— It's good for you to smile when you greet them.

    Do you know what hand gestures are? They're a way of 1 with others and showing our feelings. These gestures are the most 2 when someone is peaking to a stranger who doesn't know the 3 language. The meanings of hand gestures in different cultures may be translated (被翻译)4 .

    To explain my point. I'll take a common 5 of President George W. Bush. He once made a small mistake (错误) 6 gestures during a visit to Australia.

    After some visits and meetings, he saw many people. He tried to show a peace sign by 7 the two fingers as a V-sign at the crowd. You may think it's just a simple gesture. But he was really 8! His palm (手掌) faced inwards instead of facing outwards. In Australia, it is impolite to do like this. So Australians felt very puzzled (困惑的). As we can see, it's important to understand the 9 of gestures before we travel to other countries. Some gestures are good ones in one country, but maybe they're impolite gestures in other countries. So, if we go to different countries, we should 10 different hand gestures. It may make us become more popular.

    China's "Singles' Day" is celebrated on November 11, because the date "11/11" often reminds people of "bare sticks (光棍)" in Chinese. Today Singles' Day is popular around China, especially among young people in colleges. In fact, it was invented in a college.

    Chinese Singles' Day came from Nanjing University in 1993. Later, several universities in Nanjing celebrated it in the 1990s. The holiday got the name "Singles' Day" because the date is made up of four "1". After graduating, these college students carried the tradition into society (社会). Singles' Day has been largely popularized on the Internet and is now celebrated even by young people in several areas outside China as well.

    However, as time goes by, that meaning has changed. Today, Singles' Day is better known as "Double Eleven" because of Alibaba Group Holding founded by Jack Ma. It runs China's largest online marketplace. In 2009, China's online shopping giant Alibaba set the day as a shopping festival because date is easy to remember and it is between National Day and Chinese New Year. It soon became popular, and Double Eleven has become one of the most important days for buyers and sellers across China because everything is on sale on that day.

    On November 11th, 2019, it took just 96 seconds for Alibaba Group to sell 10-billion-yuan goods just after midnight.

— Sorry, Mom. I forgot that.

—Because I think you are right.

— Yes. I know you want me to apologize to Tom, but I don't think I did something wrong.

    Tony used to teach football. In his team there were 3 forwards (前锋). In every game, Tony could only put one in the field, he sometimes didn't know which forward should play because they were all (good) players in the team.

    Tony also found it (difficulty) to ask for help. He wanted to solve the problem by (he). But one day, the three forwards told him, "Tony, sometimes it's best (ask) someone else for help ..."

    Tony remembered his old friend Julian. He had a lot of experience in (train) children's football teams. So Tony decided to visit Julian. "How are you, Tony? How's team?" he asked. Tony replied, "That's exactly why I come to talk to you." After listening to Tony's problem, Julian said, "Tony, I understand it. There's one thing I would say ..." They went on talking a long time.

    Tony put Julian's idea into action and from then on, Tony's team (win) all their matches. Tony felt happy and learned that (depend) on someone you trust can make life a lot easier.