English people are famous for their humour (幽默). {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main thing to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is that English people often use understatement.

    Understatement means saying less{#blank#}3{#/blank#}you think or feel. For example, if {#blank#}4{#/blank#}gets very wet in a shower of rain, he might say, "It's a little damp (潮湿的) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}" Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people might say, "He isn't exactly friendly." People often use understatement in unpleasant (使人不愉快的) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} or to make another person look silly.

    Also, English people like to make fun of themselves as well as others. The comedy (喜剧) 'Mr Bean' is a(n) {#blank#}8{#/blank#}example of this kind of humour. Mr Bean always speaks as little as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the comedy. He always {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to use his body to make people happy. Maybe what makes Mr Bean so funny is that he does things that people in the real world will never do.

    In China, you can travel to all corners of this big country by bus or train. It's surprising what China has done in the past ten {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in terms of train travel--it now has the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}high - speed railway network in{#blank#}3{#/blank#}world. The high - speed trains are great, and a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} train journey in China is a great way to see the country.

    China is a huge, fascinating country with so {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to see. As a student, I love traveling {#blank#}6{#/blank#}my parents, from big cities to seaside hot spots, to holy mountains, to national parks, to historical sites and to{#blank#}7{#/blank#}villages far away. Getting out of your comfortable home here to some unknown places is a good{#blank#}8{#/blank#} as well. And you can eat local food, and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} reach the heart of the country.

    I always love traveling outside Yibin to see our {#blank#}10{#/blank#} country--China.

—Sorry, I don't know.

A: Good morning! {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you Grace ?

B: Yes, I am. What's your name?

A: My name is Jane.

B: Hi, Jane. Nice to meet you.

A: Nice to meet you, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} .

B: Jane, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is she?

A: She is my friend.

B: What's her name?

A: Mary.

B: Are those your {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

A: Yeah! {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  are Tom and Jim.

—Sure. It's a great TV program {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (that/who) brings the habit of reading back into the public.

    Sports aren't only for men. Amantle Montsao is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} women in the world. Amantle Montsho was lovely {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was a child. She liked running, but her classmates often {#blank#}3{#/blank#} at her. Because women in her country didn't like to run. But she never cared {#blank#}4{#/blank#} that. She took part in a lot of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and won. The Botswana National Sports Council(博茨瓦纳国际体育委员会) had a meeting and asked her to join them. At the age of 16. Ms Montsho worked as a shop clerk. She spent her free time {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. And the council asked {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to work on a program for two weeks a month. So she had to travel for 8 to 10 hours for it.

    The short race were not the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} fit(适合) for her. Then she started to run the 400-meter race. She {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the national record many times. She's so{#blank#}10{#/blank#} now. People think she is one of the most talented runners in the world.