You speak, write a letter,1 a telephone call. Your wordscarry a message, people communicate with words. Do you think you cancommunicate2 words? A smile on your face shows you arehappy and friendly. Tears in your eyes tell3 that you are sad. When youput up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want4 something or ask questions. You shake yourhead, and people know you are saying5.You nod and people know you are saying yes. Other things can also carrymessages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus6. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library.Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you7 noticed that there are a lot of signs aroundyou and that you receive messages from them8?People can communicate9 many other ways. An artist can use hisdrawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many otherthings.
Books are written to tell you about allwonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books,magazines, TV and radio and films all help us to communicate with other people.They all help us to know what is going on in the world and10 other people are thinking about.
