Alec plays the violin and Stella plays the flute in the band at their school. The school has two bands {#blank#}1{#/blank#}are known as the training band and the concert band. Everyone begins in the training band. “At the very beginning, I played it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(terrible)!” says Stella. “My family asked me to practice in the back yard {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they didn't like the noise.”

    Alec and Stella have been playing their instruments for a year now so they sound much better. They are both in the concert band and they are learning    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(difficult) music than before. “We're learning the music from the film Pirates of the Caribbean. It sounds fantastic!” says Alec. “It is really great{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(play) in the band with other kids.”

    As well as being fun, many {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(scientist) say that learning a musical instrument is good for your brain. It helps children {#blank#}7{#/blank#}their reading and math skills. It helps them learn to concentrate. Alec thinks that learning the violin has helped {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(he) at school. “I have to concentrate and think about nothing when I'm practicing,” he says. “And now it's easier for me to concentrate on my schoolwork.”

    Learning music can {#blank#}9{#/blank#}help children become more sure of themselves. As Stella says, “The first time I {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(stand) in front of an audience I was scared. But now I really enjoy it.”

    My friend John has got {#blank#}1{#/blank#} restaurant in a big city. It is near a supermarket. There are ten robots(机器人) {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the restaurant. The robots do different {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(job) for John. Look! One robot is cooking food; two robots {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wash) the dishes; three of them are giving food to the customers. John is good at studying robots and he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(know) robots very well I think in the future, there will be a lot of robots working for us in the world.

    The school of the future will be totally different. The students' desks {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(be) digital(电子的), and there will not be human teachers. There will be robots working {#blank#}2{#/blank#} teachers. Each student will have a computer instead {#blank#}3{#/blank#} carrying many books, and everything will be in the computer.

    In the school of the future, the buildings will have electric stairs. Green energy such as solar energy can be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use). Technology will lift the school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} in the sky. The school buses will be like space ships. In the future, we can learn more at school, not only the knowledge in the books, but also some skills in life.  We can practise {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cook). We can also learn {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to drive a car, a plane or a rocket. There will be many educational(教育的) {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  (programme) on the radio, on TV, or even on the Internet. Many children who live in faraway villages don't need to go to school every day. They can study {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(easy) at home.  The food that the school supplies will be much {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(healthy). We can get the food from a machine.