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　　When we get help from others, we say “Thank you”．So “Thank you” is very popular among us Chinese students．But is it as popular in the UK?

　　The answer is “no”．Here is a recent survey in the newspaper．“Thank you” is only the 20th most popular way of showing gratitude(感激)in the UK．

　　The survey shows that British people like “Cheers” most．For example, when friends invite each other for a drink after a game, a smile and a “Cheers” may be the best way to say “thanks”．“Cheers” also means “ganbei” in Chinese．

　　You may often hear the word between two good friends．“Great”, “nice one” and “all right” are also popular ways of showing gratitude．

　　Of course, there are some formal(正式的)ways to say “thanks” among British people．For example, when a stranger is especially helpful, they may say “brilliant” or “much appreciated(感謝)” to show their gratitude．

　　By the way, British people usually like to say：“You're welcome”, “No problem” or “Sure” to answer “thank you”．

　　So why not try some of them to show your thanks．It could be cool!

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　　The clock struck twelve, but I still on bed．I could hear it was blowing strongly．“It must be windly outside．”I thought．

　　I came to a small town a week ago．I sold clothes to a shop．Christmas was coming and I hoped to buy some presents for my family and friends．So I tried to meet the manager and ask him to pay for them．I was out of luck．He went to London and I had to wait for him here．There was no theatre here but a cinema．The films were all too bad．I preferred staying in the small hotel to sitting in the cold cinema．

　　Half an hour later, I felt hungry I had to get up．It was white everywhere and some children were skiing down the hill．On my way to the small restaurant, I saw a boy fell onto a rock, I ran to him quickly and carried him to a hospital．Soon his parents came here．Now I knew the boy was just the manager's son．He thanked me very much and gave me the money after we had a dinner．ACBA

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　　We each have a memory(記憶力)．That's why we can still remember things after a long time．Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again．Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories．

　　A good memory is a great help in learning a language．Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child．He hears the sounds, remembers them and them he learns to speak．Some children are living their parents in foreign countries．They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day．In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too．

　　But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises．

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　　Can we make animals work for us? Some scientists think that we can teach animals to do a lot of things for the people．They say that in a farm or on TV, you may see elephants, monkeys, dogs or some other animals doing a lot of things．If you watch carefully, you may find those animals are always given a little food to eat after they have done something．Scientists say that people can teach many different animals to do some of the easy work if they know they will get something to eat．

　　We all know elephants can carry large logs, and dogs can look after houses．And we can even teach animals to work in factories．In America, for example, people have used apes to help make cars, and scientists think that those large monkeys may, one day, drive trains．Now people are trying to get them to do something just like man．

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　　Frank was clever, but he never liked to work hard．He often said to his friends, “If you work hard, you will make a lot of money, but it is not so good．I want easy work and a lot of money．That's the most interesting thing in the world．”So he could only be a thief．But he still thought it was too much work, so he only told his friends what to do and got money from them．

　　One day, Frank sent one of his friends to a very large and beautiful house．He told him to get money from that rich family．It was evening, and a man and a girl were in the room．They were playing a duet(二重奏)on a piano．Then the thief came into the house．

　　When he returned, Frank asked him what he had got．But he said, “I didn't take anything．That family can't have much money．You know, two people were playing on the same piano there．They did not have money to buy another piano．”

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　　(1)The looks are for Tom's family．

　　(2)Here is the weather report in some cities in China．

　　(3)This is TV show in Chongqing Station．

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　　"Come and have a dinner with me on Thursday," says John．

　　“But I don't know where your house is,” says Henry．

　　“It's easy,” says John．“There's no problem．You get off(下車)the bus．Then, you cross the street．You take the first on the left, and you walk for five minutes．Then you come to a big tree about a hundred metres down this street, there is a big red house．You go past the big red house．And after about five hundred metres, you see a small yellow house near a little tree．Open the door with your foot．"

　　“With my foot?” Says Henry．

　　“Why, yes,” says John, “Your hands will be full(滿滿的)．”

　　"How do you know my hands will be full?" says Henry．

　　“You wouldn't come to my house without(沒有)some food with you”．

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　　Once there lived an old man in a town．He always forgot a lot of things．So his wife always had to say to him，“Don't forget this．”

　　One day he went on a long way alone．Before he left home，his wife said，“Now you have all these things．You need them on your way．Take care of your things on the way．”He went to the station．He bought a ticket and got on the train with it．

　　About an hour later，the conductor began to see the tickets．He came to the old man and said，“Will you please show me your ticket?”The old man looked for his ticket in all his pockets but he could not find it．He was very worried．“I can't find my ticket．I really bought a ticket before I got on the train”said the old man．

　　“I think you are right．I believe you bought a ticket．All right，you don't have to buy another ticket”said the conductor kindly．But the old man still(仍然)looked worried and said sadly，“You don't know why I'm worried．If I don't find my ticket，I can't remember my station．Where am I going?”

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　　Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old．She has only a daughter named Sandra．Mr Black died twelve years ago．She was very sad and lived in her house alone．Two years later her daughter had a baby．The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James．She asked her mother to live with with them．

　　The old woman had to sell her house and moved there．She was strong and could do all the housework．And the family liked her．

　　Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping．A car hit her and her leg was hurt．She had to be in hospital for three months．She couldn't do anything after she came back．At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired(討厭)of her．The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her．She didn't know what to do．

　　One morning Mrs Black broke a plate．It made her daughter angry．She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma．That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates．She was surprised(驚訝的)and asked“Why did you buy two plates, son”

　　“One is for my grandma,”answered the boy．“The other is for you．”She cried for long．She's kind to her mother as she did before．

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