Do you always feel lonely? When do you feel lonely? Is loneliness a good feeling? Nowadays more and more people are having this kind of feeling in their daily life. When someone feels lonely, he or she will have an experience of being alone because of low levels of social contact and relationships.
There are two kinds of loneliness: emotional loneliness and social loneliness. Emotional loneliness is about the relationship between parents and their children. When children leave their parents for a while, they usually show the pain, such as crying and trying to search for their parents. Therefore, emotional loneliness is caused by leaving a person that someone is close to, such as a parent. On the other hand, social loneliness is the loneliness that one experiences when he or she leaves a wide social network. One doesn’t feel that he or she is a member of a group, or one doesn’t have friends to talk to when he or she is sad.Besides, loneliness is different from being alone. Being alone is about not having contact with people. But loneliness is a subjective experience: if people think they are lonely, then they are lonely. People can be lonely when they are alone, or in a group. What makes people lonely is the fact that they want more social interaction. People can be in a group and feel lonely because they don’t get to talk to enough people. On the other hand, one can be alone and not feel lonely, though there is no one around him or her. That person is not lonely because maybe he or she doesn’t want to have social interaction at that time.
So, what about you? Will you feel lonely if you stay alone? Or you just enjoy the time being with yourself.
1. Why did the writer start the passage with questions?
| A．To let readers answer these questions. |
| B．To ask for more ideas about loneliness. |
| C．To make readers interested in the passage. |
| D．To check students’ understanding of loneliness. |
| A．They have no friends to talk to. |
| B．They have a small social network. |
| C．They have a feeling of being lonely. |
| D．They don’t get on well with their parents. |
| A．A hot subject. |
| B．A person’s own feeling. |
| C．A pain in the body. |
| D．A person’s special plan. |
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To your mom and dad:
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To you teacher:
Sometimes students put their pocket money together and buy the teacher a holiday gift. Some kids also give individual(个人) gifts. You can send a nice card with the words of thanks inside. You might even write down the favourite things you’ve learned in the teacher’s class this year. It will make the teacher feel happy.
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The holidays are a good time to think about people who are lonely. Maybe there is someone in your class who doesn’t seem to have many friends. Try to do something for this person. It could be giving a Christmas card or just chatting with him or her. It’s a small thing, but could mean a lot to someone who feels a little shy or sad at school.
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When he reached his office, the businessman called a meeting of his managers. During the meeting, he took out his anger on his managers. His managers were upset about this and took out their own anger on the people working under them. Gradually, the businessman's anger spread through the whole company.
The businessman was still angry after returning home. His wife opened the door. She asked him, "Why are you to late today?" The man shouted at his wife, "I didn't go to the office to play soccer, I went to work. So don't make me angry with your stupid questions."
His wife was upset about being shouted at for no reason. She turned her anger on their son, who was watching TV. "This is all you do. You have no interest in studying! Turn off the TV now! "She shouted.
The son didn't know how to take out his anger. He went out and saw a yellow dog. Then he picked up a rock and threw it at the yellow dog. The dog ran away, barking in pain.
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1. Where was the black dog before it bit the businessman? （不超过5个单词）2. What did the businessman do after he reached his office? （不超过10个单词）
3. Why did the son throw a rock at the yellow dog? (不超过10个单词)
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Weight-loss companies and clothing industries seem to have made it their goal to get us believe that we are not enough and that we need all kinds of things to be prettier. It’s not true! Companies sell us this ideas for their products to make money. I’m not saying that buying beauty products is bad, but what would be bad is using them because you feel like you have to look a certain way in order to be “beautiful”.
Remember, the people wear tons of make-up and are photoshopped in order to look perfect. When you see a girl who society considers as a “great body”, you have to remember that people have different body types and everyone’s body is different. We’re all beautiful, whether we’re slim, thickset or anywhere in between. If you want to lose weight, go ahead, but do it in a healthy way and do it for the right reason—not because you want to fit in. Being comfortable with yourself is really important, and being with others who accept you as you are and don’t ask you to change to look a specific(特定的) way is important too.
| Beauty standards | |
| What being beautiful means | ●It’s not ●One’s beauty cannot be decided by exact standards. ●People have |
Social factors | ●Weight-loss companies and clothing industries ●It’s bad to use products in order to fit in with a certain standard. |
| | ●People have different body types and each of us has our own beauty. ●It’s OK to lose weight but remember to do it ●It’s important for you to accept the way you are and spend time with people who don’t ask you to change the way you look. |
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1. Do Norwegians like skiing?
2. Where is Norway?
3. When do Norwegian children learn to ski?
4. Do you like skiing? Why or why not?
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Spend time in the nature.
Being in the nature clears your mind and relaxes your body. Positive people spend a part of their day getting outside and enjoying the beauty of our planet. It's a great way to load(加载) your batteries!
Practice positive thinking.
Thoughts influence your actions, so if you think negatively, there's no bright future ahead of you. Positive people don't believe in the excuses their minds come up with. By finding the good side of any problem, they make sure they are mentally set up for success.
Be away from negative people.
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Accept failure.
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3. 简略回答问题What will make you happy and satisfied more easily?
4. 找出并写下全文的主题句
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
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If I want to post a letter, I have to go along Bridge Street and turn left at the second crossing .Then I walk about 300 meters and the post office is on the left.
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