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　　Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet．If I ask you “what is the most important in your life?”, maybe you will say “ Computers and the Internet．”

　　The first computer was made in 1946．It was very big but it worked slowly．Today computers are getting smaller and smaller．But they work faster and faster, What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today．”

　　The Internet came a little later than computers．It is about twenty-five years later than computers．But now it can be found almost everywhere．We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends．

　　Many students like the Internet very much．They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free．They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends．They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex(性别)．They are so interested in making the “unreal friends “that they can’t put their hearts into study．Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that．

　　We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world．But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet．

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　　Don’t you want to go to school? You could tell your parents you’re ill．But last Monday, students from Shanghai and Zhejiang had an even better excuse：a typhoon(台风)!

　　Typhoon Khanun hit East China on September 11．In Shanghai, all the school were closed the next day, Monday．

　　It was the first time that Shanghai had to close schools because of bad weather．

　　But some students still came to school that day．“ I didn’t get the notice that the school was closing,” said Shen Sheng, a Junior 2 student from Shanghai Aiguo School．“ But it was nice that we could play in school rather than study．”

　　The school kept Shen and other 20 students safe inside and let them play sports like table tennis．

　　But the storm wasn’t all fun games．Typhoon Khanun killed 14 people．In Zhejiang, it damaged about 8,000 houses．More than one million people had to be taken to safer places．

　　Every year, typhoons hit different places around the world．Most happen in July, August and September．This year 15 typhoons hit China．Khanun was the strongest．Typhoons bring strong winds and rains．The winds can blow away houses and cars．The rains are bad for farmers’ fields．

　　Typhoon also kills people．Earlier this month, Typhoon Talim hit East and Central China．It killed at least 124 people．

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　　An old carpenter(木匠)was ready to retire(退休)．He told his boss that he was leaving to live an easy life with his family．

　　The boss was sorry to see his best worker go and asked if he could build just one more house．The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work．He used bad wood and didn’t work as well as before．

　　When the carpenter finished his work, his boss came to see the house．Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, “This is your house…my gift to you．”

　　The carpenter was surprised!

　　If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all differently．

　　So it is the same with us．We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building．Then, in surprise, we know that we have to live in the house we have built．If we could do it again, we would do it much differently．But you cannot go back．

　　Someone once said, “Life is a do-it-yourself job．” So, build your house well!

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　　Millions of words have been written about young people in the United States．There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and actions of youth．

　　Today there are about seven million Americans in colleges and universities．Young persons under twenty－five make up nearly half of the American population．Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation．Naturally their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for old people to understand what they think and feel．

　　College students today have strong opinions(见解)about right and wrong．They are deeply interested in making a better life for people, especially for the lives of their parents．It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways．As a result, there is often trouble in American families．Your country may be meeting such problems, too．

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　　The size and shape(外形)of your ears show your character(性格)more than any other part of the face．Other parts of the face change shapes as we get older, but ears do not change their shapes．They only change in size．

　　Reading people’s character from their ears is a very old science．In the past people thought that a person’s ears with colour was dangerous．They also thought that the shape of the ears showed if a person was musical or not．Today, too, many people believe that the size and shape of the ears help you know if a person is musical．

　　Ears are all different, and each different thing has a meaning．Next time you look at a person, see if his or her ears are large, medium-size, or small．Look at the lobes(耳垂)．Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean that a person may get angry easily．Ears that are always cold and nearly white colour mean that a person has a nervous(神经质)character．

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　　In China, people talk about “Shuxiang”, which is very interesting．For example, 2006 is a “dog year”, and when a baby is born in this year, we say he or she is a little dog．Shuxiang usually brings people good luck．There are 12 animals below．

　　social, having rich feelings, friendly but complaining

　　hard, ordered, but keeping old

　　brave, confident, but careless

　　peaceful, having a good manner, a business head but cold emotion

　　active, outgoing, popular but selfish

　　fascinating(迷人的), thoughtful, but doubtful

　　active, self-confident, wise but proud and angry

　　kind, helpful, elegant but sad

　　wide, clever, warm, unsatisfied but slick(圆滑的)

　　confident, helpful, happy, but dressy

　　realistic, loyal(忠诚的), practical

　　hard, honest, simple, lucky but careless

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　　When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful．When you read, you cannot only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words．When you read, it gives you a good example for writing．

　　Good reading tips(建议)：

　　Try to read at the right level(水平)．Read something that you can(more or less)understand．If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting．

　　Try to increase(提高)the number of your new words．If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook．But you don’t have to write them while you read．Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read, and mark them with a pen．Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book．Then try to remember them．

　　Try to read regularly(定期)．For example, read for a short time once a day．Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday．Fix(固定)a time to read and keep to it．For example, you could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime．

　　Read what interests you．Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like．Because you are going to spend time and money to read it, choose an interesting one．You can also read newspapers．There are many English newspapers in China．For example, 21st Century Teens．It is easy enough for you to understand．There is something interesting in it．

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　　Tears came into this mother’s eyes when she talked about waking up her son．Every morning, her ten-year-old boy puts up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging(乞求)for one more minute to sleep．

　　Why is he so sleepy? Because, like thousands of student “early birds” in China, he has to get up before 6 a. m. every morning．

　　School students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep a night．But in Shanghai, it’s reported that 90％ of the students do not get enough sleep．And studies show that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be．Many become near-sighted as a result．

　　Li Ming, a student at Qing Hua High School, said that he usually goes to bed after 11 p. m．But when he has exams coming up, he can stay up as late as midnight．This “night birds” lifestyle has made many students nod(点头)off in class．Li Ming said that it is during afternoon classes that he feels most sleepy．“My parents are usually happy to see me studying so late,” he said．“They think I work very hard and they make me cups of coffee．”

　　However, not all parents are happy about this “My daughter gets up so early．She looks tired and it really hurts me, ” said one of the parents．Why don’t so many students get enough sleep? Now many members of society began to think about it．

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　　Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb”, “He has told a white lie” and so on．And she went to the teacher Mrs．James for help．

　　Mary：

　　Mrs．James, there is a colour in each of the sentences．What do they mean?

　　Mrs．James：In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid．A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one．”

　　Mary：

　　I’m afraid I don’t understand them all．Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?

　　Mrs．James：Certainly．Now I just give you some cakes．In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it．Instead you say, “No, thanks．I’m not hungry．” That’s a white lie．

　　Mary：It sounds very interesting．Thanks very much．

　　Mrs．James：You are welcome．Colours are meaningful．I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future．Please come to me if you have any questions．