【推荐2】Truth be told, a life-changing college experience doesn’t begin or end with a high GPA or great university tour. And although parents and teachers alike work diligently to prep their students with the cutting-edge classes and impressive transcripts, they’re _______ one vital skill: emotional intelligence.

A poll of 1,502 first-year college students in the U.S. found that a majority of them wish they had received more ________ preparation for college. Emotional preparedness is ________ “the ability to take care of oneself, adapt to new environments,_______ negative emotions or behavior and build positive relationship,” according to the survey.

“Survey data indicate that college readiness requires far more than just a solid academic foundation – a findg that seems ________ conventional higher education preparation, said John MacPhee, Executive Director of the Jed Foundation, which co-sponsored the survey. “It is clear that emotional preparedness should be better _______ the work that high school communities are doing to guide students through the transition into college.”

Data show that college students _______ far more than their academics – and their stress can take a serious toll(代价) on their _______ in school. Forty percent of survey participants felt pressure to pay for college expenses, followed by 30 percent who said their biggest _______ was to make new friends._______, keeping in touch with family and friends not at their college (28 percent) and being independent (16 percent) also weighed heavily on college studnets’ shoulders.

All of these _______ had a negative impact inside and outside of the classroom. Students who felt less emotionally prepared for college were more likely to have a lower grade point average, regularly ________ drugs and/or alcohol, and rate their overall college experience as terrible or poor.

“As high school seniors start applying to college around this time of year, parents and people ________ in their lives can play an important role in helping children build confidence and life skills, said Marisa Giarnella-Porco, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jordan Porco Foundation, a survey co-sponsor. “It is important to _______ them to choose a college that best fits their needs first and foremost – not only in a(n)_______ sense, but also relative to emotional needs.”

Thankfully, whether your child is packing up for school this fall or still in diapers, it’s never too late (or too early!) to begin prepping them for university life. Here’s what parents should do to help their college-bound kid, starting now.

【推荐3】I owned a book publishing company for many years. One day in 1997, I was ________ by an article in a newspaper that ________ the topic of graffiti (涂鸦) “Random Acts of Kindness”. Then I determined to ________ a book of people's stories about kindness. I stuck a marketing label on the back cover of the book that ________, “Join the Kindness Revolution!” I thought it might ________ people to open the book.

Obviously, it ________, because millions of people bought the book and over 20, 000 of them wrote us a letter ________ to join the Kindness Revolution.

Later, I appeared on over 600 ________ and they were almost all a(n) ________ of the same thing. Every time, I would tell a ________ from the book then ask listeners to call our hotline and share theirs. In the process, I was ________ to hear thousands of different stories. It is al-most impossible for me to ________ what that experience was like because each story was a powerful jewel of link between two people who had ________ nothing in common except they were both people.

It had a deep influence on my life. And I would say that the single most important thing we can do is to truly ________ others. That small act opens the door of all ________.