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　　Two thieves came to a house to steal something．They dug a hole in the wall of the house．

　　There lived many mice in the house．The woman in the house saw a mouse crawl(爬行) into the house in the moonlight．“Look! In comes one,” she said to the man in the house．The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside, “She found me when I was just in．” But the thief outside didn’t believe him, so he said, “Let us try to crawl into the house together．” At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house, too．The woman saw the mice and shouted, “In come two, catch them!” The two thieves were terribly frightened．The man in the house said, “You saw them come in but where are they? I will catch them tonight．” The two thieves started running away at once．

　　The two thieves wanted to make it clear whether they had been found or not the night before．The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house．The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields．The rope broke and the woman came home for a rope．She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some．She picked out two which looked like mice．At the time the man couldn’t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up．The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said, “How they look like the two of last night．” The man said, “I asked you to fetch a rope, why don’t you hurry for it?” The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes．

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　　You can improve your child’s hearing memory considerably(在很大程度上)．Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he'll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class．The success of these suggestions depends upon your ability to use your child’s natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun．

　　A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child's reading age．Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly．Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word．See if your child can identify the word you left out．At the beginning use only simple sentences．Gradually, increase the length of the sentences．Make sure you don’t rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and tired of the game．

　　Take your child shopping with you often．He’s to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket．First , ask him to remember only a few things．Then, as he shows increased ability to remember, make the list longer and longer．Praise him often and warmly when he shows increased ability to remember things．He'll become proud of his ‘good’ memory and will happily play the game．

　　Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems．As his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems．Do the same with songs．

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　　After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock．My boyfriend's Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary's tone seems more rejecting than I'd imagined it would be．Time itself becomes fluid－hours become minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days．Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days．

　　For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a tele-commuter．I submit(提交)articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists．My boyfriend lives in England; so much of our relationship is computer-mediated．

　　If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything．I can order food, and manage my money, love and work．In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries．I watched most of the blizzard(暴风雪)of ’96 on TV．

　　But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal．I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合)with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波节)on the Net．Others on line report the same symptoms．We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing．It's like attending an A．A．meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink．We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare．

　　What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has become an avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline．And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult．

　　At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I'd never done previously．The voices of the programs relax me, but then I'm jarred by the commercials．I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather．“Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline, ” CNN, every possible angle of every story over and over and over, even when they are of no possible use to me．Work moves from foreground to background．

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　　Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline(下降)when they reach middle age．

　　The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age．

　　“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age, ” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK．

　　“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat．Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men, ” said Goldspink．“This is part of the ageing process．”

　　What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells．A healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one's．“This gender(性别)difference might just explain why women live longer than men, ” said Goldspink．They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease．“The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, ” said Goldspink．

　　The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise．Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age．

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　　(NEW YORK)A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River．

　　Tuesday's Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday．

　　He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum．He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him．

　　“I didn't think at all, ” Duret told the Daily News．“It happened very fast．I reacted very fast．”

　　Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he saw something falling into the water．He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river．Immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water．

　　When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said．Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes．

　　Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera．An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers．Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after．

　　The rescue happened on the day before he left for France．Duret said he didn't realize his story of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning．

　　“I don't really think I'm a hero, ” said Duret．“Anyone would do the same thing．”

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　　Canada 4∶00 a．m．to 8∶00 a．m．

　　Canada is a big country with six time zones．In the west, it is four a．m．, and everyone is asleep, but in Halifax on the east coast it is eight o'clock and people are having breakfast．It is a cold Friday morning in November, and the temperature is ten degrees below zero Centigrade．

　　Argentina 9∶00 a．m．

　　In Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, it is nine a．m．on a warm summer morning, and people are starting work or school．November is a summer month in Argentina because it is in the southern hemisphere(南半球)．

　　Scotland 12∶00 noon

　　Scotland is part of the United Kingdom．The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital of the UK is London．It is twelve noon, or midday, in Edinburgh．Children are having lessons, but they are looking forward to the weekend because there is no school on Saturday and Sunday．

　　Egypt 2∶00 p．m．

　　Friday is already the weekend in Egypt．Friday is a special day for Muslims, so schools, offices and shops are closed in all Arab countries．So now, at two p．m．, most people in Egypt are having lunch with their families．

　　Japan 9∶00 p．m．

　　Japan is seven hours ahead of Egypt, so it is already Friday evening there．The weekend is beginning．Most people are out with friends or watching television or playing computer games．

　　New Zealand 12∶00 midnight

　　It is late on Friday night, so most people are asleep．Now Saturday morning is arriving．It is morning in Canada too, but that is Friday morning!

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　　Olive Bowen made some hot coffee and brought it to her husband Nate, who was over in the barn(牛舍)．Olive herself was expecting a baby very soon．

　　The darkness in the barn made Olive nervous and she stood at the door, not sure what to do．Then she saw a light at the far end and called out to Nate．Nate held his lantern high as he came up to Olive and said, "You shouldn't have come out when it's so cold．"

　　"I brought you some hot coffee, " Olive kept looking into the darkness of the barn to see where Maudie was．

　　"I don't want you to stay, " Nate said．

　　"Oh, no, Nate, I don't want to leave．If it begins to happen, I'11 go back to the house．"

　　He helped Olive sit down in a chair and told her again that he did not want her to stay when their cow Maudie's calf came．It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself．

　　The cow lay quietly．The husband and wife did not say much as they waited; words did not seem to come easily to them．

　　Time seemed to be moving too slowly for Olive．She looked nervously at the cow．Then Nate began to rub the cow's head, but the cow turned its head away from his hands and then suddenly it came．Olive could see it clearly-part of the head of the young calf slowly, painfully coming out．

　　But Nate saw that the cow was in trouble．He looked for a nail(钉子)on the wall where he could hang his lamp．There was none．Olive said he should have asked a neighbor to help him．Suddenly, Olive saw that Nate was also afraid-fearful that the cow's struggle would be too much for him alone．And at that moment she decided that nothing could drive her out of the barn．The emergency changed Olive．She no longer felt fearful．There was a sudden new strength in her．

　　Nate told her not to look, but she had to look．As she watched, Olive was afraid, but not of the cow or even herself．She was fearful of the calf．At last, it was done．

　　Olive and Nate were both tired．Olive remembered the coffee she had brought to the barn, She put it on the hot stove．Nate dried the calf with a cloth．As he worked, Olive looked through the barn window．She saw the apple trees with snow on them, the light in her kitchen and the beauty of the morning sun．

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　　BEIJING, China-Pollution in China remains very serious as the country's rapid economic growth brings new environmental problems, a minister said Saturday．

　　Vice Environment Minister Zhang Lijun said China has made progress on environmental protection, but admitted that its rapid economic growth over the past decade has had a negative effect on the environment．

　　"Our rapid economic development has continuously brought our country new environmental problems, particularly dangerous chemicals, electronic waste and so on．These environmental pollutants(污染物)bring new problems and affect human health, " Zhang told a news conference．

　　He said that emissions(排放)of traditional pollutants remain high and some areas have failed to meet government standards．

　　China has pledged to continue reducing emissions this year of three key air pollutants-ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide．The government has also promised to bring down demand for chemical oxygen-a measure of water pollution by l．5 percent from the 2010 levels．

　　In the last five years, there were 912 "environmental emergencies" involving heavy metal pollution, including several well-publicized instances of mass contamination, Zhang said．Thousands of children were affected by lead poisoning in several provinces in 2009 and 2010 because they lived near metal smelters or battery factories．

　　Other incidents included a diesel fuel leak in the Yellow River, chemical contamination(污染)in the northeast Songhua River following a flood, and crude oil leakage off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian after a pipeline burst．

　　The minister noted that rapid development in the next five years would increase the need for China to improve environmental protection and shift to a more sustainable model of economic development from its dependence on industries which consume huge quantities of energy．

　　China is focusing on clean energy, including solar, wind and nuclear power, as one way to reduce its dependence on coal, which generates three-quarters of its electricity and is also used for winter heating in northern cities．China also hopes the strategy will reduce its demand for oil and gas and increase economic growth and jobs．

　　Zhang told reporters there was no plan to adjust China's overall strategy for nuclear development but he said Beijing will learn lessons from Japan after a violent earthquake resulted in a radioactive leak(放射能泄露)．

　　"Some lessons we learn from Japan will be considered in the making of China's nuclear power plans, " he said．"But China will not change its determination and plan for developing nuclear power．"

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TV LISTINGS FOR WLS-TV IN CHICAGO

　　Sept．5, 2011

　　* TVPG：Programs for children with parents' guidance

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　　Can you survive an unannounced storm? Although there is expert broadcasting and we are equipped with cell phones, there're still some instances when the violent weather takes us by surprise．

　　While most Atlantic hurricanes form off the coast of Africa giving plenty of early warning, sudden Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico hurricanes form and move rapidly in less than a day's time, endangering everyone and everything in their path．

　　There've been oil workers trapped off the shore when sudden storms appeared．Field archeologists have been stuck in coastal areas without storm warning．It wasn't but a few decades ago that a Texas National Guard group was trapped on the beach by rain-forced flooding and had to ride out a major hurricane during a training exercise．There've been a few instances when travelers were trapped on an island or in a coastal area and unable to escape in time．

　　Escaping from the storm-threatened areas is generally a choice for most of us-but not for all．Each year thousands of islanders across the Caribbean face the danger of hurricanes without so much as a public shelter to hide in．Most ride out the storm in their homes．

　　But there're a few things you can do to prepare yourself for some unexpected emergencies．Being prepared for the unexpected may be your best and only defense．If you're headed outdoors for a few days or weeks, you should always carry a flashlight(手电筒)with extra batteries, a GPS device(装置), and a basic medical box．If you're traveling in your car, remember you may suffer from high winds．You'd better not stay inside to avoid being blown away along with your car．Keeping your head and your courage up is essential to survival in any type of danger．Let common sense guide you and always be prepared for the worst．

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