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　　What's the most important thing for you to have in your life?Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck．

　　If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的順序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number．So hard-work becomes 8＋1＋18＋4＋23＋15＋18＋11＝98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge：11＋14＋15＋23＋12＋5＋4＋7＋5＝96, while love：12＋15＋22＋5＝54, and luck：12＋21＋3＋11＝47, a small mark．None of these words can give one a full mark．What about money or prayer(祈禱)?They can't, either．

　　Then what else?Don't be worried．You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(態(tài)度)．Yes, attitude is the word．See for yourself：attitude：1＋20＋20＋9＋20＋21＋4＋5＝100, a full mark．

　　Different attitudes lead to different courses of life．Most times people hope for a better life．It is possible that one will have a change for the better after one has changed one's attitude．

　　When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you'll meet more smiling faces towards you．In the same way, if you take a positive(積極地)attitude towards failure(失敗),you'll find it's also rewarding though it has caused you losses．

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　　Earthquakes happen without warning(前兆)．They can happen any time of a day, at any point during the year．When an earthquake is happening, you should know what you should do or not do．

　　Do NOT go outside．You could get injured from falling glass or parts of buildings．If you are outside, stay away from buildings and power lines(輸電線)．

　　Stay under a desk, table, or other strong furniture．Hold on to it．Or stay in a corner of the building．Cover your face and head with your arms and cover your mouth with a towel or clothing．Stay inside until shaking stops and it is safe to go outside．

　　Keep away from windows, pictures or advertisements on the wall or the building, and anything else that could fall and hurt you．Most people get injured by falling things during an earthquake, not by the shaking itself．

　　Also keep away from a fire．You could fall down and burn yourself on the fire．

　　If you are driving when an earthquake happens, stop the car if it's safe．Stay inside your car until the earthquake stops, and don't drive near bridges．Try not to stop by power lines or trees．These could fall and hurt you．

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　　Stress(壓力)is everywhere in our everyday life．Not only men have it, but also women and young people．

　　The most important reasons of stress are：death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on．

　　How do you know whether you have stress?Could you give your answers to the following questions?

　　If you answer“Yes”to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress．So what can you do about it?

　　Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving(減輕)stress．However, doctors now say that there are easier ways－people should laugh and smile more often．When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes．They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress．

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　　A man is going to open a shop selling hats．He wanted a good sign to put over his shop．He wrote：

　　The first friend gave him the advice that the word“hatter”wasn't needed．So John crossed out the word“HATTER”．Then he came to another friend for advice．This friend said that it was not polite to say“for ready money”．So he crossed out“for ready money”．The sign now said：

　　One day a friend was passing his shop．He saw this sign and said that when a man bought a hat, he didn't care who made it．So John crossed out that word, too．

　　But when another friend saw“John Brown Sells Hats”, he said,“Of course you sell hats．No one thinks you give them away for free．”So, at last the sign read：

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Parents today also worry about their children's diets．Some doctors give the following advice：

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　　Doctor Seuss was born in 1904．By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world．His books are very popular with young readers．They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants．

　　In 1954, life magazine published(刊登)a report about school children who could not read．The report said many children's books were not interesting．Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read．He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish．He did not receive training in art．Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books．

　　In 1957, Dr．Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat．He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it．It was a fun story and easy to read．Children loved it．Their parents loved it, too．Today it is still one of the stories they like best．The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children．In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words．The book is called Green Eggs and Ham．

　　In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize(普利策獎(jiǎng))．He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents．

　　He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains．Millions of his books have been sold worldwide．People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read．Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages．Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children．I write for people．

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Questionnaire

　　Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are．

　　1．When you don’t understand something, you ask questions．□

　　2．You like listening to older people talk about the post．□

　　3．You think that you con learn something interesting from everyone around you．□

　　4．You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know．□

　　5．You enjoy reading books about famous people．□

　　6．You always see and talk to different people．□

　　7．You are interested in learning new ways of doing things．□

　　8．You enjoy shying experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages．□

　　9．You talk o lot about yourself．□

　　10．Even if you ore often wrong, you make your own decisions．□

　　11．You hate teaching what you are good at：sports, technology, whatever．□

　　12．Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much．□

　　SCORE NOW!

　　Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of tile first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO．

　　Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES．

　　18－24．You are friendly and open-minded．You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say．You'll probably succeed in learning al1 kinds of interesting things．Good for you!

　　10－16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something．You will greatly make your life rich and colorful．

　　0－8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, "No man is an island．" This is still mm today．Try to be more open and interested in people around you．

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　　Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧)．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．

　　"I don't sing," said the man．

　　But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!

　　The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend!If you want to get paid, sing a song!'

　　So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time!Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

　　He had talent(天賦)he was sitting on!He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．

　　You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all ff you just sit on your talent．

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　　Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing(令人迷惑的)．A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences．They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as "yes" and "no"．

　　On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren't paying any attention to her．The day was hot．She went into a store and asked,“Do you have cold drinks．The woman there didn't say anything．Lisa repeated the question．Still the Woman said nothing．She later learned that the woman had answered her：She had raised her eyebrows(眉毛), which in Micronesia means "yes"．

　　Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe．She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage．She asked the waiter, "Do, you have cabbage today?" He nodded his head．Jan waited, but the cabbage never came．In that country, a nod means no．

　　Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India．After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood．They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head．He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again．When he asked again, they did the same thing~ He soon found out that his students did understand．In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from．You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean "yes" or "no"．

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　　Different countries have different customs．When you travel to another countries, please follow their customs, just as the saying goes,“________．”

　　Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip(付小費(fèi))．It is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags, taxi drivers and waiters．Waiters expect to get a 15％ tip on the cost of your meal．Taxi drivers expect about the same amount．

　　In England, make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you．It's important to respect lines there．It's a good idea to talk about the weather．It's a favourite subject of conversation with the British．

　　In Spain, it's a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner．People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9 pm．

　　In Arab countries, men kiss one another on the cheek(臉頰)．Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks．It is polite for you to do the same．

　　In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time．When a person gives you a card, don't put it into your pocket right away．The person expects you to read it．

　　Don't forget to be careful of your body language to express something In conversation．A kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another．