Parents play a very important role in the growing process of their children. But they usually spend a special period on how to ______ well with their children. For me, relations between my mother and me became difficult when I was in Grade 8.

One day, I ran away from home and stayed away for many hours. When I returned home at night, I found my mother ______ me all the time. We knew that we were in great ______ of a talk. We agreed to have breakfast together the next morning. It was a turning point in both of our lives and our relationship.

We decided to go to a restaurant. On our way to the table I ______ my mother had two notebooks. She explained to me that sometimes it was easier to write down our feelings ______ talking about them.

Our first topic was “why I’m so angry”, I wrote a half page, and my mom filled up nearly three pages. I watched tears run down her face as she wrote. I never realized anyone could hide so much anger. ______ we finished writing, we exchanged our notebooks. When we finished reading, we discussed our ______. It was amazing that all the anger inside me seemed to go away from my body. Our talk helped me realize so many things I had never thought of before, not only about my mother but also about other people.

My mother and I continue to use our notebooks ______ a way of communicating our feelings. We have come to an agreement that at the end of each letter we write, “I love you.”

During my visit to a school in Canada, what I heard most often were words like these: “Please do in pairs.” “Four students a group.” In Canada, students act in groups. Their ______ spirit really surprised me.

This was a writing lesson. The teacher asked the students to work in groups. It meant they ______ one article together! A group had ______ students. The first student wrote the ______ of the story. He had only one minute. He had to pass ______ unfinished article to the next student when the teacher said, “Stop!” The second student ______ with the story, and then the third, the fourth and finally the fifth one. The last student tried his ______ to finish the story with a good ending. Each of them had the same time limit（限制）.

The students soon finished their articles. The lesson actually went like a competition, ______ they were all excited. Learning how to write like this should be fun to students. I think our Chinese kids would not be ______ about writing, if they had a lesson like this.

We all know that cooperation（合作）is important, but how to improve this ability? I think we can learn something ______ schools in Canada. Maybe it`s a good idea to begin with group activities!

People use body language to send messages to others. It is very ________ because others can understand you easily when you use body language. When you are talking with others, you are not just using words, but also using ________. For example, waving one’s hand is to say, “Goodbye”. Shaking hands means welcome, and clapping hands ________ congratulations (祝贺). Nodding the head means YES, but shaking the head means NO.

Different countries have ________ body language. For example, when in ________, France and Arab countries, people kiss each other when they meet, ________ men in China or Australia shake hands. People in Puerto Rico like touching each other, but people in Britain do not touch each other. People in Arab countries like ________ close to one another when they are talking, but English people must keep a distance away when they are talking. It is very important ________ the meanings of gestures and movements in the foreign country. ________ they will help you communicate with people and make you stay there much more ________ and comfortable.