Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Smith had always spent their summer holidays in New Jersey in the past, staying in a small inn(旅店)at the foot of a hill．One year, however, Mr．Smith made a lot of money in his business．So they decided to go to London and stay at a really good hotel while they went traveling around that famous city．

　　They flew to London and arrived at their hotel late one evening．They expected that they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that small inn in New Jersey, no meals were served(提供)after seven．They were surprised when the man who received them in the hall asked whether they would take dinner there that night．

　　“Are you still serving dinner?” asked Mr．Smith．

　　“Yes, certainly, sir．” Answered the man．”We serve breakfast from seven to half past eleven in the morning, lunch from twelve to three in the afternoon, tea from four to five, and dinner from six to half past nine．”

　　“But that hardly leaves any time for us to see the sights(風(fēng)景)of London．” Said Mrs．Smith．

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　　We drink tea every day．But more than 400 years ago, most people in Europe(歐洲)did not know anything about tea．Some had heard about it, but very few knew what to do with it．

　　Here is a story about an English sailor(水手)who went to countries all over the world．He had been to China and India．One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother．She told her friends about the present and invited them to a “ tea party”．When her friends came to the “tea party”,the old woman gave them brown tea leaves．Her friends began to eat them of course; nobody liked the tealeaves．At that moment the sailor came in, he looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

　　“I boiled it, as you said．”

　　“And what have you done with the water?”

　　“I poured it out, of course．”answered the mother．

　　“Now you may throw away the leaves．” said the sailor．

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　　Mr Jenkins works in a middle school．There he teaches his students English．He works hard and is very busy．After supper, when his family watch TV, he always reads some newspapers in his room．At times Robert comes in and asks him to tell him a story．He likes his little son and does all that the boy wants．

　　One Sunday, Mrs．Jenkins was doing some housework and Mr Jenkins was reading a newspaper．Robert came in but he didn’t say anything．About ten minutes later the boy showed a newspaper to him and called out, “there will be a baseball match(棒球賽)tonight, Dad!”

　　Mr Jenkins was surprised．He said to himself, “the boy is only three years old．How can he read the newspaper?”

　　He held up the newspaper and began to look for the news．But he couldn’t find it．At last the boy showed him an exclamation mark on the newspaper!

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　　In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution(污染)．They join “environment clubs(環(huán)境俱樂部)”．In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean．

　　Here are some things students often do．

　　No-garbage(垃圾)lunches．How much do you throw away after lunch?Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again．Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school!

　　No-car day．On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car-not the students and not the teachers!Cars give pollution to our air, so remember：

　　Walk, jump, bike or run．

　　Use your legs!It’s lots of fun!

　　Turn off the water!Did you know that some toilets can waste(浪費(fèi))twenty to forty m³ of water an hour?In a year, that would fill a small river!In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets．

　　We love our environment．Let’s work together to make it clean．

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Pollution

　　Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today．People didn’t have modern machines．There was no modern medicine, either．

　　Life today has brought new problems．One of the biggest is pollution(污染)．Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty．It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily．Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution．It’s bad to all living things in the world．

　　Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day．Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city．This kind of quilt is called smog(煙霧)．

　　Many countries are making rules to fight pollution．Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air．

　　We need to do many other things．We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground．We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car．If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution．

　　Rules are not enough．Every person must help to fight pollution．

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　　Here is story about a clever dog．It was a Seeing Eye dog．A Seeing dog can help blind(瞎的) people walk along the streets and do many other things．

　　One day a Seeing Eye dog and a blind man 　　1　　 on a bus together．The bus was 　　2　　 of people and there were 　　3　　 vacant(空的)seats．Soon one man stood up and left his seat．The dog 　　4　　 the blind man to the seat, but there was 　　5　　 space for both of them．The dog began to push the people on each side with his nose．He pushed and pushed 　　6　　 the people moved and finally there was enough space for 　　7　　 people．The blind man then sat down and the 　　8　　 got up on the seat at his side．The dog lay down and put his head on the blind man’s lap．He was very comfortable and soon fell asleep．Every one on the 　　9　　 couldn’t help smiling at the dog．

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Kate is against 　　1　　 a new zoo in their town．Zoos are terrible 　　2　　 for animals to live．She has visited a lot of zoos 　　3　　 her life, and she has never seen one she liked or one that was suitable 　　4　　 animals to live in．Just last week, she visited a zoo and couldn’t believe what she 　　5　　．The animals are kept in tiny 　　6　　 and can 　　7　　 move at all．However, Alice thinks zoos are very important places．They are like living 　　8　　 for young people．They provide homes 　　9　　 many endangered animals, and help to educate 　　10　　 about caring for them．

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　　There was once a man called Mr．Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life．He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every colour, with long and difficult names, for competitions(比賽)．He tried to grow a rose of a new colour to win the silver cup(銀杯)for the Rose of the Year．

　　Mr．Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school．Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone or two at one of Mr．Flowers’ glass-house．So Mr．Flowers did his best to be in or close by his glass houses at the beginning and end of the school day．

　　But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times．Mr．Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful．He had been to school to report to the headmaster; but this had not done any good．He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden; but the boys could run faster than he could, and they laughed at him from far away．He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw; but they soon found others．

　　At last Mr．Flowers had a good idea．He put up a large notice made of good, strong wood, some metres away from the glass-houses．On it he had written the words, DO NOT THROW STONE AT THIS NOTICE．After this, Mr．Flowers had no further trouble：the boys were much more tempted(引誘)to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses．

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　　You have heard of Webster Toys．Websters have made good, safe and interesting toys for more than a hundred years．Now we sell them, and children play with them, in countries from New Zealand to Norway(挪威)，and from Japan to Brazil(巴西)．We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East．He(or She)will be between the age of thirty and forty．He will already have some years of selling in world markets behind him．He will speak good English, and at least one other language of the Far East．

　　The person we are looking for will live in Singapore(新加坡)，and work in our office there, but he will travel for over six months in other countries in one year．He will know the Far East very well already．He will know how to sell in old markets and where to find new ones．He will understand money and more than ever before, for himself, and for Webster Toys．

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　　DIY is very popular in China now．Do you know what it is?

　　Yang Chen works for a computer business in Beijing．Though he enjoys his work, it is hard for him to relax after work．

　　“For a long time, I had no choice except going to a bar for a drink and karaoke to relax myself,” he said．

　　One day when he saw many toy dogs in a toy shop, he had an idea．“Why not do some kind of things and relax myself?” Then he began to make model planes, model ships and something else．The things he has made by himself don’t look as professionally made as those in the shops, but he likes doing it．

　　“It’s not as much fun to play with things which are bought expensively from the shops,” he said．

　　Now his bookshelves are full of many kinds of things he has made．They are very beautiful and his families and friends like them very much．

　　More and more young people are like Yang, making or creating things on their own．They like to do it themselves．

　　Though making things with our own hands may take much time, some people, now known as DIYers-do-it-yourselfers, enjoy doing it very much．They can make all kinds of things they like．

　　DIY is becoming more and more popular in China．It may be to the young, yet many people remember when it was once a way of life．

　　During 1960s and 1970s, when there were not enough living things for people to live on, they had to use their own hands to do many things．Whitewashing the wall or making clothes was a part of life because there was no other choice．If you wanted something done, you had to do it yourself; and if you needed something, you made it yourself．

　　But times have changed and DIY has also different meaning now．

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