If you have decided to lose the extra pounds, then you surely know that the only way to do that is by combining workouts with a healthy, balanced and nutritious diet. However, there are some types of drinks that will speed up the fat burning and help you lose weight quicker than you normally would, and here you will find 2 of the most efficient ones.

Green tea has been used for hundreds of years due to its numerous benefits, and weight loss is just one of them — although green tea alone will only help you lose a few pounds, it will certainly serve as a great addition to your diet in the long run. Drinking one cup of tea per day will deliver all the antioxidants (抗氧化剂)you need and it will also help you burn fat at a faster pace by promoting the metabolism (新陈代谢). These teas are perfect for burning more calories as well as for increasing your overall energy levels and for suppressing your desire to eat. These teas help you remove the extra pounds by suppressing your desire to eat, thus decreasing the amount of food you would normally consume every day. Green tea is said to also help you reduce stress and relax better.

Fruit juices are delicious, easy to prepare and very rich in nutrients, vitamins and minerals — besides this, there are literally hundreds of different fruits you can choose from, and pear and cranberries (蔓越莓) are only two of the most delicious, most efficient and most popular ones given the fact that they contain high amounts of vitamin C. Not only will the cranberry and pear juice help you lose weight by promoting your metabolism, but it will also increase your overall energy levels and deliver your body all the essential vitamins and proteins that it so much needs. Meanwhile, it is known that the cranberry juice is essential for preventing various infection of the bladder (膀胱). What’s more, pears contain mineral substances and are essential for a healthy lifestyle, not to mention that they are rich in Vitamin C and Calcium, and everybody knows Calcium is particularly important for keeping your bones healthy and strong.

To conclude, these are the top 2 most efficient drinks that you should embed in your diet if you want to lose weight quickly and naturally, and not resort to any pills or supplements that may have side effects.

Parents can help their seventh and eighth grade students stand out in and out of their English classroom by introducing them to newspapers. Newspapers not only offer information on current events, but they can also be used to test your childˈs knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and more.

Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How

Have your child read the first couple of paragraphs of a news story. Ask them to write down all of the important facts, such as who, what, where, when, why and how. This helps parents to see if their children comprehend the basic facts and information they read.

Grammar

Parents can monitor a childˈs understanding of grammatical parts of speech (词性) without a grammar textbook. Ask your child to read a paragraph in an article and then list a specific number of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and the like, which serves more of a test of their grammatical knowledge. Encourage them to list each of these parts of speech in a paragraph. Then, reread the paragraph to see if they missed anything.

Persuasion

Ask your child to select an advertisement from the newspaper. Have them investigate how specific words or phrases influence their feelings about a particular product. Then, encourage them to create an advertisement of their own for an item they do not like. Tell them not to show their true feelings and try to make people want to buy this unwanted item. After that, ask them to list the persuasive techniques used in their ad.

Facts vs Opinions

Select an editorial for your middle schooler to read. Have your child divide a piece of paper into two columns, one marked fact, and the other marked opinion. Have your student decide which column it fits under. This will help your child better understand facts versus opinions. Another related exercise is responding to an editorial. Encourage your child to write letters to the editor or responses to editorials or other articles. Before your child sends his or her letter, check the opinion section to see what requirements there are.

Headlines and Synonyms (同义词)

Ask your middle schooler to rewrite a couple of headlines using the synonyms of the originalwords. Compare the headlines. Do the original versions or the rewrites sound better? This is a great exercise to help students learn synonyms and expand their vocabulary.

If you find your seventh or eighth grade child is struggling with these newspaper activities, it may be an indicator that they have fallen behind in their reading skills. These activities were designed with a seventh or eighth grader in mind; therefore, while they are educational, they should be more of reinforcement (增强) instead of a major reading challenge.

In a dizzying about-face, the White House announced that the president will be signing the Ban Biofuels Act tomorrow.

In addition to turning off the tap on plant-based petrol, the Ban Biofuels Act sets out an ambitious plan of shifting over $10 billion in annual direct and indirect subsidies(补贴) from oil companies to the construction of wind farms in rural areas of Texas, Kansas and Wyoming.“One of the great things about the act is that it demands the building of transmission lines, which has been a big infrastructural problem of putting renewable energy back on the right track in the United States,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a press conference yesterday. In acknowledging her failure in the past to support alternative fuels in a meaningful way, Pelosi credited activists for her increased understanding of the need for renewable energy.

The shift was cheered by environmental activists as well as average Americans worn down by the steep rise in food prices. “Vegetable oil and corn are for feeding people, not cars,” said Elizabeth Johnson, a hospital worker and mother of three, at yesterday’s demonstration outside Capitol Hill. “There was only so much more we could keep paying.”

Six nationwide protests over the last four months had been prepared for the bill’s success, according to Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center, who said that national polls indicate a sharp decrease in public approval of biofuels and increased concern about global warming. “The public sees the terrible damage of biofuels to environment.” Kohut said.

He added that recent investigative reporting on the effects of biofuels, including one piece in the New York Times and several on C.N.N., had been key in causing public anger. “Television and

print journalism haven’t done this type of reporting for years,” Kohut said. “We found that when people weren’t disturbed by disinformation, they developed a much sharper analysis of the situation.”

International response has been mixed. “I must admit, no one saw this coming,” said a World Bank official who spoke on condition of anonymity(匿名). “We’ve all known there were big problems with our subsidies for biofuel crops in developing countries. We just never expected to be pushed on it by U.S. officials.” The official predicts that the legislation(立法) will have a series of effect, at last easing pressure on the remaining rainforests.

“If the demand for biofuels drops, then there’s far less incentive to clear-cut native forests,” added a spokesperson from Friends of the Earth Indonesia, also known as Walhí. “This is what the people in the rainforest have been fighting for four years.” The spokesperson also added that the struggle would not be over until similar controls are implemented(实施) by governments around the globe. “Ecological destruction is a systemic problem, it’s not just one company or one place.”

Computer addiction can be described as the overuse of the computer which continues despite serious negative consequences for personal, social or occupational functions. However, not all people who spend hours each day on the computer are considered addicted. There are many uses for computers and the Internet and in many cases, an individual may spend ６ or more hours in a day on the computer but still not be considered an addict. Therefore, there is no set number of hours that is considered a potential for computer addiction.

But those who are suffering from anxiety and depression caused by stress at work, relationships or financial problems tend to become computer addicts. Some people become addicted mainly because they feel bored with everything and feel like there is nothing else to do.

If one feels an intense desire to go online, play a computer game, or socialize as soon as he wakes up and before he goes to bed, he may have become an addict. Other symptoms include using the computer as the only source of entertainment, lying to his family and friends about the activities that he performs while on the computer. Some addicts possess anxious feelings when wanting to use the computer or knowing that time on the computer is limited. Others may lose track of time while on the computer and spend more time on it than intended. The computer can also be used as a form of escapism from reality.

Excessive computer use may result in the lack of face-to-face social interaction and an increasing amount of time and money on hardware, software and computer-related activities. Computer addiction makes one neglect his work, school, or family obligations. He often fails at repeated efforts to control computer use. So it’s time to seek help for the sake of health.

Counseling (心理辅导) or therapy can focus on treating underlying mental health conditions that caused the addiction such as anxiety, depression, social trauma or other conditions. Many different options for group or community support are available to assist those addicts. Just getting out and interacting with others can be very rewarding to the computer addict. Another method is to focus on new interests. For instance, a computer user might take part in a new gym membership, spend time at the movies with friends or go out for a walk. If a computer user does feel that he must go onto the computer, consider talking himself out of the computer use unless it is absolutely necessary. If he does go on the computer, he must make a plan for what he will do when on the computer, how long it will take and what time you will be off of the computer.

Advertisers always ask what will make their campaigns successful. Before answering it, let’s understand what advertising is. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of advertising is “to tell about or praise (a product, service, etc.) publicly, as through newspapers, handbills (传单), radio, etc., so as to make people want to buy it.”

Most advertisers focus on the first part — telling people about their product or service. This is why most advertising fails. Telling your story alone won’t make people want to buy. Actually, there are two sides to the purchasing — logic (逻辑) and emotion. The decision to buy is made on the emotional level first, and then backed up with logic. Most advertising provides consumers with plenty of logical reasons but few emotional ones.

Another reason why campaigns fail is that most advertisements are full of clichés (陈腔滥调). When it comes to advertising, a cliché is defined as a statement every marketer makes but no one believes. Thus, rather than loading your advertisements with clichés, consider using words that are powerful, colorful, descriptive and relevant, and create your advertisements from consumers’ point of view, not yours.

Additionally, many campaigns fail also due to advertisers putting too much information and too many different thoughts in their advertisements. This is a 2-part problem. The first part is that the advertisements contain more than one major theme. A clear, single message delivered with real emotion will beat the advertisements filled with competing messages every time. When you load your advertisements with numerous messages, you will confuse consumers. Confused consumers don’t buy. The other part is that there’s just too much information in the advertisements. Once you start loading your advertisements with long lists, you’ve lost the interest and attention of consumers. Non-interested consumers also don’t buy.

So, if you want a successful campaign, simplify your messages in the advertisements. Often, many advertisers will attempt the use of sound effects to gain the attention of potential customers. Sound effects can work if they’re relevant to your product / service.

The most successful advertisers craft (精心制作) their messages by communicating with customers so that they deliver useful & relevant information for them. If you want a successful campaign, don’t annoy consumers. So don’t put one message on TV, another on radio and yet another in print. Actually, the most successful advertisers will place the same message across every media channel they use. Anyway, by making a few adjustments to how you craft your advertisements, you’ll see an increase in inquiries (询问), and eventually, higher sales.

New York, May 8^th, 2014—In many places around China, Grade 3 students in junior middle schools all have to take a PE test. The full marks are usually 30 to 50 points and it means much in the senior high school entrance exam.

       In the April test in Nanjing, students have the test in their schools. Each of them is tested on three sports. They can choose one sport from the long jump, basketball dribbling or volleyball. The pull-up is for boys and girls should take the sit-up. Both girls and boys must do the rope-skipping in the test.

       Most teachers and parents welcome the PE test. They say the test has brought some advantages to their children. In Beijing, one of the sports in test is running for 1,000 meters for boys and 800 meters for girls. So in PE classes, students usually run a lot. Sometimes they have to run 3,000 meters in one class. A research on children health shows that there are fewer overweight students now.

       Most students in Beijing are quite calm about the test and more than 90% of them can get full marks. That is because of training. Students in Junior Grade 3 usually do lots of practice in PE classes. The training makes the test easier than it seems to be.

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With workplaces becoming increasingly competitive, performances and results are the assessment factors that remain at the top of a management’s list. Almost every manager is bent on achieving, and in many cases, bettering his targets. As a result, employees are urged to work smarter, not just harder, in an effort to get the desired results. Though individual brilliance certainly contributes in its own way, it doesn’t decide the outcome of an entire project. Almost always, it’s the joint effort of the whole team that eventually decides the success or failure of a project. In such cases, team building in the workplace becomes absolutely necessary for many reasons.

Team building in an office helps develop better and more open communication between employees themselves, and also between employees and the higher management. Team building significantly contributes towards employee motivation and building trust among employees, therefore ensuring better productivity. Making a team a unit and improving harmony between its members are the important goals to be achieved on the way to success.

There are many simple team building exercises in the workplace. For example, when your employees have worked well, organize a day trip for them. Encourage employees to bring along their family members. It can be a welcome break from the daily work-related pressures and helps the fellow employees and their bosses to communicate, bond, and get to know each other in a better manner. This can, in many ways, translate into better returns in the workplace.

Learn to appreciate and acknowledge each other’s efforts. Also celebrate the success of a job well done or a project finished well ahead of the deadline. There is no better way than appreciating each other’s success in developing a sense of team spirit. This helps in wiping out any kind of negativity and keeps the team united.

If you have a major project-related decision to make, try asking your employees for their views on the subject. Have a group discussion on the matter and seek their suggestions and opinions. In any case, it’ll be you who have the last word, but his particular gesture will promote teamwork, develop employees’ confidence and make them feel that you value them.

Remember, team leadership and team building go hand in hand. The proper use of these activities in the workplace often translates into success for everyone. And it isn’t difficult and doesn’t require that you go out of the way or do anything extraordinary.

A young person is said to have a behavior disorder when his or her behavior is noticeably different from that expected in the school or community. This can also be stated in simpler terms as a child who is not doing what adults want him to do at a particular time. Children with this disorder often seem to be behaving in different and socially unacceptable ways.

    Like learning disabilities, behavior disorders are hard to diagnose. There are no physical symptoms in the body that are observable or measurable. Behavior disorders are therefore identified by observing behavior patterns in the child over a period of time. If a child displays some of the following behaviors, he may be labeled with a behavior disorder:

    ◆ Aggression and cruelty to people and animals.

    ◆ Destruction of property — defacing or damaging things.

    ◆ Little sympathy and concern for others.

    ◆ Takes no responsibility for behavior. Also lies, cheats and steals easily.

    ◆ Disregards (无视)rules and regulations.

    In addition to these general symptoms of a behavior disorder, there are other symptoms characteristic of more specific behavior disorders such as ADHD — this is the inattentive, can’t-sit-still behavior. The attention can’t last long and the behavior is impulsive at times. The child also seems quite distracted and forgetful.

     Behavior disorders come from brain injury, child abuse, and shock, etc. There have also been indications that it could be a genetic disorder. The behavior therefore is an involuntary response to these experiences and the child should not be blamed for his behavior. Since the child has problems controlling his behavior, it stands to reason that his performance in school will be affected. A child with a behavior disorder will feel bad about himself and that low self-esteem will be further worsened by the adults around him who do not treat his condition with understanding and willingness to help.

     Behavior disorders are best dealt with by behavior and psychological treatments. But, as with learning disabilities, accurate diagnosis is important and this must be over a length of time. It is also important in trying to modify the behavior to be clear about what is the behavior you are expecting. Make sure it is a rational expectation. For example, expecting a three-year-old to sit quietly through a long church service may not be reasonable, or demanding that a six-year-old does extra home work after a long day of school and extra curricular activities may be stretching the child’s concentration and attention too far. Since some behavior disorders result from shocking and upsetting life experiences or brain injury, treatments should include helping the child to resolve and heal emotionally from the experience. The behavior could be corrected through emotional healing. In other words, when a human being is emotionally healthy, that is, can be aware of his intelligence and enthusiasm for life and his loving connectedness to other human beings, he automatically “behaves” rationally.

Title: Behaviour Disorders

How to get along with your roommate

When it comes to sharing a room with someone, you want to make an attempt to get along with that person to bring peace to the room. There are easy ways you can increase the chances of getting along with your roommate.

One way of getting along with your roommate is that you should respect his quiet time. If he goes to bed earlier than you do, you should do your best to stay as silent as possible. When he’s studying or reading, you should consider the possibility of disturbing him.

If you are going to bring someone home with you, you should call your roommate first to see if it would be a problem. Whether he already has a visitor and wants privacy (隐私) or just doesn’t want anyone over at all, you should ask first before just bringing someone home. It could help show that you have respect for his wishes.

You may increase your chances of getting along with your roommate if you include him in your activities. If you are planning on going out with your friends or simply want to go to see a movie, ask him to come along. He may start to feel more like your friend instead of just someone that you live with.

While you may be used to having things a little bit messy, your roommate may not be. You can get on well with your roommate if you do your part of the work. If you live with someone, you should make an extra effort to pick up your home.

Privacy is an important part of any relationship, so you should make sure you don’t violate (侵犯) your roommate’s personal space by listening secretly on his phone calls or reading any of his private information. Everyone deserves to have certain private information even if they are living with someone else.

When you live with someone, one thing you should also keep in mind is to treat him in the way you would like to be treated. Chances are that you would rather live with someone you get along well with as opposed to (而不是) some you don’t. You may have more of a chance of getting along with your roommate if you practice simple politeness or friendliness.

A

    These changes only became possible as my memory improved．First it was stored in tubes，then on transistors and later on very small chips．As a result I totally changed my shape．As I have grown older I have also grown smaller．71．________And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it！But I was always so lonely standing there by myself，until in the early 1960s

they gave me a family connected by a network．I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web．

    Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me．I have become very important in communication，finance and trade．72．________I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars．73．________I am no wtruly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race！

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    Many musicians meet and forma band because they like to write and play their own music．74．________Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments．75．________Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires！