The world's first "flying car" will soon appear in the market--It will be yours for just $127, 000.

The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels and foldable (可折叠的) wings. It can fly up through the skies just like a usual plane, then land on the ground, fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds.

It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance of 460 miles, with a top speed of 115 mph in the air and 60 mph on the highway. According to early reports, the plane uses common gas -no rocket fuels (燃料) are necessary. It gets its power through the 100 horsepower four-stroke Rotax 912S engine.

It is about as wide as most usual cars except the folded gliders (滑翔机). The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages and drive on the road. A special code from a pilots license (执照) is needed to get the wings to unfold.

Interested pilots (yes, you need to be a licensed flyer or a driver with a pilot's license to buy one) can get an order of the "flying car" (or the highway plane) for $6, 500. It is planned to be finished towards the end of the year.

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you'll find that the whole world smiles to you.

While in school, sometimes you are tired of your lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?

One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and stated complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely (及时的) rain, crops in the fields will grow better and better and farmers will have a food harvest.

Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided (避免). I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we are afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success."

Attitude (态度) decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude life is easy and pleasant.. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.

A habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something that we do almost without thinking. Some of them are bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut (捷径) to achieve it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.

First, think about why you do it. That is, what's the result of doing this thing If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure, what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet.

Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things that you need to learn. When you think that way, you'll find that it's not wise to keep your bad habit. Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I'm sure you will choose to do what you think is more important.

The Venice Film Festival is thought to be the oldest film festival in the world. Every year, people from all over the world go to enjoy the great films and see the film stars.

The Venice Film Festival first took place in 1932. Since then, it has been held every year. At the first Venice Film Festival, there were no judges or prizes at all, only a list of good films chosen by the public. At the second festival, prizes started to be given. The prize of the festival is the Golden Lion. The lion is the emblem of the ancient republic of Venice.

This festival becomes more and more important. But from 1943 to 1945, the festival was destroyed because of World War II. In 1946, the festival became active again. Right up until today, the festival has provided a great chance for people around the world. They can learn other countries' culture through films. Many Chinese movie makers are sending their movies to the festival and some of them have won the Golden Lion, like Zhang Yimou.

We talk about the advantages and disadvantages of shopping online these days. Some students think it's very  for people to go shopping on the Internet. The shops on the Internet are open for almost  hours a day, so people can buy something they want at any time if they like. The things online are much  than those in shops. What's more, people needn't wait in a queue. It saves our time.

However, some students don't agree. They think that people can't see the  while they are shopping. So they are not sure whether the things they buy are good or not. Besides, people can't enjoy the   of shopping.

—With pleasure.