Everyone has his own way of saying things and his own special expressions. Many everyday American expressions are based {#blank#}1{#/blank#} colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use {#blank#}2{#/blank#}to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(anger) about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) red hots for their color and their spicy taste. Fast loud music is popular with many people. They may say the music is red hot,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (especial) the kind called Dixieland jazz. Pink is a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(light) kind of red. People sometimes say they are in the pink {#blank#}7{#/blank#}they are in good health. The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(twenty) century. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color {#blank#}9{#/blank#}shows that they are in good health. Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful(深情的). Someone who is blue is very sad.

    If you travel or go abroad, it's necessary to mix with the locals. This allows you {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (put) your language skills to the test and find out more about the local culture. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (live) abroad for a long time, I've put together {#blank#}3{#/blank#} list of tips to help you make friends in a foreign country.

    Firstly, say yes to everything (within reason). Obviously, if you don't feel {#blank#}4{#/blank#}ease, you can choose not to do something. However, don't put off trying something new. The group of students from your class who invite you out for a coffee might end up {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) your friends for life!

    Secondly, find a hobby or try something {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (entire) new. Join a dance class, a walking club, or learn to cook the local food—the possibilities are endless!

    Thirdly, get out of the house! Hours {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (spend) in front of a computer with family and friends back home surely make you even more homesick. Make the most of the new and exciting place you live in.

    Lastly, don't be a wallflower. When surrounded by people speaking an unfamiliar language, you may feel it difficult to be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (confidence) and involve {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) in conversations. Even so try to make your voice heard. It's very likely {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you will find everyone wants to know everything about you.

    People {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred {#blank#}2{#/blank#} in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example, contains four {#blank#}3{#/blank#}five hundred thousand words. But we do not need {#blank#}4{#/blank#}these. To read short stories you need to know only about two thousand words. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}you leave school, you will learn only one thousand or more.

    The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (big). Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(write) in easy English. You will enjoy them. When you meet{#blank#}8{#/blank#}new word, look it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (much) useful book.

    Yuan Longping was born in 1930 and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} hunger was a big problem for many people in the countryside. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) his life goal. And he searched for a way {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (increase) rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. Now, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (consider) as a great man who devotes his life to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (find) a way to increase the rice output.

    As one of the most famous scientists, he grows what is called super hybrid rice which has {#blank#}6{#/blank#} high output. Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, he doesn't care about being famous. He feels it gives him {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (little) freedom to do his research. He would rather keep time for his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hobby). He enjoys listening to violin music, swimming and reading. Money means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person {#blank#}10{#/blank#} too much money has more rather than fewer troubles.