Dear Teens,

  ①Do you wonder why some kids can stay calm while others get nervous so easily? Why do some kids do everything very quickly while others are verysluggish? Why are some kids always happy while some feel upset all times?

  ②One of the answers to these questions is personality(个性). People were born with different personalities. A baby gets its blood type, genes(基因) and other physical things when it is still inside its mother. These factors(因素) make part of your personality. Besides, family life, school learning and life experiences can also decide what kind of person you are. You may not like your personality. Don’t worry. You can always try to change it and make yourself better.

   ③If you are a selfish person who always thinks of yourself, you can start this way. Try to give others a hand and ask for nothing in return. The happiness you get from giving instead of receiving will help you change your personality.

   ④If you are very shy and don’t know how to make friends, just tell yourself to smile at others and start talking to others with warm greetings. You are sure to have more friends than you used to do.

   ⑤If you are a sluggish person who always does things slowly, you’d better make a plan every day. When you finish something, draw a happy face. If not, draw a crying one. No one would like to see a crying face and you will have the desire to change it into a smiling one.

   ⑥All in all, don’t get too worried about your shortcomings(缺点). No one is perfect. That’s why many people are trying to change. Don’t give yourself a hard time about it all. It’s not easy to change the habits overnight. Remember “ Rome is not built in a day”. Keep working at it. One day you’ll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new person.

                                                                          Dr. Olson

Studies show that laughter(欢笑) is good for our health and may even be the best medicine.

  A newspaper said that Dr. Miller measured the blood flow (血流) of 20 healthy people before and after they watched two different movies-Stwing hivate Ryan(a war movie) and Kingpin(a comedy). The results were opposite. He found that their blood flowdecreasedduring the war movie and increased during the comedy. As we know, exercise can make blood flow increase. Dr. Miller pointed out that laughter might be almost as healthy as exercise.

   Dr. Wei Jiang of Duke University studied over l,000 heart failure patients. He discovered that those who often felt sad had a 44% higher risk of death. In other words, being happy is good for our heart and helps us live longer.

   The studies show that laughter is important for us to keep healthy. And it is free and has no bad effect. Many doctors today encourage patients to laugh. Some hospitals even have comedy rooms with TV comedy channels. And they believe the best way to live a long, happy and healthy life is to have a good diet, exercise regularly and add in a few laughs every day.

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Dear Maggie,

Thanks for your e-mail. I would like to tell you something about my   (1)  .

We don't have any lessons on Saturday or Sunday. So we are   (2)  then. I sometimes spend time with my friends and   (3)   often have a good time. There are many   (4)  we can do at weekends. We go out for   (5)  . We go to the zoo to watch animals or go to the park to have a   (6)  . If it rains, my friends often go to the   (7)  to watch films or go to the library.   (8)   I usually stay at home. After breakfast I help my mother do the housework, such as   (9)  the windows and washing the dishes. Then I do my homework. In the evening I watch TV with my   (10)    always go to bed early on Sunday. I enjoy my weekend very much.

All the best,

Tony

Dear Lily,

Can you bring some   (1)   to me? I need   (2)   things: a CD, a hat, a pen, a baseball and a notebook. The CD is in the CD   (3)   on my desk. I have two hats: a red one and a   (4)   one. Thy are on my bed. I  (5)   the yellow one. The   (6)   is on my chair. The baseball is   (7)   the chair, on the floor. I saw it in the room this morning. My notebook isn’t in my room. I   (8)   it this afternoon.  (9)   you bring your notebook to me?

   (10)  

Lucy

Hello, boys and girls,I  (1)  a student in a middle school. I  (2)  my schoolbag  (3)  the library. It’s blue. Here is a  (4)  of it. You can see  (5)  English book, a notebook and a pencil box in it. My ID card is in it, too. So I must  (6)  it. Can you help  (7)  ? Please  (8)  me. My  (9)  number is 555-6743.Thank you for your  (10)  

Paul Brown

 Hello! I’m Ms. Smith. Here   (1)   some lost things (东西).   (2)   in the “lost and found” box. This is a watch.   (3)  is blue. David found it this morning. Is it   (4)  ? That is a jacket. It is yellow and black. Alan found it this afternoon. Those are  (5)   pencils. One is blue. One is red. Mary found them in  (6)  classroom. By the way (顺便说一下), Jack lost his  (7)  . It’s a white key. He must find it. Can you  (8)  Jack?

Boys and girls, if (如果) you lose something, you can ask me   (9)   help. Call me. My  (10)   number is 887-9006

A reporter from China Daily interviewed 300 people and made a survey: One hundred were from 11 to 18 years old. One hundred were from 19 to 26 years old. One hundred were from 27 to 35. We asked them what they liked to do on weekend evening. Please look at the chart.

Favorite activities to do (by age)