You speak, write a letter, 1 a telephone call. Your words carry a message, people communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate 2 words? A smile on your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears in your eyes tell 3 that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want 4 something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying 5. You nod and people know you are saying yes. Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus 6. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you 7 noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them 8? People can communicate 9 many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things.
Books are written to tell you about all wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV and radio and films all help us to communicate with other people. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and 10 other people are thinking about.
