Next time you're in a public place, take a look-around you. And {#blank#}1{#/blank#}how many people are using their phones. I can tell you now that it is probably more than half, whether you're on a bus, in a care {#blank#}2{#/blank#}simply walking down the street.

    I'm not saying that I am not an example of this, but it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}mazes(使惊愕) me how people can spend so much time on their phones without {#blank#}4{#/blank#}to others. Has it gone too far?

    Recently, my smart phone broke and had to be {#blank#}5{#/blank#}off for repair for a week or so. I had to use a really old, basic phone just to keep me in touch with my family and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. All I could do on this phone was to send text messages, make calls and play one game. And I loved it. I loved being  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}from the Internet, and I really didn't mind not having updates(更新) about what my friends were doing. It allowed {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to spend more time enjoying my time in London and watching the people {#blank#}9{#/blank#}me and really see what was going on.

    However, I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back I would be one of those{#blank#}10{#/blank#}once again. Perhaps I should just go back to using the basic phone and forget I ever got my smart phone back.

    Vienna, on the River Danube, is the capital of Austria. Lots of musicians went there to study and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

Johann Strauss the elder wrote and played music for traditional dances. His dance music {#blank#}2{#/blank#} him famous. Johann Strauss the younger was also {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. He wrote more than 150 waltzes. The Blue Danube waltz is one of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Mozart was another famous musician. He could play {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the piano and the violin before he was six. He wrote hundreds of wonderful {#blank#}6{#/blank#} of music in his life.

A: You look unhappy. What's the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with you?

B: Bad luck! I didn't {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the English exam.

A: I'm sorry to hear that.

B: Maybe I didn't find good ways to learn English.

A: {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do you learn English?

B: I learn English by doing my homework early in the morning.

A: Oh, why don't you read English early in the morning? It's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to remember things at that time.

B: Sounds good! I'll do some reading in the morning.

A: Do you take notes in class?

B: No. I just listen to the teacher in class.

A: That's not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. You should write down important things. After class you can review them.

B: OK. I'll buy a notebook then.

A: Good luck to you!

B: Thank you very much!