How to write a Letter to Parents
As a teacher, one of the most difficult parts of your job is working with parents.
·Put positive communication in the letter, even if you are writing to discuss a problem.
·Share the problem with the parents. Express your concern and desire to help.
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·Consider mailing the letter to the parent, rather than sending it home with the student. Some students will intentionally forget to give the letter to their parents, while others will accidentally or purposely lose the letter.
A.Ask for a response. |
B.Respect parents and never quarrel with them. |
C.Whenever you meet with problems, you should keep cool. |
D.Sending it in the mail makes it more certain that it will be received. |
E.Do not place it completely on their shoulders, as they may hate this action. |
F.You can do this by pointing out a little progress the child has made recently. |
G.With proper communication, however, you can build bridges between the school and home. |
You’re out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter’s choice of words to how they carry themselves while taking orders to the bill’s total.
“Studies before have shown that mimicry (模仿) brings into positive feelings for the mimicker,” wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. “These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimics them.”
So Rick van Baren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, “Coming up!” Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their take-home(实得收入). The results were clear---it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cab drivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers’ bills went up.
“That’s also a point of tipping,” Green says. “You have to give a little extra to the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren’t there you’d never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there.”
【小题1】According to the passage, a customer gives the cab driver a tip for ____.A.driver’s politeness | B.being there | C.driver’s attitudes | D.driver’s mimicry |
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A.oppose Mr. Green’s idea about tipping |
B.support the opinions of Mr. Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping |
C.give his generous tip to the waiters very often |
D.think part of Mr. Green’s explanation is reasonable |
When we present a speech, how can we win the audience’s trust? Please build the three capacities.
1. Be competent.
2. Be connected.
Stories can inspire the emotion of our audience, through which the audience starts to connect with us on a personal level.What personal examples can we share in our speech?
3. Be consistent.
Does our message constantly change or does it remain consistent?
These three capacities are not easy to build.
A.Are our actions consistent with our words? |
B.People trust clarity and distrust what is overly vague. |
C.We can show our competency in many ways when we speak. |
D.We recommend a specific focus on the stories that show our honesty. |
E.While we address this capacity last, it’s actually one of the most important. |
F.When we put ourselves in our audience’s shoes, we make them feel heard and understood. |
G.However, once they’re practiced in our speech, they will help us build trust with our audience. |
Tips for avoiding traffic jams
The radio has more than just music. Check the local news station for the latest traffic report. Or go online and check traffic cameras before you set out. If there is a jam, you’ll be prepared and can try another route.
Take the road less travelled. Although highways may be the most direct route, back (偏僻的) roads can be much less crowded, which can save you from the frustration of the stopandgo traffic.
Rush hour isn’t just a lovely nickname. It means the morning and afternoon traffic lasts for several hours, but they’re still called “rush hour” for a reason — everyone’s on the road and in a hurry to get somewhere. Treat rush hour like bad weather — if you don’t have to go anywhere, stay off the roads.
Tips for those unavoidable traffic jams
Don’t break the law. You’ve gone 30 feet in 30 minutes and all of a sudden you see people using the shoulders (紧急停车道). Don’t behave like them. Not only is this illegal, but also there’s a good chance they’ll get caught or cause even more problems.
Pay extra attention to zigzaggers (Z字形行进者). When some people are anxious, they may start changing lanes (车道) every 5 seconds or cut you off. Keep checking your windows and mirrors for these lane changers.
Look for an escape. If it is possible to exit the road safely, do it. Use a GPS unit, and you can change your route midtrip if needed.
Be courteous. Good manners could help you avoid a possible accident. Allow people in from a lane that is ending. Speeding up to keep them out increases your chances of an accident.
【小题1】To avoid traffic jams, we are advised to do the following EXCEPT .A.getting traffic news before leaving | B.changing lanes frequently |
C.avoiding rush hours | D.choosing back roads |
A.Sound the horn loudly. | B.Stop and let them go first. |
C.Keep checking the mirrors. | D.Drive quickly to keep them out. |
A.Entertainment. | B.Advertisement. |
C.Market. | D.Life. |
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