Korean（韩国的）culture is really exciting right now. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  Young people are going crazy about Korean TV plays ,Korean pop songs ,taekwondo and the Korean language .
   The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series（连续剧）Winter Sonata.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}  People ,especially girls ,like the beautiful story and good-looking actors（演员）like Bae Young Jun .{#blank#}3{#/blank#} You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox ,S.E.S. and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts( 排行榜).
   The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars .Not only that ,some girls in China are having plastic surgery（整容）to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} .
{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  Find out by yourself when you visit South Korea next time.

A: Hello, is that Li Hong speaking?
B: Yes. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
A: This is Wang Chun. Are you free this Sunday evening?
B: Yes.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}
A: I've got three tickets to Han Hong's concert. Would you like to go with me?
B:{#blank#}3{#/blank#} She is my favorite singer. Thanks for your invitation. When and where shall we meet?
A: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
B: Could you please get there earlier? I want to buy some flowers for her.
A: {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Shall we go to the flower shop to buy them?
B: Sounds good. See you later.
A: See you.

  Hi, my name is Mei Shan. I study in a high school now. It seems that my life has changed a lot in the past few years. For example, I used to be short but now I am tall. I used to have long hair, but now I have short hair because I have no time to take care of it. I used to be afraid of the sea because I didn't know how to swim, but now I am a good swimmer in our school. As for eating, I used to have meat and eggs but now I like eating more vegetables.

  When I was young, I didn't use to read any books, but now I often read some storybooks. When I was in primary school, I used to play ping-pong with my friends after school, but now I have to go home right now and do my homework. I didn't like math and I used to be terrified of tests, but now I like all the subjects and never mind any tests. In the past, I used to have time to chat with my friends online, but now I am too busy to do it. How I miss my old days!

    Connor Bloom had an amazing two weeks at Stanford University this summer. Eyery part of the experience was amazing. The particle accelerator(粒子加运器), the chance to meet like minded kids from across the world? You guessed it. . .

    Bloom, 14, an eighth-grader at Whitefish Middle School in Montana, US, participated in a special camp at Stanford University. The camp holds many different classes for students who want to challenge(挑战)themselves.

    When Bloom looked online and saw that Stanford was to hold the "Gified Youth" program, he signed up(报名). "I like physics and math. 1like to study new things and find out everything about them, "said Bloom. " That's what made me want to sign up. "

    He handed in his test scores from fifth grade on, wrote an article and got recommendation(推荐)letters from teachers. Bloom stood out among thousands of students and got the invitation.

    Bloom had a great time with 86 students from all over the world. On the first day, they learned college-level math. Over the next four days they got to work in laboratories(实验室). They even touched a dead body to learn about how the human body works.

    In the second week, they saw the school's particle accelerator, "I never saw such a machine before, "said Bloom. " But it was just the mental workout(智力测验)1 was hoping for. "

    Bloom did more than just study for two weeks. He made friends with students from China, India and Japan. He worked together with other students in class to learn better. He spent his free time with kids who were also music fans.

    "Once we got to know each other, we helped each other out, "he said. " We learned a lot from each other. that's for sure. "