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　　Dear Mrs．Web

　　Dear Mrs．Web provides free personal advice and opinions for you．She receives and answers worldwide email questions．She will offer you some new suggestions on your problems, like study stress, disinterested friend…Dear Mrs．Web welcomes all questions and comments．You can receive the reply usually in 48 hours．Her email address is mrsweb@advice．com．

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　　Help Line Volunteers

　　Every year thousands of old people are in need of our help．The Help line provides a heartwarming, helpful, kind support and information service for the English-speaking aged people．We are in need of volunteers who are：

　　●good listeners, warm-hearted and patient

　　●excellent English speaker

　　●can work 10 hours every day

　　Please call us at 0241-85902 or email us, helper@lineservice．com

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Save the Earth Club

　　Earth club is for any student in Green School．Earth Club’s goal is to help keep the school, neighborhood, and city cleaner by encouraging recycling, highway clean up, and river, lake and school campus clean up．We hope to improve the environment and encourage others to do the same．We also meet to discuss some real solutions to saving the earth．Earth Club meets 2-4 times a month．Come and Join us!

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The King Sweeper

　　My great, great grandfather invented the carpet sweeper 125 years ago．This King Sweeper is by far the best．I invite you to try it in your home．You’ll find it used daily in hospital, restaurants, offices and homes throughout the world．This is just the thing to keep your carpet soft, clean and fresh．Only for ＄29.99!

　　We’re so sure that you’ll be delighted with the result of using our product．

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Trendy Sunglasses

　　They can protect your eyes when driving, gardening or reading in the sun．it can make your life easier and happier, and make you look smarter! ＄ 10.99 each or 2 for ＄19.99!

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　　Jean is a bright young woman from a rich and famous family．She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy．But the people in Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her．In fact, Jean is quite lonely．

　　So Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ．She likes being anonymous(匿名的)talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life．She uses the name Linda on QQ and made a lot of friends．

　　Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ．His name was David and he lived in San Francisco．David was full of stories and jokes．He and Jean had the same interests in rock music and modern dance．So it always took them many hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot the time．Of course, they wanted to know more about each other．David sent a picture of himself：he was a tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile．As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other．

　　When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him, so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday．She would take him the latest DVD of the rock singer they liked most．But when Jean knocked in David’s door in San Francisco, she found that the special friend she had written to was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

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　　Television has a huge influence on our lives．It is one of the most important ways of getting information．People spend part of their spare time watching television, and much of what they learn comes from it．

　　What we see on TV－movies, news shows, sports shows, advertisements and so on have increased our knowledge and have changed the way we learn about the world today．However, not everything on TV is true．

　　Most of the viewers are children．Television sometimes is like a baby-sitter．It spends more time with children than parents do．But it keeps them in the living room away from healthy outdoor activities．They spend less time playing soccer or walking in the park or playing games in the yard．

　　Of course, there are some programs on TV that are good for children．But there are also some shows which are bad．Children should not watch unhealthy shows．Maybe we can’t change what is on TV, but we can choose what we watch．Do you agree?

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　　You wouldn't steal a car．You would never rob(搶劫)a bank or pick someone's pocket．But you may be another kind of thief．

　　If you have ever bought a disc for 15 yuan or less, then you have helped to rob artists or musicians of their intellectual properly rights(知識產(chǎn)權(quán))．

　　Last Thursday was World Intellectual Property Day．Activities to tell people about intellectual property rights were held around the country．

　　Intellectual property includes inventions, literary(文學(xué)的)and artistic works, names, and pictures．They are of little value(價(jià)值)if they are not read, seen and used．

　　While the cost of copying discs is very small, authors, singers and actors have to spend a lot of money and time making a new product．That's why they have the right to make money from their work．

　　So buying pirated(盜版的)music of Jay Chou and Jolin Tsai is like stealing from them, paying them no respect for their hard work．

　　If Jay Chou cannot make money from his work, he may not make anything else．But those who make pirated goods are becoming rich without doing any hard work．

　　The authors should ask for a fair price for their work．Earlier this year there was much talk about how much KTV clubs should pay the music companies for using their songs．

　　The copyright fee(版權(quán)費(fèi))also should be fair to the users．That's good for the music's popularity and society as well．

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　　Want to save the environment? You probably can't fix everything on your own, but by taking small steps and keeping the environment in mind every day, you can make a difference,

　　1．Think Green．Challenge yourself to think about the environment as you live your life．If you shut off lights when you leave the room, turn off your TV when you're not watching it, you'll save energy．If you take shorter showers, you'll save water．

　　2．Shop Green．Shopping is fun, but buying things you don't need is wasteful and bad for the earth．Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you'll really use it．Keep yourself away from buying products with unnecessary packaging(包裝), and whenever possible, buy things that were locally made instead of those shipped from far away．

　　3．Dress Green．Wear green trousers and T-shirts if you want．But what really matters isn't the colour, it's how the clothes were made．If you want to help the environment, the best place to find clothes is at a vintage store, but you might not want to buy everything used．No matter where you shop, keep an eye out for products made from environmentally friendly materials like organic(有機(jī)的)cotton, which is grown without the use of pesticides(殺蟲劑)．

　　4．Study Green．What's better than learning about the environment? Save it while you learn, It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it, or reusing an old textbook：instead of buying a new one．If you want to do more, join an environmental group at your school, and encourage your friends to join, too．

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　　One day, when my wife and I were leaving a restaurant, I heard a man's voice from a car in the car-park．After a quick look at the ear, I noticed the Pennsylvania license plate(牌照)at once, so I knew they had come from far away．The young man had his head partly out of the window and spoke to me as I moved closer, "Excuse me, my wife and I are trying to find a room for the night and every place in the area seems to be filled up．Do you have any suggestions for us where we might find a room?"

　　Well, that didn't surprise me．After all, it was the busy time of the year for tourism．As he spoke, I noticed that his wife was pregnant(懷孕的)．I told them that they should just keep searching(搜尋)and wished them good luck in their search．The young husband didn't say any other word and backed out of the car-park and headed off．We also got into our car and drove home．

　　After a short drive, I couldn't get this young couple out of my mind．Here they were, traveling in a different state, tired, the wife pregnant．It was at that moment that my wife told me we needed to go back and find that couple．We went back and looked for them．We even went as fat as the mountain．I'm happy that this story had a happy ending．We found them in the end, gave them a room, and now we are close friends．

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　　Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer(志愿者)．The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it．

　　However, he went to work at an orphanage(孤兒院)in Nepal．His first thought was to make people impressed．

　　"I thought that if I volunteered just once．I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article．

　　However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience．It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal．

　　When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture．When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children．

　　The young American ended up caring for 18 children．He later discovered that they were trafficked(被拐賣的)children．So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids．" he told the Reuters reporter．"I would show up in villages and show photographs around．I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families．"

　　At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture．

　　Grennan said, “Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives．”

　　He also encouraged others to do what he had done．He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up．

　　Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him．His book, Little Prince, came out last week．

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　　Sitting on exercise balls brings more than a smile to students and teachers．

　　Some fourth-graders at Conrad Weiser West Elementary School in Womelsdorf love their new chairs－probably because they're not really chairs at all．

　　The kids are sitting on the air-filled balls．But different from those just for exercise, these have small legs that keep them from rolling．Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around．So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball．By using exercise balls instead of common chairs, teachers find students' posture(姿勢)and attention improved．

　　Dotti Pownall, a fifth-grader teacher in West Virginia, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008．"The students love them．" she says．Pownall took a survey of her students．She found that 80 percent, thought sitting on the balls helped them concentrate(專注)better：

　　"Besides, they’re fun,b" says Pownall．

　　According to WittFitt,b a company that has sold balls to more than 200 schools, they can improve kids' posture and classroom behavior．

　　Exercise ball chairs are getting popular in classrooms, from preschool to college．Some adults(成人)even use them at work．

　　Lisa Witt felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs that she started WittFitt．She said the company not only encourages the use of balls but also educates teachers and students on how to use them．"We sell balls in 24 states in America, three provinces in Canada and Japan．" says Witt．

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　　When I was a girl of 10, I joined the school cross-country team and practiced twice a week, on the 1,8-km course I'd never really run before and I thought the course would be easy．It was a real shock I ran out of breathe(喘氣)within the first few minutes．I never realized how tiring running could be but I didn’t t think about give up．

　　Over time, I did get a little bit faster．However, I was really slow．In races, I would finish close to last．I'd always have to stop more than once, especially in the longer races, which were 2.5 to 2.8 km．After every race, I'd go home and cry．But 1 still didn't stop running, holding onto that picture of crossing the finishing line and finally doing well．

　　Then one of my friends joined the team, too．She could run easily and even came in the 18^th in a big race! I felt so slow and my confidence(自信)was lower than ever．I became so nervous when I thought of the races that I wanted to give up badly．

　　Still．I refund to．Finally．1 realized that the reason I was to nervous was that I was always worried that I wasn't ready for them．So a few weeks before the next 2.8-km race．I practiced running almost 3 km every day．which helped me improve my pace(步伐)．

　　When the time came for the big race, all that practicing really paid off．I stopped only once and my pace was so much better．

　　I realized that I’d finally gotten happiness with running．But the funny thing was．It didn't come from doing better, Instead, it came from the fact that I hid tried harder and never given up．

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　　Welcome to Phillip Island Nature Park and the penguin Parade(企鵝列隊(duì))．You will see the world’s smallest penguins－the little penguins appearing from the ocean and crossing the beach to their home in line．It's a natural experience．Remember the Little penguins are wild．You are a visitor to their home．

　　Making the most of your visit

　　Here are some helpful hints(提示)：

　　●The Penguins Parade last 50 minutes from the time penguins first cross the beach．

　　●Dress in warm clothes, for the Parade is in the open air on the beach．

　　●It is best to get down to the beach at least 15 minutest before the parade begins．

　　Protecting the Penguins

　　We do have some simple rules－designed to protect the penguins and make your visit more enjoyable．

　　●Photography－including video cameral is not allowed．Photography during the Parades．Make sure that your cameral is placed inside your bag, or in a bag provided, before walking down to the beach, Photographs can be bought at proper price in the gift shop．

　　●Smoking is not allowed anywhere．

　　●And remember, the penguins are wild birds so please don't try to touch them．