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　　Typhoons(台风)in the northern part of the world have girls’ names．Sometimes they have very beautiful names．Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose．It was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years．

　　It began to rain in the morning of Monday, August 16th, 1971．At ten o’clock in the morning, Typhoon Rose was still 130 miles away but already the wind was blowing people’s umbrella away．The wind became stronger and stronger．The typhoon shelters(避风港)were soon full of boats．Ships that were too big to go inside the shelters put down more anchors(锚)．Some very big shops went out to sea．It is safer for a big shop to be at sea in a typhoon because it cannot be blown onto rocks．Kai Tak Airport closed．No planes were able to take off or land．At 9∶00 in the evening, all the lights went out．

　　No one slept well that night．It is difficult to sleep in such bad weather．

　　In Typhoon Rose, more than one hundred people died．229 people were hurt and 66 of these had to go to hospital．1500 lost their homes．The people of Hong Kong will not quickly forget Typhoon Rose!

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　　Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254．He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the middle Ages．He wrote a book about his travels．In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard．Many people read the book but few believed what Marco Polo said．He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time．

　　As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father．It took them more than three years to travel to China．He became the Chinese emperor’s friend．He learned the Chinese language when he traveled around and talked to many people．Before he reached the age of thirty he was made a Chinese official．

　　After nearly seventeen years in the east, Marco and his father prepared to return home．When they finally arrived in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again．They had been away for almost 25years．

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　　Bill Clinton took office(就职)on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U．S．President(总统)．He is the first U．S．president who was born after World War II．He is also one of the youngest of all U．S．presidents．

　　Clinton was born in a poor family．Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died．When he was small, his mother remarried(再婚)Norger Clinton, so the boy‘s family name was changed．

　　In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington．During his visit, he met President Kennedy in the White House．At that time, he wanted to become a president, and now he is!

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　　Ellen Parker was worried about her health．She could not walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stars．She was soon out of breath(气喘吁吁)．

　　“I suppose I had better go to the doctor,” she thought．

　　She went to the doctor and told him her problem．

　　“I’m not surprised at all,” he said．“It’s obvious what your problem is．”

　　He looked her over then gave her some advice．

　　“If you don’t do what I say, Mrs．Parker,” he said, “you will have a heart attack．It could kill you．”

　　Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s．She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it would take time．

　　The next day she went shopping．The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop(肉铺)．

　　“I’d like ten pounds of steak(牛排), please,” she said．

　　“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak．He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale(天平)．

　　“That’s just under ten pounds,” he said．

　　“That big enough,” Mrs．Parker said．

　　The butcher worked out the price．

　　“At $4.99 a pound that will be $49.50, please．Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”

　　“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs．Parker said．

　　“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “why did you ask me to get it for you?”

　　“My doctor told me that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds．I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like．”

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　　An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day's hard work．When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out．He tried but could not mend it．

　　He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light．When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter．

　　"Where's your light?" asked the policeman．"No one may take a cart along a road at night without a light．You know that．You've broken the law．

　　"I had a light," said the old man, "but it has just gone out．"

　　"I don't believe that story," said the policeman．He took out a book and got ready to write．"What's your name and where do you live?" he asked．

　　"Please don't take my name," said the old man．"My house is just there．You can see it from here．I had a light nearly the whole way．I haven't come far without a light．"

　　"You came all the way without a light．What's your name?"

　　The carter quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light．The light was still hot, and burnt the policeman's hand．He jumped and he was very angry．

　　"Now, what do you think?" said the carter．"Did I come all the way without a light?"

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　　Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world's greatest wonders．

　　“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids are the world's greatest wonder．Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing．And remember：the people who built them had only simple tools．They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today．”

　　“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they are the greatest wonder．I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids．They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely．In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do．”

　　He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world?”

　　The third man thought for a long time, and then he said, “Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too．However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos．”

　　And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up．

　　The other two men were very surprised．“A thermos?”they exclaimed．“But that's a simple thing．”

　　“Oh, no, it's not, ”the third man said．“In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot．In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold．How does the thermos know whether it's winter or summer?”

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　　Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important．

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker．

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the Whiter House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?” she asked．

　　The man shook his head, “No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”

　　The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don’t．” he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes the President important．”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked．

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, ‘it’s for you．’”

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　　A farmer had a cow．He took very good care of this cow and one day when it was ill, he was

　　very worried．He telephoned the vet．

　　“What’s the problem?” The vet asked him when he arrived．

　　“My cow's ill,” the farmer said．“I don’t know what's the matter with her．She’s lying down and won’t eat．She's making a strange noise．”

　　The vet looked over the cow．"She's certainly ill," he said, "and she needs to take some very strong medicine．"

　　He took a bottle out of his box, put two pills into his hand and said, "Give her these．The pills should make her better．"

　　“How should I give them to her?” the farmer asked．

　　The vet gave him a tube(管子)and said, "Put this tube in her mouth, then put the pills in the tube and blow．That'll make it．"

　　The next day the vet came to the farm again．The farmer was sitting outside his house and looked more worried．

　　“How's your cow?” the vet asked．

　　“No change,” the farmer said, “and I’m feeling very strange myself．”

　　“Oh?” the vet said, "Why?"

　　“I did what you said,” the farmer answered．“I put the tube in the cow's mouth and then put two pills down it．”

　　“And?” the vet asked．

　　“The cow blew first,” the farmer said．

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　　An English traveler found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home．As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food．So he bought a ticket and got on the ship．The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell．When dinnertime came, he didn’t go to dinning room, saying that he was not feeling very well．

　　The next morning he still didn’t have breakfast and at lunchtime he again stayed in his room．But at dinnertime he was so hungry that he went to the dinning room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him．He got ready for the quarrel．

　　“Bring me the bill,” he said．“The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise．“There isn’t any bill．On our ship meals are included(包括)in the money for the ticket,” said the waiter．

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　　Three travelers, Allan, Carl and Paul were sitting on the chairs in a train station．They were waiting for a train that was very late．

　　To pass the time, they began talking to each other．

　　At first, they talked about the weather and their work．Then Paul said, "Tell me－what would you most like to do if your doctor tell you that you have only three months to live?"

　　The other two men thought about this for a while, then Carl spoke．

　　“Well,” he said, “if I have only three months to live, I’ll take all my money out of the bank and go to foreign countries for holidays with my best friend, Erik．I'd like to travel to the places in the world as many as possible．And I'll stay at the best hotels and then eat the best food．I think I'll have a wonderful time．”

　　“That's very interesting．” Paul said．

　　With these words, he turned to the other man, saying, “And what about you?”

　　“I'll tell you a secret,” Allan said．“I always want to be a racing driver．So if I have only three months to live, the first thing I'd like to do is to sell my house．With the money I’ll buy the fastest car in the world．Maybe I can enter all the big motor races．”

　　Then he laughed, "I might even end up(以……而告终)world champion．”

　　“Now it's your turn,” Allan went on, “If your doctor tell you the bad news, what would you most like to do?”

　　“Oh,” said Paul with a smile．“I’ll go and see another doctor．”

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