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高中英语-_牛津译林版-_高一下册-_模块4-_Unit 3Tomorrow's world
From time to time, we all get a bit down. Maybe we are feeling bad because we're not doing well with our goals. There are many reasons for feeling down, but I'm not able to discuss all of them.
Make a list. Sometimes we are sad simply because we are troubled by all the things we have to do. Make a list of the most pressing things you have to do. Thus you're getting things under control. You can see, right in front of you, what you need to do, and that can pick up your mood.
You've made a list, and you still feel puzzled? Well, get started on the first thing you need to do. Once you get into action, you'll feel better. And once you start doing something, you will feel much better than lying around feeling sorry for yourself.
I like Brown Eyed Girl, the Kinks, the Ramones, or an upbeat Beatles tune. You might have your own brand of feel-good music. Whatever it is, let yourself move to the beat. It may just be what the doctor ordered.
Talk about it. Get a best friend, family member or coworker you can talk to. It can also help you work out the reasons you're feeling down.
A. Take action. B. Play some lively music. C. Get out of the house and do something. D. Getting things off your chest makes a big difference. E. Start simply by picking up a piece of paper and a pen. F. Do whatever you need to do to feel good about yourself. G. What I can talk about are some things that have worked for me. |
There is an old Spanish saying which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.” How many times have we put off our dreams tomorrow? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} We have to go for them now!
Tomorrow is not promised.
Nobody likes to talk about death, but everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day or the hour. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Don't go to your tomb(坟墓) with unrealized dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
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One of the biggest dream killers is fear. Many people could have achieved amazing things if only they weren't afraid. Just think about all the things you've wanted to go, but allowed fear to convince you that you weren't talented, or good enough. Fear is not real. It is a product of thoughts you create.
Take action to realize your dream.
You can dream about writing a great play, but it's never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Possibilities are waiting on you.
There are so many amazing opportunities and people waiting on you. How do you get to them? Simple! Follow your dream. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} You'll never see those doors if you sit around waiting on a dream to happen, instead of actually working to make it happen.
A. Don't let fear win. B. In other words, dreams don't work unless you do. C. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. D. Therefore, today is all we have. E. You'll be much happier if you go for it. F. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody can copy. G. Doors that you couldn't imagine open up when you go after what you want. |
Let's face it: homework can be almost as frustrating for parents as it is for kids. Getting kids to do their homework can be a challenge, and when they do sit down to study, a variety of other problems can appear.
Doing homework may not be as fun as playing video games or chatting with friends, but it shouldn't be something that kids hate. Your children's assignments should not be busywork, but should help them build a skill or learn something new.
You can offer help by stepping in to answer questions or offer encouragement. This gives you a chance to see what they are learning and how well they understand the material. It helps you understand their learning style and shows you care about their education.
Many kids refuse to study by asking why they have to learn things they'll never use in real life. If your son or daughter shows little interest in their assignments, you can make them seem more important by pointing out ways you use them in daily life.
Parents who feel that their kids have too much homework can talk about it with the teachers, but they're in the minority. A 2007 survey showed that 15 percent of parents said their kids had too much homework. About 60 percent said the homework load was just right, and 25 percent thought their children had too little homework.
If you think it takes your child too long to finish homework, try to determine whether the problem lies in having too much work or managing time poorly. One of the things homework is supposed to do is to teach time management.
If your child feels bored while doing homework, consider the following suggestions to make study sessions more enjoyable.
Get help from friends: if your children are struggling with an assignment, let them call a friend for help or invite a friend over to work on it with them. You might also invite neighborhood kids over and let them do homework together. Have them sit around the dining table and help each other.
Add physical activities: set mini-goals for homework and allow time for stretching, jumping around, or a snack after each goal is completed. For a kid who can't sit still, find active ways to study.
Turn the tables: let your children teach you a lesson. Let them give you a quiz on the things they have just learned.
Title: Help with your child's homework | ||
The right goal of doing homework | It is supposed to help your child{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a skill or learn new things | |
Advantages of offering help | ◆You can see how things are going with your child's studies. ◆You can see what your child's learning style is like. ◆You can show you are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}in your child's education. | |
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}that you may face | The child's thinking that the assignments are{#blank#}4{#/blank#} | Tell them how you use the knowledge in real life. |
Your thinking that your child has too much homework | {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the problem with the teachers. | |
Your thinking that the assignments{#blank#}6{#/blank#}your child too much time | Find out whether there are problems with your child's time {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. | |
The child's thinking doing homework is{#blank#}8{#/blank#} | ◆{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to a friend for help. ◆Set small goals for the assignments and allow the child to do physical{#blank#}10{#/blank#}during breaks. ◆Let the child teach you something. |
Is Cash Becoming Outdated?
When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, Barkhad Dahir doesn't get out of his car. He pushes a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel. With the same quick pushes on his phone, he pays for virtually everything he needs: groceries at the supermarket, a few oranges from a market stall, or a cup of sweet milky tea from a café. Mr. Dahir boasts, "Even lying in bed, you can be paying your bills."
Electronic payments offer consumers convenience, provide revenue for banks, credit card companies and payment processors, and offer merchants improved cash flow and convenience. "I don't even carry money any more," says Adan Abokor, a democracy activist. "I haven't seen cash for a long time. Almost every merchant, even hawker (小贩) on the street, accepts payment by cellphone. There's no waiting for it and no counting of cash."
The system is impressively simple and secure. Purchases are made by dialing a three-digit number, entering a four-digit PIN, and then entering the retailer's payment number and the amount of money. Both customers and merchants receive text messages to confirm the payment.
Clearing up cash payments has several advantages as well. The printing and handling of money is expensive. Cash payments can be anonymous and hard to track criminal activities to be conducted in secret. Many governments favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens. The Swedish government has been discussing the removing of cash since 2010.
However, some people doubt what members of a cashless society do when the power goes off. Do they choose to barter (物物交换) and rob? Do they sit at home and wait? What happens to people who rely on their cellphones to process money dealings when cell service and the Internet are interrupted? A world affected by terrorism and increasingly violent weather may not yet be ready to abandon currency. "Ironically, the day after the largest bank in Norway, DNB, proposed ending all cash dealings, I went to my local grocery store and when I tried to pay by phone, I was told that I needed to go to the ATM to get cash because the system was broken." said an interviewee.
Other people fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported. Privacy, security and convenience are all important factors in the adoption of electronic payment technology. New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable people to remove cash.
Is Cash Becoming Outdated? |
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An example of electronic payments |
Barkhad Dahir claims that he can get easy {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to his own bank when paying for his fuel and necessities. |
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} of electronic payments |
They can {#blank#}3{#/blank#} customers from waiting in line or counting the cash. They are very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, for both customers and merchants will receive text messages to confirm the payment. They reduce the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of printing and handling money. They make it {#blank#}6{#/blank#} for the governments to keep track of the citizens' cash activities. |
Concerns of electronic payments |
Some people worry about the effective payment in case of a power {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Other people show their concerns about their own {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, for their money dealings can be monitored and made known. Security and fraud risks may occur when electronic payments are in {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. |
Conclusion |
Cash is not likely to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} unless privacy, security and convenience are balanced and settled. |
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