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　　Some British and American people like to invite friends and colleagues for a meal at home．You should not be upset if your English friends don't invite you home．It doesn't mean they don't like you．Dinner parties usually start between 7 p. m．and 8 p. m．and end at about 11．Ask your hosts what time you should arrive．It's polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a present．

　　Do you want to extra politer?

　　Say how much you like the moon, or the pictures on the wall．But remember－not to ask how much things cost．

　　You'll probably start the meal with soup, or something small as a starter, then you'll have meat or fish with vegetables and the dessert, followed by coffee．It's polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want．Some people eat bread with their meals, but not everyone does．

　　Before they take out their cigarettes after the meal, most people usually ask,‘Do you mind if I smoke here?’

　　Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a‘thank you’letter．Perhaps it seems funny to you, but British and American people say‘thank you, thank you, and thank you．’All the time．

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　　In recent years, the richest people in the world have come from the computer business．Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, has been one of the most successful．

　　His first encounter(偶然遇见)with a computer was at Lakeside School in Seattle．At the age of fifteen, he programmed computers while his high school classmates were playing basketball．In 1973, Gates went to Harvard University where he stayed for two years．

　　He left to go into business with his friend Paul Allen．By 1976, the Gates-Allen team was already famous in computer circles．In that year, they wrote a basic program for PC．Their operating system, MS-DOS, became the operating system for personal computers all over the world．

　　Gates started his own company, and he built it in his own image．At the Microsoft company headquarters near the city of Seattle, workers can wear shorts, have long hair, drink cans of soda, from one office to the other．Microsoft has become one of the biggest companies in the world．

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The following cities are among the largest in the world．Tokyo, London and New York．Do you know any facts about size, age and attractions of these three cities? Tokyo has the largest population of the three with over nine million people．London, however, is the largest in area, covering over six hundred square miles．New York is almost as large as London．London is also much older than either Tokyo and New York．Its recorded history goes back to 43 A．D．Tokyo is the second oldest, it really began in 1457．New York is obviously the youngest．Today there are many attractions in these three cities．The New World Trade Center(1, 350 feet high), which was destroyed by terrorists on 11th September, used to be the tallest building in the world．You can also see a 1, 000-foot-high TV tower in Tokyo．The two most important theater districts in the world are in London and New York．All the three cities are playing an important part in world affairs．

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People like to say：“The hand that rocks the cradle(摇篮)rules the world”Or they say：“Behind every successful man, there is a woman．”Now some women still like making their husbands and sons successful．But some women want more for themselves．They want to be successful as men．Tody the best jobs are still given to men．Even when women do the same work, they are often paid less than men．Some women want these things changed．They want to stand beside the men, with the same chances for success．Now many American women are earning money outside their homes．More than half of the women at the age of eighteen to sixty-five have good jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and most of them often spend their holidays away from home．They like traveling by air．Women's work had made several changes in women's lives－and in men's lives, too．But things are quite different from those in the Middle East countries．In the Middle East countries, women have to stay at home．Their duty is to look after their families and do all the housework．They can't find work outside．When they go out in public, they cover their face with something and walk behind their husbands．For the past few years the women's life has been changing in those countries．Many women want to be an active role in the society．Though working gives them few chances of getting married, many men still want to marry them in the old ways．

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　　The Internet is becoming important in our life．How much do you know about it?

　　What is the Internet? The Internet is a large, world-wide collection of computers net works(网络)．A network is a small group of computers put together．The Internet is many different kinds of networks from all over the world．These networks are called the Internet．If you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of interest in the World Wide Web．

　　What is the World Wide Web? The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet．The Web is like a big electronic book with millions of pages．These pages are called homepages．You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages．For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework．You can also find information about your favorite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages．Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music．

　　What is e-mail? Electronic mail(e-mail)is a way of sending messages to other people．This address must have letters and dots and an“@”(means“at”)．For example, Lily @Yahoo．com．Write a message, type a person's e-mail address, and then send the message across the Internet．People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet．Quick, easy and interesting that the Internet．

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　　An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother．All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money．Only a very expensive operation could save him now and there was no one to lend them the money．

　　When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother,“Only a miracle can save him now,”the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully．

　　She hurried to a drugstore(药店)with the money in her hand．

　　“And what do you want?”asked the salesman．“It's for my little brother,”the girl answered．“He's really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle．”“Pardon?”said the salesman．

　　“My brother Andrew has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him．So how much does a miracle cost?”“We don't sell a miracle here, child．I'm sorry,”the salesman said with a smile．

　　“Listen, if it isn't enough, I can try and get some more．Just tell me how much it costs．”

　　A well-dressed man heard it and asked,“What kind of a miracle does your brother need?”

　　“I don t know, she answered with her eyes full of tears．“He's really sick and mum says he needs an operation．But my daddy can't pay for it, so I have brought all my money．”

　　“How much do you have?”asked the man．“＄1.11, but I can try and get some more,”she answered．

　　“Well, what luck,”smiled the man．“＄1.11, the price of a miracle for your little brother．”

　　He took up the girl's hand and said,“Take me to where you live．I want to see your brother and meet your parents．Let's see if I have the kind of miracle you need．”

　　That well-dressed man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor．The operation was successful and it wasn't long before Andrew was home again．

　　How much did the miracle cost?

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　　Get ready, China．The world is coming! Every day lots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists．And even more people will come in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics．When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people．But there are some things they may not like．

　　Traffic problems

　　Cars park on sidewalks(人行道)．Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid．

　　Queue jumping

　　At the post office, or even at McDonald's, people push to the front line instead of waiting．

　　Bumping

　　Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains．This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either．On a bus in North America, people try to make themselves smaller and they'll say“Excuse me”or“Sorry”if they knock into someone．In China, some people make themselves bigger with no“Sorry”or“Excuse me”．

　　Littering

　　I notice this everywhere．Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin(箱)right next to them．

　　Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am．And, certainly, the government has known the problems and is trying to do something about them．China is on her way．

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　　When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr．Gibbs．He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known．He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person．

　　When Dr．Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees．He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest．

　　The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees．He never watered his new trees．Once I asked why．He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on．

　　He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的)roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves．Deep roots were very important．

　　So he never watered his trees．He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper．I ask him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention．

　　Dr．Gibbs died several years after I left home．Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago．They're very big and strong now．

　　I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer．After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot．

　　Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons．Mostly I pray(祈祷)that their lives will be easy．But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer．I know my children are going to face difficulties．There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down．

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　　“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”

　　“O often check my e-mail forty times a day．”

　　“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net．”

　　“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室)than with my ‘real-life’friends．”

　　Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾)called Internet addiction．Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品)use．People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet．

　　For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried, and they called the police．The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days straight．

　　Studies show that about 6％ to 10％ of Internet users become addicted．And people worry about the tees because the Internet is changing the playing field some of them．They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family．

　　Is“surfing the net”a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状)：

　　●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．

　　●You can't wait for your next online time．

　　●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours．

　　●You go out with your friends less and less．

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　　“Well, we're in our new house．Let's get a new pet to get along with it,”Mrs Brown said to her husband．

　　“That sounds like a pretty good idea,”he answered．“Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”

　　“Let's go to the animal shelter．Many pets there need homes．Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,”she said．

　　Next morning the Browns met Mr Snow at the animal shelter．“We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,”Mr Snow said,“So I need to ask you some questions．”

　　After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog．It wouldn't need a big house or a big yard．A small dog would bark(吠)and warm them if someone tried to break into their house．After Mr Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away．But the animal doctor hadn't checked her yet．So Mr Snow told them to return on Sunday．

　　On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter．The animal doctor said,“Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针)．She will be healthy．”The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home．

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