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Life Coaching Courses
Life coaching courses are perfect for individuals with excellent interpersonal skills and are willing to help people achieve their goals. The role of a Life Coach is to provide support and guidance for people looking forward to changing or improving a certain aspect of their life. This can be emotional or healthrelated and, in the overall sense, it can mean total life support and life coaching.
Life coaching courses available through NCC are below：
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Diploma
This qualityassured diploma in Emotional Freedom Technique is a form of emotional and psychological acupressure (指压), which makes use of a simple tapping routine coupled with statements made by the client (客户) to express how they feel about the problem in hand.
Price: WAS ￡ 550.00 NOW ￡ 440.00
Awarding Body: ABC Awards
Average Duration (持续时间): 200 hours
Course Support: 12 months access to the course
Health Coaching Diploma
The Health Coaching Level 3 Diploma course is appealing for those who wish to improve soft skills or the job that they already have. In addition, it is for those with a keen interest in health promotion.
Price: WAS ￡ 550.00 NOW ￡ 440.00
Awarding Body: ABC Awards
Average Duration: 200 hours
Course Support: 12 months access to the course
Life Coaching Diploma
The Life Coaching Diploma course aims to provide the learner with knowledge of how life coaching works and what a Life Coach does. It could be the beginning of a whole new life, not only for you, but for all your potential clients!
Price: WAS ￡ 408.00 NOW ￡ 326.40
Awarding Body: NCFE Certificate
Average Duration: 200 hours
Course Support: 12 months expert tutor support
语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了人生教练的工作内容以及三种人生教练课程的相关信息。
1．Who are life coaching courses intended for?
A．Those who have emotional needs.
B．Those who need a major life change.
C．Those who want to keep physical fitness.
D．Those who are good at socializing.
解析：选D 细节理解题。根据第一段中的第一句可知，人生教练课程是为那些有极好的人际交往技巧的人设计的，并愿意帮助他们实现目标。故选D。
2．What can people learn from the Life Coaching Diploma course?
A．The job of Life Coaches.
B．The history of life coaching.
C．The way to develop soft skills.
D．The meaning of job promotion.
解析：选A 细节理解题。根据Life Coaching Diploma部分中的第一句可知，参加Life Coaching Diploma课程的人可以了解人生教练是做什么的，即了解其职业特征。故选A。
3．What do these life coaching courses have in common?
A．The courses all last for 12 hours on average.
B．A 20% discount is offered for each course now.
C．All the courses are given by experts in that field.
D．All participants can get a diploma from ABC Awards.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据文中给出的三种人生教练课程的价格信息“Price: WAS ￡ 550.00 NOW ￡ 440.00”“Price：WAS ￡ 550.00 NOW ￡ 440.00”“Price: WAS ￡ 408.00 NOW ￡ 326.40”可知，这三种课程的共同之处是每种课程目前的费用都打了八折。故选B。
