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　　All students need to have good study habits(習(xí)慣)．When you have good study habits, you can learn things quickly．You also remember(記得)them easily．

　　Do you like to study in the living-room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy．You need to study in a quiet(安靜)place, like your bedroom．A quiet place will help you only think about one thing , and you will learn better．

　　Before you begin to study , do not forget to clean you desk , A good desk light is important(重要), too．You'll feel tired(累)easily if there is not enough light．

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　　It is the last lesson before the holidays．The students are very happy．Their English teacher is very pleased, too．They play some interesting games．He sings some nice songs with them, and then he goes to the blackboard and writes “SMILES”(微笑)on it．

　　“This is one of the longest words in English．” he says to the class．All the students laugh(大笑), and then one girl stands up and asks：“Why is it the longest word in English?”

　　The teacher doesn't say anything for a minute．Then he smiles, “Because there is a mile between the first letter and the last．”

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　　We often forget that people in other countries eat different things from us．In some countries．for example, rice is a staple food(主食)．In others, such as Britain and America, bread made from wheat is the most important food．In many African countries a kind of corn called maize(玉米)is the most important food．

　　Most countries have dishes that were first created there．In China such dishes as sweet and sour pork, shark's fin soup, and flied rice are very common．In Thailand and India people eat 111any different curries．They like their food hot and spicy．In England, a favorite dish is roast beef The Italians eat pasta, which is a kind of noodle made from wheat．French food is very famous everywhere．It is often very rich．

　　In recent years fast food－sometimes called‘junk food'－h(huán)as become very popular all over the world．It was invented in the USA, and the first fast food was the hamburger．Interestingly, a hamburger does not actually contain ham．It's made from ground beef There are restaurants and takeout places selling hamburgers in most cities of the world．

　　The most international food, however, is Chinese．There probably isn't a city anywhere that does not have at least one Chinese restaurant．This is because there are so many different dishes from so many different parts of China that there is something for everyone, whatever their favorite kind of food．

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　　My father woke up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced, “Get up, you're going with me to cut the grass in the garden．”

　　The idea that my father thought I was old enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited．From sunup to sundown, my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large garden．By the end of the day I was too tired to say a word but I felt happy．This was my first time to help my father in his business．I got ＄6 for my work that day．

　　One day my father found some leaves I had missed and pulled me aside．“Take away these leaves!” he said．“And don't make me have to tell you to do it again．” The message was clear．Today I value the importance of doing job well the first time．I will never fail to impress(留下印象)the person I'm working for．

　　After two years, my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to cut the grass by ourselves．Every Saturday during my last two years of high school, we set off early in the morning with the same wish we had gained while working under our father．

　　Looking after the garden was neither exciting nor high paying, but that didn't matter．It taught me that any job was a good job and whatever I was paid was more than I had before．

　　A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live with hard work and low pay．“If you're only thinking about hard work and money, you probably don't want to do better than you are doing, ” I answered．In every job, from cutting the grass to washing dishes, I've learned much．I've learned something that helps me in my next job．

　　If you work hard enough, you can learn from any job you do．

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　　It began with a red paper clip and ended with a house．Kyle MacDonald, a 26-year-old Canadian, got a three-bedroom house through 14 trades(交換)that started with a single red paper clip．

　　Encouraged by Kyle's successful experience, now more and more young people around the world are starting their own trading activities．They set up websites where people can trade things they don't usually use with other people．A website called Peerflix allows people to trade their used DVDs．These traders usually prefer face-to-face trading, which means they don't have to worry about who is going to pay for the delivery(遞送)．

　　Last year, a young girl in Beijing decided to follow the example of Kyle．She started with a paper clip and hoped to get a house in the end．After several trades she now has a piano which is more than 10, 000 yuan．But she may still have a long way to go．

　　You may be puzzled about why people are doing this．In fact, everyone in the trade activities gets things that are useful to them．Just as Kyle said, “What's more important to a man dying of thirst in the desert－one million dollars or a glass of water?” Kyle's words probably show why these trades are poplar among young people．

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　　David came from a poor family．When he finished his high school, however, he was given a wonderful present．“Some of my friends got new clothes and a rich boy even got a new car, ” he remembered, “My dad reached into his trousers pocket and took something out．I held out my hand, and his present dropped into it－a nickel(五分鎳幣)．”

　　Dad said to me, “Buy a newspaper with that．Read every word of it．Then turn to the classified section(分類欄目)and get yourself a job．Get into the world．It's all yours now．” I always thought that was a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in the army, sitting in a foxhole(戰(zhàn)壕), and thinking about my family and my life．It was then that I realized that my friends had got only new cars, or only new clothes．My father had given me the whole world．What a great present!

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　　In elementary school(小學(xué)), Mary was often regarded as a “slow learner” by her teachers．But she really wasn’t slow at all．She just didn’t understand the language in the classroom．Her problem was that she didn’t speak English．So she left school after the fourth grade．

　　When Mary grew up, married(結(jié)婚), and had children of her own, she knew that her children were clever．But some of their teachers didn’t think so．The children were having trouble in school because they didn’t speak English．Mary was very angry．She didn’t want people to think that her children were slow learners．So she decided to learn English herself as a way of helping them．She practiced English．She asked the head teacher to let her sit in classes．It wasn’t easy, but she passed all her exams．

　　Mary has helped her children with their lessons．Her two sons have succeeded．One is a teacher, and the other is a doctor．Her youngest child, a daughter ,is studying in a university．

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　　Mr．Smith was in trouble those days．He drove a car for Mr．Black, a rich businessman．He worked hard and the shopkeeper liked him．But he couldn’t work when he drank too much．And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge．Mr．Black became angry and was going to send him away．He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised(保證)he would stop drinking at once．The man told him to wait to be dealt with．

　　One Monday morning, Mr．Smith came into the office with two badly burned ears．

　　“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr．Black．

　　“Well ,” said the man．“I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing clothes．She had put the iron(熨斗)near the telephone before she went to cook supper．Our team lost the game and I fell sorry for it．As soon as I went into the sitting-room ,the phone rang and I answered the iron!”

　　“And what happened to the other ear?”

　　“When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!”

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Do you like shopping？

　　Alice, 35

　　I like shopping, but shopping with young children is not a good thing．I have to look after them while I’m shopping．I go shopping with my husband only when I buy something for him．When I look at a cheap dress, he always says,“It’s beautiful on you．” But when I have an expensive one in my hands, he always says, “I don’t think it fits you well．” So I often go shopping with my friends．It’s fun．I like shopping alone, too．

　　Maria, 26

　　I like shopping very much, but I never go shopping on weekends．There are too many people in shops．I don’t like shopping with other people．It usually takes me much time to buy things because I never buy the first thing I see．I always look around other shops to find the same thing cheaper．I’m good at finding cheap things．I don’t like buying food in small shops of street markets．I think food in supermarkets is fresh and cheap．