Everybody can suffer from stress．No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life．Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group．Being a teenager is hard．You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions．Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home．or problems with brothers and sisters．Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends．Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school．Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university．The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers．There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them．Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it．Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress．It may sound simple, but it is true．A problem shared is a problem halved．

　　Harry's father bought a magazine which gave its readers information about all kinds of products and helped them make the best choice while buying．

　　Harry borrowed his father's magazine when he needed a new computer．“I'll read it and choose the best one．”He said．

　　The magazine described these computers．

　　Harry chose the BNK 975XF．“I know it's expensive,”he said,“but it will be with me for a long time and do everything I want it to do．”

　　When I was at university, I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn't do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students' Union than working in the library．

　　Once at the end of the term, we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions．In my room the night before the test, Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It's very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I'll take a coin into the examination room．I haven't studied a chemistry book for months, so I'll just toss the coin．That way, I'm sure I'll get half the questions right．”

　　The next day, Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left, half an hour before the rest of us．

　　The next day, he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh, good,”he said, “Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled,“Ah, it's you, Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air, caught it in his hand and looked at it．

　　“I'm terribly sorry, Baines,”he said,“You failed!”

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　　Homework is a big part of going to school．Unluckily, homework has to be done, outside class－during the time when you would rather be doing something else, for example, you prefer going to a birthday party to copying out a whole Chinese text．Luckily, there are several things you can do to make homework less work．

　　First, be sure you understand the task．Write it down in your notebook if you need to, and don't be afraid to ask questions about your task．If you want, you can also ask how long the special homework task should take to finish, so you can budget your time．

　　Second, go over your lessons before you start your homework．Many students think they don't have enough time to finish their homework．So they begin to do it at once without reviewing their lessons．In fact, they will have to spend more time looking up now and then when they do their homework．

　　Third, use any small pieces of time you have in school to work on your homework．The more work you can get done in school means the less you'll have to do that night．

　　What if you don't have time in school to get homework done?You'll need to think about how much homework you have for a given night and what else is going on that day, and then budget your time．Most high school students have between 1 and 3 hours of homework a night．If it's a heavy homework day, you'll need to spend more time on homework．It's a good idea to come up with some kind of homework timetable, especially when you want to enjoy sports or other activities．

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　　Three rich ladies met every day by the river．They sat there and talked the whole day．Once the three ladies quarreled．One of them said,“Look, how white and beautiful my hands are!”Another one said,“My hands are more beautiful．”The third one said,“Mine are the most beautiful ones．”Just then an old beggar(乞丐)woman came up to them．“Beautiful ladies,”she said,“I'm old and can't work, I'm hungry．Please give me something to eat．”

　　But the three ladies gave her nothing．They only asked,“Tell me, old woman, which one of us has the most beautiful hands?”

　　A peasant(农民)woman was also sitting by the river．She was poor and her hands were rough because of hard work．The old woman came up to her and said, “I'm hungry．Please give me something to eat．”The peasant woman took out the only cake she had and gave her a half．

　　The old woman ate it and drank some water．Then she took the peasant woman by the hand, brought her before the rich ladies and said,“Now, I shall tell you whose hands are the most beautiful．The hands of the poor peasant woman are rough because of work, but they give us food, they are far more beautiful than your hands which have never done anything．”

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　　Two old men lived in a room on the third floor of an old people's home．Both men were very old and badly ill, and they spent 24 hours a day in bed in the room．

　　Unluckily, one of the old men had his bed by the window, and every day he spent hours telling his friend far from the window what he could see through the window．He told him about the traffic going by, the children playing in the park opposite, and the birds flying in trees．The old man far from the window got a lot of pleasure from hearing about the word outside, but after a time he began to get rather unhappy．How nice it would be, he thought, if he had the bed by the window and could see everything for himself, instead of just hearing about it．

　　One night, the man by the window called to his friend,“Quick!Pull the alarm by your bed－I don't think I can go through the night!”But his friend, expecting an empty bed by the window, did nothing－he just closed his eyes and went back to sleep．

　　The next morning, the nurse found the man dead in his bed by the window．

　　The old man was very excited as they moved him into the empty bed by the window．He sat up in bed, pulled back the curtain, looked out－and saw only a wall．

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To find out whether bees can see colours, the following experiment is made．A table is put in a garden, and on the table is a blue card with some sugar on it．As soon as one bee finds the sugar, many more come to it one after another in a short time．It seems that one bee is able to tell the news of food to other bees in their“home”．After a moment, the blue card with sugar on it is taken away．Instead of this card, another blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding place and a red card to its right．Nothing can be seen on the two cards．Very soon bees arrive again and fly towards the blue card．No bees go to the red card．

　　Cool facts around the world

　　①．Before Disney made“The Lion King”, the film makers spent two weeks in Africa．They watched lions catch animals．They even played with baby lions．Then they drew pictures to create(创作)lions in the film．

　　One famous line in the film also comes from Africa：“Hakuna Matata”．In English, it means“No worries”．

　　②．On New Year's Eve, every family in Denmark(丹麦)collects broken pieces of cups or glasses in their houses．Then they secretly put these pieces at the doors of their friends' houses late at night．The next morning, they get up to see how many pieces there are in front of their own houses．The more pieces there are, the more friends they have．And the new year will be happier．

　　③．Have you ever played cards?The four suits(花色)mean the four seasons： spring, summer, autumnand winter．The two colours, red and black, mean day and night．The 52 cards mean the 52 weeks of the year．In each suit, there are 13 cards．This is for the 13 weeks in each season of the year．

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　　You prlbably know the food pyramid(金字塔)well enough．It is a food pyramid with horiaontal stripes(水平线)．Carbohydrates(碳水化合物),such as bread, rice and potatoes, are on the dase of the pyr-amid．They are most of our everyday food．The fats and oils(脂油)are at the top of the pyramid．We should eas the least of them．

　　Well, the food pyramid．with vertical stripes(垂直线)．Instesd of the horizontal stripes, the vertical stripes mean the five food groups and fats and pyrmid．This is because not all foods in a food group give us the same health benefits(好处)．A fresh apple, for example, would be on the base of the pyramid, while an apple pie would be at the top Tis shows that we can eat more fresh(阶梯)going up the side This shows us how important exercise is．It also shows us that we will be healthier and healthier if we take exercise every day．

　　Sp wju did some American experts change the pyramid? They did this to do a better job of tell-ing people how to be healthy．The new pyramid tells us to have dalanced(平衡的)food from each food group eery daly．and it shouw us that we need Iess of some us kinds of food than othen, For ex－ample, you need less meat or fish than rice or fruit．It also shows us that not all foods in a groupgive us the same health benfits, and that exercise is quite important in oru everyday life．