Food is very important. Everyone needs to 1 well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our 2 also need a kind of food. This kind of food is 3. We begin to get knowledge even when we are very young. Small children are 4 in everything around them. They 5 something while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to 6 story books, science books ... anything they like. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and 7 to find out answers. What is the best 8 to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are 9 getting answers from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well. When we study in the 10 way, we will learn more and understand better.
Tom walked into a shop. It had a sign outside: “Second-hand (旧的）clothes bought and sold.” He was carrying an old pair of trousers and asked the owner of the shop, “How much will you give me for these?” The man looked at them and then said,“Two dollars. ”
“What?!” said Tom. “I thought they were worth at least five dollars.”
“No,” said the man “They aren't worth a cent more than two dollars.”
“Well,” said Toni, taking two dollars out of his pocket. “Here's your money. These trousers were hanging outside your shop. The list price (标价）of them was six dollars and a half. But I thought that was too much money, so I wanted to find out how much they were really worth.”
Then he walked out of the shop with the pair of trousers and disappeared before the shop owner could think of anything to say.
People from other countries will find many different surprising things in Britain.
Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of driving in Britain. People drive on the left in the British street, but the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said, "I've been in Britain for nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn't always remember to drive on the left. Every time, my friend reminded me.”
Japanese: Japanese people can't understand why British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan, people walk in the room without shoes. If a visitor keeps his shoes on at home in Japan, the Japanese people think he is very impolite.
Spanish: The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem to be afraid of touching. When they meet, they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug in Spain. But the British people think kissing is a very usual greeting when they meet!
There is ail old saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.” When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette (礼节）of country.
Dear Mum,
I don't think you understand my life. You think I should be studying all the time. I know you want me to find a good job when I grow up, but I would like to have a wonderful time, too. You never think about fun things for me to do like music, sports. Two days ago, when I was watching a football game on TV, you asked me to stop and do my homework. After finishing my homework, still I wasn't allowed to read my football magazines. You said I had to go to bed early. That was bad enough, but yesterday was the worst day. I bought some computer games, and put them in my bag so that you wouldn't see them. I told you I had to do my homework first. I know it was wrong to lie (说谎）to you, but you told me that Dad would talk to me later. Mum, I didn't quite like what you did to me! I really love you, Mum, but I wish you could try not to be so strict with me.
Zhang Ning
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Perhaps you've had an experience like this. Most people have. But most of them haven't realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. Well, let me show you how.
First, relax. If you are over worried about something, you'll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won't remember things.
But relaxing isn't enough. To improve your memory, you'll need to take an active role. Like your body, you can make your memory strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you're learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don't take notice of things actively, you won't remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don't just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you're putting them.
Many people like talking with the word “dog”. They love their dogs and look after them well. But dogs without owners to care for them have a different kind of life. “To lead a dog's life” tells a person has an unhappy life.
Some people say we live in a “dog-eat-dog” world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say that to be successful, a person has to “work like a dog”. This means he has to work very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired.
Still, people say “every dog has its day”. This means that every person enjoys a successful time during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that “you can never teach an old dog new things”.
They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
We often talk about weather with the word “dog”. “The dog days of summer” are the hottest days of the year. The rain can make the weather cool. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to “rain cats and dogs”.
There is a big desert our village and Hope Town. If you want to go to Hope Town, there are two (way) for you. One is short but dangerous; the is long but safe. Many people died in order (get) to Hope Town sooner.
“We need some trees in the desert,” said old man. But soon all the young trees died out in the hot sun. “Don't (worried). We can use them as our road signs,” said the old man，“Every time we walk along them，pull them upward so we can still see them.”
One day a businessman was walking to Hope Town. Some villagers gave him the (advise).
“Maybe it's the only time for me to come here. It doesn't matter to pull the dry trees upward Not,” he thought. When he walked to the half-way point, a heavy wind came. In no time he (lose) his way. And soon the poor businessman died!
