Money-saving Tips for Students

    First there were CDs, then we had MP3 music and now we have ringtones(铃声)! People use their mobile phones to play music. You can listen to the radio on your mobile phone, download music onto it and use it like a MP3 player. Some pop groups find that {#blank#}1{#/blank#} people listen to their songs on their mobile phones than they do on CDs.

    So many people have mobile phones that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}you don't know when your phone rings. Ringtones are often {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to tell you it's your phone. Companies sell them to you and they are downloaded on your phone.

    At first, there were just different rings. They were like a normal telephone. Then people made them sound like a piece of music. Now you can get all kinds of sounds {#blank#}4{#/blank#}every pop song can be played on your mobile phone. You can also get animal sounds there-are elephants, cats, clogs, lions and lots of strange bird sounds, too.

    You can make your {#blank#}5{#/blank#} music. You need special software to do it. There are also karaoke ringtones. Your {#blank#}6{#/blank#}is recorded with some music and you hear it when someone calls.

    Now you can have a different sound for every person you know. Your {#blank#}7{#/blank#} book is used to find out who is calling Then it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}a different song for each person. If your best friend likes a special song, he can hear it, too!

You have to be {#blank#}9{#/blank#}with the song you choose, though. Some songs can cause trouble. If your family call you, they don't want to hear a noisy pop song with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}words! You should choose something that sounds nice. Some sounds are very noisy and fast, which make people angry. Ringtones are fun, but they should not make people angry at you!

    What will you do if you meet an alien? Here are some different opinions from the teenagers.

    Jenny: Aliens are always mysterious (神秘的) to us. In my mind, aliens are very dangerous because we don't know them very much. So, if I meet an alien, I will run away from him{#blank#}1{#/blank#}I can. I don't want to be killed by him. If I'm{#blank#}2{#/blank#}and get caught by him, I will keep cool and then try my best to{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. I won't risk my life to get along with the alien, even if he seems{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. I am too frightened to meet them.

    Tom: If I have a chance to meet an alien, I will feel very lucky. I believe that everyone has{#blank#}5{#/blank#}living on other planets. I want to make friends with the alien. I want to know more about the life on his planet. I will ask him about the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}between the Earth and his planet. Maybe it is crazy, but I will{#blank#}7{#/blank#}the alien to my best friends. I think we will learn many{#blank#}8{#/blank#}things from talking with the aliens. We will become friends.

    Not everyone can make their dreams come true. But Walt Disney could.

    Usually, mice are not popular, but Mickey Mouse wins many people's {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. Movies about Mickey Mouse are popular{#blank#}2{#/blank#}everywhere in the world for more than eighty years. Walt Disney made this{#blank#}3{#/blank#}cartoon character. When he was young, Walt Disney was{#blank#}4{#/blank#}in drawing cartoons. And he tried to find better ways of{#blank#}5{#/blank#}cartoon movies. At that time, some movies just started to use sound. So Disney{#blank#}6{#/blank#}to put sound in his cartoons, too. People were excited when they saw Mickey Mouse talk on the movie screen. Mickey became popular with{#blank#}7{#/blank#}young and old.

    Later, Walt Disney started to{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a new kind of amusement(娱乐) park. He hoped to bring a clean, good and{#blank#}9{#/blank#}world to people of all ages. Finally, Walt Disney became successful. In 1995, Disneyland opened in the USA and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the most successful amusement park in the world.