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　　If you are lost in the mountains, stay calm in the face of darkness, loneliness, and the unknown．It will greatly increase your chances of survival．Many people think that preparing necessary equipment and knowing how to use it are very important, but actually eighty percent of mountain survival is your reaction to fear．

　　Find a hiding place．

　　Unnecessary labor will make you sweat and make you cold．Find a hiding place around you before trying to start your own construction．If you are in a snow-covered area, you may be able to dig a cave in deep snow for protection from the wind．You should try to hide yourself in the middle of the mountain if possible．Stay out of the valleys cold air falls, and the valley floor can be the coldest area on the mountain．

　　Signal rescuers for help．

　　The best time to signal rescuers is during the day．Signal for help from the highest point possible it will be easier for rescuers to see you, and any sound you make will travel farther．If you take a box of matches and a space blanket(a special blanket for traveling), build three smoky fires and put your blanket－gold side facing out on the ground．

　　Do not walk away．

　　It will make finding you more difficult, as search teams will be trying to follow your path and may miss you if you have gone off in a different direction．Searchers often end up finding a car with no one in it．

　　If you get frostbite(冻伤)，do not rewarm the affected area until you're out of danger．

　　You can walk on frostbitten feet, but once you warm the and can feel the pain, you will not want to walk anywhere．Try to protect the frostbitten area and keep it dry until you are rescue．

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Why I Don’t Spare “ Spare Change ”

　　“ Poor but honest．” “ The deserving(值得帮助)poor．” These words always come to my mind when I think of “ the poor ”．But I also think of people who, perhaps through alcohol(酒精)or drugs, have ruined not only their own lives but also the lives of others in order to give way to their own pleasure．Perhaps alcoholism and drug addiction(上瘾)really are “ diseases ”, as many people say, but my own feeling based, of course, not on any serious study is that most alcoholics and drug addicts belong to the “ undeserving poor ”．And that is largely why I don’t give spare change to beggars．

　　But surely among the street people there are also some who can tightly be called “deserving ”．Deserving what?My spare change?Or simply the government’s assistance?It happens that I have been brought up to believe that it is proper to make contributions to charity(慈善机构)，but if I give some change to a beggar, am I making a contribution to charity and thereby helping someone, or, am I perhaps simply encouraging someone not to get help?Or, maybe even worse, am I supporting a cheat?

　　If one believes in the value of private charity, one can either give to needy people or to charitable organizations．In giving to a beggar one may indeed be helping a person who badly needs help, but one cannot be certain that one is giving to a needy person．In giving to an organization, on the other hand, one can feel that one’s money is likely to be used wisely．True, facing a beggar one may feel that this particular unfortunate person needs help at this moment a cup of coffee or a sandwich and the need will not be met unless I put my hand in my pocket fight now．But I have come to think that the beggars whom I meet can get along without my spare change, and indeed perhaps they are actually better off for not having money to buy alcohol or drugs．

　　I know nothing about these beggars, but it’s my impression that they simply prefer begging to working．I am not generalizing about street people．I am talking about the people whom I actually meet．That’s why I do not give “ spare change ”, and I don’t think I will in the future．

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Phillip Island Penguins(企鹅)

　　The Little Penguin has called Phillip Island home for untold generations．Get to Phillip Island in plenty of time to watch a summer sunset at Summerland Beach－the stage is attractively set to see the Little Penguin leave water and step onto land．

　　·Leave Melbourne at 5∶30 pm for a direct journey to Phillip Island

　　·See the Gippsland area－Guinness Book of Records place for the world’s longest earthworm(蚯蚓)

　　·Journey along the coastal highway around the Bay with French Island and Churchill Island in the distance

　　·Cross the bridge at San Remo to enter Phillip Island－natural home for Little Penguins and many animals

　　·Take your place in special viewing stands(看台)to watch the daily evening performance of the wild Little Penguins

　　Ultimate Penguins(＋U)

　　Join a group of up to 15．This guided tour goes to an attractive, quiet beach to see Little Penguins．You can see penguins at night by wearing a special pair of glasses．

　　Adult ＄60.00　Child ＄30.00

　　Viewing Platform Penguin Plus(＋V)

　　More personalized wildlife viewing limited to 130 people providing closer viewing of the penguin arrival than the main viewing stands．

　　Adult ＄25.00 Child ＄12.50

　　Penguin Skybox(＋S)

　　Join a group of only 5 in the comfort of a special, higher-up viewing tower．Gain an excellent overview of Summerland Beach．

　　Adult 16yrs＋＄50.00

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May：Happenings from the Past

　　May 5,1884

　　Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby．He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times．

　　May 9,1754

　　Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon, showing a snake cut in pieces, with the words “Join or Die” printed under the picture．

　　May 11,1934

　　The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought, blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington, D.C.．

　　May 19,1994

　　Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64．

　　May 24,18 a.a

　　Samuel F．B．Morse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought, ”over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Md．

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　　There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying faster than others, and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese．

　　That product is foreign words．

　　Gairaigo-words that come from outside have been part of the Japanese language for centuries．Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers．

　　But in the last few years the trickle(涓涓细流)of foreign words has become a flood, and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Japanese to understand each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good qualities of traditional Japanese．

　　“ The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese interest in anything new, ” says university lecturer and writer Takashi Saito．“ By using a foreign word you can make a subject seem new, which makes it easier for the media to pick up．”

　　Experts often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields．Those terms are then included in government white papers, said Muturo Kai, president of the National Language Research Institute．“ Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public, when they should really be explained in Japanese．”

　　Against the flow of new words, many Japanese are turning back to the study of their own language．Saito’s Japanese to Be Read Aloud is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves．

　　“We were expecting to sell the books to young people,” said the writer, “ but it turns out they are more popular with the older generation who seem uneasy about the future of Japanese．”

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　　I love Charles Barkley like a brother but We disagree from time to time．Here’s an example of what I mean：I disagree with what Charles says in his Nike commercial, the one in which he insists, “ I’m not a role model．” Charles, you can deny being a role model, but we don’t choose to be the role models, we are chosen．Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one．

　　I don’t think we can accept all the glory and the money that comes with being a famous athlete and not accept the responsibility of being a role model, of knowing that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set an example．

　　I love being a role model, and I try to be a positive one．That doesn’t mean I always succeed．I’m not saint．I make mistakes, and sometimes I do childish things．

　　But you don’t have to be perfect to be a good role model, and people shouldn’t expect perfection．If I were deciding whether a basketball player was a positive role model, I would want to know：Does he influence people’s lives in a positive way away from the court(球场)?How much has he given of himself, in time or in money, to help people who look up to him?Does he display the values－like honesty and determination－that are part of being a good person?

　　Kids have lots of other role models－teachers, movie stars, athletes, even other kids．As athletes, we can’t take the place of parents, but we can help reinforce what they try to teach their kids．

　　Constantly being watched by the public can be hard to stand at times．I don’t think most people can imagine what it’s like to be watched that closely every minute of every day．

　　But the good things about being a role model outweigh the bad．It’s a great feeling to think you’re a small part of the reason that a kid decided to give school another try instead of dropping out or that a kid had the strength to walk away when someone offered him drugs．But one thing I would encourage parents to do is to remind their kids that no matter which athletes they look up to, there are no perfect human beings．That way, if the kid’s heroes should make mistakes, it won’t seem like the end of the world to them．

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　　The young man arrived on the Massachusetts beach early carrying a radio, a shovel, and a strange set of tools：a brick layer’s trowel, a palette knife, spatulas, spoons, and a spray bottle．

　　He walked down near the water－the tide was out－put down the radio and tuned it to soft rock．Then he shoveled wet sand into a pile nearly four feet high and as many feet across．Then he created a rectangular(长方形的)shape．

　　After that, he set to work with palette knife, spatulas, and spoons．He shaped a graceful tower, topped walls, fashioned beautiful bay windows, and carved out big front gate．

　　The man knew his sand．He smoothly finished some surfaces and embroidered(雕刻)artistic designs on others．As the shapes began to dry, he gently kept them slightly wet with water from the spray bottle, in case they might break in the wind．

　　All this took hours．People gathered．At last he stood back, obviously satisfied with a castle worthy of the Austrian countryside or Disneyland．

　　Then he gathered his tools and radio and moved them up to drier sand．He had known for a while what many in the rapt(全神贯注的)crowd still overlooked：the tide was coming in．Not only had he practiced his art with confidence and style, he had done so against a powerful, immutable(不可抗拒的)deadline．

　　As the crowd looked on, water began to lap at the base of the castle．In minutes it was surrounded．Then the rising flood began to eat into the base, walls fell, the tower fell, and finally the gate’s arch fell．More minutes passed, and small waves erased bay windows and battlements－soon no more than a small part was left．

　　Many in the crowd looked terribly sad; some voiced fears and discouragement．But the sculptor(雕塑家)remained calm．He had, after all, had a wonderful day, making beauty out of nothing, and watching it return to nothing as time and tide moved on．

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　　I entered St．Thomas’s Hospital as a medical student at the age of 18 and spent five years there．I was an unsatisfactory student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it．I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evening, after my high tea, I wrote and read．Before long I wrote a novel called “Liza of Lambeth ”, which I sent to the publisher and was accepted．It appeared during my last year at the hospital and had something of a success．It was of course an accident, but naturally I didn’t know that．I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession．So three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I set out for Spain to write another book．Looking back now and knowing as I do the terrible difficulties of making a living by writing, I realize I was taking a fearful risk．It never even occurred to me．

　　The next ten years were very hard and I earned an average of ￡100 a year．Then I had a bit of luck．The manager of the Court Theatre put on a play that failed．The next play he had arranged to put on was not ready and he was at his wits’ end．He read a play of mine and, though he didn’t like it very much, he thought it might just run for the six weeks till the play he had in mind to follow it with could be produced．It ran for fifteen months．Within a short while I had four plays running in London at the same time．Nothing of the kind had happened before．I was the talk of the town．One of the students at St．Thomas’s Hospital asked the famous surgeon with whom I had worked whether he remembered me．“Yes, I remember him quite well”, he said．“One of our failures, I am afraid”．

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　　In l8l4 Thomas Raffles sent a group of his men to look for a “mountain of Buddhist sculpture(雕塑)in stone” that was said to be buried in the forests．Working from the tales of local people, Mr．Baffles sent his men to work digging at one of the many hills in central lava in southeastern Asia．Two months later, one of the men working on the hill found a great sculpture of Buddha carved in stone．The temple of Borohudur had been uncovered．

　　The temple was built around 800 A．D, The temple was planned to be a symbol of the universe and was built over a small bill．When seeing from above, a person can easily make out the overall design of the temple．Along the six-kilometer journey through all of the walkways of the temple leading up to the highest level, hundreds of carved images of the Buddha may be found．

　　After the temple was completed, it became the center of Buddhist worship in the Sailendra Kingdom until 930 A．D．In that year, the nearby volcano, Mount Merapi, erupted．Tons of ash and lava covered Borobudur．Overnight, the temple disappeared．It was totally covered under layers of ash from the volcano．

　　The temple remained hidden until Mr．Raffles and his men uncovered it again in the 1800s．However, after Mr．Raffles left Java, working on the temple was carried on without much interest．Collectors of ancient artifacts(史前古器物)stole priceless treasures from the temple, and soon, all work on the temple came to People living in the area began using stones from the build and repair their homes．Nature also began to wear uncovered parts of the temple through wind and rain．

　　In 1900, with Java under Dutch control, an engineer Dr．Theodore Van Erp was given the job of saving and the temple．However, two world wars and a limited supply made his work stop．In 1973 ,the United Nations Educational Scientific ,and Cultural Organization(UNESCO)stepped in and began the Borobudur Restoration Project．

　　It was difficult to complete the full rebuilding of the temple．It took 700 men 10 years to rebuild the temple and it cost ＄25 million．When the thousand-year-old temple was finally responded, the President of Indonesia said through the use of modem technology, “Borobudur will be a thousand years more．”

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