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　　Have you ever heard the saying“If you want a friend, be one”?

　　Here is a story about one new teacher making friends with the girls and boys in her class on the first day of school．As the bell rang, the teacher came in smiling at each girl and boy．Then she said in a quiet voice,“Good morning, girls and boys!How happy I am because I have all of you in my class this year．I'd like to know each of you．I am sure we will enjoy working together．I am sure that the more we get together the happier we'll be．”Her voice was so sweet and her looking was so friendly．Everyone believed what she said．

　　She told the girls and boys her name and wrote it on the blackboard．She told them some of the things she liked to do and she was hoping to do with them during the year．

　　Then she said to the whole class,“Now you know my name and the things I like．Next I want to know your names and the things you like．Then I will feel that I know you．”

　　Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?

　　One way of getting to know girls and boys in our class is to know more about them．It is usual to be friends with those people who have the same interests with you．You can play the same games and go on journeys together．

　　You may find that some new comers in your class miss their old friends and feel strange and lonely．You can invite them to take a walk or to ride bikes with you．You will find many things in common to talk about．It is one good way to make friends just by talking together in a friendly manner．

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　　Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, U．S．A．When he was a boy, he sang with other children in the church．

　　Little Martin knew that it was very important to love and be kind to others．

　　Although the church was very important to Martin, he was interested in other things, too．He liked sports very much．He was not tall, but he was very strong．The boys in his town often met at Martin's house for a game of football or basketball．

　　Martin liked school and was a very good student．He went to college at fifteen．At first, he didn't know what he wanted to study．He knew the black people didn't have the same rights as the white people, and he also knew that the black people were not as happy as the white people．He wanted to work for the black people．He wanted to help the poor black people．

　　Later he really became a famous man．He was fighting for the men's rights all his life．At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize．He became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure．He was murdered(谋杀)on the evening of April 4, 1968．

　　Mr Ling lives in China．He worked in a factory and last year he retired(退休)．His wife died five years ago and his son works in Japan．He always has sports and he is in good health．

　　One day his son called him and asked him to have a journey to Tokyo．He was very happy．He was afraid to travel by plane and took the ship．

　　On the first morning on the ship Mr Ling met an Englishman at table．The man said to him,“Good morning!”

　　He thought the Englishman told his name to him．So he stood up and said,“Ling Bing!”

　　And it was repeated a few mornings and Mr Ling told a teacher about it．Hearing him, the teacher began to laugh and said,“He says hello to you in the morning．”

　　The next morning, when Mr Ling met the Englishman, he said,“Good morning!”

　　And the Englishman stood up and said,“Ling Bing, sir．”

　　When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body becomes hot, and there are pains all over．You don't want to work．You stay in bed, feeling terrible．

　　What makes you ill?It is germs(细菌)．Germs are everywhere．They are very small and you can't see them with your eyes, but you can find them with a microscope．They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on or in a very small thing．

　　Germs are always in dirty water．When you look at dirty water under a microscope, you will see them in it．So your parents will not let you drink dirty water．

　　Germs are found not only in dirty water, they are also found in air and dust．If you cut your finger, and if some of the dust goes into the finger, it will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it．Sometimes they will go into your body and you will have pain everywhere．

　　A man was traveling abroad in a small red car．One day he left the car and went shopping．When he came back, its roof was badly damaged．

　　Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it．The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus which was near there．The owner of the elephant said,“I am very sorry!My elephant has a big, round, red chair．He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!”

　　Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage．

　　When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers would not believe his story．They said,“You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one!”

　　It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him．

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　　When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the early eighteenth century, people had different ideas about their use．Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to people and they could cause people to die．

　　In Sweden, King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether this was true or false．It happened that there were two brothers who were in prison at the time; they were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way．They had both been sentenced to death．The king decided to let them live if one of them agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other, several cups of coffee each day．

　　Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind．At last, the brother who had to drink tea every day died at the age of eighty-three; the other died a few years later．

　　Because of the experiment, Sweden is today one of the countries of the world where much tea and coffee are drunk．

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　　Dictionaries say that“spring fever”is a lazy or restless feeling．People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring．Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another．people have talked about it for years．

　　Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever．What they found is quite surprising．

　　In many places we live in, the winter months often seem dark and dreary．When spring comes late March, the world becomes colorful．The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day．According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain(大脑)．The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever．

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　　A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers(写网络日志的人)．Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina.com.invited to open blogs．

　　The web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world's most popular．Xu, an actress-turned–director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film．A Letter From an Unknown Woman in 2004．

　　Her blog has broken the domestic(国内的)record with more than 10 million visits．

　　Xu updates(更新)her blog every other day．But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day．

　　Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles, praising(赞扬)her open, free writing style, commenting(评论)on films．

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　　Dear Annie,

　　I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing．I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself．But now I know I was wrong．

　　Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess．And that's why I'm writing this letter to you．

　　I have a happy family．I love my children and they love me．I'm a mother of three children．I know well how to bring up(带大)children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me．

　　But now I have a serious problem：the Internet problem．My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now, but he doesn't seem to be interested in it．He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Tnternet every day, He chats with pelple that he has never met before, but speaks little to us．He does lots of useless things on the Internet．And he sees red if you ask him to do his homework．

　　I just want him to be a good student．Now he seldomdoes his lessons at home．I'm afraid he will drop behind in his class soon．His father is a doctor, a very kind man．He never seems to be afraid of his father．

　　What can I do?And don't tell to talk to him．We've tried that and it didn't work．But this is really a big problem in our family．I have tried everything I can think of．I wonder how the Internet is so attractive(有吸引力的)．You're my last hope．Please tell me what I can do!

Yours,

Ellen Smith

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Parents today also worry about their children's diets．Some doctors give the following advice：