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5. ________ to what you do. You want to stay at home alone and do what you like. If you plan to control your , you39。d better win your parents over and try to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have high sense of responsibility, they will certainly give you the right to do what you want to do.G When you speak, write a letter, make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People municate with words. Do you think you can municate words? A smile on your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears (淚水) in your eyes tell others you are sad. When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to something or ask questions. You move your head from side to side, and people know you are saying “ 3. ________ ”. Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus it is. A sign on the wall of your school helps you library. Signs on the doors tell you 5. ________to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and movies all help us to municate with other people. They all help us 6. ________ what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about. H A hot dog is one of the most popular American foods. It was named after Frankfurter, a German food. You may hear “hot dog” used in other ways. People sometimes say “hot dog” to express . For example, a friend may ask you would like to go to the cinema. You might say, “Great! I would love to go.” Or, you could say, “Hot dog ! I would love to go.” People use the expression to describe someone who is a “showoff (炫耀)”, who tries to show everyone else how he is. You often hear such. a person called a “hot dog”. He may be a baseball player, for example, who catches the ball with one hand, making a(n) catch seem more difficult. You know he is a hot dog because when he makes such a catch, he bows to the crowd, hoping to win their . I Shi Fang spends more than 4,000 yuan a month shopping, but she rarely goes to a shopping mall. “Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao(淘寶網(wǎng))? I’m a Taobaoer.” says Shi, 28, a writer in Beijing. Taobao,China’s largest online shopping site, has bee an important part of Shi Fang’s life. She spends half of her monthly salary on Taobao. A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Shi have found the happiness of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or aged 18 to 30. More women shop online than men. Clothing and homeuse products are the most popular goods bought online. reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80% through Taobao. . The biggest attraction for buyers is the low price of online goods. Buyers can also check the information easily. They can the prices of the same kind of goods from different sellers, and choose the cheapest one. Whil