【推荐2】We try to escape from the hurt and pain by pretending it doesn’t exist, but although we can try this as we want, in the end, we can’t hide from ourselves.     1     The items listed below are four ways you can open your heart more fully and completely.

       Breathe into pain

Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt.     2     When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it will get stronger and more real.

       Ask your heart what it wants

We’re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we take a few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”     3    

       Accept your shadow

Many of us who are on the personal development path get caught up in embracing characteristics we want to have, like happiness, compassion, love, and passion. In this process we end up losing parts of ourselves that make us whole. Try asking yourself a question:     4     Once you’re a little clearer about what exactly you’ve been hiding from yourself, it will get easier to shine your light on it.

       Get outside of yourself

After you’ve explored the depths of yourself, you come away with a new understanding. Now, it’s time to share that — not through telling others, but through being with others. Lose yourself in the beauty of others; see what they can teach you about yourself.

    5     Take one at a time, determine which works best for you, and see what you can discover.

A．What else can I do to improve myself?

B．Is there anything I’m hiding from myself?

C．Trying to escape is a good way to protect ourselves.

D．See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.

E．When sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it.

F．Remember, there’s no need to do every one of these at the same time.

G．We need to learn to open our hearts to the potentials of life and let the world soften us.

【推荐3】It’s important to spend time talking to your teen about the news and how the media works. Studies show kids experience fewer harmful effects when they’ve been taught basic media literacy skills.    1    

Encourage critical thinking. Encourage your teen to question the information she’s reading. Ask her to consider who wrote the story and why that person may have written it.

    2    Talk about the methods companies use to convince people to buy their products. Promising that a product will help you look beautiful or be more popular, for example, is often part of the message.

Teach your teen to look at all the information. Talk about the importance of looking at the “about us” page on a website to learn more about who produced the content.    3    Just a picture paired with an article doesn’t mean the picture was taken at the actual event being discussed in the story.

Look at websites together. Sit down with your teen and review popular news sites and discuss how to tell between news stories and the sponsored content.    4    

Talk about people’s reasons for creating the content.    5    Clickbait headlines are intended to get traffic, rather than provide quality information. Explain how many writers are trying to sell products, rather than report the facts.

A．Monitor your teen’s use.

B．Discuss advertising techniques.

C．Talk about ways to check stories online.

D．Also, show your teen how to look at photographs more closely.

E．Read articles together and talk about the messages that you’re reading.

F．Here’s how you can teach your child to evaluate the content she’s viewing.

G．Make sure your teen is aware that many writers get paid by the page view.

【推荐2】找出第二自然段中NP/AdjP/AdvP，并写在空白处

I’ve been teaching college for many years, long enough to note the gradual relaxation of attention in matters of student dress. And I’ve long been used to the worn jeans, flip-flops and shorts. Still, I took note recently when one of my students showed up in pajama bottoms. I couldn’t help asking, “Did you just roll out of bed?” “Five minutes ago.” he responded.

I’m familiar with the school of thought that says that how students dress is not important, so long as they’re learning. This is much the same when they say “Grammar and spelling don’t matter, so long as they’re expressing themselves.” Perhaps. But I also wonder about the wisdom of blurring(模糊)the line between bed and desk. I should think that a careful consideration of clothes before entering a formal environment is a sort of visible reminder to oneself (and one’s teachers) that impressions are important and that we have come together to get down to business.

I suppose that I come from a time when there were “school clothes” and “play clothes,” and never did the two sorts meet. I grew up in a working-class family, to whom “looking sharp” was important. Personal appearance might have made the difference between getting and losing a job. So yes, I’m all for freedom of choice in matters of dress, and yes, I do want my students to be comfortable. But I also want to pay my respects to those students who believe that appearances matter.

I think of this lady I had in class a few years back. She was someone to whom science was never easy: She worked hard for respectable grades on every task. But I was impressed by how tastefully she dressed, day after day. When the course ended, I mentioned this to her. “You always looked so nice,” I remarked，“as if you were ready to take on the world.”

1. Which of the following statements is Not True?

A．“Looking sharp” is helpful in getting a job.

B．It is wise to blur the line between bed and desk.

C．Students are being more and more casually dressed.

D．The author believes we should pay some respects to our appearances.

2. What does the “school of thought” mean in paragraph 2?

A．a college that teaches thoughts	B．a group of students and teachers
C．a way of thinking	D．a branch of learning

3. What do we know about the lady in the last paragraph?

A．She had a talent for science.

B．The author was impressed by her casual dressing.

C．Her grades were not decent though she studied hard.

D．She was one of the students who believed that appearances matter.

4. 第二自然段中NP/AdjP/AdvP
NP:_______________________
AdjP:_______________________
AdvP:________________________

【推荐3】Attacking school fears

There are real fears and imagined ones. Most school dangers are imagined.     1     Many students have learned to fear teachers and classrooms, textbooks and tests. So first let’s determine what the fears are, and then attack them in a good problem-solving way.

Fear of failure

Most students have plenty of ability to meet school demands. Most assignments and courses are within reason, more likely to be boring than difficult.     2     Once you have had a few successes, you will begin to overcome this fear.

Fear of teachers

This is clearly an unreal fear. Look around at your fellow students. Some of them will be teachers. As you can see, there is nothing special about them.     3     You can get to know them better out of class. Visit them and chat with them.

Fear of talking in class

Anyone can make a mistake, but an hour later people will not even remember a mistake was made.     4     Also keep in mind that your performance in class is almost never the main part of your grade.

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This fear can help you watch for real danger. The future can be dangerous. But to let it keep you from trying new things would be to give up life. Your own experience shows that most of the time things work out all right. The more things you try out, the more you will feel at home.

A．Fear of starting out

B．Fear of potential danger

C．Rarely is it lack of ability that makes people fail.

D．This is because they are much more concerned with themselves.

E．So don’t hand over power to teachers that they don’t really have.

F．However, school institutions have made most people think otherwise.

G．Often something else is the real problem, not what you first identified.