1 . It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have the same interests.

Don’t be afraid to show people what you are really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.

Look at people in the eyes when you talk to them. That way, they will find it easier to talk to you. If don’t, people may think you are not interested in them and may stop being interested in you.

Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Ask lots of questions. Show interest in their answers. Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like—not just with those who are easy to meet.

Be friendly with a lot of people. If so, you will have a bigger group of people to choose from and have more chances to make friends.

2 . You are visiting the Eiffel Tower in France, but the next second you are in Thailand. Then, suddenly you may have dinner with Barack Obama in America. But you are not dreaming. This is what might happen in the near future. With the help of virtual reality (VR，虚拟现实) technology, a lot of changes are taking place in our life.

VR is a computer technology that makes an environment and allows users to see and even interact (互动) with it. Just wear a pair of VR glasses, joined to your computer and you can experience a lot of things without stepping out of your room.

“The most interesting part of VR is that it offers an immersive (身临其境的) experience,” said Wang Bing, leader of the Chinese entertainment company Funshow. “That’s why VR movies are popular among users. You become a part of the story.” According to the Report on Chinese VR Users’ Behavior last month, over 960,000 people in China have bought VR products and 83.2 percent of them have watched VR movies.

VR can also be used in some other ways. It can help to train workers before they have to work in highly dangerous environments. VR also helps patients with acrophobia (恐高症) by making them think they are standing on the top of a tall building.

However, VR technology still has a long way to go. Users report feeling sick while wearing VR glasses. Maybe it could take a period of time for VR to be widely used around the world.

4 . When using the New York(纽约NY) subway, tourists may get confused(困惑的). In fact, it’s quite simple if you’ve known how to use it. Each NY subway station has a subway map. It shows all the NY subway routes(路线) and schedules(时刻表). Also, NY subway stations are easy to find. Here’s some advice for you.

Get familiar with(熟悉) the NY subway map: We suggest you use our simple NY subway map online to know the different NY subway routes.

Buy a subway card: There are a few different types of subway cards. The first is a Single Ride Card. It is good for just one subway ride and costs $2.25. The second is a Pay-Per-Ride Card. NY subway passengers(乘客) can get anywhere from $4.50 to $100 on one card of this type. Finally, there’s a card which is good for one month. It is only suggested for tourists who stay in New York City for a long time. The subway card can also be used on NY buses.

5 . How to communicate with your parents

Many young people have trouble communicating with their parents. There are some very useful tips to help solve this problem.

First, make a list (A) ________ the things you and your parents disagree about most. With each of these things, try to find an answer acceptable to both you and your parents. It is no good for you to require everything to go your way. You have to be ready to change a (B) little if you want them to change.

Second, talk to your parents when it is convenient for them. Remember that your parents may have to work long hours and this can make them tired, so be patient with (C) ________.

Third, listen to what your parents have to say. How can you expect them to listen to you if you are not ready to listen to them? (D) In addition, your parents were once young like you, so they understand your situation better than you expect.

(E) Finally, if you do not get a satisfactory result, try not to get too angry. Talk with your parents and find out their reasons. Part of growing up is learning to live with these kinds of disagreements, and learning to understand another person’s way of looking at things. With a little had work, (F) 你可以学习与你的父母更好地沟通。

6 . Environmentalists（环保人士）are getting more worried about the effects of fast fashion on the environment. Fast fashion is the production of clothes in a large number at a low cost. They are put in shops and online stores quickly to create a high demand. Producers make 100 billion kinds of clothes every year. This is expected to grow by 60 percent by 2030.

The fast fashion business model is having a negative effect on the environment. Many of the clothes end up in dustbins and are not recycled. Another negative effect on the environment is caused by the chemicals used to make the clothes. These cause health problems to people working in clothes factories. It is reported that children make many of these clothes.

The way people are buying clothes is adding to the problem of clothing waste. Many years ago, people went to stores and tried clothes on. People took more time and thought more carefully before they bought clothes. They also wore them longer. Today, people order cheap clothes on the Internet and if they don’t like them, they send them back. Some people say this is a throwaway society. The German media company Deutsche Well wrote, “Every year in Europe, four million tons of clothing ends up in dustbins. Less than oneper cent of this is recycled.”

It seems the fashion industry is not so sustainable（可持续的）.

8 . Usually when a movie comes out, the actors get all the glory (荣誉). But they are only a small part of the movie-making process (过程). Thousands of people work behind the scenes to make a great movie. Without them, movies would not be possible.

Director: Movie directors direct the movies. They are like the top managers in an office or a factory. The directors choose the actors and tell them how to perform their roles. They work with almost everyone in the movie, telling them what to do and how to do it.

Camera operator: Camera operators are experts at using movie cameras. They work long hours, making sure the pictures and actors look really good in every scene.

Costume designer: Costume designers are responsible for designing or making costumes. Sometimes costume designers have to work late into the night so that actors can have their clothes ready for the next day of filming.

Sound operator: Sound operators are responsible for production sound. They record the dialogue between the actors on the movie set. Later, in production, they add sound effects. They also mix music into the movie.

Set designer: A movie set is the place where all the action happens in a movie. Set designers work hard to build sets for the movie. Without them, movies would not look as real.

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9 . You’re probably used to getting takeaway（外卖）delivered（递送）to your home these days. Maybe you and your parents even order pizza sometimes. But the first pizza delivery in history took place nearly 150 years ago in Italy.

In 1878, Queen Margherita became the first queen of Italy. As the story goes, the queen grew tired of eating “fancy” meals and wanted to eat “common” food. Raffaele Esposito, the most famous pizza chef（厨师）at that time, was asked to deliver a pizza to the queen.

He prepared a pizza with tomatoes, cheese and basil—the red tomatoes, white cheese and green basil standing for the colors of Italy’s new national flag. As soon as the pizza was out of the oven, he quickly delivered it to the queen himself.

The queen had never eaten pizza before and said it was one of the best things she’d ever eaten. Esposito named the pizza after the queen, and it has been served in nearly every pizza restaurant in the world ever since.

Today, pizza remains one of the world’s most popular fast foods. In 1973, US pizza company Domino’s Pizza promised to deliver its pizzas in “30 minutes or less”—if the pizza was late, it would be free.