This is Tammela School, a primary school in Finland. The students are having a math class with their robot teacher.

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A man noticed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girt in her shopping cart. 

As they passed the cookie section, the little girl asked for some cookies but her mother r{#blank#}1{#/blank#} her. The little girl cried out at once. However, the mother said q{#blank#}2{#/blank#} , "Now Monica. we just have several passages to go through. Don't be upset. It won't be l{#blank#}3{#/blank#}." 

   Soon they came to the candy section, and the little girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn't have any, she cried l{#blank#}4{#/blank#} again. The mother said. "There, there, Monica, don't cry--only two more passages to go and then we'll c{#blank#}5{#/blank#} out." 

   When they went to the cashier desk, the little girl once again began to ask for gum and burst into a terrible a{#blank#}6{#/blank#} when she found out that there had been no gum to buy. The mother said patiently, "Monica we'll be through this counter in 5 minutes and then you can go home and have a bath before having a s{#blank#}7{#/blank#} sleep." 

   The man f{#blank#}8{#/blank#} them out and stopped the woman to praise her. "I couldn't help n{#blank#}9{#/blank#} how kind you were with little Monica. You're such a good mother!" he said with an a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} voice. 

   "However," the mother replied, "I'm Monica--my little girl's name is Tammy."

 An old saying goes," When in Rome(罗马), do as the Romans do."I learned the meaning of this when I studied in Russia.

 One day I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}( invite) some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were so excited from visiting Red Square {#blank#}2{#/blank#} we talked loudly. We had a warm chat until the waiter told me that we were being too loud. We turned our voices a little {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( low). But this didn't last long. The waiter came over to us two more times with {#blank#}4{#/blank#} same message.

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I felt bad about this. Even though we tried our best, it's very difficult to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ( quick) develop a new habit.

 Russians have {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( they) own special habits. My Russian friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he did this." Aha," Andrey said," In Russia, people always take about a minute to think about things and plans in the mind before leaving. So they won't leave anything necessary behind."

 Finding some {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( different) between cultures is much fun. I'd like to keep my eyes and mind open.