I have received your letter just now. Don't worry about

1．________

me. I'm getting on well with my research works in the lab.

2．________

But to my surprise you say you will give up learn English.

3．________

The reason is because you have not done well in it recently

4．________

and you have lost interesting. I'm afraid I can't agree with .

5．________

you. I know it is not easy to learn English, and English

6．________

is widely used in the world today and it will important

7．________

in your future work. Beside, it is becoming more and

8．________

more important in our daily life. If you study hard, and

9．________

you will succeed. Do remember that where there is a will,

there is a way.

10．________

　　Teacher's housing conditions in Shanghai have been

1．________

greatly improving, thanks to local government's efforts.

2．________

Ten years ago the average living space to each

3．________

primary or middle school teacher were 5.89 square meters.

4．________

In 1996 it jumped to about 8.3 square meters.

　　To improve the teachers' housing condition, the city

5．________

government spend a total of 180 million yuan during

6．________

the Five-years Plan. That was S.5 times of

7．________

money, the amount for the seventh Five-year Plan.

8．________

In the past several years the city government had got

9．________

26,000 teachers to move into new houses or enlarge(扩大)their living

space.

10．________

　　When I found out that my train would three hours

1．________

late, I changed my idea and would have a bus instead.

2．________

I was about to rushing out of the train station when a

3．________

well-dressed old man took me by my arm, “Young

4．________

lady,” said the gentleman. “Shouldn't you find out

5．________

the bus schedule(时刻表)before you rush out catch the

6．________

bus?” I stared at him with my mouth opened. How did

7．________

he read my mind? Before I can say a word, he added,

8．________

“You see, my train is also later. The same idea

9．________

came to me. But now I think a good conversation that can

10．________

help pass the time. Before you know it, your train will be there. ”

　　When you buy stamp, you also buy service

1．________

from the post office. You get the letter send by

2．________

post. After the stamp has done its job, the post office

say it's worthless. You must buy a new one

3．________

for another letter you send it. But people

4．________

often pay money to stamps that have

5．________

already used. Stamp collectors have fun just trying to

6．________

collect so many different kinds as possible.

7．________

certain kinds are hard to find. To get one of

8．________

uncommon stamps, some collector are willing to cost

9．________

a great deal money. They think it is worth something and

10．________

that gives it value.