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　　The Water World Swimming Pool is open every day from eight o'clock in the morning until half past seven in the evening．It costs two dollars sixty to enter the pool．There is a special cheap price for students with a student card．The price is one dollar forty．But you must bring your student card with you．

　　On Wednesday morning the pool is only open to mothers and babies．So mothers can enjoy themselves in the water with their babies．Please leave your older children at home on Wednesday morning．

　　The new Water World Café will be open up on June 22nd．From the café you can watch the swimmers or enjoy a drink after you swim．

　　Please call 2105369 for more information．We look forward to seeing you at the Water World Swimming Pool．

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　　In the world, soccer of football is the most popular sport．This is because many countries have wonderful teams for the World Cup．The World Cup is held every four years．

　　To remember 2002 FIFA World Cup ,children from different countries and more than 60 children from Japanese schools came together and spent three weekends drawing a big picture called “Dream(夢幻)World Cups ”in Japan．The children drew animals, flowers and people playing soccer under a blue bright sky．They wished each football team good luck by drawing the flags(旗幟)of all the countries that will take part in the World Cup in Japan and South Korea．The picture was put up in a park near a playground in Yokohama．Some football teams will have games there．

　　Are you a football fan(迷)?The World Cup made more and more people interested in football Teenagers(青少年)like playing and watching football．Many of them love some football stars so much that they get the pictures of their favorite players on the walls of their rooms．That is the way to show their love for the World Cup as children in Japan．

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　　In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience(經(jīng)歷)four seasons in one day．In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring．An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard．The weather gets a little cold．In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day．

　　In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer．So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes．

　　When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(傘)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them．

　　If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret(后悔)later in the day．

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My name is George．I'm in No．2 Junior High School．I'm in Class 1, Grade 8．Li Lin is in my class．We are good friends．My English teacher is Mr．Gao．Li Lin's mom is a teacher, too．They are good teachers．

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　　Do you play a musical instrument? If so, you may be getting smarter．A recent study shows that taking music lessons can raise a person's IQ．

　　Scientists studied 132 children in Canadian schools．At the beginning of the school year, these children took an IQ test．Then they were divided into four groups．One group took singing lessons．Another group took weekly piano lessons．The third group took classes in drams(戲劇)．And the last group did no special activities at all．

　　At the end of the school year, the 132 children took an IQ test again．In all four groups, the average score went up．However, the piano players'IQs went up 7.0 points on average．The average increase for the other three groups was only 4.3 points．

　　The researchers say that the difference is small and it may not result in better grades for the piano players．However, they still consider the results important．Learning an instrument helps kids becomes better at concentrating and at memorizing things．Therefore, the researchers say, it may be good for brain development in young people．

　　If you have a chance to learn to play a musical instrument, never miss it．Remember it can make you smarter．

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In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice．Today, it is possible to get advice from radio show, TV programmer and telephone hot lines, too．Most telephone hot lines are completely anonymous-callers, they do not have to say their names or telephone numbers．Most hot lines are usual free(免費的)too, even if the calls are a long distance(距離)．Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work．Usually the advisers are professional with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot lines．All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems．

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