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It was my first day at school. I felt nervous and f1. .I went to all my classes with no friends. I l2. anxiously(焦虑的) to all the lessons and waited for lunch break at one. Then finally the bell rang announcing the time to talk and have f3. .
In the lunch line I met a new friend with a hijab (头巾) on her head, and though I am Jewish, we got a4. fine, and I was so relaxed when she said, “Sit with us, at our table.” I agreed, took my dish and was about to walk with her w5. I felt a soft push on my shoulder. “Hey,” said a tall girl in a long skirt. “I see your Jewish star necklace. You should sit with us.”
At that moment I looked around, and that’s when I noticed, to my surprise, the nations of the world, separating themselves from o6.. That’s what I saw through my own e7. . The Spanish only sat with Spanish, the Russians always with the Russians, but the Arabs n8. with the Jews.
I saw the r9. why war gets started. Everyone sticks to their own kind. The lunchroom was a map of the world. Why was everyone so blind? So I turned down this girl, and went with the first. I b10.a bridge between two worlds when I sat with those different from me!
Televisions have been necessary in most houses for a long time. Children like watching TV. Some parents are happy about that because it keeps their children f1.playing with each other and breaking things.
Watching TV can help your children l2.about lots of things, such as music, cultures in foreign countries, and many other things. They will know what is good and what is bad. TV also provides children with u3.information about the outside world.
However, it’s not r4.to say that watching TV doesn’t have any bad effect on children. You can’t let them watch TV as much as they want. Watching TV takes up a lot of time. Children need to find the world by t5., not just from TV. Besides, children are growing and they need to move around and get plenty of e6. Sitting still and watching TV too much will make children become weaker physically. Most children like to eat snacks w7.watching TV. That will make them put on weight. To make it worse, some TV programmes may be f8.of ads and violent scenes. These things, of course, are bad for children.
As parents, you have to choose the right channels for them, and shouldn’t let the TV be on all day. Turn it off right after the programmes end. E9.them to join in the outdoor activities. Never put a TV in the bedroom, especially not in your c10.room!
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Putting on a play can be fun. Acting can be like the “let’s pretend and dress-up games children play. Actors pretend（扮演）,for a little while, to be other people. They t1. to look like and talk as other persons do.
Professional（职业的） actors take part in plays and television programs given in large cities. They make their .l2. by acting. But other people act in plays just for fun and are not p3. for their work. They are high school or college students and adults who are members of “little theatre” groups. In the d4., they are students, teachers, doctors, lawyers, or police officers. They are actors o5. in the evenings or on weekends.
The little theater groups has a long history in America. One of the o6. groups is in Indiana. They are called the Players Club, and they put on eight plays a year. People in the city buy tickets to see the plays. A7. who wants to act may join the Players Club. Before each play, auditions（试演） are held so that people can try o8. for the different parts. Not all members of the group are actors. People are also needed to h9. with the lighting, clothes and makeup.
There are little theater groups in many cities. They continue to put on plays because they bring p10. to a large number of people. People in a little theater group enjoy having the chance to act, and the audience enjoy watching the plays.
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When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be f1.. When you put one finger in front of your m2., you mean "Be quiet."
Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages.
Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day w3. he was walking in the street, he felt h4. and went into a restaurant. As the waiter came, the Englishman o5. his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he meant to say, "B6. me something to eat." But the waiter gave him a lot of things to d7.. First tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he wasn't a8. to tell the waiter what he wanted. He was ready to leave the restaurant when a9. man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was good e10. for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. At last the Englishman had his meal in the same way.
Last summer, after 16 years in America, I travelled to Moscow where I grew up. Mom gave me a m1.showing the location of my grandfather’s grave(坟墓). She asked me to visit it and I p2.to do it.
But I found no time to visit it until I was leaving. By the entrance to the cemetery(公墓), a lady was selling flowers. She had only s3.left. I bought them all, but it was then that I realized the map was l4..
I did not want to call my mother for I had already told her I’d gone to the cemetery. Then I found the office. An old woman looked t5.the records and found two Abraham Pikarskis with no further details.
I set off to look for them, hoping that at least one would have a p6.on the stone.
I found the two graves. B7.said Abraham Pikarskis, no pictures, nothing else.
I put three flowers on the grave in front of me and went back to the first one. I also put three flowers there.
I stood there with the last flower. F8., I put it on the grave. If this is really my grandfather’s, he got the most. If not, let this be a respect to the s9..
I flew home to New York the next day. When Mom saw me, she started crying.
“Son, thank you for visiting Grandfather’s grave. When you called and told me you went there, I t10.you were just comforting me. But this morning, my cousin called from Moscow, saying she saw your flowers on your grandpa’s grave.”
Should I ask how many flowers her cousin saw? Three or four?
