Julie: Did you like the singing competition yesterday, Anna?

Anna: Oh, it was{#blank#}1{#/blank#}! Nelly so well!

Julie: Well, I think Lisa sang {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than Nelly.

Anna: Oh, which one was Lisa?

Julie: The one with shorter hair. I think she sang more {#blank#}3{#/blank#} than Nelly.

Anna: Yes, but Nelly dances better than Lisa.

Julie: You can tell that Lisa really wanted to win, though.

Anna: well, everyone {#blank#}4{#/blank#}to win. But the most important thing is to learn{#blank#}5{#/blank#}new and have fun.

Money-saving Tips for Students

    First there were CDs, then we had MP3 music and now we have ringtones(铃声)! People use their mobile phones to play music. You can listen to the radio on your mobile phone, download music onto it and use it like a MP3 player. Some pop groups find that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people listen to their songs on their mobile phones than they do on CDs.

    So many people have mobile phones that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}you don't know when your phone rings. Ringtones are often {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to tell you it's your phone. Companies sell them to you and they are downloaded on your phone.

    At first, there were just different rings. They were like a normal telephone. Then people made them sound like a piece of music. Now you can get all kinds of sounds {#blank#}4{#/blank#}every pop song can be played on your mobile phone. You can also get animal sounds there-are elephants, cats, clogs, lions and lots of strange bird sounds, too.

    You can make your {#blank#}5{#/blank#} music. You need special software to do it. There are also karaoke ringtones. Your {#blank#}6{#/blank#}is recorded with some music and you hear it when someone calls.

    Now you can have a different sound for every person you know. Your {#blank#}7{#/blank#} book is used to find out who is calling Then it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a different song for each person. If your best friend likes a special song, he can hear it, too!

You have to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}with the song you choose, though. Some songs can cause trouble. If your family call you, they don't want to hear a noisy pop song with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}words! You should choose something that sounds nice. Some sounds are very noisy and fast, which make people angry. Ringtones are fun, but they should not make people angry at you!

    When young people in the United States get together for fun, probably they will dance. The ways that boys and girls dance will often change every year. They{#blank#}1{#/blank#}learning the newest dances.

    Years ago, the dances of young people were not very different from those of their parents, but high school and college students of today have{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their own music and dances. They like the new music that people can dance to in different ways.

    In the USA, there are many dances that are loved by young people, but the history of the dances isn't{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, the Twist(摇摆舞), for example. In the late 1950s, Chubby Checker started a dance that he called the "Twist" to make himself slim. The Twist, like many new dances, was very lively, and people who performed it used a lot of{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, After performing his new dance hundreds of times, Chubby was no longer as fat as before. The word "chubby" means "very fat". That was why the singer and dancer called him Chubby.