Charlie and his family don't always live in their house. Sometimes they live in a houseboat. There are 4 rooms in the bottom of the boat. One of them is his parents' bedroom. Another one is his bedroom. Then there is a kitchen and a bathroom. Charlie's bedroom is small, but he likes it very much. It has a small window. He doesn't open it because it's under the water. When the boat is in the water, Charlie can look out of his window and see many fish under the water. Once he saw an old car under the water. He thought it was funny to see the fish swim through the car windows.

    In the school year, Charlie's family keep their boat on the bank (岸) of the lake. In summer Charlie and his family often take their boat out to the middle of the lake. They stay on the lake for a few weeks. Then they go fishing for their food. Charlie's mother grows vegetables in pots on the boat, so they also have vegetables to eat. When it is very hot, they jump into the water and go swimming. Charlie thinks a houseboat is the best place to live in.

    How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries? These1bothered (使烦恼) British inventor Trevor Baylis. So in 1996 he2a wind-up (装有发条的) radio. It doesn't need electricity or batteries. You wind it up3hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up4.

    Baylis also invented a mobile phone that is powered by5. The shoes contain (含有) a small battery that is powered when you6. This battery is connected to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern7to all parts of the world.

    Baylis didn't have a university degree in engineering. In8, he left high school before graduating (毕业). He just loved9things to help people. He never knew10ideas would come to him. The idea for the phone came to him in a dream.

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Have you ever had lucid (清醒的) dreams? Recent studies suggest that the number of people having them is on the rise. Someone having a lucid dream realizes they are dreaming and may from then on" direct" the action, or they may simply " watch" the dream unfold. The sense of awareness (知道) makes it different from a dream that is simply very lively and true to life. And although the description may seem strange, the process is far from alien to many of us.

Studies suggest that the number of people in the Western world experiencing lucid dreams, which happen once in a while, has risen by between 10 and 40 per cent since the 1980s. Today, they are so common that about one in eight of us will have one in our lives. But still, little is known about what causes them or what is behind the rise.

Research carried out at the respected Harvard University in the US shows that the brain is working hard during lucid dreams. In fact, the level of the mental (精神

的) activity in some parts of the brain is similar to that of a person who is awake. Lucid dreamers seem to share certain personal characters. For example, in general they are quite creative. They are also good at digging deep into problems and going out of their way to solve them. Furthermore, they always believe in personal responsibility rather than letting society carry the can.

Our nightmares (噩梦) may show our waking worries, with the five most common ones-- falling, being run after, feeling disabled, being late and the death of a loved one. Men are more likely to have nightmares about fights or being fired while hair and tooth loss appear more in women's nightmares-perhaps showing worries about losing their looks. Research has also found that women have more nightmares than men. Their dreams are also scarier and more unforgettable.

Amy is a girl from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (澳大利亚). Yesterday she went to a farm with her family. She saw {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (相当) a lot of sheep on the farm. The farmer also 58{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(教) her how to grow strawberries. She had a wonderful trip, and next time, she wanted to learn to grow {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (土豆).

But today she is not happy. It is in the afternoon. She arrives home from the school.

She finds her mother is not at home. Her mother is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (购物) in the supermarket. The food in the supermarket is only {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (一半) price today.

Her brother Bill is playing basketball {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (在外面) with his classmates. Her sister Ann goes to the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (电影院) with her friends. When Amy is reading in her room, her mother comes back with a bag. Amy sees her and runs to help her take it.

Amy sees three hamburgers in the bag. They are her favorite food. She thinks they are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(美味的) and she wants to :eat them all. But her mother says,"The {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(另外的) two are for Bill and Ann."