It can be dangerous to travel by sea．Ships sometimes sink far away from land．When this happens, the sailors(水手)have to get into small boats．If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they may die．

　　Most people believe we must not drink sea water．They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water．A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this．He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals, and plants from the sea．On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean．He did not take any food or water with him．

　　Every day Dr．Bombard drank just a little sea water．He also caught fish and they had water in them．He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food．

　　Dr．Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65 days at sea he was still alive．He traveled 2750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24 December 1953, he reached Barbados．

　　He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water and animals and plants in the sea．

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　　Mr．Bill liked shooting very much but he was never good at it．A month ago some of his friends visited him in his house and saw a new target(靶子)which Bill had put several days ago in his garden．

　　His friends went nearer and looked at this beautiful target．There was a hole(洞)right in the middle of the target．When they asked who had shot the target, Bill said he had．They all laughed and said, “How far away were you, Bill?Two feet?” But Bill said he was fifty yards(碼)away．

　　Then Mr．Bill’s wife explained about the hole in the middle．She said, “Bill went to a shop and bought a very big piece of wood．He brought it home in a car, put it in the garden and shot at it from fifty yards away．Then he drew a target round the hole and cut the wood．”

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　　A traveler was once staying in a village of another country．One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children at play．Suddenly the young ones began to shout in protest(反對(duì))．

　　The traveller’s face turned red and she said sorry to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in some places thought a person would lose his soul(靈魂)if his picture was taken．

　　She explained(解釋)to him the operation of a camera for a long time．Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldn’t．

　　When she was sure she had put the head’s fear(害怕)to rest, the traveler then let him speak．With a smile, he said, “ The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the cap(鏡頭蓋)！”

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　　Have you ever been ill?When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over your body．You do not want to work．You stay in bed, feeling very sad．

　　What makes us ill?The germs．(細(xì)菌)

　　Germs are everywhere．They are very small and you cannot find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope．They are very tiny and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing．

　　Germs are always found in the dirty water．When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we will se germs．So your parents will not let you drink dirty water．

　　Germs are not found only in the water．They are found in the air and dust．If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust goes into the cut, some of the germs will go into your finger．Your finger will become big and red, and you will feel painful．Sometimes the germs will go into all of your body, and you will have pains everywhere．

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　　Bill Clinton took office on January 20^th, 1993 and became the 42^nd U．S．president ．He is the first president who was born after World War 2．He is also one of the youngest of all the presidents．

　　Clinton was born in a poor family in 1946．Three months before he was born, his father died．When he was small, his mother remarried Norger Clinton．So the boy’s family name changed．

　　In the summer of 1963, Clinton won a drama contest, so he was given a chance to visit the city of Washington．During his visit he met President Kennedy in the White House．From that time on, he made up his mind to become a president．

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　　Helen lived with her sister Mary．Both of them were about 75 years old, and neither(兩者都不)of them had ever married．They had a small, old car．When they wanted to go somewhere, it was Mary who always drove because her eyes were better．

　　One weekend, they drove to a large town to look at some things they had read about in the newspaper．Neither of them had been to that town before．They were driving along in a lot of traffic when they turned right into a street which cars were not allowed to go into．A policeman was there．He saw everything and he blew his whistle．But Mary paid no attention and she did not stop．So the policeman got on his motorcycle and followed them

　　After he had ordered them to stop, he said,” Didn’t you hear me blow my whistle(哨聲)？”“Yes, we did,” said Mary politely,” But Mummy told us never to stop when men whistle at us．”

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　　I have tried many ways to be ill．I don’t wear a sweater when I should, and two days ago I walked in the rain without my shoes．But so far nothing has happened．Debbie once told me about a boy in her class who liked being away from school．He would rub(擦)the end of the thermometer(溫度計(jì))until it went up to 39℃．Then he’d put it in his mouth and his mother would think he was really ill．

　　This morning I tried doing that but it never went above 35℃ and I rubbed it for ten minutes．So I held the thermometer next to the light on my desk and it went up to 40℃．I thought I’d put it in my mouth and walk downstairs like that．Then my mother would take it out and she would be worried when she saw that I was rather ill．

　　The only trouble was I didn’t know the thermometer would be so hot．As soon as I put it into my mouth I burnt my tongue!I spit the thermometer out．It fell on the floor but it didn’t break．

　　I will have to think up a better way to get my mother and father back together．

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　　When our friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry or looking at their watches always．It isn’t that our friends are all very busy．It is just because we haven’t a TV set．They think that we are very strange．

　　But what do you do in the evening?They always ask．The answer is very simple．Both my wife and I have hobbies．We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls．My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often has evening classes for foreign languages．This is very useful because we often go to other countries for our holidays．I collect stamps and I am always busy with my collection．Both of us enjoy listening to music and playing chess together．

　　Sometimes there is power cut and the house is dark．We are not worried because we can just light candles and chat with each other about what we did before．Our friends are upset at that time because they don’t know what to do without a TV set．On such evenings, our house is always full because my friends all come to us．They all have a good time．Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．

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　　Do you see many signs around you?Do you know the signs are an important part of our daily life?They can be in pictures or in words to give people information．What do people think are good signs?If you are thinking about making signs for others, what should you know?

　　The most important thing is that signs should be simple and easy to understand．It is important to use clear language．On the other hand, the words should be easy to write and you just need to write down what you want to do．“Keep off the grass” is a very good example．It means “Don’t touch or walk on the grass”．

　　Nowadays, there is a saying that “A picture paints a thousand words”．Perhaps that’s why we are seeing more and more signs in pictures, or a combination of pictures and words．However, that’s the difficult part, because picture signs may have different meanings in different countries．

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