Do not skip our breakfast

    Recently, the number of the students in our school who skip breakfast has increased greatly.

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春夕旅怀

（唐）崔涂

水流花谢两无情，送尽东风过楚城。

蝴蝶梦中家万里，子规枝上月三更。

故园书动经年绝，华发春唯满镜生。

自是不归归便得，五湖^①烟景有谁争？

（注）五湖：春秋时越国大夫范蠡归隐之处。这里是指诗人家乡浙江桐庐一带的大好山水。

    About twenty years ago, I had the pleasure of teaching a disabled young woman. Not only was she good at maths and science, but she was also extremely talented in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university she got two degrees, one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such different areas of study.

    Just before her high school graduation, Audrey gave me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolour painting of a mother and her baby. A tear fell from the mother's eye as she looked lovingly at her child. Beneath the painting, Audrey had written these words, "The deep love from Mother, through me, touches another. " What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed(给……做框)and hung in my office.

    Years passed with many moves from one office to another and I lost the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I received a phone call from a former colleague who said she had something of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years earlier. When cleaning out a storage room she had discovered my gift.

    I was struck that the precious gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old, Audrey had a serious disease. What's worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She survived the disease but was disabled.

    To any other it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother's love has helped develop a talent and how its power pushes me ahead.

    While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can't be avoided.

    When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.

    Take care of yourself If you easily get angry and can't sleep well enough,or if you're not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into   stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult a doctor.

    Make time for yourself Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don't forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work.Gowindow-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each  day todo something you enjoy.

    Make a list of things to do   Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there's so much to do,and not enough time” Therefore, you may not achieve anything.Instead,make a list of everything you have to do,then do one thing at atime,  checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the most important task first.

A. Try physical activity.

B. Do whatever you like and want to do.

C. Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you.

D. You could smile to yourself in front of a mirror every day.

E. The following are suggestions for ways to deal with stress.

F. You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest.

G. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun.

寓驿舍①

陆游

闲坊古驿掩朱扉，又憩空堂绽客衣。

九万里中鲲自化，一千年外鹤仍归②。

绕庭数竹饶新笋，解带量松长旧围。

惟有壁间诗句在，暗尘残墨两依依。

【注释】①驿舍；作者题下自注云“予三至成都。皆馆于是”。②晋代陶潜《搜神后记》卷一：“丁令威，本辽东人，学道于灵虚山。后化鹤归辽，集城门华表柱。时有少年，举弓欲射之，鹤乃飞，徘徊空中而言曰：‘有鸟有鸟丁令威，去家千年今始归。城郭如故人民非，何不学仙冢垒垒。’”

    Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent(具备智能的). They will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.

    The touch-screen devices(触摸屏装置) are on show at the Food Marketing Institute's exhibition here this week, "These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker," said Michael Alexander, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge.

    Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July. A similar device, IBM's "Shopping Buddy", has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts.

    Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf.

    "The whole model is driven by advertisers' need to get in front of shoppers," said Alexander. "They're not watching 30-second TV ads anymore."

    People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system(系统) that will organize the trip around the store. If you're looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.

    The device also keeps a record of what you buy. When you're finished, the device figures out your bill. Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay.

    The new computerized shopping assistants don't come cheap. The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $160,000, and the Concierge will cost stores about $500 for each device.

— Yes, they are.

    “Who can ever have imagined that someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered 1 to his fellow classmates to never give up-and the words 2much more to himself. That's because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he 3 to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

    Chad didn't start to 4 until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was 5 a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him6.“I've expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no 7 why he couldn't,” she told ABC News.“And if he 8the first time, we just tried again.”

    Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, 9 no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work 10. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never11 ,” he said in the speech. ”Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have 12 so far behind that escaping seems the only way 13. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire 14.”

    Chad spoke for about four minutes, after which he received a standing applause from the class and 15 messages from family, friends and strangers. “They've been sending me messages on Facebook, email; they've been talking to me in person telling me how it had a 16 on their lives and how they're really 17 by it,” Chad told ABC News. “It feels 18. Seeing that my words 19 have a power on someone and that they want to work harder 20 my words makes me feel wonderful.”