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　　Explaining China’s peaceful growth to the American politicians and public will top President Hu Jintao’s agenda when he visits the United States from September 5 to 8．

　　“This will be conductive to the development of Sino－US relations and China’s relationships with the rest of the world．”He Yafei, director of the Department of North American Affairs, said at a news briefing yesterday．

　　It will be Hu’s first State visit to the US after he became president in 2003．He will meet US President George W．Bush and legislators in Washington DC and business people in Seattle, and deliver a speech at Yale University in New Haven．Also on the list of areas of concern for Hu and Bush may be trade, Taiwan, energy and nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula．

　　China’s favorable balance of trade with the US derives from different economic structures in the two countries．The two economies supplement and benefit each other instead of competing, and the US should loosen its grip over its exports, especially high-tech products, to China, he said．

　　After his US trip, President Hu will travel to Canada and Mexico from September 8 to 13, and back to New York on September 14 to attend the World Summit and other activities in celebration of the 60^th anniversary of the United Nations．

　　Hu will wrap up his tour on September 16 at the UN in a show China’s support for the world body and multilateralism．

　　At yesterday’s news briefing, he also disclosed that the fourth round of Six－Party Talks on Korean Peninsula Nuclear issue will be resumed in the week of September 12．

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　　Are British people Europeans?This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, whotend to think of all white people as Europeans．But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans．The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English．Europe is known as“the Continent”, a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved．Thus although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular(孤立的)．They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe, and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need．

　　Where did British people come from?This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded(侵略)Britain at different times from Europe．Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century B．C．, but there had been at least three invasions before that．The first of these was by a dark-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians．The other two were by Celtic tribes：first the Gaels, whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish, come of whom still speak the Gaelic language; and second the Britons, who gave their name to the whole island of Britain．These were the people whom the Romans conquered．The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the“barbarians”, i．e．the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe．

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　　Scientists would like to place a huge mirror in space above the earth．It might be sixty miles wide．It would be used to catch the rays of the sun．It would direct the sun’s rays upon the earth as a child might do to make sunlight dance on the wall with a hand mirror．

　　Why do they want to do this?The sun’s rays could be helpful in many ways．They could light up cities by night．The warm rays could stop frosts which might come at night and hurt fruit crops．They could melt dangerous icebergs in the ocean．Perhaps they could hang cloud movements and bring rain where it is needed．

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We Americans are wasteful people, not used to saving．Early settlers, our forefathers set us an example of wasting everything, for they thought nature’s resources were so plentiful that none of them ever imagined that natural materials would be used up in time．Within a few years of the first Virginia settlement, for example, pioneers burned down their houses when they were ready to move west．They burned down their houses with only one aim to get the nails(钉子) for future use．No one ever gave a thought to the priceless hardwoods that went up in smoke．As a people we destroy many valuable things that other people save．I noticed this when I was living in Britain．I received a letter from one England’s largest banks．It was enclosed in a used envelope(信封) that had been readdressed to me．Such a practice would be unthinkable in the United States．American banks, even the smallest, always use expensive stationery(信笺)with the names of all twenty-eight vice-presidents lists on side of the page．

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　　Sometimes the reader’s request is not an important one, but the newspaper which receives it usually tries to give the requested help．One reader wrote：“My two children love Secretariat, the horse that has been winning all the races．They would like to know if it would be possible to get one of Secretariat’s shoes．”

　　The result was that the children were sent one of the racing shoes worn by the famous horse when he won at Churchill Downs in Kentucky．

　　Sometimes there is a real problem to be solved．During the spring of 1973 MR FIX IT learned that a young nurse from the Philippines was near death in an American hospital thousands of miles from home．She had no relatives in the United States and no close friends．MR FIX IT located her sister in the Philippines and helped the sister get the government papers she needed in order to visit the United States．In the meantime, readers of newspaper sent money to pay for her travel．Though there were many difficulties, the young nurse managed to have sister at her side before she died．

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　　People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook．This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking!The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together．In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another the same time．

　　Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love．A parent who makes some cookies(小甜饼)is not just satisfying(满足)a child’s sweet tooth．She or he is sending a message．The message says,“I care about you enough to spend an hour making cooking hat you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you．”

　　There is also something about the smell of home cooking．The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages．It makes most of us feel good and loved-even if we are the ones doing the next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情)．

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　　A good teacher is many things to many people．In my own experience, the people I respect the most and think about the most are the teachers who demanded (要求) the most discipline (纪律) from their students．

　　I miss one teacher in particular that I had in high school．I think she was a good teacher because she was a very strict person．I remember very vividly (清晰地) a sign over her classroom door．It was a simple sign that said,“Laborato ry-in this room the first five letters of the word was emphasized (强调), not the last seven．”In other words, I guess, labor(劳动) for her was more important than oratory, which means making speeches．

　　She prepared her work very care-fully and demanded us to do the same．We got lots of homework from her．Once she had broken her arm, and everybody in the class thought that maybe the home-work load would be reduced, but it con tinued just the same．She checked our work by stamping her name at the bot tom of the papers to show that she had read them．

　　I think sometimes teachers who de mand the most are liked the least．But as time goes by, this discipline really seems to benefit (有益于) the students．

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　　Many students are planning field trips as spring draws near．Fourteen-year-old Zhou Liqun is busy digging holes(洞)along rivers．The girl and her"One Piece of Paper Team"are planting trees to improve the environment．

　　They collect waste paper to sell for trees and have set up websites(网站)to spread the message of connections between humans and nature．"We want to make environmental protection everyone's habit,"says the girl．"Even a piece of paper matters．"

　　Eager to join Zhou in such meaningful work?Now you are offered advice on what to do．Last month, measures for public participation(参与)in environmental protection were published by the State Environmental protection Administration(SEPA，国家环保总局)．the special measures are expected to change the light rain of the past into a storm of environmental protection．

　　Last year's Songhua River pollution acted as an alarm(警报)to Chinese people．According to SEPA officials, environmental pollution has become serious, and will continue so for the next 15 years．

　　A recent survey showed that though most Chinese people care about environmental problems, they don't put their concerns into practice．One reason is that they don't know how．So the newly published measures present information about how to report environmental problems and how to join in the battle against pollution．

　　Actually there is much you can do in daily life．Buy less to reduce waste．Don't throw away things before you have made the most use of them．Use electricity, water and gas only when necessary．Switch them off when you don't need them．

　　Everyone can participate in making the planet suitable for future generations; Why not join in and make our world more fantastic?

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　　Scientists say they were able to reduce the effect of the AIDS with a drug first designed to treat other conditions．AIDS damages the protection system so the body cannot fight viruses inside the body．At present, medicines can reduce HIV to levels low enough to keep people alive．But these drugs are not a cure．Small amounts of the virus still remain in human’s body．If it wakes up again, the virus can become active and begin to copy itself, so people must continue to take medicine．

　　A new study has been carried out on four patients．They had already taken medicine for more than two years．The researchers first improved the effect of the drug．Then in addition, they gave the patient another one, valproic acid(丙戊酸)．Valproic acid is used to help epilepsy(癫痫病)patients．Some people with depression(抑郁症)also take the drug to calm themselves down．

　　But valproic acid has also been shown to block something that helps HIV, the AIDS virus, to hide．The patients took the medicine twice a day for three months．

　　Over this time, the researchers say the amount of the virus was reduced by nearly seventy-five percent in three of the four people．But the numbers returned to earlier levels when the treatment ended．

　　Valproic acid has some serious dangers, especially for women who will soon give birth．Doctor Margolis says more study is needed into its use against AIDS．But the scientists do say that their early finding suggests that new methods will produce a cure of HIV in the future．Some other scientists, however, say it is too early to talk of cure for a virus that is so difficult to destroy．They say a cure would have to make the patients healthy again and the virus might not hide only in the protection system．

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　　People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior．

　　However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health．

　　From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular．Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them．

　　The research team interviewed a national sample of 1,031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health．People without a high school diploma(毕业文凭)reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time．

　　“Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health．”leading researcher Dr．Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement．“The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors(紧张刺激物), and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged．”

　　Grzywacz suggested follow-up research to determine why less-educated people report fewer days of stress when it is known that their stress is more acute and chronic(急性和慢性)．

　　“If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor”Grzywacz says．“Maybe it is just life．”

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