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　　Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you'll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows(排)and students sit in groups．They put their desks together so they're facing each other．How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!

　　The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups．Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate．

　　Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles(角色)．There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group．There is a “study leader”who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework．And there is a discipline(紀(jì)律)leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class．

　　Wang Lin is a team leader．The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring．

　　“I just looked after my own business before,”said Wang．“But now I have to think about my five group members．”

　　But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits(好處)now．

　　“I used to speak too little．But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot．You could even call me an excellent speaker today．”

　　Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English．She used to get about 70 in English tests．But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80．

　　“I rarely(很少)asked others when I had problems with my English tests．But now I can ask the team leader or study leader．They are really helpful．”

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　　Mrs．White was eighty years old, but she had a small car, and she always went to the shops in it on Saturday and bought her food．

　　She did not drive(駕駛)fast because she was old, but she drove well and never hit(撞)anything．Sometimes her grandchildren said to her, “Please don't drive your car, Grandmother, we can take you to the shops．”

　　But she always said, “No, I like driving．I began to drive fifty years ago(以前), and I'm not going to stop now．”

　　Last Saturday she stopped her car at the traffic lights(交通燈)because they were red, and then she couldn't start the car again．The lights were green, then yellow, then red, then green again, but her car did not begin．

　　A policeman came and said to her kindly．

　　“Good morning．Don't you like any of our colors today?”

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Dear Lin Hai,

　　My name is Jim Green．I come from the UK．I am a schoolboy．I know China is a great country．I want to make friends with Chinese children．I must learn Chinese well first．

　　There are twelve boys and eight girls in my class．My classmates are from five countries．They are learning English．Three boys are from Paris．They speak French．I speak English and French．There are two Chinese girls in my class．Now they can speak some English, too．Now I want to have some Chinese textbooks．Could you help me?

　　Please write to me soon．

Yours,

Jim Green．

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　　Here is a menu for a fast food restaurant．The prices are in American money, called dollars and cents(美分)．There are 100 cents in a dollar．

　　Main Meals(主食) small large

　　Hamburger 1.80 2.30

　　Hamburger with cheese 2.00 2.50

　　Chicken hamburger 1.90 2.40

　　Vegetable hamburger 1.80 2.30

　　Drinks small large

　　Coca Cola 0.80 1.00

　　Orange juice 0.90 1.20

　　Tea 0.70 0.90

　　Coffee 0.80 1.00

　　Desserts small large

　　Ice cream or Chocolate 1.20 1.60

　　Apple pie(hot) 0.70/

　　Donuts or Jam 0.50/

　　Side dishes small large

　　Fries 0.90 1.10

　　Salad 1.00 1.20

　　Chicken wings 1.30 1.60

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　　I didn't think the passion(激情)was important for my life until that day．

　　One day I went out with my mum．I was bored．Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye．It was a man wearing old clothes．He was homeless．That didn't interest me, for I had seen many like him before．

　　But in some way he was different．This man was not sad to sit there．He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music．The radio seemed to be the most important thing．

　　“Mum, why does that man have a radio even thought he's homeless?” I asked．

　　“He bought it,” she answered．I was still puzzled．

　　“But if he's homeless, why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn't need．”

　　“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the most important things．We need happiness, too．”

　　That man must care enough about music to buy a radio instead of food or clothes．I soon realized that happiness is the key to life．Without it, there's nothing to look forward to．A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going．We all need a passion．

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　　There are many kinds of cars in this world．My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers．He says, “Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars．” But I don't agree with him．

　　My neighbor, Mrs．Hill, is 82 years old．She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank．She never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour．Do you think Mrs．Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car is new．It's very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!

　　My friend Mike is an artist．He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors．But his car is black．Mrs．Bates has a very, very old car．It often has some trouble．Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank．My uncle Joe has a very small car．Every Sunday, he drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog．

　　Now, you have read about my friends and their cars．Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a car．Does it say something about you?

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There are 365 days in a year．We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping．Then our work time has 243 days left．But there are 52 weekends in a year．Each weekend is two days．We lose another 104 days a year for work．It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper．This comes to 15 days over a year．But we can't work all that time-we need a holiday．Let's say we have three weeks' holiday．We don't work all day．Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days．We have to remember that we get 2 days' holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year．There are also 4 Bank holidays．Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work．But then we have one and a half hours' lunch every day, and half an hour's coffee break．That comes to 30 days a year．This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!

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　　December 21st is Becky's birthday．When she gets home after school, she sees her parents sitting at the table．On the table there is a birthday cake with fourteen candles．They say to her, “Happy birthday, dear! We have a present for you, Becky．Go and look for it in your bedroom．”

　　Becky runs quickly to her room．On her bed she sees a red box．She thinks that her present must be in the box．She opens it．There is nothing but a card in it．The girl takes it out and reads, “Dear Becky, I'm your present．My first three letters are the same as in the word ‘come'．My last two letters are the same as in the word ‘water'．My middle three letters are in the word ‘put'．What am I?”

　　Becky thinks hard and soon smiles．Then she goes to the living room and shouts, “Aha, I know what present it is．Thank you very much, Mum and Dad!But where is it?” Her mother answers, “Look at the back of the card．” Becky turns it over and reads, “Come and look for me in the study．”

　　Becky hurries to the study．There on the desk she finds her present．What is it? Do you know?

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