【推荐2】First impressions are very important when we meet new people or make new friends. Here are some easy ways for you to impress your classmates or teachers.

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Before you shake hands with somebody, make sure that your hands are clean. The handshake should not be too strong or weak. Most people use their right hands, unless they have a reason to use the left.     2    

Be on time

When meeting someone, arriving on time is as important as breathing. You may have an excuse, but that will leave the person who hardly knows you with a bad impression.     3    It’s better to be hanging around the place than be stuck in traffic.

Introduce yourself and ask for names

Make sure you properly introduce yourself. Ask for their names in a polite way.

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This will increase the chances of their remembering your name in the future.

Always remember to stand up when greeting someone and be sure to introduce them to anyone you’re with.

Make a good conversation

To get the most out of your discussion, try to find something common between the two of you.     5     A person will feel more comfortable with someone they can relate to（产生共鸣）.

【推荐1】Six children were in the hospital. They were very sick. The doctors checked them carefully but still couldn’t find the reason and didn’t know what to do. They had to call Dr. Richard Besser for help.     1    

After Dr. Besser got to the hospital, he firstly tried to find the cause of the illness. He looked for germs (病菌) in the children’s bodies. In every child, Dr. Besser found the same type of the bacteria E. coli (大肠杆菌).     2     It showed him that this type of E. coli was very dangerous.

Dr. Besser knew E. coli could move from animals to humans. Had the children touched animals that carried the bacteria? Besser found other E. coli cases in the area where the children lived. But it wasn’t enough, he should search more.

    3     They had all eaten cheese, bread, apple juice, and fish. He then made a list of what healthy children in the area had eaten. They had eaten the cheese, bread and fish, but not the apple juice.

Besser went to the factory where the apple juice was made. He saw many animals around the apple trees. He also saw the workers using dirty apples that had fallen on the ground. More importantly, he saw that the apples were not washed before the juice was made, and that the juice was not heated.     4     Besser then knew it was the apple juice that made the children sick.

    5     The children got better and left the hospital. And what Besser learned that day now helps keep others safe.

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As a country develops, its people usually enjoy better health care, drink cleaner water, and have more food. Both men and women can expect to live longer. However, people's lifestyle is changing at the same time.     1     They eat more processed food or fast food, which has more fat, salt, and sugar. They do not walk so much, and some do not do any exercise at all. As a result, the number of people with certain diseases(疾病) is increasing.

    2     According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people with diabetes(糖尿病) rose from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. That was 4.7% of the population in 1980 to 5% in 2014. And the number is still rising.

    3     However, in recent years, the number has been rising more rapidly in low-and middle-income(中低收入)countries than in high-income countries. Take China for example.     4     Now more than one in ten Chinese over 18 have the disease, making China the country with the highest number of diabetes patients in the world.

It is possible to control diabetes with medicine, but there is no cure(治愈方法)     5     If they are overweight, they should try to lose weight. They should also avoid foods high in fat and sugar. People should exercise often. Besides, they should walk or ride bikes more instead of traveling by car. If people change to this healthier lifestyle, we may be able to stop the rise in diabetes in the future.

【推荐1】Cathy wants to learn to play the piano (钢琴). She asks her father, “Can I learn to play the piano, Daddy?”

“That’s great. But how long do you want to learn?”

“A month,” Cathy says. “In a month, I will play for you. If I don’t play well, I won’t play it.”

“All right,” her father says.

He finds a piano teacher and Cathy starts her lessons. The lessons aren’t cheap, but her father doesn’t tell Cathy.

After a month, it is time for Cathy to play for her father. She says to her father, “I want to play for you, Daddy.” “OK, Cathy,” her father says. “You can start.”

She starts to play. She doesn’t play well. Her father listens with one of his friends. The friend can’t stand it.

When Cathy finishes playing, her father says, “Great! Cathy, you can have more lessons.” Cathy runs out of the room happily. The friend says to her father, “I don’t think your daughter plays well.”

“Well, you’re right,” her father says. “But she’s very happy to learn, right?”

【推荐2】It was a Christmas night. I was an unlucky nurse who had to work on such a beautiful festival. When I was complaining (抱怨) about it, three people appeared (出现) at my desk—a tired woman and her two children, a son and a daughter. “Are you all sick?” I asked doubtfully (疑惑地) because they seemed all right. “Yes,” the woman answered weakly and lowered her head. But when they started to show their problems, things became unclear. The daughter had a fever, but her temperature was OK. The son had an earache, but he couldn’t tell me which ear hurt. It seemed that the mother was pretending (假装) to cough. Something was wrong. But I only explained that it might take a while before a doctor could meet them. “Take your time, please,” said the mother. I checked their forms—no address. All of a sudden I knew they were homeless while the hospital was warm. The family huddled (蜷缩) together under the Christmas tree, smiling and talking with each other sweetly. Quietly, I went back to the nurses’ station and told them what happened in the waiting room.

It was just like God sending us a gift on this Christmas night. The nurses’ station suddenly came back to life. All the nurses went into action for “a Christmas emergency (急诊)”. We took out our meals for our Christmas “patients”. We also put together oranges and apples as presents. We tried to give them more than the needs of the family—only a warm place on Christmas night. Later, the little girl kissed me and said, “Thanks for being our angel (天使). ”