It's necessary for parents to teach kids how to cook from an early age. I believe you will {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with what I say. However, you also need to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that part of teaching your kids how to cook is teaching them about the ingredients(材料).

    One of the best ways you teach them about ingredients is to take them to go shopping with you. I know it won't always be {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to do so. Maybe you have to spend some money {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your crying kids the big model car, because you don't want {#blank#}5{#/blank#} people to look at you.

    For one thing, it's great to let your kids see what food looks like in its {#blank#}6{#/blank#} state(状态). I don't mean seeing cows and chickens {#blank#}7{#/blank#} around (though that is good, too). I mean that they can see fruit, meat and vegetables before you {#blank#}8{#/blank#} them up or make them become dishes.

    In fact, if you live near a farmer's market, you can take your kids shopping with you there. At the farmer's market, your kids can talk to the people who grow the food. At {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, it will make your kids see whole(整个的) pineapples(菠萝), but not {#blank#}10{#/blank#} yellow rings with the hole in the middle.

    Kate and Bruce worked in the same company (公司) in New York. They were good {#blank#}1{#/blank#} often joked with each other.

    One day Kate {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Bruce on her way to the company. She said, "Hi, Bruce. It's good to see you.

    "How can you see {#blank#}3{#/blank#}when I'm not here?" asked Bruce.

    "What do you mean? You are not here?" asked Kate. "{#blank#}4{#/blank#}you are here."

    "No, I' m not," said Bruce. "And I'll bet (打赌) you ten dollars that I can prove (证明) I'm not here.

    “All right?”said Kate. "Ten dollars. Now prove you are not here.

    “It's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.”said Bruce. “Am I in Hong Kong?”

    "No," said Kate.

    "Am I in Paris?"

    "No," said Kate.

    "If I'm not in Hong Kong and I'm not in Paris," said Bruce, "then I {#blank#}6{#/blank#}be somewhere else(其他的). Is that {#blank#}7{#/blank#}?"

    "Of course," said Kate.

    "And if I' m somewhere else, I can't be here， can I? Ten dollars, please."

    "You're so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} Bruce."

    "We had a bet."

    "Sure we had a bet," said Kate. "But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can I give you ten dollars if you are not here?"

    Then Kate walked away {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a laugh.

    Nick went straight to work after leaving high school at the age of 18. He got a job in a big business. But he thought it was a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} because there weren't any chances for him. He thought graduates (大学毕业生){#blank#}2{#/blank#} got more interesting jobs, so he decided to go to university to have a better future.

    Studying in a college was one of the best {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in his life. And now he's looking for a new job—better paid and more interesting {#blank#}4{#/blank#} his last one.

    Alice {#blank#}5{#/blank#} school at sixteen and started working in a market. Now she's just opened her first shop. Some of her friends {#blank#}6{#/blank#} went on to university can't find work. They had good time at college for a few years, but she really don't know why they still stayed in college. Working for {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is the best education.

    Saran was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}when she got her first job after graduating from university, because the boss was her classmate in the high school! He went straight to work at 18 and now he's making more money than her! Actually, he {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to go to university now. I think you'll get more from university if you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} some time working first.

Transportation

    Transportation means the movement of people and goods from one place to another. In history, the economy and power of a country are closely related to the efficient methods of transportation. By transportation we can get access to natural resources and promote trade. It will make a country richer and more{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. The movement of soldiers, equipment and supplies can also be realized by transportation. It is very important to a country{#blank#}2{#/blank#}when the war broke out.

    Transportation systems and the routes they use have greatly influenced both how and where people live. Good transportation can help people lead a comfortable life in remote areas{#blank#}3{#/blank#}factories.

    Transportation is very important to a nation's{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Countries are trying to reduce the costs of transporting natural resources to production sites and moving finished goods to markets. It is one of the key factors in economic competition. The transportation industry is the largest industry in the world.