Dear Mum and Dad,

    Greetings from Hawaii! It has so beautiful sunshine here! We  (have) a great time now.

    This week we  (be) in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii. It has the most famous beach — Waikiki. The water is very clear and the waves (波浪) are very high. It's good  surfing (冲浪). So it's full of  (tourist). I learned surfing  Tony last month. Yesterday we went surfing in the sea and it was such great ! We enjoyed  a lot. Tony is a very good surfer and he's also  good teacher. So I can surf very ( good) now. 

    Next week I  (return) home. And I will take presents for you. That's it for you now. I miss you, Mum and Dad.

                                                                    Love,

                                                                    Sarah

Learn English well is very important for us.

    Do you know what couch-potato means? Well, in America, the word is now often used. The American couch-potato becomes maybe even a part of American tradition. You see, in America, many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch（沙发）watching TV. As there are many programs to choose, the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive（上瘾的）. One may sit and watch TV for hour and hour without stop. They do nothing else but watch TV. These people are called couch-potatoes.

    In America, when one watches TV, he is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV, most of these people look so frozen that they almost look dead. Everyone is sitting still（安静地） with eyes looking right into the same black box. Also because these people are addictive to TV, they don't exercise and usually get very fat. So in many ways, they look like real potatoes. Well, because they look so still and fat, and watch TV on a couch, they are all called couch-potatoes.

    Now you know what couch-potatoes means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, "What a couch-potato!"

Have you ever heard of tulipomania (郁金香狂)? This means that people went crazy (疯狂) for tulips (郁金香), all at the same time. This is not a joke. It really 1!

About 400 years ago, tulips were becoming the most 2 flower in Holland. Rich people spent a lot of money 3 lavish gardens (奢侈的花园). It seemed that the more tulips they put in their gardens, the 4 they felt. This made the price of tulips go higher and higher. If the 5 of a tulip was 50 florins on Monday, it might be 100 florins by Wednesday.

People started to think they could make a lot of 6 by selling tulips. Both rich and poor people wanted tulips. 7 people didn't have money, they would sell their land and their animals to buy tulips. In late 1636, tulipomania reached its top. One tulip could be sold for 6000 florins, two horses and a coach.

Soon after, tulip traders found that people did not 8 to pay such high prices for tulips any more. Tulips became cheap. People who had paid a lot of money for their tulips 9 everything.

It seems hard to believe that people would spend so much money on 10, but we can learn something from tulipomania.

Read the following information and match the tourists with the tourist attractions:

A. Holiday homes in Mallorca: Quiet in summer season. Beautiful family apartments with views of mountains and close to shops and restaurants. Cycling, sailing and sports clubs nearby.

B. Italy in comfort: Luxury carriage tours of Italy. 21 days to visit five Italian cities starting from London, May 1st, See the arts and culture of historic Italy.

C. Kibbutz holidays in Israel: Working holidays on a farm in Israel for one to three months. Accommodations, food and trips to historic sights are all free. You pay only for the cheap flights.

D. Two weeks on a Caribbean island: Two- week holidays in Hotel Splendid. On a lovely beach with golden sands and deep-blue sea. Tennis, golf, sailing and all water sports.

E. Muay Thai: It's Thailand's most ancient and popular martial art. It's part of every festival and broadcast throughout the country every day.

F. Shanghai Museum: There are 120,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history. Time: Monday-Friday 9: 00 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.

Mike, enjoys sport, dancing and swimming. He is planning to relax himself on the beach.

Jack, a teenager, plans to spend his school summer holidays with his parents. The best place is one where it is quiet and has lots of things for boys to do.

Maria, a university student, wishes for a holiday that is cheap and sounds very interesting.

Peter, fascinated by martial art, is always eager to see such exciting and adventurous sports.

Kevin, interested in art and history and he wants to have a better knowledge of the history of China.

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The classroom every day.

When you , first .

— Oh, she is the ______ girl in my class.

—     ! He is the best at running in our grade.

    What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed.

Today about 15% of the people are left-handed. But why are people left-handed? The answer is the way the brain (大脑) works. The brain has two halves—the right half and the left half. The right half controls (控制) the left side of the body, and the left half controls the right side of the body. So right-handed people have a strong left brain, and the left –handed people have a strong right brain.

    The two halves of the brain are about the same size. But each side controls different things. The left side controls language, Math and logic (逻辑). When you remember new words, or when you put things in order, you use your left side.

    The right side of the brain controls color and music. It is also good at recognizing (认出)faces. This does not mean that all artists are left-handed and all accountants (会计师) are right-handed. Some right-handers have a strong right brain, and some left-handers have a strong left brain.