When you are sad, you need to find ways to deal with (处理) your sadness. When you learn how to deal with your sadness, you’ll find your own happiness.

Accept (接受) your sadness. It’s not a bad thing to feel sad. Try to face what is making you feel sad. Don’t pretend (假装) it isn’t there. And don’t believe it will just go away on its own.

Speak about your sadness. You don’t have to tell everybody everything, but it is nice to talk to friends or family about your feelings. You may not need him or her to say a word; just having someone to listen to you is sometimes enough.

Put your sadness into written words. Write down how you are feeling every day and why you think you are feeling this way. Write down how you deal with your sadness and which ways work.

Take part in activities. Read a good book, listen to music, exercise or take a walk outside. These can help you feel relaxed and forget your sadness.

See a doctor. If your sadness starts to interfere with (干扰) your everyday life seriously, you should ask your doctor for help.

Friends are important to everyone in this world. With friends, you can share your happiness and your sadness. “How to make friends” is a question for a lot of people, and here are some ways to help you make new friends!

Join a club

Being in a club is like joining another family. You take care of one another, and you all have the same interest. It can be volleyball or chess, swimming or dancing. You will be with these people through (通过) meetings, games, or at mealtimes. And it will make the whole process (过程) of making friends easy because you can know more about people, and they can learn more about you too.

Show up

You never know who you will meet next in your life, so show up every time you can. Let people find the good in you, like you are kind to others and you would like to help people in need. Also, don’t be afraid to speak your ideas out in your classes or in public (在公共场合). This is a way to find people who have the same ideas.

Be a good listener

Many people may think that they need to have interesting stories to make friends. But that is not enough. You don’t want to be the person who always has a better story than anyone else. Listening to other people’s stories can help you get close to them. People enjoy talking about how great they are or look. Show that you are listening by saying something back.

The haze (雾霾) season is back. How much do you know about haze? Let me tell you something about haze and how to defense (抵御) it.

We can also call it “smog”. The word “smog” is from the words “smoke” and “fog”. It is a kind of air pollution (污染) mostly because of cars and factories.

Smog is bad for your health. It can make you cough and cause skin and eye problems. It seems that we can do nothing to stop it, but only wait until the wind blows all the smog away. However, there are some easy ways to protect (保护) us. Here are some of them.

Exercising in the open makes you breathe (呼吸) deeply, and you will take in the particles (颗粒物) deep into your lungs (肺).

If you can, just stay in your room and keep the doors and windows closed. Remember to air your room twice a day, you can open the window at noon or at night for half an hour.

Paper and cotton masks can not help you in the haze weather. Some special masks, such as N95 masks, can keep you from breathing in the particles in the air.

Scientists find that vitamin A, C and E can greatly help protect your eyes, nose and lungs. So eat many green vegetables and healthy fruit every day. What’s more, do not eat food with too much fat (脂肪), it’s bad for you.