Criticism（批评）is everywhere in life, so you need to learn how to deal with it.
You cannot stop what people say. What you can do, however, makes a difference. Dealing with criticism, should we accept or refuse?
Ask yourself how the criticism influences you. Will you lose something important because you are criticized?
Consider where the criticism comes from. Is the person just trying to offer useful criticism? Then think it over and get what is useful for you. On the other hand, there are persons who offer their advice just to be useless.
Do your best. And if someone doesn’t like what you’ve done, so what? It’s either valid（有效的）criticism or invalid criticism. But you have the power to decide how you will allow it to influence you.
| A．I’m afraid you can’t. |
| B．Of course you won’t! |
| C．To be happy or to be sad? |
| D．So you should realize that it’s normal. |
| E．Well, it isn’t worth your attention at all. |
| F．Therefore, you must take their advice seriously. |
| G．If you can learn to be active, you will reduce some of your stress. |
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Life is full of unexpected (始料不及的) moments. Whether these moments are surprising or challenging, we all need to face them bravely.
Here are four simple ways.
Take a deep breath
Breathing exercise can help relax us in both mind and body. We can breathe deeply through our noses, then blow slowly through our mouths.
Be creative
If we fail to express ourselves, we can turn to artistic outlets (艺术表现途径).
Do some reading
We can get good advice through reading.
Practise positive (积极的) self-talk
If we often practise negative (负面的) self-talk, we will think negatively about ourselves.
Shall we try these ways when we face the unexpected moments?
| A．Good books are good friends. |
| B．For example, we can colour, paint, or keep diaries. |
| C．So we’d better talk to ourselves in a positive way. |
| D．This can be a great way to help us feel calm. |
| E．Then, how can we students face these properly? |
When you are learning a language, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also learn how to use them. When you read a passage, it gives you a good example for writing. Here are some good reading tips.
Firstly, try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Secondly, try to understand the new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, don’t use a dictionary. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read. Mark (作标记) them with a pencil. Then look them up in a dictionary when you finish reading, and write them in your own vocabulary book. Try to remember them.
Thirdly, try to read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes or half an hour every day is better than two hours every Sunday. For example, you can read before you go to bed, or after you get up or at lunchtime.
Lastly, read something that interests you. Choose a newspaper, a book or a magazine about a subject that you like. It will be easy enough for you to understand.
1. How many reading tips does the writer give us?| A．Six. | B．Five. | C．Four. |
| A．write them down at once | B．guess the meanings at first | C．stop reading |
| A．you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least |
| B．only read a magazine about a subject that you like |
| C．reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better |
| A．How to Look up a New Word |
| B．How to Make Reading Better |
| C．How to Remember New Words |
【推荐3】When a friend, classmate or family member is upset, you’ve probably wondered how to make them feel better. Let them vent (发泄)? Offer a chocolate bar? Give them space so they can have a good cry? The best way depends on the person and the context (情境). But a growing body of research suggests that one of the most useful ways to soothe (缓解) a person’s feelings is to start a conversation.
Words play an important role in shaping people’s emotions (情感) because humans are such a social species. People’s brains are finely attuned (适应) to information they get from others, and they usually use it as feedback to change their behaviors and reactions. But the words we use to comfort others matter. In a small study, researchers found that people consider words like “I understand why you feel that way” or “that sounds very hard”— to be especially comforting. Other forms of feedback, such as helping someone know that things will improve or encouraging a person to see the situation from a new perspective, can help too.
Although it can be hard to know how best to help someone, we should be confident that our tries will be accepted — even if we don’t know what we’re doing. Researchers found that people accepted support even if it wasn’t exactly what they needed.
In other words, what matters most is not that you say the right thing, but that you are present and trying to help. We can make a difference to other people with a little effort, sometimes just being there is all that you need to do.
1. The best way to comfort an upset person is ________.| A．to talk to him | B．to allow him to cry | C．to offer him a chocolate bar |
| A．words make a difference to human development |
| B．people’s brains will change according to society |
| C．other people’s words can affect (影响) one’s behaviors and reactions |
| A．仪器 | B．期待 | C．视角 |
| A．It’s very difficult to make an upset person feel better. |
| B．The words we use to comfort people are very important. |
| C．The most useful way to help people is being there without a word. |
| A．How to comfort people. |
| B．Words and people’s brains. |
| C．How to say the right things. |
