Dear Wendy,

    Thank you {#blank#}1{#/blank#} your inviting me to go on holiday with you. I thought this would be a very good {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to see you again. I still remember the time when we chatted the night through,

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (discuss) our plans for the future. It {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that everything would be OK with our arrangements (安排) this weekend. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, one of my relatives, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  has been in the United States for two years, will visit my family this Saturday. My parents expect me to stay at home. As a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, I regret {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tell) you that I have to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our plans. I think we can meet during the summer holiday. When that time comes, we will be together again and enjoy the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (beauty) scenery of Wenzhou.  

    Best wishes

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    Are you a-teenager{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (absorb) in music? If so, I will give you a warning – the music you love could end up making you deaf. More {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(specific), the way you listen to the music you love could make you deaf.

    The problem is .headphones. In the past, we played music out into the air. Then earmuff-style（耳罩式）headphones {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (invent) and we were able to play music much closer to our eras. Now we have earbuds（耳塞）, which many doctors think are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (bad) than older headphones because they play music directly into the eras. Also, earbuds are not as good as blocking outside noise, so people{#blank#}5{#/blank#} use them nay turn the volume {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to dangerous levels.

    What's the dangerous level? Well, it {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(depend) on how long you are going to listen to the noise. Very, very loud sounds can be dangerous to your hearing. But the scary {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(true) is that even seemingly “normal” noise can be dangerous {#blank#}9{#/blank#}you listen to it all the time.

    Think for a minute about how long you spend {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (listen) to loud noise with headphones every day. Then do some research. There are resources online telling you what volumes are safe, and for how long.

    Woodblock printing first appeared in the early Tang period. During the Song dynasty, the technique of block printing was very advanced. Books were {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (beautiful) printed. Even today the books{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(print) at the time are valuable and treasured by libraries and book collectors. 

    However, block printing {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) not very convenient. Every two pages of a book had to be carved on a woodblock, and a big book would require many blocks. Besides, there had to be large places for storing the books. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (overcome) these shortcomings, Bi Sheng invented the movable type during the years between 1041 and 1048. One word was carved on one piece of clay, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was hardened with fire. Then clay characters were set on {#blank#}6{#/blank#} iron plate according to the text of a book. Then ink was applied to them and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sheet) of paper spread over them, and the printing was done. Bi Sheng's invention made printing faster and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(easy) than before. Later, movable type of metal and wood was made and widely used.

    The technique of printing was gradually known to other Asian countries and Europe. The great influence printing had {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the advance of civilization is too clear to need any {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(explain).

How to Become a Morning Person?

You have grand ambitions: to start a business, to write a book. But chances are you work long hours, or household responsibilities consume your days. By the time you finish all you have to do, you will have had no energy {#blank#}1{#/blank#}anything you want to do beyond turning on the TV.

Yet some busy people do make time for their priorities. The secret is giving the most attention to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}at the very beginning of a day. They get up earlier than they have to. Morning by morning, they make progress on something {#blank#}3{#/blank#}matters.

It's not fun to force yourself out of bed, but these early hours are often the best time to do things for yourself. With a little schedule reorganization, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(become) a morning person is more doable than you think.

I first learned that mornings {#blank#}5{#/blank#}be transformational years ago, when I was studying a busy lawyer's schedule. She wanted to spend more time with her son, but she had little control over when she left work. This state of affairs kept her sad {#blank#}6{#/blank#}she realized she and her son were both early risers and the morning time could be made full use of. After thinking it through, the lawyer decided to get up even earlier. Then, when the boy stepped into the dining room, she {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(finish) preparing a rich breakfast so they two could enjoy the meal to the fullest together.

Mornings are also great for focused thinking. Getup an hour earlier, and you can knock out your most important task of the day. Or you can spare some time for those creative desires {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(bury) deep in your heart and hard to nurture.

But many will argue：I'm not a morning person! The fact is that there are not so many true night owls. When most people take an honest look at {#blank#}9{#/blank#}they're spending the hours before bed, they'll find they have wasted much time on the TV programs they don't mean {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(watch). Also, they often browse through photos on social media of people they didn't like in high school anyway.

A better approach is to sleep earlier, rise earlier and turn unproductive evening hours into productive morning hours.