Today is April 4th, and there {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) a talk at the lecture hall on English study at 5 o'clock. Students of Class 6 are going to the lecture to listen to the talk, and they're listening to the lecture hall rules.

    1）All the students should {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wear) school uniforms. You are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (not allow) to get into the lecture hall without wearing school uniforms.

    2）You mustn't {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (talk) or chew gum while you {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (listen). {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (not take) food or drink into the lecture hall.

    3）You are not supposed to bring MP3 players into the lecture hall.

    4）{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (not bring) any mobile phones into the hall. You can't talk on the phone in it.

    5）No {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (photo) can be taken during the talk.

    6）{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smoke) is not allowed in the hall.

    7）You'd better {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (take) a notebook and a pen so that you can take some notes.

    Here is a story of a dog. It saved his owner, Audrey Stone, who was a lady and had poor vision (视力).

    Figo, an eight-year-old dog, is Audrey Stone's third service dog. "He protects me and loves me. We are friends," Stone said.

    On a Monday, Stone and Figo were on their way back from their "usual daily walk". When they prepared to cross a street, "I gave him the order to cross the street," Stone said.

    "I said, 'Forward.' And we were in the middle of the street and it happened so quickly, but people said he just jumped at the school bus and saved me," Stone said.

    The school bus was carrying two children to a learning center. Luckily they were not injured. Stone said she didn't remember much of the accident, but one image (画面) stayed with her: a wounded Figo staying by her side, holding up his wounded right paw (爪子).

    "I knew he was hurt," she continued. "I remember Figo standing there, looking at me, trying to get close to me, but he didn't know what to do. Because he knew I was hurt." Figo had an operation (手术) on his right front leg. Figo's vet (兽医) said his leg was getting better.

    Stone said she was sure of one thing, "I'd have been sad if he had got killed." But, she added, they both lived to tell the story.

Information Card

    Nick is a 14-year-old school boy. His life is full of exams and studies on weekdays. He has little free time. He thinks playing computer games is the best way to make him relax. When he has free time, he sits in front of the computer. Just like that way, he neither eats nor drinks for several hours.

    Last weekend, he played games on the computer again. He was too excited and didn't want to move. He didn't have anything for six hours. When he had to go the bathroom, he found he could not move. He was taken to the hospital. The doctor told him he should do some different kinds of activities.

    After coming back from the hospital, Nick follows the doctor's advice. He often plays soccer with his friends. Sometimes he still plays computer games on weekends, but he never does it for long. Now, he lives a happy and healthy life.

Amy: What's your hobby, John?

John: I like playing football with my classmates and playing the piano at home. What about you, Amy?

Amy: I like watching films and playing table tennis.

John: Are you good at playing table tennis?

Amy: No, I'm not good at it. Can you play table tennis?

John: No, I can't. And I don't like it. What about music, Amy?

Amy: I like listening to music.

    You don't need to get in a time-travelling machine to see how technology will change our lives, such as the way we shop. Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already appear. Let's see what's in store for your future shopping.

Try it on, virtually(虚拟地). Want to shop online for a new pair of glasses? You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you一 use the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of glasses you re checking out on a picture of your face. But what about buying something bigger? Thanks to Microsoft Kindest s action tracking(跟踪) camera, you can cover clothes on your screen body. You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience.

    Get a perfect, custom fit. Everyone's body is shaped differently. To get a perfect fit, you sometimes have to get your clothes changed. But by using 3D scanning(扫描) technology, all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly. Some companies scan your body using high-tech to get the real sizes, so they can make special clothes just for you.

    High-tech shopping carts(推车) and checkout counters(收银台). High- tech shopping carts could be common in malls and supermarkets in the future. Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are under test. The cart can follow you along the aisles(通道), controlled only by your movement and your voice.

    In the United States, several supermarkets use a certain set called "Scan It" that gives buyers the freedom to scan products on their own while they shop. If we don't want to wait in line before the checkout counters, we can use Toshiba's new Object Recognition Scanner. The machine identifies(辨认) a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and colour, even if it has no bar code.

    Mr. Smith is a teacher. Yesterday he did a survey of what his students did on their last day off and this is what he learned.

    Linda went to see her grandparents. Her grandparents live in the countryside. They are very old. But they don't like to live in the city. They want to have a quiet life. Tom helped his parents do some housework. He cleaned the room, took out the trash, washed all the clothes. At noon, he helped his mother cook lunch. Mary look after her little brother because her mother was ill. Her father had to look after her mother in the hospital. Mike studied history at home. He isn't good at history. He thinks it is too difficult for him. His father helped him. Both his father and his mother hope that Mike can be good at all his subjects. They want him to study in a famous university one day.