—Since we were in our childhood.

—Really? When ________ you ________it?

    There is an old saying: "Take the time to stop and smell the flowers." I think we should also take the time to 1 flowers.

    My grandmother knew just 2 to do that. She grew flowers with earth, water and love, so her back garden was filled with beautiful flowers. She would smile when she saw the 3 shine down on them. In her front garden she planted flowers,  4. You could see red, white, and yellow flowers in it. My mom and I used to walk 5 them and enjoy their smells. Beautiful butterflies (蝴蝶) flew down on them. Grandma also cared for the wild flowers. She would send 6 and my brother out to pick flowers and would then turn them into delicious wine (酒).

    Grandma not only planted flowers in the gardens 7 also planted flowers in our hearts. Her delicious dinners made with love encouraged us. Her sweet smile always made us 8. Her hugs (拥抱) and kisses were the sunshine that kept our own love 9 day after day.

    Take the time to plant a few flowers yourself today. Show your smiles, kindness and love .Plant your wishes, talents and pleasure. Make this 10 brighter and brighter with your sunshine.

A: Hi, Tom! Come in, please.

B: Hi!

A: I'm looking for information about Sydney on the Internet. I'm going to Sydney for my holiday.

B:

A: No, but my father has been there twice. He told me there were many places of interest there.

B:

A: I'm leaving at 9 a.m. on Friday.

B:

A: I will go there by plane.

B: Have you ever flown in a plane?

A:

B: You must be excited when you fly in a plane.

A: Really, I can't wait for it.

    Babies born after 2017 may never need to take a driving lesson because of the development of self ­driving cars. Some scientists say that self ­driving or driverless cars(无人驾驶汽车)may hit the roads within 15 years, and it is possible that driving may become unnecessary, or more relaxing and enjoyable.

    Companies like Google, Baidu, Apple and Alibaba are working on driverless cars. But, if the tests are successful, these electric self­ driving cars could be put into use very soon. This kind of cars may change the way we live in the future. All you have to do is to type in the address!

    According to Baidu, driverless technology has the following four advantages. Firstly, driverless cars are actually safer. With driverless cars, the number of deaths caused by accidents will decrease. Secondly, driverless cars are more efficient(效率高的) than manned cars. Thirdly, driverless cars follow the traffic rules. Therefore traffic control will be easier to achieve. At last, the cost of transportation will be reduced as the labor cost becomes less.

    There are many different technologies needed to make a successful self ­driving car. The most difficult technologies of all are environmental perception(感知), behavior prediction, planning control, HD mapping, and exact GPS.

    Do you want to have a nice trip in your spare time? Maybe Yunnan is a good choice for you. There you can enjoy different places of interest.

    Day 1：Arrive in Shangri ­la. You will meet your local guide at the airport or the station and he or she will take you to the hotel. Visit Napa Lake in your free time in the afternoon.

    Day 2：Drive to Lijiang for 2 hours and visit Tiger Leaping Gorge on the way. After you reach Lijiang, you can visit Black Dragon Pond and Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. You can take the cable car(缆车) to Baisha Village in Lijiang.

    Day 3：Take a bus to Dali( about 3.5 hours)．You can go boating on Erhai Lake. Visit Xizhou and Zhoucheng.Do some shopping in the old Dali town.

    Day 4：Fly to Kunming in the morning, which is the capital of Yunnan. Then take a tour to the Stone Forest .In the afternoon, end your trip and leave Kunming by air.

    Contact Information：

    Phone: 0517­83987236

    Working time: 9：00—17：00

    Company: Sunshine Travel Agency(旅行社)

    Address: 209 Hunan Road, Huai'an, Jiangsu

    It is over a year now since Cathy came to China. She is now living in Nanjing and has worked in a computer factory for six months. The factory is in the north of the city, and her flat is in the south. But, she has never been late for work.

    Cathy is very popular in the factory. She is kind to everybody and gets on well with the Chinese workers. After work, in the evenings they visit each other and talk about almost everything.

    However, Cathy has made up her mind to leave the factory. She is going to find a job in a travel agency(旅行社). “If I work in a travel agency, I'll be able to meet more people. I can learn more about China，” she told her friends.

    One day last week she had a talk with the manager of the travel agency .He seemed pleased with her Chinese. At the end of the talk, he said, “I'll give you a ring in a week and tell you the result.” Now Cathy is waiting for the answer.

    These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their meals, but also enjoy playing computer games and chatting on the Internet. Wink is the restaurant's name. It is in Los Angeles, and it's about fun and food.

    In Wink, there are no waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced(取代)them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring it to the tables. You can also play video games with the people at the next table .The screens can show music videos, movies and so on. But mainly they are used to show video games.

    It's an interactive(互动的)restaurant where you will control your meal and your time. The service is fast and the runners know clearly where to go. There will be no waiting for a waiter and no misunderstandings(误解)in the kitchen. Different kinds of food are served at any time of the day. Wink is a place which hosts “room games”, where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same time.

    The owner of the restaurant hopes that Wink can make it easy for people to be interactive having fun and enjoying a delicious meal.

—The famous reporter is having an i (采访)with President Donald Trump.

提示：1）我的家乡过去是个安静的小镇，山清水秀，空气清新。人们骑自行车或步行出行。

2）现在我的家乡已变成一个现代化的城镇，已建起座座高楼，处处可见宽阔的马路。我们的社区门口有许多公交车经过，很多人都已买了私家车，出行很方便。

3）但是，家乡的变化也给我们带来了许多麻烦，例如：……

4）我的想法是：……

Changes in My Hometown

When I returned to my hometown last month, I found it changed a lot. …