— Thousands of miles away.

Tom: What are you going to do after leaving school?

Bill: I'm thinking about becoming a plane driver.      

Tom: So you like traveling, don't you?

Bill: Of course, I do. I like to visit different places, make different friends and know different things.

Tom: That sounds good.      

Bill: What do you want to be in the future?

Tom:       I like to go into business and make money.

Bill:      

Tom: You're right.       

Bill: Yes, I agree with you.

    We live in computer age (时代). People1 scientists, teachers, writers and even students use computers to do all kinds of work. But more than 30 years ago, 2couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. Very 3people were interested in them and knew how to use them. Today computers are smaller and 4. But they can do a lot of work, many people like to use them. Some people 5have them at home. Computers become very important because they can work 6than people and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 7people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to   8. Teachers use them to help teaching. Students use them to   9. Computers can also remember what you   10them. Computers are very useful and helpful. They are our friends. Do you want to have a computer?

Swimming is very popular in summer. People like swimming in summer because water makes them feel cool. If you swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. These years, more than ten people died in this city while they were enjoying in the water and most of them were students. But some people are still not careful in swimming. They often think they swim so well that nothing can happen to them in water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming, don't forget that better swimmers have died in water. They died because they were not careful, not because they were not good at swimming. So don't get into water when you are alone. If there is a “No swimming” sign, don't get into water, either. If you remember all this, swimming will be safer.

    In China, many people like watching TV. Watching TV is one of the must important activities of the day. TV brings the outside closer(close adv.接近地) to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before — because of TV.  

    What's going on (发生) in the other countries? How do people love in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's life in the deepest part of the sea?

    If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions. just turn on the TV. Turn it on and watch. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading of listening to the radio. But with TV they can learn better and much easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch, too.

    TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps to open our minds. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.