Twostudentsstartedquarrellingatschool.Onestudentshouteddirtywordsattheotherandafightbegan.Whatcanbedonetostopfightslikethisatschool?Insomeschoolsthedisputantssitdownwithpeermediators(同龄调解人).Peermediatorsarestudentswithspecialtraininginthiskindofproblems.
Peermediatorshelpthedisputantstotalkinafriendlyway.Herearesomeofthewaystheyuse:
1.Putwhatyouthinkclearlybutdon'tsayanythingtohurttheother.Beginwith“Ifeel…”insteadof“Youalways…”
2.Listencarefullytotheotherpersonwhoisspeaking.Don'tstoptheotherperson'swords.
3.Keeplookingattheotherperson'seyeswhenheorshetalks.
4.Trytoseetheotherperson'ssideoftheproblem.
5.Neverputanyonedown.Sayingthingslike“Youarefoolish”makesthetalkdifficult.
6.Trytofindaresultthatmakesbothpeoplehappy.
Peermediatorsneverdecidetheresultorthewinner.Theydon'tdecidewhoisrightandwhoiswrong.Insteadtheyhelpthetwostudentstofindtheirownwin-winresult.Awin-winresultcanmakeeveryonefeelgood.
Peermediators'workisoftensuccessfuljustbecauseitgetspeopletotalktoeachother.Andgettingpeopletotalktoeachotheristhefirststepinfindingawin-winresult.
1.Theunderlinedworddisputantsreferstothestudents________.
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A.whoshoutdirtywords
B.wholikefighting
C.whoquarrel
D.whoarelazy
2.Whenthereisafightatschool________.
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A.thepeermediatorshelpthedisputantstalkinafriendlyway
B.thepeermediatorsdecidewhothewinneris
C.thetwostudentswhoquarreldecidewhothewinneris
D.thetwostudentssitdownandlistentothepeermediators
3.Peermediators'workis________.
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A.togivelessonstodisputants
B.tohelpfindawaytomakebothsideshappy
C.tofindoutwhostartsaquarrel
D.togivedisputantssomespecialtraining
4.DuringthetalkifyousayYouarelazyorIfeelangry________.
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A.theotherpersonwillbeunhappy
B.theotherpersonwillh