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　　Good morning．The program today is about music．The word“music”comes from the Greek word“muse”．The Muses are the goddesses of the arts．Music is only one of the arts．It is like the spoken language, but is uses sounds．Today's program brings together music from different corners of the world．Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions．But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone's life．Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them．When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard．When children go to school, their world of music grows．In the middle grades students take music lessons．When they reach high school, they become interested in listening to pop music．

　　The records we have chosen for you today are form American country music, Indian music, pop music and so on．Music has meaning for everyone．It can make people happy or it can make them sad．In this program we shall study the language of music．We shall be trying to find out more about how music works．We shall try to find out how music says what people feel．

　　Now, here comes the music today, I shall explain why they are all good music…

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　　Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed? It could be because the walls were painted blue, a calm and peaceful color．

　　Sometimes colors can affect our feelings and moods．Some colors can make us feel calm and peaceful．Blue is one of these．Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for our mind and body, because this color makes a good feeling．Blue is also the color of sadness, so you may say you’re feeling blue when you are feeling sad．White is another calm color．You should wear white clothes if you are feeling nervous．White is also the color of purity(纯洁)．Many women like to be in white on their wedding day．Green is the color of nature．It can give us more energy when we are feeling tired．

　　Some colors can make you feel warm．These colors can give you a happy feeling．People who live in cold climates use warm colors in their homes like orange and yellow instead of white and blue．

　　Orange shows joy．It can bring you success and cheer you up when you are feeling sad．Yellow is the color of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day．Yellow is also the color of wisdom．Some people prefer this color when they study for exams．For example, they may use yellow school things．Red is one of the strong colors．Wearing red often makes us active．

　　In short, we can try out different colors if we aren’t feeling our best．

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　　You speak, write a letter, make a telephone．Your words carry a message．People communicate with words．Do you think you can communicate without words?A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly．Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad．

　　When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions．You shake your head, and people know you are saying"No"．You nod and people know you are saying"Yes"．Other things can also carry messages．For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take．A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out．Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?People can communicate in many other ways．An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things．Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas．Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others．They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about．

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The word“day”has two meanings．When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using“day”to mean 24 hours．But when we talk about day and night, we are using“day”to mean the time between sunrise and sunset．Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time．Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night．A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning(旋转)of the earth．At the equator(赤道)day and night are sometimes the same length．They are each twelve hours long．The sun rises at 6 in the morning and sets at 6 in the evening．For six months the North Pole is tilted(倾斜)toward the sun．In those months the Northern Hemisphere(半球)gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere．Days are longer than nights．South of the equator nights are longer than days．For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun．Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight．Days are longer than night．North of the equator nights are longer than days．Winter is the season of long nights．Summer is the season of long days．

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　　Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time?Then join us to be a volunteer!We’re a non-profit(赢利的)organization．We have volunteer jobs of all ages．Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer．

　　You can help people in many ways．Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working．Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor．Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes．There is something for everyone．

　　“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything．Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too．”Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62．“I often played computer games in my spare time before．Now I help older people learn how to use computers．”said another volunteer at the age of 18．

　　If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in．Interested?Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website．www．activol．com．

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　　Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes．Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn’t know about them．When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discovered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before．Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they’re sold in supermarkets all over the world．They don’t seem strange any more!

　　Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America．In 1586, they were taken to Europe by explorers(探险家)．In 1719, they were taken to North America．Before 1719, nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato．Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year．

　　Tomatoes were also first grown by native(本地的)Americans．When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds(种子)back to Europe．Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn’t eat them．At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!

　　Chilies(辣椒)have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8,000 years!In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers．Today, they are grown in hot countries all over the world．

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　　In every little girl’s toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll．Barbie is 50 years old this year．It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler．She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel．She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara．The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair(交易会)New York on March 9th, 1959．This date is used as Barbie’s birthday．

　　Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars．Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars．Mattel says 90％of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll．And girls aged three to six own an average(平均)of about twelve．

　　When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend．Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world．They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world．

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