I finished middle school in the 1970s. I still remember the teen years were the 1 time of my life. At that time, as a girl, I hated it when my parents asked me 2 about my problems that made me uncomfortable. I also remember many times 3 Mr. Templat, my teacher, would take me aside and talk to me. He had a special way of finding out 4 the problem was. Every time he 5 with me, I felt better. He was a teacher I will never 6.
He had a way of making his classes 7. We always got the highest 8 in math in our grade with his teaching. If there was a big world ball game on the radio, we would 9 everything and he would put the game on, so we could all enjoy it.
Teens often learn things on TV or from adults about world 10 that can make 11 scared. Now it is terrorism. Back in my teen years it was the Cold War. It worried me so much that I 12 each day would be my last. Mr. Templat knew how much it troubled his 13. He opened the subject up to discussion. He gave us a way to express our 14 and helped us understand war and politics.
When I think back to those special days, I appreciate that he helped me go 15 such a difficult time in my life.
Body language is an important part of communication. If you want to communicate well，it's important to understand how to use your body to say what you mean, especially when you're in a foreign country.
If a person is bored, he won't look at the person who is talking to him. He will find other things to do. He may also keep looking at his watch or a clock. If a person is open to you, his arms and legs will not be crossed. And if a person is relaxed, you will know it by looking at his body, and even his breathing is slower.
Here are some examples of body language.
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Body language Sitting with legs crossed |
Feeling Closed |
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Sitting with legs apart |
Open, relaxed |
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Walking with hands in pockets and head down |
Sad |
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Putting hands to cheeks |
Think about something |
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Hands clasped behind back |
Anxious or even angry |
Here are some ideas for learning English faster.
You are like a new baby. Babies learn their language slowly. First they learn to listen. Then they learn to talk. Finally, they can read and write.
Listen to English every day. Listen to English radio, watch English TV, go to see English movies or use online lessons. These are useful.
Read English stories. Start with children's storybooks. Try to read stories for English start learners. Try English Club.
Write down new words. Start a new word notebook. Write words in alphabetical order (A_B. . . C. ). Make some sentences. Try to use an English-English dictionary.
Keep an English diary. Start with one sentence. Like how do you feel? How is the weather? What did you do today? Write another sentence tomorrow.
There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands. We need to know how to make a sensible choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a "life skill", and we need these skills if we want to live useful and happy lives.
Most life skills are about making choices. Every day we have to make many choices. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I cat junk food because it is tasty? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I waste time? We make choices like this every day.
Making the wrong choices can bring unhappiness. We have realized that the choices we make can affect the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you misbehave in class or fight with your brother or sister, think about this:who else does your choice affect?
Katie Steller has her own salon. She often wheels her red chair and scissors around the city to give free haircuts.
Edward was her first lucky customer. He looked to be in his 60s. He was balding and missing a few teeth. While she was cutting his grey hair, he told her about moving closer to his adult children. Till now, Steller has offered about 30 such haircuts. These people are all living a hard time, and she realizes the power of her clean-up job.
"It's more than a haircut. " she says. "I want it to be a gateway to show value and respect, but also to get to know people. I want to build relationships. " Steller knows that a haircut can change a life. As a teen, she had a very serious illness and her hair thinned terribly. Her mother took Steller for her first professional haircut.
"To sit down and have somebody look at me and talk to me like a person and not just an illness. It helped me feel cared about and less lonely. " she says.
After that, Steller knew she wanted to have her own salon so that she could help people feel the way she had felt that day. In 2019, she began her Red Chair Project. She says,“I can't fix their problems with free haircuts, but maybe I can help them feel less lonely for a moment. "
Early this year she started the Steller Kindness Project, in which people who do acts of kindness are invited for a free haircut at Steller's salon. In exchange, they tell their stories, which Steller shares on her website. Her hope is that by reading about kind acts, others will spread their own.
So far, Steller has had people reach out from around the country.
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pronunciation nature age newspaper correct |
One (四月), a girl (行走) into the forest, and she (摘) some flowers. It was very dark, (不久) she was (送路). It was (困难的) to get out of the forest. She (开始) to cry. After a while, a rabbit with a (手表) entered the forest. The girl followed her into a room, and she saw a few chairs in the room, she sat on one of (他们). Suddenly, the chair was in (破碎). She was afraid and ran away.
One day, a cock went for walk all alone. Then he got (lose) and went into a stable? He thought, " am I? This place is dark. I can't see my family and (friend) here!" He looked around the stable and (see) a horse. The horse said, "What are you (do) in our home? This place is not for you. Get out of here. " The cock then knew that be was in a stable. He thought, "I must find my way out without (ask) others for help. " The cock tried to run towards the door, he was afraid of being trampled by horses. The cock (shout), "My good friends, please be more careful! If somebody gets lost in our home, we never trample (they)!" At last, the cock left the stable safely.
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