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　　A school boy wants to ask for two days off, but he has only learned the phrase(短语)“have a day off”．He thinks 　　1　　 and then he has an 　　2　　．

　　He comes to the teacher’s office and says, “My mother is ill．May I have a day off, sir?” “Of course, you can, ” replies the teacher at once．

　　The boy walks away．As soon 　　3　　 he is out of the room, he turns back and knocks 　　4　　 the teacher’s door 　　5　　 “May I have a day off again?” he asks．

　　The teacher is very 　　6　　．“Didn’t you say it 　　7　　?”

　　“Yes, sir．But I can’t be here the day after tomorrow, either．”

　　The teacher 　　8　　 him and cannot help laughing．He says 　　9　　 a smile, “Why 　　10　　 you say ‘May I have two days off?’”

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　　One of the most popular American singers of 20th century was Elvis Presley．Elvis Presley made the music called rock‘n'roll popular around the world．He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960's．Elvis Presley was born in 1935 in a small town called tupelo, in Mississippi in the southern United States; he came from a very poor family．His parents were simply country people who often took Elvis to church．At church he learned to sing, and he never forgets the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child．

　　When he was a school boy, Elvis moved to the town of Memphis in Tennessee(田纳西州)．He attended high school in Memphis, but he was not a very good student．His only real interest was singing．He began to sing in the style that is popular in Tennessee, a style called country and western．

　　In 1955 in Memphis he recorded some country and western songs for his mother's birthday, the people at the recording studio liked Elvis's singing and music．There was something different about it．It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American south, music known as blues．