It’s all annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that (1) evening you’re burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, (2) are throwing the books at kids. (3) elementary school students are complaining of homework (4) What’s a well-meaning parent to do
As hard as (5) may he, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you’ve got to get them to do it, (6) helping too much, or even examining (7) too carefully, you may keep them (8) doing it by themselves. "I wouldn’t advise a parent to check every (9) assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. "There’s a (10) of appreciation for trial and error. Let your children (11) the grade they deserve. " Many experts believe parents should gently look over the work of younger children and ask them to r
A. forget
B. refuse
C. miss
D. ignore
If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention, of a story which works well because the au- dience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by SL Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is su
A. have benefited many people.
B. are the focus of public attention.
C. are an inappropriate subject for humor.
D. have often been the laughing stock.
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