We can't stop an earthquake，but we can do things to make sure they don't destroy (毁坏) whole cities. First，it is not a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}idea to build houses along lines where {#blank#}2{#/blank#}of the earth's plates (板块) join together. Second，if you think there {#blank#}3{#/blank#}be an earthquake，it is better to build houses on rocks， not on {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Third， you must make the houses as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}as possible. Weak buildings will {#blank#}6{#/blank#}down in an earthquake，but strong ones may stay up.

    Scientists are {#blank#}7{#/blank#}that one day an even bigger earthquake will hit the part around San Francisco. They call it “The Big One”. However，people today are still building more {#blank#}8{#/blank#}The population in and around San Francisco is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}ten times more than it was in 1906. This means that {#blank#}10{#/blank#}there is another earthquake，a great many houses and buildings will be destroyed.

    Diana is Australian. She once {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in a big company. She lived with her friend in a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} apartment and drove to work. She travelled to many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, but she seldom took the plane. She was afraid of flying.

    One day, Diana saw a TV {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about ORBIS. She learnt about the Flying Eye Hospital. She wanted to help poor people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} eye problems, so she made up her mind to train as a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and attended courses after work.

    Diana is working for ORBIS now. She has to travel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 300 days a year. She is getting used to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} by plane.

    Diana enjoys {#blank#}9{#/blank#} work. She is glad to be able to help people see again. She does not have as much money as before, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} she thinks her life is more meaningful.

    The best way of learning English is using English as much as possible. Sometimes you will get your words mixed up(迷惑的) and people won't understand. Sometimes people will say {#blank#}1{#/blank#}too quickly and you can't understand them. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} if you keep your sense of humor, you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make.

    Don't be unhappy if the people {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to laugh at your mistakes. It's much {#blank#}4{#/blank#}for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry because they don't know what you are saying. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}most important rule for learning English is" Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes."

    You may have no idea about how{#blank#}1{#/blank#}our motherland is. With a history of more than 5, 000 years, China has always been a mysterious land to foreigners. In 2008, a documentary(纪录片) called Wild China was broadcast on BBC. There were six episodes(集) in all-Heart of the Dragon, Shangri la, Tibet, Beyond the Grear Wall. Land of the Panda and Tides of Change. This 300-minute long documentary shocked the audience with China's beautiful scenery.

    Wild China may be the best of China. However, it is more than a travelogue. The documentary not only{#blank#}2{#/blank#}the wildlife of China but also the way it{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and interacts with human life. From high definition cameras, you can see the beautiful Himalayas and the Gobi desert; you can take a look at the hills of Southern China filled with rice paddies(水稻田) and the land of the panda; you can also discover how silk is collected and the history of the Silk Road.

    It is interesting to see what our motherland{#blank#}4{#/blank#}from foreigners' eyes. If you are too busy to travel around China, you are in luck because Wild China can take you on a visual journey of our motherland.