【推荐2】Few people actually like job interviewing.     1     That's not easy, but there are some ways to pull yourself together and feel more confident.

Prepare solid talking points. It's always best to over-prepare for possible questions by not only researching the company and the person interviewing you, but also by preparing answers and practicing those responses. Review the skills and experiences requested in the job announcement and have two or three examples of how you have demonstrated each one.     2    

Remember: It's a two-way street. This is a conversation, not an interrogation（审问）.     3     Remembering that this is a back and forth discussion, where you can—and should—ask questions as well as answer them, can help you feel more comfortable.

Just breathe.     4     Your body will relax a lot. You need to avoid upper chest breathing, as it tends to just move your stress upward to your face.

    5     If you go into an interview picking apart your outfit（全套服装）or imperfect responses, you're only hurting your chances of coming off as calm and collected. Turn off your negative self-talk and then create a different self-talk message, like, "I am here to share the best of my ability and that is all I can really do".

Work it out. Putting in some gym time the morning of your interview can help you get rid of any nervous tension. Exercise helps calm your nervous system and tends to reduce the intensity of physical manifestations（表现形式）of stress such as restlessness.

A．Put your idea into practice

B．Stop the negative thoughts

C．Before you walk into your interview, take a few deep breaths.

D．Try to find out if the company has rules about dress.

E．You're trying to prove you're the one for the job and that you can handle stressful situations.

F．Don't forget that you're not the only one being interviewed—you're also interviewing the organization.

G．This will strengthen your answers and allow you to show how your experience is relevant to the job or organization for which you're being interviewed.

【推荐3】For the love of reading

The importance of nurturing (培养) young children as readers has become more and more apparent. Here are four ways to help your child become a reader.

Read aloud.

A six-year study found reading aloud to children every day puts them almost a year ahead of children who do not receive daily read-alouds.     1     Using texts above the children’s levels gives them the chance to hear high-level vocabulary and absorb complex language structures. Reading aloud below their levels also allows them to relax and enjoy beloved texts.

Encourage close reading from the youngest age.

    2     Use picture book illustrations to strike up deeper questions and conversations. Ask questions you don’t know the answers to so that children will be able to answer in ways that reflect their own ideas.

    3    

Entering the world of stories and knowledge should feel like an exciting discovery process. Create visual ways to track the journey. From a reading minute tracker to a “words we learned” or “our big ideas” chart, we can use these visuals to pause for “hip hiphooray (欢呼)” moments.

Honor each child’s unique identity.

Children become great readers by finding connections as they read.     4     “I notice you like books where animals are the main characters.” “I notice you like books where girls are strong characters.” Even the youngest child will begin to recognize that each person’s reading choices matter.

    5     A child who sees reading as a lifelong, constant companion is more likely to have a lifetime of success.

A．It is a way to bathe children in the power of the written words.

B．Name what you notice about why a child is drawn to a text.

C．Young children can read early and should be reading all year.

D．Hand them a pen when it is necessary.

E．We can do this by asking them questions.

F．Make the journey a celebration.

G．The child builds the knowledge that is necessary for being a reader.

【推荐1】How to Improve Math Skills

Make math part of your life. Take the opportunity to put your math skills to work in new and different situations outside your normal routine.    1    For example, if, say, a sweater that's regularly$38 is on sale for 30% off, what is the sale price? Or if you plan to hike a new trail that's 7 miles long and it takes you 20 minutes to walk a mile, how long should you plan for your hike to take?

Make studying math a priority.    2    Doing so will help you avoid procrastinating(拖延)and make it easier to get into "math" mode(模式)instead of sitting and staring blankly at the math book for 10 minutes. After putting in your study time, reward yourself by doing something you enjoy. It will encourage you to get through your math work and help you associate it with something pleasurable.

Take a break every hour.    3    You won't be able to maintain necessary focus and you'll quickly tire yourself out. Instead, take a quick break to stand up, stretch, get a drink, or use the bathroom every hour.

    4    In math, each topic builds upon the next, so, much like reading, it's difficult to make forward progress if you haven’t mastered all of the necessary steps. If you're struggling with a particular idea or concept, don't skip it and move ahead.    5    

A．Solve problems neatly and completely.

B．Master one concept before moving on to the next.

C．Take the time to apply math in common situations.

D．Avoid trying to solve math problems in your head.

E．Don't try to work hard through four unbroken hours of math problems.

F．Instead, seek help from the instructor or the tutor until you've mastered the idea.

G．Set aside time to work on math at the same time and in the same place every day.

【推荐3】Put technology in the hands of someone like Elon Musk and it can send people into space, make a future of clean and renewable energy a reality, or build electric cars. Put in your hands, and it can help you achieve all sorts of things, from learning to code to learning a language.
Educational apps are becoming increasingly popular as a supplement(补充), and sometimes as an alternative
(替代物), to traditional education. Why? Well, for starters, it’s extremely convenient to learn on a pocket-sized device that you already carry around with you at all times. The best apps are also highly interactive and adaptive, coaxing you in and getting you hooked on learning.
But apps, just like textbooks and language lessons, are a medium through which a language can be studied. The way you use them will affect how successful you are. If you flick through a textbook and don’t dare say a word in your language lessons, you’ll make slow progress. The keen reader who repeats each exercise in the textbook and engages the teacher in the conversation will move ahead. So how do you ensure you get the most out of your app, and what should you consider before you install(安装) one?
Before that, a very quick introduction: I developed the following five points from my experience as both a language teacher and learner, and from working in startups in the field of language. I spent six years teaching in Germany and Spain as well as developing a video learning startup. However, I first came to language learning late. I started learning Spanish at 22, and was able to use Spanish and German freely by about 28. I’ve been using language apps for the last few years, and participated in two successful one-week challenges to go from zero to hero in Italian and French. If you’re interested, you can see the French challenge here.
So, just before downloading an app, here’s what you should think about…
1. We infer that Elon Musk is most probably __________.

A．an app developer

B．a language teacher

C．a professor at college

D．an engineer and tech company owner

2. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Causing you to get tired of learning.

B．Encouraging you to interact with others.

C．Making you keep learning the language.

D．Providing new leaning methods for you.

3. What does the author want to show by giving the example of how one uses a textbook?

A．Doing exercise is important.

B．Different people learn differently.

C．Textbooks have become out of date.

D．We should use a language learning app correctly.