—       , please. He's answering another call now.

    Listening to music can be fun, but it can also cause many problems. When I was a young girl, I used to listen to pop music while doing homework. The only problem was that I played it very 1. At that time, I lived with my parents. They hated hearing my loud music particularly at night. It was unpleasant to them. I had to use headphones(耳机) in order not to 2 when I wanted to enjoy some music. I always listened to the music two or three levels too high. This brought more damage to my eardrums(耳膜) than listening to music in a(n) 3 space.

    After damaging my eardrums, I felt like I was always asking people to repeat themselves. And 4 I had to do that quite a lot. I could no longer clearly hear what they were saying. This became a big headache to me. At university I had to sit in the front of the classroom so I could hear the lecture. This meant that if I was not on time for class and had to sit in the back, I couldn't hear the teacher at all. The result was that I didn't get good grades.

    After completing university, I began doing sales job for a living. Because I couldn't hear clearly, my customers were often 5 because they thought I wasn’t paying attention when they were talking. That wasn't good for business. Finally I decided to get a hearing aid(助听器). Normally hearing aids are for 6 people, but for me loud music caused me to have one about thirty years too soon.

    Have you ever thought about what Christmas in Australia looks like? In Australia, Christmas Day f in the middle of the summer school holiday and both December 25 and 26 are public holidays.

    In the weeks before Christmas Day, many people in Australia decorate(装 饰) their houses w Christmas Bush, a native Australian tree with small green leaves and shiny flowers.

    On Christmas Day, Australian people p cold meals to traditional roast turkey (烤火鸡). Do you know why? Because in Australia, Christmas is celebrated in the middle of summer, so the traditional turkey and other hot meals have been replaced(代替) by Australian Christmas food, such as seafood, salad and fresh fruit.

    Do you know h firefighters in Australia spend Christmas? Because it is so hot there at Christmas time, there are often bush fires across the country. So d Christmas time, many of the firefighters have to travel around the country to put out fires and save people's I. It's their way to celebrate the holiday.

    It must be f to have such a special holiday. This year, how about going to Australia to spend a "hot" Christmas with your family? Enjoy!

There statues in this modern park.

Life in different seasons is each other.