Children find meanings in their old family tales．
When Stephen Guyer’s three children were growing up, he told them stories about how his grandfather, a banker,
1 all in the 1930s, but did not lose sight of what he valued most. In one of the darkest times
2 his strong-minded grandfather was nearly
3 , he loaded his family into the car and
4 them to see family members in Canada with a
5 , “there are more important things in life than money”.
The
6 took on a new meaning recently when Mr. Guyer downsized to
7 house from a more expensive and comfortable one. He was
8 that his children, a daughter, 15, and twins, 22, would be upset．To his surprise, they weren’t.
9 , their reaction echoed (共鸣) their great-grandfather’s．What they
10 was how warm the people were in the house and how
11 of their heart was accessible.
Many parents are finding that family stories have surprising power to help children
12 hard times. Storytelling experts say the phenomenon reflects a growing
13 in telling tales, evidenced by a rise in storytelling events and festivals.
A university
14 of 65 families with children aged from 14 to 16 found kids’ ability to
15 parents’ stories was linked to a lower rate of anger and anxiety.
The
16 is telling the stories in a way children can
17 . We’re not talking here about the kind of story that
18 , “ When I was a kid, I walked to school every day uphill both ways, barefoot in the snow.” Instead, we should choose a story suited to the child’s
19 , and make eye contact (接触) to create “a personal experience”. We don’t have to tell children
20 they should take from the story and what the moral is.
| 小题1: | | A．missed | B．lost | C．forgot | D．ignored |
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| 小题2: | | A．when | B．while | C．how | D．why |
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| 小题3: | | A．friendless | B．worthless | C．penniless | D．homeless |
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| 小题4: | | A．fetched | B．allowed | C．expected | D．took |
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| 小题5: | | A．hope | B．promise | C．suggestion | D．belief |
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| 小题6: | | A．tale | B．agreement | C．arrangement | D．report |
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| 小题7: | | A．large | B．small | C．new | D．grand |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprised | B．annoyed | C．disappointed | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．Therefore | B．Besides | C．Instead | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题10: | | A．talked about | B．cared about | C．wrote about | D．heard about |
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| 小题11: | | A．much | B．many | C．little | D．few |
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| 小题12: | | A．beyond | B．over | C．behind | D．through |
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| 小题13: | | A．argument | B．skill | C．interest | D．anxiety |
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| 小题14: | | A．study | B．design | C．committee | D．staff |
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| 小题15: | | A．provide | B．retell | C．support | D．refuse |
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| 小题16: | | A．trouble | B．gift | C．fact | D．trick |
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| 小题17: | | A．perform | B．write | C．bear | D．question |
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| 小题18: | | A．means | B．ends | C．begins | D．proves |
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| 小题19: | | A．needs | B．activities | C．judgments | D．habits |
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| 小题20: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．whom |
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