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　　Many people have, to work on the weekend．Some people do not mind．Other people think it is terrible．One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous．He is John Brown．Mr．Brown works in an office in New York．

　　On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work．When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors．Mr．Brown could not get out of the elevator．He was trapped(困住)!He started to shout, but nobody heard him．Then Mr．Brown remembered that it was a holiday in America．Nobody was going to come to work until Tuesday!There was nothing for Mr．Brown to do．

　　He had to wait until one of his coworkers(同事-)came to work and found him．With nothing to eat or-drink, Mr．Brown ended up sleeping for most of the time．

　　Early on Tuesday morning, the president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working．When the elevator was opened, Mr．Brown came out cold, weak, and tired．He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

　　Now Mr．Brown says,“I only use elevators if they have telephones in them．”

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　　Character(品质), courage and confidence are words you might use to describe your heroes．These words can describe you!Take action as follows and you’ll be a hero, too!

　　Character is something that makes you the person you are－like being honest, friendly, and helpful．See the chart(表格)below．On the left is our standard of good character．Write down your promise for each line on the right．Then, get a witness(证人)to sign it．Put it up where you’ll see it every day and do your best to keep it．

　　Of course it’s going to take a lot of courage to keep your promise．Courage is challenging yourself to do something even though you think it might be hard．For each promise, find out two or three ways to help you keep it．For example, if you think that Being Honest is the hardest promise for you to keep, one of the ways might be“Tell people about my promise so that I won’t break it”．

　　Confidence is believing that you have the skills to do something．Do you have a beautiful singing voice?Are you a good painter?These are all talents that can make you feel good, as well as the people around you．Once you’ve decided what your special skill is, think about how you can use your skill to make your corner of the world a better place．If you’re good at art, try painting a picture on an old wall in your school(of course, make sure you’re allowed)．

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　　Do you enjoy reading?Here readers of your age from all over the United States recommend(推荐)great books for you to read：

　　My favorite book is Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel．I love all her books, but this was the first one I read and I have to say, it is by far my favorite．It doesn’t end like other books, and I cried while reading．

　　I think Nancy Drew is great!Nancy is a detective(侦探)who has many fantastic ideas!I love it because it’s a book from when my grandma was my age, and I can share the fun with her!

　　I highly recommend Skinny Bones by Barbara Park．It is funny so please add it on your book list．You don’t want to miss out funny stories！

　　I would suggest ________ by Judy Blume．It is based on real things that happened to Judy Blume．It is about a girl, Alice, who meets some girls at a new state．They become friends, make a club and meet once a week．They stop after two weeks because they all like a boy in their class and put him as number one．I think every girl should read this because it is about our growing up．

　　I read a book called Neela：Victory Song and it was so good I read it twice!It takes place in India in 1936 and this 12-year-old girl named Neela tries to save her father!It has lots of history in it!I also learned a lot about different cultures!The author’s name is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni．

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　　Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday．Yuan developed the world first popular and widely known hybrid rice．Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than common ones．

　　Liu Xiang won China’s first gold medal in the world championships(锦标赛)in 12.95 seconds．

　　“Everybody wants to win a world title．I was nervous before the race．But I dealt with it so I'm very happy,”Liu said with a smile after the race．

　　Some reporters noticed that at the start, Liu Xiang was crying．He said that is his way of letting off pressure．“My start wasn’t good, maybe because I was nervous or because I was a bit slow,”he said．

　　Liu will run next at the Shanghai Grand Prix(大奖赛)meeting at the end of September．He is confident(自信的)after winning the gold medal．“I want people to know how fast I am,”he said．“This is number one speed．There’s nothing I can’t do．”

　　Have you ever got angry at books that are full of mistakes?Don’t worry, things will get better soon．Last week, China started checking textbooks, dictionaries and children’s books all over the country．The government said the results of the check would come out at the end of June．

　　Last Wednesday Medvedev(梅德韦杰夫)took over from Vladimir Putin(普京)．At the age of 42, he becomes the youngest president of modern Russia．

　　Medvedev was born to a family of teachers．He read a lot from a young age．After university, the soft-spoken young man went on to teach law at university and became very popular with his students．

　　In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister(第一副总理)．But he was as friendly as before．“He has not changed．He invited me to his home,”said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev’s first teacher．“In Russia, only two politicians(政治家)have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin．”

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　　What is the hottest topic at your school recently?In Hangzhou Yongjin Middle School, it’s money．

　　The school held an activity called“making money”last weekend．About 200 Junior 1 and Junior 2 students were divided into 30 teams．They went out to make money by selling things．

　　What did they choose to sell?Some sold newspapers; some chose bottled water; some sold environmentally friendly shopping bags and bamboo baskets．

　　Hu Qing’s team decided to sell some useful books in front of the Children Activity Center．They thought parents would like to buy the books for their children．But unfortunately, they met urban management officers(城管)．The officers asked them to leave．“We played hide-and-seek(捉迷藏)with the officers for the whole morning,”said Hu．“Finally we had to give up．”

　　Wang Bing and her team sold ice cream in a square．They didn’t meet any officers．But few people were interested in what they were selling．The team then put up a board saying“For Country Kids”．It worked．More people came to their stall(小摊)．A foreigner even gave them 100 yuan．“He didn’t want any change．He said he wanted to help the children,”said Wang．“We were touched．”Later that day they gave the money they made to the“Project Hope”office．

　　Meng Zhaoxiang and his team were luckier．They sold all their cakes in four hours, spending 39.5 yuan and getting back 80 yuan．They made 40.5 yuan．“It was not easy to make the money,”said Meng．“Some people just looked．Others just tasted but didn’t buy．Now I know how hard it is for our parents to make the money we need to lead happy lives．”

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　　Australia has a lot of lovely animals．You cannot find them anywhere else in the world．The most famous ones are kangaroos(袋鼠)and koalas(树袋熊)．

　　The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia．They have large eyes and ears．They don’t walk, they jump．They use their strong back legs．They can jump at 74 kilometres per hour．They can go over nine metres in one jump．Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their babies．The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm．

　　Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia．They are on TV, in books and in the shops．But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year?There are too many of them．There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia．That’s more than the number of people in the country．Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat．They break into farms for food．Farmers are very angry with them．

　　The koala is another famous Australian animal．They look like bears, and have small eyes and big noses．They eat leaves from gum trees(桉树)．Koalas have a special smell．They use it to mark their home－“This is my place, you can’t come in!”Like kangaroos, a koala baby lives in its mother’s pouch, too．

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　　Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I’m Roy, and this is my show．This is a television show for all families, and I know you’ll enjoy it．

　　Let’s start with a story．Once there was a proud pig on a farm．He thought he was the most important of all the animals on the farm．But it was not enough that he himself thought this：he had to be sure that other animals thought it, too．So he went up to a chicken and asked,“Who is the most important animal on the farm?”The chicken answered,“You are, Mr．Pig．”Then he asked a dog, and he got the same reply．

　　Next, he asked a cow．When the cow seemed uncertained of the right answer, the pig looked angry, and showed his teeth,“Oh, you are, of course, Mr．Pig．”said the cow．“Of course,”the pig said,“there is no doubt about it．”

　　At last the pig asked a big horse the same question．The horse lifted one foot, rolled the pig over and placed his foot on the pig’s head．“I think you know the answer now．”said the horse．

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　　One afternoon Mrs．Green’s husband wanted to catch the 3∶30 flight to London to have an important meeting．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5 o’clock and said that he was still at the airport．

　　“What happened to you?”asked Mrs．Green．

　　“Well,”said Mr．Green,“Everything was going fine．I got my ticket, checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott, who was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me．”

　　“Why did he catch you?”

　　“I don’t know,”said Mr．Green,“As soon as he heard my shout, he ran towards me and caught me．”

　　“What did you shout to your friend?”

　　“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’．You know that’s the usual way we say hello to our friends．”

　　“But you don’t know the sentence ‘Hi, Jack ’ also means to take control of a plane by force(武力)．”

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　　There are many kinds of cars in the world．My aunt thinks that is because cars are like their drivers．She says, “Rich people have expensive cars; big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars．” But I don't agree with her．

　　My neighbor, Mrs．Hill, is 82 years old．She drives only on Tuesday, and she drives only to the bank．She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour．Do you think Mrs．Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new．It's very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour! My friend Mike is an artist．He draws beautiful pictures with lots of colors．But his car is black! Mrs．Bates has a very old car．It often has engine(发动机) trouble．Does she drive that kind of car because she is very poor? No, she has four factories and two million dollars in the bank．My aunt Mary has a car．Every Sunday, she drives to the country with her husband, her three children, her mother and their dog．

　　Now you have read about my friends and their cars．Do you agree with my aunt?

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