3aReadthearticle.Thenreadthestatementsaboutthearticle.Write"T”(fortrue)or"F"(forfalse).
HowIlearnedtolearnEnglish
LastyearmyEnglishclasswasdifficult.Firstofall,itwasn'teasyformetounderstandtheteacherwhenshetalked.Tobeginwith,shespoketooquickly,andIcouldn'tunderstandeveryword.Lateron,Irealizedthatitdoesn'tmatterifyoudon'tunderstandeveryword.Iwasalsoafraidtospeakinclass,becauseIthoughtmyclassmatesmightlaughatme.Icouldn'talwaysmakecompletesentences,either.ThenIstartedtowatchEnglish-languageTV.Ithelpedalot.Ithinkthatdoinglotsoflisteningpracticeisoneofthesecretsofbecomingagoodlanguagelearner.AnotherthingthatIfoundverydifficultwasEnglishgrammar.SoIdecidedtotakelotsofgrammarnotesineveryclass.ThenIstartedtowritemyownoriginalsentencesusingthegrammarIwaslearning.It'samazinghowmuchthishelped.NowIamenjoyinglearningEnglishandIgotanAthisterm.Myteacherisveryimpressed.
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Howtowedealwithourproblem?
Richorpoor,youngorold,weallhaveproblems.Andunlesswedealwithourproblems,wecaneasilybecomeunhappy.Worryingaboutourproblemscanaffecthowwedoatschool.Itcanalsoinfluencethewaywebehavewithourfamilies.Sohowdowedealwithourproblems?Therearemanyways.
Bylearningtoforget
Mostofushaveprobablybeenangrywithourfriends,parentsorteachers.Perhapstheysaidsomethingyoudidn’tlike,oryoufelttheywereunfair.Sometimes,peoplecanstayangryforyearsaboutasmallproblem.Timegoesby,andgoodfriendshipsmaybelost.
Whenweareangry,however,weareusuallytheonesaffected.Perhapswehaveseenyoungchildrenplayingtogether.Sometimestheyhavedisagreementsanddecidenottotalktoeachother.However,thisusuallydoesnotlastforlong.Thisisanimportantlessonforus:wecansolveaproblembylearningtoforget.
Byregardingproblemsaschallenges
Manystudentsoftencomplainaboutschool.Theymightfeeltheyhavetoomuchworktodosometimes,orthinktherulesaretoostrict.Wemustlearnhowtochangethese“problems”into“challenges”.Educationisanimportantpartofourdevelopment.Asyoungadults,itisourdutytotryourbesttodealwitheachchallengeinoureducationwiththehelpofourteachers.
Bythinkingofsomethingworse
Bycomparingyourselftootherpeople,youwillfindyourproblemsarenotsoterrible.ThinkaboutStephenHawking,forexample,averycleverscientist,whoregardshismanyphysicalproblemsasunimportant.Hecan’twalkorevenspeak,buthehasbecomeveryfamousandsuccessful.Weareprobablyquitehealthyandsmart.Let'snotworryaboutourproblems.Let’sfacethechallengesinstead.