任务型阅读。 While being laid off and entering into retirement are far from the same, they both often leave one half of a couple with extra time on their hands, and plenty of pent-up(被压制的) energy that their significant other, coming home after a long day at work, can"t handle. WSJ.com recently wrote an article that shared a few words of wisdom on how to deal with this situation. Here are a few of their tips: 1. Be nice to each other and have a positive attitude. As hard as it may be, try to not be discouraged during the job search and make sure to support your spouse(配偶). If one of you says something negative, the other should try to come back with a positive. And don"t forget, compliments can go a long way. 2. Encourage your partner to take up a hobby, get a side job or join a club. Typically, people work an average of forty hours a week, eight to nine hours a day. So is it any wonder that someone suddenly unemployed might go crazy with all that free time? In order to squash the boredom before it begins, encourage your partner to stay as busy as possible. Stay healthy and join a sports team, or learn how to cook (this benefits your spouse as well). Another option is taking up a side job serving food or working as a sales associate. This will allow your sweetie to interact with other people as well as earn some money. But, of course, new hobbies shouldn"t take up the time needed to continue the job hunt. 3. Encourage them to continue their existing friendships and to foster(培养) new ones. As WSJ.com points out, those who recently lost their jobs are sometimes embarrassed and therefore shut out family and friends. They might cling(依靠)to their partners for support. Tell your wife or husband to talk to their families and friends. They know and love them, and can be a good support system (rather than a support group of one: you). 4. Give each other a little space before and after "couple time." You may be happy to spend time with your significant other but need a little alone time after working all day. To the recently laid off: let your partner settle down, drink a beer, and watch a little television before you bombard (发出连珠炮似的问题)him with your idea to go skydiving or white water rafting. You may have an endless amount of pent up energy, but they probably need some space to relax. 5. Trust each other. When everything is going great, it"s easy to be happy and to trust your partner is doing everything he should. It"s not nearly as simple when half of your income is gone. Stand by each other as a couple and trust that each of you is doing everything necessary to get another job. |
Title: 1.____ for How to Live with the Unemployed | Sub-titles | Specific Information | 1. Be nice to each other and have a positive attitude.
| While hunting the job, never lose heart, 2._____ hard it may be. Be sure to support your husband or wife in a(n) 3.____way throughout.
| 2. Encourage your partner to take up a hobby, get a side job or join a club.
| Stay healthy and join a sports team, or learn how to cook, which is also of 4._____ to your spouse. Take up such side jobs as working as a sales associate, 5.____your spouse not only to earn some money but also interact with other people.
| 3. Encourage them to continue their existing friendships and to foster new ones.
| Tell your wife or husband to 6.____with his/her families and friends as well as you to win good support and pull through the 7.____of losing jobs in time.
| 4. Give each other a little space before and after "couple time." | In face of being recently unemployed, your spouse is 8._____to need some space to relax, 9.____you may have an endless amount of pent up energy.
| 5. Trust each other.
| Stand by each other as a couple and 10._____ on it that each of you is doing everything necessary to get another job.
| 阅读理解 | Are you tired?Do you often catch colds and flu?If so, you might consider changing your sleep habits. Good health demands good sleep.Studies have shown that most people need eight hours of sleep each night.Americans, however, on average, get only seven hours.Onethird of us get just six hours, and good health is not simply a matter of how much sleep you get, but also the type of sleep you get. Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep allows your body to grow and repair itself.During NREM sleep, your muscles relax.Your heart rate and breathing rate decrease.Your eyes roll slowly back and forths then they stop moving.Most of the sleeping you do is NREM sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep restores your brain.During REM sleep, you dream.You may not remember every dream, but every time you sleep, you dream.Your eye s move back and forth quickly. Your breathing rate and heartbeat increase.Your muscles become paralysed (麻痹的). About 25 percent of your sleep is REM sleep.You need enough of both kinds of sleep to be healthy. Is it a real concern if you don"t get enough good sleep?It certainly is.Poor sleep puts you and others at risk. More than 100,000 car accidents are caused each year by drivers who nod off (打盹). Almost $100 billion is lost yearly in the business and environmental field.People deprived_of sleep have been factors in the Challenger space tragedy, the Exxon Valdez oil spill (溢出), and the Chernobyl nuclear reactor
accident.So do yourself and everyone around you a favour.Don"t cheat yourself out of good sleep! | 1. This passage is mainly about________. | A. why people dream B. what happens during REM sleep C. why people catch colds and flu D. the importance of sleep | 2. Most sleep at night is________. | A. NREM sleep B. REM sleep C. good quality sleep D. sleep that makes you become paralysed | 3. "Good sleep" can be described as________. | A. getting about eight hours of the two types of sleep B. sleeping soundly through the night C. getting more than seven hours of sleep each night D. having sleep that prevents accidents | 4. To help the readers understand the effects of poor sleep habits, the writer________. | A. explains the two types of sleep B. compares the two kinds of sleep C. mentions several disasters D. explains all the risks | 5. The underlined phrase "deprived of" in the last paragraph means "________". | A. not wanting B. stopped from having C. trying to get D. asking for | 阅读理解 | Computers are very important to modern life.Many people think that in the future computer s will be used a lot in everyday life.It is thought that we won"t have to go shopping because we will be able to get most things which are sold in shops on the Internet.There will be no more books because we will be able to get all texts from computers.The Internet will be used to play games, see films and buy food.Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too. Some people are glad about those new ways of shopping and communicating.Others do not think that computers will replace our old ways. Let"s look at books, for example.Some people think that one day we will not read books made of paper.Instead, we will buy and read books using computers.We will read texts on small pocket computers.The computers will keep many different books in them at the same time.We won"t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved.Computerized (计算机化的) books will be used more and more. Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop?Many people say it is not.It is a pleasure to go into shops and look at things you want to buy.It is also unlikely that many people will want to read large texts on our computers, because paper books will perhaps be more friendly.Maybe computers won"t change these two habits. | 1. In the first paragraph, it is thought that people will use computers for________. | A. playing games, shopping and making telephone calls B. m aking telephone calls, having meals and seeing films C. seeing films, buying food and going for holidays D. playing games, making telephone calls and seeing the doctor | 2. Which reason for using computerized books is NOT mentioned in the passage? | A. Computerized books won"t be very expensive. B. Computers can keep many different books in them. C. We won"t have lots of pages. D. We won"t need any paper. | 3. The fourth paragraph te lls________. | A. about the old and new ways of shopping and communicating B. if the Internet will change our habits C. about computerized books D. about future uses of computers | 4. The best title for this passage is________. | A. Computers Will Replace Shops and Books B. Computers in the Future C. Computers Will Do Everything for Man D. How Computers Change Our Habits |
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