Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude. A study shows that the people who are more confident are much{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(happy), they can have more chances to make{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (they) successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions :

    * Speak loud   When you are not confident, you can't do well in what you want to do. You speak

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}such a low voice that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(clear). The high voice can help you become more confident.

    *Play sports   Physical exercise makes you tired{#blank#}5{#/blank#}completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(confident).

    * Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke {#blank#}8{#/blank#}made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done

    Get rid of (消除) fear  Fear comes along with failure. But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is easy to overcome if you know that failure is part of your life. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

    Pick up a hobby  If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding, and it will make you happy and confident.

    What will happen in 100 years? What will the changes be? Can you imagine? The population is growing faster. There will be more people in the world and they will live longer than people now. Maybe some of the rich can live on the moon. Hand-held computers will be much smaller and more useful and there will be at least one in every home. The Internet speed will be much faster. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier and cheaper. There will also be changes in our food. No one will eat meat every day, they will eat more fruit and vegetables instead. Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

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    Hi Jamie. This is Michael. Sorry you're not in. There is a play (戏剧) on in New Theatre. The play is called The Dinner Party. Do you want to see it? It is about some friends. They meet again after twenty-five years for a dinner. People say it's really good. I think you will like it.

   I know it's your birthday on 27th August. Well, the play is on the 29th.

    The New Theatre is in Church Street near Mr Henry's Bookstore. The theatre is new and very nice inside.

    The play starts at eight in the evening, so why don't we meet in the bookstore first? I'll see you there at 6:45 pm and we can do some reading before it starts.

    If you want to see the play, please call me at 778-4219. Bye.

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    Michael asks Jamie to see a play with him. The name of the play is "{#blank#}1{#/blank#}" It' s on 29th August, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}days after Jamie's birthday.  The play is on in a(n){#blank#}3{#/blank#}and nice theatre. The play starts at 8:00 pm, but Michael hopes they can meet at {#blank#}4{#/blank#}in Mr Henry's Bookstore. He thinks it's great to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}there first.

    Sometimes, it seems that with all the homework and stress, being a student can be the worst thing. For people who are being bullied (欺凌), however, having too much work to do is the least of their worries.

    Bullying comes in many different forms. It could be someone hitting you, someone sending you terrible messages on social media, or someone saying bad words to you. No matter how it happens, being bullied is never a nice experience.

Being bullied can do great harm to a child's personal development. It is hard for bullying victims to trust others. They often feel angry, no valuable, helpless and lost. And these feelings will further undermine(破坏) their ability to control their own life.

    So if you or someone you know is being bullied, how should you deal with it?

    Well, you need to find out why the bully is acting this way. The reasons behind school bullying are various. Children are now more easily influenced by violence in both real life and online. They want to gain power by bullying other students. Usually, they pick on the nicest or most well behaved person. Because this kind of persons seldom fight back. Some left-behind children become bullies because they lack (缺失) family education.

    Whatever the reason is, there are many different ways to deal with a bully. The clearest way is to share your problem with someone else. All bullying is wrong. It is important that you talk about the problem with someone you can trust. Usually the best way to end your problem is to talk to your teacher or parents. Or, in some cases, standing up to the bullies may change their behavior. If they know that their bullying doesn't work on you any more, they may stop. What's more, parents and schools should devote more time and efforts to the troubled children.

    Most importantly, remember this: If you're being bullied, it's not your fault. There's always someone to help you—you just need to ask first.

    A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything that happened in his life positively(肯定地)and saying, " This is good. "

    One day the king and his friend went out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one of the guns, and after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. On seeing the situation the friend said as usual, "This is good!" The king replied, "No, this is not good!" He was very angry and sent his friend to jail.

    About one year later, the king was hunting in a forest. Cannibals(食人者)caught him and took him to their village. As they were going to kill him, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. They never ate anyone who was less than whole. So they sent the king back.

    When he returned home, he felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went quickly to the jail to speak with his friend. "You were right," he said. "It was good that my thumb was blown off. "And he told the friend all that had just happened." And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad of me to do this."

    "No," his friend replied, "this is good! " "What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"

    "If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been eaten!"