Living skills are not just about survival (生存) skills, such as washing and cooking. They refer to different kinds of active skills. They can help us deal with the ________ of everyday life. In fact, we teenagers usually can’t ________ all kinds of problems in life only by the knowledge learned in school. We need to use living skills to change our knowledge ________ social abilities.

There are many living skills for us to learn. Among all the skills, social skills are considered as the most important, ________ we must learn how to communicate with others and get on well with others in our daily life.

Besides, the skills of relieving pressure (缓解压力) are also important. In the ________ society, people get too much pressure from others and even themselves. They may cause ________, anger and even illness. Then it’s important for us to ________ how to relax ourselves in a proper way.

Living skills are very ________ for our future development. They can improve our self-confidence, responsibility and independence, and they can help us form good ________ as well. Once we have these skills, we can face the problems ________. In a word, if we want to lead a happy life or succeed in study, we must improve ourselves in such living skills.