Hi, friends! Do your parents {#blank#}1{#/blank#}you to travel? Greg's dream was to travel around Asia．He got the idea after he finished a long bike {#blank#}2{#/blank#}．

     At first，he {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his parents wouldn't agree to let him go．He didn't tell his parents his idea．He {#blank#}4{#/blank#}told his friend Brooks about it．Brooks also liked riding a bike．They made a plan—to travel from Tokyo to Mumbai(孟买)by bike．

    To pay for the trip，Greg and Brooks tried to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}some money．Before setting out(出发)，they told their parents about their plan．It was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} that their parents agreed．And they got two new {#blank#}7{#/blank#}from their parents．

    On their way, they saw deserts．rainforests and mountains．They visited modem cities and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}villages．And they made many friends．They also learned two new languages一 {#blank#}9{#/blank#}and Japanese．

    Here are some pieces of Greg's advice．

    To have a(n) {#blank#}10{#/blank#}vacation，you shouldn't carry too many things with you．

Be flexible(灵活的)．Don't plan everything．Then you'll be more relaxed and happier．Be polite(有礼貌的), on the way, people will be more likely to help you．

    I love reading. At the age of 6, I could read Harry Potter, a difficult book for a 6-year-old, but I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(enjoy) it all the same. It soon became clear that spelling for me was not difficult and I had a wide vocabulary. This is one way I got from reading{#blank#}2{#/blank#}such a young age.

     {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(I) advice for you as English learners would be to read the English novels which you have often read{#blank#}4{#/blank#}your mother language. Reading novels is a great way of{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (improve) your vocabulary and spelling without knowing it as you are absorbed(全神贯注的) in the story. You know the story well, so it's {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(usual) easy to follow it in English even if you don't understand every word.

    This is anther way of basic point: it's not necessary {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(understand) every word. If you understand the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(mean) of the sentence, each word is not necessarily important. Quite often, if a word is used several {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(time) in a text, you'll gradually get an idea of what it means. Have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} try. If you love reading you could open up a whole new world of literature.

    Everyone has a dream. Catherine's is to own a bakery(蛋糕店).

    The 14-year-old American girl became fond(喜爱) of baking and decorating(装饰) cakes when her mother first {#blank#}1{#/blank#} her how to do it. Her parents found that she is talented {#blank#}2{#/blank#} making cakes. She made her first cake for her sister's birthday. "I had never {#blank#}3{#/blank#} done anything like it before," she said. "It was pretty good and I actually realized how much I liked cake decorating." After making her sister's birthday cake, Catherine tried making the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} one for herself.

    Catherine had thought about starting {#blank#}5{#/blank#} own business years ago, but she didn't start receiving orders until she put pictures of her cake designs on Facebook.

    A few hours later, somebody saw Catherine's cake designs and called to order a cake for $15. That was her first {#blank#}6{#/blank#} cake. It proved to be a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} experience.

    Realizing the public's interest in Catherine's designs, her family decided to create a business for her. She has made about 35 cakes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she started, including birthday cakes and wedding cakes. And she made her cakes without {#blank#}9{#/blank#} sketch(草稿) first.

    Catherine's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} were surprised that she could create such impressive(印象深刻的) designs at such a young age.

— No, thanks. I'd like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} tea.