We often watch movies about the future. What will the future and our life be like in 20 years? Our world will be much more beautiful than now. There will be ________ pollution. There ________ more robots in our life. They can help us ________ the housework and do some simple jobs. Fewer people will do such jobs because these jobs are boring. The robots can even talk with humans and have ________ own feelings such as sadness and happiness. Some will look like humans and ________ may look like animals.

How about me? Maybe in 20 years, I think I will be a pilot. As ________ pilot, I can travel all over the world and ________ many interesting people. I will keep a dog as a pet in my home. And I will also have a robot helper. ________ I leave my city because of work, the robot can help me to look after it. During the holiday, my robot will make different plans for me and tell me how much money each plan needs. Then I can choose the ________ plan.

No one ________ what will happen in the future. So let’s wait!

Long long ago, there was a swan (天鹅) with golden feathers (羽毛). She lived in a lake. A woman lived in a small house near the lake with her two daughters. They were very ________. They worked hard all year round, but still, they lived a hard life and sometimes they even didn’t have enough ________ to buy food.

The swan was sad to see that. She said to herself, “I’ll give one of my feathers to them each day, then they can live a happy life with the money ________ my feathers.” That evening, she ________ to the woman’s house and left a golden feather on the table without saying anything. From then on, the swan came every day and gave them a feather. The woman was very happy because their life was much ________ than before.

But day after day, the woman became greedy (贪婪). She said to her daughters. “The swan may fly away one day. If so, we will be poor again. We should take all her feathers if she comes next time.”

“Oh, no, Mom!” cried the daughters, “This will ________ the swan. She helps us a lot!” But the mother wouldn’t listen. When the ________ came as usual, the mother caught her and took all her feathers. ________, the golden feathers changed into chicken feathers.

Then, the swan said, “Poor Mother, I came to ________ you, but you wanted to kill me. Now, I am leaving and will ________ come back. Never be greedy!” With these words, the swan left.

A popular TV show—Chinese Poetry Competition(中国诗词大会) has become popular with many people. Now let’s interview some students and listen to what they said.