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　　Do you like travelling? If you are interested, come to our travel service as soon as possible．We offer the following travel lines for you to choose．

　　How about going to Huai'an for the weekend? You can visit Zhou Enlai Memorial(紀(jì)念館)and taste Huaiyang delicious food such as lobsters(龍蝦)and crabs．

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　　Qingdao is famous for its sunshine, white sandy beaches and clear water．You can relax here, walking along the beaches and breathing the fresh air！

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　　If you like to take a round-island trip, Taiwan is the best place for you！ You can climb A-li Mountain,

　　go boating in Sun Moon Lake and experience the various cultures of the island．

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　　Come to London for a few relaxing days to enjoy the view of the Thames(泰晤士河)and visit such places of interest as Tower Bridge and Big Ben．

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　　Mrs．Kao couldn't sleep well．How could she? Winnie said she would be home before eleven, but it was nearly twelve．Where was she? Mrs．Kao called her on her mobile phone．No one answered．She got out of bed, put on a jacket and went to the living room．

　　Terry walked out of his room and asked, “What's wrong, Mum? Oh, is Dad coming home tonight?” “ No．Tomorrow．I'm waiting for your sister．” Terry went back to his room and studied．He had a very important exam the next day．“Terry is a good boy, ” Mrs．Kao thought．“ He's three years younger, but I never need to worry about him．”

　　Ten minutes later, the telephone rang．“I'm so happy to hear your voice．Where are you?．．．I'm happy that you called．No, don't take the taxi．Stay at the door of the theatre with Maggie．I'll come and drive you and Maggie home．Don't worry．I'll be there in about ten minutes．” Mrs．Kao took the car key and went out．

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　　Almost everyone in the world uses oil(石油)in some way．Without oil, the world will stop, so men look for it everywhere．In our film today, you can see some oilmen．They are drilling for oil．They drill for oil in deserts(沙漠), in mountains and under the sea．Quite often they find nothing, but the search for oil continues．Oil is very important because none of our machines can work without it．Big ships carry oil everywhere．Perhaps the oil in your bicycle or in your father's car has come from somewhere far away．Perhaps it has come from Texas, Iraq, or Venezuela．Cars and bicycles need oil, but so do many other things．How many things can you name?

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　　Try this：for a whole day, forget about the clock．Eat when you're hungry and sleep when you're tired．What do you think will happen?

　　You may be surprised to find that your day is much like most other days．You'll probably get hungry when you normally eat and tired when you normally sleep．Even though you don't know what time it is, your body does．

　　Inside our bodies are several clocklike systems that follow a 24- hour cycle．Everyone is unique, which is why you might like to stay up late while your sister always wants to go to bed early．

　　Regularly staying up late can make kids do worse on tests and quizzes．And working shifts at night leads to higher rates of heart disease．

　　“There is a growing sense that when we eat and when we sleep are important parts of how healthy we are,” says Steven Shea, Director of the Sleep Disorders Research Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston．

　　“During the night, we are prepared to sleep,” Shea says．“During the day, we are prepared to eat and move around, If you reverse(顛倒)what you are doing, everything is out of phase．That can have adverse consequences．

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　　Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高級的)fruits these days．In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places．

　　“People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store．“They don't know what the future will bring．”

　　During the financial crisis(金融危機(jī)), several of the country's biggest banks have been forced to sell or close．This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods．

　　Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals．In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet．

　　The crisis began last year．Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily．Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back．This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money．Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(國界), the whole world was in trouble．

　　This month the US government agreed on a ＄700 billion plan to try to save the financial market．But no one is sure whether it will help or not．President George W．Bush has warned it will take some time．

　　Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble．

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　　Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs．They loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their houses．

　　One evening, Brownie's family noticed that their dog hadn't returned home．They went looking for him, but with no success．Brownie didn't show up the next day, and by the next week he was still missing．

　　Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone．He barked loudly．But busy with their own lives, Brownie's family just ignored(忽略)their neighbor's nervous little dog．

　　Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take “no” for an answer．He followed Ted, Brownie's owner, everywhere he went．He barked, then rushed towards a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “ Follow me!”

　　Finally, Ted followed the dog across the empty lot．The dog led the man to a tree a half-mile from the house．There Ted found Brownie alive．One of his legs was crushed(夾住)in a trap．Ted wished he had taken Spotty's earlier appeals(求助)seriously．

　　Then Ted noticed something amazing．In a circle around the injured dog, he saw a lot of dog food．They were the remains of lots of meals．

　　Spotty had been visiting Brownie every day．He had stayed with Brownie to protect him, snuggling(依偎)with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling(用鼻子愛撫)him to keep his spirits up．

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　　Look at the centre circles of Diagram(圖)A and Diagram B．Which of the centre circles looks larger?

　　In fact, they are exactly the same size．

　　Then look at the picture on the right．What do you see? A vase? Or two faces?Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time．

　　“What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see．Don't worry．Here is how it goes：

　　When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret(解讀)the information．However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way．It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us．This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(視覺錯誤)”．

　　Movie makers often make use of visual illusions．They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual．This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are．The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions．

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　　America is growing older．Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older．Today,10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65．The aging of the population will affect American society(社會)in many ways－education, medicine, and business．Quietly, the growing of America has made us a very different society－one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages．

　　A person's age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position(職位、地位), marriage or health．There's no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family．The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn't as strong as it used to be．It doesn't surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time．Public ideas are changing．

　　Many people say, ‘I am much younger than my mother－or my father－was at my age．' No one says ‘ Act your age' any more．We've stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways．

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