As a teenager, you're trying to learn who you are. You're going through mental and physical 1. You're dealing with different kinds of stress and trying to succeed in school.
The good news is that though the teen years are 2, there are skills you can learn to make them a lot easier.
If you're a teen and trying to 3 your feelings better, here are a few skills for you to deal with them.
4 the feeling.
What feeling are you experiencing? For example, are you sad, stressed, angry, joyful or excited?
Accept what you're feeling.
Many people worry that their feelings will increase (增强). So they are not willing to accept them, hoping that they'll just go away. However, that's 5. Remind yourself that it's OK to feel your feelings.
Know your feelings well.
To better understand your feelings, you should pay attention to your feelings all over the day. You may record6 you're feeling in the morning, afternoon and at night on a piece of paper. Next to your feeling, also write down where you notice it in your body.
Express your feelings.
Expressing a feeling is a good way to 7 it. For example, you can express your feelings by crying, exercising, writing about them or talking to someone you 8. Just be sure that whatever 9 you choose, it doesn't hurt you or anyone else.
At different times in your life, you'll experience different 10. But by learning some helpful skills, you'll be able to live a comfortable life.
Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700 London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid very much.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible.
In 1750 Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called "Bow Street Runners" because they worked near Bow Street.
Fifty years later, there were 120 Bow Street Runners, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So, in 1829, the first Metropolitan (or London) police Force was started with 3000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men.
Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others.
Experts believe that there are more than 8 million restaurants in the world today. So it might surprise you to learn that restaurants, as we know them, have only existed for a few centuries. Before 1765, there were no restaurants. That is, there were no places that provided the restaurant experience. There was nowhere in which a waiter brought you food and drink that you picked from a menu. In fact, there were no menus anywhere.
There were eating places travellers could go to centuries before that. The countryside was full of inns that would serve food. And there were taverns where one could get drinks. The rich could also eat special meals prepared by private cooks. But none of them could be called a "restaurant".
A man called Boulanger changed that. In 1765, he opened a place in Paris that sold soups (汤). On his sign he used the word "restaurant" to describe what he was selling. At that time, soups were considered something that could help "restore"(恢复) your health—in French the word "restore" is "restaurer"—so he called the soups "restaurants". Soon, people started buying Boulanger's soups even when they were not ill. And over time, people began to use the word "restaurant" to refer to a place selling soup rather than the soup itself. More "restaurants" opened in France, and people began to buy soups more often.
Later, restaurants in Paris began to serve other food besides soup. In the 1790s, menus started to appear. By the mid-1800s, there were many types of restaurants throughout the world. The United States offered coffee shops. Tea houses became popular throughout China. Paris created beautiful restaurants for the rich. The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire.
Today cities are filled with all types of restaurants. Diners have millions of options from which to choose.
Recently, Donald Trump has been chosen to be the Person of the Year by Time. But who is the Person of the Year in your heart?
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Katrina, 13, England |
In my eyes, the Person of the Year must be British actor Alan Rickman. I love him because of his beautiful voice in the movie Alice in Wonderland. The most successful character he has made is Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movies, who loves Lily till the last second of his life. In 2016, he died at the age of 69. The author of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling said he was a perfect actor and a wonderful man. |
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Henry, 13, Portugal |
The Person of the Year must be Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres. He was the former premier of Portugal (葡萄牙总理). And now he is the new Secretary-General (秘书长) of the United Nations. Before him, eight persons have taken this job. In my opinion, the UN Secretary General always plays an important role in developing international relationships. I think that he is worth offering the job and will make something great to the world. |
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Zhang Xiaoning, 15, China |
I think Guo Chuan, the famous Chinese sailor, can be Person of the Year. Guo broke many world records with his sailing boat. He often sailed around the world alone. He had strong spirit. Whatever difficulties he met, he never gave up. He went missing at sea earlier this year. But he still lives on in my heart. |
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Michael, 12, France |
The person I want to choose would be Teresa May, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Since the UK left the European Union, many people thought that the UK would be in a mess. However, May made an effort to "save the UK". She has done a good job. It is said that she has dealt with the chaos (混乱) of the English political parties (政党). She has also solved a lot of problems and showed her abilities to the world. She has been praised as the second Margaret Thatcher (撒切尔) for her hard work. |
Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them.
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉).
A hero has powers larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountain top. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colours of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
The chief designer of China's first generation of nuclear submarines (核潜艇) drew people's attention again recently when he was greeted by President Xi Jinping at a ceremony (典礼) on 21st November, 2017.
To show his respect, President Xi Jinping took him by hand and invited him to sit with him for a group picture at the Great Hall of People in Beijing.
Huang Xuhua, retired director of the Nuclear Submarine Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corp, led research and development on the nation's first nuclear submarines. On December 26, 1970, Long March First, China's earliest nuclear submarine prototype, set sail on its first voyage. Huang, aged 44 at the time, set the world record as first chief engineer to be onboard a submarine for its test dive.
Being born in the wartime, he had to struggle for a living from an early age. In the face of great difficulties, he made up his mind to pursue achievement in engineering and shipbuilding. In 1944, he was sent on a recommendation to the department of Aeronautic, Centre College. As the top one student, he was admitted to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University just one year later.
After four-year study in the shipbuilding department, he graduated and started his lifelong career in engineering and shipbuilding. He was ordered to lead the team to work on China's nuclear submarine in 1958.
As a result of the strict secrecy system, he could not tell anything about his work to his relatives. With Huang and other scientists' hard work, China's nuclear submarine grew out of nothing and developed from small to large in a very short time. Because of this, Huang Xuhua hasn't gone back to his hometown to visit his parents for just once from 1958 to 1986. He met his 95-year-old mother in 1988 for the first time after 30-year separation. His relatives and the whole country knew nothing about his great contribution until 2013. After his retirement, he still devoted himself to the development of China's nuclear submarine, bringing up a large number of excellent engineers and scientists who continued his work.
As the father of the China's nuclear submarine, he cared nothing about his own life or the fame. There was no air conditioner in his office. He neither owned a car nor a cellphone.
Recalling the early days working on the nuclear submarine, where they had to start from nothing and sometimes use to abacuses (算盘) to do the calculation, Huang said he's proud to be Chinese and called on the young to contribute to the country.
"Young people should remember their responsibility, and connect their personal goals with China's development," he said.
a. Huang Xuhua was greeted by President Xi Jinping at a ceremony.
b. Huang Xuhua became the first chief engineer to be onboard a submarine for its test dive.
c. Huang Xuhua graduated from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
d. Huang Xuhua was appointed to lead the team in research on China's nuclear submarine.
e. Huang Xuhua's important role started to be known by the public.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real! Dream what you want to dream,go where you want to go,be what you want to be, you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
May you have enough (happy) to make you sweet,enough trials to make you strong,enough sorrow to keep you human,enough hope to make you happy? Always put yourself in others'shoes.If you feel that it (hurt) you,it probably hurts the other person, too.
The happiest of people don't necessarily have the (good) of everything;they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.Happiness lies for those who cry,those who hurt, those who have searched,and those have tried,for only they can appreciate the importance of people
Who have touched their lives.Love begins a smile,grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past, you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past (failure) and heartaches.
When you were born,you were (cry) and everyone around you was smiling.Live your life so that when you die,you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Please send this message to those people who mean something to you,to those who have touched your life in one way or another,to those who make you smile when you really need it,to those that make you see the brighter side of things when you are really down,to those who you want to let (they) know that you appreciate their friendship.And you don't, don't worry,nothing bad will happen to you,you will just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this message.
