A hobby can be almost anything a person likes to do in his free time．Hobbyists keep pets, build model shops, watch birds, hunt animals, climb mountains, grow flowers, fish, ski, skate, and swim．Hobbyists also paint pictures, attend concerts and plays and perform on musical instruments．They collect everything from books to butterflies, and from shells to stamps．

　　People have hobbies because these activities offer enjoyment, friendship, knowledge, and relaxation．Sometimes they even make some money by following a hobby．Hobbies help people relax after hard work, and provide a balance between work and play．Hobbies also offer interesting activities for persons who have retired(退休)．Anyone, rich or poor, old or young, sick or well, can follow an interesting hobby．

　　Hobbies can help a person’s mental and physical health．Doctors have found that hobbies are valuable in helping patients recover from physical or mental illness．Hobbies give patients something to do, and provide interests that keep them from thinking about themselves．Many hospitals treat patients by having them have interesting hobbies or pastimes．

　　In early times, most people were too busy making a living to have many hobbies．But some persons who were free did enjoy hobbies．The old Egyptians played games with balls made of wood or pottery．

　　People today have more time than ever before for hobbies．Machines have reduced(減少)the amount of time they must spend on their jobs．More people are retiring than ever before, and at an earlier age．Those who have developed hobbies never need to worry about what to do with their newly-found free hours．

　　Sir William Osler, a famous Canadian doctor, expressed the value of hobbies by saying, “No man is really happy or safe without a hobby．”

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閱讀下面這張飛機航班表，回答問題。

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　　“I’m hungry,” Pat said to his friend, Mike．“Let’s have a meal somewhere．”

　　They walked down the road until they came to an expensive restaurant．

　　“This will be fine,” Pat said．“Just the place we want．”

　　He opened the door and they went inside．The head waiter came up to them at once．

　　“A table for two?” he asked．

　　“Yes．The best table you have．”

　　He took them to a table near a window．He handed them the menu(菜單)and went away．

　　Pat and Mike looked at the menu carefully, then asked for the most expensive dishes．

　　An hour later, they had almost finished their meal．It was one of the best meals they had ever had, and now they were eating their last dish．

　　Suddenly Pat looked carefully at the dish．

　　“What’s this?” he cried, and pointed at something small and black in the dish．The head waiter hurried towards their table．

　　“Look at this!” Pat said to him in a very loud voice．“There’s a dead fly in my dish．How terrible!I thought this was a good restaurant, but I was wrong．”

　　The head waiter was very embarrassed(難堪的)．“Please, sir, do not speak so loudly．I am so sorry about the fly．I’m afraid such an accident may happen, even in the best restaurants．You need not, of course, pay for your meal．”

　　Soon after this, Mike and Pat were walking past another restaurant．

　　“Let’s go in and have a drink,” Pat said．“I’ve got one fly left．”

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　　We use the Internet for many things：business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on．In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet．There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk．

　　People don't like typing too much．To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters(called acronyms)．Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室)．Some of them are：

　　BTW(by the way)　　　　　　BRB(be right back)

　　LOL(laughing out loud)　　　IMO(in my opinion)

　　People also use many abbreviations．They are shortened forms of words．Some common abbreviations are：

　　info(information)　　　　puter(computer)

　　pic(picture)　　　　　　sec(second)

　　We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流)on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings．Most people use their keyboards to draw "feelings", such as：

　　：-)　(happy)　　;-)　(joking)　�。�-(　(sad)　�。�-O　(surprised)

　　These days, many forums(論壇)have picture feelings．For example：

　　There are even whole new words, like "newbies"(someone who is new on a chat board or forum)．When you write something bad about someone else, it's called "flaming" the person．

　　It takes time for people to get used to(適應(yīng))e-talk．Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating．Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean．As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change．

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　　A new supermarket put on a notice inside the entrance．It said, "Remember, once a week, one of our customers(顧客)gets free goods(things that cost nothing)．This may be your lucky day!" All the housewives who went to the supermarket had one great hope：to be the lucky customer who didn't have to pay for her shopping．

　　For several weeks Mrs Blake hoped to be the lucky customer．Unlike many other customers, she never gave up hope．The cupboards in her kitchen were full of things she did not need．She dreamed of the day, when the manager of the supermarket would come and say to her, "Madam, this is your lucky day and everything in your basket is free．"

　　One Friday morning, after she finished her shopping and had taken all the things to her car, she found that she had forgotten to buy tea．She went to the supermarket, got the tea and went towards the check-out．As she did so, she saw the manager of the supermarket come to her．"Madam," he said, "congratulations!You are our lucky customer and everything in your basket is free!"

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　　JOLIN Tsai(蔡依林)，a famous singer, has become an English teacher!But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English．Instead, she has published(出版)a new book, "Jolin's English Diary Book"．It came out in Taiwan in March．Jolin is helping you learn English in a light hearted way and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks．

　　"I hope it's a happy English book," she said, "When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on doing it．" This certainly doesn't mean just reciting(背誦) words．Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning．She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English．She has been good at English since Grade 3 in primary school．Because of this, she hosted news programme on the radio herself．

　　Jolin knows it's important to put English to good use．So, in her English diaries, she wrote something about her everyday life, like study, fashion, travel and family．After each diary, she gives you lots of notes．You can use them often, too!Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers．

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　　Do you live in a city?Do you know how cities began?Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people．These people moved from place to place．They moved over the land, hunting animals for food．

　　No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food．But when they did, their lives changed．They did not have to look for food any more．They could stay in one place and grow it．

　　People began to live near one another．And so the first villages grew．Many people came to work in the villages．These villages grew bigger and bigger．

　　When people had machines, life in the village changed again．Factories were built．More and more people lived near the factories．So the villages grew into cities．Some of them grew very big．

　　Today, some people are moving back to small towns．Can you tell why?

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　　One morning in April, Jim Reed checked his e-mail．It was from a woman in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania．He had talked to her on e-mail many times in the last ten days．All the other messages were fun and interesting to read．This message was different．

　　The message said, “Goodbye loved kowihn yu I amj leaving．”

　　Mr．Reed was frightened by the message．He tried to understand the words that were not spelled right．He quickly wrote a message to his new friend．

　　“What do you mean by the message you just sent to me?”

　　He waited but did not get an answer．He wrote back, “Please talk to me．”

　　Finally, she wrote, “I am fallllljg asleep what ti say gildgye ti ny friends．” Mr．Reed thought hard about this message．“Is she going to kill herself?” he thought．

　　“What is your phone number?” he typed．The woman sent a phone number．Mr．Reed called．At first the phone was busy．Then it just rang and rang．He called the police in Pittsburgh, and told them his story．Then he faxed them what his friend wrote．

　　The police and paramedics(醫(yī)護人員)quickly went to the woman’s house．When she didn’t’ answer the doorbell, they broke in．They found her on the floor near the computer．She told them, “I took 60 pills．” The paramedics rushed her to the hospital．

　　“Mr．Reed did a great job of saving this woman,” the police captain said．“If he hadn’t succeeded at the e-message, she would be dead now．” The woman is fine now, and she thanks Mr．Reed for saving her life．

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　　Do you believe there are aliens(外星人)？We’ll make a phone call and you will know．A group of Americans can help．They made a device(裝置)to “talk” to aliens．If you want to talk to an alien, you only need to visit www.TalkToAliens.com, call 1-900-226-0300 and say：“Hello aliens, this is Earth calling．Can you hear me?” you can say anything you want．

　　But now, they only take phone calls from people in the US．The call is ＄3.99 every minute．After the hotline began in February, www.TalkToAliens.com has got hundreds of calls．There is one call every three minutes．They are also trying to send people’s e-mails, photos and videos into space．

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　　In a small town, there lived a doctor．He was good and kind．He was ready to go and help people．People always went to him when they were ill．

　　Many years later, the doctor began to forget things．People were afraid and little by little, they stopped going to him．The doctor saw his business wasn’t as good as before．He thought, " Well, if I was the patient(病人)，I' d be afraid to go to me too．Maybe it's time for me to stop being a doctor．But this town has no doctor．What will the people do when they become ill?"

　　His wife heard him talking to himself and said, "Why don’t you find a young doctor to take your place?Then people will have another good doctor to take care of them and I will get my husband back．"

　　The doctor liked what his wife said．He found a very good young doctor to help the people．The doctor and his wife then had time to take long walks together, go dancing, go travelling and spend the rest of their days together．

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