There once lived in Greece a learned man．He was so well-known for his wide knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn things from him．The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience(耐心)．

　　One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many, many more questions about things than we do?On the contrary(恰恰相反)，we students have far more questions than you．”

　　With a smile, the teacher drew two circles-one as large as a big wheel(轮子)the other smaller．

　　“ Of course, I’ve learned much more．But a teacher does not necessarily have fewer questions than his students．Now, look at these two circles．Within the big one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one yours．Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us．Since mine is larger, the line that marks out(划出……的界线)the circle is longer．That means I have more chances to face what is still unknown．And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do．The more you learn, the more questions you have．You will never learn enough, you know．”

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　　Have you ever been to some big cities in the world?The information below will be helpful to you．

　　Budapest

　　For many centuries, Budapest was two cities, with Buda on the west side of the river Danube and pest on the east side．Budapest became one city in 1872, and it has been the capital city of Hungary for about eighty years．

　　The population of Budapest is about three million, and the city is a very popular place for tourists．Visitors like to take boat rides along the Danube．Budapest is also known for its exciting nightlife．The best time to visit is summer since Budapest is very cold in winter．

　　Los Angeles

　　Los Angeles was founded in 1781．With 3.5 million people it is now the biggest city in California and the second largest city in the United States．It is famous for its modern high-ways, its movie stars, and its smog．When the city is really smoggy, you can’t see the near-by mountains．The weather is usually dry and warm．Visitors like to go to the film studios and to drive along Hollywood Street．There are many good beaches near the city, and Los Angeles is also close to Disneyland．

　　Taipei

　　Since the founding of Taipei of Taipei in the 18th century, the city has grown to a population of 2.3 million．Taipei is an exciting city, but the weather is(潮湿)and not always pleasant．

　　It’s also a very busy city, and the streets are always full of people．There is an excel-lent museum that many people visit．Taipei is quite an expensive city, but not more expensive than some neighboring cities such as Hong Kong and TOKYO．So more and more travelers．Go to Taipei to shop．

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Hello Sandy,

　　We have just returned from our holiday．We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors．This is a beautiful place．It is a natural park．There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds．

　　Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as be used to．However this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live．Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk．Very pleasant!

　　I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley(峡谷)below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley．Also, in England, the old steam powered trains(蒸汽火车)are very popular．I have taken many photos of the train and from it．

　　Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter．It is very early(we usually expect snow in January)．It rained all day, then snowed in the evening．Today we have bright sunshine!

　　Both Jenny and I are well I don’t know if I told you, in the last e-mail, that Jenny is now working in a hotel．Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work．

　　Please write to us to tell us your news．

Yours,

Victor

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　　Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China．She loves teaching very much．One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom．After class, the headmaster told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and how much Chinese she was using．The result was about half English and half Chinese．She was using Chinese when she gave instructions to her students and when she wanted to get feedback(反馈)from her students．The headmaster told her that she should use more English in her class．

　　Miss Wu made a plan like this：

　　Talk with an Englishman every Sunday for two hours to learn more English expressions;

　　Write some English expressions on cards．These cards not only remind her to use English in class, but also help her remember some expressions;

　　Have a five-minute talk in English with students before class．

　　She used body language to help her if students could not understand．

　　One year later, she found she could use English freely in class．

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　　I feel very excited at the thought that in another week I’ll be with you again on holiday．

　　I enjoy my stay in England very much indeed．My host and my fellow－students are all very nice to me, but as they say in England, “There’s no place like home”, and I think you will feel this above all at Christmas time．

　　I’m leaving here early on Thursday, the 23^rd, and I will be arriving in Paris on Friday morning．So I will be home about lunch time Please meet me at the station．In some of my earlier letters I have told you all about the other students here．Well, I want to ask my Canadian friend, Ken, to come and spend Christmas, and he has no friends in England except me．He is a very nice boy．I know you will like him and I feel sure he will enjoy Christmas with us．But I haven’t invited him yet．Please let me know soon if that’s all right．I’ve got some Christmas presents for you all, but I’m not going to tell you what they are, so it will be a surprise．

　　How are you all at home?I hope you are keeping well．Make sure that father always puts on his big coat when he goes out so that he will not catch a cold．We don’t want him ill for Christmas．

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　　Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river when Mary shouted, “Look!That’s a spaceship up there and it’s going to land here．”

　　Frightened by the strange spaceship, all the young people got into their cars and drove a-way as quickly as possible except peter and Mary．They were more curious(好奇的)than frightened．They watched the spaceship land and saw a door open, but nobody came out, so they went to look into it．In the center of the floor, there was a lot of food．Peter followed Mary into the spaceship and did not hear the door close behind him．The temperature fell in no time and very soon the two young people didn’t know anything．

　　When they came to life, they were surprised to see that they were back by the river again．The spaceship had gone．Their car was nearby．

　　“What happened?” asked Mary．

　　Peter scratched his head, saying slowly, “Don’t ask me．Perhaps we had a problem．Come on．It’s time to go home．”

　　After driving about fifty metres, they found a thick wall made of something like glass stood in their way．On the other side of the wall, a few strange aliens were looking through the wall and reading a notice which, translated into English, said：“New comers at the zoo：a pair of earth villagers in their field with their house on wheels．”

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　　Everyone has known fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng since 2005．On September 23,2005 it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou 6．But in the end, Fei and Nie were chosen to go to space．

　　Fei Junlong was born in 1965．He is a Chinese astronaut selected(选拔)as a member of the Shenzhou program．He was born in Jiangsu and joined the People’s Liberation Army Air

　　Force(中国人民解放军空军)in 1982 at the age of 17．And since then he has only returned home six times．As a fighter pilot(战斗机飞行员)，he was selected to astronaut in 1998．

　　He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son．

　　Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964．He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program．He is from Hubei．After graduating from high school he joined the people’s Liberation Army Air Force, and became a fighter pilot．In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program．

　　He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 program．Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight, with Zhai Ahigang．

　　Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter．

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　　January 1 is the New Year’s Day, the first day of the year．It is a legal(法定的)holiday, and all banks, stores and schools are closed．Many people invite their friends to come and visit them in the afternoon or evening．

　　The only legal holiday in February is Washington’s Birthday．Although Washington was born on February 22, his birthday is now celebrated on the third Monday of February．Some States also celebrate Lincoln’s birthday on February 12．These two, the United States’ most famous presidents, were both born in February．

　　The last Monday in May is Memorial Day(纪念日)．This holiday remembers the many service members, men and women, who died for their country．Americans celebrate Memorial Day with services in cemeteries(公墓)and churches．

　　America’s great national holiday, Independence Day, falls on the fourth of July．It celebrates the birth of the United States．It was on this day that the colonists(殖民者)announced their independence from England．They had to fight hard for the next seven years to win this independence．

　　The first Monday of September is Labor Day(劳工节)．This holiday honors(向——表示敬意)the working people of the United States．There are sorts of celebrations and speeches on this day too．People go to all kinds of places to enjoy the fine weather at the end of summer．

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　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it．The one time I wasn’t sure of that was on September 11．

　　I usually wake up at 6∶30 or 7∶00 in the morning．That day, I happened to wake up earlier．I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center．My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident．Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism．

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again．When I Watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget．Couldn’t understand how something this terrible could have happened．

　　It wasn’t until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy．People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant．Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things．Personally, I am more tolerant than I was．I realize life is too short, and too precious, to let myself get worried over small things．I’ve learned also that you can’t take things for granted, Things change in the blink of an eye．People go to work and don’t come back．One moment they’re living and the next minute they’re not．And, it doesn’t matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it．We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have．

　　You try to learn from what happened．You can’t be used up it．You can’t live by it．All you can do is just live．

　　注：crash撞击　reaction反应　witness目击　tragedy悲剧　tolerant宽容的　precious珍贵的　take－for granted认为——是当然的

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