You may have memorized a large number of words, you may know all the grammar needed to hold any conversation and still find yourself difficult to express what you want. So the following _______ does help you overcome the difficulties.

If you're at the early stages of learning, don't _______ the mistakes you're making. It's more important to make yourself _______ while communicating with others. Try _______ your speaking speed, and you will find the simplest methods are the best ways _______ your communication skills. Actually, nobody will hold it back against you if you slow down your speed.

There's no doubt that everyone tries to learn English well. _______ , many people learn words by heart, but have no idea how to use them in a sentence. Actually, when you learn a new word, try to memorize several sentences _______ that word. It can help you save time and study better.

When speaking in a foreign language, you might focus on what you are saying and whether it's correct or not, that you forget to listen to what _______ are saying. This is a big mistake as they might be using the _______ words you'll need later on. So pay attention to what's being said around you, it's most important resource at the time of speaking to someone.

Communication is the most important in learning a foreign language. If you want to improve your communicating skills, you can try the above tips. It ________ time.

Welcome to San Francisco Zoo, Northern California's largest zoo! You'll enjoy seeing 250 different kinds of animals here.

The Main Office clerk is on duty from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Monday-Friday)

Our animals have proper food, and some animals are on strict diets for healthy reasons. It is very important that you shouldn't feed them with the food or drinks in your hands. You can only feed the animals that are on the Family Farm in the Children's Zoo.

We ask you not to tease or shout at the animals. And please do not throw food or anything else to them.

When taking photos in the zoo, please stay safely behind any barriers and remain in the public areas at all times.

Guests with disabilities can use our wheelchairs. Our Main Gate is accessible (可用的) to all. Accessible routes and areas are indicated (确定) on the zoo map, which can be found at the Main Gate.

Please report problems to zoo officers. They will help you. You can also turn to guards who are on zoo grounds 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of our visitors and our animals.

Open daily, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Last admission (入场券) would be sold one hour before closed time. Children aged 14 years old and under must be accompanied by an adult while on zoo grounds.

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. In fact, she loved nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always ready to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, "If I could see the world, I would marry you."

One day, someone gave away a pair of eyes to her. When the bandage came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the first time. He asked her, "Now that you see the world, will you marry me?" The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was blind. She had never expected that. She would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life. She refused to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a note to her, saying, "My dear, take care of your eyes. Before they are yours, they were mine."

This is how the human brain often works when our status (地位) changes. Only a very few remember what life was like before. And we often ask for more than we need. Life is a gift. Today, before you complain (抱怨) about the taste of your food, think of someone who has nothing to eat. Before you complain about life, think of someone who lost his life early. Before you complain about your old house, think of the people who are living on the streets. And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs.

So enjoy what you have and don't forget your past.

Low carbon life (低碳生活) has been known by all over the world for years, but in many countries it is still not followed well. One reason is that some traditional technology and economic (经济的) situations stop it from going on well. So, to improve this problem, we should first learn what is low carbon life and find the way to achieve it.

Generally speaking, low carbon life is to live a life with low CO₂ giving out. Firstly, the greenhouse gases are from the use of traditional energy, such as oil, coal, etc. So some machines which get power by burning such fuel (燃料) play the main part of global warming. The most ones are traditional traffic. Take the one-way trip from Hong Kong to London directly by airplane on economy class (经济舱) as an example. Each passenger will give out 680 kilogram CO₂, which is the same to keeping the air-conditioner running for 970 hours at home! So these years, we begin to hear about more and more cycling and walking tour. Bikes are welcomed by travelers as they are cheap and environmental-friendly. With the development of high speed railway, which is safe, comfortable and low-carbon, many tourists like to take it.

Secondly, besides the traditional energy is polluting our earth, it will be used up. So we need to save energy, and low carbon life will help this. At the same time, new clean energy is being developed and used more in our life. Some well-known new energies, such as solar (太阳能), wind, and nuclear (核) energy has been first used more and more widely. It's not enough, we must develop more new clean energy. Good news is that some cities in our country have begun their new energy plan instead of the old, such as Nanchang. In Harbin, more and more rechargeable (可再充电的) electrical bicycles and cars can be newly seen on the road. Using new energy is also part of low carbon life.

Believe with the help of everyone's efforts on low carbon life, the beautiful earth will be brought back to life soon.

How do animals live in the cold winter?    46    Some of them "migrate" (迁徙). This means they travel to other places where the weather is warmer or they can find food.

Many birds migrate in autumn. Some fly in large groups, because the trip can be dangerous.    47    .

Some animals remain active in winter. They must get used to the changing weather.    48    To keep warm, animals may grow new, thicker fur in autumn.

Some animals begin to collect their winter food in autumn. When it's very cold, they stay inside their homes.    49    Squirrels collect seeds an nuts. Beavers (海狸) collect sticks. They are safe and warm in their homes in winter.

Some other animals sleep for a long time in winter. They are in hibernation (冬眠)    50    In winter they eat nothing. They're very hungry when they wake up in spring. They usually look for food in March or April. Bears, snakes and frogs are such animals.

Winter is cold in northern countries, but animals are smart. They can spend winter safely.

I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a very cold and windy day. The freezing weather almost drove me mad and I was even crazier about leaving my hats and scarf at school. All of a sudden, an old lady     61     and asked if I would like a ride home. Her warm smile took away the thought that I should never talk to strangers because of my     62    .

I didn't see this     63     lady or talk to her for about a month. One night I was     64     up by missing her, I decided to return the favor (恩惠). So, I made a lot of cookies and walked down to her house. At first I was a bit worried that she wouldn't remember me. In fact, she was one of the most famous     65     . But luckily, I was completely wrong. When she     66     from her chair, she hugged me and seemed so surprised that someone would do something like that! She said she was upset the moment before, but at this moment she would never forget the kindness given to her and the expressions on her     67     face disappeared little by little.

There is really nothing else joyful (高兴的) like making others' day brighter! I think this is a sense of     68     we have talked before.

Have you ever heard of half-birthday? It's a day six months earlier before or after your real date of birth. Do you sometimes need an excuse for a celebration? If so, it may happen because your birthday are still a few months away, or because you just want to throw yourself into a celebration, or because you need to get together with your friends.

Half-birthday is often celebrated when some important festivals get in the way of the real birthday. In the US, half-birthdays are often celebrated for children whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving them the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teachers.

Half-birthday has become popular all over the world only with the popularity of Harry Potter. As we all know, Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half-birthday on January 29th.

Here we'll learn something about two great composers (作曲家) who have had influenced on our life. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Austria in January, 1756. In his early years, he showed amazing ability. Along with music, he learned languages and school subjects from his father. He wrote hundreds of beautiful pieces of music. But he became poor and lived a lonely life. People regarded Mozart as the greatest European classical musician.

On the 25th day of the tenth month in 1825, another great composer, Johann Strauss II, was born in Austria. His father did not want him to become a musician. Thanks to his mother, he could work as a composer and lived a rich life full of happiness. He wrote more than 400 waltzes (圆舞曲) and was known as "The WaltzKing".

INFORMATION ABOUT TWO GREAT COMPOSERS