One afternoon, Tara was making her way to her friend's house when she heard a boy crying（哭）. She noticed a boy sitting1a tree and crying.
Why are you crying?" Tara asked. That boy answered, '"I lost my new2. I'm from a poo family. If Dad knows this, he'll be angry. Perhaps he'll3me, "Tara said, "Please tell me something about your watch and when you live.4I find it, I can return it to you. "
When Tara reached her friend's house, she found her friend Jimmy was playing with a new watch. Tara asked him about the watch, then she5that it was the watch of that poor boy, So she advised Jimmy to return it to him bu Jimmy refused. Tara felt very6and left. A month later, Tara saw Jimmy crying in the park. She asked what happened7him. And she knew he lost his new mobile phone（手机）. She told him, "Don't worry. If anyone finds it, he will8it. "After hearing this, Jimmy
9crying again, "No, he won't return because I never returned the watch of that poor boy." We won't understand problems of others until we meet the10problem. It's better to help someone when you can. Helping others brings happiness not only to others but also to yourself.
As we know, talking and listening don't go well every time. Will parents believe your words and listen to your1?l think a lot depends on your parents. Some parents are easy to talk to. However, some are hard to talk to, But some2you, too.
Since communication is a two-way street, the way of your talk can make a3to your parents' listening and understanding, Here is some advice when talking to parents：Be4. Talk about your ideas and feelings clearly. Try to5details（详情）to them. They can is ten better they understand your meanings.
Be honest（诚实的））. I you're always honest, your parents will believe your words. If you are not honest,6they'll find it hard to trust you.
Try to understand your parents' ides. If you disagree with your parents, can you understand their ideas? I you understand their ideas, they might understand yours7.
Try not to8your parents. Try to be friendly. Sometimes this is hard for us when we're feeling9about something. Try to calm down（平静下来）and10with your parents. If you are sill angry, give it up
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A. Why don't you have a talk with them? B. It is important for you to have enough sleep C. Why did you go to bed so late last night? D. Do you always have so much homework to do? E. I don't think it's right that they push you hard evening. F. You should go to bed as early as possible in the G. You can promise them that you'll try your best to improve your study. |
A: Hi, Mike. You seem to be tired, don't you?
B: Yes, I do. I went to bed at 11：55 last night but got up at 6：00 this morning.
A: I'm afraid you didn't have enough sleep. .
B: Because I was busy with my homework.
A: Really? .
B: Yeah. I need to do my schoolwork. I also need to do some extra（额外的）exercises. You don't know my parents always compare me with the top student in my class.
A: Too much pressure isn't good for your development.
B. I agree, but I don't know what I should do.
A: You can tell them what you really think.
B: Good idea. I'd like to have a try.
A: Remember to be polite when you are talking with them. :.
B: OK, I will. Thank you.
It's very terrible when a house is on free It's reported that every year about 60~70 thousand people lost their if because of house fires in the world. So it's necessary to learn something useful to protect family from them. The following poster will ell you how to do it.
Fire Safety
Put a smoke alarm in your house and test it every month. Half of all house fire deaths happen between 1l pm and 7 am. The risk of dying in a house fire is cut in half with working smoke alarms.
Make sure your flashlight, eyeglasses or wheelchair are next to your bed. Fire can spread（蔓延）through a house soon. You may have as little as two minutes to escape（逃离）safely. Be ready to act at once.
Make a fire escape plan. 77%of families don't have a house fire escape plan to follow. That's one of the reasons why at least one child dies and 293 children are hurt in a house fire every day.
Are you having a hard time at school? Does your little brother or sister make you angry? Do your parents never understand you? Write to Andy and ask for advice.
Dear Andy, My sister really makes me angry! She's always going into my room and taking my things without asking. I really wish she wouldn't, My room should be private（私密的）! When I try talking to my sister, she never listens to me, so I lose my temper（发脾气）every time and then we argue a lot. I've asked my parents to put a lock（锁）on my door, but they refused. What should I do?
Elene
Dear Elene,
The first thing you should do is talk to your parents on your own about the situation. You could advise that they talk to your sister if you can't keep your cool when you talk to her. You and your sister should respect（尊重）each other and try harder to keep the peace. She shouldn't take your things without telling you, but you shouldn't lose your temper every time you talk to her. When she makes you feel angry, try counting（数数）to ten in your head or leave the room calmly（平静地）.
Andy
I was reading my favorite book on the train. The book was so interesting that I completely lost myself in it. When it was time to get off the train, I jumped out of my seat and ran off the train, I had the book in my hand. I didn't realize was raining heavily until I got off the train.
I was so worried about my book that I ran to the closest office. It was empty（空的）. I felt a little nervous about running into the room in such a rude（无礼的）way.
Later, a man came in. To my surprise, he didn't feel angry about a stranger getting into his office and started talking to me in a friendly way. "No umbrella, right?" he asked. "Mom told me to bring an umbrella this morning, but I didn't listen to her, "I answered. "That's not good, young man. I'm sorry to say that I have only one, "he said. Hearing this, I felt very sad. There was no way for me to go home in such heavy rain. Then the man continued, "But I will finish my work in 10minutes. If you don't mind, I can drive you home. "You can guess how excited I was. I kept saying thanks Finally, I arrived home safely. I felt really thankful for the man's kind act.
Adam Finley is a postman in Georgia, USA. He always looks for ways to help the neighborhood during his more than 12-hour-long working time.
Because of COVID-19, schools in Finley's community have closed. Most students stay inside all day, including 7-year-old Eva Jones and her 6-year-old sister Aria. They have spent almost a year at home without seeing their classmates. Finley wanted to help.
After knowing about the girls' interests, Finley decided to play the game Tic-tac-toe（井字游戏）with the little girls. He drew some cards for the game and left them in the mailbox. Every morning for the next few weeks, Eva and Aria ran out to the mailbox to make their moves, then left the cards in the mailbox, and waited for Mr. Adam to make his move in the following day when he returned with their mail. And every time they won, Finley gave them a prize.
"They are always so excited to win, "Finley said." I've surprised them with gift cards for ice-cream, popcorn, anything to make them smile. "
Thanks to Finley, these two girls had a nice time at home. Now Finley is playing the game with other kids in the neighborhood.
For Finley, he may have just done something common, but these common things really mean a lot for the kids.
It was an early evening and Rex Geyer and his family were eating dinner, On the TV, the weatherman was telling everyone to look out for tornadoes（龙卷风）. If a tornado hit Rex's house, it would make it in a mess.
Suddenly, Rex's brother ran in. "Tomado is coming towards us! We have to go now! "he shouted. The family ran to the car. As they were driving away to a safe place, a car went past in the opposite way-it was going straight to the tornado.
Were the people in the car crazy? No, the people in the car were Tim Samaras and Pat Porter. They were tornado scientists. Their job was to get close to tornadoes and put a probe（探测器）into the middle of a tornado. If the tornado passed over the probe, it would record（记录）lots of useful information. It was hard and dangerous, but they never thought it was the reason for giving up. As Tim and Pat drove closer, they put a probe on the ground and, at the last minute, they drove away. The tornado passed right over the probe and gave Tim and Pat some exciting new information. They were happy about their success. The information could help predict where there would be tornadoes and how they would move.
Maybe in the future, Rex and his family won't have to run away from tornadoes in such a hurry.
Have you ever had anything unforgettable between you and your neighbors? Mr. Lee is our neighbor. He is a retired（退休的）doctor. He likes planting flowers and has the finest garden full of different kinds of flowers. People can see the beautiful flowers from the street. I used to think there wasn't a flower that he didn't grow.
Our neighbor lives near us, but we know him little. We just say hello to him as we walk past his house on the way to the city park. Weeks ago, I heard that he lost his wife because of a strange illness, I was sure he was lonely because I saw his sad look on his face. So I decided to help him smile. After school, I would usually go to his house and talk with him. He told me all about his flowers. On rainy days, I also went to his house.
I sang and danced, and he would clap（鼓掌）his hands and say "Great". For me, it was a perfect stage（阶段）. Looking back, he might think that this trouble was nearly ending.
I thought I could help him smile, but he also encouraged me a lot. Just as the saying goes, "Helping others is helping ourselves. "That's what I learn from this experience.
