When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be _________. When you put one finger in front of your _________, you mean “Be quiet”.

Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages.

Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak _________ Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt _________ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman _________ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he _________ to say, “Bring me something to eat.” But the waiter brought him a lot of things to _________. First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was _________ that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was _________ to leave the restaurant when another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was __________ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

A man was sitting in a doctor’s office. He was telling the doctor about his problem. “I like football, Doctor.” he said, “Please help me. My life has never been a good one since I became interested in football and it is getting worse and worse. I can’t even get away from it in my sleep. As soon as I close my eyes, I’m out there on the football field and running after a flying ball. When I wake up, I’m more tired than I was when I went to bed. What am I going to do?”

The doctor sat back and said, “First of all, you have to do your best not to dream about （梦见）the football. When you closed your eyes, try to think about something else. Try to think that you are at a party and someone is going to give you several million dollars.”

“Are you crazy（疯狂的）, Doctor?” The patient（病人）shouted: “I’ll miss my ball!”

A rich American went into a shop in London．He wanted to buy a nice looking watch．He saw a watch and he liked it．But the shop owner asked 500 dollars for it．Just then a young man came in，took the watch out of the owner’s hand and ran out with it. It all happened in a minute．When the owner ran out into the street，the young man was already gone.

The American walked out of the shop．At the next corner，he saw the young man with that watch in his hand“Do you want to buy a fine watch，sir？”he said in a low voice，“It’s made in Germany．It’s only 100 dollars”

“The young man didn’t know I saw what happened in the shop just now，”he thought．The American paid at once and went back to his room with the watch．He was happy and told his friend about the fine watch

His friend took a look at his watch and started laughing．He said，“You are a fool. This watch isn’t worth even 10 dollars．”

It is easier to get down the hill than to climb up the hill, so it is easier to fall into bad habits（习惯）than into good ones.