A movie called Better Day has made many people talk about school bullying(欺凌). _______ likes a bully(欺凌者). However, bullying is still happening in school.

One of the reasons is that the Internet makes school bullying _______. Bullies often use the Internet as a tool and _______ may just post as bad message or photo on Weibo or in a WeChat group. Then, everyone in the class or even the whole school, will _______ it. Some may even join in to hurt the victim(受害者).

The bully may think it’s fun. But the life of the victim gets hurt. If you see someone being bullied(被欺凌的), you can give a hand. With your _______, they may keep themselves away from bullying. Why not try the following steps?

_______ you can ask the bully to stop. If a bully knows there is someone around, he will quickly leave his victim, _______ be brave and help those bullied students at once. Next, you can tell an adult. The bullied kids are often shy and _______ to tell an adult what is happening. You can be the messenger(送信者). If you tell an adult what is happening, the victim will be safe. An adult, like a parent or a teacher, can help _______ the bullying too. Finally you can be friendly. Bullied students often feel very lonely because they have few ________. You can make friends with the bullied students and try to make them happy again. Then they will stay away from school bullying little by little.

We wish that we could be better at sports or more attractive. We wish we had nicer clothes or more money. Everyone likes to feel that he or she is special._______, many of us grow up believing that we’re not special at all. We believe we are not _______ enough just as we are.

Most parents want us to be the best we can be. Very often, they _______ us to others. By doing this, they try to encourage us to do better. They mean well, but the message we often get is that we’re not good enough. We begin to believe that the only way we can be special is by being better than someone else, but we are often _______. There will always be someone out there who is better than we are at _______. Plenty of people around may not be as smart as we are, but they are better at sports. Or they may not be as _______, but they have more money. It is _______ for us to be better than everyone else all the time. We all want the things that we believe will make us better people. But very often we don’t realize that we already have _______ us the very things that we want. These things make us different from others. When we are growing up, _______ sometimes forget to tell us that we are special, that we are good enough. Maybe no one told them when they were growing up. Anyway, it’s up to us to ________ them from time to time that each of us, in our own way, is special. What we are is enough.

Teen faints after skipping meals

A teenage girl fainted yesterday at Stonechester High School after skipping meals.

Jennifer Jones, 15, told friends in her class that she was feeling unwell. She then passed out in her morning PE lesson and was rushed to hospital.

Jennifer was found to have dangerously low blood sugar levels and was treated immediately. Her worried parents told the doctor that their daughter missed breakfast that day and ________ touched her dinner the night before. Fortunately, she is now out of danger. Her doctor says that she will make a full recovery in a day or two.

Jennifer’s classmates hope to see her back at school soon. They say that she has struggled with eating problems for a long time. “Jennifer thought that skipping meals would be a simple way to reach her target weight,” her friend Laura Williams told our reporter. “She has not eaten breakfast for the last few months. She told me she had trouble concentrating in class. I ________ her that skipping meals was unhealthy, but she wouldn’t listen.”

Jennifer’s case is a reminder of the ________ of the unhealthy weight-loss habits that have become common among teenagers of both sexes. In a society where being thin is often seen as being beautiful, teenagers sometimes turn to extreme methods to slim down quickly. According to a recent survey of senior high school students’ lifestyles, almost one fifth of teenagers regularly skip meals, one in ten over-exercise and four per cent even take weight-loss medicine. Health experts are ________ these figures. They are increasing their efforts to educate teenagers about the side effects of losing weight too quickly. They have also warned them against using such extreme methods.

“These so-called ‘quick-fix methods’________ to be harmful to teenagers. It is normal for teenagers to be slightly overweight and there is no reason why they should be worried. However, for those who are dangerously overweight, it is very important that they try to lose weight properly,” said an expert.

She pointed out that it is important to have a healthy balanced diet since teenagers are still growing and their bodies need a lot of nutrition to function well. If they do not take in enough food, they may feel weak and get ill easily. She added, “________, they should keep regular hours and get plenty of exercise to stay energetic and fit. We strongly encourage all teenagers to follow these lifestyle tips, because living well is the safest and most effective way to get into shape.”