When learning new vocabulary, don't just memorize a list of words. Instead, try to make five sentences 1 each new word. Then use the new words as often as you 2. In this way, you can remember new words 3 longer. Practising sounds, as you know, is difficult. Take the "th" sound for example. Choose words that begin 4 "th" and repeat them until you are comfortable with them. Let's 5： This, that, those, them, think…Read, read, read in English, of course！6 is one of the best ways to increase your vocabulary and 7 your grammar in a natural way. It's important to choose topics and books you are 8.When someone is talking in English, 9 the main points. If you hear a word you don't understand, ignore(忽略) it and go on listening. If you stop and think about the word, you will 10 everything else the person is saying. Always remember: Practice makes perfect.
One evening I visited the English corner of our town. It is near our school. There are trees and flowers and a small ground. Every evening, large numbers of people go there to improve their English, but I had never been there before.
When I arrived there, many people had already been there. I looked around and found that most of them were students. Some of them were talking in English in twos and threes. To my great surprise, I even found three foreigners talking and smiling with some students who were listening with great interest. Just then, a tall student came towards me and asked, "Shall we have a talk in English？" My heart beat very fast at that moment because it was the first time for me to visit the English corner. Anyway, I said, "Yes." Soon we talked freely about our studies, our lives, our hobbies as well as our problems of learning English. Time went fast, and it was already 11 o'clock before I realised it.
I had a good time there and was glad to learn a lot at the English corner. I understood the proverb better, "Practice makes perfect."
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need dreams,” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have a few dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is thinking about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may think about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams can go away quickly.
Too much dreaming cannot be good. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
There is a famous English saying “You are what you eat”, and it means what you put in your mouth will become part of you. Many experts (专家) use it to tell people it's important to have a good eating habit. For example, too much sweet food makes a person overweight（超重）. To avoid being fat, kids are told to keep off sweet food. But, a team of American scientists have found something new about eating sweet food.
“When we say some people 'sweet', we mean they are kind and friendly to us. Perhaps(也许) this word can help us learn more about people's feelings and acts.” said Brian Meier, a scientist from the study team. “Taste is something we experience every day. What we have done is to find whether we can know someone's character(角色) and behavior(行为) depending on their taste.”
In one of their experiments(实验), students were asked questions about their character－whether, for example, they were soft-hearted or not. Then they were asked to make a list of their favorite food. According to their answers, the scientists found that the students who liked sweet food were nicer.
In their another experiment, the scientists found that people who preferred sweet food such as cookies and chocolate were more willing to help other people in need, and those who ate non-sweet food such as chips weren't. For example, people with a sweet tooth were more likely to volunteer to clean up their city, visit sick children in the hospital and so on.
The result of the experiments is that people's helpfulness or being nice has something to do with their taste for sweet food. So eating sweet food is a useful way to make people nice and helpful. Next time, try some ice-cream.
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—Because she can't find her mother.
Dear Dad and Mom,
We have been in Australia for three days. We're having a good time here. Australia is the sixth （large） country in the world. There is so much to see it is impossible for me to tell you everything. We are now living in a hotel. It is located（坐落于……）in the centre of Sydney, and our room has a wonderful view of the city. There are（much） big trees and beautiful flowers all over the city and it is great pleasure staying here. most enjoyable thing is to watch koalas sleeping in the tree.
We （visit） many places of interest around Sydney yesterday and the day before yesterday. I'd like to spend more time here, Linda and May can't wait to see the coral reefs（珊瑚礁） in Cairns, so we are going to （fly） there tomorrow. It is said that words cannot describe the beauty of the colourful corals. Now we are busy （prepare） for the next trip to Cairns so that we will not hurry when we leave. We can enjoy （us） in Cairns this time tomorrow. I'm looking forwardvisiting the attractions there!
Lots of love,
Sam
内容包括：1）看英语电影、听英语歌曲，猜测生词意思。2）与外教交谈。3）把单词写在纸条上，利用纸条记忆单词。
注意：1）词数：80左右2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Wang Wei,
I received your email yesterday. In the email, you asked me how to improve your English. Now I'd like to give you some advice.
These are my suggestions. I hope they are useful to you.
Yours,
Zhang Hua
