Different things usually stand for(代表) different feelings. Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life. People say red is an exciting and active color. They connect (使发生联系) red 1a strong feeling like anger. Red is used for signs of 2 , such as STOP signs and fire engines. Orange is the bright, warm color of 3in autumn. People say orange is a 4 color. They connect orange with happiness. Yellow is the color of 5. People say it is a cheerful color. They connect yellow too, with happiness. Green is the cool color of grass in 6. People say it is a refreshing(使……清新，恢复) color. In general, people talk about two groups of colors:7colors and cool colors. The warm colors are red, orange and 8. Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be 9. Those who like to be with 10 like red. The cool colors are 11 and blue. Where are these colors, people are usually worried. Some scientists say that time seems to 12 more slowly in a room with warm colors. They suggest that a warm color is a good 13 for a living room or a 14.
People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly. 15 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.
As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it's impossible for you to become a writer. Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
The customs (习俗) in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plates as soon as I have no food. It often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I don't want to, because it is considered bad manners(没礼貌) in the West to leave one's food on the plate. I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American's dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners (有礼貌) in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the US it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on (坚持) him accepting something. Americans have a direct (直接的) way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say "No, thanks". When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, "No, thanks, I'll take some diet Pepsi–cola if you have it." That is what an American will do. So when you go to the US, you had better remember the famous saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do".
