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Would you like to go to Beijing, our capital? It's far away from Guangdong．It's 2313 kilometres from Beijing to Guangdong．The city of Kunming is 2216 kilimetres away from Guangdong．It's always very warm there．But it's very hot in summer in Wuhan．It's 1084 kilometres from Guangdong to Wuhan．Changsha is near Guangdong．It's 726 kilometres from Changsha to Guangdong．Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It' s Shanghai．It's 1811 kilometres from Guangdong to Sahnghai．If you travel by air, you'll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangdong to Beijing．It only takes you about four hours and you'll get there easily, safely and unhurriedly(从容不迫)．But traveling by train is quite different．You have to stay on the train for over thirty hours to arrive in Beijing．More and more people like to travel by air．You can see why, can't you?

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　　How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

　　The sun was probably the world’s first“clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)live．There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer．But in most of the world, people have used the sun fooday, if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night．The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon．When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon．

　　People who live near the sea from the tides．In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach．And then it about six hours．The same thing happens again at night．There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours．

　　Seamen on a ship leall time by looking at the moon and the stars．The whole sky is their clock．In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing．In these places the wind can be the clock．

　　A sand clock is an even better clock．If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the the sand will take another hour to go back again．

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　　Jerry Balkwin, 30 years old, restaurant．He lived in a flat about one mile north of the restaurant．He walked to and from work．When it was raining, he took the bus．

　　Jerry loved gangster(匪徒)movies．When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times．Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney’s Video Store．Jerry had a home over 1,000 gangster videos．Old ones, new ones; color, black and white; English, Spanish, Japanese－he loved them all．He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the story．

　　Jerry finally decided that he would own a gun, just like the gangsters．So he saved his money for a couple of years．Then he went to the gun club to practice shooting．He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his gun．The gun went off, and the bullet(子弹)went into Jerry’s right knee．

　　Jerry now walks with a walking stick, just like some gangsters．

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　　Millions of young people are writing blogs．Millions of others are reading them．The word"blog"is a short way of saying Web log．

　　Many popular Web sites now offer free, easy ways to create personal Web pages and fill them with writings and pictures．Web sites called"Facebook"and"MySpace"are some of the most popular blog sites for young people．Many young adults use their blogs to write about daily activities and events in their lives．They also provide a place for people to write their ideas and opinions and how they think of others’ ideas．

　　Blogs offer young people a place to show their writings and feelings．They can also be helpful to connect* young people with others．But blogs can become dangerous when they are read on the Internet by millions of people all over the world．

　　Recent studies show that young people often provide their names, age and where they live on the Internet．That may not be safe for them．This personal information puts them at risk* of being searched out by dangerous people who want to hurt them．Many students do not know about privacy* and are surprised to learn that adults can read their personal daily records easily．Students can also get into trouble when they put information about others on their blogs．

　　As a result, many schools have banned* the use of blogging web sites on school computers．Many schools have also begun teaching parents about the web sites．Parents should know what their children are doing online and should read their blogs to make sure they are not giving out private information．One way to keep away from these problems is to use programs so that blogs can be read by"friends only．"people can read the website only if they know a secret word chosen by the blogger．

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　　As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture．We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used．Let’s look at the words about animals and plants．Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example,“a homeless dog”,“a mad dog”,“a running dog”and“a dog catching a mouse”, have negative* meanings．But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans．In English, people use the dog to describe positive* actions．For example,“you are a lucky dog”means you are a lucky person．And“every dog has its day”means each person has good luck sometimes．To describe a person’s serious illness, they say“sick as a dog”．The word“dog-tired”means very tired．However, Chinese love cats very much．But in western culture,“cat”is often used to describe a woman who is cruel*．

　　The rose is regarded as a symbol* of love in both China and some western countries．People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship．And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries．

　　The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures．We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used．

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　　Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift．It was a smile．

　　It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away．As a result, no one knew who I was．I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone．

　　Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break．I couldn’t talk with anyone about my problems．

　　Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual．At that moment, a boy entered the classroom．I didn’t know who he was．He passed me and then turned back．He looked at me, with a smile．

　　Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly．It made me feel happy, lively and warm．That smile changed my life．I started to talk with other students and made friends．Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class．The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now．

　　One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

　　It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone．I believe that the world is what you think it is．If you think it lonely, you might always be alone．So smile at world and it will smile back．

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　　When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan．Many of our new neighbors weren’t very welcoming．Some of them said angrily that we should return to where we came from．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from school．

　　Most of my teachers simply took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being treated, but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean showed her respect for me by teaching me just like anyone else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a chance to show that I was clever．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me think for myself．She always wanted to know what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson right to buy Louisiana from France?Why?She expected me to have my own idea．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for oneself was the real key to education．

　　One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly threw an eraser at me．The eraser hit me right on the hand and sent my pencil flying．The whole class were very surprised at first, then started laughing．This event became famous in the school and, because it happened to me, the students wanted to get to know me．So that’s the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target(靶子), and how I became just another kid in school．

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　　Many young people want to be pop stars．Pop stars are rich．Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life．In fact, they have very hard lives．They spend much of their time on travel．Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars．The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star．

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　　Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread．Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American．However, they actually come from other countries．

　　A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake－a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup．The idea of the pancake is very old．In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China．

　　Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America．Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe．

　　In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them．Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world．Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go．

　　Doughnuts(usually spelled“donut”in the United States)came from France．They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战)．After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them．Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States．

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