In six months, I will be 50 but I already know what I’ll regret. This is the answer. “if anything had been different, I wouldn’t be who I am today.” Being like what I am today is so great that I’d never want to change it. But…
KIDS. I wish I had spent more time with my kids.
MONEY. I wish for 15 years or so I wasn’t so focused on money.
CREATIVITY. I began my career in my 20s doing things that were really creative that I loved. I was trying to write a novel. I was trying to do a TV show. I was always around people I loved so much. And I spent time with them because I loved them and not because I wanted anything else. I wish I had stuck with that. Now, in my 40s, I’m trying to catch up.
HUMILITY. When I first made some money, I became a bit too proud. I started investing in all of these horrible companies and having horrible friends.
DISAGREEMENT.
Anyway, if I had a time machine, would I go back in time? I’m not sure. It’s OK to feel regretful some times.
| A．It's never too late, of course. |
| B．I couldn't say “no" to people. |
| C．Sure, I spend quality time with them now. |
| D．It's the double-horrible that finally kills you. |
| E．I used to disagree with others' unreasonable requests. |
| F．I wish I could have done something differently in the past. |
| G．I would have held my daughter's hand when she came home from school. |
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【推荐1】How to Communicate Effectively?
Having good communication skills is important. Effective communication is a skill you can learn no matter what your age, background or experience is.
Choose the right time. As the saying states, there is a time and a place for everything.
tired. Instead, deliver messages and conduct discussions about heavy topics in the mornings when people are watchful and more likely to be able to respond clearly.
Thank your listener(s). Thank the person or group for the time taken to listen and respond.
Communicate eye to eye. Eye contact builds relationship, helps to convince people that you’re trustworthy and displays interest. During a conversation or presentation, it is important to look into the other person’s eyes if possible and maintain contact for a reasonable amount of time.
| A．Take care not to overdo it |
| B．Communicating is no different |
| C．Organize key points in your mind |
| D．No matter what the outcome of your communication |
| E．If you have already targeted some key points to stick to |
| F．The basics of communication below will help get your point across easily |
| G．Ignoring any single person can easily be taken as a sign of disrespect for them |
【推荐2】One day, when 12 - year - old Sean Redden went to a popular chat room on the Internet, he saw the name of someone he'd never seen there before, Susan Hicks. Her message was “Would someone help me? I can't breathe. Help me! I can't feel my left side."
At first, Sean thought it was a bad joke and he told his mother Sharon Redden. But she asked, "It's not just some game, is it?"
The message was not a joke. "Susan Hicks" was actually 20 - year - old Taija Laitinen, a student working late at night at a college library near Helsinki, Finland - almost 7,000miles away from Sean's home in Texas. While searching the Internet, she began to feel terrible pain all through her body. The library was empty and the nearest phone was outside in the hallway. She couldn't move that far because any movement caused the pain to get worse. Then as the pain became worse, she began typing her message for help in the chat room.
"I don't think it's a joke, mom," Sean said. He typed, "Where are you?" The letters appeared," Finland." Sean and Sharon couldn't believe it. Not knowing what else to do, Sharon called the local police and explained the situation to officer Amy Schmidt. Schmidt told Sharon to try to get the sick girl's phone number and address.
Meanwhile, the Texas police called the international telephone operator and asked to be connected to the proper agency (机构)in Finland. The Texas police explained the situation and gave Susan's address to the Finnish operator. When Sean heard that, he typed, "Help is on the way. "In the few minutes, the library door opened. Doctors and three policemen ran in.
1. What's Sean's reaction when he received the message for help?| A．He didn't believe it. | B．He took no notice of it. |
| C．He called the police at once. | D．He had a joke with the person. |
| A．She lost her phone. | B．She couldn't finish her work. |
| C．She was locked in the library. | D．She felt pain and couldn't move. |
| A．Sean had seen Taija Laitinen before. |
| B．Susan Hicks was a friend of Taija Laitinen. |
| C．Sean and his mother offered help in time. |
| D．The policeman Sean's mother called was in Finland. |
Jay Giedd of America’s National Institutes of Health is a leader in this area of research. Doctor Giedd has been studying a group of young people since 1991. They visit him every two years for imaging tests of their brains. He says considerable development continues in young people from the teenage years into the twenties.
A part of the brain called the dorsal-lateral prefrontal cortex appears especially undeveloped in teenagers. Researchers believe that this area controls judgment and consideration of risk. So, its underdevelopment may explain why young people seem more willing to take risks like driving too fast.
Laurence Steinberg is a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia. He says stronger laws and stronger parental control are needed to protect teens from themselves. That includes raising the age for driving. He says research shows that teenage brains are not fully equipped to control behavior.
Other researchers, however, say there is not enough evidence to make a strong case for such findings. Psychologist Robert Epstein is a visiting scholar at the University of California in San Diego. Mr. Epstein notes that teen behavior differs from culture to culture. He says behavior depends for the most part on socialization. He believes that teenagers will demonstrate(表明) better, safer behavior if they spend more time with adults, and are treated more like them.
But is that always true? Mike Males works at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice in San Francisco. He suggests that all of this talk lately about brainless teens could be an attempt to take away attention from the reality. Writing in the New York Times, he says it is middle-aged adults whose behavior has worsened. In his words, if grown-ups really have superior brains, why don’t we act as if we do?
1. If your parents ask you to act your age, they really mean to advise that you __________.
| A．behave yourself |
| B．take care of yourself |
| C．make yourself at home |
| D．do everything on your own |
| A．Because they can all look grown up in that way. |
| B．Because their dorsal-lateral prefrontal cortex appears undeveloped. |
| C．Because some researchers have been studying and encouraging them. |
| D．Because stronger laws and stronger parental control protect them |
| A．Their brains have almost stopped developing. |
| B．Their cultures have influenced their behavior more or less. |
| C．The behavior of brainless teens has drawn a lot more attention. |
| D．Staying more often with adults makes things even worse. |
| A．agrees with what Robert Epstein says |
| B．keeps silent about the subject of debate |
| C．is a leader in this area of research |
| D．has the opinion of his own |
| A．development continues in young people from the teens into the twenties |
| B．teenagers’ behavior differs from culture to culture |
| C．there is still a debate between researchers about people’s behaviors |
| D．the talk about brainless teens could take away attention from governments |
