[Your Life Is What You Make It]

... Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also brought changes to the village. He contacted charity organizations about     1     and helped the villagers sell local products online.     2     was great, so he became very popular among the villagers and they treated him as one of them.

Just like spoken language, body language v    1     from culture to culture. The c    2     thing is using body language in a way that is a    3     to the culture you are in. For example, making eye contact — looking into someone’s eyes — in some countries is a way to display interest. In other countries, by c    4    , eye contact is not always approved of. For example, in many Middle Eastern countries, men and women are not socially permitted to make eye contact. In Japan, it may demonstrate r    5     to look down when talking to an older person.

The gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different c    6    . In Japan, someone who w    7     another person employing the gesture might think it means money. In France, a person encountering an i    8     gesture may interpret it as meaning zero. H    9    , you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, as it is not considered p    10    .

That football is such a simple game to play is perhaps the b    1     of its popularity. It is also a game that is very cheap to play. You don’t need expensive     2    (装备); even the ball doesn’t have to cost much money. All over the world you can see kids playing to their hearts’c    3     with a ball made of plastic bags.

Six months ago, Xie Lei boarded a plane for London to complete an exchange programme. She     1     that she chose the year­long exchange programme with the     2     to set up a business in China after graduation.It was the first time that she had left her     3     .When she came to England, she lived with a host family,     4     members always helped her. At first，she had to get used to     5     in a new country and learn how to use public transport and how to ask for things she didn’t know the English names for.     6     , she also had to face another challenge of the academic requirements.When writing an essay，she was told by the tutor to acknowledge     7     other people had said if she cited their ideas,     8     he wanted to know her own opinions.She also found students’ participation included as part of the final result. Luckily, after a few weeks, she could speak     9     in class on traditional Chinese art successfully. And she feels much more     10     in the UK now.

Anyhow, my    1     is to provide humans with a life of high quality;   I am now truly filled with    2     that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!

This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the     1     of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The     2     was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then     3     it on to the wires.