We are looking for hard-working and open-minded English teachers to join the Nanjing(Jiangsu Province)and Hangzhou(Zhejiang Province)summer camps!

　　Both of the summer camps will run from the beginning of July to the end of August．You will be expected to teach spoken English to Chinese students of different ages．We encourage you to bring your own culture to the classes to make things more interesting．

　　●Working hours：40 hours per week, 5 working days per week．

　　●Salary：about 7,000 RMB per month．

　　●Accommodation(食宿)：free(single room)．

　　●Working hours：5 hours per day(＝50 min．/class×6 classes), one day rest per week．

　　●Salary：20,160 RMB in total(420 RMB per day＝70RMB/class×6 classes)

　　●Accommodation：free(shared room)

　　●Native English speakers(US, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand)

　　●A university degree．

　　●Teaching experience．

　　Please send us your resume(简历), copies of certificates(证书)and passport if you are interested in the camps．

　　E-mail：teacher1324@sina．com．cn

　　For more information you can visit our website at http：//www．Englishsummercamps．com．cn

　　Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

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　　When Jackie Robinson walked onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York, on April 15, 1947, he changed baseball forever．As the first African American to play in the Major League in modern times, many believe he changed the country forever．

　　Robinson was born in 1919．He lived in a time when rules controlled what African Americans could do．He was a top athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball．But playing for a major League team was off limits to Robinson because of his race．

　　Branch Rickey, president and manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed(和……签约)Robinson in 1947．He believed that Robinson not only had the skills, but the courage to face the challenge of becoming modern baseball's first black player．

　　It wasn't easy．Robinson sometimes faced boos(嘘声)from fans．But he became a star, anyway．In 1962, he became the first African-American player chosen to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame．In 2005, he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal, the highest award Congress can give to an American．

　　By breaking baseball's color barrier(肤色障碍), Robinson opened the door for many to follow his footsteps, not only in baseball, but in other areas of life as well．After he stopped playing the game, Robinson worked as a manager for a coffee company．He wrote a newspaper column(专栏)．He also started a bank．

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　　Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music for relaxation．As usual, she starts her computer and goes to Baidu．com to download music files．But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs' copyright(版权)bursts onto the screen．The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused(控告)of pirating(盗用)copyright．Lawsuits(诉讼)have been filed against four websites offering free downloads．In September, a Beijing court(法院)ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation for their losses．Baidu was also told to block links to the pirated music on the website．This caused a heated discussion on Internet file sharing．

　　“Baidu's defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying．Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,”said an official．

　　Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesn't think that getting music from website is wrong．She always shares her favorite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends．When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others' work without paying．

　　However, other teenagers have different ideas．Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province, pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers．“If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,”She said．“So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather that pursuing file-sharers．”

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　　The following notice is posted in the bus station．

　　Time Table：

　　●Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from7∶00a.m. and every half-hour thereafter, until 11∶30 p. m．(7 days a week)

　　●Buses leave Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6∶20 a. m．to 11∶40 p. m．(7 days a week)

　　●Evening rush hours(5∶00 p. m．to 7∶00 p. m．); Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City every 15 minutes．(Monday－Friday)

　　●Holidays Buses leave every hour on the hour, each direction．(Trip time：30minutes each way)

　　●All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses．

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　　Tom Jenkins enjoyed fishing and spent most of his time by the river．

　　He enjoyed being in the fresh air and being on his own．There was no one to trouble him and the time passed happily for him．

　　Unfortunately, he was not a very good fisherman．He either fished in the wrong place, used the wrong bait(鱼饵)or pulled in his line too quickly．Whatever the reason was, he never caught anything big enough to eat．

　　However, he did not like to admit this to his wife．He thought she would complain if she knew he was wasting his time．She would try to stop him from going fishing．She might even make him take her shopping．It was very important to Tom, therefore, that she thought he was a good fisherman．

　　For this reason, on the way home from the river he always visited the local fish shop and bought something．Then he told his wife he had caught it and they had a good fish for their dinner．

　　One evening, after yet another day's unsuccessful fishing, Tom stopped at the fish shop as usual on his way home．“I'll have three perch(鲈鱼), please,”he said to the shopkeeper．“And throw them to me, as usual, so I can tell my wife I caught them．”

　　The shopkeeper laughed and said,“I suggest you take a nice salmon(鲑鱼)instead．”

　　“Oh why?”

　　“Your wife came in an hour ago and said,“When Tom comes in, make sure he ‘catches' a salmon．”

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　　At the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch．It was near Los Angeles in California．A few years later, Hollywood was one of the famous places in the world．From the 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world．Every family knew the names of its film stars－Charlie Chaplin, Grela Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more．

　　The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun．At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States．But then they heard about Los Angeles where there are 350 days of sun every year．As they made all the films by sunlight, the west coast was a much better place to work．Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert．They did not have to travel far to make any kind of film．

　　When TV became popular, Hollywood stared making films for television．Then in the 1970s they discovered people still went to the cinema to see big expensive films．After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world．

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　　Green is an important color in nature．It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees．It is also the color of most growing plants．

　　Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing．Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet ripe or finished．For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation．In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns(角)had not yet developed．A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle．By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today－a person who is new in a job．

　　Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb．The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds．A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well．You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died．

　　The Green Revolution is the name given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains．The new plants produced much larger crops．The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs．

　　Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(妒忌)．The green-eyed monster(怪兽)is not a frightening creature from outer space．It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”．It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants．A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else．Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not．

　　Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual thing．The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ashamed of, guilty about or regretted．The next week he invited participants to read their lists aloud．This seemed like a very private matter, but there's always some brave soul in the crowd who would volunteer．The man next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story：

　　“While making my list, I remembered an incident from high school．I grew up in a small town in Iowa．There was a Sheriff in town that none of us kids liked．One night, my two friends and I climbed the tall water tank(水罐，水箱)in the middle of town, and wrote on the tank in bright red letters：Sheriff Brown is a fool．The next day, the town arose to see our glorious sign．Within two hours．Sheriff Brown had my two friends and me in his office．My friends admitted what they did and I lied, denying the truth．No one ever found out．”

　　Nearly 20 years later, Sheriff Brown's name appears on my list．I didn't even know if he was still alive．Last weekend, I dialed information in my hometown back in Iowa．Sure enough, there was a Roger Brown still listed．I dialed his number．After a few rings, I heard：“‘Hello?’I said,‘Sherriff Brown?’Pause．‘Yes．’‘Well, this is Jimmy Calkins．I want you to know that I did it．’Pause．‘I knew it!’he yelled back．We had a good laugh and a lively discussion．His closing words were：‘Jimmy, I always felt bad for you because your friends got it off their chest, and I knew you were carrying it around all these years．I want to thank you for calling me…for your sake．’”

　　Jimmy gave me much inspiration and I know that no matter how difficult the situation is, it is never too late to clear up the past and begin anew．(重新开始)

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　　An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment．It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it．

　　All sorts of people are apple-polishers, including politicians and people in high offices-just about everybody．Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed．

　　There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”－“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”．A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”．Another that is just as effective is flattery(讨好，奉承), giving someone high praise-telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is．

　　Endless are the ways of flattery．Who does not love to hear it?Only an unusual man can resist(抵抗)the thrill(兴奋)of being told how wonderful he is．In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it．

　　We need it to be more sure of ourselves．It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it．But if we just take in its food value and nourishment(营养), then we can still remain true to ourselves．

　　Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it．A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England．The king got tired of listening to the endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣)．They over praised him to the skies, as a man of limitless power．

　　He decided to teach them a lesson．He took them to the seashore and sat down．Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in．The tide(潮水)was too busy to listen to him．The king was satisfied．This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery was．

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　　Millions of aircraft take off around the world every year．The skies they fly in seem limitless－miles of empty space．But, with the number of flights increasing each year, this emptiness no longer exists．Researchers in the world of aviation(航空)are worried about the increasing pressure on pilots and ground controllers．And increasing collisions, occurring at or near an airport, have called attention to the need for more aids(辅助设备)to aviation control．

　　People who travel the skies are not certain about air safety．A great deal of money is spent on new and bigger aircraft and airports to deal with the vast increase in passengers travelling by air．Only a small percentage of this money is spent on navigation(导航)and other aids．Actually, suitable electronic equipment has long existed, and many companies market safety aids designed to make it safer for aircraft to take off, fly any distance, and land, whatever the weather．Yet, there are two problems to be solved．The first is to get governments, airlines and airport officials to agree to basic levels of safety aids．The second problem is to find a way of meeting these basic requirements．

　　But no matter how well the equipment works, operators of the equipment still play an important role．Communications between pilots and ground controllers are extremely important to air safety．It is worth pointing out that the mishearing or misunderstanding of instructions in English and the use of another language, in an international conversation, have led to two recent aircraft accidents．A new type of instrument(仪器)called FLIGHTWATCH would help pilots prevent airport collisions．It would be particularly helpful near airports．