I'd like to talk about the school system in Australia today. The school system in Australia does depend on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} you go to a private school or a public school. In the state I'm from, there are a lot of private schools, and generally they are single-sex high schools. The public high schools are generally {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (mix). All of the private high schools insist that you should wear their school uniforms, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} that might mean{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (wear) a school tie and a school jacket. However, the public high schools often give you a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) of whether you want to wear a uniform or not. The school classes generally start anywhere{#blank#}6{#/blank#} 8:30 and 9 o'clock in the morning and run {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 3:30 in the afternoon, and they're followed by after-school {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (active) like sports and music theater. The school year generally starts in the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (begin) on February, after our summer vacation, which lasts about six weeks around the Christmas period.

    The only thing I don't like about our school system is the idea of the difference in quality of education between the private and the public schools. It remains{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (see) whether you can get a better education, even if you are in a private high school. Most of our public high schools are quite good.

    I am sorry to hear that you are worried about the variety of English you have been learning.

    Firstly, the differences between British and American English may surprise those{#blank#}1{#/blank#}have learned English for years.There{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(be) almost no differences in grammar and only a few differences in vocabulary.British and American people have no difficulty{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(understand) each other.They watch films and televisions from each other's countries for{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(please).

    Secondly, there isn't only one British{#blank#}5{#/blank#}American English.For example,all major cities in the UK have{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they) own dialects with different accents from each other.Sometimes these accents can be{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(hard) to understand for even a British person than some Americans.Also,there are Englishes from many other countries.People who speak these Englishes usually also manage{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(communicate) with other English speakers without any problems.

    All learners need to be able to understand English spoken and written by as many people as possible and they need to be able to speak English so that as many people as possible can understand them.You should concentrate on this goal,not on{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to speak “British” or “American” English.

    I hope this is{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(help).

    As is known, China is a great country with a time-honored history and profound culture. While {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(mention)Chinese culture, Chinese tea culture cannot be missed. It is the culture of making tea and drinking tea in China, which is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (difference) from that of Europe, Britain, and Japan.

    In China, drinking tea {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(refer)as tasting tea, which not only means distinguishing the quality of tea, but also enjoying the pleasure of falling into the dream about life while drinking tea. A short retreat from a much busier life, make a cup of tea {#blank#}4{#/blank#}taste it in a quiet place on your own, not only relieving tiredness but also refreshing {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (you) soul heartily.

    China is a country with a time-honored civilization, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}is quite particular about ceremony and etiquette(礼节). When guests pay a visit, etiquette of making tea for guests is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(basic)required. When making tea, proper blending of tea{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (leaf)is quite necessary, so that favorable flavor would be created. When drinking tea with guests, pay attentions to the tea left in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} cup of guests and it should be refilled when the cup is half-full. If {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (accompany)with tea dessert, candies and dishes, drinking tea would be more tasteful and joyful.

    Laughter Yoga is a new form of exercise that promotes the use of laughter as a form of physical exercise. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (create) in the mid-1990s as a social experiment. Although it came from India and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (certain) includes some yoga, don't expect it to have much in common with the yoga classes {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (offer) at your local studio or gym. Laughter Yoga attaches {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) importance to the former than to the latter.

    The method began in 1995 when Dr. Madan Kataria called on a group of students in a park {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (test) whether introducing regular laughter into people's lives would improve their well-being. Kataria also introduced deep breathing and simple stretches into the exercises.

    Medical research has suggested that laughing is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} good way to reduce stress and help people feel good. Kataria's Laughter Clubs are popping up in response {#blank#}7{#/blank#} people's need to handle {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (press).

    Kataria also offers books and DVDs to people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} don't have access to a local Laughter Club. However, connecting with other humans is a big part of Laughter Yoga's success in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) people feel better and experience more joy.

    Once when Kevin was selling hats under a big tree, the monkeys in the tree picked some hats and put {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) on. Kevin took off his own hat and threw it onto the ground. The stupid monkeys also threw their hats! Kevin collected all the hats and left{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (happy).

    Fifty years later, young Tony, grandson of Kevin, also sold hats for a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (live). After a long walk, Tony was tired, so he put his bag of hats beside him and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (lie) down under a big tree. He soon fell asleep.

    When he woke up, Tony found that there weren't any hats{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (leave) in his bag! Tony looked up and found some monkeys in the tree wearing his hats.

    Tony didn't know {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to do. Then he remembered the story of his grandfather "Yes! I can make these foolish monkeys {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （return） all my hats," said Tony.

    Tony then waved, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} did the monkeys. Tony started dancing, and the monkeys were dancing, too. Tony threw his hat on the ground…

    Just then, one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (monkey) jumped down from the tree, picked up {#blank#}10{#/blank#} hat and said to Tony, "Do you think only you had a grandfather?"

    When Robert Lee was in primary school, he hated to see his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch. His parents had taught him and his older brother not to waste food. “They said it was bad,” says Robert, 27.

    While {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (study) finance and accounting at New York University, Robert remembered this lesson and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food rescue club at school {#blank#}2{#/blank#}delivered, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables and other leftovers (剩余食物) from the dining hall to nearby homeless {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (shelter).

    When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (compete), they came up with a slightly different idea for a food rescue non-profit group—{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (it) program wouldn't have a donation minimum, would operate seven days a week, and would be staffed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (entire) by volunteers.

    Surprisingly, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} idea stood out. Robert and Louisa Chen won the first place. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the $1,000 prize, they founded Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert steam delivered a donation of enough noodles and meatballs to feed 20 people in line at a New York City homeless shelter that had run out of food. Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six- figure salary {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (focus) on RLC. So far the organization {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (reach) sixteen cities around the country.