It is often said that eyes can speak. In a bus you may look at a stranger,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} not too long. If he notices that he is being stared at, he may feel {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (comfort). It is the same in daily life. When you are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) at for several more times, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you. If nothing goes wrong, you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (feel) angry with the person who is looking at you. Eyes can speak, right?

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (look) too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different when it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (come) to staring at the opposite sex, if a man glances at a woman for more than ten seconds, his intentions are obvious, that is, he wishes to attract {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (she ) attention, to make her understand that he is admiring her.

    In fact, continuous eye contact is limited to {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (love) only, who will enjoy looking at each other {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (gentle ) for a long time，to show affection that words cannot express. Evidently, eye communication should be done according to the relationship between the two people.

    The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two choices are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(nature) gas or electric ­powered stoves.

    The World Health Organization warns that millions of people {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(suffer) from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(danger) fuels and cook­ stoves in the home.

    WHO officials say nearly three billion people are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(able) to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking, heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(develop) countries, such as India, China and Latin American countries.

    WHO officials say opening a window or door {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(let) out the harmful air will not correct the situation. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}will only pollute the outdoors.

    Nigel Bruce, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cook­stoves and other equipment to burn fuels {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a more efficient way.

    But, this is just a start. It is urging developing countries to use {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(clean) fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances (用具).

    In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining(请客) at home. They often invite friends over{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a meal, a party, or just for coffee and conversation.

    Here are the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (kind) of things people say when they invite someone to their home: "Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?” "Hey, we{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(have) a party on Friday. Can you come?"

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(reply) to an invitation, either say thank you and accept, or say you're sorry and give an excuse: "Thanks, I'd love to. What time would you like me to come?" {#blank#}5{#/blank#}"Oh, sorry. I've tickets for a movie."

    Sometimes, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, people use expressions that sound like invitations(邀请) but which are not real invitations. For example: "Please come over for a drink sometime." "Why not get together for a party sometime?" "Why don't you come over and see{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(we) sometime soon?"

    They are really just polite ways of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(end) a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don't mention a specific(确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(friend). To reply to expressions like these, people just say "Sure, that would be great!" or "OK. Yes, thanks."

    So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(careful). Is it a real invitation or not?

    When I was a kid, Mom used to cook food for us. One night after {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (spend) a long hard day at work, Mom placed a plate of bread jam and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (extreme) burnt toast（烤面包） in front of my dad, I was waiting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (see) if he noticed it. However, while eating his toast. Dad just asked me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} I do remember I heard Mom apologizing to Dad for burning the toast. I'll never forget what Dad said, “Honey, I love burnt toast.”

    Later that night, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (go) to kiss Daddy good night and asked him if he really liked his toast burned. He gave me {#blank#}7{#/blank#} big hug and said, “Your mamma put in a long hard day at work today, really {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tire). Besides, a burnt toast never hurts but cold words do!”

    What I've learned over the years {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) that learning to accept each other's faults is one of the most important {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (key) to creating a healthy, growing and lasting relationship.

    Clara Hale was born on April 1, 1905 in North Carolina. In 1932, Clara faced the saddest thing in her life. Her husband died,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) her with her two children. To support her children, she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) a job as a babysitter(临时保姆)for children with mothers too busy{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) after their own children. During the next 25 years, she was a foster mother(养母)to over 40 children.

    As more and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (problem) of drug abuse(滥用毒品)came up, more and more people would come to her door, holding a child, usually because the child's mother took drugs and either couldn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} wouldn't care for the child. Within six months, she had 22 babies in a five-room apartment. As {#blank#}6{#/blank#}matter of fact, her apartment was packed, but she never said no to a child who no one wanted.

    In 1985, Clara founded the organization {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) the Hale House Center. It was an organization for children {#blank#}8{#/blank#} mothers took drugs. At the Hale House Center, there would be about 100 children there a week.

    Clara was a loving,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(self) mother to over 800 children in her life. She devoted her whole life {#blank#}10{#/blank#} these unwanted children. She died on December 18, 1992 with a feeling in her heart that she had changed people's lives.