Finally, after nearly half a month, the Christmas letter was here in my hand. Yes, writing letters is how my friend in the U.S. and I 1 our greetings every Christmas. People ask why not send our greetings on Facebook, or on WeChat 2, and by the way, it'll save money. For me, writing letters is more of a 3 habit than a quirk (怪癖) in modern times I, an experienced letter writer. can tell you that writing letters brings me more emotional(情感的) communication.
In fact, only parts of our emotions can be found. Some 4in California State University found that electronic devices, like smart phones, can greatly influence people in many ways. Such devices prevent people from 5 their inner (内心的) feelings. Compared with modern communication, writing letters has more advantages. 6 we write, our brain is given the chance to discover connections between things we didn't see before. And we are 7 to show our emotions fully.
If I am here to tell you why I love writing letters, one of the 8 would be its sense of touch-feeling of my hand running through the pages, feeling of pen sliding across the paper, and feeling of the 9of ink (墨水) in the air.
It 10 that both your words and the letter itself can help you express your feelings. Letters build a bridge between the writer and receiver. People experience more when they receive messages in the: form of a letter, rather than any other media.
"I am a selfish child.
I hope the sunshine lies only upon me, so I can feel its warmth.
I am a selfish child.
I hope there is a corner of the world that can comfortable for me when I am sad,
I am a selfish child.
I hope my mom belongs only to me, so I can enjoy the sweetness of love. "
This poem was written by a middle school student in a lonely mountains town in Yunnan Province during her first poetry class. The girl missed her mother, who died when she was 5.
Kang Yu, the teacher who taught the girl how to write the poem, graduated from Renmin University of China in Beijing in 2015. Soon after her gradation, Kang moved to a town in Yunnan, and worked as a teacher at a middle school there.
Kang said, "Compared with students in the city, perhaps students in the countryside need a way to express their feelings and be heard more." Supported by the headmaster and other teachers, the school held eight poetry classes for students every year.
As the classes grew in popularity, Kang became the school's favourite teacher. After she finished her teaching at the school in June 2017, she returned m Beijing and planned to study abroad.
However, on Teachers' Day in 2017, Kang received a big box full of poems and Letters written by students at her old school. She felt she was needed and decided to abandon her plan of studying abroad. Instead, she set up Enlighten our Future, a charity that reaches students in the countryside how to write poems.
"Now, I go to several places every week I sleep less than six hours a night and the job provides no vacations and little money, but the happiness and satisfaction I feel is rewarding enough." Kang said.
(an extract from a detective story)
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"Sit down," Henderson said, sitting down in an armchair himself and looking at Logan. "What are you here for?"
"I understand you had a parry last night" said Logan, a police officer.
"Yes," said Henderson, "Oh! I hope the neighbours haven't been complaining about the noise again. "
"Not that I know of." said Logan. "But a young girl, Fran, who came to the patty hasn't been home yet"
"Fran" said Henderson. "Yes, she was here. She left early, as I remember-about one o'clock. I happened to notice what the time was when she came to say goodbye. But nobody else left until about four in the morning."
Henderson looked quite relaxed.
"Did you know Clare?" asked Logan suddenly.
"Oh, God!" Henderson sat forward. "You don't think ... the same thing has happened to Fran?"
"We're keeping an open mind," said Logan, watching him carefully, "but we're giving it our full attention."
"Well, yes. I can understand that." replied Henderson, getting comfortable in the armchair again.
"So," repeated Logan, "did you know Clare?"
"Well, sure. I knew who she was. But we never had anything do with each other." Said Henderson, giving Logan a big smile.
"Who else was at your party?" asked Logan.
"People from the university," said Henderson. "Students, teachers."
"David?" asked Grant, Logan's partner.
"Yes, David was here for a time." Henderson smiled again. "But he's not really a party animal. He probably left early."
"What do you mean, probably?" asked Grant. Henderson looked at Grant. Grant was sixty with thick black hair and a large moustache. His clothes, as always, looked rather old: a blue jacket and grey trousers. He did not look much of a party animal either.
"Well, I don't check when my guests arrive and leave," said Henderson. "And some people just leave when they want to go home. They don't come and say goodbye. Anyway, sometimes I can be difficult to find." Again he looked at Logan, raised his eyebrows and gave her a big smile. "I sometimes end up in the bedroom".
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Some researchers explain how most people form their social groups with people of their age. Especially, as children and teenagers, even adults, people make their friends based on proximity (邻近) more than anything else. Even in a college classroom, the students may not make friends with those who have similar personalities and interests. It's the people they really sit next to. Clearly, who stands to you has the greatest influence on you. As Jim Rohn has widely said. "You are average (平均) of five people you spend the most little with."
Over the past ten months, I've paid Ryan, it Famous writer of several bestselling books, to help with the book I'm writing. Working with him has shown me just how low my standards for my work are. For example, every time I send him a drab (草稿), he shows me how it could be 10 times better, and he holds me to that standard.
▲ It's because that I don't know what I don't know. Working with Ryan has made me realize what is possible and what it takes to create something powerful.
Like Ryan, my business partner Richard has wonderful ideas and far different experience than I have. He has written 36 New York Times Bestsellers. He's been speaking and doing events for 20 years. Richard always performs at high levels, and he is also very strict with me because my performance is a reflection (反映) on him. It's not a bad thing because it creates high pressure (压力) to help me make great progress in organizing author training.
In a word, you need to stay with those people who can help you realize your level and potential. Staying with people who have higher standards is the fastest way for you to change. If you don't change your environment, your progress will be very slow. Who you stay with has huge importance. You can't ignore this.
As I entered an international high school, all my friends felt surprised at my short hair. This is because, my old school thinks teenage y aren't the time for looking pretty. Then I coloured my hair blue. For the first time, I felt free and beautiful. This international school s to meet my needs.
I had a t education background. I went to public schools, received normal (常规的) education and was required to follow r like every other student. Later, I began to wonder w this education was truly suitable for me.
However, in the new school my high hopes were not met. For a while, I found myself in a surprising situation as I faced before. It was s the biggest challenge I faced in my education-the freedom to try new things. In the old system, I was strongly advised a trying new things. But in my new school, it worked the opposite way-we had many chances to try new things. But if I f, I must be responsible (负责任的) because I put myself in such risk. Finally, it led me to get into trouble again.
As time went by, I started to find my o balance. In fact, none of the education systems in the world are perfect. I am l enough to have a chance to bring great value from both systems together. As a result, I've built a system for myself.
Our feelings influence almost every decision we make. Instead of living a boring life, positive (积极的) feelings can help us a lot. The pity is that sometimes become victims of feelings.
In one of my latest books, I compare people's ability to controls (控制) on a media player. Just like the controls can help you enjoy wonderful songs, these methods will be choices for you to manage feelings successfully.
⒈Pause.
Take time to stop and think before you speak or act. Of course, you may feel sorry if you like doing something without thinking-like sending an angry email or posting something bad on social media. If you feel your feelings getting out of control, pause. If possible, go for a short walk. Once you've calmed down, decide how you want to move forward.
⒉Volume control
Have you ever noticed that when speaking with someone, your style or tone is a mirror (镜子) of the person's you are speaking to? If you stay calm or quiet, they'll follow you. Shout or scream, and they'll do just like you. If a discussion starts to become worse, try to change it by softening your tone or lowering your voice.
⒊Record
If you want to learn more about another person's thoughts, recording, one way of careful listening, may help. You don't need to reply at once; you're listening to understand. Through careful listening, you often see things you didn't see before and can even discover misunderstandings you didn't know. Don't judge or offer advice before you know more about others and the topic.
Sometimes, our decisions are affected by our feelings. If you keep positive feelings, you can living a boring life. Some methods can help you in controlling your feelings. First, doing without thinking may make you what you've said or done. It's wise of you to pause when your feelings become bad. Second, when speaking with someone, the other person usually offers you a reply in the style or tone. So controlling volume is very important. What's more, recording is one way of careful listening, with the of learning more about another person's thoughts. Follow this way, you can judge or offer suggestions.
An 11-year-old blind girl is proud of walking alone every day to and from school. Why? She has to walk past so many barriers (障碍物) in her way. The girl's home is near the school, yet her mother follows her without letting her know.
The case of the girl shows the barrier-free facilities (设施) are not enough in her city. Many other cities are short of barrier-free facilities as well. There's no well-designed path for the blind. In fact, in the early 2000s, some cities started to build barrier-free facilities for disabled people. However, almost 20 years later, only a few large cities have had facilities of high quality.
It's common that sidewalks are taken up with barriers. Few workers are sent to move them away, so it's dangerous for the blind to walk on them. Also, some other barrier-free facilities are badly destroyed（毁坏）. Only a few workers are assigned (分配) to do the task of repairing the broken ones.
Some ideas can make a difference-build more barrier-free facilities and employ more of them require money. In a word, more money is needed to carry on with the work. It's our duty to make life easy for disabled people, so that they can live without barriers some day.
| Introduction | ●A blind girl feels proud that she walks alone to alone from school every day. ●The mother is unsure of her daughter's safety, so she always follows her and keeps it . |
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| Barrier-free facilities are not enough, are the workers. ●About facilities ◇ Twenty years ago, some barrier-free facilities were built. ◇ Now, most cities are short of facilities of high quality several large cities. ●About workers ◇ Barriers on sidewalks aren't moved away in time. ◇ Broken facilities aren't repaired sometimes. |
| Ideas | ●More money is needed to help the disabled live as as common people. ◇ Build more barrier-free facilities. ◇ Employ more workers to protect them. |
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Required course |
Elective Course |
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Subject |
Travel of science l introducing scientists and inventions |
Subject |
Photography l taking photos |
Gardening l growing flowers |
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Teacher |
a professor |
Teacher |
a young reporter |
4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. School's garden |
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Time & Place |
l 2:30 p .m.- 3:15 p.m. l school hall |
Time & Place |
l 4:00 p.m.-4:45 p.m. l City Park |
An old gardener |
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Tip |
take notebooks and pens |
Tip |
Take cameras |
tools offered by school |
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