— No. None of us.

— Oh, it's very nice. When was it taken?

— It was       . I left the cinema halfway through it.

— Yes, I'm fine now. I can go to work today.

— No. You must set the table first.

    In 1985 two climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, left their base camp and started climbing a mountain called Siula Grande.

    1 they arrived at the top, they went down the mountain. Unfortunately, Simpson fell and 2 his leg. Quickly, Yates tied a rope to himself and then to his 3. Then Simpson slipped（滑倒）. He was hanging in mid-air. Yates didn't know 4 was happening below. The rope was pulling Yates down the mountain. He had two choices: hold the rope but then 5 of them might die, or cut the rope and survive（幸存）himself. It was a(n) 6 decision for Yates but, at the last moment, Yates 7 the rope and saved himself. As a result, Simpson fell into a deep crevasse（裂隙）.

    The next day, Yates 8 Simpson everywhere. He called Simpson's name but he heard 9. So he thought Simpson was 10. Yates didn't know that Simpson was still alive inside the crevasse. After Simpson realized Yates wasn't coming, he decided to find a way out 11 the rope.

    On a dark night several days later, Yates was sleeping at base camp when he 12 someone shouting his name. Finally, after searching and searching he  13 Simpson. He was lying on the ground, not moving, but he was still alive.

    After a few days, the two men 14home and their story became famous. Yates was 15 blamed（指责）for cutting the rope. In 1988, Simpson wrote a book about the accident and defended（为……辩解）Yates. Simpson believed Yates made the right decision.

    Have you ever visited another country? It is   to visit another country, but there are sometimes  when we don't know the language very well. It may be  to talk with the people in that country. We may not know how to  the telephone in that country. We may not know  to buy the things we need. In a(n)  country we might not know where to eat or how to order in a restaurant. It is not easy to decide how much to tip waiters or taxi  . When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is  to have an experience like that. After a short time,  , we learn what to do and what to say. We learn to  life in that country, and then we may be sad when we have to leave.

    Rene was born in an Indian village in Oaxaca, Mexicon. His family lived in a small house. They spoke an Indian language. Rene started school in the village when he was six years old. There was no school for older children in the village. So Rene went to Oaxaca City when he was nine years old. This was a big step for Rene. It was his first time in a city.

    Little Rene got a job in the city. He worked for a rich family. He took care of their big house. He worked during the day, and he went to school at night. He learned good work and study habits. He learned Spanish, and he grew up.

    When Rene was thirteen years old, he returned to his village. He had many brothers and sisters. His mother needed help. Rene felt bad. He could not go to high school.

    When Rene was twenty years old, he took a very big step. He went to Los Angeles. He worked as a cook. He took English classes in his spare time. Then he went to university. He studied very hard.

    Today, Rene teaches English. He tells his students," Learning English is not so hard. Having good habits is the most important thing! Be organized. Use your time well. Have a good time!"

    It was summertime. Donna walked into the classroom." Good afternoon, everybody!" That was a joke Donna told every day. Usually the class started with only two or three students in the classroom, and then the other students came as the minutes went by.

    Donna knew that the students didn't like studying English. The head teacher had told her the reason. The students thought English was confusing.

    Donna waited until all the students were sitting in their seats. She smiled and said," Okay, well. Let's get started. Please turn to Page 36. Today we're studying participles as adjectives（分词作形容词）. Students often feel confused when they learn about the present and past participles, so we need to practice a lot. Today, we're just going to practice using present participles as adjectives." Donna looked at all the blank faces around the classroom. Then she wrote two sentences on the blackboard.

    "The present participle tells us what kind of emotion the subject（主语）is causing. For example, when we say 'grammar is boring', we mean that the subject—grammar — causes an emotion of boredom. If we say, 'The movie is interesting', we are saying that the movie causes an emotion of interest. Any questions so far? Is anyone confused?"

    The classroom was quiet. Donna knew it would take some time for everyone to understand what she was talking about. After a while, Donna got a little excited because she saw looks of understanding on some of the students' faces.

WROXETER ROMAN CITY

    Today, an increasing number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the " Heads-down Tribe'. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.

    More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, heads-down tribe members who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined. Car drivers and motorcyclists（骑摩托车的人）who break the traffic rule will be fined NT$3,000 and NT$1,000 respectively.

    As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Besides, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the "Heads-down Tribe". Let's have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he bumped into（撞上）a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so scared that he turned around and ran away as quickly as possible. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It's strange that they don't talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.

    Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools for modern life. Are mobile phones good or not? It depends on how people use them. Let's be "healthy" users and try to be the "Heads-up Tribe".

    Sport is very popular in England. In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport A lot watch sport on TV.  On the whole English people prefer to be fat rather than thin.

     Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters (支持者) of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their teams play. There are four divisions(级别)of the football league. Not surprisingly the best teams are in the first division.  You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!

    Many other sports are also played in England, such as golf, in which you try to knock a ball into a hole; basketball, in which you try to get a ball through a net; tennis, in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent(对手) can not hit it.  

    Actually(其实), that is not quite true. Athletics(田径) isn't played with a ball; nor horseracing ( 赛马 ).

A: Excuse me. Can you tell where the nearest KFC restaurant is?

B: Pardon?

A:

B: The KFC restaurant? Oh, the nearest one is on Heping Street.

A:  

B: Walk straight ahead for two blocks, and then turn left. The restaurant will be about 10 meters in front of you.

A:

B: No, it's only about 10 minutes's walk. You can take a bus if you don't want to walk there.

A:

B: No. 808 or 809. Look, the bus stop is over there.

A:  

B: You're welcome.

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Think before you search online

    Some students now have a new use for the Internet — helping them with their homework. But different people have different ideas about it.