Many people like to watch TV. There are all kinds of programs on TV. The soap opera was first on the radio in the 1920s. Then it started on TV in the 1940s. Why do so many people like to watch the soap opera on TV, especially young people? Let's find out.

    First, what's happening in the soap opera is very different from our life. Everything is perfect in the play. People don't have money problems. Second, there are many beautiful girls and handsome boys in the soap opera. They are so cool. They make young people crazy and happy. It makes people relax after a day's hard work. Even some old people like to watch it, too. They think the show is too slow and too long. Do you like watching soap operas? What do you think of them?

— OK. It's said that Fast Furious 8 is ________ excellent one. Let's watch it.

— Yes. I'd like a large bowl of beef noodles.

    The Kennedy Elementary School band (乐队) is special. That's because Tony Boland, a member of it, is 79-year-old flute (长笛) player. His story tells us that you're never too old to toot the flute.

    After working at the school for more than ten years, Tony joined the fifth graders in the band. His grandchildren were at the school. He helped children with their reading.

    He started tooting the flute many years ago, when his wife tried to throw away (扔掉) their daughter's' flute.

    "You will play better if you play with others," he told a reporter.

    Brian Enabnit thought Tony would make a difference to the band.

    "He's great. He's helping the students around him," Enabnit said.

    Tony practises with the students once a week and performs with them. They played at the Dubuque Community School District's Band Festival earlier this month.

     Fifth-grade student Courtney Less thought her older classmate was successful.

   "He's an excellent player," Courtney said. "All of us are afraid when giving a performance, but he isn't."