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　　The year was 1932．Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small one-engine airplane．At midnight, she ran into bad weather．To make things worse, her altimeter failed．(The altimeter shows the height of the plane above the ground．)At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter．At times, her plane nearly dived into the Atlantic Ocean．

　　Just before daynight, there was further trouble．Amelia noticed fire coming from the engine．Woule she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope．

　　Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe．When she returned to the United States, she was honoured by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House．From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous．

　　What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes．

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　　Newspapers are very important in our daily life．Many people begin their day by reading the paper．In this way they learn what is going on in the world．Sometimes, however, they didn't have the time to read the news carefully and must be pleased with a quick look at the front page．At other times they may be in such a hurry that they have time only to have a quick look at the headlines．

　　There are newspapers to please every reader．In big cities there are many types with several different editions every day．In some towns there are fewer newspapers and perhaps only one edition each day．In some places the paper is printed weekly．

　　Most newspapers have several editions, especially on Sundays when the edition is larger than usual．There are, besides the front page with the most important news, the sports news, the amusement page, a business page and so on．

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　　Recycling is nothing new．Waste paper, rings, and many other things have been recycled and used again in many different ways for many years．It is only the word that is new．But now that natural materials(原材料)are becoming more difficult to find．Many countries are experimenting with other ways of keeping materials．

　　In the USA, a publishing firm has brought out several books on pollution and waste in the United States．The books are made of recycled paper－that is paper that has been used as paper before．In this way, several thousand trees are saved．Multiply those books by hundred, or even a thousand, and the whole forests saved．One clever schoolboy has worked it out that if every schoolbook in the USA was recycled, there would be enough paper for fifty packets of peanuts(花生)for every child in the world for five years．He does not say where the peanuts come from．

　　Several firms are experimenting with making containers(集装箱)from a hard plastic which, when the containers are finished, can be used as building materials, a kind of brick．If mountains of empty cans all over the world can be changed into building materials that are not too expensive, that too, is a new source(来源)of material．

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　　Peter works in a food factory．He helps the shopkeeper．He puts food on the shelves every day．Then people come into the shop and buy the food．Today there aren't any bags of rice on the shelves．

　　“Peter”says the shopkeeper．“We need some bags of rice．Bring some rice to the shelf．”

　　Peter runs to get some bags of rice．They are in another room and they are on the top of the shelf．The shelf is high up．Peter is tall, but he can't reach the bags．He brings two boxes and puts one box on top of the other．Then he stands on them．Now he can reach the bags on the shelf．The shopkeeper is coming, He's calling Peter．

　　“Peter, hurry up．What are you doing? Where are the bags of rice?”he says．He opens the door．He can't see Peter on the boxes．

　　“Don't open the door”Peter says．Then Peter falls down．Now Peter is on the floor．There's some rice on his head．

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　　Sally was a student．It was going to be her mother's birthday．She wanted to buy her a present that would be nice and useful but not expensive．

　　She went shopping after a quick and simple lunch．After she looked for half an hour, she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas, and she decided to take a black one．

　　She thought,“Mom can carry it when she is wearing clothes of any color．”So she bought a lovely black umbrella and took it to school with her until her class finished．

　　On her way home on the train she felt hungry because she had so little for lunch．So she went to the buffet car(餐车)．She left the umbrella on her seat．But when she got back, it had gone!

　　Sally began to cry．The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was．She told them the black umbrella she bought for her mother had gone, and she had to get off at the next station．After the three passengers heard this, they asked her for her mother's address so that they could send the umbrella to her if someone took it by mistake and brought it back．

　　And now a week passed．Sally got a letter from her mother．It said“Thank you very much for your lovely gifts, but why do you send me three black umbrellas?”

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　　Jim, a young farmer, was once put into prison．

　　One day, he got a letter from his mother．“I'm so worried about our farm,”she wrote．“It's time to plant potatoes．I can't dig all the fields by myself．”

　　Jim read the letter and became sad．“What can I do?”he thought．Then he had a good idea．He wrote to his mother,“Don't dig the fields, there's a pot of money in the earth．Don't plant potatoes until I come home．”

　　Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother．It said,“Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all our fields．I can't understand it．It looks as if they were looking for something．What shall I do?”

　　Jim smiled when he read his mother's letter．He wrote a letter to his mother at once．It was very short．Guess what it would say?

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　　Can you remember the day you spoke your first word?If you can, you are unusual．Probably it happened sometime near your first birthday．

　　Try to imagine what the first few months of your life were like．You spent most of your time eating and sleeping．It took only a few sounds to let people know when you were happy or if you needed something．As you grew older you were not asleep more of the time．Your parents spent more time playing with you and talking to you．You watched and listened．You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things．It seemed that there had to be a certain sound for each thing and each person．

　　In time you began to try to make the sounds you heard．And one day you were able to make the right sound for one thing．On that day you“found out”the secret of language．The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing．One sound might be as good as another．“Abbadabba”would be just as good as a sound to mean“dog”．But it's no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning．Only when a group of people use the same group of sounds for things can everybody understand one another．Then, and only then, do these people have a language．

　　After you discovered the secret of language, you learned words．Some of the words meant things, such as“book”,“chair”,“bed”and“shoe”．Some words meant doing things, such as“go”,“give”,“eat”and“throw”．And some words described things such as“good”,“bad”and“funny”．Soon you learned to put words together to express an idea such as“I want to go out and play with my friends．”You have discovered language．You were learning to use it to get what you needed and wanted．

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　　The most common unlucky number is thirteen．People don't like to live in a house that is numbered thirteen．People don't like to have parties with thirteen people．People don't like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month．Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together－nine and four－they make thirteen．

　　One English teacher told his students a story about unlucky“thirteen”．At the end of the lesson, one of the students changed the number of the room to 12A．In the afternoon, another teacher wanted to find Room 13．He didn't know about the changed number．He walked round the school for half an hour．At last, someone told him about the changed number．He knew that Room 12A was Room 13．

　　There aren't many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday．Friday is always unlucky．Adam and Eve(亚当和夏娃)left the Garden of Eden(伊甸园)on a Friday．Jesus Christ(耶稣)died on a Friday．There were thirteen people at his last supper．In Europe, they kill criminals(罪犯)on Friday．

　　For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things．My elder brother was born on the thirteenth．He passed his exams on a thirteenth．He married on a thirteenth．He became a pilot on a thirteenth．It was always a lucky day for him．

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　　The colors of the Olympic rings represent(代表)the world's five continent(洲)(Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia and America)．The white background of the Olympic flag represents peace．The five colors of the rings from left to right are blue, black and red across the top with yellow and green along the bottom．

　　China took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in Holland in 1928．After that, China has taken part in the Olympic Games 10 times and achieved great success．At the 23rd Olympic Games in 1984, Xu Haifeng won the first gold medal for China．Since then, Chinese athletes have won 78 gold medals．

　　In 1900, women competed in the Olympic Games for the first time．In 1924, the Olympic flame(火焰)was introduced and the modern Olympic Torch(火炬)began in 1936 at the Berlin Games．Starting with the 1994 Winter Olympics, the Winter and Summer Games have been held two years apart(间隔), instead of in the same year．

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