D．Whether a parent is excellent depends on the grade he gets.

　　　I ran into quite a few language problems while vacationing ( 度假) with my family last summer. The most embarrassing was when my Mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her "pants were dirty". They looked at her in amazement, not knowing how to react. You see, Mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans. But in Britain, "pants" means underpants or knickers( 内裤；衬裤), not trousers as it does back home.

　　　Katie - From America

　　　I went to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer. Her flat was on the first floor of a high-rise building so I got the lift up. Then I wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldn't find it. Fed up and tired, I finally had to go out to find a phone box. She explained that her flat was on the first floor, which for me meant the ground floor.

　　　David - From Britain

　　　When I asked for the "restroom" in a big department store, people kept directing me to a room with seats where I could sit and "rest". It took me years to get through to (使...明白)someone that I only wanted the toilet!

　　　Tom - From America

　　　Last summer we went on a two-week family touring holiday, so Dad hired a car over the Internet. This was an old vehicle and there turned out (结果是；证明是)to be lots of things wrong with it. When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear! He had no idea their word for "boot" was "trunk". In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.

　　　Mary - From Britain

　　　12．David went out to find a phone box to ________.

　　　A．phone the police for help B．phone his friend for help

　　　C．tell his friends he couldn't go to visit her D．apologize for his being late

　　　13．When Tom asked for the "restroom", the people around him thought ________.

　　　A．he wanted to have a rest. B．he wanted the toilet

　　　C．he wanted a chair D．He wanted to go to a department store

　　　14．The underlined word "garage" is probably ________.

　　　A．a parking place B．a car

　　　C．a gas station D．a place to repair cars

　　　15．Which of the following words is from British English？

　　　A．Pants. B．Ground floor.

　　　C．Restroom. D．Trunk.

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　　　16． I say this a lot because it's important: you need to walk more. There are a few main reasons why I'm so fond of walking, also known as moving frequently at a slow pace.

　　　17．

　　　Walking might not be as effective as other forms of exercise, but frequent walking will help anyone with two functioning legs that allow movement who would otherwise meld into the couch lose some body fat.

　　　It's good for your brain.

　　　Walking does much more than work the area underneath your neck. The farther an older person can walk in six minutes, the better he or she performs on memory and logic tests. Folks who perform poorly on the walking test tend to have reduced grey matter volume in certain sections of their brains.

　　　It reduces stress.

　　　18． Go for a walk, preferably in a natural setting. For me, it's the beach of the Malibu hills. For others, it might be the woods or even a park.

　　　It prevents falls in the elderly.

　　　Walking on uneven, natural ground like hiking trails，improves balance and reduces falls in the elderly. 19． The earlier you start habitually walking, the better your ability to navigate the land without falling will be.

　　　It gives you a chance to think.

　　　When we walk, we think. And because walking is a low-difficulty effort, we can direct our executive functioning to more internal matters. We work through problems, come up with ideas, replay conversations, scheme, and discover solutions. 20．

　　　A．It modestly reduces body fat.

　　　B．It lowers blood pressure, especially after meals.

　　　C．Don't wait until you're already at risk of falling, though.

　　　D．What do I do when I need to get away from a particularly stressful day?

　　　E. Try to keep the walk as close to the meal as possible to aid in weight loss.

　　　F. Even though some of you may be tired of me saying this, it needs saying.

　　　G. Or maybe we just think about that funny dog we saw on the way to work the other day.

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