Mei Qiyue, 13, of Chongqing, leaves her dorm early every morning and doesn't return until late at night. She feels stressed in the dorm. "My roommates look down on me. When I say something, they never agree with me. Sometimes, they even laugh at me together," said Mei. "The dorm is like hell. I want to leave the moment I walk in." Mei is not alone. Many middle school students lave such problems. Plans, opinions and other small differences can create conflict . "Most teenagers are the only child in the family where they are the 'King' or 'Queen'. They can't stand other kids' different ideas, so conflicts between them come out in the dorm," said Sun Yunxiao, a professor in Beijing. According to Sun, roommate relations are important in schools, and students should be serious about them. He suggests that students should be patient, sincere and cooperative in dealing with their roommates. Zou Ming, 14, of Shanxi, and his roommates didn't clean their dorm for a long time during their first semester. "Later, we began to hate each other because nobody would clean," said Zou. "One day, we had a dorm meeting. At the meeting we discussed the problem seriously and decided each other of us would clean for a week." After the meeting, they cleaned the dorm for the first time together, and the boys have become good friends. "I think we should take care of the dorm like our family and our roommates like our brothers," said Zou. "Only in this way can we have a happy dorm like and make lifelong friends."
How old is Mei?
What city does she live in?
Does she live in a big house?
Where does she live?
Is she alone in her room?
Does she enjoy living in the dorm?
How does she feel there?
Do most students there have siblings?
What suggestions does Sun Yunxiao make?
What problems did Zou Ming and his roommates have?
How did that make them feel?
Did they address the problem?
Where did they talk about it?
What decision did they make?
What did they do together afterward?
Do they get along now?
How does Zou say they can have a happy dorm?
How old is Zou Ming?
What is Sun Yunxiao's job?
In which city?
13
 13
Chongqing
Chongqing
no
dorm
in a dorm
in the dorm
no
My roommates
no
like hell.
stressed
stressed 
no
"Most teenagers are the only child in the family 
tudents should be patient, sincere and cooperative
tudents should be patient, sincere and cooperative
nobody would clean
nobody would clean
angry at each other
hate each other 
yes
fter the meeting, they cleaned the dorm for the first time
a meeting
 At the meeting
each of them would clean for a week
each other of us would clean for a week
take care of the dorm
 take care of the dorm
yes
lifelong friends."
treat roommates like our brothers
roommates like our brothers
14
 14
professor
professor
Beijing
Beijing