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　　It was a great day for a picnic and a picnic was a great day to start the summer holiday．Fred brought his classmates John and Betty to a wonderful picnic place．

　　After lunch, John said they should play football．When the ball came to Fred, he locked it into some long grass．“I’ll get it．” he said and hurried off to find the ball．Moments later there was a shout and out came Fred holding his leg, “I’ve bitten by a snake!”

　　As the others rushed over to help．Fred began laughing．“Ha!I’m not really hurt．” But Betty didn’t laugh, “I can’t believe you did that, Fred．I was really frightened for you．”

　　The friends then decided to go for a swim．John and Betty jumped into the water．Fred was standing on a long rock by the riverbank and said, “Watch me jump．” They shouted excitedly as he went under the water, but as the seconds passed he didn’t come back to the top．The friends became worried．Suddenly they heard Fred’s laugh, “Won’t you ever learn?I swam behind this tree when I jumped．”

　　“Very funny, Fred?” said John angrily．“Anyway, I’m feeling tired and I’m going for a sleep．” Betty joined him．

　　Fred, however, moved to a narrow part of the river and jumped in．Although he was a good swimmer, the water there was moving much faster and Fred found himself dragged away．He managed to catch hold of a tree, but he was very tired now and with the water still moving very fast, couldn’t pull himself out．

　　Back at the picnic place, as Betty and John were preparing to sleep, they heard Fred’s cries for help, John looked at Betty and said, “Does he really think we’re so foolish?Wake me up in an hour．It’ll be time to go back home then．”

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　　The post office has plenty of work to do．It handles(处理)thousands of letters every day．Let’s follow a letter all the way across America．

　　Julie lives in New York．She wrote a letter to Dave．Dave lives in Oregon．Julie put the letter in the mailbox(邮箱)on Monday night．On Tuesday morning a truck stopped at the mailbox．The mail carrier(投递员)put the letters into a large bag and took the bag to a post office in New York．

　　On Tuesday afternoon the letters were sorted．Zip codes were used to sort the mail．A machine picked up a letter and held it．A worker read the zip code．Then the worker pushed five buttons on another machine．The worker had only one second to do this．After the worker pushed the buttons, the machine put the letter in a box．By Tuesday night the box was on a truck．The truck went to the airport．An airplane took off for Oregon on Wednesday morning．Julie’s letter went on the airplane．

　　By noon the letters were in an airport in Oregon．Mail trucks then took them to post offices．One of these was in Dave’s town．On Wednesday night people in Dave’s town sorted the letters by street name．

　　On Thursday morning the mail carrier for Main Street picked up her pile of letters．She sorted all of them by street address before delivering(递送)．The people at 1 Main Street got their mail first．Dave lived at 221 Main Street．He got his letter before lunch．

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　　“What’s wrong, Suzie?”asked Dad．“Why are you looking so unhappy?”

　　“It’s just that Amine has gone away．I will never see her again．Her whole family has moved to Sydney,” cried Suzie．“She will go to a new school there, make new friends, lead a new life and…and forget me．”Suzie couldn’t speak any more with tears in her eyes．

　　Dad held Suzie’s small hand in his large one and gently patted(拍)her head．

　　“It’s OK, Suzie,” he said, “I’m sure you’ll find another friend．There are so many other children at school, aren’t there?”

　　“But…but it’s not the same!Amine is my special friend－the best friend I’ve ever had．I don’t want to go to school without her．”

　　“Now, dear, it is really sad to see Amine going away．But you have to move on with your own life．Listen to me, go to school and get yourself some new friends．Cheer up!”

　　Suzie nodded her head and began reading her story book．

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　　These days, more and more students in the UK are taking a“gap year”between their graduation from school and their university studies．This means that they take a year off, to do something else, before they start their studies．

　　For most students, spending time in foreign countries is the favourite activity－and Australia is the favourite place to go．

　　Many parents, teachers and business people agree that travelling can teach important values．

　　“After a year of travelling, I learnt the importance of relationships with people, on all sorts of levels．”

　　There are many companies around the world that welcome these students on their projects－helping people in poorer countries, or even in your home country．Although you don’t get paid for your work, this kind of work can teach important skills－decision making and finding answers to problems, for example－that will help a student in a job one day．

　　Finally, the knowledge and experience you get will one day be very useful in an area you hope to study or work in．

　　If several university graduates are applying for the same job, gap year work experience allows you to say：“I’ve already had some experience of this kind of work．”And that can get you the job!

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　　Bill was fourteen years old and in the ninth grade．He had a part-time job which got him up at five o’clock．He was a newspaper boy．

　　Each morning, Bill left the house at five fifteen to go to the center．The newspapers were delivered there by a truck at midnight．He carried them on his bike．

　　In the winter it was still dark when he got up．But during the rest of the year it was bright．Bill had to deliver the newspapers to his customers’(订户)houses in all kinds of weather．He tried to put each paper in the box where it was safe from wind, rain and snow．His customers thought he did a good job．Sometimes they gave him tips(小费)．

　　Bill made about ＄70 each month and he was saving some of the money to go to college．He spent the rest on tapes and clothes．Once a month he had to collect money from his customers．Since many of them worked during the day, Bill had to get the money at night．Sometimes when Bill was ill, his elder brother had to deliver the newspapers．Once his father had to help him．

　　Bill has 70 customers now, but he hopes to get more soon．Some day, when he has many more customers, perhaps Bill will win a prize for being a very good newspaper boy．He wants to win a visit to Europe(欧洲), but he would be happy enough if he won a new bike．

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For Children

　　Museum：Children’s Museum, Sundays, 89 North Main Street, 67641235

　　Story time：Children’s Library, 106 Green Street, Wednesdays

　　during 9∶30 am－5∶00 pm, 66599624

　　Sports：Soccer Club, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 16 Yangtze Road, 96725643

　　Basketball Club, Wednesdays and Fridays, 79071632

　　Cinema：New films for children, 99 Brick Road, 69001354

Useful Phone Numbers

　　Fast Food Restaurant：66387901

　　Hospital：6878745 1

　　Visitor Information Center：800－120－9847

　　Taxi：79210583

　　Visitor Hotel Information：800－739－7302

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　　The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago．There are some traditions that you can find almost anywhere, anytime, such as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song．Others are only found for certain ages and in certain countries．

　　In China, on a child’s second birthday, family members put many things on the floor around the child．According to Chinese tradition, the first thing that the child picks up tells you what profession the child will choose later in life．

　　For Japanese children, the third, fifth and seventh birthdays are especially important．At this age, there is a special celebration Shichi-Go-San(seven, five, three in Japanese)when children go to the temple wearing a new kimono(和服)．The priest(僧侣)gives them special sweets, and the parents usually organize a party for their friends in their home．

　　In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special birthday celebration when they reach the age of fifteen．After a special ceremony(仪式), the girls dance a waltz with their father and other boys．

　　Eighteen is the traditional ‘coming of age’－the age when(in many countries)you have the right to vote(选举), join the army and(in Britain)drink alcohol or buy a house．

　　In many English-speaking countries, a twenty-first birthday cake often has a key on top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key．The key means that the young person is now old enough to leave and enter the family home at any time they want to!

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Sleep

　　Babies sleep about eighteen hours a day．Mrs Thatcher and Napoleon both said they only needed to do it three or four hours a night．Sleep．No one can live without it．But how much do we really need?

　　Research(研究)by the National Sleep Foundation in Washington says that we all need eight hours’ sleep every night．Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than six and a half hours for a night are more often ill than people who sleep for eight hours．Going without sleep also increases(增加)the chance of serious illness．“Workaholics(工作狂)”who sleep for less than five hours often die young, and do less well at work．

　　The scientists found that adults(成年人)usually sleep for seven hours a night, with 32％ sleeping less than six hours．

　　It also says that the idea that we need less sleep as we get older is completely untrue．“People have no idea how important sleep is to their lives, ”Dr Thomas Roth, director of the Foundation says, “Good health needs good sleep．”

　　“But not too much of it, ”says Professor Jim Horne of Loughborough University, “sleep is like food and drink, ”he believes, “you would always like to have a little bit more．but that doesn’t mean you need it．”Professor Horne studied a group of people who could spend as many hours as they wanted in bed, after ten hours they didn’t find it any easier to get up in the morning．And people who sleep for more than nine hours a night die younger than people who usually sleep for seven or eight!

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