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　　If only I had known that was the last chance I could talk to her．If so, I would have said to her,“Hi, my dearest sister!Do you know how much I love you and how much I feel proud of you?”

　　Every time when alone, I am always thinking how much happiness she once brought to the people who loved her．I can still remember her smile which was so bright and so beautiful, her voice which was so pleasing to the ear and her love so deep for people!

　　She was pretty, nice, pure, lively and…Oh, she had many merits(优点),which always made many other girls envy her．She had also some bad habits．She liked to turn up her radio so loudly that people often felt a bit unbearable about the noise．She carelessly threw her dirty stocking about, which used to make her parents angry．She sometimes let out strange laughter without any reason that often made people frightened．However, if you put her beautiful character on one side of a balance and her bad habits on the other, you would find the bad habits which you think unbearable are so unimportant．

　　I have no more chance to tell her what I’m thinking about her now, though I wish she would know it in heaven．That day she phoned me,“Hi, sister!I rang you just because I wanted to tel you that I love you…and．nothing more．Now I have something else to do．Bye!”And the next day came the news about her death．She left me the thing which I would cherish(珍爱)in my mind for ever．

　　I know that I willl never have any chance to tell my sister that I love her very much．But I think I still have many chances to tell other people that I love them．And I think people may have many chances to tell the same thing to the people they love．Maybe you will have to leave them or maybe they will leave you for place far away that you will no longer see them again．Why not at this right moment tell them that you love them?Why do they always hesitate to do that?Do it right now, or you will never have the chances!

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　　It’s very different from diet stimulants(刺激物)like Ephedra and Phenfen that are now stopped being used because of dangerous side effects．Hoodia doesn’t stimulate the body at all．Scientists say it fools the brain by making you think you are full, even if you’ve just eaten a little．”60 MINUTSES journalist Lesley Stahl reports．

　　Discovered thousands of years ago by Bushmen of Kalahari, Hoodia kept them alive in the bad desert environment by reducing their desires for food and water and making them feel full after eating and drinking only small amounts．Only Hoodia Gordonii grown in the special soil of the Kalahari has this miraculous(奇迹般的)effect and that’s what make the Hoodia Diet Patch the NO．1 diet aid in the world．

　　Stahl says it has no side effects－no funny taste in her mouth, no queasy(恶心的)stomach, and no racing heart．She also isn’t hungry at all, even when she would normally have a pain for hunger around mealtime．And she also has no desire to eat or drink the whole day．“I’d have to say it does work．”Says Stahl．

　　Hoodia has no side effect on anyone except those people with a pre-existing medical condition and pregnant(怀孕的)women, other than a reduced desire for food, increased energy and weight loss．

　　The Hoodia Diet Patch is what you have been waiting for in your whole life．Let the patch do the work for you and watch those pounds off your body．

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　　To be a good teacher, you need some of the talents of a good actor：you must be able to hold attention and interest of your students; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which fully under your control; you must be able to act out what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear．

　　What a good teacher, and you will see doesn’t sit still before his class; he stands all the time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express his feelings．Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about．

　　The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and an actor’s．The actor has to speak words he has learnt by heart, he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voices are usually fixed beforehand．What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words seem natural on the stage．

　　A good teacher works in a quite different way．His audience takes an active part in his play－they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so．The teacher therefore has to suit his act to the needs of his audience, which is hia class．He can’t learn his part in a stage play, because their brains couldn’t keep discipline：they couldn’t keep strictly to what another has written．

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　　Rich or poor, we all have problems：that unfaithful mate, that irritating(恼人的)colleague, that persistent disease, the investment that is turning into a huge loss．

　　How do we remain calm, positive and even elegant in the face of all these difficulties of life?

　　The following suggestions may help．

　　It comes with the pay．I have a friend who used to complain about her dead-end job and unreasonable boss．Sound familiar?One day I told her．“Look at it this way．You are getting paid for the annoyance as well as the work．It comes with the pay．”

　　This has become my favorite saying for work-related frustrations．“Take every day as a bonus．”When we learn to treasure every moment of what we have, we begin to see life in a whole new perspective．

　　It's all in the mind．Sure, the psychologists tell us it is important we work at resolving problems．But they also say if you try to resolve a problem that would not go away, it would only compound(使更复杂)the frustration．

　　If you tell yourself there isn't a problem, there won't be one．It's all in the mind．

　　Stop thinking about your own problem－help others instead．A lady who is combating a life-threatening disease revealed she coped with her illness by making herself useful, by offering help to others in a similar situation．

　　She has spoken to at least five other women with breast cancer．She says that the sharing has helped her to find fresh meaning in her own life．

　　Never give up on your dream．Why do we give in and give up when we meet difficulties?Is it because we have no confidence in our cause and no commitment for what we pursue?

　　It was said that Albert Einstein's last request on his death bed was to be given his equations and his unfinished statement declining the presidency of Israel．

　　Einstein first picked up his equations and lamented to his son,“If only I had more mathematics!”What a great persistent spirit!

　　One strong-hearted lady was the late head of the tragic Kennedy family, Rose Kennedy．She said this on nationwide television one week after losing yet another son to an assassin's bullet－Boddy Kennedy：“And we go on our way with no regrets not looking backwards to the past, but we shall carry on with courage．”

　　Not the end of the world．Do you know something else?I've learned that care as you might, love as you might, some people just don't care back．

　　And it's not the end of the world．After all, it's not the event that makes a person, is it?It's what we do about that happens to us．

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　　Zinc(锌)is one of about 20 elements necessary for good health．It is present in the body in a very small amount, but it makes it possible for important chemical actions to be carried out in cells．Scientists are just beginning to discover how zinc and other element work．

　　Researchers first studied zinc as a way to speed recovery．Dr．Waltor Powys, formerly with the United States Air Force, noted that the laboratory animals recovered faster when some substances were added to their food．One of these substances was zinc．Dr．Powys later tested the zinc treatment on an American airman recovering from medical operations．The airman who received zinc sulphate(硫酸盐)recovered in one half the usual time．Other doctors studied persons who had a number of strange disorders．The doctors learned that all of these problems were caused by a lack of zinc in the body．They treated these disorders successfully by giving the patients zinc sulphate．

　　The amount of zinc in the body can be found by examining the blood and hair．A lack of this important element is not uncommon among people in both industrial and developing countries．Zinc is found in most high protein foods, such as meat, milk, fish and eggs．It is also found in whole grains．But many people do not eat enough of these foods．Food makers should add the elements so that more people could get needed amounts of these essential substances．

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　　In recent years many countries have been faced with the problem of how to make their workers more productive．Some experts believe that the answer is to make jobs more varied．Do more varied jobs lead to greater productivity?There is something to suggest that while variety certainly makes the worker's life more enjoyable, it does not make him work harder．So variety is not important．

　　Other experts feel that giving the worker freedom to do his job in his own way is important and there is no doubt that this is true．The problem is that this kind of freedom cannot easily be given in the modern factory with its complicated machinery which must be used in a fixed way．Thus while freedom of choice may be important, there is very little that can be done to achieve this．

　　Another important consideration is how much each worker contributes to the product he is making．In most factories the worker sees only one small part of the product．Some car factories are said to be experimenting with having many small production lines rather than a large one, so that each worker contributes more to the production of the cars on his line．It would seem then that the degree of worker contribution is important．

　　To what extent does more money lead to greater productivity?The workers themselves certainly think this is important, but perhaps they want more money only because the work they do is so boring．Money just lets them enjoy their spare time more．A similar argument may explain demands for shorter working hours．Perhaps if companies succeed in making workers' jobs more interesting, they will neither want more money, nor will shorter working hours be so important to them．

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　　Every year all sorts of different festivals are celebrated in Britain．Two of the most well-known British festivals are Bonfire Night and Halloween．

　　Bonfire Night has an interesting history．In 1605, a man called Guy Fawkes and some of his followers tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament．They hoped that if they succeeded, they could take control of England and become its new rulers．Guy Fawkes and his men dug a tunnel under one of the Parliament buildings, and hid 36 barrels(桶)of gunpowder there．Fortunately, on November 5^th, Guy Fawkes was caught just before he was able to light the fuse(导火线)．He and all his followers were burned to death．

　　Today, people in Britain celebrate Guy Fawkes’ capture by lighting fires and holding fireworks displays．

　　Halloween is celebrated in Britain on the night of October 31^st．There are many customs associated with Halloween．One of these is the game of ‘ trick or treat’．Children, dressed up as witches, ghosts or monsters, knock on their neighbours’ doors, and shout ‘trick or treat!’ If they are lucky, they receive a ‘treat’ – a bar of chocolate, or some sweets or some money．If, however, their neighbours refuse to give them anything, they play a trick on them．They might spray their front door with shaving foam(剃须膏), or knock on their doors and then run away!

　　Another game played at Halloween is ‘bobbing for apples’．In this game, a bowl is filled with water, and apples are placed in it．Children then have to take a bite from one of the apples without using their hands．This game is difficult and messy(杂乱的), but great fun!

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　　Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes．“It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career,”he said．

　　In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine．As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains．There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives．

　　“I was greatly upset by the story of an old farmer I met．It was a very hot afternoon．The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt pain in his left hand．He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake．In no time he wrapped a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison spreading to his heart．Rushing home he shouted ‘Bring me the knife!’．Minutes later the man lost his arm forever．”

　　“The sad story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes,”Shu said．

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　　How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time too many．

　　This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal(排演)and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments．

　　We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourselves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do．Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly presented with a clock and several grandchildren and we look back and realize that all those years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life．

　　In America they have a saying much laughed at by the English：“Have a nice day”they speak slowly and seriously in their shops, hotels and sandwich bars．I think it is a wonderful phrase, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment：to value this very day．

　　How often do we say to ourselves,“I'll take up horse-riding(or golf, or sailing)as soon as I get a higher position,”only to do none of those things when I do get the higher position．

　　When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper．At the time I was astonished by what appeared to me to be his completely abnormal(反常的)mental state．How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know．

　　Now I am a little older and possibly wiser, I see the sense in it．In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure．He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life sitting on Southern Region trains．

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　　An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sale of bottled water from Japan．The water, it angrily argues an public, has traveled 10,000“food miles”before it reaches Western customers．“Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK．”It is also worried that we are wasting our fuel by buying prawns(对虾)from Indonesia(7,000 food miles)and carrots from South Africa(5,900 food miles)．

　　Counting the number of miles traveled by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage done by an industry．Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy-efficient(高能效的)．It should be noted that a ton of butter transported 25 miles in a truck to a farmers' market does not necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea．Besides, the idea of“food miles”ignores the amount of fuel used in the production．It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana; the difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouses and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun．

　　What the idea of“food miles”does provide, however, is the chance to cut out Third World countries from First World food markets．The number of miles traveled by our food should, as I see it, be regarded as a sign of the success of the global(全球的)trade system, not a sign of damage to the environment．

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