Who will you ask for help when you want to learn something? A friend? A tutor? These are all 1ways of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want2 somewhere else, I had the3 of seeing this first-hand on a4.
My daughter played on a recreational football team. Her team did very well this season and so 5a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some 6 experiences on Saturday as they played against teams7trained. Through the first two games, her8 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I 9 seeing my daughter playing her best, 10still defeated.
It seemed that something clicked with the11between Saturday and Sunday. When they12for their Sunday game, they were13different. They had begun integrating(结合)the kinds of play and teamwork they had 14day before into their 15. They played aggressively and 16scored a goal.
It 17me that playing against the other team was a great 18 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 19is the best teacher. The lessons they learnt from the games may not be20what they would have got in school. But the lessons are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
I play football with my brother.
Martins now is facing the biggest of his career.
Staying fit is a great way to improve your mood and health. Start your fitness plan by creating a daily walking, jogging or cycling schedule to keep your heart and lungs active through exercise every day. Here are some tips you can follow:
Exercising
Start walking, jogging or cycling. If you need to keep your knees strong or you have body aches and pains, then cycling may be a better solution.
Exercise at home. Not everyone has the time or money to go to the gym and there is no need to. Working out at home is very easy and can be very beneficial.
Maintaining a Balanced Diet
Maintaining a balanced diet can be difficult if you do not have the time to cook for yourself every day. But, it is easy to find healthy solutions in restaurants and takeaways as well.
Get rid of any junk food. Foods to avoid are
High in sugar: doughnuts, cakes, cookies, pudding, canned and dried fruits, and sodas.
High in fat: processed meats, fried foods, and shortening(起酥油)
Drink a lot of water. The human body is mostly made up of water, and you need to make sure of its timely in take.Your body sweats a lot so you need to put water back in.
Gaining Willpower and Motivation(动力)
Stick to your plan. You know you can do it. You are the only one that can control your actions and strong willpower can make you happy!
See if others want to join you. It can be very helpful if you have someone keeping healthy and fit with you. Their extra push of motivation can be very inspiring and it is a great way to build up a friendship.
Rick Stevenson, 16 years old, spends every minute he can on the mountain. He and his friends go snowboarding every weekend." It's incredible. No one goes skiing anymore," he says. "That's for the1folks".
Today more and more young athletes are taking part in risky activities called "extreme sports", which are a new, words such as" rage", "Juice" and "energy". They have their own 2 words such as "rage"," juice" and "energy". They have their own clothing such as skin-tight bicycle3in rainbow colours. And they're not for the elderly people or the easily 4 ones. Their philosophy is to get as close to the5as possible.
Young athletes want risk and excitement—the 6 to the edge the better. They snowboard over cliffs and ride mountain bikes down steep mountains.
Extreme sports started as an alternative to more expensive sports. A city kid who didn't have the money to buy 7 sports equipment could get a skateboard and have fun. But now it has become a whole new area of sports with specialised equipment and high levels of 8.
The X Games is an extreme sports competition, consisting of two versions: a summer competition and a winter competition. The first summer 9 was held in Rhode Island in 1995. The summer competition 10sports such as sky surfing, where people jump from aeroplanes with surfboards 11 to their feet. The winter competition12snowboarding, skiing and snowmobiling.
What makes extreme sports so popular?
"People love the 13 ,"says Murray Nussbaum, who sells sports equipment. "City people want to be 14on the weekend and do something challenging. The new 15 is so much better that people can take more risks 16 getting hurt:" He adds."17you go mountain biking or snowboarding, it's impossible to go back to bike riding or skiing. It's just too boring.
Extreme sports are certainly not for 18.Most people still prefer to play baseball or basketball or watch sports on TV. But extreme sports are definitely gaining 19. "These sports are fresh and exciting. They're the wave of the future. The20is huge," says Nussbaum.
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Facing the increasing pressure to raise students' scores on standardized tests, schools are urging kids to work harder by offering them obvious encouragements. Happy Meals are at the low end of the scale. With the help of business, schools are also giving away cars, iPods, seats to basketball games, and—in a growing number of cases—cold, hard cash. The appeal of such programs is obvious, but the consequences of tying grades to goods are still uncertain. It's been a common tradition in middle-class families to reward top grades with cash as a way to teach that success in school leads to success in life. But for many disadvantaged minority children, the long-term benefits of getting an education are not so clear, according to experts.
No one knows for sure how well cash and other big-ticket rewards work in education in the long run. But there are plenty of concerns that the kind of practice could have negative effects on kids. Virginia Shiller, a clinical psychologist, says that it's worth experimenting with cash encouragements but that tying them to success on a test is not a worthwhile goal. "I'd rather see rewards based on effort and responsibility — things that will lead to success in life, " she says.
Even if rewards don't lead to individual achievement on a test, they could have a meaningful effect in the school. Charles McVean, a businessman and philanthropist(慈善家), started a tutoring program which pays higher-achieving students $10 an hour to tutor struggling classmates and divides them into teams. During the course of the year, students bond(团结) and compete. The team posting the highest math scores wins the top cash prize of $100. McVean calls the combination of peer tutoring, competition, and cash encouragements a recipe for "nothing less than magic".
For its part, the Seminole County Public School System in Florida plans to continue its report card encouragement program through the rest of the school year. The local McDonald's restaurants help the poor district by paying the $1, 600 cost of printing the report card. Regina Klaers, the district spokeswoman, says most parents don't seem bothered by the Happy Meals rewards. "There are many ways we try to urge students to do well, and sometimes it's through the stomach, and sometimes it's the probability of students winning a car," she says. "One size doesn't fit all."
It was the 2015 "super storm" in New South Wales that restored my faith in people.
During a break in the weather, I stupidly decided to drive into town to buy some groceries. However, as I left the supermarket and drove back, the weather took a turn for the worse.
Having nowhere to go, I spotted a young man in his front yard assessing the situation. He quickly waved to me to come and park in his driveway.
The man, who introduced himself as Trent, then invited me to wait inside his house with his wife, Kayti and their two daughters. I told him I was concerned about the damage to my car, as the continuing rain was starting to turn into hail (冰雹). Trent then grabbed a blanket from his garage and covered my car. Fortunately, his efforts saved my car from being damaged by the hail.
By 11：00 am, the electricity and phone services had both gone. Trent made me a cup of tea and Kayti gave me a towel to dry myself off. The three of us chatted while waiting for the weather to get better. I learned that Trent had lost his job and was struggling to feed the family.
When the hail stopped, I shook Trent's hand and kissed Kayti goodbye. I was very moved by their kindness and it renewed my faith in people.
As I went out the door, I asked Trent for two of his business cards. My father has since called to offer him a job as a clerk at his company.
A. It began pouring so heavily that I was forced to stop.
B. The couple were so modest as I thanked them for their help.
C. I was surprised that he didn't ask for anything in return for his assistance.
D. I was grateful to escape the running water that was about to drown my car.
E. I tried driving faster to escape the heavy downpour that was sure to come.
F. As a result, I couldn't contact my parents, despite knowing they'd be worried.
G. He was wet but he didn't seem to mind being out in the wild weather on my behalf.
I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house，and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was 1 , and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not 2 the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was 3 to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and 4 places I had known only from books and pictures. The 5 I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism，but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really 6 —having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother 7 and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed 8 my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often 9 , and saw no end to" the hard times".
My responsibilities in the family 10 a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters，filled out forms, translated at 11 with immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there，and even discussed telephone bills with 12 representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important 13 : almost all common troubles 14 go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will 15 all right, even though it will not be that easy.
"Were you Mark's math teacher?" an old man came to my office and asked. I nodded. "Mark talked about you a lot. I want to show you something," he said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. "They found this on him when he was killed in the battle. We thought you might recognize it. "
Opening the wallet, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. I knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which I had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. And that happened 20 years ago.
Mark was in the third grade class I taught. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happytobealive attitude that made even his occasional misbehavior delightful.
Mark also talked without stopping. I tried to remind him again and again that talking without permission was unacceptable. What impressed me so much, though, was the sincere response every time I had to correct him for misbehaving. "Thank you for correcting me, Sister!" I didn't know what to make of it at first but before long I became accustomed to hearing it many times a day.
One morning my patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often. I made a new teacher's mistake. I looked at Mark and said, "If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut！"
It wasn't ten seconds later when Chuck shouted, "Mark is talking again." I hadn't asked any of the students to help me watch Mark, but since I had stated the punishment in front of the class, I had to act on it.
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I walked to my desk and took out a roll of tape. Very deliberately,
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One day I decided to do something different when Mark talked again in class.
