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ion,therearevarietiesofafterschoolactivitiesinourschool,someofwhichinterestmemost.Besidesmyroutinelessonseveryday,I’moccupiedwithvarioustasksandactivities.I’mdeterminedtodowellinmylessonssoasnottoletmyparentsdown.Weshouldemployeverypossibleopportunitytoacquiremoreusefulknowledgeandgetfullydeveloped.Onlybyreadingwidelycanwegainmoreknowledgeandbroadenourhorizons.Recently,wehavehadaheateddiscussionastowhetherweshouldhavehomework.Ourteachersencourageustotakeanactivepartinout-of-classactivities.Inaddition,therearevarietiesofout-of-classactivitiesinourschool,someofwhichinterestmegreatly.Exercise,inmyopinion,isvitaltogoodhealth.Ofallthesports,footballismyfavorite.IwillgoinforitaslongasIcansparesometime.BusyasIam,Ienjoymyschoollife.Notonlydoesexercisehelptobuildupyourbody,butitcanalsogiveyouachancetopurifyyourmind.Besides,youcanfindsport,encouragingyoutoovercomedifficultinyourstudy.Notice寫作句型地點表示方法inRoom8inthemeetingroominthestadiuminteacher’sofficeinthelab時間表達from2:00p.m.to4:30p.m.onFeb.27thinRoom105inJune,2009onJune21,2009onThursday,June21,2009at7:00p.m.onJune21,2009at7:00ontheeveningofJune21,2009at7:00p.m.onThursday,June21,2009at7:00onThursdayevening,June21,2009from2:00p.m.to4:30p.m.onThursday,June21,2009動詞短語organizeatourgivealecturegiveatalktakepartin=participateinsignup(for)常用句式1.TherewillbealectureonAmericanCulture…2.AlecturewillbegivenonAmericanCulture…3.TheStudents’Unionhasdecidedtoholdameeting…4.Thosewhoareinterestedinit,please…5.Makesurethatyou…/Besureto…6.Pleaserememberto…/Don’tforgetto…7.Pleaseattenditontime.8.Dobepresentontime.9.Don’tmissthechance.感謝信常用句式:表達感謝之情并說明原因:Iamwritingtoexpressmysincerethanksfor…Iwouldliketoconveyinthislettermyheartfeltthankstoyoufor….WithdeepestgratitudeIwriteyouthisletterfor…IamwritingthisletterbecauseIamindebtedtoyoufor…Iamobligedtoyoufor…Ioweyouagreatdealfor…細述并贊賞對方給與的幫助:Itwasnice/kind/thoughtfulofyouto…Thankyouverymuchforyourkindhospitalityandthehonoryoushowedmeduringmyvisit…Itwasyourkindhelpthat…(強調句型)Ifithadnotbeenforyour(help/guidance/assistance),Iwouldn’thave(wontheprize.(虛擬語氣)Butfor…/Without…,Iwouldn’thave…再次闡述謝意并表達回報愿望:Thanksagainforyourgeneroushelp.IappreciateitmorethanIcansay.Mytruegratitudeisbeyondtheword’sdescription.IfeeldeeplyindebtedtoyouandIreallydonotknowhowtothankyouenoughforyourhelp.Pleaseacceptmysincerethanksforyourhelp,whichIwillneverforget.Nothingcouldeverreturnthefavoryougaveme.PleasedonothesitatetoletmeknowifthereisanythingIcoulddotopayyouback.Pleasehavenohesitationinwritingtome,shouldyouwantmetodosomethingforyou…Pleasedoallowmetoreturnyourfavor.心理減壓：“心靈雞湯”打敗高考恐懼癥距離高考只剩30幾天，許多孩子因高考而出現(xiàn)了緊張、焦慮不安等情緒，讓家長們很是揪心。毫無疑問，在高考成功的諸多因素中，良好的心態(tài)是基礎。如何能調節(jié)好心理，考試時發(fā)揮出自己的理想狀態(tài)?本期我們精心烹飪一道“心靈雞湯”，希望能幫助考生們以更加輕松的姿態(tài)應對高考。癥狀1:失眠幾次沒考好夜夜睡不著高三學生于銘(化名)就讀于某重點高中，學習成績屬中等水平，幾次模擬考試的成績都不理想。近來，于銘每天都感到心慌、頭痛，處在莫名的恐懼中。“老師，你救救我吧，我不想死，卻總有跳樓的沖動。”于銘告訴輔導老師，進入最后的沖刺期，他總是覺得力不從心，每次背題時只要有一個字背錯，他就會擔心自己這個學科的高考成績很差。因為不安，于銘對什么事情都很擔心，每天晚上都要檢查家里的煤氣閥、水龍頭、門是否關好，有時甚至要檢查十幾次，才能放心回臥室睡覺。睡到半夜時，于銘常常會驚醒，產生想從自家高層窗戶跳下去的沖動。解壓老師：高愛華(國家二級心理咨詢師一八〇醫(yī)院心理醫(yī)生)病根：從個案的情況來看，于銘有可能平時就有一些類似強迫和抑郁的心理疾病，高考的逼近引起的焦慮導致情況有所加重，而引發(fā)了強迫、抑郁等癥狀的出現(xiàn)。如果考生的情緒反應比較大，確實應該考慮去看看醫(yī)生，在心理醫(yī)生的指導下適當用些藥或者采用非藥物治療及進行心理放松訓練，使考生的心理達到一個平衡的狀態(tài)。解決之道：情緒低落的考生，這一段時間要多參加一些運動型活動，如慢跑、散步等，以緩解緊張的情緒。另外，要重新評價自己，多看自己的優(yōu)點，對自己說：“我能行。”堅決杜絕用：“完了，我糟糕透頂了”、“沒有考好，老師會另眼相看”、“爸爸、媽媽會受不了”等這類消極語言暗示自己，不應過于顧慮失敗的后果。癥狀2：封閉成績沒提高不與人講話立凱(化名)的成績在班里的排名一直處在中間位置。高一、高二時，立凱覺得還有努力的機會。現(xiàn)在高三了，經(jīng)過一段時間的復習，立凱的成績并沒有提高多少，這讓立凱很著急。而他平時又不太愛講話，總是陰沉著臉，剛開始同學們以為他遇到什么不開心的事，關心地問他：“立凱，你怎么了?”但立凱每次都不回應，久而久之，與同學也慢慢疏遠。“其實我有時候也想跟同學聊一聊，但是成績這么差，心情好不起來，也就不想理他們了。”最近的一次省質檢，立凱從走進考場，坐在座位上，直到考試結束，每一刻都感到很不舒服，“好像有很多螞蟻在撓”。到了晚上，又一直輾轉難眠，連著好幾天失眠。解壓老師：何穎杭(國家高級心理咨詢師)病根：有這種情況的同學要學會了解和承認自己，看清楚自己的優(yōu)缺點并學會接受，理解成績一直都提不上去，有可能是自己本身知識功底不是很足。剩下最后一段時間，能補多少就多少，喜歡的科目可以多看一些，不喜歡的、覺得太難的科目可以少去接觸，盡量保持積極樂觀的態(tài)度。解決之道：國外有項調查表明，情緒的高低會影響智商的發(fā)揮。因此，建議同學們在高考前，可以保持適當?shù)膴蕵罚缗懿健⒙犚魳贰⒐浣郑寜毫τ袀€舒緩的渠道。每天睡覺前，多想些快樂的事，帶著微笑入睡，不要睡覺前還在想：我有一道題還沒算出來，還有篇課文沒背完。平時也盡量不要去鉆研一些難題、怪題，這樣很容易讓自己一直處于神經(jīng)緊繃、焦慮狀態(tài)。考試時，可以選擇自己喜歡的衣服，平時習慣用的文具，讓自己處在一個熟悉的環(huán)境中。癥狀3：自責父母太關心子女很緊張這學期的第一次模擬考中，安安(化名)發(fā)揮不錯，又一次接近了本一線。安安的媽媽看著成績單，覺得女兒的能力不止如此，于是她連著好幾天跟女兒說：“安安，你的實力其實很不錯，只要再努力一些，再拼一拼，媽媽相信你一定能上本一。”從此，安安的心里總會對自己說：還要再繼續(xù)努力，這些還不夠。以前安安從未超過晚上12點睡覺，但從那以后，安安每天晚自習回家，還要再繼續(xù)挑燈夜讀到凌晨一兩點。這時，安安的媽媽也會隔一會兒就進屋“督查”女兒，順便給女兒端茶送水、做點心。即便如此，安安還是覺得自己不夠努力，還差一點。現(xiàn)在，安安一看到試卷就開始緊張，偶爾出現(xiàn)一點下滑，就責怪自己不夠努力。解壓老師：何穎杭(國家高級心理咨詢師)病根：考前這段時間，家長有兩個詞最好不要說：必須和應該。父母很喜歡跟孩子說：你應該怎么做，你必須怎么做。但這些話如果處理不當，很容易適得其反。解決之道：高三的同學在這段高度緊張的時期，最需要父母的“心理”關懷。來自父母的寬慰，能幫助孩子降低焦慮情緒。父母可以學著多跟孩子溝通，靜下心來聽聽孩子的苦惱，緩解其心理壓力，更重要的是，雙方都要做好失敗的準備，以平常心看待孩子突然的進步，也要允許孩子出現(xiàn)失誤，與孩子一起用積極的態(tài)度面對高考。癥狀4：妄想上課無法專注老是擔心考砸肖華(化名)就讀于一所重點中學的高三年級。他平時的成績一向優(yōu)異，但高考即將來臨時，他卻因為擔心自己考不上清華北大，而出現(xiàn)了失眠、焦慮的癥狀。他上課時注意力總是不能集中、自習課無法靜下心來做練習、考試時不能認真做題，滿腦子都是高考失敗的情景。在市質檢中，肖華考得一敗涂地。此時，老師、父母都急了，校長、老師找他去談話，家長從很遠的老家趕到學校陪著他讀書。這一切不僅沒有讓他恢復過來，反而使他感受到更大的壓力，在接下來的階段考試中，成績更糟，成績跌至年段100名外。解壓老師：沈孟輝(國家二級心理咨詢師泉州青年發(fā)展促進會心理指導老師)病根：肖華的壓力來自于學校和家庭。由于他一直是成績拔尖的優(yōu)等生，所以學校和家庭對他的要求都是必須考上清華或北大這樣的一流高校。肖華的成績后退了，家長非常焦慮，卻沒從孩子的角度去考慮問題。解決之道：肖華可以運用以下幾種方法來放松自己：①聊天法，向親人或朋友述說自己的積怨，讓自己的內心得到調整。②哭笑法，