It’s normal for the human mind to wander (走神). So many things may fill your mind and pull your thoughts in different direction. This isn’t always bad. Sometimes a wandering mind can lead to a new creation. However, wandering thoughts can also stop you from getting things done, keep you up at night, or hurt your health. Don’t worry. Here is my advice about avoiding them.
Doing exercise and activities
Slow down and let your mind focus (专注) on your breathing. By controlling your breathing, you can bring your mind to work together with your body. Once you lose interest in what you’re doing, you can take a break from it. Go for a walk, do some exercise, take a shower or even lie down and think about nothing. These activities help a lot.
Focusing on tasks you’re doing
Do one task at a time. It won’t slow you down. Instead, it keep your mind focused and you’ll be able to get more done quickly. While doing tasks, don’t look around once in while. If there’s something keeping your mind wandering, allow yourself a specific (特定的) time to worry, think or plan. When the time is up, focus on your next task.
Controlling worrying thoughts
Writing down or sharing your worries helps to get them out of your head. When there’s a big task, it’s understandable to put it off. But by facing it bravely and trying to solve it, you can get away from your worrying thoughts. If it doesn’t work after you’ve tried everything, accept that there are always things you can’t change.
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Doing exercise and activities | (1) You can (2) Once you lose interest in what you’re doing some activities help a lot, such as going for a walk, |
| (1) Do one task at a time. (2) Don’t look around from time to time while doing tasks. | |
Controlling worrying thoughts | (1) You can get them out of your head by (2) Try to accept that there are always things you can’t change after you’ve tried everything. |
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Pets are a part of people’s lives. Some pets are like family. In these days, many people have pets at home and spend a lot of money improving their lives. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment(待遇). VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets!
When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, or when you are going away on business, you can put them at a dog and cat hotel, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. The guests get the best food during their stays at these hotels.
There are other special services(服务) at hotels. Imagine you are traveling and you want to see your pet: the hotel can put a video camera in the pet’s room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV.
The hotels usually have good groomers(美容师): They often bath and take the best hair care for the pets. But you need to make an appointment because people are usually very busy taking care of pets.
1. What’s the new meaning of “VIP” in this passage?
2. According to this passage, where can you put your pet when you are away on business?
3. What does “Fido” stand for(代表) here?
4. How can you see your pet during your traveling?
5. Why need you make an appointment when you want a good groomer for your pet?
Do you like playing video games when you have free time? Lots of people do. There are many types of video games. Some people like action games. Others like driving games. But the most popular game of all is a puzzle game.
Tetris (俄罗斯方块) is a game about making lines. Blocks fall from the top of the screen. They fall one at a time. The player moves the blocks. Once the blocks hit the bottom, they are locked in place. Players try to make lines go across the screen with no gaps (缺口). Complete lines disappear, which gives players more room. The blocks pile up during the game. The game ends when the blocks get to the top of the screen.
A man named Alexey made Tetris in 1984 while working at a science academy (学院) in Moscow, Russia. Alexey named his game after tetra and tennis. The word “tetra” means four. So all the piece in Tetris have four blocks.
Alexey made his game on a screen that only showed letters. He could not use blocks. The blocks were made out of letters in the first game of Tetris. Still, all Alexey’s friends loved his game. It was easy to learn and fun to play.
Soon the game spread across the world, which was on every computer. It came with every one of Nintendo’s Game Boy. More than 100 million Game Boys were sold. Tetris was all over the place. Even today Tetris comes with many phones.
Dr Richard Haier who has studied Tetris players ran many tests. He found that playing Tetris improved mind and thinking activity. I agree with this finding. Now go and play some Tetris. It’s just what the doctor orders.
1. What is Tetris?2. Why did all Alexey’s friends love his game?
3. How many Game Boys were sold?
4. According to Dr. Richard, what were the benefits of playing Tetris?
5. What is the second paragraph mainly talking about?
Many people often think stress is bad for health. It raises the risk of everything from the mild fever to serious diseases. Usually, we turn stress into the enemy. However, a study has given us a whole new look at it.
In the study, if people with lots of stress don’t believe stress can be harmful to them, they will have the lowest risk of dying, including people with a little stress.
Science shows when you change your mind about stress, you can change your body’s response (反应) to stress. How you think and act can change your experience of stress. When you consider your stress response helpful, you can create courage. When you are stressed and choose to communicate with others, you can create resilience (韧性).
You can get away from the bad influences of stress on your health from time to time. The most amazing thing is that stress makes you social. Your stress response wants to make sure you notice others in trouble. You need to support and care about each other.
Also, stress is not useless. It helps reach your hearts and makes hearts beat fast. It can bring you strength and energy. If you think of stress in a new way, you will trust yourself to deal with challenges. Of course, you don’t have to face them on your own.
How do you make a choice between a stressful life and without stress? Stress lies in many meaningful things, so the best answer is to go after something meaningful in your life. Then trust yourself to deal with the stress that follows and make friends with it.
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| Stress is not good for us and makes people get ill more | |
| New study about stress | ● If people with stress believe stress is of no |
| ● Your experience of stress ● When ● The bad influences of stress on your health can be ● Stress makes you social. You and the people around you will give each other care and support when it’s | |
| ● Stress makes your heart beat fast and lets you feel powerful and energetic. ● Thinking in a new way, you don’t have to face challenges | |
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Learn to relax. Overwork is the main reason why so many students feel tired and stressed（紧张）. Cut down some of the jobs you need to do each day so that you can only focus on the most important things. Leave time for activities that are relaxing and fun. This might mean reading a good book, listening to the music, going for a walk or taking a relaxing bath.
Get a good night’s sleep. Getting enough sleep will help you keep your body and mind in the best form. If you stay up late and need to get up early for school the next day, you may not be able to concentrate（集中）on the things you need to do.
Exercise regularly and eat well. Don’t rush through your meals. Eat less junk food or fast food. Eat healthy food instead.
Get to know pleasant people. Some people are optimistic（热情的）, while others not. Choose optimistic people as your friends and spend more time with them and you’ll be as happy as them.
Learn to be calm when you face any problem. Find out the best option from those that are in your mind. Knowing that you are able to solve problems is a good way to build up your self-confidence（自信）.
Have a happy attitude（态度）. Your attitude decides the way you see things. Is your cup half full or half empty? Learn to think more positively（积极地）about the difficulties you face.
In a word, it’s important for everyone to learn how to feel relaxed and happy.
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1. So many students feel tired and stressed because of
2. Getting enough sleep will help you keep
3. What should we do when facing any problem?
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Friendship is an important part of life, but not every student is good at making friends. Do you have many friends? Are you good at making friends? Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t, know how to make friends. Here are some helpful suggestions about how to make friends.
*Improve your conversational (谈话的) skills. You should learn how to have conversations with others. It is an important skill you should learn. To start a conversation, you can use simple questions like “What’s your hobby?” or “Do you have any pets?” Remember not to ask questions that are too private (私人的). For example, never ask a young lady about her age. It’s not polite to do that.
*Try to be an outgoing person. It seems that nobody wants to make friends with shy people. Don’t be shy if you want to make more friends. You should try to be outgoing. If you are outgoing, you might be popular among your classmates.
*Look for more chances to make new friends. Don’t be sad if you don’t have many friends. Maybe that’s because you don’t have enough chances to meet new people. You can try to find more chances to make mew fiends. You can go to new places or join new activities so that you can meet some new people. There you can find some students who have similar hobbies.
1. What is the passage about?2. What is an important skill you should learn?
3. Where can you meet new people?
4. Do you think friendship is important in our life? Why? Write 30 words or more.
If you want to go to visit Shanghai Disneyland, you can learn some things about it.
Shanghai Disneyland opened on June 16, 2016. It began selling tickets on March 28 through several ways: the official website, Alitrip website and the central phone. Its price is the lowest of all the Disney theme parks. So far, quite a lot of people have booked (预订) tickets.
The park is built in the 963-acre field and costs $5.5 billion. Almost 400 designers and engineers have taken part in the design work.
The Disney castle in Shanghai is the tallest and largest one in the Disney family around the world.
When you visit Shanghai Disneyland, you can follow the advice.
Buy souvenirs (纪念品) in advance (提前). Disney is so popular that it is easy to find these souvenirs anywhere. It isn’t necessary for you to buy them at Disneyland because they are too expensive there. You can save a lot of money in this way.
Eat breakfast before you arrive. You can save quite a lot of money by eating breakfast before you go to the park.
Take snacks with you. You can enjoy them in the picnic area. Because the snacks there are too expensive.
To save more money, you can plan your trip during the park’s off-season (淡季). Lots of things, from airfares (飞机票价) to souvenirs, can be cheaper during these months.
(每题不超过6个单词)
1. When did Shanghai Disneyland open?
2. Have almost 400 designers and engineers taken part in the design work?
3. Why isn’t it necessary to buy souvenirs at Disneyland?
4. How many pieces of advice are mentioned in this passage?
5. What’s the best title for this passage?
