Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is a social business, or family occasion．

　　The evening meal is usually longer and it is a time for families to gather together．Running quickly through daytime meals is part of the fast pace in America．Another reason for running quickly through daytime meals is that many people eat in restaurants that are usually crowded with people waiting for a place so that they, too ,can be served and return to work at the proper time．So each one hurries to make room for the next person．There is real difference between meals that are eaten in a hurry and those that can be enjoyed slowly with friends．

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　　The well-mannered Englishman at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses his vegetables into his fork．The well-mannered American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down on the right of his plate, takes his fork in his right hand and with his fork lifts the food to his mouth．He will have coffee half way through his dinner before the pudding．The Englishman drinks his coffee after the dinner．And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers．The Englishman would be surprised at the American’s idea of how tea should be made．

　　The popular method to make tea is to take a cup or a pot of hot water and drop inte it a cotton bag with tea leaves in it．For a change they will sometimes put a can of water on the electric stove and then pour the mixture into a teapot, pour it into a cup and drink it without turning a hair．

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Weather Report

(8∶00 a.m.December 17, 8∶00 a.m.December 18)

　　Influenced(被影响)by a cold front(冷风)northern Xinjiang, the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau(青藏高原), and the northern and eastern parts of Heilongjiang are going to experience light snow today．Drizzle is forecast for most areas of Sichuan and western coastal areas of South China．Northerly winds of force 4－6 are going to affect(影响)western and southwestern Inner Mongolia, and most parts of Northeast China while northerly winds of force 5－7 will sweep across the Bohai Sea, the northern parts of the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits(海峡)，and the central and northern parts of the South China Sea．

Weather forecast for major Chinese cities

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　　William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems．Some of his most famous plays are Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth．He wrote thirty-seven plays in all．They are still popular today．He was born in 1564 in England．At school he liked watching plays．He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen．In 1582, he married a farmer’s daughter．She was eight years older than he was．Their first child was a daughter．Later they had twins．In 1585, Shakespeare left his hometown, Stratford-upon-Avon．His wife and child dram stayed behind．No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592．

　　At twenty-eight he moved to London and joined a theatre company which opened the Globe Theatre in 1599．He became an actor , and he also wrote plays．He usually acted in his own plays．He earned almost no money from his writing．But he made a lot of money from acting．With the money he bought a large house in his hometown．

　　At the age of forty-nine , Shakespeare retired and went to live in Stratford-up-on-Avon．He died at the age of fifty-two．He left his money to his family．He left his genius to the world．You still see his plays in English and in many other languages．He is one of the most famous writers in the world．

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　　Mr．Jones went to a theatre to hear a famous singer sing popular songs．In front of him in the theatre was a man who made a lot of noise with this programme．And then he simply began to sing quietly with the man on the stage．

　　Mr．Jones became so angry that he said quite loudly, “What a fool!” The man in front turned around．He had a big face, very black brow．He whispered angrily, “Are you talking about me?” “Oh, no!” answered Mr．Jones, suddenly feeling afraid．“I was talking about the man on the stage who was stopping me from hearing you clearly．”

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　　Korea is lighting up Chinese screens after popular singer and actress Jang Nara(张娜拉)arrived in the country last week．

　　Having been awarded(授予)the title of South Korea’s(韩国的)most beautiful smile in October, she is here to tell fans about her new album, “Friend”, and comedy(喜剧)film, “ Oh!Happy Day ”．

　　“I was really impressed by the naughty teenage girls she has played in TV series and films,” said Wang Wei, a senior high school student in Tianjin．

　　“Her natural smile is better than those of other Korean stars who got their beautiful faces through surgery(手术)．”

　　The 22-year-old, who was named best artist in Asia at the CCTV Music Awards this year, has become very popular in China．While adults enjoy listening to her music, teenage girls like to copy her clothes, hairstyle and even the childish tricks she plays in her films．

　　This got out of hand at an event in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province earlier this year, as excited fans ran onto the stage to meet her．

　　“I didn’t realize there were so many people in China who loved my songs and films,” she said．“Maybe I shouldn’t play so many naughty tricks in my films in the future．” but behind this fun-loving face is a young woman who takes her career very seriously．Jang turned down a trip to the Grammy awards in America this February to be at a fans meeting in South Korea．

　　“Entertainers should always bring hopes and dreams to the audience,” she said．She also gave US ＄150,000 of her own money to help starving children in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(朝鲜)．

　　If she has time, Jang enjoys life as a normal art student at Chungang University(中央大学)．“I like to go to class and eat with my friends,” she said．“But nowadays, I’m happy just to get some sleep．”

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　　Ronald Reagan was the only actor to be President(总统)of the United States, but other film stars have also become successful in public office．One of them is Shirley Temple, who is remembered all over the world as a little girl who sang and danced in many films．

　　Shirley Temple began to make films at the age of five, and she was only nine when she played the part of Heidi．In almost every part of the world where films are seen on television, children and their parents still enjoy Heidi and Shirley Temple’s other films．Although she has not appeared(出现)in a film for over thirty years, her name is still dear to people of all ages．

　　When Shirley Temple was twenty-one years old, she was already out of the film world．Twenty years later, many people thought of her as the little girl that Americans have always loved in the films．However, others know her as an excellent woman knowledgeable about world problems．One of the people who recognized(认可)these important abilities(能力)was President Richard Nixon, who sent her to work in the United Nations in 1969．

　　Americans are beginning to realize that many film stars have other talents(才能)besides(除了……之外)acting．

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A SCHOOL REPORT

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　　The world is not hungry, but it is thirsty．It seems strange that nearly 3/4 of the earth is covered with water while we say we are short of(短缺)water．Why?Because about 97％ of water on the earth is sea water which we can’t drink or use for watering plants directly(直接地)．Man can only drink and use the 3％－the water that comes from rivers and lakes．And we can’t even use all of that, because some of it has been polluted(污染)．

　　Now more water is needed．Can we avoid(避免)a serious water shortage later on?First, we should all learn how to save water．Second, we should find out the way to reuse(再利用)it．Scientists have always been making study in this field．Today, in most large cities, water is used only once and then runs to the sea or rivers．But it can be used again．Even if every large city reused its water, still there would not be enough．What could people turn to next?

　　The sea seems to have the best answer．There is a lot of water in the sea．All that needs to be done is to get the salt out of the sea water．This is expensive, but it’s already in use in many parts of the world．Scientists are trying to find a cheaper way of doing it．So you see, if we can find a way out, we’ll be in no danger of drying up．

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