3 . The relationship between teachers and students has been hotly discussed in recent years in China,     1     Today I would like to share some tips on how to get along well with teachers from students’ perspective.

First and foremost, make a good first impression on your teachers.     2     A good first impression is important for teachers to remember your name among your fellow students.

    3     A student who loves studying and cooperates with teachers in class can definitely impress teachers deeply. Students should be eager to learn as well as willing to work hard and it’s important to listen with attention. And it’s more important to learn to raise questions and work out problems in new ways.

Finally, communicate with your teachers frequently after class.     4    

In fact, kids who get along with their teachers not only learn more, but they’re more comfortable asking questions and getting extra help.     5     When you have this kind of relationship with a teacher, he or she can be someone to turn to with problems.

4 . How to build a personal brand (品牌)

People tend to think about a personal brand as bragging (自吹自擂) , self- promotion and all about yourself. But it's actually something much more important.     1     In other words, it's how people see you. Below are some suggestions to build a strong personal brand.

Figure out your goal. What do you want your personal brand to help you achieve? Are you looking to change jobs or enter a new industry, and you need your brand to reflect a new skill set?     2    

Get clear on what you want to be known for.     3    Are you a teacher who focuses on social and emotional learning? Or maybe you're a project manager who is reliable and always gets things done on time. Dig deeper into the what, how and why behind your work so you can make it easy to remember.

    4    I once coached someone who called herself a "death midwife", which no one understood. But when she started introducing herself as a grief advisor who works with families during a time of loss, all of a sudden everyone got it.

Bring value to others online.     5    Share interesting articles related to you industry, post ideas or opinions that can benefit co-workers, and like or comment on posts shared by the people you follow.

5 . One of the essential aspects of becoming successful is the person’s charismatic personality.    1    . Though many skills can make your personality charismatic, we’ve got some of the essential skills that are required to become a charismatic person, a person who represents friendly and influencing skills.

Having high confidence helps you to cross many barriers while communicating with different types of people every day. Confidence helps people to communicate smoothly and provide accurate and reliable solutions to all the key problems. A charismatic person shows a high level of confidence while communicating. These people create a positive environment round themselves.

Charismatic people are the best leaders in the field. They know how to motivate people so that production can increase quickly. They know how to deal with people and solve conflicts without affecting the performance of the organization.    3    .

They can influence people to get what they want. They change and encourage other people to do those things that seem impossible.    4    . It helps them to gain respect, care and trust of other people though they can use this trait for both cases—good or bad.

Charismatic people pay attention to what others say, and they seem interested in them. They ask questions to understand the points, views, and opinions more clearly. They keep all the details of their previous conversations carefully in mind.    5    .

6 . There are some people who are always surrounded by friends, and there are others who are always standing on the outside, looking at the crowd of friends.     1     Here are four tips that will help.

1. Be yourself.

Nobody likes a liar.     2     When the time comes that you feel comfortable enough to act like yourself again, you may not be well received, because you are a totally different person. Let people get to know the real you.

2. Start with people you know.

Even if you don’t think that you have a lot of friends, you are likely to know a lot of people. Reach out to get in touch with acquaintances and reconnect with old friends you haven’t seen for a long time. Don’t forget about friends of friends.     3     If you are invited to go out, go. If you stay home, you will have no chance to meet people.

3. Be open-minded.

    4     Instead, be open to other people’s views, and that will help you meet new friends easier.

4. Be there.

In order to have a good relationship with your friends, you need to be a friend. This means that you need to be there when your friends need you. For example, if one of your friends calls you in the middle of the night crying, don’t hang up.     5     Just listen to him and let him feel your concern about him.

7 . Years ago, I lived next door to an old man named Steve, who told me he hadn’t had any friends since quitting his factory job 20 years earlier. Steve sat on his porch (门廊) all day. Across the street was another neighbor, Werner, who usually sat on an armchair on his lawn. The two men, both around the same age, stared at each other but rarely talked. When Steve fell down on the floor, Werner watched as the ambulance crew tried to save him.

Steve and Werner are a handy example for the kind of separation that COVID-19 has visited upon many of us. Although the pandemic has gone now, a separation still exists. The percentage of men with at least six close friends fell by half between 1990 and 2021, according to the Survey Center on American Life.

In short, man is in friendship recession (衰退). It is the result of social conditioning and 10, 000 years of developmental forces, where cooperation has been changed into competition. The invention of the big-screen TV hasn’t helped.

A 2020 Oxford University study confirms what many people will readily admit: People prefer to socialize in groups rather than on-on-one. Groups are looser, less private. And shared activities often center on something—a sport, a bar, or a football match. But when the activity goes away, the group often goes with it.

I reconnected with an old friend who had played professional football and I asked him if he was in touch with any of his former teammates. “No,” he said. When football ended, those connections did too. Without that central activity to keep the relationship, they all disappeared from one another’s lives.

There was a time when card games or watching the football games was a sort of guilty pleasure, a senseless activity. Now we’re learning that these things, or at least the connection they represent, are basic to mental health.

Do you know how to be street smart? Being street smart means    1     (know) how to keep    2     (you) safe from strangers when you are alone or with other kids. Whether you are walking to school, hanging out in the playground,     3     riding your bike in your neighborhood, being street smart    4     (help) you stay safe. When you are street smart, you know your way around, you know what to do in difficult    5     (situation) and you are able to “tread” people.

Imagine there is a baby walking around alone.     6    baby couldn’t understand a “Don’t Walk” sign, wouldn’t know where    7     (go) for help, and couldn’t find the way back home. What’s more, the baby might not know good people from bad people. She/ He would be    8    danger.

Thank goodness, you are not a baby anymore! You know your way around and you know the rules of the road. The    9     (hard) thing to learn is how to deal with strangers. But if you learn and follow safety rules all the time, such as not to talk to strangers, you can be    10     (real) street smart.

10 . A group discussion is a great way to get things discussed.     1     Here are tips to help you get your own group discussion started.

Arrive prepared.     2     Read any materials that have been assigned. If you just have a general idea of the topic, spend some time researching it. It is a good idea to bring some notes with you, so you have something to refer back to in the discussion, particularly if you have evidence you want to discuss.

Speak up when you have an opinion. A group discussion should involve everyone in the group, including yourself. You may have an opinion or a fact that is related with what is being said.     3     After presenting your viewpoints, you can also ask questions to encourage discussion.

Listen to what others have to say. Being in a group discussion is not just about saying what’s on your mind. It’s also about listening to other members in the group. While what you have to say is important, it’s also important to let others have their say as well.     4     If you have a good idea, hold onto it until the moment is right to share.

    5     This gives you a chance to learn something new and expand your horizons. Sometimes, people may not express themselves as well as they want, or you simply may not hear all of what they say. It is fine to ask for further clarifications(澄清), particularly if you want to provide a different point.