How to Support a Friend Struggling with Their Mental Health?
Maybe you’ve noticed a friend is opening up to you for the first time about their anxiety.
Instead of making assumptions about what would be helpful to your loved one, ask them directly, “How can I support you?” Remember what you may need when you’re struggling may not be what someone else needs when having a hard time.
Offer to help with everyday tasks
Many people struggling with their mental health may find it difficult to make basic decisions. Instead of using a common phrase “I’m here if you need me”, try to be specific about what you’re offering.
Celebrate their wins, including the small ones
When a person is struggling with their mental health, every day can be full of challenges.
Read up on what they’re struggling with
| A．It’s challenging to know what to say or do |
| B．Do check in with them regularly |
| C．Not all mental health challenges look the same |
| D．Visit them, look round and see what you can do—like weeding |
| E．Ask what they need from you |
| F．So cheer on their accomplishments |
| G．You can learn about mental illness |
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【推荐1】There are many options for recycling an old cellphone. Let’s take a closer look at how to properly deal with it.
If you have an old cellphone to recycle, you could start by checking with your cellular carrier (运营商).
Another option is Call2Recycle, a national consumer battery recycling program.
Actually, unless a cellphone no longer works, the best way to get rid of it often is to find someone else who wants or needs it. If your phone works but doesn’t have much trade-in value, you could check with friends and family to see if anyone might be interested in yours.
Aside from trading, donating, recycling, or gifting your old phone, you could also just keep it and repurpose it yourself.
| A．Unusable cellphones can also be donated. |
| B．Some have buy-back or trade-in programs. |
| C．And all you need to do is find a place and put it away. |
| D．If the phone still works, you could sell it on the Internet. |
| E．You can also find someone who needs it at local senior centers. |
| F．A smartphone without service can still be useful in several ways. |
| G．It accepts all types of cellphones and batteries whatever models. |
【推荐2】It’s practically a scene on American television. A baby is born. Friends and family offer their congratulations. But then, in the car from the hospital, a deep worry falls over the parents. “How in the world are we going to pay for college?”
It’s true that going to university abroad is a very expensive option. Tuition is much higher than at Chinese universities, and then there are the expenses for room and board.
Tuition at Harvard this year is around $46,000(¥318,700), but when you include student service fees, room, and board, that figure jumps to over S65, 000 a year.
Schools outside the US are a little bit less expensive on average, but they can still empty your wallet. Tuition at Oxford University is at least ¥136,500. The cost of Australia’s University of Melbourne varies a great deal depending on the discipline, but tuition alone will likely set students back ¥148, 500 a year.
These numbers can be really shocking, but don’t worry. Most universities have systems in place to help students pay for their education.
The first thing you should look into is whether or not you are fit for financial aid. While some universities don’t allow international students to apply for aid, many make no distinction.
While most financial aid is “need-based”, meaning that you have to demonstrate that your parents cannot afford to pay the full amount, there are also scholarships based on merit. If you are a math talent or a promising basketball player you might end up going to college free of charge.
Then, there are some scholarships that are designed specifically for Chinese students. The famous Freeman Scholarship at Wesleyan University, for example, is awarded to two Chinese students from Hong Kong and two from the mainland each year.
1. What do American parents often worry about, according to the first paragraph?| A．Their children’s health after leaving the hospital. |
| B．The stress their children will face at college. |
| C．How to pay for their children’s college education. |
| D．The future their children will have after college. |
| A．International students are looked down upon at some universities. |
| B．Some universities only offer financial aid to local students. |
| C．International students can’t get financial aid at most universities. |
| D．There are strict rules about financial aid for international students. |
| A．Tony, an American who has applied for financial aid. |
| B．Susan, a Chinese girl who is gifted in mathematics. |
| C．Ann, a Japanese girl who plays music. |
| D．Joe, a Canadian who plays basketball very well. |
| A．School system in western countries. | B．College tuition cost at home and abroad. |
| C．How to pay for the foreign college education? | D．How to apply for financial aid for local students? |
【推荐3】Have you always been in such a dilemma in start your day? You want to enjoy a nice cheesy piece of pizza or a milkshake, but don’t want to deal with the aches and pains that come after. Actually this discomfort is commonly believed to be caused by lactose (乳糖) intolerance. It is estimated that 68 percent of the global human population is lactose intolerant.
While cutting out dairy products is a surefire way, yet this is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. People with laclose intolerance will be happy to know there are plenty of solutions that’ll let them enjoy these foods without feeling uncomfortable.
When you take in lactose, sitting down or bending over may make you feel pain from gases compressing in your stomach. Adjust your posture to remove pressure from your stomach.
Meanwhile, diet assists. Choose lactose-free milk or milk alternatives like soy milk, coconut milk or oat milk to prevent pain. They taste the same as regular milk, so you can still enjoy the full
flavor without any discomfort. Dairy that’s already been processed can also be on your list because it has some of its inctose broken down so there isn’t as much for your body to digest. Sometimes taking lactase (乳糖酶) pills before you eat dairy products can have an immediate effect.
There is no cure for lactose intolerance and no permanent treatment that can increase your body’s lactuse production. But what we do know about the lactose intolerance, to some extent, reveals how wrong-headed one-size-fits-all nutritional guidance can be for milk-drinking has been presented as universally good. In reality, how milk becomes part of nutrition depends, at least in part, on how our bodies process it.
1. How does the author introduce the topic?| A．By analyzing data. | B．By telling a funny story |
| C．By presenting an argument. | D．By relating to a person’s routine. |
| A．Because it tastes better. | B．Because it has more nutrition. |
| C．Because it contains less lactose. | D．Because it can produce some lactase. |
| A．1t’s unnecessary to avoid lactosc intolerance. |
| B．It is highly advisable to drink proccssed milk. |
| C．The disadvantage of drinking milk was overstated. |
| D．There should be a personalized guidance in drinking milk. |
| A．New scientific findings:Milk saves your day |
| B．Daily hide-and-seek: A disease that goes unnoticed |
| C．From discomfort to delight: Proper ways for milk drinking |
| D．The once-for-all solution: Replace your milk with a cup of tea |
【推荐1】We feel angry or bad about the things we did or did not achieve, about the things that we cannot have, and many other things. It seems that everyone carries their own bad emotions. But neither guilt nor anger can help us.
These bad emotions don’t do anything good for us at all. So you might ask yourself — is it possible to put down this heavy burden and give yourself a break? It is quite possible. Start by actually looking at your feelings.
By thinking about our bad emotions, we can find healthy ways to deal with them.
Forgiveness is a powerful tool. We should forgive ourselves first. We shouldn’t keep bad emotions inside.
There is nothing good about carrying years of emotional burdens. By forgiving ourselves and others, we can abandon our burdens and feel better about ourselves. The moment you do this, you will start to feel a lot lighter. Years of heaviness will be magically lifted.
| A．How do they get inside of us? |
| B．How do you deal with bad emotions? |
| C．Unhealthy behaviors are not the way to do this. |
| D．Over time, they can be heavy weights on our shoulders. |
| E．Forgetting the past is a good way to deal with bad emotions. |
| F．We must also forgive others who have made us guilty or angry. |
| G．You’ll start to feel like you have more energy and you’ll be much happier with your life. |
【推荐2】Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. So what exactly do you know about anger?
But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases some hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc.
| A．Thus, the person feels excited and ready to act. |
| B．Humour can help you deal with anger better and bring you laughter. |
| C．Do not express your anger while angry. |
| D．Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. |
| E．Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. |
| F．Anger may cause you a cancer. |
| G．Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it. |
【推荐3】Some students get so nervous before a test. They do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers. The students start worrying about the results. And when they worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources.
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short maths tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of 12% worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of 5%. Next, the researchers employed younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test. Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B-for those who did not.
“What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention (干预), all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. They were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these tests.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
1. What may the students start worrying about before an exam?| A．Whether they can pass the exams. | B．What other students do during the test. |
| C．Whether they have remembered the materials. | D．What kind of problems they will meet oa the test paper. |
| A．Asking the students to ignore the test | B．Asking the students to focus on the test. |
| C．Asking the students to sit quietly before the test. | D．Asking the students to write about their worries before the test. |
| A．The negative effect of test anxiety. | B．The solution to better school performance. |
| C．The benefit of feeling-telling before tests. | D．The way to get well prepared for tests. |
| A．Students should use all chances to improve their performance. |
| B．We can only write about our worries right before an exam. |
| C．The best place to write about our worries is in the test room. |
| D．It is beneficial wherever we write about our worries before an exam. |
