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—Have you been watching the Euro 2012 football tournament?

—Just a bit. Why, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you?

—Of course！I've really started to like football since I came to London. Just think, a year ago, I was still in Montreal and didn't know anything about it.

—Well, I'm from New Jersey. Americans aren't so into football. Actually, we call it soccer.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Americans say “football”, what we mean is American rules football. I've {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) here two years now, and I still get {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (confuse) when people call soccer “football”.

—I know all about America. For you, “football” means the sport {#blank#}5{#/blank#} those big guys wear helmets and violently run into each other.

—Yeah. Americans prefer {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (watch) sports that are fast, like basketball. I think basketball players are the greatest athletes on earth. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they can do just amazes me. But when I watch a soccer match, I just get bored. There aren't enough goals.

—Well, I see what you're saying, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} there's so much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (much)to “soccer”, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  you call it, than goals. There're a lot of strategies involved. And in a tournament like the Euro 2012, it's fascinating to see how the different countries have different styles of playing.

    There once lived a boy named Woo Sing, whose father {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bring) home a mirror. Woo Sing had never seen one before. So when he saw it for the first time, he didn't understand {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it was, but though he saw another boy, which made him very happy, for he thought the boy {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (come) to play with him. He spoke to the stranger in a very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (friend) way, but received no reply. He laughed and waved at the boy, who did exactly the same thing. Then he thought, “I'll go closer. It may be that he doesn't hear me.” But when he began to walk, the other boy imitated (模仿) him. Woo Sing stopped  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (think) about these strange actions, saying to himself, “This boy is fooling me. He does everything that I do.” And the more he thought about it, the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(angry) he became and soon he noticed the boy became angry too. So Woo Sing {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (strike) the boy in the glass, but he only hurt his own hand and went {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (cry) to his father, who said, “The boy you saw was{#blank#}9{#/blank#}image. This should teach you an important lesson, my son. You should never show your anger to others. Now remember that in real life when you strike{#blank#}10{#/blank#} any cause you'll hurt yourself most of all.”

    It used to be common to see US teenagers busy at fast-food restaurants cooking burgers and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (clean) tables, especially during the summer vacation. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, the scene is becoming less common.

    Instead of finding summer jobs, many US teenagers are spending {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) free time taking classes. According to The Atlantic, this change partly results {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the low teen earnings paying little toward the costs of college. For many students who are going to attend college, the money from summer jobs doesn't live up to their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (expect) at all. Meanwhile, US teenagers' increasing interest in education {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (account) for this as well. They go to summer school to learn {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they might not have time for after they leave school, which {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (consider) as a wise choice.

    Despite this, a summer job is still believed to benefit teenagers. Early work experience is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} human activity that develops people's social skills. When kids are working, they gradually gain {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (practice) knowledge and understanding of the labor market.

    Former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir (回忆录) Becoming has become the best-selling book {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ( publish) this year in the US just 15 days after publication. The sales figure (two million copies){#blank#}2{#/blank#} (announce) by Penguin Random House last Friday.

    Becoming mainly tells the story about {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Michelle has balanced work and family {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a professional woman. The book is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} window into the personal life of the first African-American First Lady and the first black US President. About marriage, Michelle mentions, “I married a creative thinker, and I had to remind {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(I) that we were adapting to each other to make two individuals a solid, permanent us.” In the memoir, Michelle speaks {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (honest) of difficulties she met with in her life. The 54-year-old also criticizes (批评) US President Donald Trump, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (write) that she can “never forgive” him. That's because during his presidential campaign. Trump's “birther” theory that Michelle's husband was not born in the US {#blank#}9{#/blank#} therefore was not a legal President put her family's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (safe) at risk.