【推荐1】Quick Ways to Fight September Blues

September can be an exciting time of year with school starting, fall sports coming back, and the cooling of weather. However, this can also start a difficult season.     1     If you are struggling with the September blues, here are some tips you can do to help you go through this time of year.

Get yourself moving

This might not be what you want to hear, but exercising is an excellent way to keep both your body and mind in good shape. If you feel yourself down or anxious, try exercising can help clear your mind and give you a chance to identify what exactly is causing you stress. Do not worry if you do not have time for an hour long workout.     2    .

Spread your social butterfly wings

    3     You do not need to admit your feelings or bring up your blues, just talk. Invite a friend for coffee, a walk, or dinner. Not sure you want to talk? You could always try a movie. Leaving the house and socializing will help you reset how you feel. If you do not feel comfortable social contact, try sending a text or email.

Get flexible

Yoga is a great way to help reduce stress and get fit. Yoga practice involves learning how to breathe and thinking about your body as you enter each pose. If you are not sure about your balance or flexibility, considering trying a recovering class that focuses on training and recovery.     4    , so you can relax as they do the work.    5    . It is a common problem affecting both children and adults. If you feel extremely down or begin to feel helpless and worthless, seek out professional help. A licensed therapist(理疗师)can help you work through your feelings so you can get back to feeling like yourself.

The tips above will help you.

A．Pressure always forms in September

B．Some studios will offer recovering classes

C．When you are feeling low, find a friend or two to talk to

D．It is hard dealing with the pressures of a new school year

E．Developing some hobbies is a good way to get rid of stress

F．Just get 10-20 minutes of movement in and you will still benefit

G．If you have realized that September blues are something you struggle with, do not be ashamed

【推荐2】It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious(明显的) to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don't worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn't really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King's famous speech---"I have a Dream", you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don't remember. Why?   Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication(交流). They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performer. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker's ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker's attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don't worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

1. The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A．be smarter than you	B．notice your mistakes
C．do better than you	D．know what you are talking about

2. You don't remember obvious mistakes in a speech because ______.

A．your attention is on the content

B．you don't fully understand the speech

C．you don't know what the speaker plans to say

D．you find the way of speech-making more important

3. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker	B．How to Make a Perfect Speech
C．Don't Expect a Perfect Speech	D．Don't Expect Mistakes in a Speech

【推荐1】Do you get nervous thinking about geometry, equations or a coming math test? If yes, you are far from alone.     1     Students in countries with higher levels of math anxiety tend to achieve lower math grades, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Feb 15.

According to a University of Cambridge study, in ordinary life, many people experience some degree of discomfort when faced with a math problem, ranging from mild tension to strong fear.     2     They may then try to avoid every situation involving numbers, meaning they are held back from pursuing careers related to this subject.

Comfort comes from the fact that those with math anxiety are not necessarily to be bad at math.     3     They may have had a really bad experience with math and there are ways to improve math achievement.

    4     If you’re feeling stressed before a math exam, it may help to spend a few minutes exploring those feelings before the exam begins. It’s about making sure you’re interpreting your feelings correctly. In addition, a little math anxiety could be taken as a positive challenge to overcome.     5    

A．Also, there are ways to manage your stress related to math.

B．Students with math anxiety may be disadvantaged in intelligence.

C．If a child has math anxiety, don’t assume that they’re not good at math.

D．Math anxiety has become a common psychological condition among students around the world.

E．Just because you have a fast heartbeat and sweaty palms, that does not necessarily mean you will fail.

F．Just like many people get stage fright before delivering a speech, this nervous energy can help to motivate.

G．Some people also experience physical symptoms such as sweaty palms or a racing heart.