— No，you ____. You can keep them for two weeks.
— By bus.
— Sorry. I ____ on it at the moment.
— Yes，I do. Next Wednesday.
Arun and Karan were good friends. Arun was always ahead of Karan in all fields. He was always chosen to perform in school programs and was famous throughout school. Karan tried to do better than Arun each time, but never1 .
One day when Karan returned home，he was feeling2 . His mother saw that and asked，"Why do you look unhappy？" Karan replied， "It's all because of Arun. Once again，he got higher marks than me. And no matter how hard I try，he is always ahead of me. "
His mother questioned， "Are you jealous （嫉妒的） of Arun？" Karan replied，"No. Why would I be jealous of him？He is my friend. " His mother said， "When people3 Arun，you don't like it. When he loses，you feel happy. You keep seeing negative qualities in him and feel a sense of dislike towards him. Do you feel all of this？" Karan was shocked by what he heard and thought it was true. His mother continued， "I have a great solution for you to deal with jealousy. Instead of being jealous，you should focus your4 on appreciating （欣赏） the positive qualities in Arun. "
Just listening to this，Karan replied， "Positives qualities？In Arun？I cannot find even a single positive quality in him. " His mother asked， "You can't or you don't want to find it？" Karan looked down5 . His mother said， "OK. Tell me when you start preparing for an exam. " Karan replied， "A week before. " His mother asked， "And Arun？" Karan thought and said， "He studies daily. He lists all the schoolwork that he has to do and when he should do each thing. He always6 his timetable. " His mother said， "This shows that he has good management skills and he is hardworking. " Karan nodded. He felt inspired （受到启发的）. From that day，he began to7 Arun's good qualities.
Very soon，he also became hardworking like Arun. In the following exam，Arun again stood first while Karan came second. But this time Karan was not jealous at all. He was happy to see his own8 .
When we heartily appreciate the positive qualities in others，those qualities will also begin to develop in us.
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Jameson stood outside the kitchen，listening to his mother's phone conversation.
"I'm sure he'd love to，" his mother said.
Jameson knew she was talking to Mrs. Kyle down the street. She had a son four years younger than Jameson and was always trying to get Jameson to play with him. Only Jameson didn't want to play with him. He felt bored playing baby games. Jameson hoped Mrs. Kyle wasn't getting Mom to agree to a play date.
Mom said goodbye，and Jameson ran to his room. He sat down at his desk and took out his math book. His mom knocked on the door.
"Jameson，may I come in？"
"I'm really busy studying for my math test right now. " Maybe that would make Mom think twice about forcing him to play with Timothy Kyle.
"Oh，okay then. Never mind. "
Jameson heard his mom walk back down the hall. He was happy his plan had worked，but now he had to stay in his room because his mom thought he was studying.
He looked outside. The sun was shining，and it was the perfect day to be outdoors. He pictured playing football in the park with his friends. Then he thought about the best thing of all，going to the new amusement park. He'd been dying to （渴望） go，but tickets were expensive and he hadn't saved up enough money yet.
He spent the afternoon tossing （掷） his football straight up in the air while lying on his bed. He was more than bored. Even playing with Timothy Kyle was better than this.
He got up and went downstairs.
"All finished studying？" Mom asked.
Jameson nodded. Then his mom said， "Mrs. Kyle called earlier. She had tickets to the new amusement park. She said you could have them. "
Things were different from what Jameson thought. He deeply regretted what he did. "I should try to figure out （弄清楚） what is exactly happening instead of lying to Mom for my own good，" he thought.
Yawning is something we all do — maybe because we're bored carrying out uninteresting tasks or because we're tired. Sometimes，just seeing another people yawn can cause you to yawn. But is yawning really contagious （传染的），and why do we do it in the first place？
Many of us think we open our mouths when we yawn to take in more oxygen （氧气），but in fact it appears there is no clear reason. According to BBC Bitesize，new research suggests it might be because yawning cools the brain down and prevents it from overheating，much like the fan in your computer. This might be why we're more likely to feel sleepy and yawn in warm temperatures.
What is clear is that we yawn more when we're very tired and ready for a short sleep，and we can't control when we do it — once we start，there's no stopping us!But it's also true that yawning is a very contagious behaviour. John Drury，a researcher from Sussex University，told the BBC， "Yawning is something that you can't stop. Dogs yawn when their owners yawn. Animals yawn at each other. It happens whether you want to or not. "
His research into this behaviour found that there is a connection with our social group and how close we are to the people in it. If we identify with （认同） the person who yawns，we are likely to copy it too.
Another research by the University of Nottingham in 2017 found similar results. They asked volunteers to watch other people yawn. They found their ability to prevent yawning when others around them yawned was limited. And the desire （渴望） to yawn was increased when people were told they couldn't. They also found，when using electrical stimulation （刺激），that they were able to increase people's desire to yawn. These findings，they say，could be useful because it could help treat other conditions like Tourette's （儿童抽动症），which involve the same area of the brain.
What is certain is that the act of yawning can happen at any time even when we think we're not tired — but，I hope，not when you're reading this article!
Separate Boys and Girls at School
Jack White is a 17-year-old student who has already published a collection of poetry with a local publisher. Jack believes switching （转换） to an all-boys school changed his life.
"When I was at my coed （男女同校的） school，poetry was for girls，not boys. Boys were supposed to like subjects like math，computers，and science. When I wrote poems，the boys at school used to make fun of me. At my new school，things are different.
Jack may not realize that boys and girls also learn and think differently based on specific （特有的） biological developments. These differences have an effect on how and when boys and girls learn，so single-sex （单性别的） education is actually better for children.
Take，for example，brain development. The areas of the brain involved in language，feelings，physical coordination （协调），and social relationships develop in a different order and speed in girls and boys. Teenage girls find it easier to answer the question， "How does the story make you feel？" than teenage boys. Research has shown that teenage girls' brains develop the connections between language and emotions earlier than boys' brains. A teenage boy will have more difficulty answering that question because his brain has not fully developed that connection yet. In a single-sex classroom，everyone's brain is developing at similar speeds，so teachers can teach according to their students' actual abilities.
Boys and girls also have different hearing abilities. Girls have a sense of hearing which is two to four times better than boys. Women teachers often speak more quietly，so boys may have more difficulty hearing a woman teacher if she is talking in her "normal" voice. The teacher needs to speak louder to get the boys' attention. In a single-sex school，teachers do not have to keep adjusting the volume of their voice.
Jack might not notice the biological arguments why single-sex education is better，but he realizes that he is learning faster at his new school. As Jack says， "I hated writing and studying English in my old coed school，but look at me now，I am a published poet! My new school helped me become comfortable with who I really am. "
Technology Keeps Grandparents and Grandchildren Connected
When it comes to keeping in touch with grandchildren，grandparents need to learn new technologies. They are taking advantage of choices like video chatting，text messaging and social media （社交网络媒介） to keep in touch with their grandchildren in more ways than ever before，according to a survey.
Mary Taylor is a typical case. She depends on video chatting to stay in touch with her grandchildren，all of whom are under the age of seven. They live in different countries. Mary says video chatting is the next best thing to being with her grandchildren even though it requires planning to schedule calls and taking the time differences into account （考虑到）. "It's not always perfect，" she says， "but it's certainly better than talking on the phone，especially with kids at those ages. "
According to the survey，more than 20% of grandparents use video chatting to communicate，which is a little less than the number of those who often use text messaging but more than those who prefer to use social media.
But with a number of choices out there，keeping up with new technologies can be a challenge for them. 74-year-old Mary Carr-McNally says she calls her grandchildren back when they text her. "I'm not very good at texting，so I call them back，and then we chat，" she says.
In all，more than 30% of them say that learning new technologies is difficult. That's why phone calls remain the most popular form of communication for grandparents，nearly half of whom say they talk with their grandchildren by phone.
Still，more than 40% of grandparents say they're good at learning new technologies. Take Alice Smith for example. She owns a laptop，a tablet and a smartphone，and uses them to keep in touch with her five grandchildren aged 4 to 16. She says she likes to text the older three and depends on video chatting with the younger ones.
"Texting is quick and simple. But we can do a lot of things on video chatting，" she says. "If the kids want to see something，I walk around and show them. Video chatting also allows me to see my loved one's facial expressions as we speak and does not require typing （打字） or reading small print. It's the next best thing to meeting someone face-to-face. "
提示词语：ball games，running，morning，healthy，improve
提示问题：
● What exercise do you take？
● When do you exercise？
● What benefits have you got？
Dear Chris，
How are you getting on？I'm glad to tell you something about the exercise I take
……
Yours，
Li Hua
某英文网站正在开展以 "One Thing I Keep Doing" 为主题的征文活动。假定你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈你在学习或生活中一直坚持做的一件事情，你坚持这样做的理由，以及这样做给你带来了哪些影响和改变。
提示词语：perseverance （坚持），reading，practice，knowledge
提示问题：
● What is the thing that you keep doing？
● Why do you keep doing it？
● How does it make a difference to you？
Perseverance is the quality that every teenager should have.
