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　　A saying goes “the more the better”，but is it true in life all the time?

　　You can find out in the 55th First Time picture book by the Berenstains．Mama，Papa，Brother and Sister Bear find that each has “too much stuff (東西)”．The family has toys，games，fishing rods，magazines，cookbooks and other things in their tree house．There's no more room．The things all come out of closets，drawers，the basement and the attic (閣樓)．They run after Mama Bear in her bad dream! She decides the“stuff” has to go．The family's first idea is to hold a yard sale．But young readers may like their second idea better．What's that?

　　The bear family always has fun in the book series The Berenstain Bears．Try to read all of them!

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Once there was a bookseller．He didn't like paying for anything．One day he hurt one of his feet because a big box of books fell on it．

　　“You'd better go and see the doctor．”said his wife．

　　“No，”he said，“I'll wait until the doctor comes into my shop next time．Then I'll ask him about my foot.If I go to see him，I shall have to pay him some money．”

　　The next day a doctor came into the shop．The bookseller told him about his bad foot．The doctor looked at it．

　　“Yes．”said the doctor．“You must put that foot in hot water every night．Then you must put something on it．”

　　He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it．“Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night，”he said．

　　“Thank you．”said the bookseller．“And now， sir，here are your books．”

　　“How much are they?”asked the doctor．

　　“Two pounds．”

　　“Good.”said the doctor,“I shall not have to pay you anything．”

　　“Why?”asked the bookseller．

　　“I told you about your foot．I want two pounds for that．If people come to my house，I ask them for one pound for my advice．But when I go to their house.I want them to pay two pounds．And I came here，didn't I? Goodbye．”

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　　The students were having their chemistry（化學(xué)）class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like.　　

　　After that, she asked her students, “What's water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like?”

　　Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

　　“I'm sorry, children.” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That's a problem.”

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　　The Spring Festival is China's biggest traditional(傳統(tǒng)的)　holiday．It usually comes in January or February．It is also called“New Year”because it makes the beginning of a lunar(農(nóng)歷)　New Year and the coming of spring．It is celebrated by a big family-reunion dinner．People are very excited and happy．Many people travel hundreds of kilometres to get home for the holiday．And railway stations，bus stations and airports are filled with people hurrying home．Shops and supermarkets are crowded with holiday shoppers．Children are especially happy．They are having their winter vacation；they have many delicious things to eat；they wear new clothes；they fire crackers(爆竹)　and fireworks(煙花)．Besides they get some pocket money from their parents as gifts．

　　The Chinese living in foreign countries also celebrate this big holiday with lion dances，dragon(龍)　dances and other colourful performances．Today even many foreigners have come to like our Spring Festival．

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　　Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not seen．Some countries never have snow；some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains．In the north of England，there is quite a lot of snow every winter，but in the south of England，there is usually little．

　　When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time，he feels cold at first．There are often dark clouds，grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn，and most students from warm countries do not like this．

　　But snow is different．Though it is cold，it is also beautiful．Perhaps，after several dark mornings，the student wakes up one day，and there is a lot of light in his room．He thinks“Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed．But no，it is not very late．He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere．The light of his room comes from clean，beautiful snow．

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　　It's a 5-year-old Karmen's dream to be a ballet (芭蕾舞) dancer．But Karmen,who lives in Denver (丹佛)，was born with the AIDS virus (病毒) and has　spent much of her short life going in and out of the hospital．

　　Karmen has done better than anyone who had hoped. Doctors thought she would never walk or talk, but she gets around with a walker (助行架) and speaks well.

　　Karmen may not grow up to be a ballet dancer．But even if it's difficult for her to walk，she was changed when she wore a short ballet skirt．Her mother bought her the skirt．She was really like a ballet dancer．

　　Sometimes，Karmen puts her head on her folded (交叉) hands because she is tired，and sometimes she needs to talk with God．One of her prayers (祈禱) goes，“Dear God，please make my legs and body strong．Please let me grow up．”

　　Children with cancer，AIDS and other serious illnesses want to know that they are not alone．They want truthful answers to difficult questions，and they want to tell stories梖or the family，friends and for themselves．

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　　Entering a university is an important part of a person's life．Today，many people go to study and train for future jobs in subjects like law(法律)，medicine or education．But the university is not a modern invention．It has a history that is over a thousand years．

　　The world's oldest university，AL-Azhar，is in Cairo，Egypt．It was first built as a mosque for religion(宗教寺院)in A．D．972．A few years later，learners and teachers began meeting in the mosque．They read and talked about the subject of law．Around 988，leaders in the city of Cairo decided to open up a school for higher learning and the University of AL-Azhar was founded．

　　At AL-Azhar，there were many university“firsts”．Different subjects were set up．The earliest ones taught at AL-Azhar were law and religion．In a course, students read and studied with the teacher，but there was also free discussion．Of-ten,students and teachers talked about a topic(題目)，and there was no“right”answer．Finally，famous teachers from around the world came to AL-Azhar to teach and do deep studies on the subjects they were interested in．At the university，people studied the past，but it was also a place for exchanging new ideas.

　　Over a thousand years later，AL-Azhar is still an important university in the world．Its library keeps more than 250 000 of the world's oldest and most valuable (有價(jià)值的)books．Today，many of the world's most important universities such as Oxford and Harvard still follow the traditions started at AL-Azhar．

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　　The shopping list

　　Quantity (數(shù)量) pace{50} Item (項(xiàng)目) pace{50}　　　　Price (價(jià)格)

　　1pace{150} Magazine (雜志) pace{50} ￥3．75

　　3pace{150} Penpace{130} ￥1．50 each

　　1pace{150} Tapepace{120} ￥1．25

　　1pace{150} Pencil Bagpace{80} ￥2．50

　　1pace{150} Notebookpace{100} ￥1．00

　　Subtotal(小計(jì))pace{220} ￥13．00

　　Tax (稅)pace{270} ￥0．50

　　Total (總額)pace{250} ￥13．50

　　(A：cashier 出納員　　B：customer 顧客)

　　A：The total is $13．50．How will you pay?

　　B：Do you take credit cards (信用卡)?

　　A：Sorry，we don't．Cash (現(xiàn)金) only．

　　B：OK．Here is $20．OO．

　　A：Thanks a lot．Here is the change (找的零錢) for you．Do you need a bag?

　　B：Yes，please．

　　A：Here you are．

　　B：Thank you very much．

　　A：Thank you，too．

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　　Do you know Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng? Fei Junlong was born in 1965．He is a Chinese astronaut selected(選拔)as a member of the Shenzhou program．He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force(中國(guó)人民解放軍空軍)in 1982 at the age of 17．And since then he has only returned home six times．As a fighter pilot (戰(zhàn)機(jī)飛行員)，he was selected to be an astronaut in 1998．He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son．

　　Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964．He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program．He is from Hubei．After graduating from high school he joined the People's Liberation Army Air Force，and became a fighter pilot．In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program．

He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou Ⅴ flight． Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight，with Zhai Zhigang．

　　On September 23，2005，it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou Ⅵ．But in the end，F(xiàn)ei and Nie were chosen，and Zhai missed his chance to space again．

　　Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter．

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　　One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend，Rick．Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor．When he arrived，Simon went straight to the first floor of the building．But he was told that there was no Rick on that floor．Do you know why?

　　In fact，the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor．The floor above the ground floor is the first floor，which Americans would call the second floor．

　　The story shows that there are a few culture differences between Britain and America，though the British and Americans both speak English．

　　The British usually hide their feelings．They seldom start a conversation with strangers．For example，on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books．But Americans are quite different．They're more active and easier to talk with.

　　The British and Americans may use different terms　 for many things．The British usually use foot ball，eraser and mail while Americans prefer to use soccer， rubber and post．

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