Betty wrote to her grandma about her visit with Jenny in Paris．Her aunt and uncle met{#blank#}1{#/blank#}at the airport on Wednesday．On Thursday they visited the Louvre Museum with many world—famous{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of art．Then they enjoyed dinner in a French restaurant．On Friday morning they took a walk in the street markets and did some shopping．Betty{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a present for her grandma．On Friday afternoon they went to the top of the Eiffel Tower with lots of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}．It was wonderful for them to see all the lights{#blank#}5{#/blank#}at night．On Saturday they will take a boat tour on the River Seine．    

    English people are famous for their humour (幽默). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main thing to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is that English people often use understatement.

    Understatement means saying less{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you think or feel. For example, if {#blank#}4{#/blank#}gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, "It's a little damp (潮湿的) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}" Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people might say, "He isn't exactly friendly." People often use understatement in unpleasant (使人不愉快的) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} or to make another person look silly.

    Also, English people like to make fun of themselves as well as others. The comedy (喜剧) 'Mr Bean' is a(n) {#blank#}8{#/blank#}example of this kind of humour. Mr Bean always speaks as little as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the comedy. He always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to use his body to make people happy. Maybe what makes Mr Bean so funny is that he does things that people in the real world will never do.

A: Hi, John. How was your April Fool's Day?

B: It was terrible. One of my friends invited me to a costume party.

A: That {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good. Why do you say it was terrible?

B: By the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I got to the party, I realized I had been fooled, because I was the only one that was wearing a costume.

A: Oh, I see. That was really terrible.

B: What {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you, Ann?

A: I was tired on April Fool's Day.

B: What was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}？

A: My friends told me that we were going to have a math test the next day. I studied the whole night and was exhausted(精疲力竭的).

B: What {#blank#}5{#/blank#} next?

A: Then the next day I found they had fooled me. We didn't have a test.

B: Oh, poor Ann. You should go and have a good rest.

In the future, maybe there won't be any{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Students will study at{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They will use computers to{#blank#}3{#/blank#} lessons on the Internet. They can ask their teachers questions{#blank#}4{#/blank#} email. But they won't be{#blank#}5{#/blank#} because they can't make friends at home.