Try to help your dog relax

    It's a Saturday morning. You rush through breakfast, walk the dog, and then get to soccer practice on time. A few hours later, you return home, only to find that the dog has made your bedroom untidy.  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Your favorite sports shoes are in poor condition.

    Before you get angry, stop and think. Your dog wasn't misbehaving (行为不端) just for the fun of it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Some dogs just feel nervous when left alone. It's called separation anxiety (分离焦虑).

    Think of it this way: Dogs can't ask where you're going or when you'll be back. They can't call you on the phone. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Since you're not there, they need to find you. Dogs may suddenly develop separation anxiety. But with practice and patience (耐心), you can teach your dog to be comfortable being left alone.

    Put on your jacket, and then sit back down. Open and close the door, and then sit down. After a while, walk out the door for 10 seconds, then 20, then a minute and so on. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

    Besides, you can also try the following ways:

    Teach your dog a word or action that you use every time you leave, which tells your dog you'll be back.

    Help comfort (安慰) your dog by leaving a piece of clothing that smells like you.

    Before you leave, give your dog a toy. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} 

    Do you want to be happier? Well, you can do something about it. Some psychologists（心理学家）believe that 10% of your happiness is due to life conditions and 40% is the result of your own choices. Your own choices include how you manage your time at school, your relationships, your friends, your activities and your health. So you have a lot of control over how happy you feel. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Here are some tips on how to do that.

    Surround yourself with positive（积极的）people. Spend time with positive people and your ideas will become active. On the other hand, good friends will encourage, support, and lift you up when you're down. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} That's also true for the people that we work with. 

    Don't try to be perfect. Remember that nothing can ever be perfect. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Instead think about what you already have. Think about what you've already done. Think of where you are today as a step towards tomorrow. Don't try to be perfect, just try to do things well-with excellence.

    Focus on now. Don't think about all the things that can go wrong, like failing at school or your friend leaving you. Thinking like this only results in worry and stress, which is a waste of time and energy.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Just worry about making today great, because the best way to be happy is just to enjoy each day.

    Compare yourself to yourself, not to other people. There will always be someone smarter, or richer, or better looking or more successful than you. There will always be someone with a bigger house and a bigger boat than you. Someone will always have more. Rather, look at what you have got and who you are, accept and value that. Work toward being a better one than you were last month or last year.  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} And you will feel a lot happier with, and about yourself.

    We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others. Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories. Spencer Johnson's story Who Moved My Cheese? shows changes exist in(存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.

    Just look at the cycle of the seasons. Trees bud(发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.

    Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life. We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life. So we should change ourselves when life changes.

Do you enjoy eating hamburgers , hot dogs（热狗） or French fries（薯条）? Do you like coke, sweets or ice cream? If your answers are " Yes" , you must be careful with your health , because most of them are junk food(垃圾食品)!

Many people like fast food. McDonald's and KFC are popular fast food restaurants around the world. You can order your food and drinks right away at the counter(柜台).You can get your meal in three minutes. Then you can eat there or take it away.

But all these food is junk food. Junk food has lots of fat, salt and sugar, but few nutrients(营养物).Most doctors say junk food is not healthy. It is bad for your teeth, stomach(胃) and heart(心脏).

In fact, it's OK to have junk food sometimes. You can have it twice a month. And it's not a big thing for your health. But you'd better not (最好不要)eat junk food more often.

Cooking is supposed to be the most basic living skill for humans.However, there are many kids who are used to being fed and taken{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of everywhere, like"little emperors and little princesses".They can't tell the{#blank#}2{#/blank#} between food materials like leeks(韭菜)and shallots(小葱).

In order to stress(强调)the importance of hard-working spirit education{#blank#}3{#/blank#} students, the Communist Party of China Central Committee recently released (发布) the guidelines.The guidclines call for students to respect labor (劳动) work. Students should learn basic life skills and develop good working{#blank#}4{#/blank#} through such education.

Students will be{#blank#}5{#/blank#} to understand and master the basics of home cooking, from preparing vegetables to{#blank#}6{#/blank#} being able to complete the whole process of home cooking independently.These will be lifelong skills for kids, helping them develop into well-rounded individuals(个体), not just students who{#blank#}7{#/blank#} able to take exams. As children's{#blank#}8{#/blank#}teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to do chores at home.Students should master one or two life skills every year.

These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.

It's really important for students to take labor education{#blank#}10{#/blank#} at school and at home.