【小题1】 They may be happiness, sadness, surprise, fear or excitement. Sometimes, it seems that we are influenced by these feelings. The following reasons show why feelings are important.

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When faced with a difficult exam, you might be worried about whether you have done well or not. In order to experience positive (积极的) feelings, you feel like working harder to get a good grade.

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Charles Darwin was one of the earliest scientists to study feelings. He believed that feelings allow both humans and animals to live a peaceful life. For example, if you meet a barking (狂吠的) dog, it clearly shows that the animal is angry, driving you to stay back.

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When you communicate with others, it is important to understand how they are feelings in the moment through their facial expressions and body language. This allows you to build deeper and more meaningful relationships with others.

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Feelings have a great influence on the decisions you make, from what you have for breakfast to what job you choose to take. They may also help you make faster decisions.

Do you often have problems in your life? I usually fight with my friends or my parents.After that, I will feel terrible and take no interest in doing anything. How about you? Do you often get angry? Anger is a kind of feeling. 【小题1】 When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, or when your friend breaks your favorite thing, you may get really angry.

【小题2】 For example, you breathe (呼吸) faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something, but sometimes you keep your anger inside. The problem is that if you do this, you may get some health problems.

【小题3】 But keeping anger inside usually just makes things much worse. So you need to let go out of your anger. Try to let it out in the right way, without hurting (伤害) others or yourself. When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. 【小题4】 When you talk about it, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: you can count from one to one hundred, go for a bike ride,think about good things and so on.

Remember that what you do when you’re angry can make everything worse. 【小题5】 Don’t let your anger control (控制) you. Try your best to control your anger!

We must learn how to change (改变) these “problems” into “challenges (挑战)”.

My mother is cool — much cooler than most people. I give her full credit for making me the person who I am today. To thank her, I'd like to share some of the things she taught me.

1. 【小题1】

No matter how hard things got, my mom could always joke about them. It has taught me things are never, ever, end-of-the-world kind of bad. I'm sure this has made me a more relaxed person.

2. 【小题2】

My mother made her own clothes she felt like wearing. Soon enough, people asked her to make clothes, and it turned into a full-time business. That shows me how you can set up your own business by expressing yourself truthfully.

3. 【小题3】

As a creative, my mother always encouraged us to do imaginative things for enjoyment and discouraged TV. We dressed up in costurnes, drew pictures, and sang at the top of our lungs. Today, I am a very fun person to be with.

4. 【小题4】

My mom has always pushed me towards becoming independent. Not for her good, but for mine. I made my own decisions without her trying to manage me. Because of this, I grow up to be completely independent.

5. 【小题5】

Growing up, I've made my fair share of mistakes. Instead of saying "I told you so", my mom always let me work things out myself. She was also there to help me pick up the pieces, if I ever needed help.

For all that you've done and everything that you are—thank you, mom!