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　　As the American writer, Mark Twain, once said,“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it．”It is true that everybody talks about the weather．Many people begin their talks by saying：“Isn't it a nice day?”“Do you think it will rain?”“I think it's going to snow．”

　　Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like．But sometimes they don't agree with each other．One man may say,“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east?It's going to rain tomorrow．”Another man will say,“No, it's going to be fine tomorrow．”

　　People often look for the weather they want．When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it's going to rain, and he doesn't look for anything else．When friends have a picnic, they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can sit eating their lunch under the blue sky．

　　Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says．But he doesn't Always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake．Still, he is right most of the time．

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　　The word“Hello”may be used more often than any other word in the English language．Everyone in the USA and other countries uses this word．

　　Thomas Edison is believed to be the first person to use“hello”on the telephone soon after the world's first telephone was invented．

　　At first people began their words on the telephone with“Are you there?”They were not sure if a telephone could really carry voices．

　　Edison was a man with few words．He wanted to save time．The first time he picked up the phone, he was very busy．He trusted the telephone as he invented it himself．He was sure someone was there and only said“hello”．

　　From then on,“hello”is often heard when you pick up the telephone．

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　　Welcome to Franklin Hotel．We will make you stay here as enjoyable(愉快)as possible．We hope we will give you the best service(服務(wù))．

　　●Room Service：You can use the service 24 hours a day．

　　●Dining Room：You can have three meals a day in the dining room．Breakfast is from 8∶00 to 9∶30．Also the room waiter may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7∶00．If you need, please fill in a card and hang it outside your door before 6∶00．Lunch is from 12∶00 to 14∶00．Dinner is from 18∶30 to 20∶30．

　　●Telephone：There is a telephone in your room．Dial(撥)“0”before you make a call．We will tell you to wait a moment if the lines are busy．

　　●Shop：The hotel shop is open from 9∶00 to 17∶30．

　　●Coffee House：You can drink coffee here at the following times：

　　12∶00－14∶00

　　20∶00－1∶30

　　●Other services：There is a cinema in the hotel．A film begins at 19∶00 on Sundays and Wednesdays．Hot water is offered(提供)24 hours．

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One day in early March of 1993, Pauline and Tom Nichter and their 11-year-old son Jason, were shopping for a toy in Buena Park．Suddenly, Pauline saw a wallet lying on the floor．When she looked inside, she found ＄200．The family, homeless and without work, knew that could change their lives．But they took the wallet to the nearby police station and turned it in．The wallet was found to have some other pockets, and more money in－over ＄2,000!The police called the man who lost the wallet to pick it up．The man thanked the Nichters and shook their hands, but did not reward them．Luckily for the family, a TV news reporter filmed the story．People from all over the world heard the story and sent them letters, money and even jobs．A businessman even let them live in his house for free for six months．So far, the family has received over ＄1, 000, 000．Now the Nichters' future is bright．

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　　New York is a very large city with 8 million people．How do so many people move about the city on their way to work and school? So, we should know something about its transport．

　　In New York you can travel about the city by subway, bus, taxi and car．The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city．It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city．Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city．

　　The second way to travel around the city is by public bus．It's a slower way to travel．This is because the bus moves in road traffic which is often heavy．

　　You can also travel around the city by taxi．This is the most expensive way, but the taxi will take you to the very place you wish to go to．If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow．During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”．This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work．

　　The last way to get around New York is using your own car．However, it's not easy for you to drive, especially when you are driving in the “rush hour”．If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time．

　　The best time to travel around the city is from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m．This is the time after the morning“rush hour”and before the evening“rush hour”．Traffic will be less crowded because most people are already at school or at work．

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　　One of the easiest ways to keep fit is to do jogging：“Jogging is the name for a very gentle(舒緩的)running－it is just a little faster than walking．”

　　Start slow jog 20 meters, then walk 20 meters．Little by little, if you are not feeling very tired, you may do more jogging and less walking．Finally, jog the whole way．It will be easy for you to start jogging for 15 minutes twice a week, slowly, increase this to 20－30 minutes every day．The longer you join in jogging, the more you enjoy it and the healthier you will become．Some people like jogging alone, and others enjoy doing it with friends．Jogging in groups makes more people keener(熱心的), because you just can not stay in bed while there is a group of friends waiting outside．If you want to start jogging, prepare a pair of comfortable shoes and determined mind．

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　　The Guidance Department(教導(dǎo)處)at Berryville High School has a staff(員工)of eleven teachers．Most of their work is done with the students．But the staff sees a lot of parents, too．

　　“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram(圖表)．”says Mildred Foreman, head of the Guidance．“This diagram stays much the same from year to year．The busy months are October, March and May．”

　　September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly．Few parents come in．Most of these want to talk about the schedules(日程安排)．October brings many problems caused by some students．Some parents are called in．Others come by themselves．Things quiet down in November．December is a quiet month．“It's the holiday．”Ms Foreman says,“People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year's Day．”

　　Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays．Bad marks(分數(shù))bring parents in as school opens again．This happens again in March, another report card month．May is always the year's busiest month．That's when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again．They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June．

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　　When most people think of the Olympics, they don't think of science．But in the USA, each year, students take part in a kind of competition called the science Olympiad．

　　It has a lot of different events．Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others．My best event is forestry(森林學(xué))．This time, I went to the Olympiad with my school's team．We had worked hard, but this was the state competition．It would be hard to win．

　　The Olympiad was out of town, so we had to ride on a bus and stay in a hotel for a night．The Olympiad was in three big rooms．When we got there, we set up our team's“camp”off to one side．The big day had come at last! First, I went to watch the tower building competition．That 's when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it．They hope they can hold them up．One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower．She was nervous, and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it－it broke! I felt bad for her．After lunch, I helped some teammates with their events．One was geography, and the other was history．I don't know much about those things, so I just watched my teammates do most of the work．At last, it was time for my favorite event－forestry．Another student was also in the forestry event．The rules were easy．We had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from．We also had to answer some questions about the uses of each leaf．I knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions．I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready．In the end, it was time for the awards(頒獎), I was nervous．because the forestry awards were last．We won second place in the whole state! A nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me．

　　I had a great time at the science Olympiad．I can't wait for next year!

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　　Trees are useful to man in three important ways．The most important way is that they provide man with food, wood and other products．Trees provide food for not only man, but also many animals．Without trees many animals could not live on the earth．It's not easy for man to live on the earth, either．

　　The second important way is that trees give us shade．On a hot summer day, people are eager to have a rest under the shade of a tree after they have walked a long way．You can imagine how important the shade of a tree is to men and animals．

　　The third important way is that trees help to prevent drought and floods．However, in many parts of the world, man has not realized it．He has cut trees down in large numbers．In the end he finds that he has lost the best friend he had．

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　　Japan is made up of several islands that lies off the coast of Asia．People came to live in Japan from nearby countries, such as China and Korea．From these older countries, Japanese borrowed ideas, inventions and habits．

　　For many years, Japanese built buildings like in China．They dressed like Chinese．From China came their way of writing and their habit of drinking tea．

　　In more recent time, Japanese have borrowed from the United States．They have a government like ours．They do much work in science, as we do．Baseball is a favourite sport in Japan, just like it is here．

　　Things change when they came to Japan．Japanese improve on almost everything they borrowed．

　　The art of garden making came from Korea and China, but Japanese gardens are special．Each garden has a waterfall, a pool and small bridges．There are few flowers in Japanese gardens．But the gardens are green during all seasons for there are many ever greens there．Japanese gardens have a different kind of beauty．

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