I used to be the shyest person in the world. I hid1 my elder sister whenever I had to speak to a stranger. When asked to speak in class, I could hardly 2, much less speak. Even among the few friends I had, my high, timid (怯怯的) voice earned me jokes —about being a girl.

    Then in the seventh grade, my sister suggested I 3 voice lessons. After considering it for a short time, I did. I began a series of vocal exercises.

After exercising a lot, I finally gained 4 in my voice.

    A few months later, I was asked to sing for some retired people, I thought I would do better than before 5 the voice lessons. I opened my mouth and —nothing. I couldn't remember the 6! My face turned hot. The kind pianist whispered a prompt (提示), and I remembered just enough to keep singing.

    Then the thought struck me: I've already embarrassed (尴尬) myself enough. There's really nothing else to 7. So in my second song, I just relaxed and felt the energy of the song lift me. And I did much better.

After that, I started singing to myself as 8 as I could in my own room. That's something I would never have done before. One classmate even said that I 9be in the school's talent show.

    I am not a shy person 10. Singing has made me more outgoing. Today, I can also stand in front of the whole class and give a big speech. I am proud of myself.

    Jim goes to Tokyo. He wants to see his aunt. But when he walks out of the station, he can't find his way. The city is now quite different. He sees a man outside a police station, so he goes up to ask him for help. The man looks at him for a long time, then says, “I'm sorry, sir. I'm from another city. I'm standing here and want to find a policeman. He may tell you the way.”

    Do you like music? Probably. But do you like all kinds of music? Want to say no? Well, before answering this q{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, you'd better have a good understanding of what music is. A music teacher wanted to tell his students the difference b{#blank#}2{#/blank#} music and noise (噪音). He brought many wooden blocks (大 块) of different sizes to class. The students were very s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to see him throw the blocks at the wall. Everyone thought it was noise. He then took the same blocks and threw them at the wall a{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. This time, however, he threw them in a special order (次序). The students quickly found it was a tune (曲 子). "So," asked the teacher, "what is music?" The answer is that it's organized noise.

With the development of high technology(高科技), education is changing. The classroom of the future will surely not be the same as the classroom of today. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}So what will the future classroom be like? Let's try to find it out.

To start with, facing the blackboard will be a thing of the past. Students will take    classes by using their touch-screen desks. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}And doing homework, taking down notes, and having exams will be just a click away(点击鼠标即可).教室的墙壁也将会和高科技有关。{#blank#}3{#/blank#} The teachers and students can get any information they want on the walls.

In the coming years, another technology called metaverse(元宇亩) will make learning more exciting. Metaverse is a 3D virtual(虚拟的) world where people can meet, play, and work with others. In the metaverse, people can do things like going to the mall or buying virtual clothing. The only difference is that they will do all these in a virtual environment. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Teachers and students can get into a virtual classroom, but they may sit on the sofa at home real life. The experience will be like being in an actual classroom.

Besides, the classroom of the future has many learning styles for students. They can learn things in the way they want.老师们确信这种教室将会使学生学得更好。{#blank#}5{#/blank#}