There are many colors in nature. But do you think that a color has weight? Let's do a test.

First, put two objects with the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Third, wrap (包裹) one box with a red piece of paper, the other with white. Now hold the boxes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} your hand one by one. Which one is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ? It is certain that you will think the red one is heavier. Why do you think so? A scientist did many {#blank#}4{#/blank#} and found that different colors have different weights in a man's mind.

Also, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be {#blank#}6{#/blank#} by using the colors you like. Or you'll be nervous {#blank#}7{#/blank#} even get ill. For example, you {#blank#}8{#/blank#} blue and hate red. If you stay in a room with red windows and wallpaper for two hours, you'll feel you have been there for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} hours. But if the room is blue, you'll feel you have been there for only an hour, And, if a person walks {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of a blue room and into a red room, his temperature will rise. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.

With the development of Chinese and Western cultures, more and more people go to different countries  for  exchanging  and  learning.  So  knowing  more  about the differences becomes so

necessary.

First, Western people express themselves directly, while Chinese act oppositely ( 相 反 地 ). Chinese are implicative (含蓄的) most of the time. When Chinese get angry or unsatisfied (不满的), most of them will say nothing. But if you are unsatisfied with a foreigner, you need to speak it out. Don't hide your feelings because he or she doesn't like it or can't understand your thoughts.

Second, the value about things is different between Chinese and Western people. Chinese seem to be more worried about tomorrow, while Western people like to spend tomorrow's money in advance. Western people believe that they should enjoy themselves at the moment and tomorrow is another day. So they enjoy everything they have now, having no clear plans for the future.

But remember, there is no judgement (评判) about which one is better.When    in    Rome,    do    asthe    Romans    do. We just need to know the differences and learn to understand each other. Every country's culture has its own special meaning. What we need to do is to respect (尊重) each other's

culture and gel along with each other peacefully.

Chinese people had hotpot as early as the Shang Dynasty. At that time, people boiled foods in bronze cauldrons(青铜鼎), which had two parts — one was the pot to cook foods in soup, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the other part was a space inside the cauldron to hold firewood.

 People started to have lattice (分格的) hotpot {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Han Dynasty. They divided pots into several parts to enjoy different tastes.

 Yuan Mei was a poet who was very fond of food in the Qing Dynasty. He mentioned huoguo, the Chinese name for hotpot, in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} book about all kinds of food. At that time, hotpo t was very popular. People put all kinds of meat and vegetables into the hotpot. They also used different {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to make pots such as copper(铜) and iron.

 It's said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hotpot. He had it for almost every meal. He once held a big hotpot party and invited more than 5,000 people to enjoy 1,550 hotpots.

I often hear some students say English is difficult, and they can't learn1 well. But English is very easy for me. I'm good at it, and I'm very 2 to tell you something about how I study English.

First, I think an interest in English is very important. When I began to learn English, my teacher often taught us 3 an active way. It made me become interested in it. I worked hard at it and often got very good marks. The harder I did in it, the4 I learned it. As a result, I could do better and better in it.

Second, you'd better have good5 to learn it, such as listening to the teacher carefully, speaking bravely and reading aloud every day.6 , you should practice again and again. I also have a good habit. That is whenever I have a problem, I will ask my teacher for help. It really7 me a lot.

Besides, I often read stories, jokes and easy novels in English. From them I learn 8 is not only interesting, but also useful. Reading helps me to review what I have learned and improve my English a lot. So I think doing more9 is an important way to learn English well.

Of course, if you want to get good10 in an exam, it's necessary for you to do some exercises. I hope my ways can help you.

The film Postmen in the Mountains shows a traditional Chinese father's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(不作声的) love. At the beginning of the film, a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(英俊的) young man walks fast {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(沿着) a mountain road and an older man with a strict face follows him. The film shows a touching story about the love between father and son. 

The father served as the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(邮差) for this area for many years. Because of the busy work, he was often {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(缺席的) from lots of important moments of his family. As a result, his son {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(很少) saw him. When the son grew up, he took over his father's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(职位). The father went with his son on his first day of work. We realise that they start to see into each other's hearts. This time, the son {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(把……带至) his father across a cold river. This action brings back the father's memory of carrying the son on his back. We can see his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(眼泪) quietly running down his face. 

In fact, the father always hides his care in his heart. He doesn't give {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(拥抱) or kisses to his son, but his love is like a mountain. It is always there.