There was a small river in Gu Ye's village．It {#blank#}1{#/blank#}through the middle of the village．It was small{#blank#}2{#/blank#}it was very clean．So people often washed clothes and vegetables there．

     In summer,Gu Ye often{#blank#}3{#/blank#}with his friends there．And they could catch fish after it rained heavily．At that time，there were some{#blank#}4{#/blank#}on the river．They would like to take a rest under the flees．The birds also liked playing there．It was{#blank#}5{#/blank#}a beautiful picture,right?

    Do you have a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} lifestyle? I think I do. First, I have many good{#blank#}2{#/blank#} habits. I like junk food, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, I hardly eat it. I eat fruit and vegetables every day. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they are not very delicious, but they are good {#blank#}5{#/blank#}health. Second, I exercise every day. It is said that if people run every day, they will have healthier hearts than {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, so I run for about thirty minutes every morning. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, I have good living habits. I try {#blank#}8{#/blank#}eight hours every night. That {#blank#}9{#/blank#}me to be energetic(精力充沛的) the next day. And I can study better and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} good grades(成绩).

    What do you think of my lifestyle? Can you learn something from it?

    My teachers thought I was the worst student. I always {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in the test. When I was going to give up my studying, a new teacher, Miss White came to our school. She was young and helpful. One day, we had a picnic on a farm. I was silent in a{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Miss White came up to me and talked to me {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Her smile swept away my unhappiness. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} by her words. I began to study hard. She often helped me with my study in her {#blank#}5{#/blank#}time. In the end, I went to a good college. She made me to see that I can be successful in life.

    When young people in the United States get together for fun, probably they will dance. The ways that boys and girls dance will often change every year. They{#blank#}1{#/blank#}learning the newest dances.

    Years ago, the dances of young people were not very different from those of their parents, but high school and college students of today have{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their own music and dances. They like the new music that people can dance to in different ways.

    In the USA, there are many dances that are loved by young people, but the history of the dances isn't{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, the Twist(摇摆舞), for example. In the late 1950s, Chubby Checker started a dance that he called the "Twist" to make himself slim. The Twist, like many new dances, was very lively, and people who performed it used a lot of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, After performing his new dance hundreds of times, Chubby was no longer as fat as before. The word "chubby" means "very fat". That was why the singer and dancer called him Chubby.