How are you getting along with your senior high school? It may be hard for you as this is the first time that you (leave) your parents. I know that you are now having trouble
(communicate) with others, and you may often feel lonely. That’s
you are new here and people don’t know about you. But I think you can overcome the difficulty if you can follow the advice below.
First, you should attach great (important) to taking an active part in the discussions and show your own opinions about the matters, and at the same time, learn to listen to other people’s views
(careful). Second, you should learn about your classmates’ likes and dislikes,
can make you get familiar with them. Only in this way can you get to know more
(difference) people and show them that you are just as friendly. Last but not least, I’m always here ready to help. We can take part in some
(activity) together and I can introduce you to others.
There’s no need (worry) too much, people will know you more very soon and will like to make friends
you if you can do as the above. Just remember, “God helps those who help themselves”.
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“Equal pay for equal work” is a phrase by the American women who feel they are (fair) treated by society. They think it is not right for women to be paid less than men for the
amount of work. Some people say men have more duties than women. A married man has to earn money to support his family and make important _
(decide), so it is right for them to be paid more. Some are even against married women
(work)at all. When wives go out to work, they say, the home and children are given no attention
. If women are encouraged by equal pay to take up jobs, they will
(able) to do the things that they are best at doing: making a nice home and bringing _
children. Women who disagree say that they want to escape from the limited place which society wishes them to fill and have
freedom to choose between a job and home life,
a mixture of the two. In fact women have the right
_ to equal pay but also to equal chances.
“Put yourself in someone else's shoes.” isidiom that means if you imagine yourself to be in another person's position, good or bad, you may understand how they feel, good or bad, or why they have done
they've done.
This idiom comes from the facta pair of perfectly fitting shoes for someone may not fit another person as perfectly. So, literally, only if you put
another person's shoes can you feel how it is to walk in
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Metaphorically speaking, “their shoes” stands for other people's position. A local boy is detained(扣留) by the policea theft, and one of his friends might
(private) say to himself: “I wouldn't want to be in his shoes now.” That is, he doesn't want
(put) into prison for stealing.
By trying to “put on their shoes”, we try to imagine ourselves insituation, by seeing things from their point of view, by thinking about how we would want to be treated if we were them.
Harper Lee, of course, (express) this idea best in To Kill a Mockingbird: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view—until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and have more respectable jobs. But in the executive(主管的) circle, ________ can become a disadvantage.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is ________(harm) to a woman. Handsome male executives are considered to have more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability usually lead
________ their success. Attractive female executives are considered to have less honesty than unattractive
________ ; people do not connect their success with ability
________ with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives are thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. However, interestingly, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes
________ (connect) more to personal relationships and less to ability.
Attractive women are not thought to be able. This is true even in politics. Anne Bowman, a writer, ________ recently made a study, asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in the order of attractiveness. And then the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote
________them. The results showed that attractive males
________(complete) defeated unattractive men, but the women
________ (rank) most attractive by the students unchangeably received the fewest votes.
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Isalella: Mathew, do you know much about body language in countries around the world?
Mathew: Sure. I’ve picked up a few things from travelling aroundbusiness. What’s up?
Isalella: Well, I had a meeting today with a woman from Japan and she wouldn’t stop (bow)! I didn’t know what to do.
Mathew: Do you bow back?
Isalella: No, I tried to shake her hands, but her hand was so limp(无力的).
Mathew: Well, Japanese typically(典型地))bow greet) each other. She might
(offend) by your strong hand-shake.
Isalella: But she was in America! Shouldn’t she have known that strong handshakes in America show(confident) and respect?
Mathew: Things are different in Japan. You know, in some countries, making eye contact with others (consider) rude.
Isalella: Is that why she wouldn’t look at me in the meeting?
Mathew: I think it’s(high) possible.
Isalella: The meeting really didn’t go down well at all. I think I need to study intercultural communication(跨文化交流))I have another meeting with someone from
country.
Matthew: That’s a good idea. When you don’t know much about other cultures, even the (simple) thing can offend someone.
Isalella: That’s so true. It’s great that we see eye to eye on this.
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Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang, Hubei. I waited for the boat(take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me
(both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this((happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the
(thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most
((photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see people(look different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I((wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,
((secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they
(take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask
(they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.
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