When you speak, write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry a message. People communicate (交流) with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are __1__ . Tears in your eyes tell others you are sad. When you __2__ your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to __3__ something or ask questions. You __4__ your head from side to side, and people know you are saying no.
Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the __5__ helps you know which bus you can take here. A sign on the wall of your school helps you __6__ the library. Signs on the doors tell you __7__ to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are lots of signs round you and that you receive messages __8__ them all the time? Books, newspapers, TV, radios and __9__ all help us to communicate with other people. They all help us __10__ what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.
Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!
【小题1】By touching things        .

－Have you ever seen the film "The Founding of A Republic"?

    －______ . However, I hear there are many stars in it.

    A. Yes, I've seen it once.                 B. Yes, I have ever.

C. Not exactly. Is it good?               D. Never. I have no time.