In almost every American city, there are local organizations helping people stop smoking. One of the most popular and successful organizations is the California Smokers’ Helpline. Here is a page from one of their leaflets.
When we really want a cigarette—try the three Ds:
1. Delay: Look at your watch and wait for a couple of minutes. If you can wait two minutes, you won’t want to smoke.
2. Drink something: If you drink water or some other drinks, you will reduce the need to have something in your mouth.
3. Deep breathing: Breathe in slowly and deeply. Count to five when your lungs are full. Then breathe out slowly. Repeat several times.
And here are some ideas from Florida’s Anti-smoking Club to help people to give up smoking:
1. Make a plan: Make a list of friends who smoke and places where you smoke. Don’t see those people and don’t go to those places!
2. Keep busy: Instead of smoking, make a phone call, take a short walk or talk with a friend.
3. Develop new interests: Exercise—walking, biking, jogging, swimming or taking a music class—helps you to forget about cigarettes.
It is now against the school rules if someone smokes at any time in our school. So set a date, and act at once to give up smoking for your own good.
Stop smoking now—we can help! | |
The outline | Supporting details |
| Organizations to help stop smoking | There are local organizations helping stop smoking. Among them are California Smokers’ Helpline and Florida’s Anti-smoking |
| Ways to help stop smoking | * Delay your actions. Delay for more than two minutes, and you will probably give up smoking. * Drink something. Drink water or something else, and you can reduce the desire to * Deep breathing. Take a |
| Ideas to help give up smoking | * Make a plan to * Keep busy doing something instead of smoking. * Develop new interests to help you forget about cigarettes. |
| For your own good, you’d better set a date and act at once to give up smoking. | |
While some people may find New Year’s resolutions helpful and encouraging (令人鼓舞的), there are some that might forget about their own resolutions.
Resolutions can give us a clear goal. They can encourage us to keep promise. Trying to keep a New Year’s resolution is like doing homework. It might not always be fun. But you know good things will come if you keep promise. Making a New Year’s resolution makes you play a more important role in your future action.
However, if you are not the kind of person who works well in time, a New Year’s resolution may not be for you. For these people, a New Year’s resolution is usually of no use. One thing one plan is good for them.
How do you make a good resolution?
Maybe the following steps can help you. Plan for the resolution. A good plan will tell you what to do next. You need to think about some steps for the resolution. Then, write down your resolution and plan in some places such as a notebook or your diary. Think “year around”, not just “New Year’s”. You can’t finish anything in one day, but you can make a resolution in one day. It doesn’t mean you must finish it in one day.
We set a realistic (切实的) goal before the new year starts, but events do not happen as one wishes. When we make a resolution for a whole year, we may meet a lot of problems. When this happen, get relaxed and change our plan a little.
| Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day January 17 is Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day. A large number of people give up(放弃) their New Year’s resolution on that day. |
【小题1】What do people think of making New Year’s resolutions?
【小题2】Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
【小题3】The underlined word “them” in the passage refers to (指) ________.
【小题4】When is the Ditch New Year’s Resolution Day?
【小题5】Please complete the second step in the chart. What else can you do to make a good resolution?
【小题6】What resolutions will you make for the new year? Why?
World Health Day is on the seventh of April every year. We have this day to help people pay attention to (关注) their bodies. It’s good to have a healthy body (身体). Do you want to know how to be healthy? Here are some good ways (方法).
★ We need to have good eating habits. To be healthy, we must eat well and watch the food we eat. Is your food healthy? Food in colors like (比如) red, green, orange, yellow and purple is good for us. To be healthy, we need to eat food in these colors.
★ We also need to do sports. It is good for us to play sports if we want to be healthy. So, to be healthy, we need to go out and play sports.
★ We need to be happy. Being happy can make us healthy, too. Let’s try our best to have a good time every day.
根据短文内容，完成下面的表格。（每空不超过三个词）
| ★ Have good eating habits | We must eat well and eat food in |
| ★ | It is good for us to |
| ★ | We need to have fun every day. |
Maybe you are an average(平均的) student. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not true. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how.
Plan your time carefully. When you plan your week, you should make a list of things that you have to do. A weekly plan may be helpful for you. In this way, you will not worry too much about your study. Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space. The space may be a desk or just a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. When you sit down, you can go over your notes there.
Make good use of your time in class. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says. Really listening in class means fewer jobs later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
If you follow these tips and keep trying, you will be a top student sooner or later.
The Ways to Become a | |
| Plan your time carefully. | In this way, you will not be too |
Find a good place to study. | The space may be a desk or just a corner of your room. |
| When you sit down, you can | |
Make good | Really listening in class means |
| Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says. | |
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