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（1） When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(迫使) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed.Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of （2） Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live.Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them.
（3） Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness.
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on （4）Unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been avoided.
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A．There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help.
B．Whether good or not habits are, they are easy to get rid of.
C．We ought to keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.
D．Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed.
E．It is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits.
F．These are all easily formed habits.
G．It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits.
When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job，she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standardbased learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers.
For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges，she's been named national teacher of the year.
Principal Waynes Kettler said he had worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator，but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I’ve ever worked with before”．
Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music.
When students were reading S．E.Hinton's novel TheOutsiders in their regular classroom，Peterson helped them write a 30minute play with scenes from the book.Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race，equality and social justice，the themes of the book.Peterson composed two other songs by herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Falls.It's inspiring to know that people from small towns can even win national honors.
As national teacher of the year，Peterson will spend the next year outside the classroom，as a national and international spokeswoman for education.
Not surprisingly，she is a big believer in the value of arts education.She said it's essential for schools to offer classes such as art，music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that motivates them to come back to school day after day.
He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his5was close to mine. It6that we were born in the same month.
I met him last year7after his birthday, and after congratulating (祝贺) him, without8 ， I asked if he had a good day. He9and said that he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so10.
I just couldn't bear the thought of (不敢想) this nice, young man being11on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket. 12for me, I had enough yarn13. I set to work and knitted (编织) a14for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty15I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be16when he got it.
I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had17to meet him so I had18the scarf and a piece of my own birthday19around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The20in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!
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I had worried myself sick over Simon's mother coming to see me.I was a new 1 ， and I gave an honest account of the students' work. In Simon's case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn't read his own handwriting.2 he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his3.
So when Simon's mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely 4 for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you，” she said, surprising me beyond speech.5 me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he6me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had7 spent an afternoon at a friend's house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the 8 I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.
I sat, stunned (惊呆),for about half an hour，9what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without 10 knowing it? What I finally came to 11 was one day, several months before, when some students were 12 reports in the front of the class. Jeanne spoke 13 ， and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said, “Speak up. Simon's the expert on this. He is the 14one you have to convince, and he can't hear you in the15 of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, 16 more, and became happy. And it was all because he 17to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed 18 was the one who took the last seat that day.
It taught me the most 19 lesson over the years of my teaching career,and I'm thankful that it came 20 and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.
MOST recently, my world has been shaken by the death of a teacher at my school.He was Dr.Allan Woolley and he was only 52.Suddenly he took his own life, which remains a mystery.
That morning, everyone sensed that something wasn't right.During our lessons, an announcement was made that an assembly was scheduled for morning break, which was only done in emergencies.
Once morning break came, the entire school gathered in the main hall.As our headmaster marched out to announce the “momentous news”， it felt like the air around us trembled.Many students broke down in tears, and the reaction afterward was intensely powerful and unifying.
The headmaster said that students were allowed to miss lessons and have a free period to collect themselves if they found the news too distressing.Many students went outside and shared memories of Dr.Woolley to control themselves.
Dr.Woolley taught me chemistry two years ago, but up until his death he still taught many of my close friends.Many of my friends were so shocked that they still couldn't believe the person that they had owed some homework to was now dead.
It was heartwarming to spend time with teachers that morning and get to know more about them.Despite the time of sadness, I feel that every cloud has a silver lining.Although Dr.Woolley's death is something nobody wanted to see, we must move on．
Notes：
①assembly n ． 集会 ②schedule vt.安排 ③momentous adj.重大的 ④unifying adj.统一的 ⑤distressing adj.悲伤的
Some parents think that once their children are at school, they can relax themselves.But this is not the case at all.As research shows, parents have an even greater influence on their children's academic results than the school does.Most of a child's ability is formed from home.
The mass of parents don't realise how they can help their children at home.Things are as simple as baking a cake.An example of helping young children with their maths is simply planning a birthday party.They have to decide how many people to invite, how many invitations they will need, how many prizes, balloons need to be bought, and so on.Children often find that real life experiences help them to do their maths more easily.
Another way that parents can help their children with their maths is to give them pocket money.This not only teaches them about the value of money, but they may need to use basic maths to work out how long they will have to save to buy the special toy that they want.
Reading to children at an early age can give them a head start when they start school.But parents should not stop reading to children when they do start going to school.They still like to be read to, and it can help to increase their sight vocabulary as well.
Providing children with the right equipment can help with their education.Giving them a quiet place where they can work, read and do homework, with a good reading light and a comfortable chair and desk, is just some of these things.Parents can also help their children by providing them with some reference books, and any other relevant learning materials they might need.
Evidently, parents do need to take an active role in the education of their children.If parents want their children to do well at school, they must be prepared to help educate their children at home.
Scientists have discovered that (stay) in the cold could help us lose weight. Researchers at the University of California found that exposure to the cold increases levels of a protein that helps form brown fat—the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm. Brown fat burns energy, helps us lose weight. White fat stores extra energy, which results weightgain. The researchers said that because air conditioning and heating give us constant, (comfort) temperatures, our body's need for brown fat has decreased. They found that:“Outdoor workers in northern Finland who (expose) to cold temperature have significant amount of brown fat when(compare) to same aged indoor workers.”
The research was conducted on two different control groups of mice. group was injected with the protein that helps create brown fat. This group later gained 30% less weight after both groups were fed high fat diets.The researchers say this could be good news in the fight against obesity. People who are obese have (low) levels of brown fat than thinnerpeople. Head researcher Hei Sook Sul said: “This protein could become an important target for research into the treatment and prevention of obesity and obesity related diseases.” She added：“If you can somehow increase levels of this protein, you could (possible) lose more weight even if eating the same amount of food.”
