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　　In Spain there once lived a king and he was very fond of jokes．“I will give a bag full of gold，”he said，“to the person who can tell me the best story．There's only one rule：it　must be a story which I cannot believe．If I can believe it，then I won't give away the bag of　gold.”

　　People came to the king from all parts of the country．They brought strange and wonderful stories．The king sat in his palace and listened to all the stories．He enjoyed them very much，but to each person he said，“I can believe that story．It could happen and it may betrue．So I won't give you the bag of gold．”

　　At last a poor old man came to the palace．He was carrying a huge stone jar．The old man went into the king's room and said，“Oh，king，your good father was once a poor man　and my father was rich．They were very good friends．My father gave your father a large jar,　like this one，and it was full of gold．Your father promised(允诺)to give back the gold　when he became rich．But he didn’t give it back．Now I'm poor and you are rich．And I want　the gold．”

　　The king said,“I don’t believe that story．The jar is very big．There isn't enough gold　in all my country to fill that jar．My father didn't tell me anything about a large jar full ofgold．”

　　“All right，”the old man said．“Never mind．If you don't believe the story，give me the　bag of gold，please．”The king remembered the rule and gave the man the bag of the gold．

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I think there is a serious problem in England. The problem is that many boys and girls copy (效仿)football stars. A 14-year-old English boy named Kenny copied David Beckham’s braided (编织的)hairstyle and his school made him leave school.

The headteacher of his school said the hairstyle was unacceptable (难以接受的). He said that boys should not copy the England footballer’s braided hairstyle because it could make them bald or give them headaches.

Kenny’s father said,“Many girls at the school have braids but the headteacher told me it was unacceptable for a white boy to have such a hairstyle. I think he is wrong and can’t stand it.”

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Asking for advice is very important. When we have difficult problems, we should ask others for advice. We can go to our parents, brothers, sisters, friends, and teachers for help. Also we can call the radio or write a letter to a newspaper or a magazine and they would like to help you and give you some advice.

Last year, my English was very poor. I didn’t know what to do. One of my friends said I should write a letter to a magazine. I wrote a letter to a magazine. And two weeks later, I got a letter written by the editor (编辑). In the letter the editor said I should listen more, read more and write more. I took his advice and really my English was getting better and better. Now English is my favorite subject.

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　　　　　　　　　　Who Influences Teenagers?

　　“Teenager”means people from 13 to 19 years old．Although they’re young，they have to make many important choices by themselves．They need to think　about questions like these：Should I go to college? What kind of jobs do I want?　However，other people also influence their choices．Who influences teenagers?　Teenagers were asked this question and here’s what they said．

　 It depends on the kind of choice.　When teenagers buy things,　friends are the　most important influence．This is especially true for clothes and music，TV shows，advertisements and parents also influence teenagers．In more serious things，parents are probably the most important influence．Some teenagers say it’s best to regard

both parents and friends as influences．James，a seventeen-year-old boy says　he’s“just a crazy man”, he also says,“Parents are really important because they　can tell you what’s right and wrong．”

　　But teenagers also feel they need to make choices——to make their own mistakes．As one teenage girl said，“If our parents don’t let us make our own choices，maybe in the future we won’t know how to do it．”And they feel friends can oftenbe a big help，especially because friends sometimes know more about their situation(处境)than their parents do．

　　Do you depend on parents or others you decide what to do and how to do it?　Whoever(不论谁)you depend on，the correct choice is the most important．Your future is in your hand．

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Long long ago, there was a poor family. The mother had a son. The son often went to steal(偷) things. Every time he brought something home, his mother was happy. Once he brought her some money. She did not ask him how and when he got it. She just said, “That’s very good.”

Many years passed, the little boy grew up and became a full?time thief. One day the police caught him and took him to the court(法庭). The judge(法官) said that he must die for his crimes (罪). But before dying, he could have one last wish. The son asked for his mother. He said that he wanted to see her tongue(舌头). The mother came and stuck out(伸出) her tongue. Then the son bit(咬) his mother’s tongue, and it began to bleed(流血) immediately(立刻). Everyone was surprised. They wanted to know why he had hurt his mother.

The son answered, “My mother did not tell me that it is wrong to steal. And so I am here now.” The judge then decided that the son should not die. The son later became a good man, and lived to an old age.

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Today is my birthday and I’m twenty-one years old. My name is Emma Hyde and my father is Dr David Hyde. He is a doctor in this city and people think he’s an extremely (非常) good doctor. My mother is a nurse. She’s a very good nurse. I have two brothers and one sister. Right now my elder brother is in the Middle East. He has many friends there. My sister is a student, and my younger brother, Mike is a student, too. Both my sister and Mike want to be teachers. They’re studying languages and both of them want to be language teachers. My father’s brother, uncle Charles, is a farmer. My mother’s brother, uncle William, is an engineer (工程师). Both of my uncles are still very young. People can’t guess how old they are. Uncle Charles is thirty-five and uncle William is thirty-six. They often come to see us. We are going to visit Beijing next autumn together.

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I always thought that a man who was wise (睿智的) and good would become rich, but this year I have learned that this is not always true. I learned from my teacher. He is both wise and good, but he is not rich at all, for being a teacher, he doesn’t have a good income. He may be able to get more money if he gives up teaching for business. But he is so proud of being a teacher that he takes pleasure in helping young people. He stays at school from morning till night and works very hard. He always smiles at us when we go to ask him for help. He is kinder to us than anyone whom I’ve ever known. I think it must be easier to learn history or maths than to learn how to become such a man. He scolds (责备) us when we do something wrong, but it teaches us to try to do better. We all wish to study with him as long as possible. But that may be impossible. Some of us may become doctors, some become businessmen, some become engineers, some become writers, but we all want one thing very much梩o become men like our teacher.

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The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. It can be very terrible(可怕的) when there is a strong wind.

The sea is very big. It covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep(深的) in some places. There is one place, the sea is about 11 kilometers deep there. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would still be 2 kilometers of water above it!

In most parts of the sea, there are lots of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live by eating them.

The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But, in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

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Long long ago, the world didn’t have many people. The people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting(狩猎) animals for food.

No one knows how or when these people learned about growing crops(庄稼). But when they did, their life changed(改变). They didn’t have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow crops.

People began to live near one another. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.

When machines (机器)began to be used, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. Then the villages turned into cities.

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Many people do not like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the city go to the country for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people take cars or buses for traveling.

Last May Day my family went to the country by car for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road, so we have to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a farm. It was clean and beautiful. The animals were very cute. We thought it was a nice place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down under a big green tree and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove back home. What a bad trip!

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