Many people believe small talk is very{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(bore).Although that is true,there are many places where small talk is very important.In Western culture,strangers talk to other strangers{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(frequent).On the other hand,small talk is not so common in Eastern culture.Strangers are{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(friend)to one another in Western culture,and small talk is very important to English learning.One other place where small talk is important is in{#blank#}4{#/blank#}interview.Besides,the best way to learn small talk is to provide many examples.Here are some{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(suggest)about how to use examples.Small talk{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(involve)many different topics.In other words,students can learn several lessons,{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(cover)other subjects,such as sports,jobs,schools,etc.Once we have started the small talk,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is your responsibility to keep the conversation{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(focus)on your work and study.In order to do so,you can talk about anything{#blank#}10{#/blank#}is not too personal.

    He is the man who for many people has been a role model. Now your biggest hero deserves a special day when you can express your thanks and let him know {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  important he is to you.

    The third Sunday of June - which  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fall) on June 19 this year - is Father's Day.

    The idea of Father's Day came from an American woman {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (call) Sonora Smart Dodd in 1909. Dodd wanted a special day {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (honor)her father. He raised six children by {#blank#}5{#/blank#} after his wife died. Dodd thought there needed to be{#blank#}6{#/blank#} day to honor loving dads.

    The first Father's Day {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (celebrate) on June 19, 1910. In 1924, US President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (nation) Father's Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson declared the third Sunday of June as Father's Day.

    Here are some ways to show your love and respect:

    Send him a greeting card. Fathers prefer cards {#blank#}9{#/blank#}are not too emotional. So choose one that will make him laugh.

    If he has a computer, cover his desktop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} words like “I love you, Dad”.

    A small present, such as a framed photo of your family, can make him feel like a king.

Rise After Falling

    A father was worried about his son, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk(僧侣){#blank#}2{#/blank#} (train) his boy.

    The Buddhist monk said to the boy's father, "I insist that your son should be left alone here. I'll make him into a real man within three months. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, you can't come to see him during this period."

    Three months later, the boy's father {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (return). The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(experience) boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy , he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fall) down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a heavy blow knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, "{#blank#}7{#/blank#}do you think of your child?"

    "What a shame!" the boy's father said, "I never thought he would be so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy) knocked down. I needn't have him stay here any {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (long)!

"I'm sorry that that's all you see. Don't you see that each time he falls down, he stands up again instead of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cry)? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have.

    The sun was dying out, and people all around the world built giant planet thrusters (火箭助推器) to move Earth out of its orbit and to sail Earth to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} new star system. Yet the 2500 years' journey came with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (expect) dangers, and in order to save mankind, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth came out {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (brave) and fought hard for everyone's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (survive). The Wandering Earth is a 2019 Chinese science fiction film directed by Frant Gwo. It is based {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the novella of the same name by the Locus Award and Hugo Award {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (win) author Liu Cixin, and was released on February 5, 2019.

    In the past nine days, Chinese sci-fi film The Wandering Earth {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (make) $420 million at the Chinese box office alone and will soon become the second film {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (reach) three billion yuan within ten days of being released. This also makes it 2019's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (large) grossing(总收入)film to date with some box office prophet (预言者) wondering {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it will even outperform Captain Marvel.

    The story happened in ancient times. A king was so clever that he thought of a good way to test {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his men were reliable.

    One day, he had a huge rock {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (place) on a roadway at night. Then he hid {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (him) nearby and watched carefully to see if anyone would remove the big rock. Some {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wealth) businessmen and high officials came by, but they simply walked around it. Many of them even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them would bother {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (get) the big stone out of the way.

    Then a villager came along carrying a load of vegetables. On {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (approach) the big rock, he stopped and laid down his burden, trying hard to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing, he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (final) succeeded. As the villager picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the rock {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be). The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king, saying that the gold was for the person {#blank#}9{#/blank#} removed the huge rock from the road.

    The villager learned a valuable lesson that many others would never understand: Every obstacle presents {#blank#}10{#/blank#} opportunity to improve one's condition.

     Howard Carter is one of the most famous explorers in the world. He was brave and loved to discover new places. By the 1920s, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (start)searching for the tombs of the Egyptian Kings. In 1922, Howard Carter and his team made their most {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (amaze) discovery of all. They came across the tomb of King Tutankhamun, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} contained more treasure than any of them had ever seen before, as well as the mummy of the king. After {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (look) into the tomb, they closed it. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (unlucky), many of the men who had something to do {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the opening of the tomb got ill or even died after that. Some people think the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (death) were just coincidence or the curse of mummy. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (other) believe there is a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (science) reason. What is certain, though, is that She curse of the mummy' remains {#blank#}10{#/blank#} riddle to this day.