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Living and dealing with kids can be a difficult job, but living and dealing with parents can be even more
difficult.
If I have learned anything in my 16 ears, it is that
1 is very important,
2 when you disagree. With
any relationship, you need to let other people know how you're
3 . When you're mad at your parents, or
anyone else, not talking to them doesn't
4 anything.
Communication
5 the concerns (所关注的事) of another. It means that you can't
6 come home
from school, go up to your room and ignore (不理睬) everyone.
7 you just say "Hi", and see how their
day was for five minutes, it is better than nothing.
When
8 with parents, you always have to make them feel good about how they are doing
9 parents.
If you are
10 to make them see something as you see it, tell that you'll listen to what they have to say, but
ask them
11 to listen to you. Shouting or walking away only makes the situation
12 .
This is an
13 : one night, Sophie went to a street party with her friends. She knew she had to be home by
14 , but she didn't feel she could jus
15 to go home. That would be rude.
16 , the had been nice enough
to make her along with them. Needless to say, she was late getting home. Her parents were
17 at first, but
when Sophie explained why she was late, they weren't as mad and let the incident go. Communication was the
key factor here. If Sophie's parents had not been willing to
18 , Sophie would have been in a lot of trouble.
Communication isn't a(n)
19 way deal, it goes both ways. Just remember, if you get into a
20 like
Sophie's, tell the other person how you feel-listening is a key factor in communication.
( )1. A. discussion
( )2. A. especially
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( )4. A. mean
( )5. A. begins with
( )6. A. yet
( )7. A. Ever since
( )8. A. agreeing
( )9. A. for
( )10. A. managing
( )11. A. specially
( )12. A. worse
( )13. A. experience
( )14. A. supper
( )15. A. cheat
( )16. A. after all
( )17. A. mad
( )18. A. obey
( )19. A. new
( )20. A. position |
B. transportation
B. highly
B. feeling
B. hold
B. ends up with
B. just
B. Once
B. arguing
B. through
B. trying
B. entirely
B. better
B. example
B. noon
B. threaten
B. at first
B. anxious
B. listen
B. unique
B. stage |
C. communication
C. luckily
C. enjoying
C. solve
C. starts
C. rather
C. Even if
C. going
C. like
C. encouraging
C. politely
C. harder
C. operation
C. midnight
C. need
C. at once
C. natural
C. scold
C. honorable
C. view |
D. dependence
D. strangely
D. hating
D. shock
D. ends up in
D. even
D. Even so
D. dealing
D. as
D. affording
D. rudely
D. narrower
D. outline
D. morning
D. ask
D. in all
D. mild
D. tolerate
D. double
D. situation |