【推荐1】A young man left his village and came to a logging camp (伐木场). He asked the boss of the logging crew for a ________. “That depends,” replied the boss. “Let’s see you cut down this tree.” The young man stepped forward and ________ cut down a big tree. The boss was very pleased and said, “You can start the job on Monday.”

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, “You can get the ________ on your way out today.” The young man was very ________. He replied, “I thought you would pay on Friday.”

“Usually we do,” the boss said. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve ________. Our daily felling (伐木) reports show that you’ve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.” “But I’m quite hardworking,” the young man ________, “I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!”

The boss ________ for a minute and then asked, “Have you sharpened your axe (斧子)?” The young man replied, “No, sir, I’ve been working too ________ to take time for that!”

Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to “sharpen the axe”. There’s ________ wrong with working hard. ________ we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. If we don’t take time to relax, we will feel slow and lose our effectiveness.

【推荐2】Losing friends is about as easy as making friends if you don't know how to deal with anger and conflict(冲突). Conflict is part of everyone's _________ . It will show up at school at work and at home. It’s OK to feel angry annoyed or _________. These feelings are natural, but different people deal with _________ in different ways. Some people shout, call people names, or even hit the person who has hurt them. _________ do their best to keep away from disagreements, but very _________ deal with conflict successfully.

Dealing with conflict is a step-by-step progress(过程). First, before you start discussing the problem, calm down, count to 10 and imagine a relaxing place. _________ , say what really troubles you but watch how you __________ yourself. Don’t complain. Share how you feel by using “I…” _________ , don't say “You are always warning me to do this or to do that ” but “I feel sad because you don't pay attention to _________ I think. You want people to hear your opinion so make sure you practice what you want to say. Listen carefully to the other person and __________ that he or she might see the problem in a different way. Be open-minded and willing to say sorry.

【推荐3】Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because water makes them feel cool. If you like swimming but swim in a ______ place, it may not be safe. These years, more than ten people ______ while they were enjoying themselves in the water and most of them were students. But some people are still not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so ______ that nothing can happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming in summer, don’t forget ______ better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful, not because they ______ swim. So don’t get into water when you are alone. ______there isn't a “No Swimming” sign, don’t get into water, ______. If you remember these, swimming will be safer.

【推荐1】Do you know many students aren’t healthy today?

Now many students know sports are good for _______ health. But they don’t like _______. Some of them only watch them _______ TV. What’s more (而且), many of them only like watching TV and _______computer games. They often say, “Play tennis? Oh, it sounds ________. Play basketball? Oh, it sounds difficult.”

And many boys and girls don’t like ________ . They don’t have carrots for lunch and they don’t have tomatoes for dinner. But vegetables and fruit are ________ food. They need to eat lots of ________ every day. ________ they only like junk food (垃圾食品) . They like eating hamburgers, French fries and ice-cream.

So if you want ________ healthy, eat vegetables and play sports every day!

【推荐2】Here is a story about a teenager who hurt himself because of reading. He is Li Yang, a 13-year-old boy, who loves reading books. He once read a novel the whole night. He sat ______ the same way for too long ______ moving. Of course, he didn’t ______away from the book during the night. He even didn’t know he was ______ tired to read on. That’s ______ he fell ill. The next morning, after he had to walk out of his house, he fell down ______ the way to school. Just then, Mr. Wang was driving his car for his business along Zhonghua Road ______ he saw Li Yang ______on the side of the road. He guessed there must be something wrong with the boy. So he immediately ______his car and got out of it and walked towards him, asking “Hey, boy, what’s the matter?” But there was no reply. Of course, he didn’t know what had happened. All he could do was to send the boy to the hospital nearby. In the hospital, a doctor looked over the boy, but ______ the doctor’s surprise, he found nothing wrong with the boy. He was just lack of sleeping.