My mum says my head is too expensive, because all my operations（手术）have  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （cost）millions of dollars. I am sick {#blank#}2{#/blank#} hydrocephalus. That means "water in the head". Water runs through the body like a river, but sometimes it won't leave my head. That water gives me bad headaches and lots of other problems. So,  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （doctor）put a small tube（试管）in me to takeaway that water from my head.

    I stay in the hospital most of the time. Sometimes the doctors let me go out {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （play）. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} sometimes, if I play too much, my tube has problems, I have to go back to the house.

    My doctor, Dr Beck, is the greatest. He takes good care of me, and he's a lot of fun, too. My {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （ill）is hard to understand, but Dr Beck always takes time {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (teach）me about it by drawing pictures or telling stories.

    I draw cartoons for him, too, to make him laugh when he gets tired.

    When I grow up, I dream {#blank#}8{#/blank#} becoming a doctor so that I can take care of kids like me. I have been in the hospital a lot, and my mum is a nurse, so I have learned a lot by {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （watch）and asking questions.

    When I'm a doctor, I'll tell sick kids my story to make them feel {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （good）when they're afraid.

    In most cultures, when you meet someone for the first time, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} is usual to greet him.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(one) a young woman from England went to Hong Kong to study. When she first arrived, she knew {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(less) about the Chinese culture of language. One day, she went to a bank to get some money. To her surprise, the bank clerk asked her if she had had her lunch. In the British culture it would mean an invitation(邀请) to lunch. Between unmarried young people it can also mean the young {#blank#}4{#/blank#} man) interest in dating the girl. Since this bank clerk was a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(strange) to the British woman, she was very puzzled(疑惑的) and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(quick) answered that she had eaten already. After that she was even more surprised when one of the teachers asked her {#blank#}7{#/blank#}same question.

    By now she had understood that it couldn't be an invitation {#blank#}8{#/blank#}was puzzled why they asked it. In the following days, she was asked the same question again and again and she spent many hours {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(try) to understand why so many people kept asking this. At last she thought that these people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}be concerned about(关心) her health. She was rather thin at that time and she thought they must be worrying that she was not eating well.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the world is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} {#blank#}4{#/blank#} {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the Pacific Ocean.