Five ways to make a great first impression (印象)! Researchers have discovered that, in general, it only takes seven seconds for a person to start making judgments about you when they first meet you. That’s why you should follow these useful tips on how to create a good first impression.

Before meeting someone, start thinking about the purpose of the meeting. Are you trying to impress them? For example, if you want to make new friends at a social event, you will want to appear friendly. And if you decide to run for class president at your school, you will need to appear confident.

Smiling is the most important thing you can do when meeting someone new. It shows that you’re friendly and makes people around you feel more comfortable. To have a winning smile, make sure your teeth are clean by brushing them every day.

Before you begin speaking, you will be judged on your body language. Therefore, it’s important to show trust in yourself by standing up tall and putting your shoulders back. Besides, if you uncross your arms, you will appear relaxed and friendly.

How you smell can influence people’s first impression of you. If you have a bad body smell, it will put people off. In short, aim to smell clean and avoid putting on a lot of scented products.

What you wear matters. While you should look clean and tidy, it’s also important to dress properly, whether you’re going to a birthday party or a sporting event. You should think about what your clothes say about you.

2 . Do you want lots of success in school and in your friendship? If you want to learn how to balance your friendship and study, read on.

Share what academic success looks like for both of you.     1     Before the semester starts, sit down and discuss what you’d both like to achieve.

Exchange study techniques to learn how to be more successful. Maybe you know some learning methods like making a list of key ideas and reviewing them one hour a day. Chat about how you’ll both try to master your subjects.     2    

Put your wellness above everything else to succeed in school.     3     Get at least 8 hours of rest. Make sure to eat nutritious meals that will keep you energized. When you take care of yourselves, you’ll both reduce stress and improve your academic performances.

Remember that you both can overcome any challenges with enough effort. In order to get the most out of your studies, keep a “growth mindset”, an optimistic outlook that lets you see any difficult topic or task as an opportunity to learn.

    5     When you and your friend are in the middle of a finals week or have a huge assignment to prepare for, that should come first. Block out times on your schedules that need all your focus.

3 . Sammie Vance is an extraordinary kid. She was just named one of People's Girls Changing the World in 2021, and she is only 12 years old.

The seventh grader from Indiana is collecting bottle caps to upcycle them into benches for her school and neighborhood parks. But these benches are more than just for sitting. There are many kids in her school who have trouble in finding friends.

Sammie learned about buddy benches at a camp she attended one summer. At the camp, there were benches set up when children felt lonely. They would sit down signaling to other kids that they were in need of a friend.

She loved the idea and told others, “This would be really cool to have them at my school.” Then she sprang into action by initiating a meeting with her president and the Parent-Teacher Association to present her idea.

Sammie used a comic strip she created showing how a simple bench could help classmates understand when one of their own needed a friend. The adults were surely impressed by her initiative but were more impressed with how she planned to make the benches.

Sammie continued her efforts and expanded her project to collect more benches for other schools. She made an online page where she calls for others to follow her journey and make bottle cap donations.

Today, Sammie has helped fix 200 recycled benches in schools and neighborhoods and she has no plans of stopping. She knows first-hand that a young age has no limitations to impacting the world. “I just look forward to making a difference,” she said, “and inspiring other people to make a difference.”

In 2014, I was looking through a Facebook group when I spotted a post claiming $200 roundtrip tickets to Dubai, With little     1     (hesitate), I confirmed the deal, checked my calendar and     2     (book) tickets. No asking friends, no waiting     3     job approvals, and no overthinking. It would be my first trip alone.

I met Jibri during the layover. She got my attention and we started chatting about travel deals and groups. During our small talk, I considered     4     (put) my earphones back in or making up a reason to excuse     5     (I). However, I finally decided to continue interacting with the new person and see     6     it could lead, In fact, she left a deep impression on me. Not only     7     we exchange contact information to meet in Dubai, but we joined other travel group members who rented a boat for an afternoon trip.

It was totally outside of my comfort zone! Unexpectedly, I met amazing people and gained     8     (wonder) friendships. I learned     9     (trust) my abilities and instincts(直觉) even when I had to improvise(即兴做事). I learned that strangers were just friends who hadn’t met you. Most importantly, I learned that my suitcase was much     10     (light) when I didn’t fill it with fear.

8 . About six months ago, I got an unexpected package. The return address was a latitude(纬度) and a longitude(经度). Inside was an envelope that had a bunch of________paper towels. They were covered with________. I had no idea what it was all about________I began to read the paper towels carefully, which all brought back my________.

At 18, I went to college and got a part-time job in a________. My coworkers were some guys who had been working for too long and felt________, so they came up with some jokes to make fun of me. But there was a lab assistant named Howie, who started defending me________them. My dad had been in the army and taught me cryptograms(密码). So, I loved to send________messages to Howie on these paper towels. Now, he’d________them for 62 years.

How could I get in touch with him with this________address? After Googling it with great efforts, I________it! I sent a letter to him, and got a postcard back, saying, “Nicer than nice to hear from you.”

Then we started corresponding. We shared happiness and sorrow in the past years. That's________he has gradually changed my life. I almost________after my husband and daughter died, but what he did has brought me________. He introduced to me a sweet passion to face my life and gave me back a sense of self-worth. Our friendship is magical to be________after over six decades!