Bill and Cathy wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives（马尔代夫）.And they decided to ______ there for two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there was perfect at that time. They worked very hard for several _______ . Finally, they made enough money for their dream ______ . But their trip was more like a nightmare（噩梦）!

The problem _______ when the flight was put off because of bad weather. They couldn’t leave _______ night. They finally got on the plane twelve hours later！But they _______ fly to Maldives because there was a storm. They had to fly to the capital city _______ . There they stayed in a small hotel _______ the airport.

The hotel was next to the sea, but the sea was _______ dirty that they couldn’t swim in it. And the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves! The food was awful, ________ . For breakfast there was ________ bread and milk! The worst part was when the storm came, they felt really ________ . Because of the bad weather, they had to stay for ________ night in the small hotel. And they had ________ to do. It was so boring. Finally, they ________ in Maldives three days later. And someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!

When you go to the US, someone often says to you “ Give me five ” What should you do? Don ’ t give five dollars from your pocket! It will make others laugh! The person is not asking for your money, but your fingers.

In the US, “ Give me five” or “ Give me high five” is a hot gesture (手势 ). You can see it in films or on TV. It means hitting each other’ s right hands together.

People do it when they meet for the first time or some happy things happen. For example, a student has good marks in exams. If a football team wins a game, their players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.

This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the king. This showed the person raising his arm didn’t have a sword (剑 ) in his hand.

Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

Frank is a student. He likes playing with his phone very much. And he keeps the phone with him at all times. His dad thinks he is addicted (上瘾的) to his phone. But Frank doesn’ t think so. They write to each other.

Dear Frank,

You’ve heard the warnings. It’s reported that fifty percent of the teenagers depend on their phones too much. I think you have this problem too. That’s why I think you should give up your phone. Not forever, just for a week. I’m worried that you are developing some bad habits. You keep your phone with you all the time—you even check the basketball scores at the dinner table. It’s not a good idea to use your phone while you are doing homework. You can’t put your heart into your homework at all. And you may make more mistakes when you can’t fully put your heart into it. There are many good reasons to take a break from your phone. Have a try ! So what do you say? Are you ready to give up using your phone?

Love,

Dad

I know you think I depend on my phone too much. But I’m just using technology to help my life to be better. My phone helps me in many ways.

Do you remember that time when the car broke down? I sent a message to tell you that I was going to be late. If I didn’t, you would be worried about me. My phone helps me with my homework too. I can look up anything in a second. It’s really hard to be successful today if you don’t have a phone. Social media, games, and apps might seem silly to you, but they help me to keep in touch with my friends. I promise to cut back my phone use, and I won’t use it at the dinner table anymore. But giving it up for a week would be a mistake and it wouldn’t change anything in the long term.

Love,

Frank

Sometimes people come into your life and you know that they were sure to be there at once. They may come for some reasons teach you a lesson or help to find out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people maybe: your classmates, neighbor, teacher, long-lost friend or even a real stranger. But you know that they will affect (影响) your life in some serious ways.

Sometimes things happen to you. Maybe they seem terrible, painful(痛苦的) and unfair at that time. But later, after getting over those difficulties, you may realize your further ability. Everything happens for a reason and nothing happens by chance or with good or bad luck.

The people you meet may affect or change your life, your success, your failure and create who you are. Even the bad experiences can be learned from. In fact, they are possibly the most poignant and important ones.

Enjoy every day, even every moment for you may never be able to experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and really listen. You should set your sights high, try to learn more, hold your head up, tell yourself you are a great one and believe in yourself.

You can make your life anything you wish. Create your own life, go out and enjoy it.

Have you heard about “ Survival (生存) Holidays” ?
46． Now about 1, 000 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors with no parents following.

Why do people like “ Survival Holidays ” ? It is because they think being close to nature is important to children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games.
47．

Is “ Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Children need more free time to play.
48． Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities under the control of adults, but children don’ t know what to do when they are in trouble. Even something like crossing a small river or falling down seems very terrible to them.

49． Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay cool in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe.
50．All these skills will help them a lot in their lives..

With the development of society, our language is also changing. Have you ever found that our Chinese words such as tofu, zongzi and erhu are in English? More and more Chinese words are making a big
51． to the English language. Maybe the reason is that there are too
52． Chinese people studying or speaking English.

A study says a lot of Chinese words are collected in the English dictionary every year. For example, the Chinese word chenguan (city pedlar officer ) — you can
53． it in Baidu Dictionary.

The Oxford English Dictionary now has about 1, 000 words of Chinese origin (根源 ), such as taikonaut(an astronaut from China).

These years, The Wall Street Journal (华尔街日报) used the word dama (Chinese pinyin for “big mother” ) to describe those middle-aged Chinese
54． leading the world’s gold market.

Han Baochen is a famous language
55． at Beijing Foreign Study University. He said, “
56． Chinglish doesn’t mean Chinese words are trying to take the place
57． English words. That’s only
58． we can’t find the right words in English to say the meaning in Chinese. ”

In fact, the mixing of the two language
59． it easier to learn a second language. A 24-year-old Canadian Lisa said, “My mom can’t speak any Chinese, but she tries to remember ni hao (hello) by knee and hao. In this way, she can
60． say some Chinese words.

你喜欢骑自行车吗?你听说过共享单车 (shared bikes)吗?(共享单车：即有需要的人通过扫描单车二维码，就可租骑的一种共享自行车。)现学校的“ Focus ”栏目就共享单车这 一话题。向我们征集稿件。请根据以下提示，以“ Shared Bikes”为题，写一篇短文。

Shared Bikes

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