Asksomeonearoundyouaboutthefollowingquestionsandwritedownhisorheranswersinthetable.Then,pleaseuseoneortwosentencestodescribehimorher.Youmayrefertothewordsgivenbelowthetable.Sharewhatyouhavegotwithyourclassmates.Wordsforyourreference:Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.1.Whatkindofpeoplewillfinditeasytofitintoanewenvironment?2.Isconfidenceimportanttous?Why?3.Howwillconfidenceaffectusinourworkandstudy?YourSelf-WorthIfyou'veeverexperiencedamomentinyourlifewhenyoufeltlikeyouweren'tgoodenoughorpopularenoughorsmartenoughorattractiveenough,thenyouprobablyalreadyknowwhatit'sliketohaveself-esteem.Thesearenormalfeelingandeveryoneexperiencedthematleastonceintheirlives.Self-esteemisreallyabouthowweseeandfeelaboutourselvesontheinside.It'showwemeasureourworthtotheoutsideworld.Self-esteemisespeciallyimportantduringyourteenyears.Forexample,a2009studyfoundthatteenswhoareoverweight,orbelievedthemselvestobe,aremorelikelytoattemptsuicidethanotherteens.Researchersbelievetheproblemsofthelowself-esteemscanresultfromthepressuretofitintoanunrealisticstandardofbeauty.Regulardepressionscreeningsandobesitypreventionprogramsarepositivesteps.Butclearlythedangersoflowself-esteemarerealformanyteens.YourSelf-Worth1.Doyoueverfeellikeyoucan'tdoanythingright?Haveyoueverfeltlikeyouhavenothingtooffertheworld?Ifyoudid,you'renottheonlyonewho'shadlittleornoconfidenceinthemselves.Sodon'tworry.Allofusdoubtourabilitiesatsometimeoranother.It'showeachofusdealswiththosefeelings,whichseparatethosewhogoafterwhattheywantandthosewhoaretooafraidtotryatall.Ifyouletthosefeelingsofdoubtandinsecuritycompletelytakeoveryourlife,thenyoumayneverreachyourfullpotential.Thegoodnewsisthatyou'reinchargeofyourself-confidence.Justbecauseit'slownow,itdoesn'tmeanithastostaythatway.Youcanstartbuildingupyourself-confidencerightnowbydiscoveringwhatyourrealtalentsareandwhattrulymakesyouhappy.Whenotherpeopleseethatyoufeelgoodaboutyourself,youwillhavechangedhowtheworldseesyour,too.EYourSelf-Worth2.Thebestwaytofigureoutyourlevelofself-esteemandconfidenceistotakeacloselookatyourself.Whenyougetdressedinthemorning,youliketocheckyourselfoutinthemirrortomakesureyoulookgood,right?Wellthisisthesamething,exceptyou'regoingtouseadifferentkindofmirror.Thismirrorisn'tmadeofglass.Thismirrorisinyourhead.We'llcallitthemirrorofself-reflection.Examinewhoyouareandhowyoufeelaboutyourselfandyourlife.Veryfewpeopledothisbecausetheyfearthattheymightnotlikewhattheysee,buttobuildyourself-confidence,youhavetostartwiththerealityofwhoyouareandhowyoufeelaboutyourself.Asyoubegintolookatyourself,considerthesequestions:●Doyoulikewhoyouare?●Doyoubelieveinyourself?●Doyouthinkyoucandothethingsthatyouwanttodo?●Doyoulikethethingsthathappeninyourlife?●Doyoufeelthatyouhaveanycontroloveryourlifeandhowothersseeyou?●Doyouthinkthatyouareastalentedandvaluedasotherpeople?AYourSelf-WorthIfyouanswerednotomostorallofthesequestions,youprobablylackself-confidenceandhavelowself-esteem.Ifthisisthecase,youaredefinitelynotalone.Mostpeoplehavesomeformoflowself-confidence,nomatterhowsureofthemselvestheymayseem.Ina1999interviewwiththeDutchmagazineAvantGardeactorJohnnyDeppadmittedtohavingverylittleconfidenceinhimselfwhenhewasinhighschool.“Asateenager,Iwassoinsecure.Iwasthetypeofguythatneverfitinbecauseheneverdaredtochoose.IwasconvincedIhadabsolutelynotalentatall.Fornothing.Andthatthoughttookawayallmyambition,too.”Infact,itwasn'tuntilDepprealizedthathehadatalentforplayingmusicthathisopinionofhimselfbegantochange.Eventually,healsodiscoveredatalentforacting.3.Losingconfidenceinyourselfisanormalpartoflife.Havingconfidenceandnothavingitoftengoesinacycle,almostlikethewayseasonschangefromonetoanother.Sodon'tbealarmedifyoudon'tfeelasgoodaboutyourselfanymore.Ithappenstoallofus.Infact,itactuallyservesapurposeinprotectingyoufrommorebadexperiences.Poorself-confidenceandlowself-esteemprovidesarisk-free“comfortzone”whereyoucanhide.Youwon'tfeel“comfortable”inthiscomfortzone,butatleastyouwon'triskanythingbystayingthere.This“comfort”seemseasierthanworkingtoimproveyourself.Butsomethingstrangehappensinthecomfortzone—youendupusingmoreenergystayingwhereyouarethanyouwouldusebydevelopingyourtalents.CYourSelf-Worth4.Supposeyoumovetoanewplace.Perhapsyouwerereallygoodatasportsuchasswimming,butyouarenervousabouttryingoutforthenewschool'sswimteam.Asyouwaittodiveintothepool,yourhandsgetverycoldandyourlegsstartshaking.Youhaveneverfeltthiswayaboutswimmingbefore.Youthinktoyourself,“IfIdon'tdowellnow,Iwon'tmaketheteamandtheotherswillthinkI'maloser.”Youwalkaroundnervouslybutyoucan'tshakethechill.Whenyourturncomes,youmightdiveintothepoolandswimwell.But,becauseyouaresoanxious,youarelikelytoperformpoorly.Youmayevendecidetogiveupandnottryoutatall.Yourlackofself-confidencemayalsoleadtodifficultyinmakingfriends.Youmaybesoafraidofwhatyourclassmatesthinkofyouthatyouchoosenottointroduceyourselfatall.Youmightsaytoyourself.“I'mnobetteroff,butI'mnotworseoffeither.Bettersafethansorry.”Youdon'tfeelgoodaboutmakingnewfriends,butatleastyouwon'tloseany.However,ifyoudon'tletpeoplegettoknowyou,thentheycanonlyformanopinionbasedonyourshynessorunfriendlybehavior.Afterawhile,thefalsesafetyofthecomfortzonestartstoruinyourlife.Eventuallyitcanruinyourlifebykeepingyoufromgrowingasapersonandmeetingnewpeoplewhocouldhelpchangeyourlife.Thelonelinesscanalsoleadtofeelingsofdepression.BYourSelf-Worth5.Youhavetobewillingtobreakoutofthiscomfortzonetogetthingsyouwantinlife.Ifyouneverasksomeoneoutonadate,youwon'tberejected,butyou'llneverexperiencedanyromance.Don'tbeafraidofrejectionorfailure.They'repartoflifeandoftenalaunchpadtopersonalgrowth.It'sveryimportant,though,thatyouneverseeyourselfasarejectorafailure.You'reahumanbeinglikeeveryoneelse.Youhavestrengthsandyouwillbegintoseeyourselfinawholenewlight.Theneveryoneelsewillseethenewyou,too.Readthefirstthreeparagraphsandfillintheblanksbelowwiththecorrectinformation.1.Whatisself-esteem?2.Self-esteemisespeciallyimportantduringyouryears.3.Whatisthereasonforoverweightteenstoattemptsuicideaccordingtothestudyin2009?4.Howdothepeopleoflowself-esteemfeelaboutthemselves?Self-esteemisreallyabouthowweseeandfeelaboutourselvesontheinside.It'showwemeasureourworthtotheoutsideworld.teenTheirlowself-esteems.Theyfeeldifficulttofitintoanunrealisticstandardofbeauty.DReadthefollowingheadings,andthen,readthepassage,andputthemintothecorrectplace.Usetheinformationinthearticletofilltheblanksbelow.1.Ifwehavelittleornoinourselves,wewillsometimesdoubtour.Wewillbetoototryatall.Onthecontrarywewillbebravetowhatwewant.Ifweletthefeelingofdoubtandtakeoverourlife,wewillnotreachourfull.Butwecanbuildupourrightnowbydiscoveringwhatyourareandwhattrulymakesyou.2.Thebestwaytofigureoutourlevelofself-esteemandconfidenceisto.Themirrorofwillhelpusgettoknowwhoweareandwhatwecando.JohnnyDepp'sstorytellsusthatpeoplewhohavelittleconfidencearesothattheyareconvincedthattheyhavenoatall,whichtakesawayalltheir.3.Poorself-confidenceandlowself-esteemisinourlife.Itmayusfrommorebadexperiences.Itprovidesarisk-freewhereyoucanhide.Comparedwithworkingtoyourself,itseemseasiertostandinthiszone.However,youendupusingstayingwhereyouarethanyouwouldusebydevelopingyour.4.Peoplewhoarearelikelytoperforminanewstate.Yourlackofmayalsoleadtoinmakingfriends.Theofthecomfortzonestartstoyourlifeanditfinallyyourlifebykeepingyoufromandmeetingnewpeoplewhocouldhelpchangeyourlife.Thelonelinesscanalsoleadtofeelingsof.5.Togetthethingsyouwantyouhavetoofthiscomfortzone.Don'tbeafraidofor.They'repartoflifeandoftenalaunchpadto.Whenyoubegintoseeyourselfinawhole.Theneveryoneelsewillseethenewyou,too.confidenceabilitiesafraidgoafterinsecuritypotentialself-confidenceabilitiestakeacloselookatyourselfabilitiesself-reflectionnormalprotectcomfortzoneimprovemoreenergytalentsanxiouspoorlyself-confidencedifficultyfalsesafetyruingrowingasapersondepressionbreakoutrejectionfailurepersonalgrowthnewlighthappytalentambitionrunWorkinagroupof4classmatestocompletethetablebelowbyansweringthequestions.Yourconclusions

Talktoanybodyyouwouldliketo.Askthemthefollowingquestions,judgehis/herlevelofself-esteemandgivethemsomesuggestionsincaseyoufindlowesteeminthem.Questions:Doyoulikewhoyouare?Doyoubelieveinyourself?Doyouthinkyoucandothethingsthatyouwanttodo?Doyoulikethethingsthathappeninyourlife?Doyoufeelthatyouhaveanycontroloveryourlifeandhowothersseeyou?Doyouthinkthatyouareastalentedandvaluedasotherpeople?Yourconclusions

Shirleyisastudentreporter.Nowsheisinterviewingstudentsoncampus.Listenandcompletethetablebelowwiththecorrectinformationthatyouhaveheard.Thenchoosethecorrerctanswertoquestions.()1.Canyoumakeajudgementontheirlevelofself-esteem?()2.Whoaresatisfiedwithhis/herschoollife?A.Interviewee1.B.Interviewee2.C.Interviewee3.()3.WhatdidInterviewee1liketodointhepast?A.Playingthepiano.B.Painting.C.Playingthemagiccube.√√√BC()4.WhatclubsdoesInterviewee2takepartin?A.Singingclub.B.Dancingclub.C.Singinganddancingclub.()5.WhatdoesInterviewee3likedoinginherfreetime?A.Watchingcostumeplays,animationsanddrawinganimationmovies.B.Cookinganddoingsomehousework.C.Makingvideos.Listenagainanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F).()1.Interviewee1doesn'twanttofollowtheroutinehisparentsandteacherssetforhim.()2.Interviewee1'sparentsdidnotthinkmuchofwhatheusedtodo.()3.BothInterviewee1andinterviewee3arenotsatisfiedwiththeirschoollife.()4.Interviewee2doesn'tlikestudyingatallandshealwaysgetspoorscores.()5.Interviewee3isaquietgirl.Sheisalittleshyinpublicandtendstospeakinalowvoice.()6.ThereporterencouragesInterviewee3toshowherworktoherclassmates.CAFTFFTTStudytheexamplesbelowandchangetheverbsandadjectivesintonouns.TherearesomecommonnounsuffixesformakingnewEnglishword.Forexample,“-ment”and“-tion”canbeaddedtoaverbtoformanoun,and“-ness”canbeaddedtoanadjectivetoformanoun.e.g.agree—agreementadvertise—advertisementattract—attractionoperate—operationshy—shynesshappy—happinessExertiseforyou:arrangemovepunishexcitearguedeveloptreatimproveinventrejectdonateeducateactrealizedescribeintroducesickblindsafefituglybusycarelesslonelyarrangementmovementpunishmentexcitementargumentdevelopmentinventionrejectionconfidenceinsecuritydonationeducationactionrealizationdescriptionintroductionsicknessblindnesssafenessfitnessuglinessbusinesscarelessnesslonelinessBuildingYourConfidenceOurlivesareoftenguidedbycaution.Somecautionisgoodsinceitpreventsusfromwalkingintooncomingtrafficoreatingbadfood.Butwhencautioncontrolsyoutoomuch,youstopgrowing.Peoplewithlowself-esteemoftenbuildwallsroundthemselvestoprotectthemfromgettingtheirfeelingshurtorlookingfoolish.Whilethesewallswon'tletanyoneintomakeyoufeelworseaboutyourself,theydon'tletyououttoexperiencegoodthings,either.Pushbackyourprotectivementalwallstobemoreofwhoyoucanbe.Thewallsaretheretoprotectyoufromharm,butunlessyouexpandthespacewithinthewalls,youstoplivingandbecomelikeaprogrammedrobot.Ifyoukeeptellingyourselfthatnobodywantstobeyourfriend,thenyouwon'tletanyonebecomeyourfriend.Bybelievingthenegativethingsthatyouthinkaboutyourself,youaresettingyourselfupforadisappointment.Ifyoubelievethatnobodywilleverhireyou,thenyou'renotgoingtobotherlookingforajob.Or,youmightgoonajobinterview,butyou'llconvinceyourselfthattheywon'tlikeyou.Whatyouthinkiswhatyouget.Goodthingsareouttherewaitingforyou,butnotifyou'veconvincedyourselfthereareonlybadthings.Findwordsinthearticletocompletethesentencesbelow.Changetheformofthewordsasnecessary.1.Theexcitedteensthrewtothewindandrodetheirbicyclesasfastastheycould.2.Thefatherstoodclosertothelittlegirl,herfrombeinghurtbytheviolentsunlight.3.Theadvertiserpromisedthattheirnewlydevelopedcreamwouldnotdamageourskin'slayer.4.Shelookedintothemirror,tookadeepbreath,andherselfthatshewoulddowellintheupcomingcompetition.5.Althoughthe