Life in the future will be different, but what will the changes be? As we all know, _____ COVID-19 broke out, many students all over the country could only study online. In the future, it will probably become the most important way of _____. One exciting thing is that people will have more free time to relax because they will _____ for fewer hours. Now we can only travel to different places on the earth, but people in the future may go to other _____ to spend their vacations.

There will be changes in the _____ too. More land will be used for building new cities. As a result, there will be less _____ for animals like cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe people won’t eat it every day, and they will eat more vegetables and fruit. If so, they will be _____ and live longer.

Work in the future will be different too. More smart robots will _____ in our lives. Then it won’t be necessary for people to do the _____ work like mining (采矿) and saving people in the fire. However, people won’t have enough _____ to do. This may be a problem.

Ordering take-out food online is very common in our lives. But did you think of those take-out couriers (送餐员)? How do they send your food? Let’s read some of their experiences。

Xiao Wu from Tianjin

Xiao Liu from Beijing

Lao Hu from Shijiazhuang

For Liu Xiaowei, 15, a student at a middle school in Xi’an, this winter vacation is different. His father is going to send him back to his home village.

“My father wants me to experience a hard rural (农村的) life. And I’d like to try it,” Liu said. “But I’m not sure if I can use the Internet there, so I downloaded (下载) some games. I’d like to carry them with me.”

Liu Hengmin, the boy’s father, was born in a village in Gansu. He came to Xi’an to make a living more than 20 years ago. “I worked hard and started my own business, and it became successful. But my son, although 15 years old, cannot take care of himself. He spends a lot of money every day.” Liu Hengmin said. After reading an article in a newspaper, which said that boys from well-off families were turning out “lazy and timid (胆小的)”, Liu talked with his wife and they decided to send their son to their village to experience the hard side of life.

Like Liu, there are several other parents in the city who want to give their sons a special “experience” this winter. Some of the kids understand their parents, but the others just want to do the things they like. Liu Wei, a middle school teacher in Xi’an, felt parents should discuss with their sons as well as their teachers before making a vacation plan for them.

What do you dream of doing in the future? We asked 100 students about what they are going to do when they grow up. Here are their answers.

35% of the students hope to be famous stars. Some of them like music, so they want to be musicians. Some like sports, so they would like to be basketball or football players. 他们期望找到一份好工作是很正常的。

30% of the students are going to be IT engineers. They think these jobs must become more and more popular, because they play an important role in our lives. People can do a lot of things on the computer with the Internet, such as shopping and communicating (交流) with others.

15% of them hope to be scientists. They decide to study hard and hope to make our country become stronger and better.

Ten of the students plan to start their businesses (生意). Then they can have more time to do what they want to do and maybe they will make much money one day.

There are other jobs for the students to choose, such as doctors, teachers and drivers. The last ten students decide to choose these jobs.

Of course, on their way to success they will meet lots of trouble. They need to make good preparations and believe in themselves. Remember not to give up. Then one day dreams will come true.

Have you ever heard the surprise party? The surprise party is very     51     in western countries. Many people think it is very exciting to have surprise parties for their     52     or family members. It is quite possible to plan a surprise party when one’s birthday is     53    . Do you want to know what a surprise party is     54    ? Look at the following example.

It was Saturday night. Bob’s wife asked him to go to the     55     and bring her a glass of milk. Bob walked to the kitchen and opened the door. Suddenly, he     56     a strange sound and then sees a bear standing in front of him!

Bob was very     57     and fell backwards (后退). Just then the bear took off his costume (服装). It was Bob’s friend Charles! There were also some     58     people behind him. All of them said to Bob, “Surprise!” Bob was puzzled (困惑的) and didn’t know what it was     59     his friends said “Happy Birthday!” to him.

In fact, there are many     60     of surprise parties. A successful surprise party always makes people excited and surprised.

61. 良好的计划是成功的基石。2024年的新年钟声即将敲响，我们需要总结过去，展望未来。假如你是张辉，根据下表中的要点提示，给你的好友李华写一封电子邮件，讲述你的过去，谈谈你的新年计划。

How is it going these days? I had many wonderful experiences last year. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The new year is coming soon. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Bye for now.

Yours,

Zhang Hui