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Jessica and Joyce were best friends in junior grade three. They did almost everything together. Then one day, after a misunderstanding(误解),Joyce stopped talking to Jessica. For more than three months, Joyce refused to talk to Jessica or answer her notes. “During that time, I found out what an important friend she was,” Jessica says, “ I couldn’t even give all my attention to my study, I just thought about how to heal(修复) our friendship. ”

The next term, Jessica tried again. This time,Joyce was also happy to work it out. It took some time and hard work, but the friendship was healed.

Most of us have suffered the pain of broken friendships. But the good news is that most friendships can be healed.

Oxford professor Michael Argyle recently finished a 15 - year study that found out what makes people happy. What did he find? The key to happiness is having one close relationship and network of friends. Other studies show that our social connections make us healthier. Keeping healthy friendship is worth the hard work!

If there’s broken friendship you'd like to heal, try the following advice:

Try to see things from your friend' s point of view.

Talk about the problems openly but kindly.

At first, Jessica didn't understand why Joyce slopped talking to her. Then Joyce finally explained that Jessica’s trick made her upset. “I finally found out she was angry because I made fun of her in front of the boys in our class. " Jessica explained. Jessica meant nothing by her trick and thought it shouldn’t make Joyce upset. But when she realized that it was embarrassing(令人 难堪的)to Joyce, she slopped. Then their friendship could heal.

It’s not strange for friendships to change. Problems come when one friend tries to keep on the other friend lets go. If your friend isn’t ready to work things out, accept it and move on.

1.Why did Joyce and Jessica stop talking to each other?

2.How did Jessica feel when Joyce didn’t want to talk to her?

3.After some time and hard work, Jessica and Joyce became friends again, didn't they?

4.According to Michael Argyle's study, what is the key to happiness?

5.Is it strange or common for friendship to change?

6.If your best friend does not talk to you, what will you do?

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of each verb given.

Conner 1. (wait) for the doors to open at his school in Wichita, Kansas, on August 14, when he suddenly started to cry. His autism(自闭症)sometimes makes him uncontrollable in his emotions. He wished his personal aide Judy were there to help, then he 2. (not make) such a scene at the school gate, crying.

Children 3. (diagnose) with autism can look and act very differently. Some can talk, while others cannot. Many are uncomfortable with noise. Some have trouble 4.(look) at other people in the eye. Children with autism have different abilities, such as artistic abilities. Some children with autism as well as a talent for music even have the chance5. (invite) to play in a band.

While Conner was crying his classmate Christian happened to glance at him. Christian 6. (may overlook) him like most kids would have, but he didn’t. Instead, Christian just reached over and grabbed Conner by the hand, 7. (make) Conner’s day better. The boys 8. (be) in classes together before this year, but they didn’t know each other well. Now they are inseparable.

A mom happened to snap a photo of the spontaneous act of kindness, and then posted the photo online. The attention has gone viral in the social media and many people 9. (touch) by this act of kindness.

“You can choose to see someone who’s having a really bad day and say something horrible to them and make their day even worse,” said the mom who snapped the photo. “Or you can choose the opposite and say something nice, hand a tissue to someone who 10. (cry) and make his day better.”

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