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　　Once a Frenchman got to England．He knew only a little English．One day when he was sitting by the window of a restaurant and having lunch, he heard a voice“l(fā)ook out!”So he put his head out of the window to find out what was happening outside．

　　Just then a basin of dirty water poured(倒)over his head．Then another．He was very angry．He shouted．“Damn you(該死)！See what you have done(你都做了些什么)！”The men passing by laughed at him and he got even angrier．One of the men said,“You must be a foreigner．‘look out’in English means‘be careful’”．

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　　Aril has known to type for several years．Still, he types rather slowly, and he can only spell out words of four letters or less．But Aril is doing quite well－for a dog．

　　He is a black, white, and brown English setter．He used a special type-writer．It has shallow, bowl－keys that are about two inches wide．His owner calls out the letter; the dog hits the keys with his nose．

　　Aril does very well at typing“good dog”．But he seems to have a bit of trouble when he is asked to spell out“bad dog”．

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　　The Spring Festival is our Chinese people's festival．There are different names for each Chinese year．We call it the year of sheep, the year of dog, the year of pig…And this year is the year of chicken．

　　Before the day of the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses．On the Eve(除夕)，there is a big family dinner．After dinner, all the family stay up late(守夜)to welcome the New Year．It is the middle of the night．We have dumplings．We can watch many kinds of programs(節(jié)目)on TV．On the first day of the New Year, people especially(尤其)children put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends．They say“Happy New Year”and some other greetings(問候)to each other．People have a good time during the festival．

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　　Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question．Why do some people change their names?There can be many reasons．Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember．On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different．

　　People have a lot of reasons for changing their names Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound．They chose the“new name”for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born．

　　Some people have another reason for changing their names．They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there．For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States．He uses the name Ken at his job and at school．But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming．For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country．

　　In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband's after she gets married．But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband's．Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations(情況)and their husband's in other situations．And some use both their own name and their husband's．

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　　Canada Geese are large blue and white birds．When autumn arrives, they have to fly south where the weather is warmer．The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds die if they stay there．

　　Last spring, Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canada Geese on his farm．They had lost their parents．Bill thought,“These young birds won't know what to do in the autumn．”

　　Bill had a small plane and he decided to teach the bird sto follow him．All through the summer, he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him．

　　When the cold weather arrived in autumn, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States, 600 miles(英里)south of his home in Canada．The geese followed him all the way．Bill left the geese in Virginia and he returned home．

　　This spring, Bill was waiting for the birds to come back．They didn't arrive, so Bill flew to Virginia to get them．He looked for them for two weeks but he couldn't find them．

　　When he arrived back home, Bill found the geese waiting for him．They had found their way home without him!

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　　Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages, and they are moving to live in big noisy cities．This is the movement from the country to the cities．It has been going on for over two hundred years．

　　In many countries, the main reason(原因)people come to live in cities is work．After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work．And soon an industrial(工業(yè)的)area(區(qū)域)begins to grow．There is usually a living area nearby．The factory workers can live there．The families of these workers need schools, hospitals, and shops．So more people come to live in the area to provide these services(服務(wù))－and so a city grows．

　　In every big city in the world, there is a business area．There the big companies have their main offices．In the United States, this area is usually in the city center．The people who work there often travel a long way to work each day．Many of them live outside the city．It is far away from the industrial area and the city center．

　　What is the future of the big cities?Will they go on getting bigger and bigger?Perhaps not．Some big cities have become smaller in the last ten years．It is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the big cities and back into smaller towns and villages．

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　　Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Wilson and their children were going to begin their holiday one day．As they had decided to spend it in another country, they had to be at the airport at 11∶40 a. m．“It'll take us half an hour to get there in the taxi,”Mr．Wilson said,“So we all have to be ready by 11 o'clock．Nobody should be late．”

　　At 10∶50 they were still all running around doing things, except Mrs．Wilson, who was sitting quietly on a chair in the garden enjoying the sun．

　　Her husband and children were very surprised that she was not in a hurry too．Until the taxi arrived and Mrs．Wilson said to them,“Well, I knew that this was going to happen, so before I went to bed last night, I moved all clocks and watches ahead 20 minutes．So now we can go to the airport quietly without worrying about being late．”

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　　Yesterday Tom had no work to do after lunch．So his father asked him to go to the bookstore to buy a few books．He hurried to the bus-stop and arrived there at three．When he was waiting for a bus, he saw a little dog．It was going across the street．Just then a car came, running fast．But it was too late．The dog fell down and did not move．

　　“Poor dog!”he cried．But look!Suddenly it stood up and went away．

　　He was very glad to find it was safe．

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　　Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men's Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in the 2002 NBA．The 2.2 m, 120 kg center becomes the first one to come from a foreign team．

　　Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother was a center and captain of the Chinese National Women's Team．His father played basketball, too．

　　Yao Ming is widely known in China．He came to be a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association(聯(lián)賽)．It's short for CBA．During the 2000－2001 season, he got 27 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(東方)Sharks in every match．

　　Yao Ming joined the Huston Rockets in November, 2002．He said this was a new start in his basketball life．He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve himself．

　　Sport analyst(分析家)Bill Walton said,“Yao Ming has the potential(潛力)，the capability(能力)of changing the future of basketball．”

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　　You'll see a new doctor at a hospital near London if you go there He is very clever, but he never speaks and doesn't go to medical school．He can work 24 hours and never be tired．He is one metre tall with a face like a TV screen．He has no arms or legs, although he has a lot of buttons(按鈕)and switches．The new doctor is, of course, a computer．Doctors often need to ask their patients about their health in the past．But busy doctors can only spend a few minutes with each patient．The new machine, however, can ask a patient questions for an hour if necessary．So when the doctor meets his patient he already has a lot of helpful information．

　　Several clinics and hospitals in Britain are using these computers now．The computers show each question on TV screen．Then the patient pushes one of the three buttons：“Yes”,“No”, or“I don't know”．The computer is really quiet human．If a very personal question is asked, it will be followed by“I hope these questions aren't upsetting(使……煩惱)you．”O(jiān)r if you answer“No”to the question“Is your father alive”, the machine will reply“I am sorry to hear that．”

　　Most patients like the metal doctor．Some patients even prefer it．They can answer very personal questions more comfortably．

　　There are plans for better computers－perhaps ones that can speak．But the machine will never do the doctor's job．They will help doctors to give their patients better service．

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