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　　Tibet is among the most popular places for Chinese tourists．The number of travelers of Tibet has grown by 10% every year for a few years．Since July 1, 2006, when the first train ran 1956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa, more and more people have been going to Tibet．

　　The train stops at several famous places along the way, such as Qinghai Lake, Kunlun Mountain, and the Potala Palace．Passengers can also enjoy many activities during the journey, like Tibetan dancing and Karaoke．

　　On the train, passengers can have tea, eggs and noodles for breakfast, and fried chicken and green vegetables for lunch and dinner．Unlike most Chinese trains which have open-hole toilets, this one has special toilets which can collect the waste．There is also a special rubbish system(系統(tǒng))in the train that keeps the environment clean．All the windows on the train can protect people from the bright sunlight．TV and electrical sockets(插座)for computers and mobile phones can be fond on the train．

　　Because there isn’t much oxygen there, trains will have oxygen masks(氧氣罩)for those who need them．It makes passengers feel more comfortable when they have enough oxygen on the famous “roof of the world”．There are also doctors on the train to make sure that all of the travelers are safe．

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　　People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age．There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said．He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work．

　　But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker．From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature．He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them．

　　Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often．But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure．

　　Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life．As he loved to think, he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life．“Work,”he answered,“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．

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　　What does blood do for us?It brings food to all parts of our bodies and takes waste away from them．All parts of our bodies are made of cells(細(xì)胞)．These cells are very small．They all need food all the time．No one had seen cells before the invention of microscope．No one could make pictures of cells because no one could see them．

　　What makes the blood move round the body?The heart does．The heart is a pump．It pumps the blood and sends it round the body．The heart has rooms with doors between them．It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that the doors are opened and shut．The heart keeps a stream of blood going all around the body and back again to itself．The heart is a very important part of one’s body．When it stops beating, one will die．

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　　At the Beijing time 14∶28 May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province．

　　As they saw a young woman in broken houses, the rescue(營救)workers were sad to find that she had already been dead, yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to support her weight-and right under her shelter of flesh and blood(血肉), her several-month-old baby was sleeping, safe and sound．

　　The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt(被子), with a mobile phone inside．An unsent text message was found that read：

　　“Dear Baby, if you Could Be Alive, Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!”

　　As it was too young to know what was really going on, the baby’s dream must have been free from nightmare(惡夢), though a nightmare was taking place．However, it was the mother’s love that prevented the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer．

　　Mother’s love at her last breath!!!

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　　Traveling by train is usually not easy in China．It can be hard to get a ticket．When you're traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train．

　　But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai．Construction(建設(shè))on the express railway(高速鐵路)between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008．When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus．

　　“There will be trains every several minutes．Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint(檢查站)to taking your seat．will take just lo minutes,”said a message on the government's website．

　　There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour．The travel time between the two cities will decrease from 10 to about five hours．The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers．

　　The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges．It will run alongside the present line．There will be 21 stations, in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu．

　　“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan．That will be more expensive than an ordinary train．but cheaper than by air,”said Zhang Xiaolin9, a Jiangsu government official．

　　According to Zhang．the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project．At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project(三峽工程)．

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　　Games are fun．After hours of homework it's great to relax by playing a game．But do games ever do kids any harm(害處)?And are there any ways parents can help kids stay away from bad games?The US researchers are trying to find solutions to these problems．

　　They studied what video games could do to children．The researchers found game sellers had made big changes to make sure the games didn’t harm kids．And they suggested that work should be done to find out if video games affected children's school work and health．

　　One problem found was that parents hadn’t taken enough notice of their kids' game-playing habits．

　　“Many game sellers put control(控制鍵)on the games to help parents make sure that children don’t play games unsuitable for them,”said David Walsh, the president(院長)of the National Institute on Media and the Family．Parents should watch the games kids are playing and know how much time they are spending playing them．

　　The study found that playing games too long could affect kids' health as well as their school work．Almost half of all“heavy garners”were six to seventeen years old．These kids were more likely to have weight and eyesight problems than other kids．Playing too many games also affected how children did at school．

　　Kids are supposed to ask their parents to set a time limit(限制)for playing games and remind them when the time is up．

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　　The following is from Priory School－a British middle school about school uniform．

　　Priory School uniform is simple, neat(整潔的)and practical．We have found that parents and students appreciate our dress ideas below．

　　Priory School uniform is produced in Wards, High Street, Lewes．

　　Compulsory(必須的)for all years

　　Shirt：Either a white school shirt, or a simple white“polo”shin(no logos)(元商標(biāo))under the sweater．

　　Trousers：Black．“school uniform”type．Not jeans or fashion trousers．

　　Skirt-girls：Black, simple, knee-length regulation school skirt．(Not fashion wear．)

　　Shoes：Simple black leather(皮革的), or leather－like shoes with no patterns, colours, logos, or coloured laces．

　　Optional(可選擇的)

　　Sweatshirt：A black sweatshirt with“Priory School”woven in it．

　　Sweater：A black fine-knit v-neck sweater．with“Priory School”woven in it．

　　T-shirt：If students wish to wear a T-shirt under the school shirt, it must be simple white; no ron-neck sweaters should be worn．

　　Coat：Coats should NOT be worn in school．

　　Socks：Black, grey or white．Girls may wear black or grey warm tights in cold weather

　　Jewellery：None except very small sleepers(小耳環(huán)), one for each ear－for safety reasons．Rings．sets of earrings, large earrings, nose, tongue and eyebrow rings must not be worn．No jewellery may be worn during PE, or similar lessons．

　　Clothes of famous logos should not be brought to school．

　　All students are expected to be arrive with the correct dress for PE lessons．Health and Safety orders NO jewellery of any kind to be worn．This includes any form of body piercing．

　　To help make clear our expected dress ideas, designs anti models can be viewed on the school website www．priory．e-sussex．sch．uk

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Dear students,

　　I'm very happy to be your guest speaker today．It's a great pleasure to visit your school and meet all of you here．

　　I would like to tell you about myself．I have been a reporter for the last fifteen years．I chose this job so I could travel the world, but the job has taught me many unforgettable lessons．My work is sometimes boring but for most of the time it is amazing and inspiring．I have seen wars, earthquakes, poverty and death．But I have also seen courage, hope and happiness．

　　In India, I visited a city．There were many homeless children in it．Some were young and lived in the streets．But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them．In one whole year, she was looking after two hundred kids, feeding them, teaching them anti giving them hope．

　　Another time．I was in Japan and met a young girl with a serious illness．a(chǎn)fter seven operations(手術(shù)), she had to have thirteen more in hospital．However, when I met her, she was still smiling．

　　Here in China．a(chǎn)fter the terrible Wenchuan Earthquake, I found a three－year－old boy whose name is Lang Zheng．He had been in the ruins(廢墟)for more than ten hours before he was found and saved out by the rescuing soldiers．Though weak and injured．the brave boy lifted his right hand above the head with difficulty and saluted(向…致敬)the soldiers around, which became the most moving moment in the disaster(震災(zāi))．

　　Thanks to the experience as a reporter, I myself am getting braver and stronger．When I face challenges in my life．I always remember the courage of the three people．

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　　Which country grows the most tea?The answer is India．It grows three times as much as China．Which country drinks the most tea?It’s neither China nor Japan．It’s Great Britain．

　　In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall．But a plant grown for market is pruned(修剪)．Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall．This is an easy height for tea picking．Only the two top leaves of each new shoot(芽)are picked．So to make money, tea plantations must be huge．

　　In general, there are two kinds of tea, black tea and green tea．They are made in different ways．When black tea is made, it loses nearly all of its healthy qualities．But green tea retains its healthy qualities．For instance, it may prevent heart disease(病)．

　　How did we get tea bags?The answer：by accident．People used to send tea in tin boxes．This was expensive．Someone thought of a cheaper way．He sent tea in small silk bags．Customers would open the bag．They would put the leaves into a pot as usual．One customer put the bag into a pot．Then he just poured hot water over it．And the tea bag was born．

　　Shen Nung was the first to drink tea．This was about 2737 B．C．Shen was ill, so he drank several cups of hot water daily．One day something happened．Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot．The next cup was poured．The water was now colored．Shen tasted it．He liked it．He drank it all．Shen was proud of his new drink．He served it to his guests．Word spread．People thought this way．Tea is good enough for the King．So it must be good enough for the people．Tea became the drink of China．

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　　1932 Liu Changchun(1901－1983)joined the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles, US．He is the first Chinese to attend(參加)Olympics．He took part in the 100m and 200m race．

　　1952 The People’s Republic(共和國)of China sent its first delegation to the 15th Olympics in Helsinki, Finland．This delegation had 40 people．But they arrived too late and missed most of the events．

　　1984 China’s first Olympics after its return to the IOC．China sent a large delegation to the 23rd Games in Los Angeles, US．

　　Xu Haifeng won a gold medal in the 50m pistol(手槍)shooting．It was China’s first Olympic gold medal．

　　1996 China got 16 gold medals in the 26th Atlanta Olympics．It was fourth on the gold medal list．Wang Junxia won a gold medal in the 5,000m race, and broke the world record．

　　2000 China got 28 gold medals in the 27th Olympics held in Sydney, Australia．This time, China was third on the gold medal list．Fu Mingxia won a gold medal in the platform diving．

　　2004 China got 32 gold medals at the 28th Olympics in Athens, Greece．It held second place on the gold medal list．Liu Xiang won a gold medal in the 110m hurdle(跨欄)．He is the first Asian to win this event．

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