1 . How to Bring Family Closer

Strong family bonds (纽带) can encourage better behaviors in children and teach them how to be a good friend.    1    

Set aside time for family.    2    By keeping this day on a regular schedule, everyone will know that they need to keep that day clear for family time. Then the entire family can get together for a fun activity.

Eat meals together. Choose a few nights during the week when you expect everyone to gather around the dinner table. Studies have shown that eating meals together has a positive effect on children’s physical and mental well-being.    3    Don’t allow phones. What’s the most important is that you come together and enjoy a meal free of distraction (分心).

    4    Make cleaning your home a responsibility for the whole family. Create a list of housework and have everyone sign up. Then set up a time during the week or on the weekend when everyone can do their housework together.

Encourage support. Feeling supported by your family is one of the most important things in building strong family bonds. Bonds like these will last your kids a lifetime. They will enjoy these strong bonds when they are your age and even after you are gone.    5    

At 2.54 meters, Leonid is probably the tallest man in    1    world.33-year-old Leonid suffers from a rare illness. So    2    (he)body can produce too much growth hormone(荷尔蒙).

Leonid lives with his    3    (mother) in a small house with four rooms, sleeping on two double beds pushed together. He has to    4    (walk) with his head bowed because he is so tall. Several years ago, he    5    (graduate) from university, and used to work as a doctor on a local farm, but he lost his job as he could no longer ride his bicycle.

“I don’t    6    (real) have any friends. I rely on my mother,”he says. “I don’t    7    (know) what I’ll do. I don’ t even know how    8    (buy) food. I haven’t been to the market for five years.”It’s a lonely life, but he is happy working in his garden. Luckily, nobody laughs at Leonid in the village. His neighbors are all very fond of him. “We’ re going to take him on a     9     (trip) to the mountains,”says one of them, “to show him there’s something in the world    10    (tall) than he is.”