More and more young people from China begin to celebrate（庆祝）Father's Day. They send fathers present, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father's Day started?

    While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother's Day in a church （教堂）in 1909, she had an ideas of having Father's Day to honor（纪念）her father, William Smart. Mr. Smart used to be a soldier(军人). His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr. Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs. Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father's Day. The church agreed with her.

The first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy.

High school does not encouragestudents to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it.I myself went through this1process (过程) and found something that haschanged my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American SignLanguage.

I never felt it necessary tolearn any sign language before. All of my family members can hear, and so are allmy friends. The 2 language was enough. Little by little, I discoveredmy 3 for ASL.

The4began during my first week atcollege. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation ofa song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attractedme. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past.This new form of communication just made me want more.

After that, feeling the needto5 further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. Ionly learned how to express my feelings6 my hands about the letters that day. Although myprocess was7, I wasn't disappointed aboutit. I then tried my best to take part in those club's meetings and learned all Icould.

The following term, I decidedto be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't8. I soon realized that silencewas not unpleasant.9, if there had been any talking,it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the10 way of communication.

My uncle David was thirty-six years old when he resigned(辞职). At that time he was a  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(主管) in a big company. Everyone thought he was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(发 疯 的) and worried about his future. But it  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(似乎) now he is more successful. Uncle David always wanted to be a presenter. He loved working in radio and enjoyed the feeling of  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(采访) people. That was why he left the company and started from scratch(从头开始).

It was not easy, however. At first, he found a  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (兼职的) job at a radio station. His main job was to collect the latest   {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(国家的) and local news and write reports. It sounded boring, but David kept doing this day in and day out. With a good educational   {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(背景) and great effort, he did a great job. After several months his  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(文章) caught the manager's attention. One year later, he began to introduce his own programme. It was a success and it won the hearts of many  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (听众).

Uncle David has set a good  {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(例子) for me. What I have learnt from him is that it's never too late to fulfill my dream.

Hello, everyone! Welcome to Monday Radio. Every Monday we read the best letter from the man who listens to our radio.

Here's what John said:"Hello, I'm John. I'm from Egypt and there are some 

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) places in my country. In the past, people went on  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(trip) on horses. It took a long time. But now everyone can go somewhere  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}car. People all over the world are welcome 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(visit) my country."

It's time for news. First, here's some bad news. Someone took away one of the school's computers last night. We don't know  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}did it, but a girl called Maria saw a tall man outside the school at about eight o'clock. The man  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(wear) black trousers. And he had a hat. Did you see  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(he)? If you did, please call the police.

Here is  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}piece of good news. The new Sports Centre will be open tomorrow. In the afternoon there will be a swimming game. If you can swim, go there  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}try your best to win. The person who comes 

{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one)can get a radio.

That's the end of today's news.

Curt von Badinski is an engineer of a company in San Francisco. He is a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(西方人), and his home is in Los Angeles,which is 770 miles away from his workplace, so he has to take a plane to work and back. And he tries his {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(最好) to avoid being late.

Every workday morning, Badinski gets up at 5 am for the 15-minute drive to the airport.After parking his car, he goes to take the plane {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(径直地;直接地). After all, the plane won't wait for him to {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(赶上)up. After a 90-minute flight, he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(降落到地面) at Oakland Airport and drives to his company. The {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(全部的;整个的)trip takes him about 3 hours.

Badinski can fly freely at any time to and from San Francisco, thanks to his payment on the airline, 2,300 dollars monthly.

Flying to work every day is not {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(容易的) for Badinski because he can only sleep five hours every night. But he believes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (没有什么) could be more important for him than his family. He had thought about several ways to solve the problem, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(包括;包含) moving his family to San Francisco, but none of them worked.

"The six-hour round trip shows that I have the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(能力) to have all the things I want," he explains. "I am always excited to start a new day. And I hope in the future my life and my work can be balanced."