During my ninth-grade year, I suffered from anorexia nervosa：it was not enough to be thin．I had to be the thinnest．Now, however, fully recovered, I can reflect(反思)back and realize that my wishes were more complex(复杂)than fitting into size five pants．Many of my subconscious(意识)emotions were related to my relationship with my father．As 1 was growing up,his work always came first．Sometimes 1 would not see him for up to two weeks．Not only did he devote his whole self to his work,but he expected me to do the same(“You cannot get anywhere unless You go to the best universities”)．Though,consciously,I never felt pressure to please him,I began dieting after the first time he told me I looked fat．

　　At the time．All I knew was that I had to be skinny－skinnier than anyone else．Every month my father went to Europe for a week or so and on the days he left,sorrow and emptiness consumed(折磨)me：Daddy was leaving．Then,I tuned to focus on a mysterious weakness－a helpless childlike emotion that came from starving．I liked to know that I needed to be taken care of；maybe Daddy would take care of me．

　　Now two years later and thirty-eight pounds heavier, I have come to realize that I cannot change my father’s inability to express his feelings．Instead,I must accept myself．I know that I am a valuable person who struggle to achieve and accomplish．But I cannot struggle only for others．By starving,l attempted to gain pride in myself by getting my father’s approval(赞许)or acknowledgement of my value as a person．But the primary approval must come from me,and l feel safe now that I can live with that knowledge safely locked in my mind．

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　　Are some people born clever, and others born stupid?Or is intelligence(智力)developed by our environment and our experience?Strangely enough,the answer to these questions is yes．To some extent Our intelligence is given to US at birth,and no amount of education can make a genius(天才)out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand,a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surrounding(环境)．Thus the limits of person’ s intelligence are fixed at birth,whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts,can be supposed in a number of ways．

　　It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people,the closer they are likely to be intelligent．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different．If, on the other hand,we take two identical twins,they will very likely to be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters,parents and children, usually have similar intelligence,and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．

　　Imagine now that we take two identical(完全相同的)twins and put them in different environments．We might send one,for example,to a university and the other to a factory where the working is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing,and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence．

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　　The Lego Group had a very low beginning in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen,a carpenter(木匠)from Denmark．Christiansen began creating wooden toys in 1932．Two years later, he came upon the Lego name by putting together the first two letters of the Danish words Leg and Godt,which mean“play well．”The name could be interpreted as “I put together” in Latin；it is also similar to the Greek verb meaning “gather” or“pick up”．

　　In 1947, the company enlarged to making plastic toys．At first,the use of plastic for toy production was not highly regarded by salesmen and consumers of the time．Many of the Lego Group’s shipments were returned, following poor sales．However, Christiansen’s son,Godtfred Kirk Christiansen,saw the great potential(潜能)in Lego bricks to become a system for creative play-As the junior managing director of the Lego Group,he spent years trying to improve the “locking”ability of the bricks and made the bricks more versatile(多用途)．In 1958, the modem interlocking brick design was finally developed and patented(获得专利)．

　　Today Lego is sold in more than 1 30 countries．Every minute 33,824 Lego bricks are made,and kids around the world spend 5 billion hours a year playing with Lego．There will be more than 400 million people playing with Lego bricks this year．On average,every person in the world owns 62 Lego bricks,and about seven Lego sets are sold every second．

　　This year Lego fans all over the world are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the tiny building blocks．Though already 50 years old,Lego is still the same product it was in the 1950s．

　　Bricks bought then are still compatible(兼容的)with present bricks and that is probably the reason the toy has never fallen out of favor．

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　　The English language is changing fast,thanks to the rapid progress of technology．We all have a rapid choice：We can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing Shakespeare were alive and well．Or we can embrace(拥抱)the new English,enter into the spirit of the Internet age called Weblish．

　　“You can’t keep away from it, for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along,it inevitably(不可避免地)influence the language as a whole．"Says Dr David Crystal,honorary professor of linguistics(语言学家)at the University of Wales in BangoL, whose book“Language and the Internet”has just been published．

　　The trouble with keeping up with the new English is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they did．In the past, if someone said they did not have Windows,you would have to suppose they lived in a cave．These days, it is probably because they use a Mac(which is a computer,not a rain coat)．Spam is as disliked as it ever was,but whereas it once meant an unappetizing(引不起食欲的)canned meat．It now stands for unwanted‘junk”email．Spellings are changing,too．Not only is text-messaging playing“hvc with vrbs”(havoc(混乱)with verbs), but the conventions(常规)of email communication place little emphasis on“perfect speaking”．

　　Weblish loves to see nouns happily become verbs(“please bookmark this site”), and verbs become nouns(“Send me the download”)．Verbs and prepositions are regularly thrown together to become new nouns or adjectives(dial－up,logon,print-on,pull－down,upload),while others are created from simply pairing nouns：cyberspace,emit Internet,hyperlink,metatag,netspeak．

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　　Teen Dating can be fun if you are aware(知道)of its pros and cons and are also aware of the ways to protect yourself．There are a couple of suggestions you would like to know before you are out for dating．

　　Do not go out for dating with somebody whom you have seen only a few times and does not know much about him or her．

　　Before leaving on a date,know the exact plans for the evening and make sure a parent or friend knows these plans and what time to expect you home．Let your date know that you are expected to call or tell that person when you get in．

　　Similarly, if you leave a party with someone you do not know well,make sure you tell another person you are leaving and with whom．Ask a friend to call and make sure you arrive home safely．

　　No matter how good the person appears to you,trust your inner instincts(直感)．If a situation makes you uncomfortable,try to stay calm and think of a way to remove yourself from the situation without letting your date realize what is going on in your mind．

　　Always stay firm,straightforward and clear in your relationships,thoughts,decisions and judgments．Never let a doubt come to your mind or face when out for dating．If you are firm and clear in your communication,your date will always be careful in dealing with you．

　　You should think ahead about ways to be safe if you are in a dangerous or potentially(潜在)dangerous relationship．Adults,like parents,teachers,counselors,can be trusted in such cases．

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　　The past fifty years or so have seen the gradual disappearing of animals from this earth, fishes from the sea, trees and plants from the land．

　　Many factors result in this on pleasant phenomenon(现象)．Among them, hunting is the main factor that endangers wild life．Some people kill wild life for sport．They take pleasure in collecting heads and hides．Yet others specialize in commercial hunting like killing whales．

　　Apart from this, the rapidly growing human population threatens wild life on land, too．Towns expand and roads have to be built, so forests are burnt and trees are cut down．It seems that man needs every inch of land within his reach, so he moves on to the natural habitat of wild life．Tigers lions and leopards slowly die off without the food arm shelter that the forests provide．

　　In addition, rapid urbanization(城市化)means industrial expansion．Very often, poisonous chemicals, industrial wastes and oil are dumped into the rivers and seas．Fish and birds are threatened．

　　Man depends greatly on animals for survival．He needs their flesh, hides and furs．Thus, man cannot, to without wild life;or he himself would die out．The public should be made aware that it would be better to shoot the animals with a camera than with a gun．In this way, they can preserve and help wild life to continue living rather than to remove all signs of it．

　　Man must learn to farm the sea as he does the land．He should control the amount and the frequency of his catch．Man also needs to build reserves, and to pass laws to stop the killing of animals, especially those that are already rare．To keep the present animal kingdom, the least that man can do is to clean the seas and to prevent pollution．

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　　The Americans believe that anybody can become President of the United States．In a recent Hollywood comedy, that is exactly what happens．

　　Dave Kovie, played by Kevin Kline, is a kind-hearted man who runs a business that finds people jobs．He leads a typical(典型的)American way of life, except for one thing－he looks exactly like tile President．Bill Mitchell．In fact, the only thing that makes him different from the nation’s leader is that he is very nice!

　　The president has started using look-alikes during some public appearances．Dave is offered a chance to “serve his country" by becoming one．However, things go wrong．The President becomes very ill and Dave ends up acting as the President forever．

　　Director Ivan Reitman, who made the popular and successful comedies like Twins, Ghosthusters and Legal Eagles, could have gone for easy laughs by making fun of the American government．Instead, Dave is an attractive comedy about an ordinary man in extraordinary situations．Kevin Kline gives a double performance as Dave and the President, and Sigourney Weaver is at her best as his First Lady．The love story that develops between her role and Dave is a real classic(经典)．

　　Tile film is 100％ American．However, if you've ever felt that anybody could do a better job running the country than the people in power, then you'll enjoy Dave!

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　　I promised Michael I wouldn’t mention this until the season was over．Now l think it's time．

　　Early last season, I wrote a column about an art of kindness I had seen Jordan do to a disabled child outside the stadium．After it ran,I got a call from a marl in the western suburbs．He said,“I read what you wrote about Jordan．but I thought I should tell you another thing I saw．”

　　Here it comes, I thought．It always does．Write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the person is not so nice．

　　A few weeks later Jordan and I were talking about something else before a game, and I brought up what the man had said．Was the man right?Had Jordan really been talking to those two boys in that poor and dirty．neighborhood?

　　"Not two boys," Jordan said．"But four．"

　　And he named them．He said four names．And what did they talk about?

　　"Everything,” Jordan said．"Anything．I’ve asked to see their grades so that I can check to see if they're paying attention to their study．If it turns out that one or two of them may need teaching, I make sure they get it．"

　　It's just one more part of Michael Jordan's life one more thing that no one knows about, and one more thing Jordan does fight for．The NBA season is over now, and those boys have their memories．So do J!When the expert reviewers begin to tuna against Jordan as they surely will, I'll think about those boys under the streetlight, waiting for the man they know to come．For someone they can depend on．

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　　Before 1900, many theories existed as to the cause of yellow fever(黄热病)．Some doctors were sure the disease was air-borne;others felt that it was spread from person to person．Dr．Carlos Finlay, a well-known Cuban doctor of that time, had long held the theory that it was caused by the bite of mosquitoes．But neither the public nor the doctors then accepted his idea．

　　Walter Reed,all American doctor sent to study yellow fever in Cuba,went to talk with Finlay．Reed,after reading a lot on the subject,had begun to think that Dr．Finlay might be fight．Then Reed and his comrades set to work at once．Outside Havana,they set up a laboratory and began experiments to test the theory．The experiments were successful．Now we know：A period of about two weeks must pass before a mosquito,after feeding on a sick person,could infect(传染)another person．The sick person had to have yellow fever a certain number of days before the mosquito biting him was able to carry the disease．

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　　One night in February 1962, John H Glenn, Jr． flew over Australia．The man in the Mercury(水星)capsule was alone, but friendly voices reached him by radio．Over the dark land 100 miles below, he saw sparkling lights．It marked the city of Perth, where people had turned on their lights as a greeting to him．

　　In Friendship 7, Glenn radioed, "The lights show up very well．Thank everybody for turning them on．" His capsule moved on to the east．

　　"During his three orbits of the earth, Glenn could always reach one of the 18 tracking stations．Some of them were on ships at sea．Others were in the United States．

　　Many of the stations had been built with the help of other countries．These countries allowed Americans to bring in radio equipment and set it up．Without the help of such lands as Nigeria, Zanzibar and Mexico, there would have been breaks in the worldwide radio network．John Glenn, Jr．was the first American to orbit the earth．For his flight, the tracking network covered 60,000 statute miles(法定英里)．500 men worked in the stations along the route．Since his flight, the network has grown．Today, it covers more than 100,000 statute miles and has about 100 stations．One-third of these stations are outside the United States．

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