Dave is my good friend. He1in a small village. His home is far2his school and the roads are not good, So it is3for him to get to school. He4at about six o'clock every day and has breakfast quickly. Then he leaves for school at about six twenty. First, he5his bike to the bus station. It takes about forty minutes. Then he takes the No. 12 bus. It usually takes6about fifty minutes. Sometimes he has no time for breakfast at home,7he has some food on the bus.

    "I dream of taking8, It must be9." says Dave. He hopes (希望) he can go to college(上大学) in a big city some day,10? Because then he can take a train to the big city!

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    Do you go to school every day by bike or in your parents' car? The American English teacher Margaret tells her story about taking a school bus in America.

    When I'm a primary school student, I love taking the school bus. It is interesting to talk to my friends and play games on the bus. It is like children-only party every morning and afternoon. On the school bus there is only one adult（成年人）—the driver. Most of the time, we are well-behaved because we like the driver and don't want to make him unhappy. But one day, one of the boys makes a face at a policeman driving behind our bus. The policeman makes our bus driver stop. Then he scolds（训斥）the naughty boy loudly. We all behave well after that!

    It isn't comfortable for young people to wait for the school bus in winter（冬天） because it is very cold, especially when there are strong winds（风）. Some students in cities have bus shelters（遮挡）, but country children have to jump（跳）up and down to warm up. Hurry up, spring!

During the Warring States Period, there was a king who deeply loved music, especially the sounds of the Yu, a traditional wind {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He enjoyed it most when {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the musicians played together. A man named Nanguo, who knew that the king's musicians were well-paid, wanted to join them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some money. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}he couldn't play the Yu at all, he cleverly took advantage of the king's preference for group performances. With this in mind, Nanguo {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to become part of band. Each time the band performed, Nanguo watched and learned from others. Surprisingly, he kept his {#blank#}6{#/blank#} for many years. This lasted until the king passed away and his son became the new king. Although the new king also loved the Yu, he had different {#blank#}7{#/blank#} from his father. He liked the music when his musicians played the Yu alone. This made Nanguo very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}because he knew he couldn't play the Yu. Afraid of being discovered and punished, he decided it was time to leave {#blank#}9{#/blank#}

Like Nanguo, a person who doesn't have real skills and only {#blank#}10{#/blank#}others can only fool people for a little while. Sooner or later, the truth will come out, and they will {#blank#}11{#/blank#} embarrassment. Have you ever met someone like this?

My good memory is often seen as something that we are thirsty for, while a bad memory as something that can hardly be changed. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ,. Here are some tips（贴士） for you.

◆ Take an interest

We all remember the things we are interested in, and always forget the ones that bore us. This explains the reason why school boys remember football results easily but struggle（挣扎）with dates from their history lessons! Develop an active interest in what you want to remember. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

◆ Repeat things in chunks（块）.

Repeating things in chunks is the best way to remember things in a short time, for example, remembering a long number for a few seconds. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

 The following numbers would be impossible for most of us to remember: 1492178919318483. But divide them into "groups" or "chunks", and it becomes much easier: 1492 1789 1931 8483.

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It's another good way to make up a story which includes all the things you want to remember. In experiments, people were asked to remember up to 120 words using this way. When they were tested later, they could remember about 90% of them. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

案。

Kim and Ray were close friends. One day, they went on a sea voyage (航行). At first, everything was fine. However, their ship was broken in the middle of the ocean. Kim and Ray left the ship and swam to a nearby island. 

Kim and Ray didn't find anything to eat on the island. They had to pray（祈祷; 祷告） that they could survive (存活). They wanted to know whose prayer would be more powerful. Kim moved to the eastern part of the island and prayed there. Ray went to the western part of the island and prayed there. 

Kim prayed and his prayer came true. He got some meat, fruit and vegetables on the seashore. Several days later, Kim prayed that he could have a ship to take him home. His prayer came true again. There came a ship to take him home. 

As Kim was about to enter the ship, he heard someone speak to him. It was just a voice, "Are you going alone, leaving your friend here?"

Then Kim remembered about Ray. He asked the voice, "May I know who you  are?"The voice answered, "I am the one that answers everyone's prayers. In fact, I was not answering your prayers. I was only answering Ray's prayers. He said 'please make all of Kin's prayers come true. '"

Kim was in tears and rushed to the other side of the island. When he found Ray there, Ray was dying because he didn't have anything to eat. Kim said sorry to Ray, gave him some food and saved his life in time. He realized that Ray's prayer was more powerful. It was because Ray's prayer was totally selfless.