With more and more cars coming into our families, we are happy that it has greatly improved our life. But {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, it has also brought many problems, such as heavy traffic and traffic accidents.

    Traffic safety is everybody's business. We must obey the traffic {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. For example, we must walk on walk sides. When we cross zebra-crossing, stop and look {#blank#}3{#/blank#}and left, then go {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the road fast. Don't play football on the road. We can tell our parents not to drink before they drive, not to run through red lights, not to talk and laugh {#blank#}5{#/blank#}we are driving, etc.

    We can say cars are coming into our life, but only when everybody thinks traffic safety is everybody's business can we be safe driving on roads and walking on walk sides.

    Today I will introduce an American festival to you. That's Labor Day. It{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(celebrate) on the first Monday of September. It is{#blank#}2{#/blank#} holiday to memorize the contributions (贡献) of the workers.

    It is also {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wide) believed that Labor Day was created as a holiday similar to May Day. There are usually parades (游行) in big cities. Labor leaders make {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(speech) and hold news conferences (新闻发布会). It is considered {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) the end of summer. Many people celebrate Labor Day with trips. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the beaches, picnics, and countryside.. Many people take their last summer vacations during this time. Labor Day is the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(begin) of the college football season in the US as well.

    Labor Day has become one of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(important) holidays for business. Many stores have Labor Day sales to keep up with the start of the school year. This {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mean) on Labor Day many store workers {#blank#}10{#/blank#}have to work long hours will feel quite tired.

    Work or have a break on Labor Day, it's a question.

    Last year my English class was difficult. First of all, it wasn't easy for me to understand the teacher when she {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(talk). She spoke so {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(quick) that I couldn't understand every word. I was afraid to speak in class {#blank#}3{#/blank#}I thought my classmates might laugh at {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(I).

    Then one day I watched {#blank#}5{#/blank#}English movie called The Sound of Music. I fell in love with it. So I decided {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(watch) other English movies. I realized I could get the meaning {#blank#}7{#/blank#}listening to the key words. My pronunciation improved as well. I think that doing lots of listening practice {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) the secret of becoming a good language learner.

    Another thing that I found very difficult was English grammar. So I started to take lots of grammar {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(note) in every class. I wrote my own original sentences using the grammar I was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(learn). It's amazing how much this helped.

    Now I am really enjoying my English class.