Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is teaching themselves. For example, if you can't remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look it up from your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.

    How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, or those you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't understand, or something you want to know more about it. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study

    Bangkok（曼谷）is the capital of Thailand, it is very different from Guangzhou. There are a lot of temples in Bangkok. It is hot all year round, so there are a lot of fruits, the most famous fruit is durian（榴莲）. There are many rivers in the city, so the market on the water is very famous, you can buy flowers, vegetables, fruits and other things on the boats.

    The best time to visit Thailand is at the end of March or the beginning of April, because it has the biggest festival in Thailand– Water Festival. It is the beginning of their New Year. Before the festival, people clean their house and cook nice food. During the festival, people sing, dance and throw water on each other. They think that water can clean away bad things and bring good luck. How interesting it is!

    Perhaps you've already watched or heard about Readers 《朗读者》，a TV show that has recently become popular. It invites different people to read aloud on the stage, as well as tell the touching stories behind them. They can read everything, like poems, books and letters.

    Many people are fans of the show and begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now the show gives people a special place to read across China. Reading pavilions(朗读亭)are now in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi'an.

    The pavilion is quite small. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it records people's voices. Everyone can read anything they like for three minutes in the pavilion. The show will later pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.

    People of all ages have come and read in the pavilion, according to People's Daily. "Reading should be just like singing and talking," said Dong Qing, the host of the show. "We can actually express our deep feelings through reading aloud."

    Both the TV show and the pavilion are promoting(推进)reading among the public. In fact, our country is also trying to do that now.

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    John, a farmer, was riding his cart(运货马车)along the country road. He had to arrive at the market early so that he could sell his vegetables. It rained heavily the day before, so it was very difficult for the horse to move on in the mud(泥). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

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    After some time, an old man walked by. "Do you think you can move the cart by simply looking at it and shouting?" he asked. "Did you try to get the wheels out of the mud by yourself? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Come on, put your shoulder(肩) to the wheels, and you will soon find the way out."

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