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While being laid off and entering into retirement are far from the same, they both often leave one half of a couple with extra time on their hands, and plenty of pent-up(被压制的) energy that their significant other, coming home after a long day at work, can"t handle.
WSJ.com recently wrote an article that shared a few words of wisdom on how to deal with this situation. Here are a few of their tips:
1. Be nice to each other and have a positive attitude.
As hard as it may be, try to not be discouraged during the job search and make sure to support your spouse(配偶). If one of you says something negative, the other should try to come back with a positive. And don"t forget, compliments can go a long way.
2. Encourage your partner to take up a hobby, get a side job or join a club.
Typically, people work an average of forty hours a week, eight to nine hours a day. So is it any wonder that someone suddenly unemployed might go crazy with all that free time?
In order to squash the boredom before it begins, encourage your partner to stay as busy as possible. Stay healthy and join a sports team, or learn how to cook (this benefits your spouse as well).
Another option is taking up a side job serving food or working as a sales associate.
This will allow your sweetie to interact with other people as well as earn some money. But, of course, new hobbies shouldn"t take up the time needed to continue the job hunt.3. Encourage them to continue their existing friendships and to foster(培养) new ones.
As WSJ.com points out, those who recently lost their jobs are sometimes embarrassed and therefore shut out family and friends. They might cling(依靠)to their partners for support. Tell your wife or husband to talk to their families and friends. They know and love them, and can be a good support system (rather than a support group of one: you).
4. Give each other a little space before and after "couple time."
You may be happy to spend time with your significant other but need a little alone time after working all day. To the recently laid off: let your partner settle down, drink a beer, and watch a little television before you bombard (发出连珠炮似的问题)him with your idea to go skydiving or white water rafting. You may have an endless amount of pent up energy, but they probably need some space to relax.
5. Trust each other.
When everything is going great, it"s easy to be happy and to trust your partner is doing everything he should. It"s not nearly as simple when half of your income is gone. Stand by each other as a couple and trust that each of you is doing everything necessary to get another job.
| Title: 1.____ for How to Live with the Unemployed | |||
| Sub-titles | Specific Information | ||
| 1. Be nice to each other and have a positive attitude. | While hunting the job, never lose heart, 2._____ hard it may be. Be sure to support your husband or wife in a(n) 3.____way throughout. | ||
| 2. Encourage your partner to take up a hobby, get a side job or join a club. | Stay healthy and join a sports team, or learn how to cook, which is also of 4._____ to your spouse. Take up such side jobs as working as a sales associate, 5.____your spouse not only to earn some money but also interact with other people. | ||
| 3. Encourage them to continue their existing friendships and to foster new ones. | Tell your wife or husband to 6.____with his/her families and friends as well as you to win good support and pull through the 7.____of losing jobs in time. | ||
| 4. Give each other a little space before and after "couple time." | In face of being recently unemployed, your spouse is 8._____to need some space to relax, 9.____you may have an endless amount of pent up energy. | ||
| 5. Trust each other. | Stand by each other as a couple and 10._____ on it that each of you is doing everything necessary to get another job. | ||
| 1.Tips/Suggestions 2.however 3.positive/active 4.benefit/value/importance 5.allowing 6.communicate/interact/talk/chat 7.embarrassment/situation/difficulty 8.likely/sure/certain 9.although/though 10.depend/count/rely | |||
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| Are you tired?Do you often catch colds and flu?If so, you might consider changing your sleep habits. Good health  demands good sleep.Studies have shown that most people need eight hours of sleep each night.Americans, however, on average, get only seven hours.Onethird of us get just six hours, and good health is not simply a matter of how much sleep you get, but also the type of sleep you get. Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep allows your body to grow and repair itself.During NREM sleep, your muscles relax.Your heart rate and breathing rate decrease.Your eyes roll slowly back and forths then they stop moving.Most of the sleeping you do is NREM sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep restores your brain.During REM sleep, you dream.You may not remember every dream, but every time you sleep, you dream.Your eye  s move back and forth quickly.Your breathing rate and heartbeat increase.Your muscles become paralysed (麻痹的). About 25 percent of your sleep is REM sleep.You need enough of both kinds of sleep to be healthy. Is it a real concern if you don"t get enough good sleep?It certainly is.Poor sleep puts you and others at risk.  More than 100,000 car accidents are caused each year by drivers who nod off (打盹). Almost $100 billion is lost yearly in the business and environmental field.People deprived_of sleep have been factors inthe Challenger space tragedy, the Exxon Valdez oil spill (溢出), and the Chernobyl nuclear reactor  accident.So do yourself and everyone around you a favour.Don"t cheat yourself out of good sleep! | |||
| 1. This passage is mainly about________. | |||
| A. why people dream B. what happens during REM sleep C. why people catch colds and flu D. the importance of sleep | |||
| 2. Most sleep at night is________. | |||
| A. NREM sleep B. REM sleep C. good quality sleep D. sleep that makes you become paralysed | |||
| 3. "Good sleep" can be described as________. | |||
| A. getting about eight hours of the two types of sleep B. sleeping soundly through the night C. getting more than seven hours of sleep each night D. having sleep that prevents accidents | |||
| 4. To help the readers understand the effects of poor sleep habits, the writer________. | |||
| A. explains the two types of sleep B. compares the two kinds of sleep C. mentions several disasters D. explains all the risks | |||
| 5. The underlined phrase "deprived of" in the last paragraph means "________". | |||
| A. not wanting B. stopped from having C. trying to get D. asking for | |||
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Computers are very important to modern life.Many people think that in the future computer | |||
| 1. In the first paragraph, it is thought that people will use computers for________. | |||
| A. playing games, shopping and making telephone calls B. m  aking telephone calls, having meals and seeing filmsC. seeing films, buying food and going for holidays D. playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctor | |||
2. Which reason for using computerized books is NOT mentioned in the passage? | |||
| A. Computerized books won"t be very expensive. B. Computers can keep many different books in them. C. We won"t have lots of pages. D. We won"t need any paper. | |||
3. The fourth paragraph te lls________. | |||
| A. about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating B. if the Internet will change our habits C. about computerized books D. about future uses of computers | |||
| 4. The best title for this passage is________. | |||
| A. Computers Will Replace Shops and Books B. Computers in the Future C. Computers Will Do Everything for Man D. How Computers Change Our Habits | |||
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| Cyber Caf? (网吧) or computer centers are found in many cities around world.Now, a few American high schools are opening these centers.For example, a high school in the state of Maryland began operating a Cyber Caf ? last March.All students at BethesdeChevy Chase High School in Bethesda can use the Cybe  r Caf?.But school officials say it"s set especially to help students who have no computer or cannot use the Internet at home. The officials say thirteen percent of the students at the school a  re from poor families.Many students have arrived in the United States from other countries recently.Students in the school"s program for learning English speak twentythree languages. The idea for a Cyber Caf? at BethesdaChevy Chase High School began three years ago.At that time officials were planning to restore the school building.Parents interested in technology proposed (建议) to build a Cyber Caf ?. Over two years, money for a Cyber Caf ? and other new computers was collected.It received more than one hundred seventy thousand dollars.The Caf ? now has s  ixteen computers, a printer and a scanner (扫描仪). School official Ann Hengerer says students use the Internet to complete research.They also write homework and required papers on the computer.In addition, they can send and receive electronic mails  .That is especially helpful for many students who have family members in other nations.The Cyber Caf? also serves a social purpose.Visitors can stop by for a drink of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. | |||
1. According to the passage, who do you think can use the Cyber Caf? at BethesdaChevy Cho se High School? | |||
A. On ly the students from foreign countries.B. Only the students who have no computer at home. C. All the teachers at school.D. All the students at school. | |||
| 2. What does the underlined word "purpose" in the last paragraph probably mean? | |||
| A. Function. B. Committee. C. Attitude. D. Organization. | |||
| 3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? | |||
| A. Students can write homework on line in the Cyber Caf?. B. Students can send and receive electronic mails in the Cyber Caf?. C. Students can play some computer games in the Cyber Caf?. D. The Cyber Cafe also provides some drinks for students. | |||
| 4. What column may the passage be taken from in the newspaper? | |||
| A. Travel. B. Business. C. Education. D. Entertainment. | |||
| 5. What is the best title for the passage? | |||
| A. Cyber Caf? at High Schools B. How to Use Computers C. How to Surf the Internet D. Cyber Caf? in America | |||
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| There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter (住所)．Every Saturday or Sunday night,my family and I go out and__1__the homeless people in the city. There is one__2__thing I like to mention here.Before we begin our__3__,my family and I do not eat.We do this__4__we know how it feels to be hungry.We all get together in the kitchen and__5__the food.We then__6__ the food for 30 or more people.I like to write a special__7__on the bags like"God loves you"． A lot of people__8__homeless people.Not all homeless people are bad people.Some are really__9__.Many people hate them__10__no good reason.In the beginning,when my family and I went out on the street,we had to__11__their trust.Later,as they__12__us every week,they started to trust us.We__13__ know some of their names.We all have to keep in mind that they also have__14__.Some of them shake our hands for giving them food,and__15__us.Some of them do really funny dances because they are __16__. We have become__17__close to a man named Tony and his wife.After meeting with them several times,he has told us a lot about his__18__.He graduated from college and has a PHD.He used to teach French and Spanish. After we get done feeding the homeless,it makes me__19__what I have at home.Sometimes it makes me sad,and makes my mom cry.I love feeding the homeless,and__20__in someone"s life. | |||
| ( )1. A.visit ( )2. A.common ( )3. A.show ( )4. A.so ( )5. A.design ( )6. A.bag ( )7. A.passage ( )8. A.please ( )9. A.helpful ( )10. A.for ( )11. A.bring ( )12. A.served ( )13. A.hardly ( )14. A.words ( )15. A.change ( )16. A.happy ( )17. A.only ( )18. A.dream ( )19. A.want ( )20. A.taking care | B. introduce B. exciting B. journey B. when B. prepare B. cook B. saying B. help B. nice B. at B. earn B. told B. never B. looks B. thank B. great B. too B. future B. appreciate B. watching out | C. save C. special C. vacation C. if C. buy C. fetch C. note C. love C. funny C. of C. create C. saw C. sometimes C. desires C. impress C. surprised C. also C. life C. keep C. showing up | D. feed D. embarrassing D. meal D. because D. give D. find D. message D. misunderstand D. beautiful D. on D. share D. needed D. even D. feelings D. disappoint D. bored D. really D. friend D. think D. making a difference |
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Ric kshaw pullers (人力车夫) are some of the poorest people in our city and they work extremely hard. Recently I suffered a(n)__1__injury and had to use a rickshaw puller to take me to the hospital every __2__.I also had to use these trips to get all the stuff (物品) I__3__like medicines, milk, fruit, etc.__4__ I couldn"t walk too much.Every day on the way back home, I would__5__the rickshaw puller to stop by the__6__to get me the things I needed. Each day, it would be a__7__rickshaw puller and at first I was worried that they would not__8__to stop or they might ask me for more money for this.However, they__9__me wholeheartedly; without any __10__of the time, effort or money, the rickshaw pullers would__11__set off to get the stuff for me.Often they weren"t exactly__12__about what to get so they would come back to me for clarification (说明). Sometimes they would__13__different kinds of stuff with them to show me so I could select__14__and then they would go back to the shop to buy it.They would take care to make sure I got whatever I needed at the right price.They would try to__15__the rickshaws as close to my __16__as possible, so I would have to walk as little as possible to get into my house.One of them didn"t even take any extra (额外的) __17__for the time or efforts to help me when I__18__it at the end of the trip. I was so__19__these rickshaw pullers for offering me not only help but care and concern in a genuine (真诚的) way, as if I were their__20__. | |||
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