Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master(大師)in 1977．He was given the silver cup．

　　“It isn’t rightly mine,” he said, when he was holding the cup．” “It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in…”

　　“A family was staying at my hotel at that time．Mrs．Prig, the mother, was told that I played chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game．‘He’s only ten．‘ she said, ‘I’ve been told that he plays quite well．

　　“Well, as you can guess, I wasn’t too happy．A player likes the opponent(對(duì)手)to play as well as he does．But it was holiday time and I agreed to play．We placed the board(棋盤)in the garden．The game began．I hoped it would be quick－and so it was．

　　“I soon knew that David Prig was no learner．After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to play tennis against a wall．The boy seemed to lose interest in our game．He moved a piece(棋子)without care．I gave my attention to the board．

　　“Call me when you are ready, Mr．Watson,” he said．

　　When I was ready?I looked up．He had gone off to play with his sister．I studied the board, and found I was driven into corner．So it went on with David：a quick move, then tennis, back to the board, then back to his sister．My difficult condition became impossible to change．I was beaten．Oh, so easily, by a ten-year-old chess player．He was the winner－in twenty-eight minutes．

　　“David Prig, a name to remember．I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me．To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games．”(from www.zkenglish.com)

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　　Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station．They were waiting for a train that was very late．

　　To pass the time, they began talking to each other．

　　At first, they talked about the weather and their work．Then Paul said, "Tell me－what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"

　　The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke．

　　“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik．I’d like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible．And I’ll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food．I think I’ll have a wonderful time．”

　　“That’s very interesting,” Paul said．

　　With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

　　“I’ll tell you a secret,” Allan said．“I always want to be a racing driver．So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I’d like to do is to sell my house．With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world．Maybe I can enter all the big motor races．”

　　Then he laughed, “I might even end up(以……而告終)world champion．”

　　“Now it’s your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

　　“Oh,” said Paul with a smile．“I’ll go and see another doctor．”

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　　Come and see the new polar bears from Canada．The pandas are waiting to meet you, and the dolphins are waiting to swim for you．The cranes are waiting to sing for you and the mynahs are waiting to say hello to you．The snakes are waiting to dance for you．

　　Adults(成人)：＄4　　children：Over 12　＄2

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Under 12　＄1

　　Opening Time：9∶00－16∶00 on weekdays　9∶30－17∶00 at weekends

　　KEEP THE ZOO CLEAN!　　　　DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS

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Three people were walking along the street, first a big man, then a pretty woman, and then an old gentleman．The first two went around the corner．Suddenly the gentleman saw a piece of paper on the ground．He picked it up．It was five pounds．A few seconds later, the young woman came back．She was crying．"I have lost five pounds," she said．"Don't cry," said the gentleman, "Here it is．" The young woman thanked him and went away．After a few seconds, the big man came back．He was looking for something．Suddenly a window opened and a short man looked out．"I saw five pounds fall from your pocket," he said, "but that man gave it to a young woman．" The big man was very angry．The gentleman was frightened and gave him another five pounds．When the gentleman had gone, the young woman came to the big man to get her one pound and sixty-seven pence, and the short man came out to get his．

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　　Mr King lived with six hundred wild animals on the Greek Island of Kyklos．Ever since he left school, he had travelled all over the world collecting animals for his own zoo．He hoped to collect two examples of every kind of animal on his island．But he was afraid that people would find him someday．

　　He wrote books about his travels, and about his animals that he collected．The money from the books helped to pay for all the food that these animals eat．

　　One day, when Mr King was out looking for drinking water, he found oil(石油)．He needed money for his travels and for his zoo, and a little oil would buy enough water for what he needed all his life, but he know that if he told anybody else about it, it would be the end of his zoo and his life's work．So he decided not to tell anyone about what he had found．

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　　When Paolo was ten years old, he had a very exciting experience．It was a real adventure(冒險(xiǎn))．

　　He and his father got up early to go fishing．They got in the boat and his father started rowing out to sea．The sun was rising as they pulled away from the shore．They stopped the boat in an area about twelve miles away where the fishing was very good．Then Paolo helped his father with the big net．As they threw the net into the water, it caught Paolo’s foot, and he was pulled into the water．“Help!” he cried．“I’m caught in the net!” his father was afraid that if he jumped in to save his son, he would get caught in the net himself, and they would both drown(淹死)．It was too big a risk(冒險(xiǎn))to take．He quickly saw what he must do．He grasped(抓住)the sides of the net and pulled Paolo out of the water like a big fish．

　　Paolo had been very frightened and swallowed(吞下)a lot of water, but he was soon laughing with his father about his first real adventure．

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It was Christmas, and there was a big party in the house．Guests came and went, but the party went on．Then the bell rang．Several people shouted, “come in!” A small man opened the front door and came in．nobody knew him but the host went to meet him and took him to have a drink．The man sat there happily for an hour and a half and drank．Then suddenly he stopped and looked at the host．“Do you know?” he said, “Nobody asked me to this party．I don’t know you．I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests．My wife and I wanted to go out in our car, but one of your guests’ cars was in front of our gate, so I came here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back．”

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　　2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut(初次亮相)on October 23，2002 and got 6 points(得分)for the Houston Rockets in the game．The next day，he scored 13 points in other game．

　　Yao Ming，22，has been a star in China for some time，but it is still under question as to whether he can play well in the NBA．Yao Ming said，"When you watch it on TV，it looks very easy．But when you are playing in the NBA，it is really difficult．"He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new start and a new challenge．"I hope that through very hard work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets win more games，"he said．

　　Yao Ming speaks some English．Both he and his teammates can understand each other．They don't think there is a language problem．

　　While Yao Ming faces this new challenge，the people of Houston have shown great interest in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring new energy(活力)to the Rockets．The team has started having lessons to learn more about China，and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese．

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　　The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and TV, telephone and so on．Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems．One of the biggest is pollution(污染)．Pollution comes in many ways．We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it．

　　The more people, the more pollution．Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people．Man is now slowly polluting the whole world．

　　Air pollution is still the most serious．It’s bad to all living things in the world．Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily．

　　Many countries are making rules to fight pollution．They stop people from burning coal(煤)in houses and factories in the city．

　　The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution．It is caused by heavy traffic．It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution．

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　　Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky．

　　There is a girl called Xiao Fang．She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi．When she was young, she wanted to go to school．But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home．Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day．Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang．It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school．Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school．

　　Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school．You can join in Hope Project and help these children．You know all the good work needs money．Hope Project needs your help．

　　If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year．With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books．let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life．

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