Mr. Shute lives in a village. He has got a big family and a strong dog. His farm is small{#blank#}1{#/blank#} he is often free in winter. So he goes to a city and finds work there.
    Once he stayed in a city for two {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  . When New Year was coming, he went back home to see his wife and his children. On his way home, something was {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  with his eyes. When he knocked on the door, his dog {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  out and was not friendly to him. His wife hurried to drive it away. The next morning he went to see a doctor. The doctor looked over his eyes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and gave him some {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . Before he left, he told the doctor about his dog. When he heard this, the doctor began to laugh and said, “Maybe something is wrong with your dog's eyes, too.”
    When Mr. Shute got home, he told his wife about it. The woman said, “I'm afraid it's true. If a thief comes into our house, it won't see him and he'll steal {#blank#}7{#/blank#}here.”
    Mr. Shute thought his wife was right. He then made his dog {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his medicine instead.

   Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
   There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ? It's a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  that more people are asking.
   In China, Putonghua is the official language. That {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  it's the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it's also the language that is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}  in schools.
   Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
   Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used{#blank#}6{#/blank#}  often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn't a painting {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a book. It's a living thing and you {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  use it or lose it.
   If people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.

    There is a sign at a Korean university asking tourists {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (not step) into the grass to take photos. The sign {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (write) in Chinese, not Korean or English.   

    These signs, and signs in other countries warning Chinese tourists about their behavior, have shamed many Chinese who worry about the image of the country.

    Over 70 million Chinese tourists {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (make) overseas trips last year and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spend) $102 billion, more than the $84 billion spent by American and German tourists. For many Chinese tourists, it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) their first trip abroad and they didn't know about foreign ways. And some of these tourists took their bad habits from China with them.

    Wang Yang, a Chinese deputy prime minister (国务院副总理), said, "They (the tourists) speak loudly in public, carve words or numbers on tourist attractions, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (cross) the road when the traffic lights {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) still red and spit anywhere. It damages(毁坏) the image of the Chinese people and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (have) a very bad influence."

    Before you travel to a foreign country, it's important {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (learn)  some things about the country and its culture. You are guests in the country and it's important to respect(尊重) your hosts. As more and more Chinese visit foreign countries, their behavior will certainly change and those shameful signs {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (disappear), we hope.

    Charlotte Simmonds is a 17-year-old student from Sydney, Australia. Charlotte spends most of her free time on the beach{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (连词) she is a surf （冲浪) life Saver. Her job is to save {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (life) on the beach or in the water, but she doesn't get any money for this. When she grows up she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hope) to work as a life Saver on some of the most famous surf beaches in the world.

    Charlotte joined a surf life savers' club{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (介词) her older brother and sister when she was only five years old. "We lived near the beach but my parents were very busy in their shop, so they didn't have time {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (play) with us. Joining {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(冠词) club was a great way to meet other children, keep healthy and most importantly, we could spend hours on the beach. We{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (learn) to swim and surf at an early age. At the age of 15, I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (become) a surf life saver and soon after that I saved someone in the water."

    Charlotte loves helping people on the beach. "Everybody can see{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (we) on the beach because we wear red and yellow~ hats, shirts and shorts. If you can't see us, that {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (mean) we can't see you, so maybe you aren't safe," she said.

    Dear Matt,

    You asked me to tell you about TV programs here in Spain. Well, there are lots of reality shows (真人秀) and talk shows about {#blank#}1{#/blank#}people here. Soap operas are also popular, either Spanish soaps or the ones {#blank#}2{#/blank#} South America.

    My favorite program is a sports program. Its {#blank#}3{#/blank#}is Football Crazy in English. It's on Sunday. Spanish teams usually {#blank#}4{#/blank#}on that day. The program {#blank#}5{#/blank#}at 7:00 p.m. and finishes at 10:00 p.m. In fact, it is replayed (重播) at 11:00 p.m.,{#blank#}6{#/blank#}I don't watch it then. It's too late, and I have school the next morning.

    Like {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ，lots of people think Football Crazy is more interesting than other football programs. This program is really cool because it tells people what happened in all the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}that weekend. The best thing about the program is that it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}all the goals (进球得分) from every game in Spain.  Also, the hosts always have funny comments (评论) and they often find {#blank#}10{#/blank#} things to show.

    Why don't you tell me something about TV programs, in your country? What's your favorite program?

                                                           Yours,

                                                           Marina