Jason is a middle school student. He wants to learn something{#blank#}1{#/blank#} he has much{#blank#}2{#/blank#}time after school. He likes sports, and his {#blank#}3{#/blank#}sport is baseball. He thinks playing baseball is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and it's good for health. So he takes baseball {#blank#}5{#/blank#} He wants to be a member of the school baseball team (学校棒球队的一员) after the training (训练){#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

    Students these days often have a lot of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Sometimes they have problems with schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends. What can they do about this? Some people believe{#blank#}2{#/blank#} thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from London, agrees. "Problems and worries {#blank#}3{#/blank#}normal in life", says Laura. "But I think talking to someone {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a lot. Unless we talk to someone, we{#blank#}5{#/blank#}worse."

    Robert Hunt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura." It's best not to run away {#blank#}7{#/blank#}our problems. We should always try to solve them." He thinks the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}step is to find someone you trust to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert like {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Students often forget that their parents have more experience, and are always there to help them. In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. So you are halfway to solving a problem just by talking to someone about it.

—I{#blank#}2{#/blank#} help my mother do housework. (can /can't)