Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV brings the outside world closer to people’s homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV.

What’s going on in other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What’s living in the deepest part of the sea?

If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV and watch it. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. With TV, however, they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch.

TV helps us a lot. TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps us to open our minds. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.

Hong Kong Harbor Cruise(游艇) By Night

Enjoy a wonderful dinner on the ferry and see the fantastic(极好的) city lights.

Time: 7:00 p.m.—10:00 p.m. daily

Price:            with dinner                      without dinner

Adult:            HK$300                         HK$120

Child under 12: HK$210                         HK$84

START/STOP: Kowloon Public Pier(码头)

(Near Star Ferry Pier)

TICKET OFFICE: Star Company (123 Canton Road)

Water is very important to living things. Without water there can be no ________ on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves. Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water is needed ________. There is water in seas, rivers and lakes. Water is found almost everywhere, even in the ________ part of the world. The water in the air is a gas, and we call it water vapor (蒸气). Clouds ________ small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals (结晶体). Snow crystals are very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a ________. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter. Water may be a solid or a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as ________ as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can not see or feel it.

57. Write a passage of at least 50 words on the topic “Water is very important in our life”.