In English classes, our English teacher, Mr. Smith, sometimes asks us to write something about the future. Here is Mike’s writing. It is very interesting. Let’s read it.

In the future, there will be more people in the world. There won’t be so many animals. Therefore, people won’t eat meat often. They will live a long life because they eat healthy food such as fruit and vegetables.

People will live in the sea. Everyone will be able to swim and they have a computer at home. People will do a lot of things on computers, so they won’t go out to work. They will work at home. They can talk to their friends on computers. People will also use ships and planes a lot. They won’t use any cars, so cars won’t be popular. And ships and planes can carry them everywhere. Maybe there will be traffic jams in the sea and air. People will live happy life in the future.

Many young people are worried about travelling alone. Here are some tips for you. When you are travelling somewhere new, don’t take flights (航班) that get you to a new place late at night unless someone is meeting you at the airport. That may be dangerous.

Learn some words of the language of the country you are visiting. You’d better learn some daily expressions from the smartphone or your dictionary before travelling. And you also need to learn something about the religion (宗教) and culture of the country. When you travel to a foreign country, you should respect its religion and culture of the country. Also, pay attention to the following things.

Put your things in several different pockets and bags.

Take some medicine with you. You may need it when you are travelling.

If you are lost, ask a policeman, a taxi driver or a shopkeeper for direction.

Bill, Frank, Dave and Tom were brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts (礼物) on her birthday. They liked to show her how rich they were.

The eldest brother, Bill, had lots of money and wanted his mother to have the most expensive gift, but he didn’t know what to buy. So he put an ad (广告) in the newspaper, “Wanted—the greatest gift for my mother”.

About a week before his mother’s birthday, a man came to his office. He brought a big bird, this bird can speak foreign languages and sing pop songs. The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. The next day, Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

The day after his mother’s birthday, he called his mother, “Well, mother,” he asked, “what do you think of the bird?” “Oh, it’s very delicious, dear.” said his mother.

Online shopping is very popular in the world. Almost 85% of Internet users in America like to _________ online.

Online shopping is easy and _________ because people can do their shopping on a computer at home. When you visit an online shop, choose things and then pay _________ them. Several days later, you can receive it by _________.

There are some _________ of shopping online. Online shopping is popular during the shopping season _________ people can buy things online at any time of the day, and they don’t need to _________ in long lines in big supermarkets. That is to say, online shopping can save _________.

But you must be _________ when you buy clothes online. Not everything online is worth (值得) buying. __________ the colour doesn’t look the same as on your screen. And you don’t know which are good without trying them on.