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　　Tom likes chocolates(巧克力)very much, but his mother doesn’t give him．They’re bad for his teeth(牙齒)，she thinks．But Tom has a very nice grandfather．The old man loves his grandson very much and sometimes(有時)buys(買)Tom some chocolates．Then his mother lets him eat them, because(因為)she wants to make(使)the old man glad．

　　One Sunday(星期日)evening, it is Tom’s birthday, he says, “Please, God(上帝), let them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday．”His mother says,“God can’t hear(聽見)you．Don’t shout(喊)．”

　　“I know,” says the clever boy with a smile(微笑)．“But Grandfather is in the next(下一個)room, and he can．”

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　　Jane White is an American girl．She is a student．She is fifteen years old．Her father is Mr White．He is a driver．He has long hair, two big eyes and a big nose．Her mother is Mrs White．She is young with long legs and she has short blond hair．Bob is her bother．He is a student, too．Bob is in a yellow coat．Jane is in a red sweater．She is a nice girl．

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　　Do you think there is too much noise in our city? Perhaps you do．If you live near an airport, you will probably feel unhappy because of the noise of jet planes(噴氣式飛機)．It is said that the noise of planes or trains or trucks can make one deaf if he keeps on hearing it．

　　Noise is a kind of pollution．However, most people in our city do not seem to mind noise．They do not know it is harmful to their health．They like to enjoy music when they are doing their work．It is a new danger that music is played through powerful loudspeakers(功率強大的喇叭)．It can reach 120 decibels(120分貝)．

　　It is known that continuous(連續(xù)不斷的)noise of over 85 decibels can make people deaf．For example, when newspapers and books are being printed(印刷), the noise is over 85 decibels, and some of the workers become deaf．Scientists believe that 10 percent(百分比)of all the workers in British printing offices have been deafened(使……聾)by the noise．Besides, noise of less than 85 decibels can make some people tired and anxious．We all know that too much noise makes life difficult and unpleasant．It can do great harm to health and prevent(妨礙)people from working well．Workers in noisy offices are not so efficient(有效的)as workers in quiet offices．Noise makes people less efficient．Can anything be done to keep down(降低)noise?

　　In Britain, the government has made several laws to keep down noise．It has spent a good deal of money making airports and main roads quieter．In Japan, America and Canada there are such laws, too．

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　　Mr and Mrs Wu were mad at their neighbor．He was always borrowing things from them．

　　“It’s not right．”Mr Wu said to his wife one evening, “At one time or another that man has borrowed nearly everything we have．Almost every day he comes over to borrow something．”

　　“You’re quite right．”his wife replied, “and most of the things he’s never returned．”

　　“What I want to know,”her husband said, “is why he can’t buy the things he needs, like everyone else?”

　　“Because people like us are foolish enough to lend him what he needs．”she replied, “As long as we are willing to lend, he’ll keep on borrowing．”

　　“Then we’ll never lend him anything again．”Mr Wu said, “The next time he asks to borrow something, I’ll say no．”

　　“We must have a good reason for saying no．”his wife said, “and we must always try to be polite to him．We don’t want to make an enemy of the man．”

It was not long before their decision not to lend their neighbor anything even again was put to test．

　　The next morning there was a knock on the door．

　　Mr Wu went to answer it．

　　Their neighbor was standing there．Mr Wu knew he was going to ask to borrow something, and was ready to refuse him politely．

　　“Good morning．”their neighbor said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, but I wonder if I could borrow your garden scissors?”

　　“I’m sorry,”Mr Wu said, “but I’m afraid my wife and I will be using them today．We’ll be spending all day working in the garden．”

　　“Oh, I see．”the neighbor said．“In that case, may I borrow your golf clubs(高爾夫球椿)？You won’t be needing them if you’re working in the garden all day, will you?”

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　　Modern life is impossible without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by plane．With a modern airline you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．

　　Traveling by train is slower than plane, but it has its advantages．You can see the country you are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars．They make even the longest journey enjoyable．

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large liners and river boats．You can visit many other countries and different places．And traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．

　　Many people like to travel by car．You can make your own timetable．You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like．You can stop wherever you wish － where there is something to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night．That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasant trips, while people usually take a train or plane when they are traveling on business．

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In America, just as in Europe, men usually open doors for women, and women always walk ahead of men into a room or a restaurant, unless the men have to be ahead of the ladies to choose the table, to open the door of a car or do some other things like the above．On the street, men almost always walk or cross the street on the closer side of the ladies to the traffic．But if a man walks with two ladies he should walk between them．If a host or hostess or both of them drive to get their guest for dinner, the guest should sit at the front seat and leave the back seat though there are no people sitting on it．

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　　This dictionary tells you about English words and how to use them in reading, writing and speaking English．It not only gives the meaning of words, it can also help you with spelling, word building, grammar and pronunciation．

　　To use your dictionary correctly, you need to understand how the dictionary works．At the front of the book, you will find some exercises to help you make the most use of your dictionary．

　　If you look up the word “colour”, you will find two spellings for this word．“Colour” is used in British English, while “color” is used in American English．When such a thing happens, the dictionary shows it with the word “BrE” for British English and “AmE” for American English．

　　The dictionary also helps you pronounce words correctly．It uses a special alphabet(特殊字母表)to show pronunciation．If you turn to the inside back face, you will see all the phonetic letters(音標)with some words to show you how they are pronounced．Just have a look this page when you’re not sure how to say a word．

　　The most important reason for using a dictionary is to find out the meaning of a word－its DEFINITION．

　　In this dictionary, the definitions have been written using only 2000 words．This means that the definitions of even the most difficult words are simply explained(簡單解釋)and easy to understand．

　　When a word has more than one meaning, read all the meanings until you find the one that correctly tells the use of the word you are looking for．

　　Most of the words in this dictionary can be used by people in all parts of the world．

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　　Tony is my uncle’s son．His home is in New York．He likes sports．He plays tennis every day．He sometimes(偶爾)goes to baseball games and watches soccer games on TV．He has a great collection of tennis balls, about 25．He has a soccer ball, too．But he doesn’t play it often(經常)．

　　My name is Tom．My home is now in China．I like CDs very much because(因為)I like music．I have a large collection of CDs, about 400．I like watching TV, too．But I don’t like sports．I only watch volleyball on TV．I don’t play sports, and I don’t have any balls．

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　　Jim and John are twins．They have a nice room．There are two beds and desks in it．Jim and John like milk and bread, but they don’t like any tea or rice．You can not see any tea or rice in the room．They can play football well．But they don’t like basketball．They think it’s easy to ride a bike, but they think it’s difficult to swim in the river．On Sunday they fly a kite．Jim and John are good students．They like their school very much．

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