If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry. But it never lets you know. It 1 serves your needs and never lets itself grow because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. When mind loses 2 freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This 3be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"

     In fact, hunger of the mind 4 through wide reading. Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading 5 the most educative tool used by us since our childhood.

    Once you read a book, you run your eyes 6 the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. The interesting part of the book 7 is stored in your mind is regarded as a seed（种子）. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate lots of things. You can never think of these things even in 8 dreams in your life.

    This is creativity. Also this helps you 9your vocabulary. In no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language 10you will never run out of the right words. So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.

Do You Want to Be a Writer?

Here are some tips on becoming a writer.

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Most writers read whatever books they can find because they love to lose themselves in them. They like the sounds of language and the way that reading a good description can feel as satisfying as a baseball game or eating a banana split.

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It's easy to forget a good idea if you do not write it down immediately. If you get in the habit of carrying a notebook with you everywhere you go, you can write down anything you want to remember. When you are talking to friends in the cafe or waiting for the bus, something might spark an idea for a character or scene in a story.

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Nearly all writers agree that writers must write. It doesn't matter if you feel like you have nothing to say; the important thing is that you write every single day. Sometimes, you need to give yourself permission to write things which won't be your best work.

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Do you have any friends who enjoy writing? Think about starting a writing group with other people who have similar interests. It helps to have the support of other writers. You will also receive valuable feedback, or suggestions, about how to make you work better.

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If you decide that you would like to send your work for publication, make sure to do your research. If you are sending your writing to a magazine, look through old ones. Does it seem like your writing fits in with the other stories or articles? That's the homework for you after writing.

Though it may sound like a boast(自夸),I've always been proud that I never throw litter around. One day, however, when I saw the gate of my neighbourhood, all my  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(自豪感;骄傲) just disappeared.

A line of colourful bins {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(最近;近来) appeared at the gate, with different signs on each one of them. I realised that I should    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(分开) the rubbish into different kinds before dropping it into the dustbin. To answer this call of garbage classification(垃圾分类),I found    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(几个;一些) cardboard boxes at home and used each of them to collect a certain kind of garbage, such as plastic, batteries and so on.

However, I had great    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(困难;困境) in remembering the correct classification at first. But now, I have a good    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(感觉) when doing this because it's my contribution towards protecting our environment. As much as we may be proud of our  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(快速的;迅速的) development, we haven't realised that the environment is changing for the worse. With the growth of our    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(人口), people are putting huge pressure on the environment, and garbage pollution is one of the biggest problems.

In this    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (情 况 ), garbage classification is necessary. It can produce    {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(较少的) pollution, making the air and water cleaner. And recycling can help us make the best use of the waste that would have just been thrown away before.

A: Welcome to the English club. Can I ask you some questions?

B: Of course. 

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B: No. It's too hard to understand spoken English.

A:   {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  Do you learn English that way?

B: Yes, I do. It helps to write English every day.

A: Have you ever studied with a group?

B: Yes, I have.  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} 

A: Do you have conversations with friends in English?

B: Oh, yes.  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 

A: What about reading aloud to practise pronunciation?

B: I do that sometimes. I think it helps. I often look up new words in a dictionary.

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The way we spend our time can be divided into three groups or jars (罐子). These would be the necessary tasks jar, the voluntary tasks jar and the happiness jar.

Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks jar. We fill this jar with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another jar with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This jar is filled with tasks like taking children to activities and cooking family meals. Those jars are very important. If we don't fill them each day, our family won't run properly.

However, we often forget to fill the third jar− the happiness jar. This is the jar that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness jar sometimes empty at the end of the day? We all have days like that. Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by on some days, and before we know it, it is time for bed. 

How to make a balance(平衡) between different jars? You should plan your time wisely. At the end of the day, hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our happiness jar is filled.