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　　At a nation’s saddest moment, its greatest heroes are born．

　　On September 11th, 2001, many police officers and government officials in America worked day and night to save lives from the big fire at the World Trade Centre．And in Japan, after the serious earthquake, a group of workers showed their courage．

　　The earthquake on March 11th made Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant(福岛核电站)turn off and stop its protective cooling systems．And later, a fire broke out．Workers were told that the plant’s radiation(辐射)could be harmful to human health．Hundreds of workers left the plant quickly．However, a group of workers decided to fight against the fire and the damage, though they knew it could cause very serious health problems．There were 50 workers in all, so they were also named the "Fukushima 50"．The workers worked in shifts(轮班)．

　　People knew little about the workers, who were mainly experts(专家)with the skills to control the situation．One woman said that her father had volunteered to stay there．“I heard that he volunteered even though he would retire(退休)in just half a year and my eyes were filled with tears．I am really proud of him．And I pray for his safe return．”

　　A student was going to spend his holiday in a cool mountain village．That evening he stayed at an inn(小旅馆)near the railway station(火车站)．Before going to bed, he went to the boss of the inn and said, "Excuse me, sir．Will you please wake me up at a quarter to five tomorrow morning? I'll take the five o'clock train．"

　　"Oh, sorry, sir, " the boss said in a hurry, "I'm afraid I can't．I won't be able to get up so early．"

　　The student was disappointed(失望)．When he began to return to his room, be stopped and asked, "Have you got an alarm-clock(闹钟)? Maybe it can help me．"

　　"Wait a minute, then．" The boss said and brought out an alarm-clock．"Here you are, sir．"

　　"Thank you very much．" The student said happily．But he found it was rusty(锈的)when he had a look at it．And it sometimes worked and sometimes didn't．He asked, "Will it ring in time?"

　　"I don't know, either．" said the boss, "But it doesn't matter．You just give it a good shake at a quarter to five．And it will ring on time．"

　　Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955．He grew up in Seattle, Washington in the US．He was a very clever boy．His favorite subjects at school were science and math．When he was 13, he started to play with computers．At that time, computers were large machines(机器)．Once he was very interested in a very old computer．He and some of his friends spent lots of time doing unusual things with it．In the end, they worked out a software program(软件程序)with the old machine．Bill sold it for ＄4, 200 when he was only 17．

　　In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University(哈佛大学)．In his third school year, he left Harvard to work for a company called Microsoft(微软)．Bill began his company(公司)in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen．They thought the computer would come into every office and every home soon．So they began developing(发展)the software for personal computers．They improved(改进)the software to make it easier for people to use computers．

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　　I’m taking my family to other countries to have a trip．My wife and I and our two children are all going along．My elder brother will go with us, too．He has never been overseas(海外的)and he is even more excited than the children．My father is so old that he’d like to stay at home and take care of the house．

　　We’re going to New York by train, and then take a ship to Europe．When we arrive in Europe(欧洲), we’re going to some countries for sightseeing(观光)．We’ll go to places either by train or by bus．We’re going to fly home．

　　It took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we’ll have a very interesting trip．We’ll go to England, France and Italy．We also talked about how we would go to Europe．At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would save more time, But my brother likes to take a boat trip and the children like that, too．

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　　Where do you think people will live in the future? Can you predict people will work and live in the sea? But how will people go to work then? By submarine(潜水艇)

　　Some scientists believe that some day submarine will be as many as today’s cars．A famous French drivers says ‘One day, man will work on the ocean floor as they do on the street!’

　　If people want to live in the sea, they have to solve a lot of problems, similar to those of living on the moon, are lack of oxygen(氧气)and weightlessness(失重)．Many questions are hard to solve．For example, what will happen to our bodies if we live in the sea for a very long time? Scientists are looking for answers．

　　Maybe in 50 years man will be able to live in the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land．Man will find it fun and interesting to live in the sea．And life in the sea is more comfortable．Don’t you think so?

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The best way of learning a language is using it．The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible．Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混淆)and people will not understand you．Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can’t understand them．But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes you make．Don’t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes．It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying．The most important things for learning English is：“Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes．”

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　　Mr．Gao lives in a town．When he was twenty-five, his son was born．He calls him Gao Ling．The little boy is clever．He and his wife love him very much．It’s September 1st today．A new school year begins．Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes．He’s going to school with his new bag．“Let me take you to school, dear．” said Mrs．Gao．“Thank you, Mummy, ” said the boy．“The school is not far from here．I can go there myself．”

　　At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, “What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir．” answered the boy．“How old are you?” “Six, sir．” “What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Daling, sir．” “How old is he?” “He is six, too, sir．” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise．“Is he as old as you?”

　　“Yes, sir,” said the boy．“He became a father only on the day when I was born．”

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　　There is an elephant and a monkey．They’re friends, but one day they want to know who is stronger(更壮)．One of them says, “Who can get apples over there, who is stronger．”

　　There is a river over there．Monkey says, “I can’t swim．” Elephant says “I can swim．Please sit my back．” They go across the river．The apple trees are very high．The elephant can’t reach(够着)the apples．The monkey climbs(爬)up the tree and gets many apples．

　　Now they know they should help each other．

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　　London has a population of over 7,000,000．From about the year 1800 until World War Two, London was the biggest city in the world．But now there are many cities which are much bigger than it．

　　London is famous for many things．Tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and hear the famous clock, Big Ben．

　　Like many big cities, London has problems with traffic and pollution which stop the city from developing．Over one million(百万)people a day use the London underground, but there are still too many cars on the streets．The air isn't clear, but it is anyhow cleaner than it was 100 years ago．

　　For me, the best things about London are the parks．There are five in the city center．But my children's favorite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world．

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　　Once there used to be an old woman．Around her house, she planted a lot of flowers．She had also planted a lot in other places．People all called her“The Lady Planting Flowers”, because she brought beauty to many people．They all loved her．When she was too old to go around any more, she made a special room for the children in the village to play in．Every afternoon she told them stories．The following was one of her stories．

　　When I was a child, my grandpa always told me stories in the evening．Before I went to bed, he often said,“If you did something good for others, the world would become better．”I remembered his words．I traveled many places when I grew up．What could I do for others? One day, I found some beautiful seeds, and then I sowed(播种)them wherever I went．The next year, when spring came, the beautiful flowers were everywhere．People were very happy to see them．

　　Before the children left her house, she said,“Remember, if you do one good thing, the world will become much better．”