Mr.and Mrs.White had two sons and three daughters．One Sunday，Mrs.White said to her husband．"The children don't have any lessons today，and you're free too．There's a new funfair(游乐场) in the park．Let's all go there to play．"

　　Her husband said，"I want to finish some work today．""Oh，forget it．Go there and make our children happy．That's the most important work．"Mrs.White said．

　　So Mr.and Mrs.White took their children to the funfair．Mr.White was forty-five years old，but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children．He hurried from one thing to another，and ate lots of sweets．One of the children said to her mother，"Dad is just like a small child，isn't he，Mom?"Mrs.White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered，"He is even worse than a small child，Mary，because he might spend more money than a small child．"

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　　The Arts Cinema is open 7 days a week.showing lots of American and foreign films．Next week,it will show an Australian film called Midnight Meeting．It is set in Sydney in the 1960s．You can see that film from Monday to Thursday．It will be on twice a day at 6：30 and 9：10 in the evenings．The film lasts two hours and fifteen minutes．Tickets are $4，but there is a special student ticket at $2.60 for all the films．Please bring your student card if you want the cheaper ticket．

　　The nearest parking lot to the cinema is in Hamlet Street．It's just five minutes'walk from the cinema if you need further information，phone 8813962 during office hours? am to 4：30 pm，Monday to Friday．

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　　Sarah left school at eighteen，went to college and then worked at a computer company．Four years later,she got a new job as a manager in British Airways(英国航空公司)．This is what she told us about her job：

　　“My office is at Heathrow Airport，but I spend 60％of my time in the air I teach air-hostesses(空姐) and help them with any problems．I also go to lots of meetings．

　　My hours are usually from 8 am to 4 pm，but sometimes I work from 1 pm to 9 pm．At work，the first thing I do is to check plane times on my computer．then I speak with some of the air-hostesses．

　　Sometimes I go on long flights(飞行) to check how the air-hostesses are doing．That's my favourite part of the job，but I like office work，too．Travelling can be hard work．When I get back from a long trip，all I can do is to eat something．then go to bed! I don't make much money，but I'm happy with British Airways and want to stay there and continue to travel．”

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　　Michelle Wie, from America, is like a lot of other young girls in many ways．She is a good student，and she likes reading，drawing and computers．However，in some other ways，she is very different．She doesn't spend much time going out with friends or shopping or going to parties．She's very busy practicing golf．

　　Michelle Wie is the best woman golfer for her age in the world．She was born in 1989．In 1999，at the age of 10，she began to win games against women twice her age．At 13，she could hit the ball further than most of the women in the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)．At 14，she showed she could hit the ball further than most men．

　　Wie began playing golf at the age of four．When she grew older，she played about four hours a day on weekdays and seven hours a day on weekends．Another thing that helped her was that she was tall．By the time she was 13，Wie was six

feet tall．She's a joy to watch．She has the flexibility of a dancer and also is very strong．And it's clear that she loves the game．

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　　I will always remember my mother's last few days in this world．

　　On February 14th，2000，my class went on a field trip to the beach．I had so much fun．When we returned to school．my teacher told me to go to the

headmaster's office．When I got into the office，I saw a police officer．Suddenly I realized something was wrong．The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick my sister up．After that，we went to the hospital and waited．Time went slowly．Finally，we got to see our mother．It was terrible．

　　On the next day，the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had happened．I was taking a rest that day．I knew it had something to do with my mother．I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better．How I wished that she had gotten better．When my teacher took me outside，my sister ran up to me．She started crying，“She's gone．Teresa．Mommy's gone．She's dead．”I couldn't believe it．We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital． Most of my family were there．The silence was terrible．I knew I had to say goodbye．

　　Today when I look back，I still miss my mother very much，but I know that I will live．My mother was a strong mother，who had the biggest heart．My mother was an angel walking on the earth．I will always remember her as living．When someone is asked who their hero (英雄) is，they usually say someone famous，like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears．When someone asks me who my hero is,I tell

them，my mother．My mother lives every day．That is what makes her a true hero．

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Australia is the largest island in the world．It is a little smaller than China．It is in the south of the earth． Australia is big，but its population is small．The population of Australia is nearly as large as that of Shanghai．

　　Enough laws have been made to fight against pollution．The cities in Australia have got little air or water pollution．The sky is blue and the water is clean．You can clearly see fish swimming in the rivers．Plants grow very well．Last month we visited Perth，the biggest city in Western Australia，and went to the wild flowers'exhibition．There we saw a large number of wild flowers we had never seen before．We had a wonderful time．Perth is famous for its beautiful wild flowers．In spring every year Perth has the wild flowers'exhibition．After visiting Perth，we spent a day in the countryside．We sat down and had a rest near a path at the foot of a hill．It was quiet and we enjoyed ourselves．Suddenly we heard bells ringing at the top of the hill．What we saw made us pick up all our things and run back to the car as quickly as we could．There were about three hundred sheep coming towards us down the path．

　　Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos．After a short drive from any town，you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep．Sheep，sheep，everywhere are sheep．

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　　People know that some animals，particularly birds，can be trained to carry messages for them．From 3 000 BC to now，pigeons have been used as "postmen" either in war or in peace．

　　In 1870，when the Germans surrounded Paris，the city was cut off from all the usual means of communication．The people tried many different ways to send news．One way was to use pigeons，and the little “postmen” flew fast．In four months about 156 000 letters were sent by them．

　　Now pigeons are still used．This is because sometimes only the little pigeon can carry the message to the place where it is difficult for man to go．That is why pigeons are called“postmen with feathers”．

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　　The tiger is the largest wild cat in the world．The big cat weighs about 363 kilograms and is about two metres long．

　　Tigers wait until it is dark，then they go out to find their food．When a tiger sees an animal，it moves very quietly，then jumps on the animal to kill it．Sometimes it can take several days for a tiger to finish eating its kill．The tiger eats until it's had enough，then it covers the dead animal with leaves．Later，when the tiger is hungry again，it comes back to eat some more．

　　Tigers are different from others in the eat family：they like water，and they of ten jump into rivers to swim．

　　Some tigers live in very cold places梚n parts of North Korea，eastern Russia,and northeast China．Other tigers live in warmer places梚n India and parts of Southeast Asia．

　　All tigers are in danger．People killed them to use their skins for clothes，and their bodies for medicine．In addition．there is also less and less land for tigers to live on．But now people know that tigers are in danger and have made plans to protect them．

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A Tall and Slim Girl

Linda was taller than any other student in the Seventh grade．She worried about this all the time，in school and at home．Her mother told her to stand up straight and be happy that she was so tall and thin．“Some day ”，her mother said， “You’ll be happy that you’re tall”．This made Linda happier，but she was still(仍然) afraid her classmates were making fun of her(取笑她)behind her back．One day，all this changed when Mrs Brown， the coach(教练)from the volleyball team，said that Linda was a good volleyball player and her height(身高) would make her valuable(有价值的)．Now， she really was proud(自豪)to be tall．She was someone special．

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　　Most American children eat potatoes．But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food．Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper．Hold the piece between your eyes and light．You will see that the potato has skin(皮)，an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part．The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all．But this is often thrown away with the skin．Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside．When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it．If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do．

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