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　　Which of your hands do you use most?Very few of us use both of our hands well．Most of us use our right hands well．Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed．New-born babies can take things with either of their hands, but in about two years they like to use their right hands．

　　Scientists don’t know why this happens．They have studied it．They think of our animal ancestors(祖先)in the animal worlds．Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands more than the other but it can be either hand．there are so many right-handed ones．Next time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys carefully．You’ll see that some of them will swing from their right hands and the others will use their left hands．But most human beings use their right hands better and many tolls are made for the right-handed people, and this makes life difficult for the left-hand-handed ones．We live in a right-handed world．

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　　To：Aggie@yahoo.com　From：Joe@heinfo.net

　　Subject．Help!　Date：21/06/2005　19∶02 AM

Dear Aunt Aggie,

　　I’m having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school．The other day I wrote an email to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren’t very nice．Unluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded(无意间转发)the message to Rena!Now Rena is really angry with me and won’t talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well．She’ s said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done．I feel bad, because I never would have said those things to Rena’s face, but how do I get her to forgive(原谅)me?What should I do?Joe To：joe@heinfo.net　From：Aggie@yahoo.com

　　Subject：Some advice　Date：22/06/2005　10∶45 AM

Dear Joe,

　　This problem is more common than you might think!Email is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don’t know where your message might end up!First of all, you should say sorry right away to Rena．Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn’t mean to hurt her feelings．It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that’ s up to her．Then you might want to do something nice for her．Perhaps send her some flowers to show that you’re truly sorry．Also, you should remember that old saying：“ If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all．” And good luck!Aggie

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　　Have you wondered what David Beekham will do when he stops playing?He already has a good plan for his life．The 31-year-old star opened his football school, David Beekham Academy(学校)in London．It’s the largest sporting facility(设施)of its kind in Europe and will provide football training for up to 15,000 children a year．

　　It has two full-size football field, classroom, a dining hall and medical facilities for boys and girls between the age of 8 and 15．

　　Beckham hopes the academy will produce future professional footballers, but he also says that it is just for fun and for the children to enjoy themselves．

　　However, Beckham still decides to continue playing at the highest level in the near future．

　　“ This school is for my future, for after I finish playing．I will come here as much as I can when I get a break, but the most important thing is my playing career,” he said．

　　“ I want to play as long as my legs can take me．I don’t want to stop playing, but if it comes to a point where I can’t do it at the top level any more, then I will stop．But for me, I want to keep playing for Real Madrid and keep playing for England as long as I can．”

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　　Here is a good idea for future cars．There will be electronic tracks(电动轨道) everywhere in the streets．Electronic cars will run on these tracks．All the tracks and all the cars will be controlled by a great computer．For example, if you want to go from your school to a large factory, you just go out of the school and get into one of those cars outside．Then you press the button for the factory．A signal(信号)is sent from the car to the central computer and the computer finds the route(路线)．The car takes you to the factory at high speed．Easy!

　　Don’t you think it is a good idea for the future?If we really want to realize it, we must do something, we do not want to live in noisy, dirty cities, do we?

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　　Here is nine o’clock news

　　Prime Minister(总理)Abdul Krim of Tyrea has said that the danger(战争)in the Middle East(中东)is greater now than for the past two years．His country does not want war, he says, but the Tyrean people have waited too long for an end to the troubles with their neighbours．If war comes, says Mr King, Tyrea will be ready．

　　Ben Kitson, the writer of stories and plays for children, has died at his home in California．Mr Kitson was 82．His most famous book of stories, The Gentleman’s House, sells all over the world, in more than twenty-five languages．

　　Policeman in New York have stopped work．Their leader(领导)，Mr Paulo Angeli, says that they will return to work only when they receive more money for working long hours and doing what Mr Angel calls “the most dangerous job in the city．”

　　It has been a good year on the farm．The warm, wet spring, and the fine summer have been very good for all kinds of food plants．This means that fruit and vegetables will cost less in the shops this year．

　　And now it’s time for “Morning Music”．

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Dear Editor,

　　I’m a Senior 1 student in a middle school．This term, my favourite teacher, Miss Mao, no longer teaches us．I want to see her, but I’m afraid that she no longer likes me and I don’t want to trouble her．I really miss her．What should I do?

Tian Yan

Dear Tian Yan,

　　It’s bad luck that you have lost your favourite teacher．But, if she is still in your school, nothing can stop you going to see her．When she isn’t busy, ask her if she minds having a quick chat．You can then tell her she was your favourite teacher?everyone is happy to know they are liked!

　　If she has left the school, it will be more difficult to meet her．It will be hard, but remember people always come and go in our lives．We can’t rely on them being with us all the time．

　　You may be sad to say goodbye to her, but we can remember and learn from her．Think of her best qualities．

　　You could also try looking for similar qualities in your other teachers．Study hard and give your new teacher a chance．In time, you might start to see that he or she has different qualities to learn from．

　　Finally, you can not completely rely on other people getting you through your studies, or even your life．

Editor

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　　Popular music in America is what every student likes．Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, and at lunch．Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly as they drive on the street．

　　Adult(成年的)drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work．They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the life of American people．Most of the radio programmers are music．

　　Pop or popular music singers make much money．They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places．Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape．Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer．Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her．Now the singer has become a national star．

　　There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans．One is called folk(民间)music．It tells stories about the common life of Americans．Another is called western or country music．This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching．Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music．

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　　Nasreddin was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden．While he was sawing, another man passed in the street．He stopped and said, “ Excuse me, but if you continue to saw that branch like that, you will fall down with it．” He said this because Nasreddin was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree．

　　Nasreddin said nothing．He thought, “ This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do．”

　　The man continued on his way．Of course, after a few minutes．The branch fell and Nasreddin fell with it．

　　“ My God!” he cried．“ That man knows the future!” and he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live．But the man had gone．

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　　A grown-up(成年)person has ten or eleven pints(品脱)of blood(血液)inside his or her body．We can lose a pint of blood without feeling anything, but if we lose too much blood, we feel weak and cold．Our faces become pale(苍白)．We may die．This is what often happens when somebody is hurt in an accident, or a soldier is hurt in a war．Many people used to die in this way．But today they can be taken to hospital and given more blood．Almost at once they feel better．Their faces are no longer pale．They do not die．

　　Where does this blood come from?People who are healthy may donate blood(献血)to a blood to a blood bank so that it can be used to save people’s lives．When they go to donate blood, a special kind of needle(针)is put into the arm．It does not hurt．The blood runs through the needle and through a rubber tube(橡胶管)into a bottle or a bag．A pint of blood is taken this way．The person who has given blood drinks a cup of tea or coffee and rests for a few minutes．Then he feels quite well．And he may give his blood this way three months later．

　　A person who gives blood feels happy, because he knows that his blood will be used to save someone’s life．Perhaps one day he himself will need blood．

　　When you are older, you may give blood, too．But you can not do this until you are eighteen．

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　　Do teenagers in small villages do chores(家务)at home?How about the teenagers in the big cities?We make a survey last month．We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions．Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou．The others are from small villages．We made a diagram of the result of our survey．Let’s have a look at it．

　　We found out that teenagers in small villages do more chores than those in big cities．Maybe it is because they live a harder life．Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do．Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves．

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