You speak, write a letter, or make a telephone call．Your words carry a message．People communicate with words．Do you think you can communicate without words?A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly．Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad．When you raise your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions．You shake your head, and people know you are saying “No”．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 know which bus to take．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 ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?People can communicate in 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 the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas．Books, magazines, newspaper, TV and radios and films all help us to communicate with each other．They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about．

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　　The word hobby is an interesting word．Every person has one thing he or she likes to do for fun(娛樂)．Some people like to collect(收集)things like stamps or story books．Others like to play football or go window shopping where you can look at many beautiful things without buying them．

　　I have many hobbies I do for fun．I sometimes play golf with my sons．I play tennis with all the family．I like to collect music books．I also collect musical instruments(樂器)from China like the erhu, the dizi, the xiao, the suona, and the pipa．These are the instruments of China which cannot be found in America．

　　My favourite hobby is fishing．I like to go and see my brother in the state(州)of Alaska where fishing is wonderful．The two of us take a boat and go to the small river where we fish for salmon, America’s most famous fish．

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How to Use an ATM(自動(dòng)取款機(jī))

　　Pat Brown went to her bank to ask for an ATM card．It looks like a credit card(信用卡)．A few weeks later, the bank posted her a card and a four-number personal identification number(PIN)Her PIN is 1234．

　　As Pat was getting ready for bed one night, she remembered that she had only ＄2 in her bag．The next day she had to give ＄10 for a lunch for a co-worker．She didn’t want to get up early to go to the bank．So she had to go to the bank that night．She used her ATM card to withdraw(take out)＄50 from her checking account(現(xiàn)金賬戶)．

　　These are the steps she followed to withdraw money．First, she put her card in the lower slot(狹孔)on the right side of the machine．She made sure her card was facing the right way．Second, the computer screen(window)said,“Please enter(put in)your PIN．”Pat pressed(按)the numbers 1,2,3, and 4．Next, the screen said,“Please select type of transaction(交易)you want by pressing other keys．”Pat pressed the bottom key for withdrawing money．

　　Then the screen said,“From which account?”The choices it gave were Checking, Savings, and Money market．Pat pressed the key for Checking．Next, the screen said, “Please select(choose)amount of transaction．”Pat pushed the number 5 and then 0 three times, until the screen read,“50.00．”The screen then read,“Please wait．”In less than a minute, it read,“Please lift(put up)the lid and take your money．”

　　Pat lifted the lid market Withdraw．She counted her ＄50 to make sure the ATM hadn’t made a mistake．Then she waited for her withdrawal slip to come out of the slot at the upper right corner of the machine．Pat checked the slip to make sure it was correct．Then her ATM card was returned through the card slot．She put it in her bag and walked away．If Pat had made a mistake at any point by pressing the wrong button(number), she could have pressed Cancel and started over again．

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　　Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country．

　　When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say,“How do you do?”and shake hands．Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye．But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time．

　　Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday．Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands．So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs．The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them．It made both of them laugh．

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　　Dreams may be more important than sleep．Some people don’t need much sleep．But we all need to dream, scientists say．

　　Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time．People have several dreams each night．Dreams are like short films．They are usually in color．Some dreams are like old films．They come to us over and over again．That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something．Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer．

　　Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams．They could have been thinking about their work all day．These thoughts can carry over into dreams．

　　Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream．But often we can’t remember the dream．Dreams can disappear quickly from memory．

　　Too much dreaming can be harmful．The more we sleep, the longer we dream．The mind is hard at working when we dream．That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired．

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　　Mark Twain was famous(著名)in his day as a public(公眾的)speaker．In his public speeches(演說)he always liked to tell funny stories．He also liked to listen to funny stories and play jokes on his friends．

　　One day one of his friends lost his wallet(錢包)and asked Mark Twain to pay his train fare(車費(fèi))for him．

　　“But I don’t have enough money to pay both your fare and mine,”Mark Twain said．The friend didn’t know what to do．

　　“We can do this,”said Mark Twain．“We can get on the train and when the conductor comes to check the tickets(驗(yàn)票)，you can hide under my seat．”

　　Later, however, when the conductor came to check the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two tickets－one for his friend and one for himself ．Then he explained in a loud voice．“My friend here is a strange(奇怪的)man．When he travels on a train, he doesn’t like to sit on the seat．He prefers(寧愿)to lie on the floor under the seat．”O(jiān)f course everybody in the train looked at the poor friend and laughed at him loudly．

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　　The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it．But people are afraid of it when there is a strong wind．

　　The sea is very big．It covers(覆蓋)three quarters of the earth．The sea is also very deep(深)in some places．There is one place in the sea．It is about 11 kilometres deep there．The highest mountain(由)in the world is about 9 kilometres high．If we put the mountain into the sea at that place, there is about 2 kilometres of water above it．

　　In most parts of the sea, there are a lot of fishes and small living(有生命的) things．Lots of fishes eat them．

　　The sea can be very cold．When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder．Only some men can go down into the deep sea．But in 1970, five women lived in the deep sea for fourteen days．

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　　Every time when I look at the moon, I wish I could go there．Do you wish you could fly to the moon in a spaceship one day?

　　For hundreds of year, men have wanted to travel to the moon．When they looked at the moon, they asked many questions．Was the moon hot or cold?Were there any plants or other living things there?They asked many, many other questions．Some people said there were living plants on the moon．Others said nothing could live there because there was no air or water on the moon．

　　We know much about the moon now．Scientists have studied the moon for many years and have found out many facts．Not long ago spaceships with men in them flew to the moon．

　　What do we know about the moon?We find that the moon is much smaller than the earth．It is about one quarter size of the earth．It is traveling round the earth all the time．

　　Days and nights on the moon are very long．One day on the moon is as long as two weeks on the earth．One night is also as long as two weeks on the earth．In the day the moon is very hot．At night it is very cold．The moon is much hotter and much colder than the earth．

　　There is another surprising thing．On the moon, things are not as heavy as they are on the earth．Isn’t that interesting!

　　Perhaps one day we can all travel to the moon．It must be great fun．

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　　Ben

　　When I left school five years ago, I said to myself,“That’s that!No more learning for me．Now I can enjoy myself in the evening．”But about a year ago the boss said,“We’re going to get a computer in the near future．”What does he mean?I simply don’t know．Anyway, I decided to go to evening classes．I’m quite an expert on computers now and you know, I actually enjoy studying．

　　Eve

　　I haven’t much interest in studying．To be honest, I don’t like reading very much, except for magazines and that sort of thing．Just reading, that is, to kill the time．But I do enjoy TV．Not that I watch everything．In fact, I choose my programmes very carefully．I’m particularly interested in current affairs．In some ways I think I learn more this way than I did at school．

　　Ted

　　I’m a very sort of person－I simply love doing things．That’s why I enjoy sports so much．I mean, actually playing．I hardly ever watch it on TV, but I do read quite a bit about it．I’m even interested in the history of sports．I don’t have much time for anything else, except that I quite like dancing．Some people say I’m not very good at it, though．

　　Joan

　　I should say I have great interest in studying．I’d rather do this than anything else．Since I left school．I’ve taken courses in all sorts of things．I go to the city library once a week, but I much prefer evening classes because it’s more fun that way．My latest“craze(狂熱)”－if you can call it that－is foreign languages．I’m learning two, not one!

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