Ternang, Mon．, more than 10,000 people were made homeless in Ternang after six days of continuous heavy rain．The wooden bridge across the river has been swept away．The town was cut off by flood waters．At the fifth mile Jalan Tengku, the water is not two metres deep．It is closed to all traffic．Motorists going south are advised to use Jalan Hisamuddin．Flooding first appeared at mid-afternoon yesterday along the river banks．People moving to higher ground were just in time to escape from the flood．Most of the people had to leave their possessions behind．Helped by the army, police, Red Cross Society, the whole town was moved out of danger．They had new houses near the town of Tulang．“Everything possible is being done to help the unfortunate people,”a government official said,“In fact, money, food and clothing have begun to come in from organizations and people．”

　　According to the latest report it is still raining heavily at Ternang．The whole town is expected to be totally covered．So far nobody has been reported dead．

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　　For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the world's tallest skyscraper(摩天大楼)．The building reaches a height of 1,250 feet．It has 102 floors．The use of steel frames made its height possible．Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick．Steel frame construction is strong．All plates are fixed together firmly by metal bolts(螺栓)called rivets(铆钉)．When set in place．rivets are usually red-hot．One end is already rounded．A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end．Then the rivet cools．It holds the plates firmly．High winds can move this strong building．A wind of a hundred miles an hour has caused it to move almost one and a half inches．

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　　The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666．In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together．One hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives．

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包师)in Pudding Lane．The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof．A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房)into a small hotel next door．Then it spread quickly into Thames Street．That was the beginning．

　　By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire．On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames．Tuesday was the worst day．The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St．Paul's and the Guildhall among them．

　　Samuel Pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire．People threw their things into the river．Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment．Birds fell out of the air because of the heat．

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire．With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out．

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect(建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone．In fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new St．Paul's．

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place：a city for the future and not just of the past．

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　　So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves．Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them．It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading．Douglas insists that“reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible”．

　　Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes．They differ in kind and function．The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read．Teaching is also public activity．It can be seen and observed．

　　Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language．Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny．

　　If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索)for knowledge?Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions．“Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children．”

　　When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher fulfil them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated．Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of leaning to read by reading．

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　　Earthquakes are something that people fear．There are some places that have few or no earthquakes．Most places in the world, however, have them regularly(有规律的)．Countries that have a lot of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous(多山的)．

　　The most talked about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906．Over 700 people died in it．The strongest one in North America was in 1964．It happened in Alaska．

　　Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people．In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal．Around 2,000 people died．

　　In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit the Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan．A hundred and forty thousand people died．Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake．

　　One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976．It killed a large number of people．The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 400,000 people were killed or injured．This earthquake happened in 1556．

　　Earthquakes worry people a lot．The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming．People can not prepare for it．

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　　Some time ago, I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg．I didn't think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董)shops near my home．So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me．I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception(接待)．I was quite wrong．The man wouldn't even look at my chair．

　　The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth－so I decided that my approach must be wrong．

　　I went into the fifth shop with a plan in my mind．I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper,“Would you like to buy a chair”He looked it over carefully and said,“Yes, not a bad chair．How much do you want for it, sir”“Twenty pounds,”I said．“OK,”he said,“I'll give you twenty pounds．”“It's got a slightly broken leg,”I said．“Yes, I saw that, it's nothing．”

　　Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited．“What will you do with it”I asked．“Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done．”“I'll buy it,”I said．“What do you mean?You've just sold it to me,”he said．“Yes, I know but I've changed my mind．I'm sorry; I'll give you twenty-seven pounds for it．”“You must be crazy,”he said．Then, suddenly the penny dropped．“I know what you want．You want me to repair your chair．”“You're right,”I said．“And what would you have done if I had walked in and said,‘Would you mend this chair for me?’”“I wouldn't have agreed to do it,”he said．“We don't do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble．But I'll mend this for you, shall we say for a fiver?”He was a very nice man and was greatly amused(感到有趣)by the whole thing．

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　　Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii．Italy．They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium and theatres, its shops and restaurants, the tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people．They do not see them because Pompeii has no people．No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years．

　　Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people．It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano．Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe．But they were not．

　　In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted．The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air．Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii．When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes．Almost all of it people were dead．

　　For centuries, Pompeii lay buried, under stone and ash．Then, in the year 1961, an Italian scientist named Gineseppe began to uncover Pompeii．Slowly, carefully Giuseppe and his men dug．The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79．There were streets and fountains, houses and shops．There was a stadium with 20,000 seats, perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal of about the people who lived in Pompeii．Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine．They liked

bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery．In one bakery there were 81 round, flat leaves of bread－a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today．Tiny(small)boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye-makeup．

　　Giuseppe had dies, but his work continues．One-fourth has not been uncovered yet．Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii．

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　　If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like“Shakespeare”,“Samuel Johnson”and“Webster”,but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn't even speak English-William the Conqueror．

　　Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived people belonging to two major language groups．In the west-central region in the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, thought not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic．In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon(or Old English), a Germanic language．If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German．

　　But this state of affairs did not last．In 1066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England．For about a century, French became the official language of England while Old English became the language of peasant．As a result, English words of politics and the law come from French rather than German．In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction(区别)between upperclass French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words．We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating．

　　When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more“foreign”than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does．Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man's ambition．

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　　Most British telephone cards are just plain green, but card collecting is becoming a popular hobby in Britain and collectors even have their own magazine, International Telephone Cards．One reason for their interest is that cards from around the world come in a wide variety of different and often very attractive designs．There are 100,000 different cards in Japan alone, and there you can put your own design onto a blank card simply by using a photograph or a business card．

　　The first telephone cards, produced in 1976, were Italian．Five years later the first British card appeared, and now you can buy cards in more than a hundred countries．People usually start collecting cards because they are attractive, small and light, and they do not need much space．It is also a cheap hobby for beginners, although for some people it becomes a serious business．In Paris, for example, there is a market where you can buy only telephone cards, and some French cards cost up to 4,000 pounds．The first Japanese card has a value of about 28,000 pounds．Most people only see cards with prices like these in their collectors magazine．

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　　Inside China Daily

　　China, Japan ink fishery accord

　　The New China-Japan Fishery Agreement will be put into effect starting June this year, Chinese vice minister of agriculture, Qi Jingfa told a press conference yesterday in Beijing．

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　　Offshore funeral

　　The remains of more than 500 dead will be scattered at sea this spring near the mouth of Yangtze River in Shanghai．To save space Shanghai officials discouraged land burials．

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　　The only wise choice

　　Co-operation with the mainland for a peaceful reunification should be the only wise choice for the newly elected Taiwan leader．

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　　Interest in activity such as fairs, galleries and exhibitions has caused the art market to take shape in China．

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　　Two sides of a story．

　　The government's efforts to cut the homework burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions．

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　　Blind, but not out．

　　Yang Jia, an English professor at the Chinese Academy of Science meets the challenges brought by the sudden loss of her eyesight and continues to make it in her work．

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