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               Tom Jenkins spent his first Spring Festival with his host family. A week before the festival, the host mother Mrs. Chen began preparations. She swept up the dirt of the house from top to bottom to make it ready for the new year. She also attached the Chinese character Fu upside down on the front door to welcome happiness. Tom also learnt that playing fireworks was to scare away the monster Nian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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       Joe is a ¡°digital native¡±. He does lots of things online, for example, chatting with his friends. Joe¡¯s parents are worried that he may become an ¡°Internet addict¡±, because he plays computer games all the time and chats too much with online friends. They are also worried that he may not be able to tell whether these friends are real friends. In fact, Joe knows he should spend more time enjoying real life.

      Li Ying is a ¡°go-getter¡±. Studying is definitely a big part of his life and she aims to study well in every subject and her target is to prepare herself for her degree in biology at university. She loves reading various books. Meanwhile, she takes an active part in sports, which makes her excited. She uses her time very well, As the popular saying goes, ¡°Every minute counts!¡±   

 

        After graduation, Zhang Tian applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school. He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living independently and teaching in a village. However, not everything lived up to his hopes. The school was much smaller than he had expected. The playground got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living in, the village was also more challenging than he had thought. But he decided to stay and deal with the challenges. To make school life healthier and livelier for his students, he introduced more subjects to the school ---music, art and PE. It¡¯s been a tough year, but he has enjoyed working with the children. What made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English, and they become more confident in learning. Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also made a great contribution to the village, so he became very popular among the villagers.

 

 

           Paul and I were on our school basketball team, The Lions. We were both huge fans of the NBA. My favourite player was LeBron James while Paul¡¯s favourite player was Tyrone Bogues, who  was the shortest player ever in the NBA. Paul was also shorter than other players. Paul knew that he had to practice more than other players on the team. However, our coach had little confidence in him. So Paul was actually on the bench, being just a replacement . Everyone knew Paul had real skills and he desired to play for the team. Later, The Lions played The Bears, whose record had been perfect that season. During the game, a player and I crashed into each other and my knee was badly hurt. I had to give up the game. So Paul got the chance that he had been waiting for. Clearly, all the extra hours that he¡¯d spent practicing alone paid off. He made shot after shot and when the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. After the game, our coach hit Paul on the shoulder and said that Paul had earned his place on the team.

 

      Thanks for your question. I think long-distance running benefits you a lot. You just need a pair of good running shoes. It is the best way to know yourself and to see what you are able to do. Running makes your heart stronger and allows more blood to flow around your body. Running can also strengthen your immune system and reduce the risk of suffering from serious diseases as well as common illnesses like colds. In addition, anybody who is feeling down can run to cheer themselves up. Even a thirty-minute run can provide relief from aches or tension because of stress. Before running, you can do a warm-up to get your body prepared. And you should jog slowly for ten minutes after a long run.

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      Tom Jenkins is an exchange student living in Nanjing. He spent his first Spring Festival with his host family. He helped the hostess prepare for it by doing various activities and learned a lot about its culture, such as cleaning the house, letting off fireworks and putting up the Chinese character Fu. Xu Gang bought gifts for his parents and chatted with them about what had happened. They usually have tasty hotpot. But he thinks what is important is who we eat with. For him, it is important to spend the festival together with his family. Li Yan is a retired grandma and she gets everything ready for her grandchildren and children. Making dumplings is great fun in their family. Although she thinks some original customs have changed, the spirit of the festival remains unchanged.

 

        I still remember the last Christmas Granny spent with us. On Christmas Eve, we hung most of the decorations on the Christmas tree. ¡°That¡¯s the most beautiful tree I¡¯ve ever seen.¡± Granny said and she sang a song to us. Before bed, she left a plate of biscuits out for Father Christmas. My stocking was filled with small toys and sweets on Christmas morning, and there were presents under the Christmas tree. Granny gave me a music box with a ballet dancer inside. We raced around the garden and rolled a big snowball to make a lovely snowman, which caught her eye through the window. Lunch was late, but it was a loud and exciting affair. We put on silly paper hats and had a big turkey with potatoes, followed by Christmas pudding. David put so much pudding in his mouth that he couldn¡¯t swallow. Granny died one week after that Christmas and I will remember her forever.

        Avatars are digital images that/which represent Internet users. Very few people knew avatars would have a wide variety of forms and uses in the future when the first simple 2D avatars appeared in the 1980s. By the late 1990s, people had used avatars in web chats. And nowadays, people can choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images.

      Avatars let you express yourself and give you lots of room for creativity. But the use of avatars has also caused a few concerns. Some users worry that if they spend too much time in virtual worlds, they will be afraid of meeting people in the real world. Avatars can also be used to cheat others online. However, many people see avatars in a more positive light. They hope that their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds in the future.

 

        The Internet can help us develop friendships in many aspects. First, the Internet makes  it much more convenient for us to communicate with each other. Using a smart phone, a tablet or a computer, you can connect anyone wherever you are. Second, the Internet had made communication more fun. There are many online tools you can use to make yourself a creative person. Third, online communication can actually make the world much smaller. As long as someone needs help, friends from all over the world can immediately offer help. As Eileen Kennedy-Moore, an expert on social communication, says, online friends ¡°fill holes real-life friends can¡¯t¡±. However, on the other hand, the Internet can also harm friendships. First, talking online cannot take the place of face-to-face contact. Important social skills are formed through direct contact with other people. Communicating through a screen makes it more difficult for children to concentrate or be kind to others. Second, the Internet can make people self-centered. Some people only care about their online popularity rather than having proper conversations with their friends. Third, online relationships may not be what they seem to be. You can never completely trust the people you are chatting to.

 

      The story happened three years ago when we were on our way home from fishing. All at once, we were caught in a storm. With a huge wave covering the boat, my younger brother fell into the sea. The moment my elder brother cried out the most frightening word ¡± Moskoe-strom ¡± , I knew a disaster was falling on us.

      Hopeless and terrified, we were going in the direction of the whirlpool. It felt as if I were/was falling from a mountain top. But when we were on the edge of the whirlpool , I felt calmer than before. Out of curiosity, I observed it and drew three conclusions, which later proved to be life-saving. Having tied myself to a barrel, I jumped into the sea. Not long after that, the boat was pulled into the bottom of the whirlpool.

      Shortly afterwards, the storm was over. I floated in the water for a couple of hours until/before some fishermen picked me up. They were unable to recognize me, for it took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white!

 

          The race to the South Pole began in 1910 when two teams, led by Scott (British) and Amundsen (Norwegian), announced their plans to go south and prepared for it.

         Amundsen was the first to leave on 8 September, 1911. With dogs pulling the ledges and all men on skis, they made rapid progress. On 14 December, they reached the Pole successfully. However, Scott¡¯s team met a series of troubles after departure. First, two sledges broke down; then the horses couldn¡¯t stand the cold. Therefore, they advanced slowly. When they finally made it to the Pole, it was already 17 January,1912.

        The return journey was even worse. Apart from tiredness and bad weather, the fact that they were running out of food added to their difficulty. Despite the hopelessness, they still made time to collect rocks, which later proved to be valuable. Then disaster fell on them---two members died first. Then the rest of the team continued their way until, unfortunately, they were trapped in a terrible storm. Nobody survived. Although they didn¡¯t win the race, they were remembered as heroes.

       Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize. After her graduation from Peking University, she become a member of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Later, she spent two and a half years studying Chinese medicine with experts in the field. She gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices from them. In 1969, Tu Youyou was chosen to establish a team to find a cure for malaria. Scientists across the world had been trying to find a cure for the disease, which killed millions of people every year. Over 240,000 chemicals were tested without success. However, Tu Youyou believed that Chinese herds might hold the secret. And she even researched hundreds of traditional recipes connected to anti-malaria cures. Then Tu Youyou and her team began using modern research methods to study these Chinese herds one by one. It was a hard task because the team had limited resources. After hundreds of failed experiments, they finally came across a promising chemical. To test it, Tu Youyou bravely volunteered to be the first human subject and the rest of her team followed her. The test was a success. They discovered artemisinin, the world¡¯s most effective drug for fighting malaria so far.

 

Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He starred in his first school play when he was eight. He made many successful films, but he is most famous for his Superman films.

 

        Van Gogh painted what he saw from his window. But experts thought his mental illness may have affected his sense of his sight. He thought it was a failure. However, the fact remains that it was one of the world¡¯s most famous paintings.

       Edvard Munch painted a thin figure with an expression of fear, which is set on a bridge and against a burning orange-red sky, which makes it striking. Many experts say it is connected to his mental health problems.

        Rene Magritte painted the same scene 27 times. His paintings were visual experiments as he tried to play with reality. It has produced different reactions in viewers.

 

        Beethoven is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music. In his twenties, he began to lose his hearing, but he continued to write music. Inspired by his struggles with deafness, he produced more than 130 amazing music works, including his Symphony No. 9 D minor.

       In February 1824, he added the final notes to the score. The famous ninth symphony was completed. He signed his name proudly and imagined how people would respond when they heard it for the first time.

        Before the performance, the backstage atmosphere at a very famous theatre in Vienne was tense. As he walked out onto the stage, the audience did not hesitate to applaud loudly. The theatre¡¯s musical director joined him and together the two men took charge of the orchestra.

       At last, the audience was shocked. It was not until one of the singers turned him to face the audience that the great man realized his symphony was a success.

 

          It is common for most people to have ¡°Just-me-ism¡±, which means these people only care about themselves and ignore the environment, animals and the community. So they take it for granted that they leave the tap running while brushing their teeth or leave litter on the road. They think what they do isn¡¯t harmful to the environment.

         In order to raise young people¡¯s awareness of the environment Dr. Jane Goodall established an institute called Roots & Shoots in the early 1990s. It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground making a firm foundation and although shoots seem small and weak, they can break open brick walls. As a scientist who devoted herself to environmental protection, she expected the organization to educate young people about the importance of living together in peace with nature.

         Roots & Shoots attaches great importance to each individual. What Goodall considers important is that everyone can make a difference. So all of us can¡¯t be absent in the activities of making the world a better place.

 

         People in Amsterdam have been enjoying the benefits of cycling for years. They are particularly lucky because the city is very flat and therefore convenient for cycling. Amsterdam is even called ¡°the City of Bicycles¡±. Back in the 1960s, a group of cycling fans came up with an idea of using free shared bikes. They believed that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. However, shortly after setting up the new system, there was a serious problem as all the bikes disappeared. In 1999,the bike-sharing idea returned to Amsterdam. This time they were designed with a computer tracking system. Thanks to the efforts of many people, the idea of ¡°shared bikes¡± has pedaled its way around the world so far. In China, more and more cities have their own ¡°white bike¡± programs. Not only the locals but also tourists like to use shared bikes, because it is a cheap and easy way to protect the environment. Although it makes travelers convenient to go anywhere, there is no doubt that there are problems in China, like the theft of bikes and parking issue. Everyone of us will decide where bike-sharing will go in China.

 

         We need to train ourselves to be better learners. We can do many things to take an active role in our learning. We all have two voices. If we keep paying too much attention to inner voice, we risk missing important information. If our inner voice is difficult to control, we can argue with it. The easiest way to promote active learning is asking questions, which will lead us to further learning and help us to achieve a higher level of understanding about the topic. Active learners attempt to question the world around them and find out the source of an idea, no matter how crazy it seems. Finally, as active learners, we don¡¯t judge people based on first impressions or personal feelings. Although we cannot help disliking  some people, do not forget we can still learn from them.

 

          We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections and things told again and again. So when remembering something new, try to connect it to our emotions and retell what we have learnt to others.

         There are some people who do have amazing memories, but most of us do not like them. So we simply need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn.

        It is natural for many people to forget the new words that they learned yesterday. Therefore, one of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material periodically , especially during the first day after learning.

       Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25. After this age, the brain starts to get smaller. In one way or another, make good use of it.

 

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 Socializing with my friends online is my life. The moment I wake up, I check through all my social networking apps, reading my emails and posting updates, etc. I have 500 friends online and I live with several roommates, but I feel lonely. It seems that I have an active social life, attending parties and playing sports, but I¡¯m absent-minded, because I  strongly obsess over my phone.

 Social networking is the master of my life. Though sometimes I set deadlines to tear away myself from my phone, I fail again and again. Spending so much time socializing online, I always feel depressed and alone. As a result, I can¡¯t finish what I should do in my real life.

     It is common that at parties or at a family holiday, most members fix their eyes on their phones, which they think is normal rather than rude.

     What is most worrying is that it is impossible to drop my phone, because I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me. It is a problem that we are so close but really so far.

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Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. A few years ago, he knew millions of people died of hunger every year, and there were places with no schools and no teachers. And they didn¡¯t have the chance to learn and get on in life. This worried him a lot and he felt guilty being a rich man without doing anything. Therefore, he gave away all his money to charities. Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas.

Now, he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops. ¡°I¡¯m much happier, because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life, ¡±said Jason.

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     I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, I would stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work rather than go out and play. I would get the bus on my own at ten years old and go to swim 100 lengths of the pool while other kids played pool games; I was the only girl in a rugby club of 250 boys. I have always lived my life to extremes. I think of countless birthday parties and nights out I have missed, ruining a family holiday in France because of the endless search for a swimming pool to train in, almost missing my brother¡¯s wedding because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown Johannesburg and driving through the ¡° no-go ¡±areas.

      Being a professional athlete is no different. Doing what we do as athletes sets us apart because we are willing to do that extra little bit that might take us to the top.  

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      In the last 500 million years, there have been five times when life on Earth has almost ended. The reasons for extinctions are varied. According to scientists, they include volcanic eruptions, asteroids hitting the Earth from space, changes in sea levels, the decrease of the oxygen content of the sea and global warming. Many scientists say we are now entering the Earth¡¯s sixth mass extinction. This time, human activity will be to blame.

     They found that human activity is causing species to die out 1000 times faster than normal. If a sixth mass extinction occurs, scientists who/that have studied the issue believe that up to three quarters of all species on Earth could die out. We need to take steps to save endangered species, including setting up special areas where plants and animals can be protected. We need to change how we work and travel by using cleaner, more natural sources of energy, such as wind and solar energy. We also need to improve our farming methods to reduce water, air and land pollution. In short, if we want to survive, we need to stop destroying the planet that we live on and start to protect it.

Use your legs. In 2014, over 55% of car journeys were under eight kilometers. Instead of taking short car journeys, we could easily walk or cycle. Leg power can save your money, keep you fit and help you live longer.

Use public transport. Up to 90 people can travel in one bus, while the same number will need at least 18 cars. Sometimes it can take a little bit longer, but you can relax, read a book, talk to someone---who knows?

Think before you go. Do you really have to go to that shopping centre on the other side of town? What about the shops around the corner? Before you get into your car, think about whether you really need to make the journey.

Share cars. If you really have to use a car, share journeys with someone else. It is much cheaper and kinder to the environment.

Take actions! If your street is full of heavy traffic, talk to your neighbors about it. Write to the papers. Go to the city government. Ask for speed limit. Do whichever of these things that suit you. Don¡¯t just sit around and complain.

 

           The middle-aged man felt that he had been in bad luck.  He had had difficulty working and his wife left him for another man. After having been feeling depressed for over a month, he went to see a doctor. While waiting in the doctor¡¯s surgery, he noticed a bleeding was looking at his watch nervously, a woman was coughing and sneezing badly and a baby was screaming.

          At last, after having been waiting for about half an hour, he was asked to come in and consulted the doctor who was writing a note at her desk. When she asked the man what was wrong with him, he said that  he had been having a lot of problems and had been working busily.

         Though the doctor noticed the man looking pale, she found that the man was actually very well, except the fact that he had slightly high blood pressure and he was breathing quite heavily.

          Because the man was going to work in New York the next week for three months. he asked the doctor what he could do with his problem.

           After thinking for a while, she advised the man to go to circus, because she heard that a famous clown named Grock was giving a performance then. But to her surprise, the man told her that he was Grock.

   

           An internationally recognized comedy character in films and TV series, Mr. Bean, is famous for using series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on universal body language to survive awkward situations.

           One of my favorite episodes describes Mr. Bean in a fancy restaurant where he pretended to be surprised at finding an envelope with a birthday card as if he didn¡¯t know it was there but in fact he places there.

          When ordering a meal, he looked astonished at the menu. After counting all his money, he looks from the menu to the money with concern until he orders a dish called ¡°steak tartare¡±.

          Shocked to discover that ¡°steak tartare¡± is actually raw hamburger, he makes an attempt to eat it, but obviously it tastes truly awful. Which you can judge from the look on his face as he is chewing it. He has to pretend to smile and nod when the waiters ask if if everything is all right but when the waiters aren¡¯t looking, he hides the raw meat anywhere he can reach. So desperate is he that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurant¡¯s violinist!

       

           American schools are going high-tech. Many symbols we still associate with classrooms and learning, like chalkboards, pens, notebooks---even classrooms themselves---are quickly becoming outdated.

          Let¡¯s take a look at some products that have been introduced to classrooms in the past decade and have the potential to change the educational landscaping the years to come.

           Remote Learning

 Although kids hoping for a snow day may not particularly appreciate these advancements in digital learning, online lessons allow these kids to complete their coursework and still interact with peers. Some students with medical conditions can ¡°go¡± to school via video conferencing.

            eBooks

            These ¡°tech books¡±  can also be switched to Spanish or French, Kinney said, which allow some parents who don¡¯t speak English to help their kids with their homework.

            Educational Games

           In-class gaming options have evolved to include more educational options. Teachers get real-time updates on students¡¯ progress as well as suggestions on what subjects they need to spend more time perfecting themselves.

          The Internet and other digital tools have some drawbacks. They¡¯re often distracting, but most developments have exciting implications for the future. Over the last 10 years, technological innovations have made education more interactive, immediate and personalized, and have shown us the potential for more accessible and effective classrooms.

 

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           Let¡¯s talk about the objectives of education. For me, education has three main objectives. Firstly, it is to gain knowledge. Obviously, certain kinds of knowledge are necessary not only to pursue certain careers but also to contribute to the world. Besides, education provides another deeper kind of knowledge, which lets us understand how the surrounding world works. It gives us insights into how people think and the attitude we need in order to understand people of different cultures. Secondly, education goes beyond knowledge. In other words, it provides learners with the tools to develop skills, to think for themselves and to continue learning throughout their lives. For example, education can help individuals develop critical thinking skills, which will prevent them from following uncritically traditional ways and will enable them to act based on judgment. Thirdly, education establishes core values and prepares you for social life. It helps you to understand what is wrong and what is right, regardless of whether it¡¯s easy or what others¡¯ opinions are; it also helps you learn how to interact with other people in a civil manner, regardless of nationality, race or class. It make people behave with integrity, regardless of background and circumstances. Eventually education also enables learners to establish the right values and attitudes, as well as form good habits so that they can become responsible citizens as well.

           In conclusion, education is important not only because it facilitates individual development , but also promotes social and national development.

 

China has named 24,126 primary and middle schools across the country special football schools to lead youth football development, according to the Ministry of Education (MOE). It¡¯s required that at least one football class be offered each week in these schools so that they can encourage their students to actively participate in football training and matches.

China aims to have 50,000 schools specializing in youth football by the end of 2025, said Wang Dengfeng, an official 0f the MOE, adding that to realize this goal, the ministry will take various measures that include building school football fields, training football coaches and providing extra funding and policy support. Besides those measures in schools, 47 football training camps have also been built in an effort to promote the sport among young people. And outstanding or gifted players will also have the chance to join in the school teams for regional competitions and even national summer camps.

 

         Though it is different for people to read a book and watch a film, they still expect a good film to be produced from a favorite book. Thoug, h highly regarded books don¡¯t mean good films, great films may be adapted from not particularly good books.

         There are various kinds source materials for a film, such as classic novels, short stories , biographies  and autobiographies. Unfortunately, many adaptations still fail to get higher ratings.

         How close to the original the film is a key question. Because of the short time of a film, screenwriters have to leave out what isn¡¯t appropriate for the screen, and sometimes even change the plot and endings to please producers, directors and test audiences. Another problem is to choose suitable actors, who may greatly influence whether a film can succeed or not. Though technology sometimes fails to make from some books, CGI(Computer Generated Image) technology has improved it a lot. Besides, the book writer may be too close to the material and find it difficult to adapt to a new form.

         However, in spite of the challenges, some films made from popular books have achieved great success.

 

        The advertising industry that started with the purpose of promoting and selling goods to people needing them has gone through changes because of the developments of society, economy and technology.

         Classic ads used to give information about finding certain products, the location of the company and the name of the product. Though they are effective, they mightn¡¯t be suitable for products and services that are in direct competition with each other. So modern ads consists of pictures or words from experts, which prove how good the product is in order to hold people¡¯s attention. Moreover, some ads apply modern design techniques to make the ads visually attractive.

          With the development of advertising, modern ads combine the highest standard of design with creative ways by using the concepts such as freedom, happiness, wealth and success with the purpose of making them stand out in a world of competition. As for today¡¯s advertisers, repeating old ideas isn¡¯t as effective as they used to be. The top advertisers make people notice their products by using humor as well as new and unusual ideas, aiming to create something that has never been seen before.

         However, not all advertising is about selling products and services for a profit. Actually some ads contribute to society and welfare. Public ads encourage citizens to participate in improving their neighborhood, protecting the environment, and  helping other people. Having sponsored ads to educate the public on fighting AIDS, saving water, helping the poor, giving up smoking, etc., the government tries to increase public knowledge about topics that used to be ignored by most people.

 

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         Most students feel that their IQ is what determines how well they are going to do in life. When seeing other students doing better than them, they usually believe that those students have a higher IQ and that there is nothing they can do to change their situation. New research findings show that while your IQ tells you how intelligent you are, your EQ tells you how well you use your intelligence. In Professor Salovey¡¯s opinion, at work, it is IQ that gets you employed, but it is EQ that gets you promoted. He suggests that when predicting someone¡¯s future success, their character, as measured by EQ tests, might actually matter more than their IQ.

       Some of the smartest  students in your class, who you think deserve good grades, sometimes end up failing exams. Perhaps their failure is because of their lower EQ. People are often mistaken in thinking that those with high  IQs always have high EQs as well. Someone with a low IQ is likely to have a high EQ or someone with a high IQ possibly have a low EQ. It is generally believed that people with high EQs are open to new ideas and have positive attitudes towards life. On the other hand, people with low EQs often have problems getting on with others and dealing with difficult situations.

       People generally believe that  a person¡¯s IQ is determined by birth. Most social scientists agree that EQ has a lot to do with education. In Professor Mayer¡¯s opinion, when students were introduced to those who had disabilities, the non-disabled students were more willing to help people with difficulties. In turn, the disabled students became more positive about life and more willing to try new things.

       It is concluded that the results of studies suggest that EQ is as important, if not more important than IQ.

 

        People in many countries used to follow in their parents¡¯ footsteps in career. What¡¯s more, many people chose to do the same job from graduation until retirement, which lasted until the 1980s. But now most people don¡¯t intend to follow in their parents¡¯ footsteps. Moreover, some of them have no intention of staying at one job for very long. Actually, it is not practical to work in the same field or industry for the entire working life. Above all, the skill you have now are not likely to remain relevant and be enough to help you through your entire career. Maybe working in the same field makes you comfortable and earns a decent salary. But today most of us have to look beyond the little box called ¡°career¡±. You might keep your job if you finish what you are asked to do, but this is not successful enough. You¡¯d better find smarter ways to do your work. By doing this, you can become an expert or a specialist in something some day. If your job is replaced by some robots, you may have to go back to the classroom and be restrained. In a word, if you want to succeed in career in the 21^st century, you will have to develop new essential skills.

 

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The Last Leaf  is about the story of two young painters in Greenwich Village, Sue and Johnsy, and their neighbor, Behrman. Johnsy suffered from severe pneumonia in the cold November, and her condition became more serious. And she put the hope of life on the last leaf outside the window, thinking that when the last leaf fell, it was the end of her life. As a result, she lost the courage and faith to live. Her friend Sue was very sad; she told the old painter Behrman about Johnsy¡¯s idea. The old painter was hot-tempered, and after nearly 40 years of painting, nothing had been achieved.

But the amazing thing happened: even though the wind outside the house was strong, the last leaf was still there. Johnsy saw that the last leaf was still hanging on the vine firmly, and that the leaf could survive the cold wind. Why couldn¡¯t she? So she regained her life belief and survived. But this is not the end of the story.

 

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The crash was so violent that I have no clear recollection of falling from the boat. I only saw our ship disappearing in the east. I tried my best to swim towards the boat in desperation. I struggled against being drawn deeper in the water. Suddenly I was conscious of being dragged up to the surface of the sea. I grabbed my faithful companion, Conseil. Soon I felt so tired that our presentation depended on Conseil alone. I asked Conseil to leave me and then I heard a human voice. But I was too exhausted to move any more. I was unconscious  and woke up soon, and then I found our another fellow, Ned. It was on a large whale that he was saved. He recognized it and moved quickly to the top of the being and kicked it immediately. Incredible though/as it may be, it seemed as if it was made of metal plates. Finally we were lying on the back of a sort of underwater boat. I searched everywhere for an opening, but nothing was found. At last this long night passed. Daybreak appeared. Suddenly, a noise came from inside the boat. A man appeared, uttered an old cry and disappeared. Some moments later, eight strong men, their faces covered, appeared noiselessly, and drew us down into their incredible machine.

 

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One of the earliest epidemics on record took place between 500 and 550 CE. It is estimated that up to 50% of the area¡¯s population died from the epidemic, making it one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire. Then it returned to Asia and spread rapidly to Europe, which became known as ¡°The Black Death¡±. Centuries later, the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918 struck near the end of World War I. Because of the war, more people moved, making the epidemic spread more quickly. Since bird flu first appeared in 1997, more than a hundred lives have been taken. The SARS epidemic started in 2002 in Guangdong Province. The disease spread rapidly and infection rates went up steadily.

 Countries will need to work together to do thorough research because teamwork among nations can save lives.

 

      In 1929, the Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy published a book called Everything Is Different, in which he introduced the idea of friendship networks. In 1967, an American sociologist named Stanley Milgram tried using a new method, which he called the ¡°small-world problem¡± . He chose a sample of people randomly in the middle of America and asked them to send packages to a stranger. The sociologist told them to send the package to a person who might know the target stranger until the parcel could be personally delivered to the correct person. Amazingly, it only took five to seven people to finish the task. It was this research that inspired the phrase ¡°Six Degrees of Separation¡±. In the last few decades, films and TV programmes based on the concept were made and broadcast. With the help of the Internet, Columbia University tried to recreate Milgram¡¯s experiment. The experiment involved different target people in 13 different countries. The result confirmed Milgram¡¯s theory further. Most recently, the University of Milan analyzed the relationship between 721 million social media users and found that 92 percent were connected by only four stages, or five degrees of separation.

 

      Matthew and Marilla applied to adopt a boy from an orphanage as they needed help on their farm. But Marilla found the odd little figure with ugly dress, she froze in amazement. Matthew explained there was no boy, and only her. Since the girl called Anne arrived at the train station, she couldn¡¯t be left there alone. The child remained silent and suddenly she seemed to understand the full meaning. She cried, ¡°You don¡¯t want me because I¡¯m not a boy! I might have known it was all too beautiful to last.¡± And then she burst into tears in despair. Marilla stepped in to try to comfort the child, promising to investigate the affair. Then came the dinner time, and they all sat down for dinner. But Anne had no appetite at all. Marilla decided to arrange Anne in the small bedroom  on the first floor. She told Anne to follow her, and Anne did. Anne noticed the hall was perfectly clean and the little room seemed still cleaner. When Marilla had gone, Anne looked around her sadly. The walls and floor were bare and in one corner was the bed. The whole room felt cold and unwelcoming, which made Anne sad. When Marilla came back, she saw the untidy way the clothing had been thrown on the floor. She carefully picked up Anne¡¯s clothes and placed them neatly.

 

      Here are two newspaper reports on neighborhood conflicts. Ma Ming, a drummer for the rock band  ¡°Storm¡±, often held parties and played the drum at night. His neighbors were being driven mad for being exposed to such noise. The neighbors had to read with their headsets on and they couldn¡¯t get a full might¡¯s sleep. They were also worried that Ma Ming had a bad influence on the teenagers. In the end, the community council took a vote and asked Ma Ming to cease drumming or leave the property. Ma Ming had to move out of the rented flat after so many complaints. But Ma Ming felt that the neighbors were prejudiced against him and he panned to find a remote house on the edge of the city.

      The other story was about James McKay, who was an eighty-year-old retired tailor. He and his wife Laurene lived a peaceful life. Two weeks ago, Smith, who is a keen gardener and also a fish collector, moved into the flat above the McKays. He often cleaned his fish tanks on the balcony, which caused the water to flow onto the McKay¡¯s floor. Sometimes the McKays got as wet as if they had showered with their clothes on. What¡¯s worse, they could hardly get rid of the smell of fish. On Saturday, it was James¡¯ birthday and they were enjoying the starry night outside when Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony. Both the McKays and the cake were wet through. James was so angry that he wenr up in a flash and hit Smith over the head with his walking stick. Then James was sent to prison. Luckily, Smith has promised to change his way from now on.

      Do Chuc and his family were eating breakfast when the American soldiers entered the village. They were ordered to leave for the village square with other villagers. When seeing the soldiers set up a machine gun, they became panicked. They begged but it didn¡¯t work. They were shot without any mercy. Chuc was wounded and became unconscious. He was covered by a pile of dead bodies, which helped him survive. Unfortunately, his two daughters and an aunt lost their lives.

      Another story happened on the frontier. We were at war with Germany but on Christmas morning we expressed our wishes of having a merry Christmas. We sent two representatives and Germans did the same. We spent all day together and we also talked about the war. Many of us complained we were fed up with the war. The German officers treated us to some beer and we consumed a lot. We were very grateful and enjoyed the whole day chatting with them.

      The third took place in a hospital. A phone call from the chief nurse said that a patient, whose legs were blown off, would get an award. We hurried to clean up the ward to welcome the VIPs who happened to be a general and a group of about a dozen people. Then the patient was presented with a Purple Heart and a watch but he whispered that the watch couldn¡¯t help him walk. I went over, took him in my arms, and started sobbing.

 

      In the last 100 years, great changes have taken place in many fields, especially in medicine, communications and transport. With the introduction of mobile phones, the way we communicate ranged from writing letters to emailing and sending instant messages. We human beings have launched satellite into orbit, making our explorations into space to expand further. Meanwhile, scientists figured out how to split the atom, which was thought the smallest particle of matter in the universe.

      Here are some great pioneers of the 20^th century. Albert Einstein was one of premier scientists, who was rocking his baby in 1905 when he suddenly got inspiration. He found that a small piece of mass could produce an unbelievable amount of energy. Subsequently, he worked out his ¡°theory of relativity¡±. In 1928, another important finding was made by biologist Alexander Fleming. When going on holiday, he left a dish of bacteria in his lab. When he returned, he found the bacteria had been destroyed by a blue mould. A few years later, penicillin was being mass-produced. The great discovery brought in the amazing outcome. During World War II, Eckert and Mauchly were dedicated to producing a machine  to improve the accuracy of the missiles. In 1946, the huge machine was made.

      During Cold War, a ¡°huge network¡± of computers was invented to communicate. In 1990, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, enabling computers to communicate with each other. There is no doubt that our world would be a completely different place without the great breakthroughs.

 

      Stephen Hawking was born in 1942 in Oxford. At the age of 17, he went to the University of Oxford to study physics. Unluckily, he was diagnosed with a rare, slow-progressing form of ALS at 21. However, he finished his academic lessons and subsequently found a job at the University of Cambridge, where he could do research rather than teach. In 1985, after an operation , he lost the ability of speaking. His doctors developed a piece of speech-generating equipment., helping him to speak. In spite of the declined physical abilities, he never ceased his studies, developing a number of new ideas about black holes. He believed that the birth of universe created many small black holes. In 1988, he wrote a book named  A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. However, the book was so complicated that many people couldn¡¯t understand it. So he wrote a simpler version in 2005. In his another book, Hawking insisted that we should look for a different way to discover more secrets. Although/Though he studied from the disease, he still considered himself a lucky man. He was proud of his family, his work and he appreciated the help that many people had given him.

 

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       Joe is a ¡°digital native¡±. He does lots of things online, for example, chatting with his friends. Joe¡¯s parents are worried that he may become an ¡°Internet addict¡±, because he plays computer games all the time and chats too much with online friends. They are also worried that he may not be able to tell whether these friends are real friends. In fact, Joe knows he should spend more time enjoying real life.

      Li Ying is a ¡°go-getter¡±. Studying is definitely a big part of his life and she aims to study well in every subject and her target is to prepare herself for her degree in biology at university. She loves reading various books. Meanwhile, she takes an active part in sports, which makes her excited. She uses her time very well, As the popular saying goes, ¡°Every minute counts!¡±   

 

        After graduation, Zhang Tian applied for and became a volunteer teacher in a village school. He imagined all sorts of exciting things about living independently and teaching in a village. However, not everything lived up to his hopes. The school was much smaller than he had expected. The playground got dusty on windy days and muddy on rainy days. Living in, the village was also more challenging than he had thought. But he decided to stay and deal with the challenges. To make school life healthier and livelier for his students, he introduced more subjects to the school ---music, art and PE. It¡¯s been a tough year, but he has enjoyed working with the children. What made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English, and they become more confident in learning. Besides teaching, Zhang Tian also made a great contribution to the village, so he became very popular among the villagers.

 

 

           Paul and I were on our school basketball team, The Lions. We were both huge fans of the NBA. My favourite player was LeBron James while Paul¡¯s favourite player was Tyrone Bogues, who  was the shortest player ever in the NBA. Paul was also shorter than other players. Paul knew that he had to practice more than other players on the team. However, our coach had little confidence in him. So Paul was actually on the bench, being just a replacement . Everyone knew Paul had real skills and he desired to play for the team. Later, The Lions played The Bears, whose record had been perfect that season. During the game, a player and I crashed into each other and my knee was badly hurt. I had to give up the game. So Paul got the chance that he had been waiting for. Clearly, all the extra hours that he¡¯d spent practicing alone paid off. He made shot after shot and when the game ended, our team had won by 2 points. After the game, our coach hit Paul on the shoulder and said that Paul had earned his place on the team.

 

      Thanks for your question. I think long-distance running benefits you a lot. You just need a pair of good running shoes. It is the best way to know yourself and to see what you are able to do. Running makes your heart stronger and allows more blood to flow around your body. Running can also strengthen your immune system and reduce the risk of suffering from serious diseases as well as common illnesses like colds. In addition, anybody who is feeling down can run to cheer themselves up. Even a thirty-minute run can provide relief from aches or tension because of stress. Before running, you can do a warm-up to get your body prepared. And you should jog slowly for ten minutes after a long run.

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      Tom Jenkins is an exchange student living in Nanjing. He spent his first Spring Festival with his host family. He helped the hostess prepare for it by doing various activities and learned a lot about its culture, such as cleaning the house, letting off fireworks and putting up the Chinese character Fu. Xu Gang bought gifts for his parents and chatted with them about what had happened. They usually have tasty hotpot. But he thinks what is important is who we eat with. For him, it is important to spend the festival together with his family. Li Yan is a retired grandma and she gets everything ready for her grandchildren and children. Making dumplings is great fun in their family. Although she thinks some original customs have changed, the spirit of the festival remains unchanged.

 

        I still remember the last Christmas Granny spent with us. On Christmas Eve, we hung most of the decorations on the Christmas tree. ¡°That¡¯s the most beautiful tree I¡¯ve ever seen.¡± Granny said and she sang a song to us. Before bed, she left a plate of biscuits out for Father Christmas. My stocking was filled with small toys and sweets on Christmas morning, and there were presents under the Christmas tree. Granny gave me a music box with a ballet dancer inside. We raced around the garden and rolled a big snowball to make a lovely snowman, which caught her eye through the window. Lunch was late, but it was a loud and exciting affair. We put on silly paper hats and had a big turkey with potatoes, followed by Christmas pudding. David put so much pudding in his mouth that he couldn¡¯t swallow. Granny died one week after that Christmas and I will remember her forever.

        Avatars are digital images that/which represent Internet users. Very few people knew avatars would have a wide variety of forms and uses in the future when the first simple 2D avatars appeared in the 1980s. By the late 1990s, people had used avatars in web chats. And nowadays, people can choose an avatar from a selection of ready-made images.

      Avatars let you express yourself and give you lots of room for creativity. But the use of avatars has also caused a few concerns. Some users worry that if they spend too much time in virtual worlds, they will be afraid of meeting people in the real world. Avatars can also be used to cheat others online. However, many people see avatars in a more positive light. They hope that their avatar will act like a real person and travel around bigger, more exciting virtual worlds in the future.

 

        The Internet can help us develop friendships in many aspects. First, the Internet makes  it much more convenient for us to communicate with each other. Using a smart phone, a tablet or a computer, you can connect anyone wherever you are. Second, the Internet had made communication more fun. There are many online tools you can use to make yourself a creative person. Third, online communication can actually make the world much smaller. As long as someone needs help, friends from all over the world can immediately offer help. As Eileen Kennedy-Moore, an expert on social communication, says, online friends ¡°fill holes real-life friends can¡¯t¡±. However, on the other hand, the Internet can also harm friendships. First, talking online cannot take the place of face-to-face contact. Important social skills are formed through direct contact with other people. Communicating through a screen makes it more difficult for children to concentrate or be kind to others. Second, the Internet can make people self-centered. Some people only care about their online popularity rather than having proper conversations with their friends. Third, online relationships may not be what they seem to be. You can never completely trust the people you are chatting to.

 

      The story happened three years ago when we were on our way home from fishing. All at once, we were caught in a storm. With a huge wave covering the boat, my younger brother fell into the sea. The moment my elder brother cried out the most frightening word ¡± Moskoe-strom ¡± , I knew a disaster was falling on us.

      Hopeless and terrified, we were going in the direction of the whirlpool. It felt as if I were/was falling from a mountain top. But when we were on the edge of the whirlpool , I felt calmer than before. Out of curiosity, I observed it and drew three conclusions, which later proved to be life-saving. Having tied myself to a barrel, I jumped into the sea. Not long after that, the boat was pulled into the bottom of the whirlpool.

      Shortly afterwards, the storm was over. I floated in the water for a couple of hours until/before some fishermen picked me up. They were unable to recognize me, for it took less than a single day to change my hair from black to white!

 

          The race to the South Pole began in 1910 when two teams, led by Scott (British) and Amundsen (Norwegian), announced their plans to go south and prepared for it.

         Amundsen was the first to leave on 8 September, 1911. With dogs pulling the ledges and all men on skis, they made rapid progress. On 14 December, they reached the Pole successfully. However, Scott¡¯s team met a series of troubles after departure. First, two sledges broke down; then the horses couldn¡¯t stand the cold. Therefore, they advanced slowly. When they finally made it to the Pole, it was already 17 January,1912.

        The return journey was even worse. Apart from tiredness and bad weather, the fact that they were running out of food added to their difficulty. Despite the hopelessness, they still made time to collect rocks, which later proved to be valuable. Then disaster fell on them---two members died first. Then the rest of the team continued their way until, unfortunately, they were trapped in a terrible storm. Nobody survived. Although they didn¡¯t win the race, they were remembered as heroes.

       Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to be awarded a Nobel Prize. After her graduation from Peking University, she become a member of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Later, she spent two and a half years studying Chinese medicine with experts in the field. She gained a deep knowledge about traditional practices from them. In 1969, Tu Youyou was chosen to establish a team to find a cure for malaria. Scientists across the world had been trying to find a cure for the disease, which killed millions of people every year. Over 240,000 chemicals were tested without success. However, Tu Youyou believed that Chinese herds might hold the secret. And she even researched hundreds of traditional recipes connected to anti-malaria cures. Then Tu Youyou and her team began using modern research methods to study these Chinese herds one by one. It was a hard task because the team had limited resources. After hundreds of failed experiments, they finally came across a promising chemical. To test it, Tu Youyou bravely volunteered to be the first human subject and the rest of her team followed her. The test was a success. They discovered artemisinin, the world¡¯s most effective drug for fighting malaria so far.

 

Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He starred in his first school play when he was eight. He made many successful films, but he is most famous for his Superman films.

 

        Van Gogh painted what he saw from his window. But experts thought his mental illness may have affected his sense of his sight. He thought it was a failure. However, the fact remains that it was one of the world¡¯s most famous paintings.

       Edvard Munch painted a thin figure with an expression of fear, which is set on a bridge and against a burning orange-red sky, which makes it striking. Many experts say it is connected to his mental health problems.

        Rene Magritte painted the same scene 27 times. His paintings were visual experiments as he tried to play with reality. It has produced different reactions in viewers.

 

        Beethoven is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music. In his twenties, he began to lose his hearing, but he continued to write music. Inspired by his struggles with deafness, he produced more than 130 amazing music works, including his Symphony No. 9 D minor.

       In February 1824, he added the final notes to the score. The famous ninth symphony was completed. He signed his name proudly and imagined how people would respond when they heard it for the first time.

        Before the performance, the backstage atmosphere at a very famous theatre in Vienne was tense. As he walked out onto the stage, the audience did not hesitate to applaud loudly. The theatre¡¯s musical director joined him and together the two men took charge of the orchestra.

       At last, the audience was shocked. It was not until one of the singers turned him to face the audience that the great man realized his symphony was a success.

 

          It is common for most people to have ¡°Just-me-ism¡±, which means these people only care about themselves and ignore the environment, animals and the community. So they take it for granted that they leave the tap running while brushing their teeth or leave litter on the road. They think what they do isn¡¯t harmful to the environment.

         In order to raise young people¡¯s awareness of the environment Dr. Jane Goodall established an institute called Roots & Shoots in the early 1990s. It is called Roots & Shoots because roots move slowly under the ground making a firm foundation and although shoots seem small and weak, they can break open brick walls. As a scientist who devoted herself to environmental protection, she expected the organization to educate young people about the importance of living together in peace with nature.

         Roots & Shoots attaches great importance to each individual. What Goodall considers important is that everyone can make a difference. So all of us can¡¯t be absent in the activities of making the world a better place.

 

         People in Amsterdam have been enjoying the benefits of cycling for years. They are particularly lucky because the city is very flat and therefore convenient for cycling. Amsterdam is even called ¡°the City of Bicycles¡±. Back in the 1960s, a group of cycling fans came up with an idea of using free shared bikes. They believed that this would help to save energy, reduce pollution and provide free public transport. However, shortly after setting up the new system, there was a serious problem as all the bikes disappeared. In 1999,the bike-sharing idea returned to Amsterdam. This time they were designed with a computer tracking system. Thanks to the efforts of many people, the idea of ¡°shared bikes¡± has pedaled its way around the world so far. In China, more and more cities have their own ¡°white bike¡± programs. Not only the locals but also tourists like to use shared bikes, because it is a cheap and easy way to protect the environment. Although it makes travelers convenient to go anywhere, there is no doubt that there are problems in China, like the theft of bikes and parking issue. Everyone of us will decide where bike-sharing will go in China.

 

         We need to train ourselves to be better learners. We can do many things to take an active role in our learning. We all have two voices. If we keep paying too much attention to inner voice, we risk missing important information. If our inner voice is difficult to control, we can argue with it. The easiest way to promote active learning is asking questions, which will lead us to further learning and help us to achieve a higher level of understanding about the topic. Active learners attempt to question the world around them and find out the source of an idea, no matter how crazy it seems. Finally, as active learners, we don¡¯t judge people based on first impressions or personal feelings. Although we cannot help disliking  some people, do not forget we can still learn from them.

 

          We remember things that have strong connections in our mind, especially emotional connections and things told again and again. So when remembering something new, try to connect it to our emotions and retell what we have learnt to others.

         There are some people who do have amazing memories, but most of us do not like them. So we simply need to focus on the important ideas and be curious about what we learn.

        It is natural for many people to forget the new words that they learned yesterday. Therefore, one of the golden rules to increase how much we remember is to review the material periodically , especially during the first day after learning.

       Our memory reaches its full power at the age of 25. After this age, the brain starts to get smaller. In one way or another, make good use of it.

 

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 Socializing with my friends online is my life. The moment I wake up, I check through all my social networking apps, reading my emails and posting updates, etc. I have 500 friends online and I live with several roommates, but I feel lonely. It seems that I have an active social life, attending parties and playing sports, but I¡¯m absent-minded, because I  strongly obsess over my phone.

 Social networking is the master of my life. Though sometimes I set deadlines to tear away myself from my phone, I fail again and again. Spending so much time socializing online, I always feel depressed and alone. As a result, I can¡¯t finish what I should do in my real life.

     It is common that at parties or at a family holiday, most members fix their eyes on their phones, which they think is normal rather than rude.

     What is most worrying is that it is impossible to drop my phone, because I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me. It is a problem that we are so close but really so far.

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Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. A few years ago, he knew millions of people died of hunger every year, and there were places with no schools and no teachers. And they didn¡¯t have the chance to learn and get on in life. This worried him a lot and he felt guilty being a rich man without doing anything. Therefore, he gave away all his money to charities. Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas.

Now, he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops. ¡°I¡¯m much happier, because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life, ¡±said Jason.

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     I was born with an enormous amount of drive and determination. From a small girl, I would stay in at lunch time just to get ahead on class work rather than go out and play. I would get the bus on my own at ten years old and go to swim 100 lengths of the pool while other kids played pool games; I was the only girl in a rugby club of 250 boys. I have always lived my life to extremes. I think of countless birthday parties and nights out I have missed, ruining a family holiday in France because of the endless search for a swimming pool to train in, almost missing my brother¡¯s wedding because I was too busy hiring a car in downtown Johannesburg and driving through the ¡° no-go ¡±areas.

      Being a professional athlete is no different. Doing what we do as athletes sets us apart because we are willing to do that extra little bit that might take us to the top.  

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      In the last 500 million years, there have been five times when life on Earth has almost ended. The reasons for extinctions are varied. According to scientists, they include volcanic eruptions, asteroids hitting the Earth from space, changes in sea levels, the decrease of the oxygen content of the sea and global warming. Many scientists say we are now entering the Earth¡¯s sixth mass extinction. This time, human activity will be to blame.

     They found that human activity is causing species to die out 1000 times faster than normal. If a sixth mass extinction occurs, scientists who/that have studied the issue believe that up to three quarters of all species on Earth could die out. We need to take steps to save endangered species, including setting up special areas where plants and animals can be protected. We need to change how we work and travel by using cleaner, more natural sources of energy, such as wind and solar energy. We also need to improve our farming methods to reduce water, air and land pollution. In short, if we want to survive, we need to stop destroying the planet that we live on and start to protect it.

Use your legs. In 2014, over 55% of car journeys were under eight kilometers. Instead of taking short car journeys, we could easily walk or cycle. Leg power can save your money, keep you fit and help you live longer.

Use public transport. Up to 90 people can travel in one bus, while the same number will need at least 18 cars. Sometimes it can take a little bit longer, but you can relax, read a book, talk to someone---who knows?

Think before you go. Do you really have to go to that shopping centre on the other side of town? What about the shops around the corner? Before you get into your car, think about whether you really need to make the journey.

Share cars. If you really have to use a car, share journeys with someone else. It is much cheaper and kinder to the environment.

Take actions! If your street is full of heavy traffic, talk to your neighbors about it. Write to the papers. Go to the city government. Ask for speed limit. Do whichever of these things that suit you. Don¡¯t just sit around and complain.

 

           The middle-aged man felt that he had been in bad luck.  He had had difficulty working and his wife left him for another man. After having been feeling depressed for over a month, he went to see a doctor. While waiting in the doctor¡¯s surgery, he noticed a bleeding was looking at his watch nervously, a woman was coughing and sneezing badly and a baby was screaming.

          At last, after having been waiting for about half an hour, he was asked to come in and consulted the doctor who was writing a note at her desk. When she asked the man what was wrong with him, he said that  he had been having a lot of problems and had been working busily.

         Though the doctor noticed the man looking pale, she found that the man was actually very well, except the fact that he had slightly high blood pressure and he was breathing quite heavily.

          Because the man was going to work in New York the next week for three months. he asked the doctor what he could do with his problem.

           After thinking for a while, she advised the man to go to circus, because she heard that a famous clown named Grock was giving a performance then. But to her surprise, the man told her that he was Grock.

   

           An internationally recognized comedy character in films and TV series, Mr. Bean, is famous for using series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on universal body language to survive awkward situations.

           One of my favorite episodes describes Mr. Bean in a fancy restaurant where he pretended to be surprised at finding an envelope with a birthday card as if he didn¡¯t know it was there but in fact he places there.

          When ordering a meal, he looked astonished at the menu. After counting all his money, he looks from the menu to the money with concern until he orders a dish called ¡°steak tartare¡±.

          Shocked to discover that ¡°steak tartare¡± is actually raw hamburger, he makes an attempt to eat it, but obviously it tastes truly awful. Which you can judge from the look on his face as he is chewing it. He has to pretend to smile and nod when the waiters ask if if everything is all right but when the waiters aren¡¯t looking, he hides the raw meat anywhere he can reach. So desperate is he that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurant¡¯s violinist!

       

           American schools are going high-tech. Many symbols we still associate with classrooms and learning, like chalkboards, pens, notebooks---even classrooms themselves---are quickly becoming outdated.

          Let¡¯s take a look at some products that have been introduced to classrooms in the past decade and have the potential to change the educational landscaping the years to come.

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