2. Don’t keep any drinks on your desk. Go to the kitchen when you want to have a drink or, if you prefer, keep a drink on a small table near your desk.

3. Reduce the amount of paper that you use. Try to keep as much information as possible in folders on your computer. Before printing a document, ask yourself, ‘do I really need to read this on paper?’
4. Scan your notes. If you have a lot of paper (magazine articles, notes, worksheets, etc.), use a scanner and keep a digital version as a PDF on your computer.
5. Use your smartphone to take photos of things you need to remember. For example, take photos of notes to yourself, the name and address of a place you need to visit or diagrams you need to study for school.
6. Get a noticeboard. If you really do need to keep small bits of paper, use a noticeboard on the wall. Check it every day and throw old notes in the bin.
7. Clean your desk at the end of every day. Choose a time to tidy your desk and do it! If you do it every day, it will only take five minutes and you can start each new day with a clean and tidy space.

Decide these statements are True (T) or False (F)
1. You should put everything you will possibly need on your desk.
2. You should only have one pen or pencil.
3. It's a good idea to have a bin close to your desk.

4. It's better to keep information on your computer than on paper if possible.
5. If you have written notes on paper you should type them into the computer.
6. The camera in your phone can help you remember things.
7. A noticeboard is a good way to organise bits of paper.
8. You should clean your desk once a week.

She usually finishes breakfast at around 8 am. If it is a weekday, she always leaves the house at 8:20 and goes to training. Her training starts at 9 am, and she needs 30 minutes to drive to the gym. She trains for 3 hours with her team and then goes home for lunch. She always eats a very big and healthy lunch. As soon as she finishes lunch, she has a nap for one hour.

After her nap, she likes to go for a walk around the lake and look at nature. She sometimes reads or meditates at the lake in the afternoon. In the evening, during the week, she meets up with friends. Most of her friends are athletes too, so they have a lot to talk about.

She typically goes to bed at 9 pm because she prefers to be awake in the morning than at night. She sometimes falls asleep listening to music, but she never watches the television or reads anything on her tablet. She always makes sure her alarm is set and is almost always asleep by 9:45 pm.

1. What is the text about?
A. The text is about the life of an athlete.
B.  The text is about Janet's hobby
C. The text is about Janet's daily routine
2. What time does she finish checking her emails?
A. 5:30 am.
B. 5:45 am.
C. 6:00 am.
3. How long does she run for in the morning?
A. 60 minutes.
B. 45 minutes.
C. 90 minutes.
4. Janet ______ has a healthy breakfast.
A. Always
B. Occasionally
C. Usually
5. How often does she meditate?
A. Once or twice a week.
B. Once a day.
C. Rarely.
6. What does Janet do to help her get to sleep?
A. listen to music
B. read on her tablet
C. watch TV
7. What is the last thing she does before going to sleep?
A. She reads.
B. She sets her alarm.
C. She checks the time.

Petra Engels owns 19,571 erasers, Carol Vaughn has 1,221 bars of soap, and Ralf Shrőder has a collection of 14,502 packets of sugar. Many people love to collect things, but why? Psychologists and collectors have different opinions.

The psychologist Carl Jung believed that collecting is part of our ancient human history. Thousands of years ago, humans collected nuts and berries. They kept them carefully and ate them when there was no food. The best collectors survived long cold winters or seasons without rain. Their genes passed to future generations. Nowadays, we still have a collecting instinct.

Historian Philipp Bloom has a different opinion. He thinks collectors want to make something that will remain after their death. By bringing many similar items together, the collector gains historical importance. Sometimes their collections become museums or libraries, for example, Henry Huntington, who founded a library in Los Angeles to house his collection of books.

Author Steve Roach thinks that people collect things to remember their childhood. Many children collect things, but few have enough money to buy the things they really want, and they lose interest. In later life, they remember their collections fondly. Now, they have enough money and opportunity to find special items, and they start collecting again. This way, they can re-live and enjoy their childhood years.

Art collector, Werner Muensterberger, agrees that collecting is linked to childhood. But he believes we collect in order to feel safe and secure. While babies hold blankets or toys to feel safe when their mother isn’t there, adults collect things to stop feeling lonely or anxious.

Autograph collector Mark Baker agrees that collecting is emotional, but he doesn’t collect to reduce anxiety. “For me, it’s the excitement,” he says. “I love trying to get a famous person’s autograph. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I fail. Also, by collecting autographs, I feel connected to famous people. I don’t just watch them on television. I actually meet them.”

These are just a few reasons for collecting. Do you know any people with collections? Why do they collect?

Questions:
Match each sentence (1-8) with the person (A - F) who might say it.
A. Carl Jung     
B. Philipp Bloom     
C. Steve Roach         
D. Werner Muensterberger       
E. Mark Baker
F. None of the people in the text

1. People collect things because it makes them feel comfortable.
2. I collect because I enjoy trying to achieve something.
3. People have always collected because we need to stay alive.
4. People collect because they want to remember a former hobby.
5. People collect because they want to be famous for something important.
6. People start collecting again when they can afford to buy special things.
7. Collecting gives people something to do during bad weather and cold or wet seasons.
8. Collecting links ordinary people to the lives of well-known people.

^{The Opening Ceremony}
This set the scene for the Games with an amazing show featuring music, dancing, historical figures, fireworks and British humour. A huge number of volunteers practised for months to make everything perfect. The best moment was when the old lady in Buckingham Palace turned round and showed that she was neither a lookalike nor an actor but Her Majesty the Queen. The next best bit was when she jumped out of a helicopter with James Bond (although I think that actually was an actor!).

^{Team GB}
I was very proud of our team as we kept on winning medals and finished in third position in the medal table, which is truly a great result for Great Britain. There were so many incredible sportsmen and women. The ones that stand out for me are Mo Farah, the Somalian-born Londoner who won the 10,000 and 5,000 metres with the whole stadium going crazy, Jessica Ennis, the popular super-athlete from Sheffield who won the heptathlon, and Nicola Adams who won the first female boxing medal in Olympic history for Britain.

^{The Olympic Stadium crowd}
Although the crowd cheered on the British, there was lots of support for athletes of other nationalities too like the wonderful Usain Bolt, from Jamaica, who won the 100 and 200 metres sprint to become the fastest man alive. There was also Oscar Pistorius of South Africa who was the first disabled person to compete in the Olympics. He went on to win two gold medals and a silver in the Paralympics.

^{New sports}
I have really enjoyed being able to watch sports which are not normally shown on television. Before the Olympics I didn’t expect to love watching judo or find myself screaming at the television during a game of wheelchair tennis, but I really got into them. I didn’t know anything about goalball before the Paralympics but it became one of my favourite sports.

^{The organisation and the atmosphere}
It took seven years of planning and 70,000 volunteers to make everything go well. Many people have said that the organisation was not as perfect as that of the Beijing Games, but there was a much better atmosphere which spread out through the whole city. The volunteers were always friendly and helpful and Londoners even began talking to each other, and visitors, on the underground trains!

1. How long did the Olympics and Paralympics last?
A. a couple of months
B. two weeks
C. seven years
2. What does the blogger think was the best thing during the opening ceremony?
A. the British humour
B. the volunteers
C. the Queen's appearance
3. How does the blogger feel about the British athletes' performance?
A. disappointed

B. surprised
C. proud
4. Which of these British athletes was born in a foreign country?
A. Jessica Ennis
B. Mo Farah
C. Nicola Adams
5. Which athlete competed in both the Olympics and Paralympics?
A. Usain Bolt
B. Oscar Pistorius
C. Mo Farah
6. Which sport was completely new to the blogger?
A. wheelchair tennis
B. goalball
C. judo
7. How did the London Olympics compare to the Beijing Olympics, according to the blogger?
A. It was better organised, but the atmosphere wasn't as good.
B. It was very similar.
C. It was not as well organised, but there was a better atmosphere.
8. What did the blogger say changed about Londoners during the Olympics?
A. They volunteered.
B. They watched new sports.
C. They talked to each other on the trains.