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　　I have a love-hate feeling with 8 o'clock classes．I like to get started that early, but most students don't．They usually came in late and looked sleepy at that hour．

　　One day I was really angry at it．I was excited about the history lesson, but no one else seemed to be．I wrote things on the blackboard．I moved around the room．I told stories．I tried humor(幽默)．It was useless．Their looks didn’t seem to change．I was frustrated．

　　I forgot to keep time．I was going to talk more when I looked down at my watch．It was already two minutes past the end of class．So I just ended suddenly and soon the students began to pick up their book bags and rushed out the door on their way to another class．

　　While I was watching them leaving, I put away my own books, notes and papers．I took them up and stepped out into the hall．I was tired and a bit sad．I had put everything I knew into that class and it had not seemed to work．Then, as I started across the hall to my nearby office, a student came out the back door of the classroom and caught up with me．

　　Randy sat at the back of the classroom．I thought he wanted to ask why I didn't correct their exam papers or maybe he wanted to ask for leave or…It was none of that．With his eyes sparkling(閃爍), Randy said, “This is the first time I've not wanted a college class to end．”

　　The tiredness lifted．I had done better than I thought．I don’t know if Randy will ever understand how much he did for me that day．

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　　Once there was a little orphan(孤兒)who always wished that he could fly like a bird．It was very difficult for him to understand why he could not fly．

　　There was another little boy who was crippled．One day the orphan came to a park, where he saw the little crippled boy playing in the sand alone．

　　He ran over to the little crippled boy and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird．

　　“No,” he said．“But I've been thinking about what it would be like to walk and run like others．”

　　“That is very sad,” said the little orphan．“Do you think we could be friends?”

　　“Sure,” said the little crippled boy．

　　The two little boys played for hours．Neither of them felt as lonely as they had been before．Then the little crippled boy's father came with a wheelchair to pick up his son．The little orphan ran over to him and said something into his ear．

　　“That would be OK,” said the man．

　　The little orphan ran back to his friend and said, “You are my only friend and I wish I could do something to make you walk and run like others．Unluckily, I can't．But there is something that I can do for you．”

　　The little orphan boy turned around and told his friend to slide onto his back．Then he began to run across the grass．He ran faster and faster, carrying the little crippled boy on his back．

　　The father began to cry with tears as his son shouted at the top of his voice, “I'm FLYING! Daddy, I'm FLYING!”

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　　The United States is mainly an English-speaking country．A great number of population speaks English as their native language．Business, education and most public aspects(方面)of life are conducted in English．Across the country, people pronounce English sounds in several different ways and some regional(地區(qū)的)differences in words spelling exist(存在), but for the most parts, Americans speak one common language．This language is sometimes called American English．

　　However, not everyone in the US is a native speaker of English．Most of the persons coming into the country are speakers of other languages．There are hundreds of communities(社區(qū))around the US where English is not the most commonly used language．Chinese, Italian, German, Greek, Vietnamese and French are all spoken in a great number of communities in the United States．Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English in the US．It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part of the country．

　　For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but traditionally, teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention．Non-English speakers were expected to "pick up" the language through getting in touch with people in public．Recently, this has changed．Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL(English as a Second Language)programs．American English teachers feel that English students should learn the language in the way they will be using it．Therefore, ESL programs teach different English lessons to different students．Some programs teach students to be able to express their thoughts in English in public．

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