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　　Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment．And then answer the questions that follow．

　　Happiness(Romance)

　　Happiness tells the story of two people(Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy)who work for different advertising companies．They talk on the phone all the time and don't like each other．But then they communicate by email and fall in love．This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances．It also has beautiful music．

　　I scream(Thriller)

　　In I Scream, Paul(Colin Jacks)is a young man who joins a thriller club．Each of the members tries to frighten the others．Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night．Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died．This movie is very frightening but also quite silly．It doesn't make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong．Only for people who like thrillers．

　　Paul's Heroes(Comedy)

　　This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two．Six soldiers(including Sammy Turblow)have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there．During the movie, they dress up as women and fight with Italian workers．You can guess the ending, but it's great fun getting there．

　　________(Drama)

　　This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, who plays a hard-working truck driver．His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her．In his travels he meets Dr．Lloyd(Phil Driver)who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America．This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting．

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　　Active participation in the classroom is not only accepted but also expected of the student in many courses．Some professors base part of the final grade on the student's oral participation．Although there are formal lectures during which the student has a passive role(I．e．, listening and taking notes), many courses are organized around classroom discussions, students questions, and informal lectures．

　　A professor's teaching style is another factor that determines the degree and type of student participation．Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without controlling it．Many professors encourage students to question and challenge their ideas．Students who make statements that contradict the professor's point of view should be prepared to prove their positions．

　　Ideally, the teacher-student relationship at universities is characterized by trust．The “honor system” demands that the student be honest in all areas of school work．Thus, cheating on tests, presenting others’ ideas as original, and turning in homework done by someone else are all forbidden．

　　Violation of the honor system can result in a student's failing a course, having a record of the violation placed in the student's school files, or even being driven out from the university．Students who cheat may lose the respect of other students, particularly those who study for exams and work independently．When leaving the classroom while students are taking an exam, an instructor may or may not say, “I expect you all to obey the honor system．” Even if the words are not stated, the student is expected to work alone and not to share answers．

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　　So the little girl now walked on, her bare feet quite red and blue with the cold．She carried a small bundle of matches in her hand, and a good many more in her tattered dress．No one had bought any of them the live long day； no one had given her a single penny．Trembling with cold and hunger crept she on, the picture of sorrow：poor little child!

　　The snow-flakes fell on her long, fair hair, which curled in such pretty ringlets over her shoulders; but she thought not of her own beauty, or of the cold．Lights were glimmering through every window, and the savor of roast goose reached her from several houses；it was New Year's eve, and it was of this that she thought．

　　In a corner formed by two houses, one of which projected beyond the other．She sat down, drawing her little feet close under her, but in vain, she could not warm them．She dared not go home, she had sold no matches, earned not a single penny, and perhaps her father would beat her，besides her home was almost as cold as the street，it was an attic；and although the larger of the many chinks in the roof were stopped up with straw and rags，the wind and snow often penetrated through．Her hands were nearly dead with cold；one little match from her bundle would warm them．Perhaps, if she dared light it, she drew one out, and struck it against the wall, bravo! It was a bright, warm flame, and she held her hands over it．It was quite an illumination for that poor little girl; no, I call it rather a magic taper, for it seemed to her as though she was sitting before a large iron-stove with brass ornaments, so beautifully blazed the fire within! The child stretched out her feet to warm them also; alas, in an instant the flame had died away, the stove disappeared, the little girl sat cold and comfortless, with the burnt match in her hand．

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　　BEIJING, Dec．14(Xinhua)-Education experts and lawmakers have called on the government to give more financial support for the country's school bus development in order to make it safer．

　　China issued a set of technical standards for school buses for primary school students last year, and the drafting of another standard for buses for kindergartners is also under way．

　　However, the newspaper said these standards are only binding for the school bus manufacturers-not for school bus service operators, and many schools buy or rent ordinary vehicles, or even farm vehicles, to transport students．

　　Higher costs to run and maintain the specially-designed school buses may be one of the reasons for the problem, the article said．

　　According to the report, the average price of a qualified school bus is 100,000 to 200,000 yuan(15,760 to 31,520 U．S．dollars)higher than other similar coaches, and long idle times while students are at school or on vacation also adds to the operation costs．

　　The student-transportation problem comes into view large in the country's rural areas, as over the past 10 years, primary schools in these areas were almost halved amid the country's efforts to improve education quality and efficiency, forcing many students to travel much farther for school．

　　Moreover, schools in rural areas suffer more financial difficulties in providing qualified school bus services, said Ma Pingchang, a National People's Congress deputy in Shandong province．

　　China published a draft regulation on school bus safety management on Sunday guaranteeing that central and local governments will provide financial support for school bus service development．

　　However, Yang Dongping, a professor of education with the Beijing Institute of Technology, said the regulation is not specific enough to answer the question of "who should pay for the school bus services．"

　　Although it is unrealistic for public spending to cover all the expenses, the government should not avoid its responsibility, Yang said．

　　"When it comes to the matter of education and school bus safety, costs should not be put at the top of the list," said Ye Qing, another national lawmaker in Hubei province．

　　Ye and Wang Xuming, a former Education Ministry spokesman, also suggested the slashing public spending on government cars to fund the school bus services．

　　The State Administration of Work Safety, China's safety watchdog, on Tuesday called on local governments to take immediate action to make school buses safer．

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　　I am afraid to lose．I fear this time, and I love memories．I could not forget the sweat on the pitch with brothers, forget my close friends accompanying me crying, and forget the bright stars of every night, and those words that have touched me deeply．

　　Those people, those things, such as bursts of light rain in the lake left ring watermark four scattered to each other to melt each other's impact; just like the quiet shining star, not very bright, but clearly made．They do not know how much to spend with me during the bright day and silent night．

　　In my memory, the third year is not gray, because I still remember seeing sunrise and sunset with my friends, and it's that nice．

　　Youth is the eye lotus spring, third year is spring season that this eye bubbled．I, however, strongly smell in the bubble years of the Problem tests．I do not exclude these, but too much pressure does away much fun．Unfortunately, after the college entrance examination, even the pressure would become the memories, and be my third year living memory of the dead evidence．In the time before we are so powerless, the only left on just the eye springs, and we have no regrets of the promise, I hope day after day, year after year, when I return to this page, people still have remembered the beauty．

　　I have read one another frightening words：Some people say that once you start to like the memories of those, you will get old．I only admit mature, do not believe they have been growing old．My friends are growing up day by day, and were young and mature, how can I grow old ahead of time?

　　"Heaven Rain in green and so on, and I am waiting for you, the moonlight was recovered, the faint opened the outcome．" Jay's sad voice has been completely different from the business for the time sentimental(伤感的); Bard will be the years the pace of a camel carved into the blue and white porcelain in that respect．

　　Our future? Friends ah, I will time the other end, waiting for you．

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　　John, a famous musician, took his priceless antique violin and played it in the crowded subway station．The music from the violin was delicately streaming throughout the whole station．However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly appreciating the charming music．A three-year-old kid was so fascinated by the music that he forgot everything around．John only got 52 dollars for his work that day．

　　However, in normal days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars and it is extremely hard to buy a ticket even at such a high price．Therefore, later, many passers-by in the station that day felt deeply regretful for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a valuable but cheap music feast．

　　I have a very busy friend who had totally changed after knowing that his wife came down with incurable illness．He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day．Nonetheless, his wife still did not manage to conquer the illness and passed away after three months．After that, he often sighed miserably that due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of beautiful time with his wife．But now, it is impossible to make up for it．

　　It is no use crying over spilt milk．We have missed a lot of precious things in our life without knowing to cherish them．

　　Actually, I also missed something precious before．The reason why we would have missed those precious things is less than simple：we had thought that we could still own them tomorrow．

　　Nevertheless, tomorrow is actually by no means reliable．There was a famous Buddhist monk saying that in many people's lives, they have only done two things：waiting and regretting．The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it．We would often claim to do something when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc．However, when we reach the condition we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then．

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　　What I've noticed about some very successful business owners is that they are always learning and growing．

　　For your business to be better you need to be better and, you don't get better by doing nothing!

　　You are the average of the five PEOPLE you hang around with most．Surround yourself with people whom you want to be like．

　　To do this you may have to get right out of your comfort zone and join in a coaching program, go along to seminars(专题讨论会)where you can meet other like-minded people or those playing at a higher level of business than you．

　　There's no excuse not to get off your butt and learn your way to success．Regardless of where you are located，events are taking place all around the country regularly as well as online．Saying you have “no money” or “no time” is not a good enough excuse．

　　For many business owners they spend their whole lives using these excuses and going nowhere．Don't focus on where you are now, but where you want to be．You'll find the money and the time if you seriously want to change．

　　Your ongoing learning can take you from struggling along to soaring high in all areas of your life．

　　It's been nearly six months since you made those New Year decisions to make changes in your business and your life．

　　Are you getting the results you wanted?

　　Is your business more profitable?

　　Do you have more free time?

　　Is the quality of your life improving?

　　Is your answer “yes”, then take a look at why that is．What have you been doing to get these results? And if you're not moving ahead, seriously look at why that is．When's the last time you read a book, listened to a CD, got coached or attended a seminar to learn how to do things better? The people I know who are getting great results in their business and personal lives are always learning and growing．

　　You are the Secret to Your Success, so do everything within your power to invest in yourself．

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Glynis Davis：

　　I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I couldn't lose them afterwards．Then I joined a slimming club．My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months．I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked．But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits．I told myself I'd lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year… but it didn't happen．Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on．I'd lost willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn't make any difference-but the scales don't lie．

Roz Juma：

　　To be honest, I never weigh myself any more．I've learnt to be happy with myself．It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips．My idea is simple．You shouldn't be too much thinking about food and dieting．Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super thin body．This is obviously the size I'm meant to be and, most of all, I'm happy with it．

Lesley Codwin：

　　I was very happy at winning Young Slimmer of the year．I'd look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem-perhaps from then on I didn't pay any attention to myself．Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though．Because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you．I feel a complete failure because I've put on weight again．

Ros Langfod：

　　Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I'd always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year．Every so often I try to go on a diet… I'm really good in a few days, then end up having the children's leftovers or eating happily chocolate-my weakness．I'd like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home．I might take more exercise when my kids are older．

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　　Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't love others until you love yourself．Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't expect someone else to love you until you love yourself．Either way, you've got to love yourself first and this can be tricky．Sure we all know that we're the apple of our parents' eyes, and that our Grandmas think we're great talents and our Uncle Roberts think that we will go to the Olympics．But sometimes it's a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves．If you find that believing in yourself is a challenge．It is time you build a positive self-image and learn to love yourself．

　　Self-image is your own mind's picture of yourself．This image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think．Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about US．Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be．Thus changing the way you think about yourself is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world．

　　The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes．That is, make a list if you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day．Don't allow doubts to occur in it．

　　It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can't move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself．Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task．If you think you're silly because you aren't good at math, find a tutor．If you think you're weak because you can't run a mile, get to the track and practice．If you think you're dull because you don't wear the latest trends, buy a few new clothes．But remember, just because you think it doesn't mean it's true．

　　The best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective, and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities．Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image．When you can pat(拍)yourself on the back, you'll know you're well on your way．Good luck!

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