Near the village, there is an old famous temple. Some people want to build a new house where the temple now stands, because they can find no other area to build them, while others disagree with them. They meet to decide how to solve the problem. Here are their opinions about it.

The expert wants to protect the temple and believes that there are some interesting things buried in the ground. If it is destroyed or moved, people may never learn about how people lived in the past.

The businessman thinks that the houses should be built. History is important, but we must think about the future. The village needs development and building new houses will offer jobs to hundreds of people.

Villager A says, "We should build the new houses because we need houses to live in."

Villager B says, "We should protect the temple because it can attract many tourists to come for a visit. If the temple is destroyed or moved, we will lose a lot of business."

The village leader thinks that he has a duty to make life better for the villagers. They need jobs and new houses. He also thinks the cultural site (遗迹) is important and they should be careful with it as well.

Every person has his birthday. People in different countries spend their birthdays in different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They are talking about how they usually spend their birthdays in their countries.

Jack comes from Spain. "My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday , " he says. " I'm going out with my friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they will pull on my ear twenty-one times, once for each year. It's an old habit. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very strict! "

Mr. Sato is from Japan. He's going to be sixty tomorrow." In my country, people call the sixtieth birthday Kanreki, " he says. " It's the start of a new life. The color red is for a new life, so they always have something red for the sixtieth birthday. "

Phillip, from France, smiles and says, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I want to ask three very good friends out to have dinner. In France, when you have birthday, you often ask people out with you. In some countries, I know it's opposite- people usually take you out. "

Li Xiao is a Chinese girl from Beijing. She is happy and tells us, " Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It's a special day. So we're going to have a family party. l can get some money in lucky envelopes(信封)from my family. My mother will cook noodles that are for a long life. "

Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you form a healthy attitude. But how can we be more confident? Here are some suggestions:

Speak louder. When you are not confident, it's hard to do what you want to do well. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Your voice can help you become more confident.

Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. 

Encourage yourself. Write down a list of things that you did during the day to see how many things you did well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. 

Get rid of(消除) fear. Fear goes along with failure.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Try to start again and believe you can do better.

Pick up a hobby.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.

A．Give yourself praise (夸奖) for the good things you have done

B．If you like singing, sing as much as you can

C．Try to speak loud enough so people can hear you clearly

D．But it is easy to overcome if you understand that failure is part of life

E．A strong body helps you be full of confidence.

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

This is an old English saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich (wealthy) and clever (wise).

This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours' sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy!

The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong.

Exercise also helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better!

What will our life be like in the future? Each family will have a 1 in the future.You can ask it to do everything 2 you. It will serve you 3 hours a day.The robot will look like a (n)4 . It can 

talk with you when you are 5 .You won't know whether(是否) it is a 

human(人类)or a robot when you 6 it on the street.

People will have 7 time to work and more time to travel. The 

vehicles (交通工具) in the future will fly freely in the sky because every 

vehicle will have wings(翅膀) with it.They will 8 you to a lot of places. You can go to 9 during your travels when you feel tired. All 

Vehicles will not be 10 because the robots drive them.

I think our school days are the best and happiest days in our life. We should learn not to waste this wonderful period of time. 

Be active. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Instead, we should be interested in the school life and school subjects. We should join lots of activities. It will make us look friendly if we walk around the school with a smile. Remember that the school isn't a vacation spot（度假胜地）. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Keep fit. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}If we don't get enough sleep, we will feel sleepy in class. In order to keep our body fit, we should also eat less junk food. 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Some students always say that they will study hard tomorrow. Actually, if we fall behind, it's very difficult for us to catch up. 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Everyone fails in some tests, loses some matches or has some bad days. We should try not to let small things influence our mood（情绪）.