In 2008, an Indian film Slumdog Millionaire(《贫民窟的百万富翁》) won an Oscar a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. It tells the story of a poor young man who wins the top prize on a TV game show. Now, in r{#blank#}2{#/blank#} life, there is a “slumdog millionaire” too. An Indian office worker has b{#blank#}3{#/blank#} the first person to win the＄1 million top prize on the Indian TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

The w{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, Sushil Kumar, is 27 years old. He works as a computer operator in a government office. He earns around only $120 every month. His house is almost broken and he had a lot of loans (贷款) to be repaired. He e{#blank#}5{#/blank#} watched the TV game show at a neighbour's house, because his family is too poor to a{#blank#}6{#/blank#} a television set.

      People are i{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in how Kumar will use the prize. Kumar said that he was going to r{#blank#}8{#/blank#} his house and fulfill a few basic needs. He would also use part of the prize to study f{#blank#}9{#/blank#} the civil service（公务员）exams. “I love reading,” Kumar said in an interview after his win. “Before winning the prize, I c{#blank#}10{#/blank#} buy many books, but now, I will make a huge library.”

Charlotte Kelly shares how she celebrated Father's Day with her father, astronaut Scott Kelly:

     I am on the summer break from school right now. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} school ended, my dad set up a video conference(视频会议) with my class. All of the kids really {#blank#}2{#/blank#} seeing him and asking him questions about space. I couldn't help laughing when I saw him eat a piece of floating(漂浮的) strawberry {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Two days ago, my mom and I went to a party with my {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Holly and her family. Just around 9:10 pm, we were all able to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} at the night sky and see the International Space Station(国际空间站) fly over. It looked like a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} star just moving across the sky. Then it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} after four minutes.

     Today is Father's Day. My sister and I were able to do a video conference with our dad at the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} time. She was in Houston, I was in Virginia Beach and my dad was flying over us! Really! He was {#blank#}9{#/blank#} flying over us. He put his video monitor(视频监视器)in his window and took a picture of Virginia Beach from {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. How wonderful!

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    Learning a new language is always a challenge. There are new w{#blank#}1{#/blank#} , new grammar, and new pronunciation. Language is an important part of c{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Becoming familiar with the culture as well as the language can make the learning experience much more i{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    When I was a university student, I s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Chinese for three years. Before I went to university, I had very little k{#blank#}5{#/blank#} of China. Therefore, when I started learning to speak Chinese, it was important for me to also learn about China's history and culture. China's culture is very different from my o{#blank#}6{#/blank#} and I become interested in it soon.

    It will be much more fun to learn about culture w{#blank#}7{#/blank#} you study a new language. Culture can teach you so many things about a language. It can give you background information a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the language and tell you the history of the language. I also found out one fact, that is, if you know about the country and the culture, you will communicate with its people more e{#blank#}9{#/blank#}.

    Whenever I try to learn a new language, I enjoy k{#blank#}10{#/blank#} information about the culture as well. It's a challenge to learn more information, but it is very rewarding!

    Today is Monday. It is 7：00 am. now, but Jimmy is still {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in bed. He is thinking of an excuse, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he doesn't want to go to school. Have a fever? It's {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. His mother can take {#blank#}4{#/blank#} temperature. Have a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}? No, he used this excuse many times. Then he remembers he has a loose(松动的) tooth. Great! Jimmy starts to cry.

    “What's the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}dear son？” his mom asks.

    “Mom, I have a bad {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. I can't go to school.”

    “{#blank#}8{#/blank#} your mouth and let me have a look. Oh, one of your teeth is loose. Don't cry. I'll call the dentist.”

    Jimmy asks, “{#blank#}9{#/blank#} will you call the dentist？”

    “I'll ask him to pull(拔) the tooth out.”

    “Oh, please, Mom. Don't pull it out. It doesn't {#blank#}10{#/blank#} at all. I have to leave now. I'Il be late.” With these words, Jimmy gets out of bed quickly.

   At the moment, Lisa, Linda and Mike are talking about their home towns.

    Lisa {#blank#}1{#/blank#} from Chengdu. Chengdu is different from Beijing. It is not as big as Beijing. It is much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than Beijing. Every year lots of people visit Chengdu.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} do they love Chengdu? That's because they love good food. Chengdu is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} for its delicious food.

    Mike is from Sanya. It is a beautiful city in Hainan {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Sanya is in the south of China. It {#blank#}6{#/blank#} lovely beaches. It's hot all year round. In winter, it's not cold at all. It's hot and warm. Sanya is well-known(众所周知的) for its good {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. That's why so many people love to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} winter holidays there.

    Linda's home town is Xi'an. It is an old city with a long {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. There are lots of parks and palaces in Xi'an. There are some popular restaurants in the city, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. People love to go to the restaurants to taste (品尝) good food.

    In November 1979, pupils in England were able to watch a new TV program called Monkey. Most of them were hearing this story for the {#blank#}1{#/blank#}time and soon became very interested in it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, this story is not new to Chinese children. The Monkey King or Sun Wukong is the main character in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}traditional Chinese book Journey to the West.

    The Monkey King is not a common monkey. In fact, he sometimes does not even look like a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}! This is because he can make 72 changes to his shape and size, and turn himself into different animals and objects. But he cannot turn himself into a man unless he can hide {#blank#}5{#/blank#} tail. To fight bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick {#blank#}6{#/blank#}short that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to change it into {#blank#}7{#/blank#}sizes, big or small, long or short.

    The Monkey King has excited the children of China {#blank#}8{#/blank#}many years. And as soon as the TV program{#blank#}9{#/blank#} out more than 30 years ago, Western children became interested in reading this story because the clever Monkey King keeps fighting to help the weak and never {#blank#}10{#/blank#}up. So Monkey King became a hero in their heart.