{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(keep) a diary in English is one of the effective ways to improve our English writing abilities.

    Compared with other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(little) time. It can help us to develop the habit of thinking in English. If we keep doing this，{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (gradual)we'll learn how to express ourselves in English. In keeping a diary in English，we will certainly meet many difficulties. First, it often happens that we have difficulty{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(find)proper words and phrases to give expression to our mind.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two), there are so many idioms(成语)in Chinese{#blank#}6{#/blank#}it is extremely hard for us to put them into English properly.

    In my opinion，my{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(suggest)is that we should always have a notebook and a Chinese-English  dictionary  within  easy reach. Whenever something{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(beat)us，we can first put it down in our notebook and then refer {#blank#}9{#/blank#} our dictionary. We can also turn to our English teacher for help，if necessary. In short，I believe that it is of great use to keep{#blank#}10{#/blank#}diary in English for the development of our writing skills.

    We think that life in Chinese high school is an adventure in which we have to survive mountains of homework and exams. Yet would it be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (surprise) if I tell you that high school life in the US is almost as stressful and demanding as it is in China?

    In US high school, everything {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (record) and graded, including your grades on quizzes, tests and final examinations. Failing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (turn) in your homework on time will directly affect your grade for a certain course. Perhaps contrary to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} we used to think of the US high school students, they pay great attention to their academic performance to try to get into distinguished university.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} they'll be disappointed after graduation from high school.

    Like university students, US high school students have the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (free) to choose the courses that most interest {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (they). Even a 9th-grader can sit {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the same classroom as 12th-graders. But this also means he or she has to work very hard, because the teacher will not treat him or her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (difference) just because he or she is a few years {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (young).

    Voyages of people from England play {#blank#}1{#/blank#} important part in spreading English {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is frequently spoken as an official or common language in many countries. All based on British English, the English {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (speak) in those countries can be well understood by native English speakers. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (actual) these Englishes have been gradually changing in accents, spellings, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (express) and the usages of vocabulary. Because {#blank#}6{#/blank#} this fact, you can make use of the differences{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(tell) which country the foreigners of your block are from. For example, if a boss fluently {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(command) his driver, "Come up straight to my apartment by elevator and take some gas for my trucks and cabs", instead of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(request), "Please come to my flat by lift and take some petrol for my lorries and taxis", you can recognize {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(he) American identity, while the latter suggests that he is British.

    Over the past few years, square dance {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (become) a more and more popular exercise, especially among senior citizens. They often dance in the open areas in community. However, many {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (resident) who live around are annoyed by the loud music. For example, students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (prepare) for important exams are {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (deep) affected.

    People may have different opinions on this issue. Some people think {#blank#}5{#/blank#} is necessary for senior citizens to give up the hobby for the good of most people, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} others argue that senior citizens have the right {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（do）something they like in public places. They are both right to some extent. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} my opinion, the authorities, instead of forcing senior citizens to stop dancing, should do something to meet everybody's requirements. For example, they can supply some buses which can transport senior citizens to a place {#blank#}9{#/blank#}there are few apartments around. Besides, local communities can also organize leisure activities that little noise {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (create).

    In short, there are always some good ideas that can meet the needs of people. After all, everybody has the right to live a happy and fulfilled life.

    The way we tell stories has naturally changed since Aristotle defined the rules of tragedy about 2,500 years ago. According to him, the role of storytelling is to imitate life and make us feel emotions. And that's exactly what storytelling as we know it has done very well since then. But there is an aspect of life {#blank#}1{#/blank#} storytelling could never really reproduce. It is the notion of choices.

    Choices are a very important part of our lives. We as individuals {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (define) by the choices we make. As an interactive writer, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (fascinate) with the idea of recreating this notion of choices in fiction, I have tried to put the audience in the shoes of the main characters. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (explore) a way to achieve this is what I did in the past 20 years of my life.

    So do you have an idea of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my work is about as an interactive writer? Where a writer needs to deal with time and space, as an interactive writer, I need to deal with time, space and possibilities. I need to think about all the possibilities {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the characters could encounter different people and different things in a given scene and try to imagine everything that {#blank#}7{#/blank#} happen.

    The interactive writer's experience is very unique, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it is the result of the cooperation between a writer creating this narrative landscape and the player making his own decisions, telling his own story and becoming the cowriter but also the coactor and the codirector of the story. Interactive storytelling is a revolution in the way we tell stories.

    Dave Tally has no home and few possessions. So, when he discovered an abandoned backpack {#blank#}1{#/blank#}$3,300 in it last week, the temptation (诱惑) to keep the money for {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (he) must have been unbelievable. But he turned the money into the Tempe Community Action Agency, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}he volunteers. The organization found the source of the cash: a student who had planned to use the money {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (buy) a used car. The student was grateful to have the money {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(return). And word spread about Tally's good deed.