How to Handle Being the New Kid at School
Being the new kid at school can be a terrible experience! It might seem like everybody else knows exactly how to act. But remember you aren’t alone. Actually, everybody is nervous on their first day and you can fit right in with the help of the following tips.
Plan ahead the night before. 1. Lay out your first day outfit (全套服装), pack a lunch, and make sure you have all your school supplies ready to go. Planning ahead can help you get a good night’s sleep and feel less nervous about your first day.
2. Make sure your clothes are cleaned and pressed and that you’ve showered, brushed your teeth. If you’re hoping to attract friends with similar interests, try wearing a shirt with your favorite show, musician, or sports team on it. 3.
Do your best to stay calm and positive. It’s normal to feel nervous or anxious when you’re the new kid at school. If you feel nervous, start by taking some deep breaths. 4. You can listen to music that makes you feel calm or happy. Try imagining a good first day in your mind instead of keeping thinking about things that could go wrong.
5. Don’t come in on the first day with your head hanging down, your shoulders lowered, and your eyes on the floor. Walk with your head held up, your back straight, and a bright expression on your face. Make eye contact with other people, and smile if they look at you or speak to you.
A.Use your body language to show confidence.
B.Introduce yourself to your teachers and classmates.
C.Choose clothes that make you feel great.
D.This can be an easy way to start a talk and break the ice a little.
E.You should keep talking and let people know that you are friendly.
F.Remember that everyone is the new kid at some point and that it’s not a big deal
G. You’ll feel less worried if everything is ready before you wake up for your first day..
Take a look inside a high school classroom. You will most likely find a teacher at the front of the class and students sitting at their desks. Yet, look closer, and you might notice a familiar scene: many of these students are not paying attention. Instead, they are dozing off (打盹) or even completely asleep.
Today, the majority of high school students are not getting enough sleep. This lack (缺乏) of sleep is a serious problem, especially as students are doing more than ever with their time. They come to school early, spend hours listening to teachers and taking tests, and come home to be faced with even more work. And the homework load these days is not light; teachers give hours worth of homework each night.
Most kids need at least nine hours of sleep per night in order to function properly. Yet the period of this nine hours shifts as a child gets older. After puberty (青春期), the body’s internal clock changes so that it is difficult for teens to fall asleep before 11 p.m. So even if a student falls asleep at eleven, they would need to sleep until at least 8 a.m. to get a full night’s sleep. Considering the time at which most high schools in this country begin, those nine hours are clearly being shortened. Few high schools start after 8 a.m.
However，there are schools that have paid attention to this research and delayed the start of their school day. In schools where the start time is after 8:30 in the morning, the teachers believe that there has been a real change in their students. They note that the students miss class less, pay more attention in class, perform better in class, and report lower levels of depression (沮丧). The researchers of these studies say that the results are quite important and that more schools should consider delaying their start time of their school day.
1.The second paragraph mainly discusses _____ .
A.why high school students should get more sleep
B.The life of high school students at present
C.why high school students feel sleepy in the classroom
D.how to lighten high school students’ homework load
2.The underlined word “shifts” in Paragraph 3 probably means“______”.
A.arrives B.reduces
C.increases D.changes
3.How do the teachers feel about the results from delaying their school day?
A.Disappointed. B.Satisfied.
C.Puzzled. D.Surprised.
课文语法填空
Dear Worried Friend,
You wrote that you are very worried 1. your friend, Chen Lei. I understand quite 2. (good) that you are anxious and feel terrible. You think that your friend 3. (play) computer games too often and spends too much time online.
I recommend that you 4. (talk) to your friend about his behaviour. It is not unusual for teenagers of your generation to be attracted 5. computer games and the online world. But 6. (spend) too much time online is unhealthy and makes 7. very difficult to focus on other things in life. Some students even become addicted to the Internet and cannot concentrate on school and family life. I think you should encourage your friend 8. (try) new hobbies. Why not 9. (discuss) the problem together? I am sure he will listen to you, since you are 10. (he) good friend.
All the best,
Susan Luo
单词拼写
1.The teacher made a suggestion that she should make an apology to her classmate for her bad ______ (行为).
2.We hope the tradition could be passed down from one ______ (一代人) to another.
3.The Great Wall ______ (吸引) millions of tourists from all over the world every year.
4.Being ______ (上瘾的) to online games does damage to our health.
5.You are an ______ (成年人) now and you need to be responsible for your actions.
假定你是英国人Jack，五月份打算来中国旅行，请你给你的中国笔友李华写封信，要点如下：
1.你的旅行计划：北京→泰山→杭州；
2.征求他的建议并询问他是否愿意充当你的导游。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：the Forbidden City紫禁城；Mount Tai泰山
Dear Li Hua,
I’m glad to tell you that I’m going to visit China in May.
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Yours,
Jack
某中学生英文报正举办“The Festival I Like Best”的征文活动，请用英文写一篇短文投稿，内容应包括：
1. 你最喜欢的节日；
2. 你喜欢该节日的两条理由(如：风俗习惯，活动，感受等等)
注意：1.词数100左右；
2. 题目已为你写好；
3. 行文连贯，语篇完整。
The Festival I Like Best
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