When people introduce themselves,I always hear them say "I'm just a housewife".I don't understand why their introduction is always filled with regret and self-pity.Is it,really a crime to be a housewife?Is it really embarrassing when you choose not to work outside and instead choose to work in your home?

How could you be "just a housewife" when the basic social unit of society depends on you and your service?A housewife works for the longest hour,supporting your husband,child studies,caring for elders,managing finances, paying bills,grocery shopping,cooking according to individual taste,cleaning,etc.A housewife could be anyone: daughter,wife,mother,teacher,financial advisor,fashion designer and nurse,gardener,driver,cook,and so on.Don't think you are not being paid for it.You get the reward that no money can offer—the love and affection of your family,their trust for you,a happy home and your own satisfaction.

It is you who choose to be in this occupation,willingly or for any other reason.After a busy day,all wait to return to the comfortable home set by you.They know you will be there to absorb all their stress and tiredness and relax them.Would the life have been the same had you been working outside to earn some money?Would you along with your family have been able to buy all the content in life that you are enjoying now with that money?

Respect yourself for what you are.Introduce yourself to the world with the same dignity.The world understands the importance of your job;it's time to make them accept it.Introduce yourself with pride and with twinkle in your eyes "I am a housewife".Kick that "just" out..

1.How do people feel when they say "I'm just a housewife"?

A. Satisfied. B. Proud.

C. Regretful. D. Anxious.

2.Listing the housewife's duties,the author implies a housewife .

A. usually leads a terrible life

B. plays a more important role

C. does not always get her reward

D. makes a great contribution to the family

3.If a housewife worked outside,she would .

A. have the same life like before

B. set a comfortable home for her family

C. absorb her family's stress

D. lose the content that she is enjoying

4.What is the author's attitude toward housewives

A. Supportive. B. Doubtful.

C. Opposed. D. Tolerant.

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Controlling Anger

Becoming angry is something beyond the control of people 1 Becoming angry can do a lot of damages, both mental and physical. However, there are methods for discovering how to control anger and not suffer later.

2 The moment you feel there are chances of you becoming angry, get away from those circumstances. In fact, there can be no better a judge than you, for discovering what it is or who it is that makes you become angry, and then at that moment choose to think about something else that can lighten your feelings.

●Keep a check on your breathing. 3 By controlling the process of breathing, you can actually slow down your anger greatly. You can count till the number three as you breathe in, hold it for 3 seconds and again count till three while breathing out. You have to concentrate on the count as you do this and repeat for as many times as is required.

4 For example, if you're experiencing road anger while driving, you can choose to tell yourself that the person who overtook you by a vehicle was in a hurry as a result of some emergency and appreciate the fact that nothing major had happened to your car. Repeat this form of self talk to yourself every time you are in the middle of such an angry situation.

●Look for a support in other people. 5 It needs to be clear right at the beginning as to why you are discussing your concerns with that individual. Let the other individual know what you want from the other person. After you're done with your part of discussing about the circumstances, chances are that you'll feel much better than before.

A. Talk to yourself positively.

B. Come to a stop as soon as you are angry.

C. Try to see the situation in a different light.

D. You can also ask for help from the one you rely on.

E. What you can do when you become angry is to breathe deeply.

F. In fact, almost all people at one point of time or the other become angry.

G. You can imagine going to a place you consider to be calming as well as relaxing.

The day before Mother’s Day this year, police received a call from Doris, a heavy-hearted wife. Her husband Melvyn, who suffers Alzheimer's disease, had gone_______from the Little Rock, Arkansas home.

Police found Melvyn two blocks from their home, unable to tell officers where he _______.However, as to where he was going, he wasn’t _______ he was buying his _______ flowers for Mother's Day, as he had every year since she gave birth to their first child.

Melvyn’s condition has been slowly _______ since he was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. His wife has become her husband’s carer, watching _______ as the cruel disease _______her husband’s memories and personality away from him.

Officers intended to take the elderly man straight home—but Melvyn was having _______ of that.” He was pretty _______.” Officer Troy told CBS, “he wasn’t going home ____________ he got those flowers.” So the officers decided to lend him a ____________, secretly stopping in at a local supermarket and helping him ____________ a bunch of beautiful cream-colored roses.“I didn't have a __________;we had to get those flowers, ” Officer Troy says. The ____________ officers even secretly slipped the cashier some extra cash when Melvyn couldn’t ____________ the bill.

Doris was ____________ when she saw her husband of 60 years walking up their front stairs in the company of the police officers, but her relief turned to ____________when he presented her with the flowers.

“As he came up those steps, and I saw those roses and the smile on his face, I was touched ____________, “Dons told CBS, “I just said, thank you, thank you, because I saw his ____________.”

“It’s special, because even though his mind doesn’t remember everything, his heart ____________.”

1.A. crazy B. hungry C. missing D. wrong

2.A. goes B. shops C. works D. 1ives

3.A. excited B. disappointed C. confused D. amazed

4.A. mother B. wife C. daughter D. niece

5.A. worsening B. improving C. changing D. moving

6.A. aimlessly B. fearlessly C. carelessly D. helplessly

7.A. opens B. steals C. betters D. keeps

8.A. both B. all C. none D. neither

9.A. cruel B. brave C. proud D. stubborn

10.A. when B. until C. if D. though

11.A. car B. flower C. hand D. phone

12.A. select B. grow C. preserve D. decorate

13.A. customer B. chance C. choice D. partner

14.A. serious B. strong C. rude D. kind

15.A. cover B. buy C. find D. deliver

16.A. tired B. relieved C. puzzled D. astonished

17.A. sorrow B. loss C. anger D. joy

18.A. inside B. outside C. slightly D. hardly

19.A. present B. condition C. heart D. smile

20.A. sinks B. beats C. remembers D. ignores

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