If you’re away from home, feeling a bit blue or searching for some comfort, the Danes have a solution. It’s called “hygge”. Coming from Danish culture, but popular with the British in 2018, hygge is much more than just a word, it’s becoming a feeling around the world.

The hygge means the sense of happiness you get when your family is gathered together at new year or Christmas. It is all about the pleasant feelings of home: the smell of your mother’s cooking, your partner’s arm around your shoulder and so on.

Hygge is an antidote(良药) to stress. You know when you’ve got it, a gentle warmth starts spreading through your body. Another important part of hygge is that it has nothing to do with modern technology. It’s a period time to relax your tired mind and eyes. So, put down that smartphone and turn off the computer.

You should also know that hygge is not about healthy eating or more exercise. In fact, it’s just the opposite. You’re supposed to be lost in what you like: enjoy sweet snacks and calorie-laden cakes freely. Let yourself think of what happened in the past, and remember the childhood songs of your distant youth with a smile. If it helps, wrap yourself in a warm blanket and sleep with one of your favorite books (not a pill or e-reader).

If Denmark seems too far, then think of old Beijing with its hutong and courtyard houses. Picture yourself sit around a traditional stove with your loved ones, eating dumplings and chatting about the old days. Let yourself drift back in time to a period where everything is relaxing, and there is no need to reply to any e-mails or text messages. They did not exist(存在) back then.

Now you’ve really understood hygge without going to Copenhagen.

I have come to realize that life is a journey. Whether we choose to keep moving around, or we choose to stay in one place, we are on a journey. That journey is not an easy one because every day it makes us face new problems in new ways.

When I was a little boy, I liked moving around. I always looked forward to the next trip away or the next holiday. Maybe it is because I lived in a small and boring town. How I wanted the school holidays when I could go to the coast! There I met with friends and my cousins, and enjoyed myself so much. I also met new people and sometimes we would travel together exploring different towns and beachside places.

When I finished high school, I kept moving. In my first year out of school I traveled with a friend. We visited seventeen countries in Europe, working different jobs as we went. What an adventure we had! No one could keep us still! When one place or one job became boring, we went off. If we didn’t like the people we were staying with, we said goodbye. In this way I went to three different universities to study and lived in five different towns.

All this carried on for many years until I got married and had my own family. Now having a family is a different thing because you cannot choose who they are as you want. When you stay in the same place with the same persons, you start a whole new journey. That is the journey of facing your mistakes and trying to make them right. Rather than walk away and meet someone new when you make a mistake, you have to say that you are sorry and try again. When the ones you love hurt you, you may feel angry or unhappy. But instead of making the decision to leave, you have to try to tell them how you feel and forgive them.

Then you will stay in the same town, choosing one place to live and one job to remain in. There again you are challenged to face life, doing things such as paying your bills and trying hard to get along well with your boss. You have to keep on at your job when you feel like giving it all up and traveling again. So rather than move around on different trips, you are on a new journey.

(1). Why did the writer like moving around when he was a boy?

(2). In the first year out of school, how did the writer and his friend get money when traveling?

(3). After the writer married, he started a new journey. What did the journey refer to ?

(4). According to the writer, what should he do when his family hurt him?

(5). How do you understand the sentence “ life is a journey”? ( 请自拟一句话作答)

By West Lake, in the city of Hang zhou, there is a small statue of a traveller. His name was Marco Polo.

Marco Polo grew up in the city of Venice, in present-day Italy. In 1271, when he was 17 years old, he set off on a journey to Asia with his father and uncle, and did not return home until 24 years later. His travels took him across Asia,(A)______ the Silk Road and throughout China. He (B)loved Hangzhou so much that he described it as "the finest city in the world".

When Polo finally returned to Venice, there was a war and he was captured. While he was in prison, he told the stories of his (C)travels to another man there. This man wrote the stories down in a book called The Travels of Marco Polo. Because of the interesting descriptions of Asian life in the book, poloˈs travels soon became well known in Europe.

The stories gave many Europeans their first(D) ______ at the life and culture of the people in Asia. Polo told of many amazing things that were unknown to Europe, such as paper money. He also wrote about chinaˈs development, with (E)its large cities and systems of communication.(F) His book made Europeans more and more interested in the East. It also influenced many other explorers, including Christopher Columbus.

Polo died in 1324. His last words were: "I did not tell half of what I saw. ”

Europeans _______ more and more interested in the East_______ of his book.