—Sure! It's ________ European country, which is famous for sausages and beer.

— ________ seriously we destroy the nature!

—Oh, she is Lucy, my PE teacher from Australia.

—Take it easy. You're sure to get a high mark because you are good at English.

①pay no attention to bad things that happened

②volunteer to help people in need

③spend more time with family and friends .

④compare yourself to others

⑤find the bright sides in bad situations

If you've been to a foreign country, you will know that fitting in(适应)isn't easy. They have a different language, a set of customs and a way of life. Here's1you can do before going to a different country.

Learn about the country. Get a base of knowledge. Where is the country? What are their traditional foods? You can look for some2 on the Internet. If you know someone3has been to the country, ask them to tell you a bit about the country.

Learn about their language. As we know, English is the bridge to the world, but there are lots of things that can't4 in our textbooks. For example, you may ask "Where is the restroom?" It sounds5. "Could you please tell me where the restroom is?" The second one shows your politeness. So we need to learn how to behave6a polite way.

Have a basic understanding of customs. If you destroy(破坏) their custom, you must7that you are foreign and it was just an accident. Customs are very different around the world, especially as you get into African and Arabian countries(阿拉伯国家). For example, you8say "you are so beautiful" to an

Arabian girl. A policeman may trouble you if you do so. Find a good guide in a foreign country. He or she can tell you many good expressions and how to9different situations. Remember: being friendly, honest 10and polite is always okay in every country.

The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

A teacher asked her students to play a game. The teacher told each child to bring a bag with a few potatoes. Each potato was given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child would put into the bag would depend on the number of people the child hates.

Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others even had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told them to carry the bag wherever they went for a week. As the days went by, the children started to complain (抱怨) about the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten (腐烂的) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After a week, the teacher asked," How did you feel!?" The children started complaining about the trouble they had to go through when they had to carry the heavy and smelly (难闻的) potatoes everywhere they went.

Then the teacher said," This is the same situation when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will close your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot stand the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime? So learn to forgive(原谅) other people from now on and I am sure you will have a happier life."

It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don't. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn't accepted by all people. Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don't need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and math need not be taught in detail(详细地), either.

It is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living. Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest if the world. I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the main reason.

Come to learn English in Los Angeles! We can offer you great summer English courses. You will love coming to Los Angeles to learn about American culture and improve your English at the same time.

▲Teaching

The courses last for four, six or eight weeks. They start at the end of July. They teach English classes for four hours a day. You can work in small or large groups: it depends on your personal choice(选择). We provide books and we set tests every week to check your progress. There are also computers for personal study.

▲Places to stay

Where can you stay in the US? You can stay as a guest with an American family and take part in their daily life. You have meals with the family and do some activities with them, too. For many of our students, this is the best part of the course. Many families form close friendships with the students and stay in touch with them.

▲Free time .

We plan activities every day after class. You can choose to take trips to Hollywood, Disneyland or San Francisco, or you can go shopping.

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A: Excuse me, is there a bookstore around here?

B: Yes. There is.

A: Could you tell me where it is?

B: Certainly. Go along the street and turn right at the third turning. Then walk until you see Qiulin Shopping Mall.

A: You mean it's across from Qiulin Shopping Mall?

B: Exactly.

A:

B: One kilometer

A:

B: Yes. You'd better take the underground. It's fast and convenient.

A: Great! Oh, and one more thing. What time does the bookstore close?

B: You'd better ask for information in the bookstore.

A: Thank you very much.

B: You're welcome.

A: This party is a great idea!

B: I agree. It's been three years we last saw our primary school classmates.

A: It's interesting to see people have changed.

B: Billy has changed so . He used to be so shy and quiet.

A: Yeah, his face always turns red when he talked to girls.

B: I used to see him reading in the library every day.

A: That's because he was a really good student. He studied hard and got good scores his exams.

B: Did he use to wear glasses?

A: Yes, and he used to be thin, too. But look how big and strong he is now!

B: He's so popular now. Look at all the girls around him!

Li Wen is a 15 -year-old boy from the countryside. When he was a little boy, he seldom cause any problems. However, things began to change a few years ago. His parents moved to the city to look for jobs and his grandparents came to take care of him. But he missed his parents so much and he often felt lonely and unhappy.

Li Wen's unhappiness to influence his schoolwork. He became less in studying. Sometimes he was absent from classes and failed his examinations. Finally, Li Wen's parents made the to send him to a boarding school. However, Li Wen was shy and not to make friends quickly. He found life there difficult. One day he told his teacher that he wanted to leave the school. His teacher him and she called his parents to come here." It was exactly what I needed," he said. After that, Li Wen's parents had much more with their son than they used to." I'm much now and I work even harder than I used to." said Li Wei.

Many would agree that when we talk about Christmas, we probably think of gifts, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. But behind all the things lies the true meaning of Christmas: the importance of sharing and giving love and joy to people around us. The story in A Christmas Carol is perhaps the best example of this. A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel written by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about himself. He doesn't treat others nicely. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. He tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

That night three ghosts visit Scrooge, First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood. Then the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are spending Christmas this year. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is so scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning-Christmas Day!

Chinese people have been celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes for centuries. It is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of lunar calendar(阴历). Mooncakes are in the shape of a full moon. They carry people's wishes to the families they love and miss. People enjoy them with their families on the Mid-Autumn night.

There are many traditional folk stories about this festival. However, most people think that the story of Chang'e is the most touching. Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful wife. After Hou Yi shot down the nine suns, a goddess gave him magic medicine to thank him. Whoever drank this could live forever, and Hou Yi planned to drink it with Chang'e. However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to steal the medicine when Hou Yi was not at home. Chang'e refused to give it to him and drank it all, soon she became very light and she flew up to the moon.

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2）介绍活动相关信息：

①主题：如何提高阅读能力。

②地点：学校会议室。

③时间：本周五下午一点。

3）作为九年级的学生如何提高英语阅读提出具体建议(至少两点)。

Dear Wang Li,

    How is everything going?

    ……

    Best wishes for you!

Yours,

Li Ming