A rabbit is running into its hole. You may ask, "What happened?"

    Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is a danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.

    Many other animals use this kind of language too. When a bee found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the other bees to go with it to find food.

    Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs (发出呼噜呼噜的声音) when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.

    But human beings have something that no animals have—a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information and to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animal can do this. No animal has the wonderful power of language.

    No one knows how man learned to make words. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

    People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not know all of them. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.

Alex goes to buy fruits. He asks the shopkeeper*, "What's the price of bananas and apples?" The Shopkeeper answers, "Banana is 2 dollars a kilo and apples are 4 dollars a kilo. At the same time, a woman comes to the shop and also asks the same question.

The shopkeeper says, "Banana is 

0.5 dollar a kilo and apples are 1 dollar a kilo." Hearing this, Alex just can't believe what he hears. "Why are the prices for the woman different?" he thinks. The shopkeeper finds this and asks Alex to wait here.

"Thank you, God, today my children will be very happy after eating fruits."The woman pays for fruits, and murmurs* excitedly leaving the shop.

After the woman leaves, the shopkeeper looks towards Alex and says, "In the name of god, I didn't deceive* you." After stopping for a moment, he goes on, "The woman you see just now is a poor widow, who looks after four kids alone. She lives in my neighborhood. I tried to help her, but she just didn't take any kind of help from anyone."

"Then I think of this way to help her. In this way, she doesn't have to feel that someone shows pity* for her. ____"

"In fact, whenever this lady comes, more people will come to my shop. Maybe she also brings luck to me."

After hearing all of this, Alex hugs the shopkeeper. "I will also be happy after eating the fruits." he says. Then he leaves with the fruits.

I'm Gina Green. I am a  1 . My favourite color is red. My telephone number is 675-3967. There are 2  numbers in it. I have a friend. His name is Frank. 3 is his favourite color. Look! His schoolbag and jacket are blue! 4  is his telephone number? It is 880-7532. Ms. Smith is his

English teacher. But my English teacher is Ms. Yu. This is my classroom. 5 the number please. S-E-V-E-N. Yes, I'm in Class Seven.

My name is Li Hong. I1 Guilin. It is my home town. It's a beautiful city of Guangxi. The 2 of Guilin is over 4，900，000. The weather here is very 3 . It's not very cold in winter and not very hot in summer. In May，September and October，people4 travelling here because they are the best time for sightseeing. 

Guilin has a 5 history of more than 2，000 years. It is a good place to6 your holidays. 

You can enjoy its natural scenery(景色）. It sits on the Li River. There are many good places to visit. It 7 its green hills and clear water in the world. It is very 8 . Every year millions of visitors from all over the world travel here. Some visitors even come here more than once. They love taking a boat in the river and seeing the beautiful mountains 9 .

Welcome to my home town!If you come here，I can be your10 and take you around the city. You will have a good time.