A major source of teen stress is school exams,and test anxiety is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress,how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?
Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen’s work. 1 What they look for is your presence—to talk,to cry,or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express her worries and fears,but don’ t let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized. 2 Together,you and your teen can work out a time-table in which she can study for what she knows will be on the test.
Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It is important for your teen to eat a healthy,balanced diet during exam times to focus and do her best. 3 If this happens,encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet,rather than junk food,is best for reducing stress.
4 Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and/or do something active when she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation,fun, and exercise are all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance her time so that she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude. 5 Your panic,anxiety and blame contribute to your teen’ s pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for her efforts. Most importantly,reassure your teen that things will be all right,no matter what the results are.
A.A parent’s attitude will dictate their teen’s emotions. |
B.Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite. |
C.They will only make the situation worse. |
D.Encourage your teen to relax. |
E. The best thing is simply to listen.
F. Help your teen think about what she has to study and plan accordingly.
G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.
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If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows this, and nobody would think of questioning the fact. ________ When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by exercising it regularly, either consciously or unconsciously. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough opportunity to become strong. __
____ One of them exercises his arms and legs by playing tennis, while the other sits in a chair or a motor car all day.
If a friend complains that his arms are weak, we know that it is his own fault. ____, many of us think that his parents are to blame, or that he is just unlucky, and few of us realize that it is just as much his own fault as if it was his arms or legs that were weak. Not all of us can become extremely strong or extremely clever; but all of us can, if we have ordinary bodies and brains, improve our strength and our memory by the same means––practice.
Have you ever noticed that people who cannot read or write usually have better memories than those who can? _______ Of course, because those who cannot read or write have to remember things:they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They have to remember dates, time and prices, names, songs and stories; so their memory is the whole time being exercised.
_______, learn from the poor: practice remembering.
A.What do you think of it? |
B.Yet many people do not seem to know that the memory works in the same way. |
C.But if he tells us that he has a poor memory |
D.So if you want a good memory |
E.When someone else says that he is poor in the health
F.Why is this?
G.The position is exactly the same as that of two people.
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Good student-teacher relationships result from the choices that are made even before school, and how those choices are carried out on a daily basis. Here are a few tips to make this process easier for both parties.
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For the teacher, this means that they need to look at each student from the perspective(角度) of what that student could learn, rather than what that student learned last week or last year. For the student, this means that they need to enter the classroom every day with the willingness to trust the teacher to help them understand. ___ Every school day there are new opportunities to learn new information or to understand subjects that might have been difficult in the past.
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This is not to say that you have to “buy” the affections(关爱) of the student or the teacher,but you can give the gift of a smile,the gift of attention in class,or the gift of eye contact. Giving this type of gift always helps to build strong relationships.
Demand the best.
____ We can trust friends to keep us responsible and when developing good student-teacher relationships,the same principle of trust applies. Setting high expectations always pushes us to be our best,and when both the student and the teacher are pushing the other for more depth, more wisdom, more insight, etc,then both the student and the teacher will give more.
To develop a good student-teacher relationship,both the student and the teacher must be willing to decide to do these things daily. Each day,they must be willing to try again and work on the relationship. ___
A.Buy gifts for teachers. |
B.Give gifts to one another. |
C.Focus on the positive. |
D.We can always learn a lot from our teachers. |
E.Future learning is never limited by past experiences.
F. Good relationships are always founded on honesty and high expectations.
G.The most important thing is to trust the relationship to benefit each of the members.
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If you’re familiar with the story of the hare (野兔) and the tortoise(乌龟), you know that the tortoise proved that perseverance is much more important than speed. , but fewer people have the patience and perseverance of the tortoise. Here are some tips that can help you to improve your perseverance.
●Set goals and write them down.
If you don’t know what you want to accomplish, it’s hard to persevere(坚持) until you do.instead of making many projects that may upset you
● , and cross each step off the list as you complete it.
If you want to master the ability to cook German dishes, you’ll need to read cookbooks, study the recipes(食谱), buy ingredients(食料) and practice making the dishes. Write down all these steps and remove each step as you go.
●Make a list of the rewards related to any project to encourage yourself to persevere.
When you want to lose 40 pounds, it may seem like a difficult goal. . You can lower yourblood sugar or fit into your favorite pair of jeans(牛仔裤). Keep those rewards in mind to encourage yourself to stick to your diet and exercise program.
●Imagine your success.
Take time each day to sit back, relax and picture the life you’ll lead once you’ve reached your goal.Read them over several times a day to encourage yourself to keep going.
A.Like the hare, many people start off strong |
B.Or you can write out a paragraph or two about how reaching your goal will change your life |
C.You can’t lose weight only by going on a diet |
D.Make a list of the steps needed to reach your goal |
E. But there are big rewards for doing so
F. Choose one or two goals that are most important to you and work toward those
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Why Exercise is Cool?
1. Exercise Strengthens Muscles
Did you ever do a push-up or swing across the monkey bars at the playground?By using your muscles to do powerful things, you can make them stronger. For older teens and adults, this kind of workout can make muscles bigger, too.
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Can you touch your toes easily without yelling ouch? Most kids are pretty flexible, which means that they can bend and stretch their bodies without much trouble. Being flexible is having “full range of motion,” which means you can move your arms and legs freely without feeling tightness or pain.
3. Exercise Keeps the BalanceYour body needs a certain amount of calories every day just to function, breathe, walk around, and do all the basic stuff.
If you’re not very active, your body won’t need as many calories.
Whatever your calorie need is, if you eat enough to meet that need, your body weight will stay about the same. If you eat more calories than your body needs, it may be stored as extra fat.
4. Exercise Makes You Feel Good
It feels good to have a strong, flexible body that can do all the activities you enjoy — like running, jumping, and playing with your friends. It’s also fun to be good at something, like scoring a basket, hitting a home run, or perfecting a dive.
But you may not know that exercising can actually put you in a better mood. It’s just another reason why exercise is cool!
A.So you want to do some aerobic (有氧的) exercise right now? |
B.Food gives your body fuel in the form of calories, which are a kind of energy. |
C.When you exercise, your brain releases a chemical, which may make you feel happier. |
D.Those are exercises that can build strength. |
E. Exercise Makes You Flexible
F. Exercise Makes Your Heart Happy
G. But if you’re active, your body needs an extra measure of calories or energy
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All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer.They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when their player or team wins.
Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy!
Think how many lovers to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada.
Some sports or game go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. Neither one is a hundred years old yet. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game together they often become good friends. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
A.And think of people in cold countries. |
B.Sports help to train a person’s character. |
C.Not a few people participate in different sports competitions themselves. |
D.Many people like to watch others play games. |
E. People aren’t inventing new sports or games.
F. Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere take part in them.
G. People are inventing new sports or games all the time.