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　　When someone says, “Well, I guess I'll have to face the music”, it doesn't mean that he is planning to go to hear a singer or attend a concert．It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that．

　　At some time or another, every one of us has to “face the music”, especially(尤其)as children．We can all remember father's angry words “I want to talk to you”．And only because we did not listen to him．What a bad thing it was!

　　In the middle or at the end of every term, we students have to “face the music”．The result of the exam will decide whether we will face the music or not．If…that means parents cold faces and contempt(輕視)of the teachers and classmates．

　　“To face the music” is well known to every American, young or old．It is at least 100 years old．It really means that you have to do something, no matter(無論)how terrible the whole thing might be, because you know you have no choice．

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　　In Canada you can find dogs, cats, horses, etc．in almost every family．These are their pets．People love these pets and have them as their good friends．Before they keep them in their houses, they take them to animal hospitals to give them injections(注射)so that they won't carry disease．They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every kind of store．Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food．When you visit people's houses, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them．You will also find that almost every family has a feeding place for birds in their garden．All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal．They are free to come and go and nobody is allowed to kill any animal in Canada．They have a law against killing wild animals．If you killed an animal, you would be punished．If an animal happened to get run over by a car, people would be very sad about it．

　　People in Canada have many reasons to like animals．One of them might be that their family ties are not as close as ours．When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own life．Then the old will feel lonely, but pets can solve this problem．They can be good friends and never leave them alone．

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　　Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights．She stayed at a hotel near the central market．She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find．

　　On the first morning of her visit, as she walked from the hotel to the market, she passed a beggar(乞丐)．He was holding up a notice, which said, “Blind from birth．Please give generously(慷慨地)．” Julia felt sorry for the blind beggar and she bent down and put a dollar coin into his bowl．“Thank you．” he said．

　　The same thing happened again the following day．On the third day, however, Julia did not have a dollar coin．She had only fifty cents, so she dropped this into the beggar's bowl．“What have I done wrong? ” the beggar said, “Why are you so stingy(吝嗇的)today? ”Julia was very surprised at what the beggar said．“How do you know I haven't given you a dollar? ” she said, “If you’re blind you can't know what coin I put into your bowl．” “Ah, ” explained the beggar, “The truth is that I'm not blind．I'm just looking after this place for the regular beggar while he's on holiday．” “On holiday? ” Julia said, “And what exactly does your blind friend do on holiday? ” “He goes into the countryside, ”the man said, “and takes photographs．He's a very good photographer．”

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　　Americans with small families own a small car or a large one．If both parents are working, they usually have two cars．When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van．

　　A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded．A van hold seven persons easily, so a family three children could ask their grandparents to go on a holiday travel．They could all travel together．

　　Mr．Hagen and his wife had a third child last year．This made them sell a second car and buy a van．The sixth and seventh seats are used to put other things, for a family of five must carry many suitcases when they travel．When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcases are brought into．The two seats can then carry the grandparents．

　　Americans call vans motor homes．A motor home is always used for holidays．When a family are traveling to the mountains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks．All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together．That is why motor homes have become very popular．In America there are many parks for motor homes．

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　　Apple has entered the textbook market．The tech giant introduced(推出)iBooks textbooks many weeks ago．They are digital books in many subjects taking in science, maths, history and geography．Apple says it offers a “new textbook experience” and suggests its interactive(互動的)iBooks textbooks are “the next chapter in learning”．

　　It sounds like good news for pupils and students．Think of it．No more carrying heavy backpacks full of textbooks．Every textbook you need can be stored on your iPad．No more having to buy expensive textbooks which you will only use for a year or two and then sell or give away．Instead of boring old textbooks which are quickly out of date you can have an interactive learning experience．You can play videos, examine geometrical(幾何)problems in 3D, listen to music，make notes and mark passages electronically．You can also share stuff(材料)on social networking sites with your friends．

　　Of course there's a catch．You need to own an iPad and as you know, it is not cheap．You also need to buy digital textbooks, mostly priced each at ＄14.99(94.74 yuan)or more．And the rest, will Apple revolutionize(改變)learning? As they say, is history．That remains to be seen．

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　　It was in August 1999 that I decided to come to China to work as a language teacher．

　　I taught in Zhongshan City, Guangdong for six months before moving to Ningbo．I came to Wanli University in 2000, and I taught there for five years．My time in Ningbo is great．I’ve met many wonderful Chinese teachers．I came to China with the idea of helping Chinese friends learn English better, and I have achieved this many times over．I’ve traveled to many places in China, and I find that Ningbo is my favorite place．

　　When I first came to Ningbo in 2000, the downtown area was under a lot of construction．It wasn't as clean as it is now, however, I knew that this was a great city to live in．When I arrived, there was one McDonalds, and three KFC's．But we didn't get a Starbucks until 2003．

　　I’ve really enjoyed spending my time here, especially now that I have found my beautiful wife, and we will be having our first child in Ningbo．Maybe she or he will learn Ningbo Hua, to talk with the grandparents．

　　While staying in Ningbo, I have noticed that many people can understand English, but are very shy to speak out．I'm telling you now, it is only a language, and don't be afraid to talk, just remember, “Nobody is perfect．”

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　　I live with my grandmother in a Beijing yard house．One day last year, I was surprised to see a big foreigner coming out of the house next door to ours．He was very tall with short brown hair and a pair of glasses．The first time I saw him, I was too shy to speak to him．“My English is too bad! ” I thought．My grandmother told me that he had just moved into our yard．“I don't like it! ” she said, “Foreigners aren't like us．Maybe he'll play loud music and have parties every night! I'm sure he's going to cause trouble．”

　　Several days later, I met the foreigner as I was walking home after work．“Hello! ”he said(in Chinese!)．“My name's Tony．I've just moved into the house next door to yours．”While I was wondering what to say, he continued, “There's a nice bar down the road．Why don't you and your family come and have dinner with me? ” “Bars are bad places, ” said my grandmother when I told her, but we decided to go．

　　The bar was not at all what I had expected．It was in a beautiful little yard house, with several large bookshelves and pictures of Tibet on the walls, Several Chinese people and foreigners were sitting drinking or reading books．I noticed that some of the foreigners were speaking Chinese in a low voice to each other! “Oh, what a civilized place! ” my grandmother exclaimed．

　　The bar served special “hutong pizzas”．As we ate, Tony told us about himself．He is an English expert in environment．He always likes to be quiet, My grandmother said to me, “He really seems like a very nice young man．”

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　　Britain's smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May．

　　The newspaper said the six-year-old girl's parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil．

　　The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former(前任的)teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary(中等的)school．The new teacher, Ms．Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen(再次打開)the school．

　　But the girl's mother is keeping her daughter at home．

　　“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said．“I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms．Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school．”

　　The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland．Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms．

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　　There is not enough oil in the world now．As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles．

　　In the Second World War, some people didn't use gas made from petroleum(石油)in their cars．They made gas from wood and plants instead．The car didn't go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing．However, in the future, we can't cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too．

　　Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(電)to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤)and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either．Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(渦輪機(jī))and make electricity more easily and cheaply．

　　We are also able to get power from the ocean tides．We put turbines into the mouth of the river．Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again．

　　Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?

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　　Drinking water is good for your health．There are some scientific ways of drinking water．

　　1．It is the best medicine to drink two glasses of water in the morning．

　　2．Drink clean water．

　　3．Drink the water that has not been boiled．

　　Many people think boiled water is safe and good to people's health．In fact, it is not true．The boiling point of water is 100℃．By boiling it, most bacteria(細(xì)菌)in water can be killed．In the past, the water was less polluted．So boiling was a good way to make clean water．But heavy metals and other dangerous things in today's water are much more terrible than bacteria．Boiling doesn't fix that problem．And boiling water may give us more of the dangerous things in our glass．

　　4．Never use soft drinks to take the place of water．

　　5．Water is also needed in winter．

　　6．Drink water at the right time．

　　1)After getting up in the morning, you have less water in your body, because you weren't drinking for the whole night．So you should drink some water to keep your health after getting up in the morning．That can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages(腦溢血)and so on．

　　2)Drinking water at about 10 am helps your body keep enough water．

　　3)Drinking water at about 3 pm can clean out the wastes in your body．

　　4)About eight o'clock in the evening is the best time to drink water．Your blood gets thicker when you sleep．Water will make your blood less thick．

　　Besides, we should drink 2L of water every day．Water is so important for our life．We should drink water often．

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