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There is no better feeling than walking away from your desk in the evening with a sense of deep satisfaction for a job well done. 1. Here are five ways to help you do just that:

·Empty your inbox(收件箱).

__2._ You will find that an empty inbox late in the day will give you a strong sense of accomplishment and order in your life.If you want an empty inbox,it means everything is in a particular spot:either in the trash,or sent to someone else.

· 3.

If you leave a tiring and undesirable task until the next day,you will walk away from your desk with a dark cloud hanging over you and a sense of fear. On the other hand, try to complete the task before you leave the office, and you will walk away with a feeling of freedom and victory.

·Do something nice for someone else.

The key here is intentionality.Plan to end your day by doing something specific and beneficial for someone in your life—a partner,friend,family member,customer,etc._ 4.__ It is impossible to do something nice for someone without feeling better yourself.

·Say thank you.

Take a moment before you shut things down for the day to be thankful for your life. 5. When you feel grateful to people around you,you will get a new idea on the difficulties of any given day.

A.Determine what will make tomorrow special.

B.Regardless of what else has happened in a day,ending it with thanks is a rewarding approach.

C.Finish the task as far as possible before you leave.

D.Keeping your inbox empty makes you more effective.

E.In fact a whole unproductive day can end with just 15 hyper-productive(高效的) minutes.

F.Nothing else throughout your day could possibly be so bad.

G.You will feel better when doing a good deed to others.

In 2015, Adele Adkins(阿黛尔·阿德金斯) said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble ___1.___(beat) the competition, ___2.___ (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its ___3.___ successful one. Her third album, 25, ___4.__ (release) on Nov 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become ___5.__ best-selling album of 2015. No __6. USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec 28.

So what is behind the album’s __7.___ (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has “an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent”, wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal(魅力). As the Chicago Tribute commented, “Adele sings about her personal struggles” with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.

Take the album’s hit single Hello ___8.___ an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained(泪痕斑斑的) song because, as the Chicago Tribute (芝加哥论坛报) put it, “who doesn’t need a good cry once in a while?” Music, after all, is __9.___ Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called “a social event.” The pain in her songs satisfies everyone’s need for love. “It is this sense of ‘we’ve been here before’___10.__ makes Adele,” said the Chicago Tribute.

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