Travel can teach kids more than a textbook. Travelling with kids is good for them. They can find new interests. Travel makes information alive for kids, and makes it much more exciting than studying textbooks or doing experiments in the laboratory. While travelling, they learn how to deal with new situations, and communicate with other people. They learn patience, because sometimes it takes a long time to get to some exciting or interesting places.

    I've been travelling since I was seven years old. For me, to stop travelling would be like taking something away from my soul（灵魂）. I can't live without travelling. Some people think it's hard to travel after having kids. But in my opinion, when people become parents, it doesn't mean they can't travel any more. My children have been travelling since they were three weeks old.

    Bringing a new life into the world comes with many responsibilities（责任）and I'd love to be a good mother. One of my duties is to educate my children. I'm so thankful that my parents took me on family trips when I was young. I've learned that the outside world is more colorful than the little one I was living in. Of course, I want to pass these travel experiences on to my children.

    I value the memories I have travelling with my children. I'm sure they will always remember them in their lives.

Dear Jeff,

    I'm in London with my friend Tom. We are staying here for tour days. It was sunny and warm yesterday, but today it is rainy and a little cold. I'm drinking tea in my hotel room and Torn is out shopping.

    We are having a great time in London. There are many interesting places here. My favorite places are the British Museum and Hyde Park. There are many beautiful old buildings(建筑物) here. We are really having

    It's raining hard now. There are lots of cars in the street. The cars(小汽车) and buses are moving slowly(慢慢地). The people are walking or running. I think London is really a good place. I love it very much. 

Yours,

Bob

    It was too late at night when an old man came to a small town. He found a small hotel and wanted to stay there for the night. After he went into his room, the owner said to his wife, "Look at his bag, there must be much money in it. Let's take it away when he is asleep, shall we?"

    "No, no." said the woman, "He must look for his bag tomorrow morning. If he can't find it, he'll telephone the police. "They thought for a few minutes. Then the woman had an idea, "We have forgetful grass. Why not put some into his food? If he has the food, he will forget to take his bag away. "The old man had the food with the forgetful grass and went to bed. The next morning, when the owner got up, he found the door open, and the man had left with the bag. He was angry and woke his wife up, "What a fool! Your forgetful grass isn't useful at all."

    "No, I don't think so He must forget something." she said. "Oh! I remember now!" cried out the man suddenly, "He forgot to pay for the night."

    From the story we know the owner of the hotel wanted to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}the old man's bag when he slept. But his wife {#blank#}2{#/blank#}with him, and she {#blank#}3{#/blank#}up with a good idea that they put some forgetful grass into the food {#blank#}4{#/blank#}that the old man would forget his bag. The forgetful grass worked. The old man really forgot something-he didn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#}to pay for the night.

Dear Mary,

    Please take these things to Alice: her CD player and CD case, schoolbag, sunglasses, baseball cap, keys and alarm clock. Her CD player and her CD case are on the table in the bedroom. She needs them for tomorrow. Her schoolbag is under her bed. The sunglasses are on the desk in the living room. Her baseball cap is on her bed. Her keys are on the table in the kitchen. The alarm clock is on the table in her room.

Mom

    Popular music in America is what every student likes. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunchtime. Students with cars buy the large speaker and play the music loudly as they drive in the street.

    Adult(成年的) drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

    Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape and radio stations use them in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people will buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

    There are other kinds of music that is important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common (普通的) life of Americans. Another is called Western or country music. It is about country life and the love between a country boy and his girlfriend. They are very popular among young people.

    Recently, Gina felt sad. Several unhappy things happened to Gina. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} After hearing her words, the friend invited her to her home for tea and said, "All trouble will disappear after tasting tea."

    Gina couldn't believe her, but she still decided to go for relaxation. At the friend's home, her friend took out a square box and said, "I asked someone to buy the tea from China. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "Then, her friend opened the box slowly, took out a spoon of tea carefully, put it into the teapot(茶壶)gingerly. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Only one minute later, the friend poured out a cup of tea and asked Gina to taste it. Gina drank it but nearly puked(吐）it out. She shouted, "Is this tea? {#blank#}4{#/blank#} " The friend just smiled She repoured boiled water into the teapot. After a minute, the friend poured out another cup and asked Gina to try the second one. Gina took a drink and found it was not as terrible as the first one but still bitter(苦的) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} When Gina drank the fifth cup, a sunny smile shone on her face. She said, "It tastes good! I've never tasted such a wonderful flavor(味道)."

    The friend said, "Life is just like this! Only when we taste it patiently can we feel happy."