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Family vacations are supposed to be fun, but they also can be stressful like when the kids start fighting: "Well, the first thing is before you even go into it, you've got to change your mindset. So here's job number one for a family vacation, is to build great memories."

Doctor, former Marine and father of three Andrew Wittman, says loosen up tolerance and tell the kids to be more tolerant of each other before you go: "And so if you start out with that, a lot of that stuff gets nipped in the bud and you're not freaking out about the normal stuff, I'm not trying to correct your behaviors, that's just irritating me and you let a lot of stuff go."

If a blow up happens anyway, take a 20 minute break, while the hormone break subsides: "Take nothing personal that they say during the 20 minutes, they're not rational, we've all be there. And then we pick up and act like nothing happened and move on."

You can always circle back to it later, but minimize an issue, during the trip so it doesn't become the biggest memory.

For younger kids, it might be a meltdown instead, Wittman says that's usually a sign to slow down the pace.

With FOX on Family, I'm Lisa Brady.

Adapted from http://www.kekenet.com/broadcast/201810/567921.shtml

1. mindset n. a set of attitudes or fixed ideas that sb. has and that are often difficult to change 观念模式；思维倾向。例如：

 a conservative mindset保守的思维模式

 the mindset of the computer generation计算机时代的思维倾向

2. marine n. a soldier who is trained to serve on land or at sea, especially one in the US Marine Corps or the British Royal Marines （尤指美国或英国皇家）海军陆战队士兵

3. nip sth. in the bud: to stop sth. when it has just begun because you can see that problems will come from it 将…扼杀在萌芽状态；防患于未然

4. freak out: freak (sb.) (out) (informal) if sb. freaks or if sth. freaks them, they react very strongly to sth. that makes them suddenly feel shocked, surprised, frightened, etc. （使）强烈反应，震惊，畏惧

5. blow up: to start suddenly and with force 爆发。例如：

 A storm was blowing up. 暴风雨大作。

 A crisis has blown up over the President's latest speech. 总统最近的讲话引发了一场危机。

6. meltdown: (公司、机构或系统的)崩溃，彻底失败 The meltdown of a company, organization, or system is its sudden and complete failure. 例如：Urgent talks are going on to prevent the market going into financial meltdown during the summer. 正在进行紧急会谈，以防止市场在夏季出现金融危机。

(A) To build great memories. 

(B) To have enough money. 

(C) To book the hotel.  

(D) To get the tickets ready.

(A) You should loosen up tolerance and tell the kids to be more tolerant of each other before you go.

(B) If a blow up happens, you could take a 10 minute break while the hormone break subsides.

(C) You can always circle back to it later, but minimize an issue during the trip.

(D) For younger kids, it might be a meltdown instead.

(Q1) A。细节题。命题出处：So here's job number one for a family vacation, is to build great memories.

(Q2) B。推断题。命题出处：(A) Doctor, former Marine and father of three Andrew Wittman, says loosen up tolerance and tell the kids to be more tolerant of each other before you go: "And so if you start out with that, a lot of that stuff gets nipped in the bud and you're not freaking out about the normal stuff, I'm not trying to correct your behaviors, that's just irritating me and you let a lot of stuff go." (B) If a blow up happens anyway, take a 20 minute break, while the hormone break subsides: "Take nothing personal that they say during the 20 minutes, they're not rational, we've all be there. And then we pick up and act like nothing happened and move on." (C) You can always circle back to it later, but minimize an issue, during the trip so it doesn't become the biggest memory. (D) For younger kids, it might be a meltdown instead, Wittman says that's usually a sign to slow down the pace.