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必修第一册　 3 课时作业 2　 Let􀆳s talk teens Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·江苏兴化泗洪质检) One of the greatest tests of a parent􀆳s patience comes at night when you trying to get your children to fall asleep. You know you need to rock them, stroke their backs or just keep a comforting hand on them until they nod off. But that time is playing a zero-sum game (零和游戏) with your own need for sleep and something else you need to do:work, zone out on Netflix or just enjoy the quiet after the kids have gone to sleep. When my elder daughter was just a baby, I figured out a way to control my impatience: I􀆳d count to 100, along with the slow back-and-forth sway or the calm and steady strokes of her back. It gave me the light at the end of the tunnel that almost always did the trick. My impatience would die down because I knew that I􀆳d reach the goal. The result was surprising. By not thinking over the activities waiting for me, I focused on my daughter instead. The numbers from 1 to 100 became the calm breath. I couldn􀆳t hold complex thoughts on the top of counting, so deeper emotions surfaced, specifically love and appreciation of the small person I was holding and touching. I was less likely to get pulled away by unnecessary streams of thoughts and soon began to deeply enjoy these moments. My daughter benefited from the extended touch as well. Science shows that the physical touch releases three chemicals in our brain associated with emotional and physical health benefits. These chemicals promote feeling