What will life be like in 2050? It's difficult to   1 . In the year 2050 everyone will have a   2at home. The computer will show people many things. There will  3  be machines in the future. They can do lots of things  4   people. Then people will work only two or three days in  5   week.

    Now let me tell you about my    6   in 2050. In the morning, robots are going to cook breakfast for me. Then I'm going to  7  to work. I can get to my office in my car soon. I'm going to 8 my work in three hours. In the afternoon, I will go home and talk with my friends through a cell phone. I can talk with 9at the same (同一的) time. In the evening, I'm going to fly to another (另一个) city and have   10 with my parents. It is Sunday tomorrow. I am going to fly to the moon to spend my weekend.

ABADA    BACAD

    There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his1 .

    His wife asked him to see the2and show it to him.

"No," he said, "I'll wait3 he comes to our shop next time. Then I'll ask him4 my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to5."

The next day the doctor came to the shop to 6some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his 7foot. The doctor looked at it and then took out a piece of paper and wrote 8 on it. "Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night." he said.

"Thank you," said the bookseller. "And now, sir, here are your 9."

"How much?" asked the doctor.

" 10."

"Good," said the doctor. "I shall not have to pay you 11today."

"12?" asked the bookseller.

"I have examined your foot. I want two pounds13that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that.14when I go to their houses, I usually charge (索价) two pounds. And I came here today, 15 I? Bye-bye!"

    Long long ago in a village, a farmer owned land near the sea. He always needed workers 1 him, but most people did not want to work on farms near the sea. They were afraid of the terrible storms 2often hit and destroyed buildings and plants.

    Finally, a short man came to the farmer. "Are you 3 good worker?" the farmer asked him. "Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man. Although 4 by this answer, the farmer gave him the job, 5 he really needed help. The little man worked very 6 on the farm, and the farmer felt pleased 7 his work.

    Then one night the wind blew loudly in from the sea. Jumping out of bed, the farmer 8 to the short man's room. The farmer shouted, "Get up! A storm is coming! 9things down before they are blown away!" But the little man10 in bed lazily and said, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows."

    When 11 the words, the farmer hurried outside to prepare for the storm on his own. 12 his surprise, he found that 13 was tied down and nothing could 14 away. The farmer then understood 15 the short man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew.

    When you're prepared, you have nothing to worry about. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?

Buy a ticket to the Disgusting Food Museum in Sweden, and you'll find it is not printed on a piece of paper.

"Instead, it is a vomit(呕吐) bag with our logo,"said Samuel West, who set up the museum. It was a joke. But it sounds reasonable in some ways. Inside the museum, the foods with some of the world's most terrible smells are on display. Walking around in it, someone may want to vomit.

Yet making people vomit is not West's purpose. "I want people to know that disgust is always in the eye of the visitors," said West. "We usually find things we're not familiar with disgusting."For example, the tree-ant larvae (幼虫) eaten in Mexico.

There are nearly 80 dishes in the museum. They come from Asia, Europe, the United States, Central and South America, Africa and Australia.

West wants people to know that disgust isn't just about taste or smell. It's also about the way the food is made. In the museum, some foods might taste pretty good, but are made in a terrible way. Those include French foie gras (鹅肝酱). This dish needs to feed ducks or geese with force. Another example is the monkey brain(脑). It is said that in some places, people eat the brain while the animal still lives.

West hopes that the museum will help people rethink what is delicious food. He also wants to encourage people to try more food that are environmentally friendly.

Do you know "Lian Lian, Cong Cong, and Chen Chen"? They are the mascots (吉祥物) for the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. They are robots. "Lian Lian" stands for the West Lake. The West Lake is a world heritage site (世界文化遗产). Her name comes from the green leaves in the West Lake. It means clean and peace. "Cong Cong" stands for the world heritage site of Liangzhucity in Hangzhou. His name comes from the JadeCong. "Chen Chen" stands for the world heritage site of the Grand Canal. His name comes from the building of Gongchen Bridge on the Grand Canal.

After 16 days of exciting games, the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou ended on October 8th. Many people think that "Lian Lian, Cong Cong, and Chen Chen" brought so much fun to China in 2023.

The design (设计) of the mascots "Cong Cong", "Lian Lian", "Chen Chen" come from a designer named Zhang Wen and his wife Yang Yihong. She is a young teacher.