Tony: Now we often use bank machines. If you have money in the bank and you have a bank card, you can go to the bank machine. After putting your card in, you can see the instructions on the screen, then you should press your secret number. It will also ask you how much you want and you should press the keys for the amount of money you want. After that it will give you the money and you take your money. Finally don't forget to get the bank. It's quite easy and interesting.

How to use a bank machine?

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A. Press the keys for the amount of money you want.

B. Press your secret number.

C. Put your card in the bank machine.

D. Take your money, and then get your card back.

    In Japan, the latest time-saving invention is a dog washing machine. Dog o can buy one for their dogs. They can save time by p their dogs in the machine and then 33 minutes later, a clean, fresh-smelling dog comes out.

    The washing includes a shampoo, rinse and blow-dry. S of the dog-washer are increasing. The machines save a lot of money for pet owners. However, it's bad news for pet hospitals b they are losing many customers.

    The washing machine is very safe. Tests showed that dogs e the wash and were very happy when the blow-dryer started working. The makers of the machine say it's very safe and does not harm dogs in any way.

    One dog-owner, Michiko Kobayashi, loves her new machine. She said her dog was happy, too. Michiko e to the reporters, "Before I bought my washer, I only took my dog to the pet hospital a few times a year. Now, I wash her every week and she looks great. I also save a lot of money.

    International organizations are f to help the children. These p children's lives were changed b of Europe war at that time. Now, UNICEF works all over the w . It provides clean water, food and education for children in many countries. It wants children to be h and to go to school. It collects money by selling Christmas c and organizing (组织)other activities. It h governments and families to make the world better place for children. All children should go to school instead of w to keep their families. They should be helped when they are in t . They should a be treated with kindness.

    People sent letters on horses in the old days. And now people have many w to send letters. E-mail is one good way.

    San e-mail is very different from sending paper letters. An e mail doesn't need any paper or envelopes. We can "write" by tapping (击打) the keyboard on the computer. Sending an email is also very q . It takes only a few minutes to get to any place in the world. You can send a letter, a picture or even videos by e-mail. But you can n send a paper letter or a post card by it.

    People all over the world can e make friends with each other by e-mail.

    One of the most common questions I am asked is whether, when, and how to follow up after a job interview. Following up in some way is necessary. Yes, you can get a job without it, but if you compete with other top candidates (候选人), following up can sometimes help you when the other candidate doesn't. Here's how to follow up well：

    Send a thank-you note at once. Email is fine for this and has the advantage of arriving faster, but handwritten notes are still appreciated. And if there are many interviews, send a thank you note each time.

    Find out their timeline. Hopefully, you asked about their timeline in the interview itself, but if you didn't, follow up within a week to strengthen your interest and politely ask what they expect their timeline for a decision to be.

    Be patient. Most commonly, job seekers are too worried about the result. It doesn't look worried to express your interest in the job or check in to ask about the timeline.

    Don't be nervous if you don't hear from them at once. The hiring process often takes longer than a candidate would like, maybe the decision makers are out of town. If you're past the time they indicated you would hear something, this isn't necessarily cause for nervousness. Hiring often ends up taking longer than expected. Just politely follow up, explain you're very interested but understand that hiring can take time, and ask if they have the latest timeline.

    How to follow up after a job interview

    How many kinds of shape can you name? If something is r, what do you call it? You call it a circle. What can you see around you that looks like a circle?

    A shape is square. A square has four sides. Each s is the same length (长度). A square has four corners called right angles (直角).

    A triangle is also a shape. The prefix(前缀) "tri" on the base word "angle" means "three". A triangle always hast sides and three angles.

    All the pages of your text books have four square corners, but the pages are not square. Can you tell why not? It is because the sides of each page are l than the ends. Shapes like this are rectangles. You can say that they are rectangular shapes.

    If you are given a piece of paper which is a rectangular shape, can you make the paper into a square? The answer is "Yes", and it seems not so d. Now fold the square. What shape have you got? Do you think it's very interesting?

    Reading is very important to help you learn English. To learn as much as you can from reading, you need to read different kinds of English. This book provides not only different kinds of English but also a good way to check your reading ability.

    There are four parts in the book:

    Part 1 is Messages: In this part somebody wants to send information in writing to somebody else.

    There is a test on timetables and a test on text messages.

    Part 2 is People: In this part all the tests are about people. For example, there is an informal letter between friends. There is formal (正式的) English in biography (传记). There is a job application as a model to help with your writing, as well as testing your reading.

    Part 3 is Places: In this part, too. Many different kinds of English are shown, some informal and some formal. There is the informal English of a holiday postcard. There is also the formal English in a letter of complaint.

    Part 4 is Things: You will find some descriptive writing in this part.

There are descriptions of clothes and of a computer.

    You can do these tests in any order you like, or you can do all the tests with a formal or informal text. I enjoyed writing this book and I hope you enjoy using it.

— Yes, with pleasure.