【推荐1】About 5%of all children experience anxiety over school.Not only can this affect their education,but it can also be difficult for you,especially if you have to take time off work because your child won't go to school.Luckily,there are tips that can help you.

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Speak with your child to find out why he is anxious.Your child may have a clear-cut reason for not wanting to attend school and knowing what it is that may help you to ease his anxiety.If your child cannot or will not explain the issue,talk with his teacher,who may also be able to help you develop a solution. What also deserves your attention is any recent change at home that may be causing anxiety.Common changes can be such as moving,the loss of a pet,or a divorce.     2    

Encourage your child to return to school

    3    He may lack the courage to go back to school.So,when you intend to encourage your child,don't ask your child how he feel or place emphasis on his anxiety.    4    Wake your child up at the same time each morning,and encourage him to do the same things in the same order each day.If your child refuses to go to school one day,it's important to avoid anything that makes him want to do it again.

Promote self-confidence

This can be achieved in several ways.     5     Try to get him involved in a club or activity that he can do outside of school hours,or at least arrange a few play dates for your child to help him see that being with other kids is fun.So,your child gets the confidence in joining others.Apart from that,teach your child self-comfort techniques so he may benefit from knowing how to calm himself down.All these do help him build self-confidence.

A．They may have affected your child

B．Identify the cause of your child's anxiety

C．Make him forget about what makes him anxious

D．Instead,develop a routine to make your child feel safe

E．Encourage your child to participate in more social activities

F．As your child is not grown-up,he may have been trying to escape from it

G．When the cause of anxiety is found,you may consider inspiring your child

【推荐2】How to Turn Your Goals into Habits

First we make our habits, then our habits make us. It’s such a simple concept, yet it’s something we don’t always do.

I believe that having ONE goal to focus on is much more powerful than having many goals. By putting the belief into practice, I have achieved a lot of personal goals over time.     1     My answer takes a little explaining. I try to turn my goals into habits, and in doing so, I put my goals on autopilot. Turning a goal into a habit means really focusing on it for at least a month. The more you can focus, the more it’ll be on autopilot.     2     You’ll still do it, but you only have to use minimal force to maintain it, and you can focus on your next goal or habit.

Take my marathon goal as an example. I was just starting running and had the brilliant idea to run a marathon within a year. So that was my goal.     3     First, I had to make running a daily habit. Second, I had to report to people in order to have accountability (负责) so that I could not quit easily. I focused on the daily running habit for about a month, and didn’t have any other goals or habits. When the running habit stuck, I started reporting to people I knew and blogging about my running every day.

    4     I could focus on new goals without having to worry about the marathon. I still had to do the running, of course, but it didn’t require constant focus.     5     I was able to achieve this because, all year long, I had daily running and accountability habits. I put my marathon goal into autopilot, so instead of struggling with it daily for an entire year, I focused on it for one month and was able to accomplish it while focusing on new habits and goals.

A．And eventually, I ran the first marathon in my life.

B．At the beginning, it was very difficult for me to achieve this goal.

C．But in order to achieve it, I broke it down into two habits.

D．With this accountability, there’s no way I could stop running.

E．Once you put it on autopilot, you don’t have to focus on it much.

F．My readers asked me how I was able to achieve them while working on different projects.

G．Once those two habits were established, my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot.

【推荐3】The worst time to look for a job is when you must have a new one immediately.    1     If you are not in need of an immediate career change，here are ways you can improve your long­term career prospects(前景)today：

    2     You do not have to be qualified for these positions today，nor do they have to exist in your company.However，these roles should be related to your current skill set.They are career options that look interesting.Once you have a couple of targets，think about why and what interests you.Pay close attention to what appeals to you, and write it down.

Subscribe to a career specific magazine.All businesses must stay relevant to their customers in order to win the competitions and increase revenue(收益)．    3     This information allows you to see which companies and professionals are leading the peck.

Be professionally curious.Talk to people about their careers.Learn more about how success is measured in other roles，departments and companies.    4     You never know what connections may be relevant when you start your next job search，so develop a habit of making good connections no matter where you go.

As in all things in life，getting ready in face of a difficult task early is always less stressful than reacting to a career surprise.    5     No matter how secure you feel today，the time will come when either you or your employer decide it is time to change.

A．Challenge yourself to expand your business knowledge through interactions with people at regular time.

B．Follow examples in your own workplace.

C．Changing jobs is to be expected.

D．Identify at least two different roles.

E．Reading about industry trends，advancements and success stories keeps you in touch with market conditions.

F．Choose jobs according to your strong points.

G．Job searching under pressure often results in nervous interviewing and decision­making from relatively few options.

【推荐1】Finding a New Spring

A tradesman was leading a caravan(商队) to another country to sell his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a severe hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heats up the fine sand until it’s as hot as charcoal, so no one can walk on it — not even bullocks(小公牛) or camels! So the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cools down. They began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert. A couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal, and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.

Later that night, the desert guide, who was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had also overeaten, so that when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the bullocks who, of course, couldn’t tell directions by reading the stars, gradually turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they ended up at the same place they had started from! By then it was morning, and the people realized they were back at the same spot. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by now, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of thirst. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide.
However, the leader himself didn’t lose courage. He began walking back and forth, trying to think out a plan. Remaining alert, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a small clump of grass. He thought, "Without water, no plant could live in this desert." So he asked his fellow travelers to dig up the ground on that very spot. They dug and dug, and after a while they got down to a large stone. He got down into the hole, put his ear to the stone, and heard the sound of flowing water.

A spring was found. All the people were overjoyed. They drank and bathed and washed the animals and cooked their food and ate. Before they left, they raised a high flag so that other travelers could see the new spring in the middle of the hot-sand desert. Then they continued on safely to the end of their journey.

1. Why did the tradesman and his caravan have to travel during the night?

A．To use less water while crossing the desert.

B．It was too hot to walk on the desert in the daytime.

C．They might be able to find the spring in the quiet night.

D．The guide could find a short way by following the stars.

2. Why did the group feel so desperate when they were back to the starting point?

A．They were in danger of dying of thirst.

B．They were running out of food.

C．Their guide had lost the way.

D．Their leader had lost heart.

3. What is the moral of the story?

A．Never give up too easily.

B．Don’t mind what others think of you.

C．Don’t forget sorrow follows extreme joy.

D．Never refuse to offer help when you are needed.

【推荐3】Feeling sad is an important part of human nature.

Jerome Wakefield, a professor at New York University, mentions that feeling down after your heart is broken is normal and may even be beneficial. Recently, Wakefield’s students have been coming up to him because their parents are pressuring them to get help for their sadness; often the kids want no part of it. Rather than “listen to medicine,” they want to listen to their hearts. He believes these students’ reaction represents an important part of human nature.

Professor Diener, who has studied happiness for a quarter century, finds that the Scots and many other peoples like being sad, and don’t appreciate being told they should be happier. “They say too much happiness might not be such a good thing, no matter where it comes from,” says Diener. He believes it’s wrong for the “happiness industry” to send the message that not only can we all be happier, but we have a duty to be so. He argues that what is considered normal sadness is something we shouldn’t avoid.

Eric Wilson, a professor at Wake Forest University, made every effort to smooth out his habitual frown and wear a sunny smile, since a happy expression can lead to happy feelings. He even tried to be enthusiastic. When neither of these made him happy, he concluded that such a happiness movement was no good for him at all. Americans, love for happiness, he writes, creates an environment where sadness is not valued.

These researchers believe the problem of continuous, extreme happiness should not be surprising, since negative emotions developed for a reason. Fear warns us against the presence of danger, for instance. Sadness, too, seems to be part of our DNA: monkeys, dogs and elephants all display something that looks like sadness. Being “up” all the time can cause you to play down very real threats.

They believe that only by experiencing sadness can we experience the fullness of the human condition. Their studies show that when you are in a negative frame of mind, you become more logical and more creative. Abraham Lincoln was not limited by his dark moods, and Beethoven composed his later works in a sad state. Vincent van Gogh, Emily Dickinson and other artistic giants saw the world through a glass darkly.

People who are somewhat unhappy are more motivated to improve both their own lot and the lot of their community. In contrast, people at the top of the happiness charts feel no such urgency. “If you’re totally satisfied with your life,” says Diener, “you don’t feel like working for change. Be careful when people tell you that you should be happier.”

1. According to Jerome Wakefield, the students refuse to get help for their sadness because ________.

A．they believe they have a duty to be happy

B．they prefer to experience sadness themselves

C．they think it useless to take medicine for sadness

D．they trust their professors more than their parents

2. From the article we can learn that ________.

A．experiencing sadness may help artists create their works

B．sadness will make people aware of the meaning of happiness

C．if you tell the Scots to be happier, they will be grateful to you

D．Eric Wilson managed to achieve happiness by avoiding sadness

3. What does the underlined phrase “smooth out” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．carry on	B．make out
C．get rid of	D．pay attention to

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Value of Sadness	B．People Prefer Sadness
C．How to Become Happier	D．Happiness Could Be Harmful