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　　Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sister．And day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in Mommy's tummy(肚子)．

　　Everything was normal for Karen．But she had difficulty giving birth to the baby．Finally, Michael's little sister was born．But she was in serious condition and was sent to hospital at once．The days went by．The little girl got worse．The doctor told the parents, “There is very little hope．Be prepared for the worst．”

　　Karen and her husband had fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby-now they planned a funeral．Michael, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister, “I want to sing to her, ” he said．

　　Karen knew if he didn't see his sister now, he would never see her alive．She led Michael to his sister's bedside．In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang：“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine; you make me happy when skies are gray…”

　　Immediately the baby girl responded．Her breath became calm．“Keep on singing, Michael! ” ‘You never know, dear, how much I love you．Please don't take my sunshine away…” Tears ran down Karen's face．

　　Funeral plans were cancelled(取消)．The next day, the little girl was well enough to go home! The doctors just called it a miracle(奇迹)．Karen called it a miracle of God's love!

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　　Machu Picchu is considered to be a truly extraordinary archaeological(考古学的)discovery and is one of South America's largest tourist sites．As many as one thousand visitors visit the ancient Incan(印加文化的)ruins daily．What draws vacationers and adventurers to this remote location high in the Andes Mountains of Peru(秘鲁)? A large part of the attraction is the mysteries that surround Machu Picchu．For example, Machu Picchu is considered “the lost city” of the Incas because it was never found by Spanish invaders and was known to only a few local peasants for almost four hundred years．

　　The “city in the clouds”, Machu Picchu's lasting beauty comes from the careful blending of its striking architecture with its mountaintop environment．Its greatest skill shows are in the stone structures, which equals that of the ancient Egyptians．The stone blocks were so appropriately cut that they fit together without the need for mud．The largest stones at Machu Picchu weigh as much as fifteen tons! It has been difficult to explain how the huge blocks were transported．The buildings, including many that have survived lots of earthquakes, contain stones which interlock so perfectly that a knife cannot be forced between them．When compared to other ancient civilizations, it is difficult to understand how Machu Picchu could have been missed by the Spanish and lost from history for four hundred years．

　　For many of the mysteries of Machu Picchu being unsolved, it is clear why Machu Picchu remains “the most famous ruins in all of South America”．

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　　There once lived a rich businessman who had a lazy son．The businessman wanted his son to realize the value of labour and said：“Today, I want you to go out and earn something, failing which you won't have your meals tonight．”

　　He went crying straight to his mother．Her heart melted at her son's eyes．She gave him a gold coin．When the father asked his son what he had earned, the son presented him the gold coin．The father asked him to throw it into a well．

　　The next day, he asked his son to earn something．This time he went crying to his sister who gave him a coin．When he showed it to his father he again asked him to throw it in a well．Then the father asked him to earn more money．

　　This time since there was no one to help him, the son was forced to go to the market．One shopkeeper told him he would pay him two coins if he carried his trunk to his house．He did so and sweated plenty．As he returned home he was asked to do the same．The son almost cried out．He could not imagine throwing his hard-earned money like this．He cried, “My entire body is aching．You are asking me to throw the money into the well．”

　　At this moment, the businessman told him one feels the pain only when the fruits of hard labour are wasted．On the earlier two occasions he was helped and therefore had no pain in throwing the coins into the well．The son had now realized the value of hard work．He promised never to be lazy and to safely keep the father's wealth．The father handed over the keys of his shop to the son and promised to guide him through the rest of the life．

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　　Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years．Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment．With the advancement of technology, small computers have come into the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them．

　　The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors(处理器), or WPS as they are often called．40％ of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast．

　　There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager．The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers．He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss．From a manager's point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours．

　　But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed．Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units(显示器)．The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly．It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed．Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them．

　　Whatever the arguments for and against word processors are, they are a key feature of this revolution in office practice．

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　　Millions of Americans have been heading to the shops on Black Friday, a crucial event for US retailers．Many stores open their doors overnight, hoping to entice customers with cut-price bargains．Black Friday-the day after the Thanksgiving public holiday-is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season．

　　Consumers are spending in an uncertain environment as fears about the health of the US economy persist．Thousands of people queued late on Thursday evening in the hope of being the first to find a bargain, with many shops offering deep discounts on clothing, electronic goods and toys．

　　“Several chains opened even earlier than the typical midnight start．Children's retailer Toys R Us threw open its doors at 22∶00 on Thursday for the first time．Others stayed open after trading on Thanksgiving itself．Judging from the excitement at Toys R Us at 10 pm(on Thursday)and throughout the evening, the shopper is back, ” Toys R Us chief executive Jerry Storch told Reuters．Department store Macy's said it had 7, 000 shoppers outside its flagship Herald Square store in Manhattan in the early hours of Friday morning, some 2, 000 more than last year．

　　Despite continued concerns over the US economy and a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 9.6％, analysts are predicting a better holiday season than last year．The National Retail Federation says it expects sales to be 2.3％ higher than 2009, to totalling ＄447m(285m)．That could bode well for the US economy, with consumer spending making up about 70％ of total economic output．“This is shaping up to be one of the biggest Black Fridays we’ve seen, ” said David Bassuk, managing director at consulting firm Alix Partners．

　　Black Friday is so named because it is the day of the year when retailers traditionally hope to leave the “red” and enter the “ black ”, breaking even or making a profit．

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　　When you are talking to somebody at a party, do you focus entirely on the person you are speaking with or does your attention keep jumping around the room to all the other people there? General1y, if the person is someone you really want to talk to, you will focus on him．Most other people will only get about half of your attention．

　　You may think that this is OK, because if you don't really want to talk to him, then what does it matter if you don't give him your full attention? Consider two things．First, you may just not realize the importance of that conversation．If you are at a networking meeting and you hope to meet the CEO of Company X, but you end up talking to someone who has a low-level job at a different company, then you may let your attention wander(走神)as you speak to him．But maybe you don't realize that this person has already met the CEO and could introduce you．Do you think he will do that if he feels you don't really care about speaking to him? This doesn't mean you need to spend the whole time talking to him．Five or ten minutes of real attentive(专心的)conversation can be worth 30 minutes to an hour of partial attention．

　　Second, whether you want to speak to someone is based on the situation．You can love your wife, but if she tries to talk to you while you are watching something you like on TV, where is your attention going? Make your own decision, but if you want her to feel valued, give her your 100％ attention．The nice thing is that in many cases you can give her your attention for a few minutes and then return to what you were doing．You miss very little, she feels valued, and all is good．

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　　There is a poster below．Read it carefully．

　　VISIT SWANSEA ZOO!

　　Come and see the African elephants and the new tigers from India．The Arctic bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Zaire are waiting to throw things at you．The hyenas(a flesh-eating animal, like a wolf, with a howl that sounds like wild laughter)from Tanzania are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you．

　　Tickets

　　Adult：＄1.20

　　Children：Over 12∶80 cent

　　Under 12 ：Free

　　Opening Time：9∶00a．m．～4∶00p．m．

　　Except Fridays：10∶00a．m．～3∶00p．m．

　　KEEP THE ZOO CLEAN!

　　DO NOT FEED, TOUCH OR GO NEAR THE ANIMALS!

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　　A good brand agency(代理)can create for you a brand identity(身份)of your products．Having the best agency to help with your business, no matter how small, can be one of the biggest steps you can take in letting the world know and get familiar with your products and brands．

　　Brand agencies work hand in hand with the company in advertising the brand and its products．The company has to tell the agency how they would like the public to see their products．The agency then talks with the company about the progress of the brand in the market．

　　Working with brand agencies is a two-way street．When the company is happy and satisfied with how the agency has advertised the brand, the trust the company has in the agency grows．Similarly, when the agency does well in its work, the company's brand and products get good ideas from buyers and the market．

　　Regarding the identity of the brand, agencies can help a lot in this aspect．For a brand to have a lasting influence on the buyers, an identity of the brand needs to be formed．If the brand is good, then buyers will feel at ease(轻松自在)buying the products of this brand．

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　　What's the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others

　　suggest knowledge, love and luck．

　　If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的顺序)and use numbers to represent each

　　of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number．So hard-work becomes 8＋1＋18＋4＋23＋15＋18＋11＝98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge：11＋14＋15＋23＋12＋5＋4＋7＋5＝96, while love：12＋15＋22＋5＝54, and luck：12＋21＋3＋11＝47, a small mark．None of these words can give one a full mark．What about money or prayer(祈祷)? They can't, either．

　　Then what else? Don't be worried．You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you

　　change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(态度)．Yes, attitude is the word．See for yourself：attitude：1＋20＋20＋9＋20＋21＋4＋5＝100，a full mark．

　　Different attitudes lead to different courses of life．Most times people hope for a better life．It is possible

　　that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one's attitude．

　　When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you'll meet more smiling faces towards you．In the same way, if you take a positive(积极地)attitude towards failure(失败), you'll find it's also rewarding though it has caused you losses．

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　　Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how language first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened．However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times．There are probably about three thousand languages in the world today．Chinese is the language with the most speakers．English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people．On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers．

　　There are several important families of languages in the world．For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European．The original(最初的)language of this family was spoken about 4, 500 years ago．Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4, 500 years ago．

　　Languages are always changing．The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago．In time some even die out completely．About 1, 000 years ago English was a little-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders(边界)of Europe．

　　If a language has a lot of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas．That is, the language may have several dialects．Chinese is a good example of dialect differences．Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers．The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China cannot understand speakers from other parts．

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