2 . Feeling down? Got the blues?     1     Some people have sad feeling just once in a while,while others have sad feelings very often.     2    

Sadness is a feeling—it’s one of many normal human moods. All the people have it. When people lose something important, when they are disappointed about something, or when something bad happens to themselves or their family or friends, they will feel sad.     3    

It’s very important for people of any age to get help when they are sad.     4     Sometimes talking about what makes you sad with others can help you feel better.     5     Sometimes thinking can help get through sadness, and sometimes other ways like listening to music can do this.

3 . How can you understand others without speaking? Why do you feel good when your teacher gives you a smile?     1     People say things not just with words, but also with facial expressions (面部表情). What are some common facial expressions? Why are they important for communication? Read on to find out more.

Facial expressions are one or more movements on a person’s face. Scientists say that people have 80 face muscles (肌肉).     2     There are six kinds of facial expressions.     3     For example, when people think a certain food tastes terrible, they usually make a funny face. When people are surprised, they often raise their eyebrows (眉毛) and open their eyes wide.

    4     If people can read facial expressions right, they may be better at knowing other people’s feelings. That can help people make more friends.

    5     For example, it is not a good idea to look at others for a long time. They may think you are not friendly.

Most people have goals when it comes to saving money. Perhaps it’s for a house, a car     1     education. For people in the US, seeing     2     world is the top reason for saving money. According to a new survey, nearly half     3     Americans say they save their money for travel. After that 37 percent say they are putting money toward emergency savings (应急储蓄), while 30 percent say they     4     saving for retirement.

The study showed that travelers tend to be happier. This was especially true for people who were born between the early 1980s     5     early 2000s.

Some people think that smoking can help them relax. In fact, smoking     1     really unhealthy. Do you know that     2     are over 4000 chemicals in cigarettes? These chemicals are bad     3     our bodies. They can cause cancer and other diseases.

The smoke from cigarettes harm not only smokers     4     other people. It’s called “second-hand smoke” and it can be more dangerous and has higher risks. Smokers shouldn’t use smoking     5     help them relax. They must give up smoking as soon as possible.

8 . There are many types of maps in the world. Most of them are widely used in our everyday life. Different maps have different uses. When we are in a new place, a proper map may help us solve the problems easily.

Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places, too.

Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long trips. We use different numbers to stand for different roads. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No.621 Road and keep looking at the road signs.

Distribution (分布) maps use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, what languages people speak, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or whether a place is short of water.

Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight (直的) lines to show everything. It’s easy for people to read them. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips.

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9 . Every year, when the Dragon Boat Festival comes, Chinese people often put a kind of plant on the door. It is called wormwood (艾草).     1     On the other hand, its special smell can also keep insects away from rooms.

In fact, wormwood tastes terrible but smells very pleasant.     2     So we can see it in Compendium of Materia Medica (本草纲目). Now this book is the classic of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The writer of the book is Li Shizhen.     3    

Wormwood is well-known because it can treat a great number of illnesses. Hundreds of years later, in Qichun, Hubei Province, it is still helping people. Recently, Qichun is busy preparing for the World Wormwood Industry Show (艾草产业展会).     4     And it will be good for TCM and the traditional Chinese culture.

Wormwood is becoming the main-industry in this area.     5     At the same time, wormwood is becoming more and more famous around the world as a kind of traditional Chinese medicine.