Do you want to improve the way you study? Do you feel nervous before a test? Many students say that a lack of concentration (专心) is their biggest problem. If so, use these tips to help you.
Study techniques (技巧)
You shouldn't sit somewhere that you use for another purpose. For example, you always study at the desk, but when you sit on a sofa to study, your brain will think it is time to relax.
Before sitting down to study, bring together all the equipment you need.If your study desk or table is needed when you are not studying, store all your equipment in a box beside it.
Don't try to do a lot of things in one study period.If you need a break, stand up and walk around for a few minutes, but try not to telephone a friend or have something to eat.
Testtaking skills
All your hard work will be for nothing if you are too nervous or tired to take your test. Getting plenty of rest is very important.
When you enter the examination room, find your seat and sit down. Breathe slowly and deeply. Check the time on the clock during the test, but not too often.
A. Don't watch TV while you are studying.
B. You should always study in the same place.
C. Finish one thing before beginning another.
D. It is a better idea to have a longterm study plan.
E. It has a negative influence on their study and their test results.
F. This means that you mustn't study all night before your test.
G. If you are studying English, have textbooks, pens and a dictionary at hand.
Breaking promises might unintentionally hurt others. A month ago, a classmate asked me to help him move house. I was unwilling (refuse) the request directly, so I promised to assist him. Later, I just didn't bother to turn up to help him because I was absorbed in my studies. When I (run) into him the next day, he told me I had really let him down. Although he forgave me at last, I felt ashamed of (I).
In Africa, Christmas Day begins with groups of carolers (欢唱颂歌的人) walking to and from through the village, along the roadway, by the houses of the missionaries (传教士), singing the lovely carols known to the world around. Often people may be awakened by a group of carolers beginning to gather at the house of worship(敬神活动). They return home to make final preparations as to the clothes one must wear and also as to their offering for the Christmas service.
The most important part of their Christmas worship service is the love offering. This is the gift in honor of Jesus. At about 8 or 9 o'clock everyone goes to the celebration of the birthday of Jesus. Everyone who attends the service goes forward to lay down their gift upon the raised platform near the Communion table. No one will attend the service without giving a gift.
Christmas in South Africa is a summer holiday. There is no snow, but it has many flowers, many beautiful varieties of wild flowers being in their full pride.
In Ghana, most churches show the coming of Christmas by decorating the church and homes beginning with the first week in Advent, four weeks before Christmas. This season happens to be the time of cocoa harvest, so it is a time of wealth. Everyone returns home from wherever they might be such as farms or mines.
In Africa, it is the traditional dinner of turkey, roast beef, mince pies, or suckling pig, yellow rice with raisins, vegetables, and plum pudding, crackers. In the afternoon, families go out into the country and usually there are games or bathing in the warm sunshine, and then home in the cool of the evening. Boxing Day is also a proclaimed (正式宣布的) public holiday usually spent in the open air. It falls on December 26 and is a day of real relaxation.
Economy rebounding after drop
China's economy experienced a sharp decline in the first quarter due to disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but major economic indicators improved substantially in March, indicating the country's recovery has gained a firmer footing, officials and economists said on Friday.
Supportive government policies are expected to intensify in the coming quarters to expand 1 demand by stimulating investment and consumption as the global spread of the virus may bring more headwinds to the world's second-largest economy.
China's GDP in the first quarter 2 by 6.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
3 it remains unclear whether the government will still set a GDP growth target for the year, economists said China's policy priority for the next step needs to focus on stimulating demand and stabilizing employment to 4 a sustainable economic recovery.
More proactive fiscal policies and more accommodative monetary policies are needed to prevent the economy from experiencing a second wave of 5 caused by the global economic downturn amid the COVID-19 outbreak, they added.
The country's industrial production shrank by 8.4 percent year-on-year(与上年同期相比) in the first quarter, but the decline narrowed from a 13.5 percent drop in the first two months, according to the NBS.
Fixed-asset investment, which includes infrastructure and real estate investment, declined by 16.1 percent year-on-year during the first quarter, compared with a 24.5 percent plunge in the first two months.
The outbreak created a severe 6 to the country's economy in the first quarter, but major economic 7 rebounded in March and the country's economic performance will improve further in the second quarter, NBS spokesman Mao Shengyong said at a news 8 in Beijing on Friday.
The government will 9 policy support to expand domestic demand by increasing effective investment and releasing consumption 10. More tax relief and financial aid will be offered to businesses to help them 11 production and make it through the difficult times, Mao said.
The Chinese stock market rose on Friday with the benchmark(基准) Shanghai Composite Index(综合指标) up by 0.66 percent to close at 2,838.49 points as the first-quarter economic shrink was 12 in line with investors' expectations.
Lian Ping, chief economist at Zhixin Investment, said the government needs to intensify policy support to prevent the economy from suffering one more time from the global economic downturn and possible collapse of 13 demand.
Chinese companies, including exporters, have seen an increase in 14 of orders. While most large enterprises have started production again, according to NBS calculations, many smaller companies are still struggling to go back to work under rising financial difficulties and 15 shortages.
"As overseas demand is shrinking dramatically, China's policy focus in the future should be on expanding domestic demand, and consumption is the most important area. More favorable policies are needed to stimulate consumption in durable goods including houses and automobiles," Lian said.
—Couldn't agree more. Hopefully our students can show great ________ in their choices of friends.
One day, I was waiting for my train in the waiting room, in I saw large crowds of people. Among the crowds was a little boy (carry) some pairs of sunglasses in his hands.
The boy was about 10 years old. He was selling sunglasses. He tried from one person to another, but (sad), nobody seemed interested in his sunglasses. Judging from the (express) on his face, the boy was very (disappoint).
Out of sympathy for the poor boy, I gave him 20 dollars, (say) that I was not in need of the sunglasses. my surprise, he became angry. I didn't know to say next. Then the boy said to me, "Either you buy a pair of sunglasses or you take back your money. I don't need your pity. I want to earn money with my own hands." I apologized to the boy, and I told him that I would buy two pairs.
The boy (manage) to keep his self-respect and chose to make a living on his own. I couldn't help (show) respect for the boy.
One silly question I simply can't stand is “How do you feel?” Usually the question is asked of a man in action—a man on the go, walking along the streets, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He'll probably say, “Fine, I'm all right,” but you have put a bug in his ear —maybe now he's not sure. If you are a good friend, you may have seen something in his face, or his walk that he overlooked that morning. It starts worrying him a little. First thing you know, he looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, “How do you feel?”
Every question has its time and place. It's perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask “How do you feel?” if you're visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to make a train, or sitting at his desk working, it's no time to ask him that silly question.
When George Bernard Shaw, the famous writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him “How do you feel?” Shaw put him in his place. “When you reach my age,” he said, “either you feel all right or you're dead.”
How to Keep a Relationship Healthy and Strong
Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you advice on having a healthy and possibly long-term relationship.
Be an honest person with them. Don't be afraid to say things that isn't very flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If there's no trust, there's nothing there. So please be honest and they'll learn to open up to you.
Make sure you give them respect. Now respect isn't just simply treating her or him nicely. There's a lot more to it. You have to learn to adjust to their liking. Don't just think about yourself, think about what your partner needs out of it as well.
Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positivity at the same time. Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with. This is an important step in a relationship. Your partner has to be able to count on you when needed.
Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness. Laugh a lot with them, joke with them. Laughter may seem silly, but it's the secret to a lot in life. It will keep the sparks alive.
Make sure the communication is good. This goes along with trust, but always communicate how you feel, even if it's something that upsets you. Instead of screaming, talk to them. It's important to communicate this to them, not keep it bottled up.
A. Show them your personality.
B. Do not hide things from them, do not lie.
C. Make sure you are encouraging to your partner.
D. Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.
E. You can neglect them and make them feel unwanted.
F. Basically, learn to study your partners' moods, wants and needs.
G. If they did something that made you upset, tell them about it in a respectful manner
In your daily life, there are many examples where your parents control hundreds things for you when you are a kid, such as the clothes you wear, the food you eat, where you go and how you get there. It is a good thing. Kids need this kind of (protect) and help because they are not old enough to take care of and make decisions (correct). But with you growing(old), the part of being a teen is developing your own identity—one that (separate) from your parents'. Different attitudes towards events like partying may lead to arguments, because your parents will always want to protect you and keep you safe, no matter how old you are. As result, your parents feel it hard to get used to the new situation with (increase) anxiety. What kids should keep in mind is in most cases, your parents can relate to what you're going through because they (be) teens once.
The Tradition of Making New Year's Resolutions
There are so many ways to celebrate New Year and especially New Year's Eve. Traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition (date) back to the early Babylonians. While popular modern resolutions may include the promise to lose weight or quit smoking, the early Babylonian's (popular) resolution was to return borrowed farm (equip).
The tradition of using a baby (signify) the New Year began in Greece around 600 BC. It was their tradition at that time to celebrate their god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, (represent) the annual rebirth of that god as spirit of fertility (多产). Early Egyptians also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.
the early Christians criticized the practice as pagan (异教徒), the popularity of the baby as a symbol of rebirth forced the Church to rc-evaluate its position. The Church finally allowed (it) members to celebrate the New Year with a baby, was to symbolize the birth of the baby Jesus.
The practice that an image of a baby with a New Year's banner (横幅) is used as a symbolic representation of the New Year (bring) to early America by the Germans. They had used it since the fourteenth century.
Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.
My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome successful man devoted to his work and family, but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A's and unhappy with my boy- friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.
On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father's friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked around that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my son's funny facial expressions. Gone was my father's critical air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?
The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him than at that moment. After so many years, I'm at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I'm delighted with my new friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.
—Because it ________ too much pollution to the air.
