A.Regretful. | B.Confident |
C.Indifferent. | D.Sympathetic. |
What to say to a rude person
As the British doctor Lord Robert Winston took a train from London to Manchester, he found himself becoming steadily annoyed. A woman had picked up her phone and began a loud conversation,
Winston’s tale is something of a microcosm of our age of increasing rudeness,
Studies have shown that rudeness spreads quickly and virally, almost like the common cold.Just witnessing rudeness makes it far more likely
The rage and injustice we feel at the rude behavior of a stranger
We must instead combat rudeness head on.When we see it occur in a store, we must step up and say something.If it happens to a colleague, we must point it out.We must defend strangers in the same way we’d defend our best friends. But we can do it with grace, by handling it without a trace of aggression and without being rude
3 . A new study of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily, it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love(早恋)may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression(忧郁症). The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worsts of all.
The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They will not tell that to their parents.
Dr Marian Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parent should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.
Parents should watch for signs of depression —eating or mood changes —and if they see signs from their daughters or sons, they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity (成熟) gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?A.Puppy love may bring young people depression. |
B.Parents should forbid their children’s love. |
C.Romance is a two-edged sword for adults. |
D.Romance is good for young people. |
A.Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness. |
B.Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior. |
C.Young girls who always hid their feeling and opinions. |
D.Careless parents whose children are deep in love. |
A.Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly. |
B.Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents. |
C.Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression. |
D.The older a woman is, the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance. |
A. spread B. formal C. chance D. found E. objective F. experience G. divisions H. economical I. respect J. replaced K. classroom |
The idea of the youth hostel(旅社)started with one man: Richard Schirrmann(1874—1961), a German school teacher, who felt that there was a need for overnight accommodation for his students in order that they could see new things and have new experiences outside the
He felt that one learns by observing, and tried to make his dream come true in the year 1909, when he started providing accommodation for his students in inns, farmhouses and the like.
The first youth hostel was opened in Schirrmann’s own school in Altena, after which it was
And then, in the year 1932, a(n)
The idea of the youth hostel is for young people who are on nature trips to get
Youth hostels are also places to meet and make new friends. They have no class
5 . Pacing and Pausing
Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve’s new wife Betty, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn’t hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.
Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there’s no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I’m finished or fail to take your turn when I’m finished. That’s what was happening with Betty and Sara.
It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.
The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping. And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in—and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.
That’s why slight differences in conversational style—tiny little things like microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on one’s life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems—even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.
1. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?A.Betty was talkative. | B.Betty was an interrupter. |
C.Betty did not take her turn. | D.Betty paid no attention to Sara. |
A.Americans. | B.Israelis. | C.The British. | D.The Finns. |
A.communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing |
B.women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US |
C.one’s inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes |
D.one should receive training to build up one’s confidence |
A.People in a conversation are expected to take turns in speaking. |
B.Conversational techniques such as pacing and pausing may cause people to jump to conclusions about one’s character and capabilities. |
C.People from Finland tend to pause shorter than those from Britain. |
D.Different conversational habits may lead to a breakdown in communication. |
A.being willing to speak one’s mind | B.being able to increase one’s power |
C.being ready to make one’s own judgment | D. being quick to express one’s ideas confidently |
A.The boss treats Johnson in an unfair manner. |
B.Johnson is not willing to work far from home. |
C.Johnson is not intelligent enough to be promoted. |
D.The boss puts cooperation first while giving promotions. |
A.Guest and receptionist. | B.Patient and nurse. |
C.Customer and shop assistant. | D.Passenger and air hostess. |
1.
A.How to perform better in a job interview. |
B.Who is more qualified for the position. |
C.How to work well in stressful situations. |
D.What are confident behaviors in an interview. |
A.By observing his or her body language. |
B.By asking him or her some questions. |
C.By creating some stressful situations |
D.By learning his or her academic background. |
A.She's nervous. | B.She's shy |
C.She's smart. | D.She's talkative. |
A.Brainpower. | B.Confidence. |
C.Experience. | D.Academic background |
A.Tongue-tied. | B.Confident. | C.Absent-minded. | D.Shy. |
A. attracted | B. connecting | C. cooperation | D. course | E. implement |
F. original | G. perspective | H. solution | I. unique |
Jul 8, 2021 — On July 25, executive producers Ridley Scott and Kai Hsuing, along with director Kevin Macdonald will invite the global community to pick up cameras to create “Life In A Day 2022”.
In 2010, “Life In A Day” brought the online community together for a massive feature film project that
Exactly 12 years after the
On a single day, Saturday, July 25, people around the world are invited to film their day. Maybe you’ll be filming from home, or maybe you’re in a part of the world where you’re figuring out how to move forward in a different place. Maybe you’re
The final feature film will be edited over the
While only a small number of the submitted clips will make it into the movie, the filmmakers hope the filming day itself becomes a significant day of global participation. The “Life In A Day 2022” project celebrates the importance of everyone’s coming together in a moment of equal worldwide