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    Learning to communicate well is a skill you will use all your life. You need this skill in your personal life to express your feelings to friends and family members. You need to be able to communicate well in school, too.  Your future job success may also depend on your ability to communicate.

    Kinds of Communication

    There are two main kinds of communication. The first kind is verbal communication( 语 言 交 流 ). It includes the use of words to send information. Speaking and writing are both forms of verbal communication.

    Nonverbal communication(非语言交流) includes any means of sending a message that does not use words. Your appearance, body language and the way you react are all forms of nonverbal communication.

    Being an Active Listener

    Communication is a two-way process. Sometimes you are the sender and sometimes you are the receiver. To receive the messages clearly, it helps to be an active listener. Active listening is a communication skill in which the listener shows a clear understanding of what a person is saying. You can do this in several ways.

◆Repeat what you think the speaker is saying.

◆Let the speaker know you are listening by nodding or shaking your head.

◆If the message you receive is not clear, ask questions.

◆Listen before answering.

◆Do not interrupt(打断). Allow the speaker to finish what he or she has to say.

Can money buy anything?

    In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. ⑶Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got plenty of money, he may not be happy.

    If money were everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.

    Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words "I love you" .But can love be bought? I'm afraid not. Love means giving, not taking. To every person, good health and a long life are probably the best things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is "No".

    ⑷Of all the long— lived people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought, either. In a word, being greedy for money can cause brothers to quarrel, marriages to end, lovers to hate each other, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, you won't become a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.

Today is Sunday but Jack is going to school. He goes to tennis school. The tennis lessons will start1 ten o'clock. Jack is very 2 because his tennis teacher，Ms Brown，is a great teacher. She wants 3 Jack to be stronger and play better. 

Ms Brown tells Jack if he has4 good rest，eats healthy food and practises hard every day，he can 5 very strong and good at6 tennis. Jack believes her. He decides to eat a lot of fruit and vegetables and go to bed 7 every night. He also exercises a lot. 

In Jack's town，there isn't a public（公共的） place to play tennis8 Jack can't play tennis every day. Jack and his friend Emily often go 9 in the park after school. 

Next month，Emily will take tennis lessons 10 Jack. Jack is glad to hear about this ﹣ they can go to tennis school together!

Asha looked out of the window on the plane. What a1 ! The buildings were so tall. The city was large, much larger than her small town. 

Asha was on vacation in New York City. She was very2 as she had always wanted to come since she was young. She read stories about it and studied its3 . She knew how the island of Manhattan was bought from native Americans 300 years ago. She4 knew people from all over the world came to live here. These people, like Asha,5 a new life in New York.But Asha was only staying for fourteen6 . She thought of these two weeks as a time to7 herself to move back to New York. She would return to her small8 , stay for one year, and then come to live in New York forever. So she had to plan this vacation9 .

In New York Asha wanted to do10 things. First, she wanted to look for a job. Next, she would find a place to live. She knew it was expensive to live in New York and that finding a good place to live was11 . And the third thing she wanted to do was to12 her English. She had studied English for 12 years but didn't know13 she could understand "real" English.

Before leaving, her friends told her that New York was a14 place.But Asha wasn't worried. She had studied New York carefully. She believed she would be safe.

15 Asha saw the Statue of Liberty! The plane flew around it, and then began to slow down. Soon Asha was on the ground, getting ready to leave the plane to meet her future.

Mike is a 16-year-old student. He has a very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (health) lifestyle. However, one year ago, he was not so healthy. From Monday to Friday, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (study) every day but hardly ever did any sports. He often used the Internet. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his parents asked him to exercise, he never did that. He sometimes helped his mother {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some housework, but only {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (one) a week. On weekends, he liked watching television. Then the bad results came—he became fat and had few friends. One day, the doctor in his school talked with him. He told Mike to do sports for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(much) than two hours a day {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it was good for his body and mind. From then on, Mike decided to change his habits. Now, he does sports more often than before, such as {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (play) basketball and soccer. He plays computer games much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (little) than before. After dinner, he often takes a walk with his parents. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) exercise helps him become healthy and well. Now he has more friends.

To personal trainer Sammy Callari, 13-year-old Parker Seward is more than a client (客户). He's his "little brother. Over the past year, the pair have developed a close 1 . They play basketball together, share meals and dance to hip-hop like no one's watching. 

Last spring the trainer was asked to work with Parker, who had Down syndrome (唐氏综合症), 2 his co-worker (was out of town. Callari had never worked with someone with a (n) 3 by himself before. He was stressed the first day he met Parker, but Parker's wide smile and cheerful introduction made him 4 at once. 

Parker reminded Callari of himself when he was a (n) 5 . As a high schooler, Callari described himself as a weak, thin kid. When it came to sports, he always 6 to be noticed. His dream of playing basketball in college quickly died. He then turned to another new7 . His younger brother trained him to become a Kung fu artist. Callari took part in five matches. Out of those fights he was considered to be the 8 , but he won three times. 

 "Society tells you ‘you can't do this', or ‘you can't do that', "says Callari. When it comes to Parker, Callari 9 to accept the word "can't". 

The friends meet twice a week to train. They train together with biking and boxing. Parker has a short 10 span (持续时间), so it's Callari's job to keep him focused. Callari 11 videos of himself and Parker's exercising online-12 , with the agreement from Parker's mom. 

 "It's clear that it is Parker who 13 me," Callari says. "He's made me a better trainer, and he's also made me a better person," Callari adds. "A lot of people see him as different, but I've 14 looked at him like that. If anyone is 15 , it's me."