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Many people like to eat at a favorite restaurant on their birthday. 71 Here are the tips about how to eat for free on your birthday.
Notice promotional (促销的) cards or signs at restaurants for their e-club or online notification of special offers. Sometimes it is called a birthday club. In some cases they ask for your email address and at other times, you register online from your own computer. 72
If you don’t know whether your favorite restaurant has an e-club, look them up online. Just search their name if it’s a chain. Look over the webpage for anything that says SIGN UP or JOIN. It may call it an e-club.
You will receive e-mail advertisements from them. 73 if it asks for birthday and anniversary dates when you sign up, then the restaurant usually will send you a personal coupon and invitation for that event.
Check your e-mail the week leading up to your birthday. All the e-clubs that you signed up for will be sending their invitations.
Read the fine print on all the offers before deciding where to eat on your birthday. Some are only on the exact date. 74 There may be other requirements, like free dessert when you buy an entree (主菜).
Choose the most inviting offer or over several days, take advantage of free dining opportunities. __ 75
A．Anyway, look around for these offers and get signed up.
B．However, others may be for any time over a two-week period.
C．But how can we eat better in a free restaurant?
D．It would be an even greater treat if the meal or part of the meal were free.
E. Why not celebrate your birthday for a whole week, not just one day?
F. Often the advertisements will include discount coupons (优惠券).
G. So don’t go to such restaurant.
（二）
"No man is an island" is a well-known line from John Donne's Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. Without other people, life became empty and sad. 56
For some of us, though making friends is not difficult, we may not want to make the first move. It is also difficult at times to keep the friends we already have.
There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence(影响) People, written in 1936, is the most famous. 57 It was later put into 28 languages.
Here is the list of advice from his book:
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Always greet with a smile. Begin with "excuse me" or "would you please", when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say "thank you" and try to be as helpful as you can.
Go out of your way to be nice.
59 Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.
Remember names.
They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is the sound of his or her own name.
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Try to understand other people's ways and ideas and learn something from them.
Listen patiently.
When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.
A. This "How to" book about getting along with other people became a best seller.
B. It's also important to keep close friends in our daily life.
C. So we all need to have friends.
D. Be open-minded.
E. Be friendly and polite.
F. Try to help your friends get out of trouble.
G. Find some time to do some things for other people.
(三)
Many students have to live with roommates while going to school or university．Having a roommate can be one of the best experiences，or easily one of the worst． 1
Follow these five tips to avoid the common mistakes that make good roommate relationships worse．
Talk things out． 2 If something happens，sit down with your roommates and have a face-to-face conversation．Complaining about your roommates behind their backs creates nothing but awkward situations and general unhappiness．
3 Some roommates become the best of friends，and some don’t．Don’t put pressure on yourself or your roommate to reach this level，especially when you first meet．Remember, you are trying to make a new friend，not scare your roommate away．And i f your roommate doesn’t end up being your best friend，there is no need to worry about it．Clean up after yourself．Or at least，keep your mess on your side．
4 But being considerate with where you put your own stuff will help you avoid the arguments．
Ask before you take．This applies to food，clothes，supplies and anything else that you don’t own． 5 Even if you both agree to share everything you should still ask．
A．Don’t expect to be best friends．
B．Communication is of vital importance．
C．You don’t n eed to keep the room clean and organized all the time．
D．Rooms can be really easy for a mess to pile up．
E．If you want to have a good relationship with your roommate，it all starts with you．
F．Not all roommates can become your best friends．
G．Show your roommate that you have respect for his or her belongings
（四）
What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen? 1 According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.
2 According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is o ften to blame for food waste. 3 Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil (辛劳) others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.
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5 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don’t have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition eac h year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. 5 It’s also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.
A. Students’ waste is extremely serious.
B. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.
C. Students can never realize the serious food crisis.
D. So there’s no excuse that we should waste our food.
E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg (冰山).
F. Compared with them, some live in a different world.
G. China, in turn, features its own eating culture.
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Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times, loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life. You love them for the fact that they created you, raised you, and are in part, a source of who you are. Here are some ways to love your parents..
1 A gentle "good morning" and "I love you" will warm a coldest heart.
Respect them more and cherish these moments. You can use these moments to learn from them, preparing yourself for when you're off on your own. It's OK to get angry but angry actions don't help you or your parents. Act calmly, cool off, write down your feelings, or talk to a friend. 2
Obey their requests. It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them. It may seem like you are going through hell when you don't get what you want or you have to clean. However, you had better remember they keep a roof over your head when it's cold, raining, snowing, or too hot. Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes. 3 Since you can forgive your friends, why not forgive your parents?
Keep company with them. Do things with your parents like watching TV, or go somewhere with them.
4 Listen to their old stories and learn from them. You will find they are your teachers in this way or another.
Some people simply may not be able to love their parents. 5 Seek help if you are being abused in any way. Parents do not have a right to harm you.
A. Forgiveness is the key.
B. Tell them you love them every morning.
C. Parents will in turn express their love to you.
D. After this, share your feelings with your parents.
E. Anyway, spend as much time with them as you can.
F. Please remember parents are as important as friends.
G. There can be realistic reasons for this, family violence for example
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Worry problems are everywhere in our daily life. How to solve them The answer is that we must equip ourselves to deal with different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are: Get the facts
Why is it so important to get the facts Unless you have the facts, you can’t possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do is wondering around in confusion. It is not an easy job to get facts. When you are worried, your emotions are riding high. 36 .
When trying to get the facts, you can pretend that you are collecting this information not for yourself but for some other person. 37 You can also pretend that you are a lawyer preparing to agree. Try to get all the facts both on your side and the other side of the case. You will generally find the truth lies somewhere in between.
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Whenever you are worried, write down the questions that make you worry. And write out all the various steps you could take and then the probable consequences of each step. For example, what am I worrying about What can I do about it Here is what I’m going to do about it. After c arefully weighing all the facts, you can calmly come to a decision.
Act on that decision.
39 How can you break the worry habit before it breaks you Crowd worry out of your mind by keeping busy. Plenty of action is one of the best ways to cure worry. 40 If you know a situation is beyond your power, say to yourself: “ It is so; it can’t be otherwise.”Don’t permit little things to ruin your happiness. Try to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness.
A. Accept what can’t be avoided.
B. Analyze the facts.
C. There comes a time when you must decide and never look back.
D. But here are two ideas that can help you see the facts in a clear and objective way.
E. Unless you take your action, all your face-finding and analysis is a sheer waste of energy.
F. Decide how much anxiety a thing may be worth.
G. This will help you to take a cold and fair view of the evidence.
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