Bob Dylan has owned the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Sara Danius, Swedish Academy's permanent secretary, on Oct. 13, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Swedish Academy said it chose Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. “As an artist , he is outstandingly all-round: he has been an active painter and actor,” said the official statement U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Dylan on Twitter, describing him as one Of his favorite poets.

Singer and songwriter Dylan is recognized worldwide for the influence he has had on music. He became a symbol of the190 s counterculture (反主流文化) but his voice has reached widely into the American past. Since early in his career, Dylan has experimented with the combination of the literary and the musical.

Dylan had been mentioned in the Nobel prediction for years, but few experts expected the academy to extend the award to a genre (体裁) such as pop music. He’s the first American winner of the Nobel Literature Prize since Toni Morison in 1992. The choice was met by a long round of applause from journalists attending the prize announcement. Sara Danius said that while Dylan performs his poetry in the form of songs, that is no different from the ancient Greeks, whose works were often performed to music.

Dylan's early rock classics such as The Times They Are A-changin’, and A Hard Rains Gonna Fall, help to get cross the thoughts and feelings of the counterculture. The music publication Rolling Stone released a list of the "100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs" in honor of his 75th birthday earlier this year.

Comparing ourselves with others isn't a recent phenomenon-it's part of our culture. As soon as we're able to form our own thoughts and opinions, we start comparing Who’s taller? Who’s better at sports? Who has more friends?

Unlike other childish habits, the urge to measure up(攀比) doesn't ever really go away. In fact, it only increases when we become teens. "At a younger age, I found myself wanting to be cool and wondering why I wasn't that cool, "said a junior student Michael Torres. So I began doing what they did in order to fit in with my own friends."

We are flooded with the message that we should compare ourselves with others. Magazines, advertisements, stores-it becomes all about what other people have or what they've achieved. Social media adds another layer to the problem. Facebook, Twitter and QQ offer a constant stream of updates about the people around us. She got accepted to Harvard? He bought the brand new Nikes? They’re dating?

"If I go on Facebook or Twitter and read about how wonderful everyone else is, I’m not feeling good about myself. It's going to make me feel worse, "said Mike Robbins, a senior student "I try not to let things like that affect me, but in the modern world of technology it's hard not to take notice of what others are doing, and sometimes you want to be just like them."

Before you get caught up in the comparison game, keep in mind one very important detail: When it comes to social media, we often present only the things we want people to see-the good fortunes, happy moments, delicious desserts and best smiles.

The deeper question is: Are people really posting things on social media that are true or are they simply doing it to present something to other people? It's what we do in our culture: "Look how great I am," “Look how smart I am," " Look how happy I am," and sometimes that's true, but in a lot of cases, it's not.

While comparing ourselves to others can inspire us to get ahead and work harder. It can also drive us crazy. Next time you find yourself wondering if you measure up, remember this: we have is not a measure of who we are. We already have worth as an individual when we're born. Everything else is what people think of us.

The “swim-with-dolphins” tourist industry is becoming more popular every year. After all, it can cost a large amount of money to have this kind of holiday experience. So tour operators try to place eager swimmers as near as possible to the dolphins.

Research has shown that dolphins do not like it at all if the swimmers slip into the water directly on top of them or if humans are in their path of travel. However, if swimmers enter the water to one side of them, the dolphins do not avoid the swimmers to the same extent.

In all cases, the dolphins seem to have become more sensitive to the presence of the swimmers. For dolphins, swimming amongst or with humans is not necessarily a high priority. This study has shown that only 19% of any group of dolphins will participate in interaction. Young dolphins are the most likely to interact. It is believed that they see humans as "entertainment" and that the interaction is a new and unusual experience for them.

It is frequently asked whether " swim-with-dolphins" tourism should be discontinued. The advice is that dolphins should be given enough periods of time throughout the day when they are not exposed to tourism. Permitted interactions should not be too disturbing to the dolphins since there could be mothers and calves(幼崽) present in dolphin groups. There should also be educational campaigns about the creatures and what is likely to cause danger to them.

It is not easy to explain to someone that they cannot fulfill their lifelong dreams because the dolphins are resting, or that a mother dolphin and calf are in the area. But if we are to enjoy these remarkable animals and not just use them for our entertainment, then we must carefully monitor the “swim-with-dolphins” industry worldwide.