People need shopping. Shopping is ________ important part of our life. But the shopping habits (习惯) are different. Let’s see the shopping habits in America here. If you are in America only for a short time, I am sure you ________ buy some clothes soon. There is a rule of dressing in the US: ________ your clothes every day. For example, in an American university, you will see teachers are not ________ the same clothes for two days on end (连续地). The students are not, either. So you ________ it necessary (必要的) to buy more clothes than you have here in China. ________ you are shopping in the US, you will find that prices change a lot from shop to shop, and they change a lot from time to time. After you stay in America for ________, you will also find that Americans are not so well-off(富裕的). They often go shopping at “sales”. They also buy some used, second-hand things, such as clothing, bed, sofa, or TV— ________ money.

In America it is not strange that most of the second-hand things are very ________. In fact, the price in the US is always not high at all. There are ads (广告) for “white sale” in January, as well as in May and June or July. Once or twice every season there will be “garage sales” in the community(社区). There, you can get almost ________, from a boat to a pair of shoes, at “good” prices.

Nowadays, many people drive their cars to work, There are a lot of cars in the street and the ________ is very busy. So sometimes ________ is not easy for people to get to work on time. When you are going to be late, you only dream of taking a plane there. Can your dream ________? Yes! Four engineers in Germany are ________ in making planes. They are making a new plane, Lilium jet. It doesn’t look like a plane ________ an egg. Many people think it looks funny and interesting. The great “egg” can take two people to the sky and ________ three hundred kilometres (公里) in one hour. That’s really great. Some people call Lilium jet “a flying car” Why? Firstly, it’s not difficult for people to learn to drive it. People can drive it just like driving a car. But it can go ________ and farther (更远) than a car. Secondly, Lilfum jet is not very big, only one fourth of a plane. So it doesn’t need an airport. Only a small place is OK. It can stop ________. In the future, the “flying car” will come into people’s life and ________ our ways of trip. Liliuin jet will come on the market soon. Do you want to make your ________ easy and funny? Why not buy one? I’m sure you will have a good time on it.

What will your home be like in the future? Here are some predictions (预测).

Shanghai is a busy and beautiful city. Now we’re going some     56     in this city. This is our     57     trip here! Everything is new to us. We are     58     in my friend’s home, not in a hotel. There are many interesting places in the city. I’m looking forward to visiting     59    . My friend’s home is near one. So we are going to     60     it tomorrow. We are going to have dinner in a restaurant. The food in     61     restaurant is delicious. The city is very beautiful,     62     I’m going to take some photos. I want to stay here     63     a few days, and I’m going to buy some presents for my friends in England. Next Monday I’m going to fly     64     to England. I am going to tell my friends about my     65     and show them the photos. I’m happy to have a trip in Shanghai.

When we encourage(鼓励) someone,     66     usually say jiayou in Chinese, which means “add oil”.     67     do we say so?

    68     is an interesting story behind “add oil”. It started with an official (官员)     69     Zhang Ying(1791-1856). Zhang Ying lived during the Qing Dynasty (1644—1911). He was the zhifu (知府) of Xingyi, Guizhou. He wanted     70     encourage more people there to study. He sent lower officials to walk around the city at night     71     buckets (桶) of oil. At the time, people used oil lamps (灯) at night. When these officials heard people reading texts at night in their home, they would knock (敲门) on the door     72     say. “The mayor adds     73     for your lamp!” In this way, Zhang made sure that his city’s students could study through the night. Zhang did this for 13 years. Many of his city’s young people became scholars (学者). Zhang’s son Zhang Zhidong became one of the     74     famous officials of the late Qing Dynasty. “Add oil” became     75     everyday phrase.