Four students are talking about the future after class.

    “In 2050, our life will be much1than it is now. The sky is bluer and water is clearer. We can2the fresh air every day. Humans and animals3the world peacefully. ” says Zhang Tao, full of hope.

    Wang Yan thinks that it is not a4to travel to the moon for a holiday. We eat healthy food every day. At that time, everyone will enjoy a5life.

    Li Yuan Yuan believes that people will have more free time because robots (机器人) will be very popular and will do many things6people. And we will build new7on other planets (星球). Maybe we can chat with each other in our new homes.

    Zhao Kai thinks that no animals will die out because of cloning (克隆). There will8no pollution (污染). The whole world will be one big9. As time10, we'll live a much easier and better life.

    Their teacher Mr. Chen tells them to work hard for their dreams and future. “Nothing is impossible. ” says Mr. Chen.

    Where weredominoes (多米诺骨牌) from?Modern dominoes first showed up in Italy during the 18th century. But it isbelieved that the earliest dominoes were Chinese playing cards. Italianmissionaries (传教士) in China may have brought the gameto Europe. Do you think so?

    Do youlike to play with dominoes? Dominoes are small rectangular (长方形的) pieces made of wood orplastic (塑料). People can place dominoes in differentshapes. Then, they push one domino down and the rest of the dominoes fall oneby one. It is interesting to watch.

    Butplacing dominoes is hard. To make sure the dominoes fall smoothly, the spacebetween each domino is important. According to domino—play. com, if a domino is about 4cm long, then the space between two dominoes should be1—2 cm. If the space is too big, the dominoes will stop falling halfway.If the space is too small, the dominoes will fall too quickly and won't lookinteresting.

    Beginnerscan start by putting dominoes in a straight line. This is the easiest shape.Professional (专业的) playerscan place dominoes in many other shapes, including big circles, beautifulflowers and even famous paintings.

Jesselyn Silva's everyday life isn't like most young girls' life. She runs, hits a punching bag and spars with her coach after school. As a world-class boxer, Jesselyn is exactly different from other girls.

Jesselyn trains hard every day in Hackensack, New Jersey, a town about 15 miles outside New York City. She started boxing when she was seven years old. Jesselyn said, "One day I saw my dad hitting a punching bag and I wanted to do what he was doing." Then she had a dream to be one of the best female boxers.

One of the things she enjoys most about boxing is the tight-knit circle, in which a group of people are closely connected with each other. She said, "Everyone gets along and I like how everyone treats each other." She and her father have made many friends through the sport.

Jesselyn has her autobiography（自传）, My Corner of the Ring, which is an inspirational story of her journey in boxing. She wrote it to encourage other girls to let go of their fears of competing. Jesselyn thinks boxing is about facing fears and overcoming them. "It may seem scary at first, but once you start and stand on the ring（拳击台）, it's really fun. It takes a lot of hard work to win," she said, "and if you have a desire to be great, you must try your best."

Jesselyn believes that female boxers are getting more and more attention. Her dream is to become a pro, go to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and become an Olympic champion. With her hard work, Jesselyn seems to be on the way to making her dreams come true.

How to Be an Interesting Person

An interesting person is very popular. And to be an interesting person will help you live an easy life. But how can you become interesting? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Try learning new things

An interesting person lives a colorful life. If you take up new work or new hobbies, you will become open-minded, talented and creative. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} So, it is necessary to try learning new things.

Insist on doing sports

Developing a habit of doing sports can help you become interesting. When doing sports such as playing basketball, you will make more friends. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} In this way, you will be an interesting person.

Communicate with different people

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}When you communicate with different people, it will bring you different advantages. Different people share different ideas. They will enlarge your knowledge and enrich your life. They may open up a new world to you. It's helpful to make you become an interesting person.

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Everyone likes talking, but only a few people enjoy listening. In fact, talking too much won't make you attractive. Instead, listening carefully to others will help you become patient and wise.

To become an interesting person, please take action right now!

A. Learn to be a good listener.

B. Try listening to more music.

C. Your life will be more colorful.

D. Here are some ways to help you.

E. It helps you become friendly and confident.

F. So you have to ask people for more support.

G Communication plays an important role in life.

School life is often happy and exciting. How can we keep those good memories (回忆)? Most high schools in the United States have a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once a year. It is a "book of memories" for students.

Inside a yearbook there is each student's photo. The fourth-year students are finishing school soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the third-year students. Next come the second-year students. The last photos are the first year students. The yearbook is not only about students, but the teachers' photos are also in it.

The yearbook also has photos and descriptions of sports teams, school subjects, and extracurricular activities. These are activities students do after school such as the chess club and Chinese club. There is even the yearbook club. Students in this club write and take photos all year for the yearbook. At the end of the year, the book comes out.

In the yearbook, some students get special titles (头衔). For example, the students choose the "class clown"—a funny student, the "most likely to succeed"—a student everyone thinks will be successful, and the "best dressed"—a student with a good fashion sense.

Students write in each other's yearbooks. This is very important to the fourth-year students because they are saying goodbye to each other. Students write something like "We had a lot of fun." and "I'll never forget you." They also write about all the fun they shared in school together.