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　　Mails, games music, news, chat rooms and shopping!The Internet is part of the way we live today．It’s easy to get onto the Internet．The only we need to do is to use a modem which is used for connecting a computer to a telephone line．The Internet is changing and growing all the time．More and more people have computers and use the Internet．Using the Internet means surfing the World Wide Web(that’s the“www”you always hear about)．The web has large numbers of websites(網(wǎng)站)in it．They are the places you go to get information and do things．

　　Where do these websites come from?They are made by web designers(設(shè)計(jì)師)．What happens when you click on a word or a picture?You are sent to another page．It’s all because of the web designer．Web designers do a lot of work by using a computer programming(程序)language．

　　Is web design all about computer programming?No．It’s about making something new．Web designers must imagine a lot when they are making a website．It must look good and be fun to use．A big part of web design is art．They choose the best pictures and colors to make the website look good．They also write the things that you see on the website．An important part of their job is to share ideas with the website manager about how to design the website well．

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　　There are places in North America where great cities once stood．There were gardens and trees and grass．But now these places are like deserts(沙漠)．Scientists began to study this land to find out what happened．Many of them believe the land died when the trees were cut down．

　　Trees help other plants grow．Tree roots(根)hold the soil(土壤)in place．They keep the wind from blowing away the soil．Leaves on the ground keep rainwater from running off．

　　Once there were hundreds of farms in the southwest of the US．Then the farms turned into fields of dry land．This was because few trees grow there now．

　　Now we try to save trees．In many places, when a tree is cut down, a new tree is planted in its place．We do not want the land to die．

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　　Li Shenzhen was born in 1518．His father was a poor doctor．Li Shenzhen often saw that people fell ill．He decided to study medicine so that he would be able to help people．

　　Li Shenzhen read many books on medicine．He found many of the old medical books full of mistakes．So his wish was to write a new one．

　　He did his best to study medical science．He studied not only the herbs(草藥)in his own garden, but also the wild ones．He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old farmers．He learned a lot from the working people．

　　After many years of hard work and study, Li Shenzhen finished his great work Ben Cao Gang Mu．At that time he was sixty．His book is now one of the greatest contributions(貢獻(xiàn))of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world．

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　　The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water．This may seem strange to you, since nearly 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water．But about 97% of that is sea water or salt water．Man can only drink and use the other 3% the fresh water from rivers, lakes, underground and other sources．And we can not even use all of that．Even worse, some of it has been made dirty．

　　However, as things stand today, this fresh water is still enough for us．But our need for water is becoming larger and larger quickly, almost day by day．We should take steps to do with this problem now and in this way we can get away from a serious world-wide water shortage(缺少)later on．

　　We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water．One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it．Today in most large cities, water is used only once and then sent out into a sewer system(下水道)．From there it returns to sea or runs into underground places．

　　But even if every large city used its water, we still would not have enough．All we’d have to do to make use of sea water in the world is to remove the salt．If we take these steps we’ll be in no danger of drying up．

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　　What has the US-Iraqi War brought to the Iraqi children? During the US-Iraqi war, most Iraqi school were closed．A lot of children had to stay at home to face the dangers brought by wars．

　　The war seemed to have come to the end after Saddam had been caught by US soldiers．A group of people led (被領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的) by US are running a program to rebuild the schools that had broken down during the war．They say that, if the work could go smoothly (順利進(jìn)行), more than a thousand schools’ construction (建設(shè)) could be finished as the new school year starts．

　　Textbooks have been changed too．More than seventy million new books have been printed．The children will not find anything about Saddam Hussein as well as ideology (意識(shí))．So it is believed that the Iraqi children will come to forget Saddam, and their minds will be washed by studying these books．The Iraqi children will no longer have to start the school day singing Saddam’s song of praise (贊歌)．

　　Many children, however, may not go to school at all．Some parents say that they are still so worried about the security situation (安全形勢(shì)) that they’d rather keep their children at home until the country becomes more safe．

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