Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. It starts on April 13^th and{#blank#}1{#/blank#} for three days. Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or change places" as it is the day whenthe sun changes its position. It is also{#blank#}2{#/blank#} as the "Water
Festival" because people believe that water will wash away the bad luck.
    The Thai people{#blank#}3{#/blank#} this festival with water . Everyone gets wet and since it is the{#blank#}4{#/blank#} season of the year, the custom is quite enjoyable. Songkran is a Public Spring Cleaning Day , supported by the local{#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Anything old or useless must be thrown away or it will{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the bad luck to the owner.
    During the festival, young people put scented (有香味的)water into the{#blank#}7{#/blank#} of elders and parents as a kind of respect. The elders in return{#blank#}8{#/blank#} the young people good luck. People also pour water over each{#blank#}9{#/blank#} 
    Thailand is almost completely an agricultural society and this has also been a perfect time to take a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} from hard work.

    Hello, I'm Tony. I have a happy(幸福的) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. These are my {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They are my father's father and mother. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is this girl? Oh, she is my {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, Cindy. She is five. The boys are my brothers, Alan and Tom. Alan is ten and Tom is eight. I love them. They are my good {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, too.

    Do you know the famous movie Happy Feet? It tells a story about penguins(企鹅).

    Penguins are very {#blank#}1{#/blank#} animals. Many people like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} very much. But do you {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they live? They live at the South Pole(南极). Why do they live there? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they like the cold weather there. They like {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with their family. There {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 20 kinds of penguins in the world. They have beautiful black and white {#blank#}7{#/blank#} Some of them are very big, and they can be one meter {#blank#}8{#/blank#} so they can eat a lot. What do they eat? They usually eat small {#blank#}9{#/blank#} .Many people think penguins are the cutest animals in the world. Do you want to go to the South Pole {#blank#}10{#/blank#} them one day?

A: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} do you have Japanese(日语) lessons?

B: On Mondays.

A: And English?

B: We have English on Fridays.

A: Do you have {#blank#}2{#/blank#}?

B: Yes, we do. We have {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in Chinese on Tuesdays.

A: What about ball {#blank#}4{#/blank#}? Do you play ball games?

B: Yes. We play soccer on Wednesdays and play basketball on Thursdays.

A: What about Sunday? I guess you don't go to school on Sundays.

B: We {#blank#}5{#/blank#} at home and do our homework on Sundays.

    I'm really{#blank#}1{#/blank#}forward to my visit to the Louvre Museum (卢浮宫) in Paris. It's the most visited museum in the world - every year, many people visit it. The Louvre is in an old{#blank#}2{#/blank#}, but to get inside you must{#blank#}3{#/blank#}through a huge glass pyramid that is{#blank#}4{#/blank#}than 200 metres tall. The entrance (入口) to the museum is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the bottom of the pyramid. Some people do not like the glass pyramid. But I think it looks great!