into a rural environment, and their symptoms would improve. And we also e that the greater the city the greater the risk.”
Kings College rearchers, along with city planners and land and building designers hoped ____6____(learn) more about city living and mental illness. So, they created a smartphone app called Urban Mind. They say they wanted to understand ____7____ different parts of the urban environment affect mental wellbeing.
The Urban Mind app ____8____ your experience of city living in the moment. Rearchers collected real time information from 108 people, who answered just over 3, 000 questions during a one-week period.motown
The rearchers found that being outdoors, eing trees, hearing birdsong, eing the sky, and feeling in contact with nature ____9____(associate) with higher levels of mental well-being. They also found that the eming effects of nature were especially strong in
cpmtho individuals at greater risk of mental health problems.
The Urban Mind Project team says it hopes “the results will inform future urban planning and social policy ____10____(intend) to improve design and health”.
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Rearchers have found that people who go to live concerts, shows and muums can live longer than tho who do not. Experts looked at the ____1____(lifestyle) of over 6, 700 British people for 15 years. They____2____(examine)how often the people went out and what kinds of events they attended and found that over-50s who ____3____(regular) went to concerts and shows were around 30 per cent less likely ____4____（die) over the next 14 years if they take part in the “receptive arts”, such as art galleries, concerts, muums, the opera and the theater. In addition to ____5____ (live) longer, concertgoers could also have more fun.
