Everyone has his derams of the future．But do you know （81）w future really is？I think future is now．That is to say．we （82）m treasure（珍惜） every minute and second．
There is old English （83）s ．"Gain time，gain life"Then what is time？Time is something （84）t can't be seen or touched，but we feel it passing by．Time is always with us．We often say"Time is money"．but it is more valuable （85）t money，beacuse when money is spent．we can earn it back．But if time is gone （86）a ．it will never return．That′s why we say time is priceless．
Grasping the present is grasping the future．As students，we should work hard in （87）o _ to creat a bright future of own．We should （88）m the best use of every hour and be the master today．We should do everything as （89）p ．And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow．
Time and tide （90）w for no man．If you waste today，you will regret tomorrow．
With the development of modern technology， digital devices（数码设备） have been seen everywhere． People often check what is （1）h in the world on the Internet， keep in touch with friends through emails， or even start to read e﹣books． （2）H ， many people still prefer paper books to e﹣books because they think that brains work （3）b when reading paper books．
Now， some scientists have come up with some （4）d ideas． They believe how brains work is not greatly affected by the way people read， but depends on the following factors（因素）． They （5）i the type and content of reading materials， the （6）p of reading． etc． When people read for entertainment， like news about star families or （7）f stories， reading paper books or e﹣books makes no difference． When people read to gain （8）k about science， reading paper books is more helpful． Brains need longer to deal with harder problems． Usually， taking notes by （9）h on paper books takes longer than typing（打字） notes out on digital devices． So it's （10）e for you to remember key points when you read paper books． Next time， when you read e﹣books about science， just remember to slow down and give your brain more time．
What Would You Do？
What Would You Do？is a TV programme on American ABC．The programme is started by the news reporter John Quinones．He said．
"It is popular with many people﹣both the （61）y and the old．It tests what people will do （62）w they see someone in trouble．We use hidden cameras to record what will （63）h ．Its purpose is to tell us to help people in need．"
Here is last week's programme．
In a cake shop，one actor acted as a blind woman named Pamela and the （64）o acted as the shop worker of the cake shop．The shop worker looked down upon（瞧不起） the blind．So when the blind woman came into the shop and （65）b a box of cakes，the shop worker cheated （欺骗）her when he gave her the change （零钱）．He （66）o gave her 6 dollars instead of 34 dollars．
Would someone be brave enough to （67）h the blind woman？Yes!A woman customer stopped the shop worker （68）f cheating the blind．Seeing this，several other customers joined in too and asked the shop worker to return the rest（剩余的）（69）m to the blind woman．
At this time，John Quinones appeared and explained that he was recording a programme （70）c What would you do？Then he interviewed the first customer who said that it was necessary to give a hand to the people in need．
A psychologist （心理学家）said，"It's difficult to take the first step to stand up．It needs courage．"
Paul and Bill are from different colleges． Paul applies （申请） for an online school， while Bill attends classes at school． They each believe that their school system （制度） is better than the other．
Paul： Hey， Bill． Are you （1）f to see a movie tonight？
Bill： Sorry， no． I'll have a class and a lot of homework to do．
Paul： Oh， that's too bad． I'm so glad I take classes online． I can decide （2）w ， where and how to complete my lessons．
Bill： Sounds good， but I really enjoy going to class （3）b it's a great way to get to know other people． It also helps me learn how to work well with others． If I don't understand something，I'm always able to ask about it in person．
Paul： In online classes， I have to （4）t completely before asking questions． That teaches me how to solve problems on my own．
Bill： Do you ever （5）m technical （技术上的） problems in your online classes？ If you can't open a file （文件）， how can you continue your learning？
Paul： It's not a big problem． I can email the teacher or call up another student for help．
Bill： But that takes too much time． You may fall behind on your studies．
Paul： You may （6）a fall behind．What will happen if you get sick？ It isn't a （7）p roblem for online classes．
Bill： Yes， but my teacher and classmates can help me．
Paul： In an online class， I don't have to （8）w about missing classes for any reason． I can always review the previous （先前的） lessons online．
Bill： Don't you feel lonely sometimes？ I would feel lonely if I had to learn by myself．
Paul： I enjoy learning alone． Besides， an online class gives me more free time to take part in other activities．
Bill： I still prefer having classmates to discuss and share （9）i with． I believe that improves my learning all the time．
Paul： I'm pretty self﹣disciplined （自律的），and I work （10）b on my own than with others．
Bill： I guess everybody learns differently．
When Italian traveller Marco Polo came to Yangzhou in the13th century，he recorded his
amazing observations in his bestselling book The Travels of Marco Polo．For over 700 years，it（66）n went out of print．Hollywood Filmmaker Chris Nebe follows in the footsteps of Marco
Polo to explore China's mystery．He has （67）c twelve documentaries of Mysterious China series，including Yangzhou：A City of Timeless Culture．This 30﹣minute documentary takes a close look
at the beauty and （68）c of Yangzhou．
To live，humans and all warm﹣blooded animals must have salt．In ancient time，salt was used
as money and had the values as（69）g ．Close to the seasalt﹣rich Yellow Sea，Yangzhou has been one of the（70）r cities in China because of its lively trade in salt，silk and grain．The surviving mansions and gardens of wealthy salt businessmen are witnesses of Yangzhou's great history．
（71）L a beautiful necklace，Yangzhou Slender West Lake lovingly embraces（拥抱） the city．It has been a memorizing attraction for visitors from afar，showing the lasting （72）s of Yangzhou﹣peace and harmony（和谐）．
The government has tried（73）i best to protect the Old Town of the 2500﹣year﹣old city．The area has become a great tourist attraction．At night，the streets turn into a mysterious land．Here
delicious snacks and treasured souvenirs（74）w to be discovered．
The ancient art of Chinese handicrafts is celebrated in Yangzhou．Favourites among them are
paper﹣cutting．Yangzhou's （75）e ．to continue the art form include China Paper﹣cutting Museum and tourists can enjoy masters'show on paper﹣cutting there．
Want to learn more？Why not watch the documentary in your spare time？
Over 2，000 years ago， in China，there lived a boy called Confucius． When he was o（1） three， his father died． His mother was very poor． In those days people had to pay to go to school and his mother did not have enough m（2） to send him．
As Confucius grew up he wanted to learn things． So he d（3） to teach himself．Unfortunately he was a strange﹣looking boy． The other children pointed and made fun of him． They called him names and laughed at him． Confucius got very upset， but he was a kind gentle boy and did not fight b（4） ．
Confucius did not play with other children． He went off to talk to holy men in the temple and learned from them． He t（5） to artists and musicians and learned from them． If he tried to do something difficult， he kept trying over and over again u（6） he learned how to do it． In this way the boy taught himself to read and w（7） and learned lots of interesting things． Confucius grew up to be a very c（8） man．
When he was a man， Confucius became the ruler of the city of Changtu． People were very h（9） when he was their leader． He used his abilities and skills in a w（10） way．
People sometimes call him the greatest man who ever lived． We still remember many of his sayings today．
In Britain，the government，school leaders，teachers and parents all agree that students should wear uniforms．（66）B Birtish private schools and schools have their own school uniforms．They think it's（67）i for pupils to wear school uniforms．
School leaders normally decide if pupils will have to wear a uniform，and they（68）a
decide what it should look like．You know，no students want to wear（69）u unifroms．
Everybody wants to wear beautiful uniforms．
Leaders have to follows the rules，and they（70）c just choose anything they like．They have to（71）t of the students' feeling and taste．Here are a few（72）f leaders should consider．
1．Cost．This is the first fact they should consider．Their uniforms shouldn't be too（73）
e because it may cause problems for some families．Not all the families can afford it．
2．Sexism（性别歧视）．The uniform policy must be equally fair（公平的）for boys and （74）g ．
3．Cultrues and races．School rules must（75）a pupils from all backgrounds to wear a uniform，for example，allowing Muslim（穆斯林）girls to wear an appropriate dress and Sikh（印度锡克教徒）boys to wear a traditional headdress（头饰）．
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We confirmed that Jim was locked in the hut．We spent two nights d （1） a hole under the hut．We came up under Jim's bed．He was very surprised to see us．We p （2） Jim to free him when we were ready．Then we climbed t （3） the hole back to our bedroom and talked about a plan．
Tom wanted to make an adventure．He wrote a letter to Uncle Silas telling him somebody was planning to steal Jim．I put the letter under the front door．We waited for the c （4） to free Jim．
The next night，some men were in Uncle Silas's sitting room﹣﹣all with guns!We jumped out of the bedroom window and climbed into the hut． "Come on，Jim!"Tom whispered． "Huck， you go first．Then you， Jim．I'll go l （5） ．"
We heard somebody shouting， "The thieves have s （6） Jim!" We quickly climbed out and ran towards the fence．
We kept running like our f （7） were on fire．We made it to the fence．I jumped over the fence and Jim followed me．Tom was right behind us．U （8） ，he caught his trousers on a nail． He pulled t （9） free but the men heard the noise．They started shooting． We ran to the river and jumped into the canoe． We lay down，out of breath．
"Jim!You're a free man!" I said．We were all happy and Tom was the h （10） ．
"It was a great adventure，"Tom said． "And look!I got a bullet in my leg!"
It was true．His leg was bleeding badly but he considered it as part of the adventure．
﹣﹣Taken from The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
We need friends when we play and work．If we have friends，we'll feel happy．If we have no friends，we will feel （51）l ．But what is Forever Friend？When you're down，and the world （52）s dark and empty，your forever friend cheers you （53）u and makes that world suddenly seem bright and full．Your forever friend gets you （54）t the hard times and the sad times．If you turn and walk away，your forever friend follows．If you lose your （55）w ，your forever friend guides you and cheers you on．Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay．
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More than 95% of people in the world have phones today． They help us easily make contact（联系） with others． It means that we （71）h write letters now． But a TV show ，Letters Alive，is bringing （72）b this old habit．
The show is loved by people around China． It invites famous actors and actress， one person walks up to a microphone（麦克风） and reads a （73）l ． The letters were （74）w by people from different times in history． We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers．
Besides it ，another TV show ，Readers ，is also （75）p ． It invites different people to read aloud on the stage，and（76）t the touching stories behind them．They can read anything， like poems and books． Now the （77）s gives people a special place ，a reading pavilions （朗读亭），to read all over China．Reading pavilions are now in some （78）c like Shanghai，Hangzhou and Xi'an． The pavilion is quite （79）s ．Only one person can come into it each time． A microphone in it records people's voices． Some of the readers will be picked and invited to （80）r on TV．
Cultural values and true feelings are the keys to winning praise． Both shows are leading Chinese people to enjoy reading． In fact ，this is also what our country is trying to do now．
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Leo and his father didn't talk for 10 years.10 years ago，Leo's mother （1）d ．He thought it was his father who caused his mother's illness．He hated his father．
Now they were sitting in a nice （2）c shop．Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee．Leo was surprised．His father smiled and said，"Before you were born，your mother and I often had （3）f playing in the sea．We could taste the sea，just （4）l the taste of the salty coffee．Every time I have salty coffee，I always think of your mother．I （5）m her so much．"
Leo was deeply moved （感动）．He never knew his father had such deep （6）l for his mother．One month later，he moved to live （7）w his father．Every time he made coffee for him，he put some salt in the coffee．
After 10 years，his father died．Leo received a （8）l which said，"Dear Leo，please forgive my life's lie﹣the salty coffee．Actually at that （9）t I wanted some sugar，but I said salt．It was hard for me to change，so I just went ahead．Now let me （10）t you the truth．I don't like salty coffee，but I drink salty coffee for 10 years! Having you with me is the biggest happiness of my whole life．"
Do you have difficulty learning English words？Well，（1）k a vocabulary notebook for learning new English words is not difficult．Here are some easy steps．First，buy a notebook （2）w at least 100 lined pages．You should select the color and size notebook that you prefer．（3）S ， write down any important words that you come across when reading or listening．This step （4）r you to decide whether a word is important enough for you to learn now．Do not assume（认为） that you will learn the word （5）l ．The next step is a bit difficult because you need to decide （6）w information about each word you will write in the notebook．
Some learners write only a（7）t of the word．Others write an example pharse using the word.I（8） information that matches your learning style and your needs.Finally，the most important thing you can do to learn the words in your notebook is to（9）p these words several times．If the pages of your notebook are well organized， you are more likely to review the words and their information over and over．If you （10）f these important steps， you can improve your English greatly．Come and have a try!
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart． A short video about seven people wearing prosthetic devices（人造装置） who（1）t a desert race challenge has become popular．
The seven disabled people （2）j in the 108﹣kilometer desert race from May 11 to14 in Dunhuang， Northwest China's Gansu Province． Six of the seven had one leg amputated（截肢），and（3）o had two legs amputated．
Cheng Baojun， a man from Luohe， Central China's Henan Province， the double amputee，said he never（4）i he could take part in the desert race． "It is great． I can do it， and you can also． ""It is easy to say， but walking it is（5）h ． "Cheng said． On the first day， they finished a complete section of 27 kilometers of the race， and on the second day， they finished 20 kilometers
"My legs were painful while I was walking． We also met with a very big sandstorm on the way． But（6）s it was a challenge， we could not give up． We all encouraged each other to continue． " he said． After getting （7）t ， they rested on the third day and walked on the Fourth．
Lao Tongyi walked the longest of the group， a distance of more than 70 kilometers．Team leader Sun Naicheng said that they had to（8）p through depopulated（人烟稀少的）areas of the Gobi Desert． He also added that team members challenged themselves and realized their（9）d ．
They are good（10）e for everyone to learn from． It's up to you how far you go． If you don't try， you will never know．
Is it stressful and boring working at Google？Not at all!In fact，Google has the （71）b working environment among the big companies（公司）in the United States．
The working environment is quite relaxing at Google．The company encourages employees（雇员）to do （72）w they want in the office．They can write down their ideas on the wall．When they are （73）t ，they can take breaks on the sofa．Animal lovers can （74）e bring their pets to work．
Google is home to every employee．There are game rooms，hair salons（店，厅），restaurants and gyms．（75）A work，employees can have a swim in the swimming pool or enjoy a massage （按摩）．The company （76）a encourages them to learn new things．It offers a number of interesting free courses such as sign language，cooking，drawing and playing the piano．
There is an interesting rule at Google﹣no one should be 35meters away from （77）f ．
Coffee bars and open kitchens are everywhere．All food is free．There are thousands of different dishes in the main restaurant．One of its managers says，"We care for our employees'（78）h ，so we encourage them to have healthy food．Our research shows that if people are provided with enough food，they make better choices．"
To work hard and work well，you need to （79）l what you are working on and where
you are working．Google believes that an interesting and pleasant （80）s helps people think more creatively．So it is trying hard to keep its title（头衔）as the happiest workplace in the world．
Scientists have long wondered how Australia's koalas get enough water to live．A new study p（1） an answer．
The lead writer of the new report on koalas is Valentina Mella of the University of Sydney． It was earlier t（2） ，she explains，that the animals got most of the water they needed in the leaves they ate．
In the wild， koalas get water from the plant leaves they eat． But they also get it from water r（3） down from the trees during it rains．
Mella and other scientists w（4） koalas in the wild every year．They find that koalas are a
（5） at night． They live in trees and depend on them for food， drinking and also for resting places．
Koalas spend most of the time high up in the trees． They eat lots of leaves． An adult koala n（6） eats between 0.5 and 0.8 kg of leaves a day． Koalas sleep about 20 hours a day．
Mella notes that a koala usually spends 98% of its 1（7） in trees． She also notes that the only time they come down to the ground is to d（8） another tree with better leaves．
In fact， the word "koala" means"no drink" in the l（9） language． Koalas did not go down onto the ground very often． So it was considered that they had no need to drink water．
The koalas' living e（10） is getting worse now because the fires from September 2019 to January 2020 in Australia have burned about 30% of the forests where they live．
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