Vienna is a beautiful old city on the River Danube in the center of Europe. It's the capital city of Austria and the center of European classical music. In the 18th century a lot of musicians came to study and work in Vienna.

    In the Strauss family, there were two composers called Johann Strauss: the father and the son. The father, Johann Strauss the elder, wrote and played music for traditional dances, called the waltz. His dance music made him famous all over Europe. The son, Johann Strauss the younger, was also very successful and popular. He wrote over 150 waltzes. In 1867 he wrote The Blue Danube waltz.

    Mozart was another very important composer. He was born in Austria in 1756. Before he was six, he played not only the piano but also the violin. His family took him around Europe and he gave concerts in many cities. He wrote hundreds of wonderful pieces of music. But he became very poor and died in 1791 when he was only 35. Like Johann Strauss, father and son, he was a great European musician, and many people still think his music is perfect.

You're chatting with a friend and want to suggest a good book. All of a sudden, you can't remember the title! The harder you try to remember, . the more it eludes (使不记得) you. We've all been there, and everyone knows how hard it is to remember all the information in your head. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

● Repeat important information out loud. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When you repeat something out loud, you aren't technically memorizing it. You're actually creating a pattern (方式) and sound that will make the information easier to remember in the future.

● {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Turn the TV off while you study and put down the phone while you're driving. When you do different activities at the same time, your attention is divided, which will make it hard to process (处理) the information necessary to remember what you're doing.

● Take notes and write things down. Taking notes will help you memorize the information, even if you never look at your notes again! {#blank#}4{#/blank#} So you'd better use pens and paper if you really want to remember your friend's birthday or an important meeting.

● Take a short walk. Studies show that taking a walk will increase your memory. If you're trying to remember something, spend a few minutes walking around your neighborhood to see if it helps. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}At best, you'll remember the name of that life-changing book from primary school!

Children love spring for different reasons. Let's have a look.

Hi, Friends! I'm Peter from Hungary. 1 is my favourite season? Well, I like spring best 2 after the long cold and wet days, it is warm again. The weather changes quite a lot. It is cloudy sometimes but the sun shines 3 most of the time. When I go out, I 4 see lovely spring flowers everywhere.

Hi, I'm Li Hua from China. Spring is my favourite. It's the best time for family activities. And Spring Equinox(春分) is in this season. It was 5 March 20 last year and there was great fun in my house. I 6 the eggs in many colors with my family. 7 also tried to help the eggs stand on their ends. It was really funny!

BLACK FRIDAY

You probably know about Singles Day (November 11) in China. On this day, people usually stay up very late at night to shop online in order to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}a lot of money. Well, the US has something similar called Black Friday.

Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving. Last year it fell{#blank#}2{#/blank#}November 29. It's the start of the holiday shopping season and most people don't have to go to work that day. So they start to think about what gifts they want to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}for Christmas.

While Singles Day is usually for online{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, a lot of shopping on Black Friday is done at actual stores. Shoppers look for things especially on electronic products,{#blank#}5{#/blank#}as televisions, computers and video game systems. These things usually have{#blank#}6{#/blank#}prices, but on this day, a few of them are sold at the very low sale prices. So people often fight over these things.

Some people will{#blank#}7{#/blank#}in line for hours before midnight when stores finally open. People camp out in the cold and sometimes get hurt{#blank#}8{#/blank#}the doors are opened and people rush in.

But lately a few stores will start sales even{#blank#}9{#/blank#}on Thanksgiving Day. They do this to hopefully get{#blank#}10{#/blank#}shoppers and stay ahead of the competition.

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Hello, everyone, welcome to my school.