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Every year there is a Spring Festival in China．Usually it is in January or February．It is the most important festival in China．So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things．They buy pork, beef, chicken, fruits and many other things．And they often make a special kind of food－“dumplings”．It means“come together”．On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children．Children also buy presents for their parents．On the Spring Festival Eve(除夕), all the family members come back to their hometown．This is a happy moment．Some sing and dance, some play cards and others get the dinner ready．When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year．They all have a good time．

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　　Mr Brown’s house was less than two miles from his office, so he could drive home every day for lunch．Every time he drove home at noon, he found many cars outside his house and there was no room for his own car．He had to drive somewhere else to park his car．Then he walked back home．This made him very angry．

　　He put up a board in the garden facing the road．The board said,“No Parking”．But nobody noticed it．People seemed to obey only a police notice with white letters on a blue board：

　　Mrs Brown asked his husband to steal a police notice but he was afraid to do so．Then she asked him to make one just like a police notice．Mr Brown said he was not the police and couldn’t use the word“police”．Several days later, Mr Brown made a blue board with white letters．

　　“Oh!”Mrs Brown said．“You told me you weren’t going to use the word‘police’,but why do you use it now?”“Really?”he asked．

　　“Look again,”she started to laugh．“You are really clever”．

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　　In choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary(能源部長), Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U．S．scientists of using science to deal with global warming(全球變暖)．

　　Steven Chu was born in St．Louis, Missouri, in 1948．His father was a college teacher．At that time, they were only the third Chinese family to live there．In high school, Chu played tennis and was on the school club．He took his first physics class in his senior year at Garden City High school and became interested in it．

　　Steven Chu got his first doctor’s degree in maths and physics in 1970．Then he went to California for another doctor’s degree．In 1978, Chu worked in Bell Lab where he developed ways to cool and trap atoms using a laser(用激光冷卻和俘獲原子)．In 1997, he got the Nobel Prize for physics for this．He left Stanford in 2004, after he was made head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California．As the head of the national lab, Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate c hange and soon become a member of the Climate Council working for a new global climate treaty(氣候條約)for 2009．

　　He also insists on the need to end the unnecessary waste of energy．“If I were King of the world, I would spend the next ten years on energy efficiency and conservation(節(jié)能和環(huán)保)．”he said last year．

　　On December 11^th, 2008, Barack Obama made him energy secretary．He would be the first Chinese-American to run the department of Energy and devote himself to sustainable(可持續(xù)發(fā)展的)energy．

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　　A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a bos by his feet．He held up a sign which read,“I am blind, please help．”There were only a few coins in the box．The boy felt sad．

　　A man walked by．He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box．Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some wordds．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words．

　　Soon the box was full．A lot more people were giving mpney to the blind boy．

　　That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps(聽出他的腳步聲)and asked,“were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

　　That man said,“I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a different way．”What he had written was,“today is a beautiful day and I can not see it．”

　　Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?Of course both signs told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．

　　Great men say,“In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience(良心)．”

　　It’s a beautiful thing to see a people smiling! And it’s even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of a person’s smiling!

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　　There are many idioms(習(xí)語)in English that are about animals．Today let’s chat a little about some of the idioms about dogs that make English language fun and colorful．

　　We love dogs ; they are our best friends．When you first started to learn English, your teacher might teach you a number of phrases about dogs, such as ：“you are a lucky dog,”“I’m dog tired,”“every dog has its day,”or“our team was the underdog but won the first place at last．”

　　When I first got into high school, my English teacher used the idiom“dog-ear”,whichinterested me very much．This word can be used a noun, a verb, and an adjective as well．As a noun, it means a turned-down(折疊的)coner of a page as a bookmark(書簽)．As a verb, it means someone makes a bookmark by turning down the corner of a page in the book．And, as an adjective, the word describes an old book with many brpken pages．Examples：John made a dog-ear(noun)of the pagehe was reading before closing the book．Jane was reading a book;when the telephone rang, she dog-eared(verb)the page before answering the phone．In the old room, the children found some dog-eared(adjective)books left there formore than 30 years．

　　The idiom“dog-ear”gives don’t have curled ears; rather, they have pointed(豎起來的)ears．

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　　Communication is a problem for parents and children of all the ages．If it's hard for you to communicate with your parents, don't worry about it．Here is some advice for you to bridge the generation gap(代溝)．

　　Don't argue with your parents．Don't talk to your parents when you are angry．Your parents probably won't consider your ideas if you shout at them．And you can't express yourself well if you are angry．Go to some place to cool off．Make sure you understand why you are unhappy．Then think about what you want to say to your parents．If you don't think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter．

　　Try to reach a compromise(妥協(xié))．Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something．You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept(接受)each other．Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something．If that happens, it is especially important to show love and respect(尊敬)to them．Showing respect will keep your relationship strong．

　　Talk about your values(價值觀、看法)．The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own．Tell your parents what you care about, and why．Understanding values might help them see your purpose in life．

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　　Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university．Some young people go to other countries and work as volunteers．Volunteers give their time to help people．For example, they work in schools or hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment．

　　Jenny Smith, 18 years old, lives in Cardiff, Wales．Next year she wants to go to university to study Chinese, but she is now living in Belize．Jenny says,"I'm working with other people here to save the coral reefs(珊瑚礁)in the sea near Belize．The reefs here are beautiful, but if the sea water is seriously polluted, the coral(珊瑚)will die．I'm helping to do research on the coral and the fish around the reefs．All over the world, coral reefs are dying．We need to do something about the pollution before it's too late．"

　　"I'm staying with a family here and I help do some work．I don't get money, but that's OK．I love my work here, and I'm learning a lot about the people of Belize--and myself! When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another three months when I can travel around Belize and Central America．"

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　　One day when some government officials were rebuilding a barn(谷倉)，they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out．A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another．Then, everyone thought that all the mice had escapde．But just as they began to clean up, they saw two micesqueezing(擠)out at the mouth of the hole．With some efforts, the mice finally got out．However, it was strange that after they cameout of the hole, they did not run away immediately．Instead, ome chased after the other near the mouth of the hole．It seemed that onewas trying to bite(咬)the tail of the other．

　　Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped nearer to take a look．They realizde that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other was trying to allow the blind mouse to bite on his tail so that hecould pull the blind one with him to escape．

　　After seeing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought．During the meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened tothe two mice．

　　One serious American official said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of king and guard．”The others thought for a while and said：“That was why!”

　　A smart French said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of husband and wife．”Again the others thought for a while, and all felt it made sense．

　　A Japanese said：“I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son．”O(jiān)nce again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable．So they expressed agreement another time．

　　At that moment, one Chinese asked：“Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”

　　Suddenly, the group looked back at the Chinese and remained speechless．The American official, the French and the Japanese who hadspoken earlier all lowered their heads in shame, and did not dare to answer．

　　In fact, the true love is not built on friendship, loyalty or blood relationship．Instead, itis based on no relationship．

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