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　　Millie is a little fat．She wants to join a body club in the summer holiday．She has found some information about a body club．

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　　Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011．Let's look at the following advantages of banning smoking．

　　First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被動)smokers．When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets．If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled．

　　Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up．Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours．When a smoker doesn't smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too．As a result, people have to give up smoking．

　　Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents．When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily．Thus the number of teen smokers will increase．Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers．So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers．

　　Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生產率)．Employees(雇員)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working．So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller．

　　If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned．Smoking causes air pollution．If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse．

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　　Robert lives in a small town．Five years ago, when he was nineteen, he finished middle school．He didn't like any subjects except playing when he was at school．Of course he learned nothing and the bosses wouldn't use a man like him．He has to stay at home, but doesn't do any housework, only watches TV or lies on bed．It makes his parents angry．They want him to study something, he always think it difficult and doesn't listen to them．

　　One day Robert was walking near a bookshop while some young men were talking about the writers．He heard the publishing house pays the writers a lot．He became interested in it．As soon as he got home, he began to write．But he couldn't write anything．At last he bought a book and copied a story．Then he posted it to the publishing house．He waited for nearly half a year, but didn't get any answers．He had to ask an editor on the telephone, “Have you read my story yet, sir?”

　　“Yes,” said the editor, “I had read it before you were born!”

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Some friends have opposite views and interests, and some like the same things．What is your opinions? Should friends be different or the same? We asked some people what they think and this is what they said．

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In a small village, there is a teacher, a doctor, a driver, and a police officer．The four men are good friends．What are their names？One is Tom, one is Jack, one is Mike and one is John．Mike's, Jack's and Tom's children are classmates．John has no children．He teaches his friends' children at a middle school．Mike works at a police station．He loves his job very much．Jack has a car．He often drives his car to go to work or visit his friends．The doctor's house is next to the driver's, so the children often play together．

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Mrs Hunt comes back from work．She tells Mr Hunt about a nice dress．‘I see it in the shop every day', she says , ‘and …' ‘And you want to buy it ?' says Mr hunt．'How much is it ?' ‘Two hundred and sixty yuan．''Two hundred and sixty yuan for a dress ?That's too much !' But every evening when she comes back , Mrs Hunt speaks only about the dress, so at last he says , ‘Oh ,buy the dress ! here's the money !' She is every happy．But the next evening, when Mr Hunt wants to have a look at the nice dress, Mr Hunt says ,'I don't want to buy it．' ‘Why not ?' he asks．‘Well, it is still in the window of the shop after a week．So I think no one wants this dress．And I don't want it ,either．'

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　　In England recently three foreign gentlemen came to a bus stop and waited．About five minutes later, the bus they wanted came along．They were just going to get on when suddenly there was a loud noise behind them．People rushed onto the bus and tried to push them out of the way．Someone shouted at them．The bus conductor came rushing down the stairs to see what all the trouble was about．The three foreigners seem all at sea and looked embarrassed(窘迫的)．No one had told them about the British custom(習慣)of lining up for a bus that the first person who arrives at the bus stop is the first person to get on the bus．

　　Learning the language of a country isn't enough．If you want to have a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country．You will probably be surprised just how different they can be from your own．A visitor to India would do well to remember that people there consider it impolite to use the left hand for passing food at table．The left hand is supposed to be used for washing yourself．Also in India, you might see a man shaking his head at another to show that he doesn't agree．But in many parts of India a shake of the head means agreement．Nodding your head when you are given a drink in Bulgaria will most probably leave you thirsty．In that country, you shake your head to mean 'yes'－a nod means ‘no'．At a meal in countries on the Arabic Peninsula, you will find that your glass is repeated refilled as soon as you drink up．If you think that you have had enough, you should take the cup or glasses in your hand and give it a little shake from side to side or place your hand over the top．

　　In Europe it's quite usual to cross your legs when you are sitting talking to someone even at an important meeting．Doing this in Thailand, however, could bring about trouble．Also, you should try to avoid(避免)touching the head of an adult——it's just not done in Thailand．

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　　Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56．Mr Jobs had announced he was suffering from cancer in 2004．Apple said he had been "the source of countless innovations(創(chuàng)新)that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably(無法衡量的)better"．

　　Tributes(贊美之辭)have been made by technology company bosses and world leaders, with US President Barack Obama saying the world had "lost a visionary(有遠見卓識的人)"．"Steve was among the greatest of American innovators —— brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it," said Mr Obama．

　　A statement from Mr Jobs's family said they were with him when he died peacefully on Wednesday．"In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he loved his family deeply," they said, requesting privacy and thanking those who had "shared their wishes and prayers" during his final year．

　　Apple said the company had "lost a visionary and creative genius(天才)and the world have lost an amazing human being"．Tim Cook, who was made Apple's CEO after Mr Jobs stood down in August, said his predecessor had left behind "a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple"．Flags are being flown at half mast outside the Apple headquarters(總部)in Cupertino, California, while fans of the company have left tributes outside Apple shops around the world．

　　The heads of other leading technology companies have also paid tribute, including Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said "For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been a great honour．I will miss Steve very much．"

　　Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg thanks Mr Jobs for "showing that what you build can change the world" while Sony Corp president and CEO Howard Stringer said："The digital age has lost its leading light．" South Korea's Samsung, which is involved in a case with Apple over patents(專利), admired Mr Jobs for his "Completely new and different changes to the IT industry"．

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　　Think stars don't move? Think again! When you look at the sky at night, the stars may appear to stay in the same place．But stars are always on the move－they are just so far away that the movement is hard to see．

　　But some stars move in ways that appear to be strange to be real．In 2005, astronomer Warren Brown found one of these space oddities(奇特)．It was located on the outer edge of the Milky Way, the galaxy(星系)we live in．The star was speeding away like nothing he'd ever seen．“It seemed unbelievable．No star in the galaxy has a speed like that,” Brown remembers．“I thought, oh my goodness, I have something kind of special here．”

　　No one had ever seen a star like this one．What does a scientist do when the results don't make sense?

　　Brown didn't give up．Instead, he kept looking．And he kept finding more of these strange and speedy stars, called hypervelocity stars．Hyper means “above” and velocity has to do with speed．He and his team just found six more of these “above speed” stars, bringing to the total of 16．And, he says, he's found even more, and is just waiting for the scientific community to confirm them．

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What do you eat every evening? Do you eat meat? Do you eat vegetables? Do you eat fruit or dessert after dinner? We asked online 55 students of Class 1, Grade 7 in Sunshine School．Here is the result．

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