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According to the World Health Organization(组织), just like smoking, loneliness can lead to people's health problems. In many countries, even young people are now feeling lonely. What can we do to fight this problem?
Asa Koski is a social scientist in Lulea, Sweden. She believes one way is to encourage(鼓励) people to say hello to others when they meet. She recently started the “Sag hej! (Say hi)” project. Workers put up advertisements about the project on buses and teachers offer different lessons to students at schools to encourage people to communicate(交流) with each other more. Lulea is near the Arctic Circle(北极圈). Winters there are long and cold. The temperature can drop to -15°C almost all year around. But Koski doesn't think the weather alone has made young Swedes feel lonely. People like playing games on mobile phones for too many hours. It's a far bigger reason.
An American girl Lauren Ell first came to Sweden as an exchange student in 2014. “Making friends with Swedish students is not easy,” she says. Many of her classmates would go home after school and play video games. Ell has lived in Sweden for ten years now, but she still feels like she is an outsider. She thinks the “Sag hej!” project could be a good way to help with the problem. “I'm very happy to see many people put down their phones and are glad to talk to each other now,” Lauren Ell says.
Teachers in Lulea have reported that the project has already worked. More and more students are willing to say “Hi” when they meet each other every day.
Koski says, “Saying hello to someone sends out a message that you're willing to stop and chat or to help if there's a problem. For some people, that can really help a lot.”
Let's Say Hi More
Introduction
Loneliness can 1. ______ people have health problems.
2. ______ people feel lonely
● Lulea is near the Arctic Circle. The temperature can be very low almost the 3. ______ year.
● People 4. ______ too much time playing games on their mobile phones.
● Swedish students usually go home and play video games after school. So it is 5. ______ to make friends with them.
Ways of 6. ______ out the problem
● Koski, a social 7. ______, started the “Sag hej! (Say hi)” project.
● To encourage people to have 8. ______ with each other more, workers put up advertisements on buses and teachers 9. ______ students different lessons.
Effects(影响) of the project
● In schools, the 10. ______ of the students saying “Hi” is becoming larger than before.
● People put down their phones and talk to each other more.
Conclusion
Saying hello to someone is really helpful.

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