What Teenagers Can Do to Earn More Respect?

    As teenagers continue to grow and develop into young adults, the transition (过渡) into adulthood has begun. With so many physical and emotional changes going on, certain manners are often forgotten and other adult traits are not yet accepted as a way of life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} By doing the following things, you will earn more respect.

Contribute to the household

    At the very least, clean up after yourself. As a teenager, you are old enough to clean up after yourself. When you make a mess, clean it up. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} All chore (杂活) that you do help to reduce the load of the person who did them before. Now that you're old enough and capable, why shouldn't you contribute to the household? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

Be responsible

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Whether they are basic things, like brushing your teeth or doing your homework, or more involved chores that contribute to the household, simply fulfill your responsibilities on time. When adults know that they can rely on you, their trust and respect for you will increase.

Solve more of your own problem without asking for help

    Instead of taking the easy approach and asking for help, make an effort to solve your problems on your own first. The “easy way” is only easy for you, but it is an extra task for the person from whom you are seeking help. Seek help only after you have made an honest effort to solve your own problems. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} When you become a good problem solver, you increase your value to the community.

A. Everyone has certain responsibilities.

B. By being aware of these manners and traits, you can manage them sooner.

C. When speaking to a group, speak loud enough.

D. The people doing the chores before will greatly appreciate the help.

E. Depending on the problem, 15 minutes of effort is usually a good guideline.

F. It will make your life more pleasant.

G. This includes, but is not limited to, your dishes and your room.

Healthy Sleep Tips

    Keep a regular bed and wake time schedule. Go to bed at the same time every night. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Try not to break this rule on weekends when it may be easy to stay up late. As with your bedtime, try to keep your regular wake time even on weekends.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When it's time to sleep, make sure that your environment is dark. Heavy curtains or shades can help block light from windows, or you can try an eye mask to cover your eyes. A bedroom that is too hot or too cold can also influence sleep quality.

    Turn off your TV. Many people use the television to fall asleep or relax at the end of the day. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} However, television actually makes the mind excited, rather than relaxing it.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Exercise helps promote restful sleep if it is done several hours before you go to bed. Exercise can help you fall asleep faster and sleep more soundly. Try to finish exercising at least three hours before bed or work out earlier in the day.

    Ask your doctor for advice. Use a sleep diary and talk to your doctor. Note what type of sleep problem is affecting your sleep. Try these tips and record your sleep and sleep­related activities in a sleep diary. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A. Exercise at the right time.

B. Change your sleeping position.

C. Keep your room dark and cool.

D. Choose a time when you normally feel tired.

E. You may even have a television in your bedroom.

F. If problems continue, discuss the sleep diary with your doctor.

G. Sleeping well is important for keeping our mind and body healthy.

    Some people lie all the time. However, it can be difficult to determine when they are lying to you.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    Make false eye contact

    A person who is lying to you won't make eye contact with you or they make too much eye contact. If a person is lying he may feel you are watching him and he will look down at the floor or away from your eyes. Some people try to stare at you in the face in a deliberate way.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    Avoid using contractions (缩略语)

    The liars will say “I did NOT notice your money”, instead of “I didn't notice your money”. This is an attempt by the liars to be absolutely clear what they mean.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

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    Liars often feel uneasy, turn away from the person to whom they are speaking, blink rapidly, smile less and have pitch changes in their tone of voice. They may cross their arms which is a sign of being “closed” or trying not to reveal too much information. They could touch parts of their face, an ear or a nose or play with keys or another item that they have in their hand.

    Provide additional information without being asked for it

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. The result is the more complicated the story is, the less believable it will be. You will have the feeling that nothing could be further from the truth.

A. Usually, it ends up making the story a lot less believable.

B. Luckily there are always some indications that can help you recognize liars.

C. Use unusual body language.

D. Behave abruptly.

E. Liars seem to think that by telling their story in detail, you will find it more believable.

F. Liars try to talk the story with their own words using imagination.

G. In this way, they feel like making eye contact will make what they are saying more believable.

    There are a lot to think upon before going out on a trip.If you fail to plan the trip properly,then money will simply let itself loose from your pocket.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    ⒈Package Tours

    Tours and travel agencies have attractive offers for tourists.You must keep yourself updated with such offers and then use the best plan.Once you have accepted the package tour,all your expenses during the travel will be minimized.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}However,ensure the authenticity of the agencies before accepting their plan,to avoid problems after reaching your destination.

    ⒉Off Season Travel

    You must set out for off season travel while planning your vacation on a budget.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}You,not being amongst this crowd that can spend lavishly,must book your holidays during the off season.Visiting beaches during monsoons or hill stations during the summer is great to way to plan a budget trip.

    ⒊A Guide Map

    Make a guide map about the places to visit,expenses of travel and the activities to try.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Calculate the maximum amount and try to spend less than that.You will save a lot if actual expenses are below the estimated.Thus, not only do you come to know where to zero down your money but you also get a guide of your trip.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Follow the money saving travel tips as much as possible.

A.Refer to the guide map while traveling.

B.Look a good parter at proper times for sure.

C.You can save a lot in lodging and traveling.

D.This happens when there's no control over necessary expenses.

E.Let the tourists choose their favorite paces wherever they want to go.

F.While planning so you should also estimate the amount of expenses needed.

G.The peak season is the time when rates are sky high due to of millions of tourists who can afford to spend.

    Whether you are at Disneyland or another Disney park, you will usually find a nighttime show that will be showing.

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Read this article to find out how you can get a good seat for an evening event at any Disney park.

    Plan on seeing the show in advance.

    Usually, if you decide an hour beforehand that you're going to see a show, you will likely end up not getting a good seat, unless the park is not very busy. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Do your research.

    Research online: "The best places to view ..." {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Some of them may even be less known, so you may not deal with such a big crowd.

    Arrive to the event early.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Possibly even earlier if the park is more crowded on that day. If you arrive ten minutes before the event starts, you're a lot less likely to get a good spot.

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    If you must leave to do something, make sure that it's extremely quick, and try to have another member of your party stay in your spot while you are away.

A. Stay in the same area.

B. Enjoy the show with a friend.

C. It's usually much more enjoyable if you can get a good seat.

D. This is especially important if you arrive closer to the event time.

E. In order to get a good spot, plan on arriving an hour before the event.

F. Therefore, look at the schedule before your trip, or at least the day before.

G. You'll see a list of places in the park that are the best for viewing that event.

Mystery of Mosquito Flight

    The mosquito is a troublesome and dangerous insect. Their bites itch and can carry dangerous diseases, like malaria, Zika virus and yellow fever. Recently, researchers from Britain and Japan discovered how mosquitoes fly. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    Mosquito wings are small and have an uncommon shape.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} So, how is their flight possible? The team of scientists from Britain and Japan solved the mystery. They used high-speed cameras and computer images to understand the mechanics of how the insect moves its wings to stay in the air.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They set up eight super-high speed cameras that take 10,000 images each second. Simon Walker, a researcher at the University of Oxford, explains that normally at least two cameras are needed to record an insect, so they've got enough views of an insect. With two camera views they can then take any point on an insect and calculate its 3-D coordinates (三维坐标).

    Mosquitoes can spread diseases. The insect has two antennae, or tall, thin organs on its head that it uses to feel things. But its antennae and six legs make it difficult to take clear images of the wing movements. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} The extra cameras let the researchers see that the mosquito's wings move eight hundred times each second. That is four times faster than many insects of a similar size.

    Mosquitoes fly by moving their wings in several different directions. The thin top edges of their wings move forward first and then they change direction and move down. The movement looks as if the wings are drawing the number eight. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Walker says that existing unmanned flying devices do not work very well outside because wind can affect their flight.

    "Insects, on the other hand, deal really well with even quite windy conditions. So understanding how they can do this is going to be advantageous to us." These researchers say that understanding how mosquitoes fly might help find ways to stop them from spreading diseases.

A. Because of this, it is hard to believe that they are able to fly.

B. Mosquitoes evolved from other insects about 226 million years ago.

C. So, the team needed to use eight cameras to view the wings from many directions.

D. Researchers at the University of Oxford took images of mosquito wing movements.

E. Many measures have been tried for mosquito control, for example, getting rid of breeding places.

F. This knowledge, they say, help find ways to stop mosquitoes from spreading diseases in the future.

G. The research team believes the mosquitoes' wing movements could help inventors design new flying devices.