Each day in the United States, one person uses about 575 litres (公升) of water. In Japan, one person uses about 374 litres of water. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in Kenya, one person uses only about 20 litres.

    Tomoyuki Tsutsui and Keitaro Kakoi are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (Japan) university students. They raised money online to help people in Kenya. They wanted {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (they) to drink clean water. Tsutsui lives in Kisumu, Kenya. He lives in a house without running water, also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (call) tap water. He knows {#blank#}5{#/blank#} difficult it is to live with little water. Most people cannot have water {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (easy) because there is no tap water in their houses. So, it's hard {#blank#}7{#/blank#} them to get water. They carry a tank (箱) of 20 litres three {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (time) a week. It is very heavy.

    Some residents (居民) can't go to northern Kisumu for water because it is too far. They must use rainwater or buy it from the shop.

    Tsutsui and Kakoi have a lot of money {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (solve) these problems now. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} company is laying a water pipe from northern Kisumu. When they finish the work, the residents of southern Kisumu will get water without travelling a long way.

    One evening {#blank#}1{#/blank#} old man came to a hotel when it was raining and the wind {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(blow) hard. He wanted to stay there. A young man said, "Sorry! Our hotel {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) full. "

    The old man felt sad {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hear) that and he turned around to leave.

    Just as he was leaving, the young man came up to him and said, "{#blank#}5{#/blank#}you don't mind, you can sleep in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}  bedroom for a night."

    The next day, the old man gave much money to the young man, but the young man said, "No! You don't need {#blank#}7{#/blank#}  (give) me any money because I just wanted to lend my room to you. "It's very kind {#blank#}8{#/blank#}you. Maybe one day, I'll build a hotel for you!" said the old man.

    Several {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (year) later, the young man received a letter from the old man, inviting him to go to Manhattan, the US. They met each other in front of a big hotel. "Look! This hotel {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (build) for you!" said the old man.

    Do you speak emoji? If you use a smart phone, the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (answer)is probably yes. Emoji is a visual(视觉的) language, It can express ideas and feelings. Are you hungry? Let your friends know {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sending them food emojis, like rice or pizza.

    People use emoji a lot. One of the most {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (popular) emojis is the face with tears of joy. "It has been used more than 1.8 billion times on Twitter.

    Emo is modern, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}the idea is old .History shows that we've used symbols as language for about 5, 000 years. One of the oldest {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (example)of visual language is Egyptian hieroglyphs(象形文字). Ancient Egyptians {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (begin) using language symbol around 3250 B. C, according {#blank#}7{#/blank#} John Darnell. He is an expert from Yale University.

    Who invented emoji? In 1999, the Japanese company NTT Docomo took a heart picture off from its mobile system. As a result, it {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (lose) many customers. So Shigetaka Kurita， a designer（设计师), put the heart back. And he made 175 more pictures. He called {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) emoji, the Japanese word for picture characters.

    Some people still do not see emoji as a language, but it does {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (improve) our communication. Don't you think so?

    Hello! My name is Cindy Brown. I am thirteen years old. Cindy is my {#blank#}1{#/blank#}name and Brown is my family name. Can you {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"Brown"? Yes, B﹣R﹣O﹣W﹣N, Brown. I am an English girl.I am in China now. I am a student in a middle school in ZhouSan. Do you know {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（I）?

    Zhao Qi is a Chinese girl. She is thirteen years old, too. She is my good {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Her father is a teacher in our school. Her mother is a teacher too. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}she isn't in our school. Zhao Qi always {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（ask）her parents for help. Zhao Qi has{#blank#}7{#/blank#}（a） iPad. Many {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（photo）are in it. Look at this photo! {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the little baby in the photo? Aha, it's Zhao Qi. What are those on the chair?{#blank#}10{#/blank#} are her hats.