Teenage life — better now，or in the past?

    Does this situation sound familiar (熟悉)？

    You are complaining (抱怨)to your parents about something. Maybe your computer isn't powerful enough to play the latest games. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Then you hear...

    When I was your age, there weren't any computers or video games. And I didn't get a bike until I was sixteen. And it was second-hand. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 

    So, is it really true that life is better for teenagers now? It is certainly true that many teenagers have got more things nowadays.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} So parents have got more money to spend on each child. And many things are cheaper than they were when our parents were children.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Forty years ago, no one could imagine a world with tiny computers and amazing smartphones. And now these things are necessary — we can't imagine living without them!

However, technology often means we spend more time at home. And often it is just us with our computer or television. Teenagers don't do enough exercise. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}And, although young people still get on well with their friends，some people think teenagers today don't have so many social activities as they did in the past.

    What do you think? How is teenage life better these days?

    Here are a few ways to motivate (激发) your children to do chores.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Children always watch their parents and learn how to act from them， so the parents must set a good example and take the chores seriously. This motivates children to do the chores， too.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} For younger children， give them easy work， like putting away their toys. As the children get older， make them do more difficult chores.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Discuss the importance of doing chores and how they help the whole family. Knowing the importance of chores helps to motivate children to do them.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} When children finish chores on the list， parents can reward (奖励) them by giving them a prize. A chore list also gives the children a sense of pride (自豪感) when they finish all of their chores.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Giving money for more chores can also work. But it is not the best way. You should make your children feel that doing chores is the work that they should do.

根据短文内容，从方框中为各段选择小标题。(其中有两个多余选项)

A. Make a list of the chores for your children

B. Tell your children about the importance of doing chores

C. Ask your children to do all kinds of chores

D. Set good examples in the family

E. Give your children some money to do more chores

F. Decide what kinds of chores your children do

G. Make your children happy with chores

    There are four seasons in a year. They are spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring is from March to May. Summer is from June to August. Autumn is from September to November. Winter is from December to the next February. We wear different clothes in different seasons. In spring, we wear thick sweaters and skirts. We like spring because spring is colourful. In summer we wear cool clothing. It's cool in autumn. We wear T-­shirts and skirts.

    There are twelve months in a year. Each month has thirty or thirty­one days. February has 28 or 29 days. There are seven days in a week. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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    When you stay away from your home for a long time, you start to miss your good old bed, your good old parents… Believe it or not, you're feeling homesick. You can help yourself to feel less homesick. Here's how: