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　　Do you know Nissan introduced the world's firs“talking car”about twenty years ago?Actually, it was like a record 　　1　　 that would tell you that your door was open, and would continue talking to you 　　2　　 you closed it．Of course, it never became popular．Only a few people 　　3　　 the car．

　　Times have changed and the talking car of the near future is quite different．You can talk to it and you'll be able to control you radio 　　4　　 giving your voice orders, get traffic reports and directions, send and receive e-mails．To finish all these actions, you needn't push a button(按钮)at all．

　　This is good news for those who 　　5　　 more and more time of their lives in their cars．　　6　　 the new type of cars will be more like offices on wheeks with computer inside．Companies hope that time wasted in traffic can be put to better use．　　7　　 workers are able to check their-mails, faxes and meeting time on the way to work, they can spend more time at the offices doing more 　　8　　 work．

　　Microsoft, of cause, is hoping to have one of their operating systems(系统)in every car in the world．“It will be a great 　　9　　”says Brass, a leader in Microsoft．There are more than 650,000,000 cars in the world．And every year about 50,000,000 new cars are produced．If Brass' wish 　　10　　, cars will become a bigger business for Microsoft than computers．

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　　A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door．

　　“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”

　　“If you must know, I make ＄20 an hour．”

　　“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down．He thought for a moment, looked up and said,“Daddy, could you lend me ＄10?”

　　The father was furious,“If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”

　　The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．After about an hour, the father calmed down, and started to think,“Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn't really ask for money very often．”So he went to the little boy's room．

　　“Sorry!Maybe I was too hard on you just now．”said the man,“Here's ＄10．”

　　“Oh, thank you, Daddy!”he said happily．Then, the boy took out some coins．When the father found that the boy alread had money, he got angry again．

　　“Why do you want more money since you already have some?”the father shouted angrily．

　　“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do．”The little boy replied,“Daddy, I have ＄20 now．Can I buy an hour of your time?Please come home early tomorrow．I would like to have dinner with you．”