Improving your family life can help make your family members closer and prevent conflicts from getting in the way of everyone’s happiness.【小题1】Fortunately, there are lots of concrete steps you can take to make your time with your family more enjoyable and fulfilling.

Have meals together as often as possible.

Parents work and kids have after-school activities, so it’s tough to have breakfast and dinner together every day. However, do your best to eat together as often as possible.【小题2】When someone gets home from work or practice late, sit down with them while they have dinner, even if you’ve already eaten. Spending time together and having a conversation is more important than eating at the same time.

Do household chores together.

Few people actually enjoy doing chores, but sharing household responsibilities can help everyone in your family take pride in your home.【小题3】. For instance, whoever finishes folding their laundry first might get to pick out the movie you’ll watch together. Divide chores up into age-appropriate categories. After dinner, your youngest could wipe the table, your oldest could fill the dishwasher, and you could put away leftovers.

Avoid comparing your family to those you see on social media.

It can be easy to believe that because other people always look happy in their pictures and videos, they always feel that way.【小题4】If you start to envy someone else’s family, just remind yourself that you don’t know what their life is really like, and they likely have family arguments and other issues just like everyone else. Remember, even if someone else’s family takes more vacations or has more expensive things, it doesn’t mean they’re any happier than you and your family are.

Avoid harsh criticism and judgments.

Give each other permission to express emotions and act silly without fear of criticism or judgment.【小题5】If you’re a parent, offer positive, constructive criticism, and try to discourage your children from harshly judging each other. Instead of saying, “No, that’s not how you do that,” say, “Good try, but let me help you do this the right way.”

Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently.【小题1】

First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language. 【小题2】 What you need to do is find listening resources. The Internet is really a useful tool for English students.You can download The RealPlayer from the Internet. The RealPlayer allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.

Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated (受阻) by limited understanding. 【小题3】

Here is some of the advice I give my students:

·Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.

·Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times.

·Do not translate everything into your native language.

·【小题4】Don’t concentrate on details until you have understood the main ideas.

·Listen to something you enjoy.

I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the beginning, when I didn’t understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind.【小题5】Then, after the first six months, I discovered two extremely important facts. Firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn’t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.

There are as many kinds of careers as there are people.They vary greatly in the type of work involved and in the ways they influence a person’s life.The kind of career you have can affect your life in many ways.By making wise decisions concerning your career, you can help yourself build the life you want.To do that, you need as much information as possible.The more you know about yourself, the better able you will be to choose a satisfying career.

What do people hope to acquire from a career? Some people desire a high income.Some hope for fame.Others seek for adventure.Still others intend to serve people and make the world a better place.Before you begin to explore career fields, you should determine your values, your interests, and your aptitudes that will make you competent for your future work.Most people are happiest in jobs that fit their values, interests,and skills.Each person has many values, which vary in strength.For example, money is the strongest value and priority for some people—that is, wealth is more important to them than anything else.As a result, they focus their thoughts, behaviour, and emotions on the goal of earning a high income.Other values include devoting to religion, taking risks, spending time with family, and helping others.

Before making a career decision, you can ask yourself what is most important to you and examine your beliefs to better know your values.For example, is it important to you to work as a member of a team? Or would you rather be in charge or work alone? If working alone or being in charge is important to you, independence is probably one of your primary values.