You know how wonderful you are，and you know that others know how wonderful you are，but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy？For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship.When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do，but the good news is that there is.Don't let jealousy spoil your relationships.Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is，but if you want to save your friendship you'll have to do just that.Don't approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited)，just take some time alone with them and let them know that you've been feeling like there's been something coming between you.If they refuse to respond，then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling.Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.

When you figure out what is annoying your friend，ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better.If，for example，(s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn't get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from the swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you.Remember，though，that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise.Don't limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy.Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.

Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy.This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies.Before taking extreme action，chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.If you can't，be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won't.

1.According to the author，the jealousy emotion is ________.

A．normal? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B．productive

C．destructive? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D．extreme

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?

A．Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.

B．Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.

C．Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.

D．Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think there's something coming between you.

3.The purpose of the passage is ________.

A．to explain what causes jealousy

B．to offer some advice on making friends

C．to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend

D．to explain how destructive the jealous emotion is

4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A．There's always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.

B．Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.

C．You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts，chances or self?development.

D．You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution

An allowance（零花钱）is an important tool for teaching kids how to budget, save and make their own decision. Children remember and learn from mistakes when their own dollars are lost or spent foolishly. 

How large an allowance is appropriate? Experts say there is not a right amount. Actually amounts differ from region to region, and from family to family.

To set an appropriate allowance for your child, work out a weekly budget. Allow for entertainment expenditures(花费) such as movies and snacks. Next, include everyday expenses such as lunch money, bus fare, school supplies. “If you make the child responsible for these bills,” Says Josephine Swanson, a consumer specialist, “he or she will learn to budget for necessary expenditures.”

Finally, add some extra money to make saving possible. If you can, keep your child’s allowance in line with that of his friends. A child whose purchasing power falls away below his peer’s can feel left out.

It can be tough, but avoid excusing your children when they make a mistake with their allowance. When Brooke Stephens was ten, her mother gave her $1, 75% of which for bus fare and lunch. “If you lose your money,” Brooke’s mother told her, “you walk home.”

    One week the girl spent all her allowance in a candy store, then she called home for a ride. “Mom made me walk home.” recalled Stephens, now a financial planner. “ At first I was angry, but I finally realized that she was trying to teach me an important lesson.”

Experts advise that an allowance not be tied directly to child’s daily chores（日常家务）.

Kids should help around the house not because they get paid for it but because they share responsibilities as members of a family. You might, however, pay a child for doing extra jobs at home that can develop his or her initiative.

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Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently. _ _【小题1】
First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language. The most important thing is to listen as often as possible. _【小题2】  The Internet is really a useful tool for English students. You can download The RealPlayer from RealMedia.com. The RealPlayer allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.
Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated （受阻）by limited understanding. __【小题3】__
Here is some of the advice I give my students:
●Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.
●Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times.
● Do not translate everything into your native language.
●__【小题4】___ Don’t concentrate on details before you have understood the main ideas.
● Listen to something you enjoy.
I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the beginning, when I didn’t understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind. This method usually resulted in confusion.  【小题5】 Firstly, translating creates a barrier between the listener and the speaker. Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn’t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.

A．But you can’t follow a native English speaker at all!

B．What should you do?

C．But listening is a problem for most of the beginners!

D．However, after several weeks, I got used to the new environment in Germany.

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where：Tahua，Bolivia

How much：About $95 a night

Why it’s cool：You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood，but salt？That’s something few can claim.Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt—including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses(床垫) and blankets)．The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni，a prehistoric dried?up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat.Builders use the salt from the 4,633?square?mile flat to make the bricks，and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.When rain starts to dissolve the hotel，the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where：Vythiri，India

How much：About $240 a night

Why it’s cool：Taking a pulley(滑轮)?operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure.As you look out of your open window—there is no glass！—you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷)．Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel，or just sit on your bamboo bed and read.You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley?drawn “elevator”．

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where：Cottonwood，Idaho

How much：$92 a night

Why it’s cool：This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet.Sweet_Willy is a 30?foot?tall dog with guest rooms in his belly.Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side.You can relax in the main bedroom，go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy’s head，or hang out inside his nose.Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters，there is also a toilet in the 12?foot?tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where：Ayvali，Turkey

How much：Between $130 and $475 a night

Why it’s cool：This is caveman cool！Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago，when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash.But your stay will be much more modern.Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel，and the white volcanic ash，called tufa，keeps the rooms cool，about 65? in summer.(Don’t worry—there is heat in winter.)

1.What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A．It is located on a prehistoric lake.

B．It should be protected against the rain.

C．Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

D．You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.

2.What is the similarity of the four hotels?

A．Being expensive.

B．Being comfortable.

C．Being natural.

D．Being unique.

3.What does the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A．The name of the hotel.

B．The name of the hotel owner.

C．The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D．The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

4.Which of the hotels makes you have a feeling of living in the far past?

A．Tayka Hotel de Sal.

B．Green Magic Nature Resort.

C．Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D．Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Even better, you might live longer, an American researcher reports.

“Adults who have ___1.___ sense of humor live longer than those who don’t find life funny, and the survival edge is ___2.__ (particular) large for people ___3.___ cancer,” says Richard Smith of the Columbia University of Science and Technology.

He ___4.___ (present) his study of about 54,000 Americans, ___5.___ he had followed for seven years, at the American Psychosomatic Society meeting last Monday.

At the start, patients filled out questionnaires on how easily they found humor in real-life situations __6.___ how important a ___7.___ (humor) idea was.

The study showed next the greater role humor played in their lives, the greater their chances were in ___8.___（survive）the seven years. Adults scoring in the top one-quarter for humor appreciation were 35% more likely to be alive ___9.__ those in the bottom quarter. In a smaller group of 2,015 people who had a cancer diagnosis(诊断) at the start, the study found ___10.__ important that a great sense of humor cut the chances of dying by about 70%.