You can’t choose friends for your child, but you can help him learn to choose friends wisely.
Build your child's self-confidence.
When he succeeds or has made a great choice, tell him you are proud of him.
Give him your full attention when he talks, and really listen to what he has to say.
Discuss the qualities in a friend with your child.
Discuss with your child the qualities that matter most, such as being reliable and kind, and making good choices when it comes to avoiding alcohol and cigarettes.
Get to know your child's friends.
After-school clubs and sports programs are good places for meeting new people. Be open to exploring different activities with your child to find something that he enjoys.
A.When he does not succeed, help him feel better and keep trying. |
B.You can teach him ways to find friends who will have a positive influence on him. |
C.There are many types of friends and we should be careful when making our choices. |
D.Introduce your child to new groups of people. |
E.Friends are very important for us. |
F.Talk with your child every day and listen to his concerns. |
G.Try not to judge your child's friends according to how they dress. |
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【推荐1】As we get older, we realize that time is short, which often leads to a readjustment of our priorities—whether it’s wanting to spend more time with family, or doing something we really love. As such, many consider upskilling or retraining, to pursue a new passion, or even achieve a lifelong childhood dream that they never had the chance to do before.
However, there may still be apprehension—and you may be wondering, “Is this really something I can do at my age?” Victoria, a 50 Plus Champion at Jobcentre Plus, says, “It can be daunting (令人畏惧的) to change jobs at any age, but it’s never too late. In fact, the older you are, the more you understand what you enjoy and what you’re good at.”
Then how can you get into a new job? The key is to understand your strengths and be able to recognise the transferable skills you have. It’s crucial to make a list of all the skills you’ve acquired from different occupations and life experiences, for instance, attending to children or elderly relatives or managing a household budget. Consider trying the Midlife MOT which can help you plan your work, health and money for the future on the website. It could help you when thinking about the sorts of roles you want to go for.
Numerous employers place a high value on the contributions that seasoned professionals can offer, hence it is advisable not to restrict your job search. For instance, further educational institutions, such as colleges and training centres, are constantly in pursuit of individuals with extensive experience in a particular industry to pass on their knowledge. Additionally, the healthcare and social services sector, including the National Health Service(NHS), acknowledges the significance of incorporating experienced workers into their workforce to enhance its overall efficacy (效力).
People aged over 50 bring life skills and experiences, communication skills and emotional intelligence, which creates a really multi-generational workforce.
1. What does the underlined word “apprehension” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.Understanding. | B.Regret. | C.Excitement. | D.Anxiety. |
A.A web-based tool. | B.A training course. |
C.A job hunting centre. | D.A social welfare programme. |
A.The necessity to make yourself stand out. |
B.The way to demonstrate your relevant skills. |
C.The types of business you should consider. |
D.The significance of hiring experienced workers. |
A.Bosses you should consider when seeking a job. |
B.Training courses you should take before you retire. |
C.Specific knowledge you need to do a certain job well. |
D.Things you should know to secure employment in your 50s. |
【推荐2】Do you have a suit or dress in the closet that you haven’t worn for years but are reluctant to get rid of? Maybe you say, “I can’t throw that away because I paid good money for it?”. If you recognize this in yourself, then you are suffering from commitment to the sunk cost fallacy (谬论). It occurs when we feel that we have invested too much to quit. This psychological trap causes us to stick with a plan even if it no longer serves us and the costs clearly outweigh the benefits.
Arkes and Blumer conducted a survey showing that people are influenced by sunk cost fallacy in their decisions. Participants imagined spending $100 on a ski trip to Michigan and $50 on Wisconsin, realizing later they were for the same weekend. They were told Wisconsin would be more enjoyable. When asked which trip to take, 54% chose Michigan despite the reasonable choice being Wisconsin, because they had made a greater initial investment.
Sunk cost fallacy takes place when we let emotions cloud our decisions. Once we’ve invested in a choice, we feel guilt or regret if we don’t follow through. We fail to realize that past costs won’t be recovered. Instead, we base decisions on past costs, ignoring present and future costs and benefits. This may be due to loss aversion (厌恶), where losses feel worse than gains. We avoid losses, making choices based on avoiding the “loss” of our past investment instead of considering the benefits gained if we don’t continue our commitment.
No one can deny the fact that we benefit a lot from perseverance. So our society loves to emphasize perseverance. Never give up! Don’t waste. But only you know the right path for you. Sometimes walking away is the hardest choice of all. You might realize a path you’re on is no longer the right one or never was. That’s a painful realization.
1. What phenomenon does the author describe at the beginning of the text?A.People benefit from sticking with a plan. | B.People’s consumption view has changed. |
C.People refuse to give up the past commitment. | D.People’s clothes are becoming more expensive. |
A.To save more of the loss. | B.To appear more reasonable. |
C.To make a greater investment. | D.To enjoy more of themselves. |
A.When we don’t follow through our choices. |
B.When we don’t continue our commitment. |
C.When we stop feeling guilty and regretful. |
D.When we make decisions based on past costs emotionally. |
A.Favorable. | B.Objective. | C.Doubtful. | D.Unclear. |
【推荐3】It was dinner time, yet I hadn’t finished my work for the day. Cheery people who were enjoying their holiday time buzzed around me. But with my head down and headphones in, I had interacted with very few of them. The day passed more like a fast-forwarded video than something that I actually fully experienced.
This was my first week living the digital nomad lifestyle. I had left my corporate role and found freelance (自由职业的) writing work online to afford me the freedom to travel.
I had prepared excitedly, surfing online about digital nomadism.
But that’s not all that’s waiting for new digital nomads.
A.And my surroundings looked different. |
B.But this wasn’t at a tiring nine-to-five office job. |
C.This was a typical day back in my office I managed to escape. |
D.New surroundings may also make you fully engaged in your work. |
E.Should you choose to become a digital nomad, your environment will change. |
F.You’ll still wake up with emails in your inbox and to-dos begging to be handled. |
G.Yet somehow I unknowingly over-consumed expectation and under-consumed realism. |
【推荐1】If you’ve ever been in a cheerful mood, then met up with a bad-tempered friend, you’ll know how infectious emotions can be. Before you know it, you realize that you’re feeling down too.
You might wonder who wins out—if you’re feeling happy and your friend is feeling sad, do you yield to their sadness or do they catch your happiness? Part of the answer is likely depending on their and your levels of expressiveness and receptiveness.
If and when you encounter an opposite emotion to your own, the experience will likely vary depending on how invested you are in that other person or people.
A.Happily, it can work the other way around too. |
B.This is especially true when we’re interacting with someone we care about. |
C.Everyone varies in how emotionally expressive and impressionable they are. |
D.That isn’t to say that facial expressions are the only way for emotions to spread. |
E.These processes have to do with effective communication and mutual understanding. |
F.If you care about them, you’ll be more motivated to shift emotionally to match their state. |
G.People exposed to more negative posts are more likely to post something negative themselves. |
【推荐2】For many of us, good friends are the next closest thing to family. According to a new study, good friends are actually the next closest thing to family from the aspect of genes (基因).
U.S. researchers have found that we are more genetically similar to our friends than to any stranger. The study suggested that genes may affect how we choose our friends, reports the BBC.
The study looked at the gene information of nearly 2,000 people, who were chosen from a small U.S. town as part of a larger heart study. Nearly half a million single-letter markers from the genome (基因组) were studied, showing that friends share about 0.1 percent more DNA, on average, than strangers do. While that might not sound like much, it’s as if they shared a great-great-great-grandparent in common.
Except for providing DNA information, participants (参与者) in the study were also asked who their closest friends were. Because all of the participants were chosen from such a small community, it made this group particularly suitable for such studies.
However, the fact that all of the study was based on such a small community has also led to argument. Friendships in small communities might be more likely to be genetically related, because such communities have fewer types of genes in general.
“I wonder whether the methods used in the study can fully explain the causes known to drive friendships,” said Oxford’s Dr. Rory Bowden.
There was one interesting finding from the study. Some of the genes that friends are most likely to have in common are about smell. “You may really love the smell of coffee. And you’re drawn to a place where other people have been drawn because they love the smell of coffee too,” Fowler explained. “And so that might be the opportunity space for you to make friends. You’re all there together because you love coffee and you make friends because you all love coffee.”
1. What did the participants do in the study?A.They named their closest friends. |
B.They made friends from a small community. |
C.They changed the methods of making friends. |
D.They provided DNA information of their friends. |
A.Coffee helps strangers come together. |
B.Good friends will love the smell of coffee. |
C.Genes about smell among friends are similar. |
D.Smell may influence people in making friends. |
A.A study on the relationship between making friends and genes. |
B.The methods of carrying out different studies. |
C.A way to choose participants in a study. |
D.The similar genes between good friends. |
【推荐3】We all have friends that need a little advice, but one of the problems with those types of conversations is that it’s really easy to come off as a know-it-all when you’re offering help. When you do that, nobody’s going to listen.
Obviously not everyone is looking for your advice. Before you go offering up your point of view, make sure they’re interested in hearing it. As Roger Gil points out, often friends aren’t looking for you to solve a problem. They just want you to listen and maybe ask some questions. So, ask if they’d like to hear your input or insights on a problem, but also ask questions about why thee feel a certain way. If they say “no”, let them finish their story and listen politely.
Speaking of listening. It’s also a good idea to figure out right away what your friends want from you. Gil describes this as differentiating between opinions, expert advice, and being a “sounding board”. Essentially, don’t pretend like you know something you don’t.
Now that you know whether or not your friends or family actually want your advice, it’s time to learn how to advise without sounding like a know-it-all. This is a lot harder than you might think. As Gil points out, one way to offer advice without sounding pretentious (自以为是的) is to avoid “You should” statements.
A.Definitely don’t act like you’ve been in a situation you haven’t been in. |
B.Different situations require different approaches so we need to know what we should contribute. |
C.Gil also adds that even when you know the answer to something, you might want to keep your mouth shut. |
D.Gil’s advice, seems obvious, but it’s incredibly easy to get on your high-horse and use “You should” if you’re not careful. |
E.When you have a friend who’s stuck in trouble, it’s normal to want to provide some type of insight to get them out of it. |
F.However, the key is to make sure you stay in “listening mode” for as long as possible, and you don’t push your advice when it isn’t wanted. |
【推荐1】When you ask people how to make friends as an adult, they usually give you suggestions like, “just get out there,” “join a dance class,” or , “try speed dating.”
After all, making friends does require us to get out into the world and take a few emotional risks. Most of the time, however, we are not lacking for ideas on where to meet people.
For this reason, most people find that reconnecting with themselves is a first step towards reconnecting with others.
If you feel tired, out of shape, or sad, most of the time, making friends is going to be extremely difficult.
Start small. Use the1-minute technique to gradually increase your commitment to exercise. Get out into nature. Set a timer to remind yourself to get up every hour to stretch. Try gentle yoga.
While you build up your body, don’t forget to nourish your mind. Write down one thing every day that you are grateful for.
Learn to become your own best friend.
A.On the surface, these are fine suggestions. |
B.Spend a few minutes every day in reflection. |
C.It will be even more difficult when you are an adult. |
D.We only need to know how to start a conversation with strangers. |
E.We are missing the motivation and self-confidence to get started. |
F.Making friends as an adult is possible, but it requires a new approach. |
G.Fortunately there are plenty of simple things that you can do to increase your physical and emotional resources. |
【推荐2】Thousands of people impact all aspects of our lives, be it the weatherman at the TV studio in a neighbouring city, or the technician at a phone company across the continent, or the woman in Tobago who picks the mangoes for your fruit Salad. Every day, intentionally or unintentionally, we make a large number of connections with people around the world.
Our personal growth and evolution (and the evolution of societies) come about as a result of connecting with our fellow humans, whether as a band of young warriors setting out on a hunt or as a group of co-workers heading out to the local bakery after work on Friday. As a species (物种), we are instinctively (本能地) driven to come together and form groups of friends, associations and communities. Without them, we cannot exist.
Making connections is what our gray matter does best. It receives information from our sense and processes it by making associations. It grows quickly when it’s making connections.
People do the same thing. It’s a scientific fact that people who stay socially and physically active live a longer life. This doesn’t mean staying with the same old crowd and going around on an exercise bike. It means getting out and making new friends.
When you make new connections in the outside world you make new connections in the inside world—in your brain. This keeps you young and alert (机警的)—Edward M. Hallowell, in his book Connect, cites the 1979 Alameda County Study by Dr. Lisa Berkman of the Harvard School of Health Sciences. Dr. Berkman and her team carefully looked at 7,000 people—aged 35 to 65, over a period of nine years. Their study concludes that people who lack social and community connections are almost three times more likely to die of medical illness than those who have more contacts. And all this is independent of socioeconomic status and health practices such as smoking, alcoholic beverage consumption or physical activity!
Other people can also help you take care of your needs and desires, whatever it is you’d like in this life—romance, a dream job, ticket to the Rose Bowl—the chances are pretty high that you’ll need someone’s help to get it. If people like you, they will be willing to give you their time and their efforts. And the better the quality of harmonious relationship you have with them, the higher the level of their cooperation.
1. Which of the following is laid great stress on in the passage?A.Our fate is decided by the companions we keep. |
B.People connect with each other out of necessity, |
C.Contacts between people are essential for our life. |
D.Conned ion is established when we work together. |
A.nerve | B.cell | C.sight | D.brain |
A.a wonder cure for deadly diseases |
B.a vital function of connecting |
C.a great encouragement to smokers |
D.a practical way to connection |
A.The Benefits of Connecting | B.The Progress of Connection |
C.The Methods of Connecting | D.The Features of Connection |
Small talk means those seemingly meaningless conversations you have dozens of times a day. Maybe you’re waiting for the elevator. Or in a line at the bank. It all seems pretty trivial(琐碎的). Idle chatter about traffic doesn’t do much more than fill the air with empty words that are quickly forgotten.
Pat Oliver, assistant professor on arts, says that, “Left unchecked, small talk can be an invasion(入侵). It’s so powerful. It does something to you.” “Every morning after spending an hour and a half on the freeway I start the day with small talk with my secretary,” Oliver says, “If I don’t make small connection with another person, I can’t work.”
The way people use small talk is usually determined by where they happen to be at the time
The topics of small talk don’t matter.
A.What causes it? |
B.Who is good at it? |
C.Take the elevator, for instance |
D.But you should know that small talk actually has a big place in our lives |
E.Learning to make small talk can help to build your confidence and develop your social skills |
F.In fact, you don’t want anything more complicated(复杂的)than the weather or the traffic |