—She ____ be Tom's sister. But it's too far, I'm not sure.
—Sure. You can study and enjoy the school life with many top students.
If you're like most kids, you probably wish to be as thin as a super star or as strong as a sports player. Maybe you wish to be 1 or just a little different. Thinking like these is normal. After all, it's a part of growing up. 2 you must know that some things about yourself can't be changed. Learning and accepting these things is a(n) 3 part of your growing up, too.
Don't watch TV or movies to find the person you want to look like. These people are often on very strict and unhealthy diets to 4 thin and beautiful. And many models in magazines, newspapers, and 5 the Internet have their hair cut to look perfect. But these pictures and people are not realistic (现实的) at all!
Instead, look around the people you see every day 6. How do your family members look like? Are they really thin? 7 other healthy and "normal" people can help you to feel better about your body.
Feeling that you are overweight, underweight, too short, or too tall doesn't necessarily mean there is anything wrong with your 8. These feelings may simply mean that you need a little bit of self-esteem (自尊). This means you should 9 to feel good about yourself and the way you are now.
The world is full of all kinds of different 10. Learn to be yourself. The most important thing is to keep smiling, have fun, and be happy with the way you are!
Job interviews can be very different from country to country. An interviewer's "body language" and questions, and the form of an interview are not the same around the world.
If you are at a job interview in Japan, don't look directly into the eyes of the interviewer. It is considered impolite. But if you are at an interview in the US, you should make eye contact with the interviewer. If you don't, the interviewer may think you are not sure about your ability.
In the US and some other countries, interviewers aren't supposed to ask questions about family and personal information. In more countries, interviewers aren't supposed to ask questions about family and personal information. In more countries, personal questions are very common during job interviews.
In Germany, your interview might begin with a very short conversation followed by a formal interview. In Mexico and many other countries, the whole interview might not be formal.
There used to be many beautiful flowers in our garden. Among them was a beautiful blue flower. My husband once told me that it only bloomed(开花) in spring and the sun in summer was too hot for it. When summer came, he would move it out of the garden and put it inside our house.
Once, my husband was away for some time on business, so I had to take care of the flowers. Before leaving, he told me to pay special attention to the blue flower. I planned to look after it as my husband had ever done, but I was too busy to remember it. One weekend when I wanted to move the blue flower into the house, I found that it had already died. I was very sad and regretted not taking good care of it earlier.
A week ago, my husband's elder sister, Linda, died of a serious stomach illness. Linda was much older than my husband. Maybe because of the age gap(差距), we were not very close. After she died, we were very sad and regretted not visiting her often.
Linda's death reminds me of the blue flower. We should have done something better, but we haven't tried our best. I believe that God has given us enough time to plant some wonderful things that will bloom inside us, but we have missed it.
If you live in the United States, according to the law you can't have a full-time job until you're 16 years old. At the age of 14 or 15, you can do part-time jobs after school or on weekends. During summer, you can work 40 hours each week if you have a part-time job. Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can do certain types of farm jobs, with their parents' permission.
Does all that mean that if you're younger than 14, you can't earn(挣) some real money of your own? Of course not! Here are some teenagers' ideas.
Some teenagers make money through hard work. "I babysit or do odd(临时的) jobs for the community." says Justin, an eleven-year-old boy. Jenny is eleven years old, too. She tells us that she makes some pocket money by cleaning up yards for others.
Some of teenagers are using their creativity to make money! Lena is 13 years old. She makes by knitting(编织) dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors. Ann is one year younger than Lena. She says, "When I started taking art classes and showing my work to people, they said would pay me to draw pictures for them." Jasmine is 13 years old. She even writes articles and book reviews(评论) for different magazines!
Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don't give friendship back. That is why some friendships don't last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest, be generous(慷慨的), be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If a friend finds out that you aren't honest, you may lose your friend's trust. Good friends always ask one another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing. You don't have to give your lunch money or your clothes to your friends. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy. And naturally you will want to share your ideas and feeling. They tell your friends what is important to you. By sharing, your friends can know you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding when something goes wrong. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. So to be a friend, you must learn to listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend's place, so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly the same. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.
If you want to know which social app Chinese young people use a lot now, you had better not miss "short videos". Some users use apps like Tik Tok (抖音) and Kuaishou because they think is fun to share short videos about their (life), while others have different purposes as well.
A 12-year-old user n Elsa has up to 2.7 million followers on Tik Tok. The girl has shared videos about her dancing studies since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. "I feel really happy to go on sharing (happy) with other people by short videos," said Elsa.
As some videos are about the (late) news, a group of users depend them to get information. To some other users, they have a different purpose. "Because I can't s many hours watching a complete video and I am a very impatient person. I don't like waiting for a program to end. I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts in a (['kɒnsət]) or a TV series," said Wang Zhihao.
However, some young Chinese feel bored with some short videos. " (kill) time is the main reason for me to watch the short videos, but many are almost the same, so I think it is a of time. Moreover, I really don't like the videos which show strange even dangerous things," said Wen Nan, another college student.
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How To Keep Us Safe
Safety is the most important to us all. As teenagers, we must learn to protect ourselves.
