3. Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence(暴力) in some areas, teenagers’ safety becomes a serious problem. We are planning to set up an organization named School Watch to make sure that students have a safe school environment. Please be part of our plan! What is School Watch? School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom, and you do the same for them. Is it for everyone? Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer. What else can it do? School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help the schoolmates who have problems with their homework. Who is the School Watch?Our school will look for the School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one!How do you start? To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of the plan in your grade. You can check the official website at www.schoolwatch.com if you want to get more information. Anyone can become a member of School Watch because ______.

2. Do women talk more than men? According to Professor Deborah Tannen, of Georgetown University, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen has noticed differences in the style of boys＇ and girls＇ conversation from an early age. She says that little girls＇ conversation is less certain than boys＇ and expresses more doubts. These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public (公众) conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private (私人的) conversations, men and women speak in more or less the same amount—although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for women, private talking is a way to test closeness in relationship. For men, it is a way to build up the power (权威) of a relationship. Teaching is one job where the differences between men＇s and women＇s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, he wants to show that he has more knowledge and so more power in conversation. He uses his language to show this. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to encourage her students to join in. But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally (天生地) more helpful. She says women feel they can build up power by being able to help others. When they grow up, the differences in the boys＇ and girls＇ conversations _______.

1. Do women talk more than men? According to Professor Deborah Tannen, of Georgetown University, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen has noticed differences in the style of boys＇ and girls＇ conversation from an early age. She says that little girls＇ conversation is less certain than boys＇ and expresses more doubts. These differences continue into adult life, she says. In public (公众) conversations, men talk most and interrupt other speakers more. In private (私人的) conversations, men and women speak in more or less the same amount—although they say things in a different style. Professor Tannen believes that, for women, private talking is a way to test closeness in relationship. For men, it is a way to build up the power (权威) of a relationship. Teaching is one job where the differences between men＇s and women＇s ways of talking show. When a man teaches a woman, he wants to show that he has more knowledge and so more power in conversation. He uses his language to show this. When a woman teaches another woman, however, she is more likely to encourage her students to join in. But Professor Tannen does not believe that women are naturally (天生地) more helpful. She says women feel they can build up power by being able to help others. According to Professor Deborah Tannen, the styles men and women talk are _____.

5. Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.　　Actually, Father Christmas is children＇s father. He dresses up in a red coat and waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children＇s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say “Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive. What is the best greeting early on the morning of Christmas Day in Britain?

4. Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.　　Actually, Father Christmas is children＇s father. He dresses up in a red coat and waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children＇s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say “Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive. From the story we know that on Christmas Day children feel very happy because they can receive________.

3. Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.　　Actually, Father Christmas is children＇s father. He dresses up in a red coat and waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children＇s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say “Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive. “Santa Claus” is another way of saying_______.

2. Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.　　Actually, Father Christmas is children＇s father. He dresses up in a red coat and waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children＇s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say “Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive. What do all the British children do on Christmas Eve in the story?

1. Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep. Children believe Santa Claus, with the other name of Father Christmas, will come during the night and fill their stockings with Christmas presents.　　Actually, Father Christmas is children＇s father. He dresses up in a red coat and waits until children fall asleep. Then he goes into children＇s bedrooms, and puts small presents in their stockings. When children are no longer young, they know who Father Christmas really is.Not only children but also their parents enjoy Christmas stockings. They also have stockings. Early on the morning of Christmas Day, children wake their parents up and say “Merry Christmas”. Then they help their parents open their stockings. Everybody likes presents. But it is better to give than to receive. Christmas Day is______.

5. People today are still talking about the generation gap(代沟). Some parents complain that their children do not show them proper respect, while children complain that their parents do not understand them at all.What has gone wrong? Why has the generation gap appeared?One important cause is that young people want to choose their own life-style. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents like, and often to continue the family occupation.Parents often expect their children to do better than they do. Often, however, the high wishes that parents place on their children are another cause of the generation gap.Finally, the high speed of social changes deepens the gap. In a traditional culture, people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society today the knowledge of a lifetime may be out of use overnight. A proper title for this passage would be ________.

4. People today are still talking about the generation gap(代沟). Some parents complain that their children do not show them proper respect, while children complain that their parents do not understand them at all.What has gone wrong? Why has the generation gap appeared?One important cause is that young people want to choose their own life-style. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents like, and often to continue the family occupation.Parents often expect their children to do better than they do. Often, however, the high wishes that parents place on their children are another cause of the generation gap.Finally, the high speed of social changes deepens the gap. In a traditional culture, people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society today the knowledge of a lifetime may be out of use overnight. In today’s society, the knowledge of a lifetime ________.

3. People today are still talking about the generation gap(代沟). Some parents complain that their children do not show them proper respect, while children complain that their parents do not understand them at all.What has gone wrong? Why has the generation gap appeared?One important cause is that young people want to choose their own life-style. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents like, and often to continue the family occupation.Parents often expect their children to do better than they do. Often, however, the high wishes that parents place on their children are another cause of the generation gap.Finally, the high speed of social changes deepens the gap. In a traditional culture, people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society today the knowledge of a lifetime may be out of use overnight. The generation gap has become wider than before because of ________.