Here are some nice things on the teacher'sdesk. They are for some of us.

    This is a yellow notebook. It is for Jenny.1 is Jenny's favorite color. Onthe notebook is a2. It is for John. John is always late（迟到）for school, the watch can3him. Is that new green schoolbag nice？ It's4Wang Peng. His schoolbag is too old, sohe needs a new one. Oh, that is a black5forKate. She can listen to（听）English on it. And that is ablue pen for Bill. He6his pen. Mr. Li buys（买） the newone for him. Here is the7thing. It is an English dictionary for me.I like8, but it's not easy for me. So9Englishteacher buys the dictionary for me. She thinks it can help me learn Englishwell.

    We're very happy to have10nicethings from our teachers.

Eating out is more popular in Britain today than it has ever been. It is reported that British people spend more eating out than cooking for themselves and eating at home. It seems that many British people are becoming more and more interested in how good their food tastes, and also how healthy it is.

However, eating out can also be expensive, so British people do not eat out every night. When having a date with friends, or having a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant, and people often also eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theater.

As in all cultures, there are many rules of manners about eating. The knife and fork should be used in the correct way. It is also impolite to speak with your mouth full then you are eating.
   Most British cities have a large collection of food as well as British food, from the very cheap to the very expensive—French, Italian, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Japanese and many, many more.

When people are too tired to cook after work, they often get a "takeaway". This means that they order from a take－out restaurant by telephone, and then go to get it. Many take-out restaurants also send it to your house. All you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

Aren't mobile phones, e-mail and WeChat supposed to help us communicate more easily? Sadly, that's not always the case. Take the other day for example, when I was walking through the park with my friend, suddenly his mobile phone rang and he answered it—leaving me alone and cutting our conversation dead! In fact, the park was filled with people talking on their mobile phones. They talked with other people without even looking at them, or stopping to walk their dogs. Clearly, people preferred contacting on the mobile phone to face-to-face talk.

Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel?

Development in communication technology seems to keep people away from one another. With e-mail over the Internet, we can communicate without seeing or talking to each other. With WeChat or QQ, we can have conversations without even meeting that person. Even some food stores are using self-scanners(自助扫描仪)so that you can check yourself out.

As the contact between human beings becomes automated, my feeling of being disconnected gets stronger. Don't get me wrong. I'm not against machines. I also own a mobile phone, a QQ, a WeChat, and an e-mail account. Giving them up isn't a good idea, as they are useful to have around. It's just that when they keep us away from human contact, I begin to feel sad. Gradually, I find myself answering e-mail instead of talking to people. The technology that was made to help keep us in contact with each other is, in fact, making me feel more lonely.

Nowadays, with the economic (经济的) and social (社会的)development, there are lots of means of transport for people to choose from. But each has both advantages and disadvantages. 

Because plane is the fastest vehicle (交通工具), some people prefer (更喜欢) to travel by air in order to save time. But it also costs the most. 

Taking trains costs not as much as taking planes and they carry the most among all of the vehicles. 

The ship also has a large carrying capacity (容量) and the price of a ticket is quite low, but it travels the slowest. So it is not a wise (明智的) choice for you to travel a long journey by ship. 

The bus is only suitable for a short-distance trip, and the price is rather low as well. 

 How old is"old"? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago , you were old at 35. That was the average life span(跨度; 范围) then. At the turn of this century, as medical knowledge improved , the average life span increased to 45. In 1950,70-year-olds were really old. Today, a healthy70-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.

 So, how old is old? Once an unknown writer wrote, "Youth is not a time of life but is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by giving up their goals."

 Old is a point of view. Alice Brophy, when she was with the New York City commission for the Aging, said , "It makes me angry when people say, 'Gee , you look young for your age!' What does that mean? Is there a model that you' re supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at30 and live young at 80."

 There are many wrong ideas about aging. These ideas stereotype(固化) people on the basis of age. Here are some of them and the facts.

 Wrong idea 1: Most older people are in poor health.

 Fact 1: Not so. There are neither biological(生物的) nor physiological(生理的) reasons to connect poor health with growing older. Older people are more likely to be affected(使感染) with illness , ____▲____ . It is possible to remain physically healthy throughout your life.

 Wrong idea 2: When you get old, you become senile(年老糊涂的).

Fact 2: Older people can be smart as young minds. Senility is a sign of disease; it is not part of aging process.

 Wrong idea 3: Older people are unable to change.

 Fact 3: Older people are as easily-changed in their life-styles as young and middle-aged people. Though sometimes they face the very big pressures about death of close friends, financial or family problems, they deal wonderfully well. Older people give up smoking and break other bad habits, just as successfully as younger people.