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    I'm Maria's mother. She is going to Britain next month. As you know, she'll be 1 with a family for two weeks. Now the most important thing is 2. She should take about £30 in cash and about £200 in traveler's checks (支票）.Then I have to tell her something 3.

    When you 4 at the airport, our host family will meet you there. You must remember to wear a red shirt so that the family will find you 5. I've told them to look out for the 6 shirt. You'll also need to 7 with you 4 photos of yourself and, of course, it's very important that you take the school 8. While you are there, if you have any problem, you can 9 our agent. I'll give you her office phone number now: It's 580-4436 and the person to ask for is Mrs. Belcher, that's B-E-L-C-H-E-R. She's in the 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. OK! That's everything. Have a good trip.

    David did well in all his subjects except physics, Mr. Brown, his physics teacher, gave him his physics paper and said to him, “Show it to your dad and ask him to sign his name on the paper.”

    David played football until it was 7 o'clock. When he got home, his parents had finished supper. His dad was watching TV and his mother was doing the dishes in the kitchen as usual.

 “Dad, may I ask you some questions?” David asked happily.

 “Yes, of course,” answered his dad.

 “If you can't answer them, you'll have to do something for me.”

 “OK, I'll do as you tell me,” said his dad.

 “Which is cooler, walking or sitting in the sun?”

 “Walking is cooler. It can make wind.”

 “Which clothes can keep out (阻挡）the sunlight，shirts or coats?”

 “Coats can keep out the sunlight because they are much thicker than shirts.” “Is a man smart if he wears a coat and walks in the sun in summer?” David looked at his dad and waited for his answer. His dad thought for a minute and shook his head.

   David took out his paper, “Now sign your name on the paper, please.”

New York City: It's a cold day in December. A little boy about 10 years old was standing in front of a shoe store on Broadway. A lady asked the boy, “My little fellow (家伙), what are you looking for in that window?” “I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” the boy answered. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk (店员）to get a pair of socks for the boy. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store, washed his little feet, and put the socks upon the boy's feet. She then bought a pair of shoes and gave them to the boy. She said to him friendly,“No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now.” As she turned to go, the boy caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, asked the question with these words, “Are you God's wife?”

 B

    At the moment, high school students in the state of Philadelphia, USA, can wear their own clothes. However, next year the high schools must do one of the following:

    ●Either make students buy school uniforms (in other words, all students must wear the same uniforms)

    ●Or say which colors must be worn, but let students buy their own clothes in these colors

    A survey made at Central High School, Philadelphia, showed that most of the students didn't think that wearing school uniforms was a good idea.

    Rachel didn't like the idea of a uniform in the slightest. “It makes us look like prisoners (囚犯). Everyone's different, so why is the school trying to make us all the same?”

    Sandra was wearing a brightly-colored shirt with her jeans. “No one else wears a shirt like mine, ” she said. “I'm the only one, and I like that. I can understand that the school needs a dress code (准则). It's a problem if students come to school with their shirts open. We all understand that, but no one wants a uniform. Even my mum thinks it's silly.”

    Only one student, Ben, said he didn't mind wearing a school uniform. He said,  “I used to wear a school uniform when I lived in Australia for a year. It wasn't so bad. You can wear a uniform and still be tidy. We used to wear grey trousers, a round-necked shirt and a jacket in blue or green. It wasn't a problem.”

假如你是王平，请根据下面的内容提示给你加拿大的笔友Bob写一封信，向他介绍一下你是如何学习英语的，以及你在学习中的困惑，请他给你提出建议。词数：100左右。信的开头已经给出，但不计入总词数。

内容提示：

1你不敢和同学们一起学英语，也害怕在课堂上讲英语，总是在家里自己学习；

2费了很大的劲，却记不住单词；

3经常听录音，但听不懂。

Dear Bob，

 I write to you to ask for some good advice onlearning English.