Happy New Years!

　　Today is March 17^th．About two and a half months ago, I said“Happy New Year!”to many of my friends．About fifty days ago, I said the same thing to some other friends．In about four days, I’ll say the same wishes to yet another group of friends．I’ll do the same thing in July and also in September．“How can that be?”you might ask(if you ‘re from Western Europe or the Americas)．“Everyone knows that New Year’s Day is in Januare!”

　　In fact, the date of New Year’s Day depends on the calendar(日历)－and I have friends who use one or more of five different calendars to keep track of at least part of their lives：

　　●January 1^st：New Year’s Day on the Western/international calendar

　　●In January or February(in 2006, January 29 th)：New Year’s Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places)

　　●March 21^st：New Year’s Day on the traditional Persian(波斯)calendar

　　●Mid-July(usually the 16 th)：New Year’s Day on the Isamic(穆斯林)calendar

　　●September：New Year’s Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教)calendars(Central and Eastern Europe)and, usually, on the Jewish calendar

　　And these are just the New Year’s Days that I know about!As a matter of fact, there are probably even more!

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　　Bicycle tour and race

　　A bike tour and race will be held on August 26th and 27th(Sat．＆Sun．)at 5：30 a．m．The riders will leave Tian’an Men Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg．Then the next 55 kilometers'leg，from Yanjiao to Jixian，will be the first competitive(比赛的)part of the tour．The riders and their bikes will then be taken from Jixian to Changli．

　　The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe，covering a distance of 20 kilometers．Saturday night includes the stay at Nandaihe and supper．Sunday morning is free for the seaside．At all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing．

　　Cost：200 yuan Telephone：4675027

　　Brazilian footballers

　　The Brazilian Football Club play Beijjing Guo’an Team at the Workers Stadium On August 26th．The club has four nation team players．Also coming is 1994 US World Cup star Ronario who has promised to play for at least 45 minutes．

　　Ticket Prices：60/100/150 yuan

　　Time/date：4∶30 P．m．August 26th(Sat．)Telephone：5012372

　　Rock climbing

　　The third National Rock Climbing Competition will be held on August 26 th and 27 that the Huairou Mountain-climbing Training Base．More than 10 teams from Beijing，Wuhan，Dalian，Jilin and other places will take part in it．A Japanese team will give an exhibition climbing．Free for audience．

　　Take a long-distance bus from Dongzhimen to Huairou．

　　Time/Date：9～12 am，August 26th and 27th Telephone：7143177，7144850 Wang Zhenghua

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The Seats Are Too Small

　　Paul got on the bus to go to the town．It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes．Then some of the passengers got off．Paul sat down next to a fat lady．She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn’t have much room on the seat．At last the bus got to the town．All the passengers started to get off．Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him．She said, “Thank you．”Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags．But she couldn’t move．She was stuck!Paul had to push th lady．The conductor pulled her．Finally they got her free but she wasn’t pleased．“I’ll write to the bus company, ”she said．“I’ll tell them not to make buses with such small seats．”

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　　People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age．There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said．He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work．

　　But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker．From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature．He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them．

　　Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often．But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure．

　　Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life．As he loved to think, he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life．“Work,”he answered,“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．

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