《往期回顾：高考特辑》献给所有进入考试季的你

Goodluck testtakers  

Take an exam 参加考试

Sit an exam 参加考试

Review/revise for exams  复习

Cram for exam (pull an all nighter) 临时抱佛脚（熬通宵）

Pass an exam with flying colors  轻松通过（考试）

Ace an exam 在考试中发挥出色

Flunk an exam 考砸了

*All your hard work will pay off.  你的辛苦都会有回报！

Chill˜ 放轻松

What can test takers do? 身为考生的你

Remember to breathe. 练习深呼吸

With your eyes closed, take three large breaths, then pause, exhale, and repeat the process. Large, deliberate breaths not only help relax the body, but also increase the flow of oxygen to the brain. Use this technique both before the test and during difficult areas of the exam.

Inhale through your nose for a count of 4. Try to hold your breath for a count of 2, then slowly exhale through your mouth for a count of 4.

Expand and contract your muscles. 试着收缩肌肉

For example, tighten your shoulders and slowly relax them, repeating the process in other tense areas of your body. Tightening muscles before relaxing them enhances the body's relaxation awareness, which relaxes the body even more.

Put the exam in perspective. 以人生的全局观来看待考试

Keep in mind that, in the grand scheme of your future, doing poorly on one exam will likely not be that impactful. We often overestimate how bad things will be and how poorly they will make us feel. Keep that in mind if you find yourself getting stressed out in the middle of your exam. It is probably not the end of the world if you do poorly. Life will go on and you can study harder for the next one!

If you catch yourself stuck in a negative thought loop, try to detach from it. Ask yourself: what'sthe worst that can really happen if I don't do well on this test? Try to remain logical about it. Can you really handle the worst that could happen? Chances are, the answer is yes.

What can parents do?  身为考生家长的你

Reiterate that it’s normal to feel stressed, talk about exam nerves

告诉孩子，紧张焦虑很正常，耐心倾听

Stress is normal when we engage in something challenging. We feel stress because we are vulnerable that we may not perform well. Teach your child that this uncomfortable feeling is good because it means you are challenging yourself.

Don’t protect them from the challenge, or make the stress abnormal, or they’ll think it is something to fear.

Ask them how they feel, listen and encourage, but help them to see challenge as a good thing.

Tell them not to fear failure, don’t add to pressure

告诉孩子，失败不是可怕的事，作坚强后盾

Your child can feel like if they don’t succeed at this then it means their whole life is a failure. They need to know there is not one perfect plan but thereare multiple pathways to success.

Failure (or not getting exactly whatyou want) is a normal part of life. Great success incorporates great failure. Failure is an event that provides us with choices; it is not who we are.

Chasing your dreams

Your dream schools  梦想志愿校

Remember your dreams and fight for them. You must know what you want from life. There is just one thing that makes your dream become impossible: the fear of failure. (PauloCoelho)

将梦想牢记于心，为它奋力拼搏。认清自己的人生中最渴望的东西。通向成功的路上唯一的障碍，就是对于失败的恐惧。

Copingwith failures

Failure is NOT the opposite of success, it is part of success.

失败不是成功的反面，而是成功的一部分。

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. (Winston Churchill)

成功并不是终点，失败也不是致命缺憾，最重要的永远是继续前行的勇气。

（丘吉尔）

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. (WinstonChurchill)

成功包含的是即使不断失败但依然不减的热情。

Goodluck ！

The best way to motivate yourself is to stop stressing about what’ll happen when things go wrong and start thinking about how awesome life will be when they go right.