B)阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Why do parents have such a difficult time
communicating
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(communicate) openly and honestly with their teens? For this, there are many reasons but most of them start from not being able to properly understand their teens. It is a dangerous gap because parents will have to communicate with their teens about a wide variety of issues(问题) during
the most important
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(important) years of their lives. Thus, parents must know how to communicate openly and honestly with their teens.
Here are a few tips to make communication
easier
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(easy) between parents and teenagers.
• Try not to talk down to your teen. Make him or her feel as if his or her views really matter, which not only helps your discussions
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your teen but also brings you closer to him or her.
• Imagine
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it would be like to be a teen. Try to remember some of the negative(负面的) feelings you
experienced
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(experience) as a teenager and apply them to your teen's situation.
• Avoid
making
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(make) negative remarks about what your teen has said or done.
• Remember how much courage it would have taken for your teen to come and talk to you about his or her
personal
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(person) issues. So listen respectfully.
• Don't ignore(忽视) your teen's feelings because it is usually a cry for help. For instance, if your teen is
unusually
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(unusual) angry, it may be time to spend a bit of quality time with your teen to determine what is wrong and where it is coming from.
It is, therefore, necessary for you to strive to keep lines of communication open at all times with your teens. Try to remember what it was like to be
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teenager and how vulnerable(脆弱的) you felt. Then you will be well on your way to helping your teen communicate more openly and honestly.
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