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　　You can start horse-riding at any age．Choose private or group lessons any weekday be 9 am and 8：30 pm(3∶30 pm on Saturdays)．There are 10 kilometres of tracks and paths for leisurely rides across farmland and open country．You will need a riding hat．

　　Opening Hours：Monday through Friday：9∶00 am－8∶30 pm

　　Phone：(412)396－6754 Fax：(412)396－6752

　　Our Young Sailor's Course leads to the Stage 1 Sailing qualification．You'11 learn how to sail safely and the course also covers sailing theory and first aid．Have fun with other course membe。afterwards in the clubroom．There are 10 weekly two－hour lessons(Tuesdays 6 pm～8 pm)．

　　Opening Hours：Tuesdays：6∶00 pm－8∶00 pm

　　Phone：(412)396－6644 Fax：(412)396－6644

　　Our experieneed instructors offer one-month courses in deep-sea diving for beginners．There are two evening lessons a week, in which you learn to breathe underwater and use the equipment safely．You only need a swimming costume and towel．Reduced rates for couples．

　　Opening Hours：Monday and Friday：6∶30pm－8∶30pm

　　Phone：(412)396－6312 Fax：(412)396－6706

　　The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university．The center is well equipped and tbe staff here are trainedto deal with a broad range of medical problems．Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for consultation．Also, all kinds of medicines are sold here and are cheaper for students than other drugstores．

　　Opening Hours：24 hour from Monday to Sunday

　　Phone：(412)396－6649 Fax：(412)396－6648

　　We use a two-kilometre length of river for speedboat racing, and water-skiing．A beginners'course consists of ten 20-minute lessons．You will learn to handle boats safely and confidently, but must be able to swim．The club is in a convenient central position and is open daily from 9 a．m to 4 p．m, with lessons all through the day．

　　Opening Hours：Monday t～rough Friday：9∶00 am－4∶00 pm

　　Phone：(412)396－6899 Fax：(412)396－6890

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　　Alice watched from her brother's New Orleans house as Hurricane Katrina split trees, broke windows, and swallowed cars, including her own, A few miles away, her best friend, Pat also a nurse．was supervising patients in the high-risk hospital when the river banks broke, For the next six days, Pat and her crew lived there until a rescue boat picked them up,

　　Both of them were evacuated to safer parts of the States, Weeks later, they, like thousands of others,returned to find their homes uninhabitable, their jobs gone,

　　The following spring, as she was rebuilding her life, Alice contacted an information centre for returning, residents, When asked if she would head a desperatedly needed clinic, Alice said she'd do ti, but only with Pat, It took Pat less then five minutes to say yes, And after consulting with her children, she offered her damaged home as the new clinic．

　　As word spread, help poured in, Groups raised money and donated medical equipment, exam tables, free ductwork, other supplies and even labor, Bedrooms were transformed into exam rooms and Pat's living room into a waiting room．

　　On February 27,2007,the clinic opened, with patients lined up around the block, Those who came in that first day were very sick with problems from not taking their medicine for a year after Katrina, Over 1,200 people have made their way to the clinic, whose decoration passes what Pat calls the mama test．：“Would your mama feel comfortable here?”Until recently, it was the only health-care facility in there,“It's a relief to have a clinic right here in the neighborhood where I can check my pressure．”says Latoya Owens, 30, who suffers from hypertension．

　　“This is the most rewarding thing I ‘ve ever done,”says Alice．Adds Pat,“I ‘m alleviating(减轻)some suffering in an underserved population．I listen to their stories, and I cry a lot, People outside New Orleans think things are back to normal here, but we are far from that．”

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　　Chinese Jump Rope is a challenging game played by anyone anywhere．

　　The simple rules test the skill and coordination(协调)of all players．

　　A jumper jumps until a jumping mistake is made．

　　●A mistake can be made if a jumper jumps“out”instead of“in”．

　　●A mistake is also made if a jumper touches the rope incorrectly in the game．

　　●After making a mistake, the jumper trades positions with an ender．The jumper starts from the very beginning of the game on the next turn．Every Chinese Jump Rope game begins with the rope held in basic position．

　　●Face each other and step inside the rope．

　　●Place the rope around the ankles．

　　●Step back until the rope is stretched．

　　●Two parallel(平行的)jumping lines, about 12 inches(30 cm)apart, are stretched between the enders．

　　●The jumper stands outside the rope, ready to play．

　　●Jump both feet inside the rope．

　　●Jump both feet on top of the rope．The left foot lands on the left rope; the right foot lands on the right rope．

　　●Jump both feet from the middle to the outside of the rope．Feet land together on one side．

　　●Jump over both ropes from one side．Both feet land together on the other side of the rope．

　　Jump quickly side-to-side．Both feet start“out”from one side of the ropes．

　　●Jump side：The left foot lands outside the left rope．The right foot lands inside the rope．

　　●Jump side again quickly：The left foot lands inside the rope．The right foot lands outside the right rope．

　　Jumpers call the steps out loud while jumping．Calling helps the jumpers remember the“pattern”of the jumps!

　　Practice“jumping steps”with these simple jumping games!

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　　Shoplifting(入店行窃)is happening in stores or supermarkets throughout the world．However, shoplifting happens more in British stores, according to a recent research, by the UK-based Center for Retail Research．

　　Napoleon once considered Britain as“a nation bf shopkeepers”, to which so many people dreamed of traveling．Now it seems it is a nation of shoplifters．According to the research, Britain is the most light-fingered country in Europe, with nearly one in every two eases of shoplifting across the continent taking place in British stores．The report said there were nearly 566,000 reported cases of shoplifting in Britain out of a Europe-wide total of 1.27 million．The next worst countries in Europe, France and Germany, came well below Britain with only 188,000 and 167,000 cases, respectively．Switzerland lived up to its clean-living reputation, with just 10,198 recorded cases of shop theft, and it is the lowest in Europe．

　　“The only reason I can think of is the higher level of criminality in Britain,”report author Joshua Bamfield said．But the blame for Britain's poor showing does not lie wholly at the doorstep of Britons, Bamfield said, but also with some organized foreign groups traveling in cities such as London．“There are traveling groups of thieves, many from places like Poland and Russia, that target large department stores,”Bamfield said．“The problem is right across Europe-the criminals have formed their own European Union．”

　　Bamfield said one factor causing some mistakes on the statistics was also likely to be that retailers in Britain were more likely to record thefts compared to other nations, such as Greece．“It's a social phenomenon that could happen in any countries”, said Bamfield,“The most important thing is how to prevent it rather than accusing of it too much．”

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　　Before a new type of airplane goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again．But there are two tests that are more important than all the others．

　　The first is called the“tank test”．Modem airplane must fly very high in the sky．Air must be pumped into the plane so that the passengers can breathe．The metal structure of the plane has to be very strong for this reason．When the plane is filled with air, the air presses against the skin of the plane inside．The pressure on a small window is like a huge foot that is trying to get out．If a small part of the plane were to fail, the plane would explode in the sky．To test the structure, the plane is lowered into a huge tank or container of water．Then it is filled with air．The pressure inside the plane is greater than it ever will be when it is high up in the air．Finally, there is an explosion．This does not cause so much damage inside the water tank as it would be anywhere else．Engineers can discover which part of the plane has broken．Then that part is made stronger．The most dangerous test happens when the new plane is going through test flights in the air．The test pilot must find out exactly what happens when the engines are all shut off at once．The plane begins to fall like a stone．It is the pilot's job to find out how he can get control of the plane again．These two tests are examples of how planes are made safe before they ever carry passengers．

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　　“It hurts me more than you”, and“This is for your own good!”－these are the statements my mother used to make to raise my sense of discipline(纪律)when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework．

　　That was before we entered the permissive period in education in which we decided it was all right not to push our children to achieve their best in school．The schools and the educators made it easy for us．They thought that it was all right to be parents who took a let-alone policy．We stopped making our children do homework．We gave them calculators, turned on the television, left the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation．

　　Now teachers, faced with children who have been developing at their own pace for the past 15 years, are realizing we've made a terrible mistake．One such teacher is Sharon Clomps who says to her students－“so passive”-and wonders what has happened．Nothing is demanded of them, she believes．“Television,”says Clomps,“contributes to children's passivity．We're talking about a generation of kids who've never been hurt or hungry．They have learned somebody will always do it for them．Instead of saying 'go and look it up', you tell them the answer．It takes greater energy to say no to a kid．”

　　Yes, it does．It takes energy and it takes work．It's time for parents to end their vacation and come back to work．It's time to turn the TV off, to tell them it hurts you more than them, but it's for their own good．It's time to start telling them no again．

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　　BEIJING, Feb．13－Never has China's economic growth attracted so much global attention．The shock waves from the financial crisis(危机)that started in the United States have spread across the entire world, sending developed nations, including Japan and those of Europe, into serious recession(衰退)．The world is now holding out hope that China, with its massive potential, will serve as the engine to fuel global economic growth．

　　But China's real economic growth slowed sharply to 6.8 percent in the October-December quarter．For China, this rate of economic expansion must be as disappointing as negative growth is for Japan．Beijing has set an official goal of achieving a minimum annual growth rate of 8 percent-a pace it regards as important to ensuring job security．

　　The Chinese government is apparently confident the nation will achieve the minimum growth target of 8 percent in 2009．At the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao stressed the Chinese economy began to show signs of recovery late last year．

　　Last week, however, the International．Monetary Fund predicted that China's economic growth in 2009 will be 6.7 percent．China's economic outlook is likely to keep both hope and anxiety for the time being．

　　China's impressive economic growth has been fueled by swelling exports and massive investment(投资)in equipment to produce goods for overseas．But the US, Japanese and European economies, which have absorbed the bulk(数量)of China's exports, are expected to shrink simultaneously(同时)in 2009, for the first time since the end of World War II．For the first time since it started serious efforts to turn itself into a market economy in the 1990s, China is facing the challenge of maintaining healthy economic growth without depending on external demand．

　　Expansion of domestic(国内的)demand holds a key to China's success in tackling this challenge．Consumer spending accounts for only 35 percent of China's gross(总的)domestic product．The ratio(比率)is considerably lower than the 70 percent for the United States and the nearly 60 percent for Japan．That is because the middle class-the group that should lead consumer spending-is still relatively small in China, where the benefits of the nation's strong economic growth in recent years have mostly eluded rural villages and low-income earners．

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The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health．Although science has made enormous(巨大的)steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat．Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well, especially cancer of the colon(结肠)．Difficult cultures are some prone to contract(易于染上)certain illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures．That food is related to illness is not a new discovery．In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve color in meats, and other food additives(添加剂), caused cancer．Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food, and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful．The additives which we eat are not all so direct．Farmers often give penicillin to beef and poultry(家禽)and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows．Sometimes similar drugs are administered to animals not for medical purposes, but for financial reasons．The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market．Although the Food and Drug Administration has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue．

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　　Exchange a glance with someone, and then look away．Do you realize that you have made a statement?Hold the glance for a second longer and you have made a different statement．Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again．For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive．If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted?To answer this question, consider what you typically do．You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up(打量)and to assure them that you mean no threat．Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction, you need to send out a signal telling others you want to be left alone．So you cut off eye contacts what sociologist Erving Goffiman(1963)calls“a dimming of the lights”．You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes．Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person extremely uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself．

　　If you hold eye contacts for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person?Much depends on the person and the situation．For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner．They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, and then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again．But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals,“I know you”．“I am interested in you．”or“You look peculiar and I am curious about you．”This type of stare often produces hostile feelings．

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　　Stratford–on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry－William Shakespeare－but there are two clearly separate and different branches．There is the Royal Shakespeare Company(RSC), which presents excellent productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon．And there are townsfolk who largely live on the tourists who come, not to see the play, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights．

　　The townsfolk of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their income．They frankly dislike the RSC actors, those who walk with long hair and beard and great noise．

　　The tourist stream are not entirely separate．The sightseers, who come by bus and often take in Warwick on the side, don’t usually see the plays．And some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford．However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their play-going．It is the playgoers, the RSC declares, who bring in much of the town’s income because they spend the night(some of them four or five nights)pouring money into hotels and restaurants．The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall．

　　The townsfolk don’t see it this way and local government does not put away some money for the RSC．Stratford cries poor traditionally．Nevertheless, every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or a cocktail room．Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you will be sure will be decorated with Hamburger bars, dinner rooms and so forth, and will be very expensive．

　　Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the RSC needs help from the government．The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row．Last year, its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they will do better．The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed the same．It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive customers．They come entirely for the plays, not the sights．They all seem to look alike, though they come from all over．

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