Some students think English is difficult     1     them. They can’t understand English grammar and they always     2     the words. It’s the new     3    . Ms James gives the students some     4    . We should always     5     English in class. And we should write down our     6     in our notebooks. We can     7     to the radio or read English stories in     8    . It’s a good     9     to know about the world through reading. We can have some English pen friends and write to     10    .

A few days ago I was about to give a class when one of my students came up to me. She said she wanted to have a talk to     1    . She seemed quite upset, so I took her out in the hallway to     2     out what was wrong. She started to cry and said that she was feeling unhappy     3     her mom forced her to go to a medical school. But she didn’t want to. She felt like she would let her mom down if she went against her     4     and she felt very helpless.

I asked her what she wanted to do and she told me she wanted to work in the biotechnology industry. I said, “I believe you will be     5     good at that. You should try to get a job in a biotechnology lab before graduation (毕业) and show your mom that you can make a living by     6     that.” I told her I would be     7     to talk with her more about her future later. I understood how hard it was on her and I was sure she would find her own path.

I even asked her if she wanted me to talk to her mom. After a hug (拥抱) she said thanks to me. Then she returned to class. It was as if I saw a big     8     being lifted from her shoulders (肩膀) and she was ready to begin anew (重新).

My uncle Ted is a science teacher. He always makes some predictions     1     the future. He     2     (say) that in less than 100 years some things will be better than now. For example, people won’t do the     3     (dish) or make the bed     4     they will have robots in their homes. Also, they won’t need to use paper money. They’ll all use mobile phone(手机) to pay for things. They’ll have more free time, and     5     (travel) will be faster and cheaper than it     6     (be) now. Maybe some people will spend     7     (they) vacations in space stations.

However, Uncle Ted says that more things will get     8     (bad) in the next century. If more people use cars, there will be more pollution. Also, if there are     9     (few) trees, the air will become dirtier. If pollution gets bad, maybe people will have to live on other planets. Uncle Ted says everyone should do something to save     10     earth.

【推荐2】What will life in the future be like? Will it be much better than it is now? And what will we be able to do in 10, 20 or 30     1     (year) time?

Genetic engineering (基因工程) may help us make the perfect human. Babies may grow up     2     (play) basketball like Yao Ming or look like Cecilia Cheung. Also, we may be able to bring the dead back to life. Maybe people will be able to meet and talk with their dead family members.

Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the     3     (different) between humans and machines.

Perhaps we will be able to make copies of     4     (our), so we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. People may be able to find ways of putting the life of a person     5     a new body.

Nanobots (纳米机器人) will be important. We will use them     6     we are sick. For example, when we have a stomachache, we will swallow (吞下) a nanobot and it will travel     7     our stomach, taking a video of what’s happening there. The video     8     (help) the doctor heal (治愈) us.

In the future, computers may have their feelings. They may be able to think     9     (well) than us. We may be more and more interested in computers and the Internet, spending all our time in front of computers. Perhaps we will forget our real needs. Perhaps we will become super couch     10     (potato) weighing 250kg!

In ten years, I think I     1     (be) a reporter. I     2     (live) in Shanghai, because I     3     (go) to Shanghai last year and fell in love with it. I think it’s really a beautiful city. As a reporter, I think I     4     (meet) lots of interesting people. I think that     5     (be) very exciting. I believe I     6     (live) in an apartment with my best friends, because I don’t like living alone. I     7     (have) pets. I can’t have any pets now because my mother     8     (hate) them, and our apartment is too small. So in ten years, I     9     (have) many different pets. I might even keep a pet parrot! So you see, my life in ten years     10     (be) very exciting and I can’t wait!

When do you go to bed every night? Some     1     (student) don’t want to go to bed early. They like watching TV and     2     (play) computer games at night. A survey (调查) shows that many students can’t get nine     3     (hour) of sleep a night. They often feel sleepy (困倦的) at school     4     they don’t have enough (足够的) sleep.

In Scotland, some schools have     5     new subject—sleep. Hilltop School is the     6     (five) school to have this. The teachers there teach students how to sleep     7     (good). Many students like it. They think it’s good for     8     (they) health and study. Victor is a 15-year-old boy from Hilltop School, and he     9     (think) it’s good to have this new subject, too. He says, “I go to bed at 9:30 every night. The next day, I usually get up early and then play sports     10     an hour. I feel great!”

Almost every child in the city has the chance to go to school. But not all children in the countryside are so lucky.

There is     1     boy called Jack from Africa. He is eight years old and lives     2     a small village. When he was little, he wanted to go to school.     3     he could not. His family was too     4    to pay the school fees（学费）for him, so he has to stay at home. Instead of studying, he worked in the fields（田野）    5     his parents every day. The Hope Project     6    about the thing. It agreed to help him to go to school. His wish of study came     7    , and this encouraged him to study hard.

Unluckily, there     8    still a lot of children who cannot go to school. You can do something to help these children. This project needs your help. If you donate（捐赠）300 yuan to the organization each year, it can help one child to go to school for a whole year. With more     9    , the organization（组织）can build better schools, buy newer desks, chairs, blackboards and books. Let’s help the children together and give     10     a chance to have a good start in life. I believe that a bit of our love can change their whole life.