A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there．One night he went out for a walk alone．It was late and the small street was dark and quiet．Suddenly he heard footsteps(脚步声)behind him．He turned his head and saw a young Italian man who quickly walked past him．The man was nearly out of sight(看不见) when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone．He thought that it must be the Italian who took his watch．He decided to follow him and get it back．Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian．Neither of them understood each other’s language．The Frenchman threatened(威胁)the Italian with his fist(拳头)and pointed to the Italian’s watch．In the end the Italian gave his watch to the Frenchman．When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman t01d his wife about it．He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table．Now he knew that by mistake he had robbed(抢劫)the Italian of his watch．

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　　Can you remember the day when you spoke your first word?If you can, you are unusual．Try to imagine what first few months of your life were like．I am sure you just spent most of your time eating, sleeping and crying．As you grew older, you were awake more of the time．It took your parents more time to play with you and talk to you．You watched and listened curiously．You began to know that people made certain sounds to go with certain things．

　　Then you began to try making the sounds you heard．And step by step you were able to make the right sound for one thing．

　　On that day you came to understand the secret of language．The secret is that a certain sound means a certain thing．One sound might be as good as another．But it is no good as a word unless everybody agrees on its meaning．Only when a group of people use the same set of sounds of things, can they understand each other．Then and only then do these people have a LANGUAGE．

　　After you found the secret of language, you learned words．Some of the words meant things, such as BOOKS, CHAIRS and SHOES．Some words meant doing things, such as GO and SWIM, and other words describe things, such as GOOD and DIRTY．Soon you learned to put words together to express your idea, such as “ I want to go out and play with my friends．” This is language．By means of language people can-communicate．So we say languages are means of communication．

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　　Wendy：What do you want to be when you grow up?

　　Arnold：That’s easy－a police officer．I want to ride around in a police car and catch bad guys all day．

　　Wendy：Won’ t you be scared?

　　Arnold：Nope, because I’ll have my police dog with me．And I’ll have a partner．Hey, you can be my partner!

　　Wendy：No, thanks．

　　Arnold：That’s OK．I’ll still call you on my police radio．

　　Wendy：Cool!But you’d better call me before 9∶00 PM．That’s my bed time．

　　Arnold：So, what do you want to be?

　　Wendy：I don’t know－maybe a nurse…or a pilot…or a scientist．

　　Arnold：You want to do all of those things?

　　Wendy：No silly, only one．I’m just not sure which one．

　　Arnold：Still, you’ll have to go to college．

　　Wendy：That’s fine．My morn and dad went to the same college in Miami．I want to go there too．

　　Arnold：Don’t you hate school?

　　Wendy：No, I think it’s alright．How about you?

　　Arnold：Yeah, I guess it’s not too bad．Hey, do you think I can go to college?

　　Wendy：If you try hard, you can do anything you want．

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　　Aaron：What is that noise?It sounds like a car accident．

　　Travis：It’s my new Pearl Jam CD．Pretty cool, huh?

　　Aaron：Doesn’t this rock music give you a headache?

　　Travis：Very funny．Anyway, you only like classical music．

　　Aaron：What’ s wrong with that?

　　Travis：It makes me fall asleep．How boring!

　　Aaron：You should listen to some of my CDs．

　　Travis：No, thank you．

　　Aaron：It may help you calm down．You’re always so excited．

　　Travis：Look, you like your music．I like mine．To each one’s own．

　　Aaron：I guess．But you should have a more open mind．

　　Travis：You too．Remember, you don’t like my music either．

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　　Jennifer：Knrt , are you busy?

　　Kurt：A little．That’s alright．I can take a break．

　　Jennifer：Well, I just want to ask you for advice．You know my friend Denise, right?

　　Kurt：Sure．What about her?

　　Jennifer：She wants to open a flower shop．And she’ asked me to be her partner．

　　Kurt：Denise’s plan sounds interesting．Do you have the money?

　　Jennifer：I have saved some．I may need a bank loan for the rest．

　　Kurt：First, find out more about the shop．Is the location good?Can it make money?Can you trust Denise?Do you have the time?

　　Jennifer：That’s the big problem．I have a full-time job now．I don’t really want to quit．

　　Kurt：Then, talk to Denise again．Make sure about those details．Then, decide．

　　Jennifer：OK．Thanks for the advice．

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　　“You shouldn’t be so noisy, Your Majesty,” Alice said to the black kitten．You’ve woken me out of a very nice dream．I’ve been all through the looking-glass world．And I think that you were the Red Queen, weren’t you?

　　It is impossible to guess if a kitten is saying “yes” or “no”．Alice looked among the chessmen on the table until she found the Red Queen．Then she sat on the carpet and put the kitten and the Queen to look at each other．

　　“Curtsy while you’re thinking what to say, ” Alice said, with a little laugh．“It saves time, remember!”

　　But the kitten turned its head away and wouldn’t look at the Queen．

　　“ Now, Kitty, ” Alice went on, “ who was it who dreamed it all, do you think?No, lis-ten-don’t start washing your paws now．You see, Kitty, it was either me or the Red King．He was part of my dream, of course－but then I was part of his dream too!Was it the Red King, Kitty?”

　　But the kitten began to Wash its other paw, and pretended it hadn’t heard the question．

　　Who do you think was dreaming?

　　注：wake vt．打断睡眠，吵醒

　　dream n．梦

　　impossible adj．不可能的

　　carpet n．地毯

　　paw n．猫爪　pretend v．假装

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　　One of the most popular items in the class newspaper is the advice column．No one knows who writes it．The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false name．

　　The students enjoy thinking up problems for the advice column．Here are some of them and their answers．

ASK THE WISE OWL

　　Q：I’m always late for school．I try not to be, but I can’t help it．Please advise me what to do．Tommy．

　　A：You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school．My advice to you is to try and enjoy school more, then you won’t be late so often．

　　Q：I find it difficult to make friends．What do you think I should do?Sara．

　　A：I can’t advise you until I know more about you．Your problem may be that you are shy．On the other hand, it may be the opposite．You may be too bold．Write and tell me more about yourself．

　　Q：I’m always at the bottom of the class．What do you advise me to do?Molly．

　　A：I advise you to concentrate on improving your grades in one subject to start with．If you can do this, you should move a little way up from the bottom(末位)．Next try to improve your grades in another subject, and so on．If you concentrate on(倾全力于)one subject at a time, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your classes．The Wise Owl．

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　　Have you ever seen snow?Many people in the world have not．Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains．In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little．

　　When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first．There are often dark clouds; grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this．

　　But snow is different．Though it is cold, it is also beautiful．Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room．He thinks” Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed．But no, it is not very late．He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere．The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow．

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　　It’s a 5-year-old Karmen’s dream to be a ballet(芭蕾舞)dancer．But Karmen, who lives in Denver(丹佛)，was born with the AIDS virus(病毒)and has spent much of her short life going in and out of the hospital．

　　Karmen has done better than anyone had hoped．Doctors thought she would never walk or talk, but she gets around with a walker(助行架)and speaks well．

　　Karmen may not grow up to be a ballet dancer．But even if it’s difficult for her to walk, she was changed when she wore a short ballet skirt．Her mother bought her the skirt．She was really like a ballet dancer．

　　Sometimes, Karmen puts her head on her folded(交叉)hands because she is tired, and sometimes she needs to talk with God．One of her prayers(祈祷)goes, “Dear God, please make my legs and body strong．Please Let me grow up．”

　　Children with cancer, AIDS and other serious illnesses want to know that they are not alone．They want truthful answers to difficult questions, and they want to tell stories for the family, friends and for themselves．

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Index(目录)

　　Cover Story………………………………………………5－12

　　Business…………………………………………………25－34

　　TV Weekly………………………………………………58

　　Entertainment……………………………………………41－46

　　National News…………………………………………14－24

　　Sports……………………………………………………47－57

　　World News……………………………………………32－40

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