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　　Our teacher has many pictures.Every morning she shows those pictures to us.She wants us to learn something from her pictures.In one of her pictures，we see a boy at work.He's cleaning the room.In another picture，a girl is writing.She is doing her homework.In other pictures，we see others doing different things.One is thinking，another is making cakes，and the other four are playing cards.We look at our teacher and her pictures.We talk in English

and our teacher listens to us.We learn English from our teacher and her pictures.Our teacher likes us.We like her and her lessons,too.

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Are you carrying too much on your back at school?You're not alone.Back experts(專家) in the USA are worried about that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks.

"It hurts my back when I run,"said Ebelin Reyes,a student in Virginia."It's hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it's too heavy."Students have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week's study.Ebelin is one of them.They have regular backpacks with two straps(帶子)to carry them,but a number of students with heavy loads(負擔) have switched to 　 rolling backpacks.The backpacks have wheels and call roll on the ground.Shirley Park's backpack weighs 10 kilos,and she said,"I'll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain."

　　How much is too much?Experts say that students should carry no more than 10％ to 15％ of their own body weight.A few students have had a good idea to lighten(減輕)the load:less homework.

　　Doctor's suggestions:

　　(1)Lighten the load.Take home only the books the students need that day.

　　(2)Wide straps are better.They can send out weight over your shoulders(肩) and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.

　　(3)The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.

　　(4)Bend(彎曲) both knees when you pick up the pack.Don't just bend over the waist(腰).

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　　A young lady was on holiday in Brighton.One day,she went into a bank to get some money.It had been sent there for her from the town where she lived.

　　The clerk(職員) in the Brighton bank did not know her,so he said,"What proof(證明) have you got that you are really the lady who should get this money?"

　　The young lady looked worried for a few moments and said,"I don't think I've brought any proof with me,"but then she suddenly looked happy again.She opened her bag,took a photo of herself out of it and showed it to the clerk."Here's something,"she said.

　　The clerk looked at the photo carefully and then looked at the young lady."Yes,that's you,"he said,and paid the money to her without any more trouble.

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　　 There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school.For example,if we want to use our money wisely,we need to shop carefully.We need to know how to compare(比較) the prices of things in different shops.We need to be able to compare the quality(質量) of different brands(品牌).We need to know how to make a choice when we shop.

　　Knowing how to make such choices is a "life skill".and we need these skills if we are to live useful and happy lives.

　　Some of these choices are small.For example,will I take an apple for lunch of a pear?Will I go to school by bus or on foot?Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies?Other choices are more important.For example,will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk 　 food because it is tastier?Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy?We make choices like this every day.

　　We have realized that the choices we make can affect the rest of our lives.Just as importantly,our choices can also affect other people.The next time you decide to waste time in class,play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies,think about this:who else does your choice affect?

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　　HAVE you ever thought of being able to fly around the world in a few hours though it is about 40,000 kilometers?Now,maybe you can.Last Saturday,the American X-43A

airplane made its first flight.It reached a speed of 8,000 kilometers an hour.This makes it the fastest plane in the world.X-43A is only three to four meters long,but it's very heavy:it weighs 1,270 kilos.

　　HOW old can an insect be?400 million years!Last Wednesday,scientists found the world's oldest insect fossil(化石) in Britain.The fossil shows that the body of the insect was as big as a piece of rice and had wings(翅膀).In the past,people thought the earliest insect was 380 million years old.

　　THERE will be a new "star" in the sky soon.China plans to send a satellite(衛(wèi)星) into space be September 2009.It will stay in space for one year.It will go around the moon and take pictures.It must be very expensive,right?That's for sure ?.4 billion yuan!

　　YUAN Longping,the father of hybrid rice(雜交水稻),won the World Food Prize on Monday.Yuan developed the world's first popular and widely grown hybrid rice.Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than the ones people grew before.

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　　Bargaining is the rule here in Beijing.At least,it is so in most markets and back-street clothes shops.Bargaining is an art and if you are unfamiliar(不熟悉) with it,we'd like to offer you some advice.The tips(竅門) here are often used in Beijing but may help you at any place in the world where bargaining is practiced.

　　DO NOT say how much you want to pay for an item(物品) unless it's near the end of the bargaining.Always try and drop the seller's offering price as much as possible before opening your mouth with a price.

　　DO throw out really low prices like 10 RMB with a big smile.

　　DO keep smiling from the beginning to the end.The seller usually continues bargaining with a happy smiling face.Getting angry hardly gets you the price you want.

　　KEEP in mind the price offered by the seller at the beginning is usually at least 40％ over the generally reasonable price.It can be up to 500％ over.

　　DO have an idea of what the item costs.You can ask your friends,people in the hc)tel or others you know,or look at the list below.This is very general and is based(根據) on a market like Xiu Shui.You may not be able to get the lowest prices at Xiu Shui,especially on a weekend when there are lots of tourists around.

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