When you carry your heavy schoolbag on the way to school or home, do you know the fact that the heavy schoolbag influences your interest in learning knowledge? Don't worry. You may be able to say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag in the near future.

    Instead of burying(埋葬) your face in an ocean of textbooks, newspapers, magazines and novels, you will soon find that an E-book reader can take the place of them all.

    An E-book reader is a new kind of mini machine designed to hold thousands of text files and display them on the screen as real text printed(印刷) on a paper page.

    In the same way in which the iPod(a kind of MP3) has changed the way people enjoy music, E-book readers could change the way that books are read. Some scientists have predicted that E-books will be used widely in our daily life, especially in schools.

    The size of an E-book reader is the same as that of real books. Its screen is different from that of a computer. It is as thin as a piece of paper. The words on an E-book reader's screen look exactly the same as those on real pages. However, you can do more with an E-book reader than you can with a real book. The reader can change the size of the words and connect to the Internet to download new books.

    A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today's cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.

    The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometres an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometres before needing to stop for more gas (汽油).

    If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.

Eric was standing in front of a large grey house in the countryside. He had just been dropped off by his mum, who left after telling him that he was going to spend the next twelve days there with no TV, no mobile phone and — worse of all — no computer.

Suddenly, a man appeared at the entrance of the house. When he saw Eric, he went up to him immediately. 'You must be Eric. Welcome to the camp,' said the man confidently. 'I'm Tony, the camp leader, but you will call me "Sir". Now tell me why you're here.'

Eric quickly replied, 'My mum made me come!' When Tony looked at him angrily and did not say anything, Eric realized his mistake and added, 'Sir!'

'And do you know why your mother sent you here?' asked Tony.

'She thinks I spend too much time online. Sir,' answered Eric. 'It's not just her opinion — it's the truth! Look at you — pale, unfit, and definitely not getting enough sleep. You're here because you think the virtual world is much better than the real world. But you're wrong! The real world has much more to offer. At the camp, you're going to go hiking, rowing, rock-climbing and stay outdoors most of the time,' promised Tony.

Eric's heart sank.

'But it's not going to be all fun and games,' Tony continued. 'We have rules here. If you break them, you'll get punished. But you won't simply get detention (课后留校), and you can forget about suspension (停学) — you'll never be sent home early! Instead, you'll clean the toilets, wash the dishes or do an extra hour of exercise!'

'Oh Mum,' sighed Eric. 'What have you got me into?'

There was a successful old farmer who grew tomatoes for many years. One day, his grandson told him, "Grandfather, I want to 1 great things in life and make all of my dreams come true. What are the things I should avoid?"The farmer thought for a moment and said, "First of all, you shouldn't be afraid to fall. Secondly, don't ever fool yourself, but the most important of them all, I will tell you at the proper time. "

One week later, the farmer took his grandson to his 2 for the first time. He showed him a large place where he grew tomatoes. When the farmer saw how 3 the little boy was, he asked him, "How do you see them?"The boy replied, "They look very healthy. Their leaves are green and their fruits are smooth and red. "The farmer smiled. Then he took him to another small place and asked, "How about these ones?Can you 4 them with the others?"The boy shook his head and said, ""They don't look healthy. Their leaves are yellow and they haven't developed any fruit yet. What do you 5 the reason?"The farmer said, "That's because these weeds are competing with the main 6 for nutrients in the soil. "

Then the farmer held his grandson 7 his arms and said, "Now is the time to answer your question completely. The most important thing you should avoid to become 8 in life are negative people. These people are like the weeds. And they would stop you from reaching your dreams. They have 9 to offer as they like complaining. So you should stay away from such kind of people. Be around people who bring a smile to your face and fill your heart with joy. Choose your friends 10 and they will never put you down. "