—No, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) to the supermarket. But he will return soon.

Jim walked out of the classroom{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} {#blank#}3{#/blank#} {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

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

    The "teacher" is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} small, blue machine about 25cm high, Reuters reported. Whenever students have problems, it helps them very {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (patient) and never gets bored.

    "The robot can make students {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (active) in class than usual. I see Elias as one of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (tool) to get different kinds of practice and activities into the classroom," a teacher told Reuters.

    So far the school {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (introduce) four robot teachers one of whom is a language teacher that can speak 23 languages and dance to music."{#blank#}6{#/blank#} necessary to encourage kids to come up {#blank#}7{#/blank#} new ways to make use of technology in school life." the head of the school {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(add) in the interview.

    The robot teachers are used {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (help) improve learning. This doesn't mean that human teachers will lose their jobs. The robots can teach well, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} they are not able to keep class in order. The school still needs human teachers.

The Bird's Christmas Tree

    It's a sun shining winter afternoon. In a small yard in Luss, Scotland, Kate and Effie{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (tie) the baskets to the branches（树枝）of the Christmas tree and filling them with corns. The children {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (work) busily but happily for many hours, making the little baskets for the birds.

    Many birds come in. Some are eating, and others are dancing.

    Even the pretty blue jay(蓝松鸦) {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(forget) to be pretty. When he has eaten his fill, he is flying away, crying "Thanks, thanks!"

    What a happy life the tree brings to the birds and the children! But two weeks ago, the tree {#blank#}4{#/blank#}nearly {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(cut) into firewood.

    Two weeks ago， the Christmas tree was once in the living room. Kate and Effie, and Sue and Tom, had a happy Christmas Day, for the tree was hung with gifts for them all.

    One day, when the children{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(play) games around the tree, John came and told them that he was going to carry it into the woodshed.

    "What {#blank#}7{#/blank#}you {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(do) with it, John?" the children asked.

    "I want to cut it into firewood," answered John.

    "Oh, don't!" cried the children. "Our beautiful tree! Let us {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(have) it a little longer!"

    "What will you do with it?" asked John.

    "We {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(put) it in the yard and make a Christmas tree for the birds," replied the children.

    So John carried the fir tree into the yard. There it {#blank#}11{#/blank#}(stand) in the white snow, spreading out its beautiful green branches.

    "Now" cried Effie, "let us make some baskets {#blank#}12{#/blank#} (fill) corns. Then we will tie them to the tree for the birds. "

    What happened next? As you can see at the beginning of the story, the birds are living happily. With the birds and the tree, the children are also very happy. It is hard to tell which are happier, the birds or the children. I believe the tree is the happiest of all.

    A Christmas Carol is a famous short novel{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(write) by Charles Dickens. It is about an old man named Scrooge who never laughs or smiles. He is mean and only thinks about{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(he). He doesn't treat others nicely. He just cares about whether he can make more money and he hates Christmas. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge sees the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead business partner. Marley {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(use) to be just like Scrooge, so he was punished after he died. He warns Scrooge{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(change) his ways if he doesn't want to end up like him. He also tells Scrooge to expect three spirits to visit him.

    That night, three ghosts visit Scrooge. First, the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him back to his childhood and reminds Scrooge{#blank#}5{#/blank#}his happier days as a child. Then the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(two)spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, takes him to see how others are{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(spend) Christmas this year. Everyone is happy, even poor people. The last one, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come, takes him to the future. Scrooge sees that he is dead, but nobody cares. He is{#blank#}8{#/blank#}scared that he wakes up in his bed and finds out it is only the next morning--Christmas Day!

    He decides to change his life and promises to be a {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good) person. He happily celebrates Christmas with his relatives. He also gives gifts to people in need. He now treats everyone with kindness and{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(warm), spreading love and joy everywhere he goes. And that is the true spirit of Christmas.