The founder of Apple Steve Jobs was not only one of the fathers of the personal computing time, but also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.

 Do you remember your dreams? Do people have the same dreams? Why do we dream? There are many questions about dreams. We dream during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep. We have about five periods of REM sleep during the night. The first REM cycle lasts about 10 minutes. As the night goes on, the REM cycle gets longer. By early morning, the REM cycle can last up to 90 minutes. Usually, it is in this last REM cycle that we remember our dreams.

  Dreams change as people age. People may have several dreams each night. Some are like films and usually in color. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something and trying to find the answer. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dreams clearly.

It is reported that too much dreaming is bad for our health. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired when we wake up.

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When the bell rings, every student takes out an iPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively. That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use iPads in class.

    I felt surprised and excited when I got an iPad the first day I arrived at the school. But it was not free. I spent about $100 to rent (租) it for three years.

    Every iPad at my school has a special learning system (系统) called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download (下载) the materials with our iPads.

    It makes the classes interesting and efficient (高效的). For example, a few weeks ago, we learned about London in the UK. Our teacher made a video in which we saw many places of interest in London. We could not only watch the video, but also see the words at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the city.

    We also do our homework with iPads. We can know how well we do our homework right after we submit (提交) our homework.

    However, there are still some bad points about learning with iPads. Some of my classmates play games or surf the Internet in class.

    I believe the key to use iPads well is to have good self-control (自制), isn’t it?

Many young people like eating chocolates. They are very delicious. Many people also know something about 3D technology(技术). And the 3D technology is changing our lives. Today I will tell you something about both of them.

A company 3d-prints(3D打印) all kinds of chocolates. These chocolates are colorful and healthy. They also have different shapes. Some are like bears, some are like dogs and others are like horses. But people can’t buy them in any supermarket at the moment.

The company is from Belgium. And it is a very famous company. Because the chocolates are hard to transport(运送), the company wants to open lots of shops around the world.

I believe we will be able to eat chocolates made by 3D printers in the future.

a. chocolates              b. 3D technology           c. young people             d. a company

When you are learning English, you find it not clever to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence“How do you do? ” as an example, if you look up each word in the dictionary, once at a time, what is your translation（翻译）? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language.

Languages don’t just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It’s important to master（掌握）the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a wrong order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence changes, the meaning of the sentence also changes. But sometimes when the order changes, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference between the two pairs of sentences.

“She only likes apples. ” “Only she likes apples. ”

“I have seen the film already. ” “I have already seen the film. ”

When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit of the language and use it as the English speaker does.

  Learning English well is not easy. I try my best to find some ways to improve my English. First, reading loudly. I read whenever I am free. Second, listening. I spend half an hour listening to the radio every morning. Third, speaking. I always practice my spoken English with my sister. Last, writing. I started keeping a diary in English a few years ago.

—Andrew

    I learn English by watching English movies. By watching movies, I can practice my listening. By studying subtitles (字幕), I can improve my reading and writing skills. The most important thing is, watching movies is fun!

—Jane

    Every morning, I like to read English articles loudly or have some listening practice. I try to speak English as much as possible. I think communicating with friends and teachers in English is very interesting. When I am free on the weekend, I will watch some English movies. It helps to improve my listening.

—Eric

    English is one of my best subjects and I started learning it when I was ten years old. But at the very beginning, listening was a little difficult for me. So I did a lot of listening practice, such as listening to tapes and watching English TV programs. I found it really helpful.

—Eliza

Here are some tips on listening. We hope it can help you in one way or another.

    ○Relax yourself.

    Before yon start to listen to something, you need to relax. Don't get nervous or excited . This will help you with your listening.

    ○Listen carefully to the first sentence.

    The first sentence tells a lot about the whole passage. For example, if at the very beginning, you hear "Many shops in many parts of China have decided to take away all kinds of Japanese goods off the[r shelves but some people say it's not a good idea. Our reporter says… ", you know you will hear a piece of news, not a children's story, or a science report.

    ○Think when you're listening.

    When you're listening, try to do some thinking. For example, you can think of the following questions: What happened, When, where and how? What was the result and what does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may understand the passage better.

    ○Listen for important facts.

    It's important for you to remember some important facts. For example, if the passage is a science report, you should try to remember its findings and how the scientists got their results.

    ○Don't think about one or two words for too long.

    You may hear some words that you don't know, but don't spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening. But you can remember some words or sentences that you think are important, and you can use them when you're answering the questions.