A: Mom, I don't know this word. It's difficult.

B: Oh, I don't know it, either.?

A: But my dad is busy.

B: ?

A: He is writing a report.

B: .

A: That's a good idea. I will look it up in the dictionary.

B: I'm happy your English is improving.

A: In fact, my spoken English isn't good. ?

B: You should have conversations with foreign friends.

A: But it's difficult to find foreign friends.

B: You can go to the English Corner on the square. There are usually many foreign people there.

A: ?

B: You can start a conversation by talking about the weather. Then try your best to speak more.

—I saw a __________film, so I have no time to do my homework.

    Hi, Gary. I'm in Paris with my parents. It's 11:45 and I am writing this email at a restaurant. Mum 1 shopping now. Tomorrow will be a sunny day, I 2 a famous garden. 3 are you going? Are you going to the Summer Palace? Hope you to have a fun!

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    Tony is always busy at work. But next month he is taking a long Heis going to China with his family. They are going to the Great Wall and the Palace Museum. They are there for two weeks. They have some Chinese there, and they are also them. Then they are going and enjoying the beautiful parks there. They are to stay there for aweek. Next they are going to Mount Emei in Sichuan. They are going inthe mountains. They will their friends some postcards during the vocation. Then they are going to New York. After the vacation they will have to go on the busy work.

The desk looks fine，but it is  small．

Have you ever heard of water bears? They have lived on the earth for more than 500 million years, long before dinosaurs. Though called "bears", they look completely different from bears! The largest ones are only 1. 4 mm long. Each of their eight legs ends with a claw（爪）. They also have sharp mouths! Some of the places they live may surprise you! They live deep down in the ocean. It's too dark to see well, and the weight of water from up above is very heavy. But tiny water bears can survive in such difficult environment. In space, there is no air, water or food. But water bears can live there! Astronauts took some water bears outside the space ship. Surprisingly, most of them lived. Some even laid eggs! The eggs even hatched （孵） into healthy babies!

There is no rain in dry valleys of Antarctica for two million years. But water bears can survive in such a place! How? First, they curl（蜷缩） into a ball. Then they do nothing. They can stay this way for more than 10 years! When they get wet again, they uncurl and start to move around. Sometimes wind or water moves them away when they curl up in a ball.

Besides the places mentioned above, water bears also live around us, but it's not easy to find them If we are careful and lucky enough, maybe we can find one.

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    What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. Today, about 15% of the number of people is left- handed. But why are people left- handed? The answer is the way the brain(大脑)works. The brain has two halves--the right half controls the left side of the body, and the left controls the right side of the body. So right – handed people have a strong left –brain and left –handed people have a strong right – brain.

    The two halves of the brain are about the same size. But each side controls different things. The left side controls language, math and logical(逻辑的). When you remember new words, or when you put things in order, you use your left side. The right side of the brain controls your love of art, colors and music. It is also good at recognizing(识别) faces.

    This does not mean that all artists are left –handed and all accountants(会计)are right –handed. Some right –handers have a strong right – brain, and some left –handers have a strong left –brain.