Today I'm going to talk about rainforests. Are you  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}    with them? They're interesting and exciting places! Many kinds of the world's plants and animals live in the rainforests.

However, rainforests are{#blank#}2{#/blank#} now—they are disappearing very fast because they are cut down or burnt every day. As a result, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} animals and plants are dying out.

 Maybe you have never been to a rainforest, so why should you protect them  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  ?  Rainforests are important to everyone. They are important because the plants in the rainforests make oxygen . We need oxygen to breathe.

    When I was waiting for a bus at a station, I saw a young man get into a telephone box near the station. After a short time, he came out and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} very sad (难过的). As he saw me, he came over.

    "Good afternoon, sir," he said. "{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was Abraham Lincoln born, do you know?"

    I felt a little {#blank#}3{#/blank#} at his words. "Something may be wrong (有毛病的) with him," I thought. Then he asked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and I could see that he was not joking (开玩笑). So I thought for a minute and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him that Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809.

    The young man thanked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  turned around and walked into the telephone box again. A few minutes later, he came out {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. He thanked me again and told me that he wanted to make a telephone call to his friend but he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his telephone number.

    "You {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me remember it," he said. "His telephone number is '180909', and you can remember it easily {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you know when the great man was born."

    Paper cutting can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} it has a long history of over 1,500 years. However, the ancient art {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is at risk of disappearing. Voyo Woo，a paper cutting artist，works hard and hopes to bring the art back to life.

    Voyo Woo began to study the art of paper cutting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was 14 years old in her hometown in Southeast China. All the students at school had to learn the art. But she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a special love for it. So her teacher gave her extra(额外的){#blank#}5{#/blank#} after class.

    Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America. One was a very rich banker, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}owned(拥有)one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York.

    The reporter was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to them about being important.

    "How do we know if someone is really important?" the reporter asked the banker.

    The banker thought {#blank#}3{#/blank#}a few minutes and then said, "I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President(总统)of the United States is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}important."

    The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company. "Do you {#blank#}5{#/blank#}with that?" she asked.

    The man{#blank#}6{#/blank#}his head, "No. I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House. You'd only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it. "

    The reporter turned to the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}man. "Do you think so?"

    "No, I don't." he said. "I don't think that makes the visitor important. That makes the President important. "

    "Then what would make the visitor important?" the reporter and the other two men asked.

    "Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, "it's for you."

    Music is heard in every corner of the world: in every community and in every culture. Why? Music is part of human nature and it is needed for many {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in our lives. Music plays an important part in helping us {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, we hear it when we are shopping, in hotel, airports, and restaurants. There is music that you can dance to, sing to, or you may just{#blank#}3{#/blank#} listen to it for entertainment. In the movies, music is as important as the acting. Although most people don't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} it, a good movie has music that helps create the mood for the story. However there are times when music does more harm than good, for example, when you listen to music that is too loud. You might think this is OK now, but that's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} you're still young. Listening to loud music is not good for ears and it can even make you deaf. If music is necessary part of your world, keep the volume (音量) down.