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　　Unlike the other parts of the body,your ears don't ask for much.They don't need to be brushed once a day like your teeth.But they really need some special care,especially if you like listening to music with earphones(耳機).

　　Maybe your mum or dad has told you,"Turn that down before you go deaf(耳聾)!" Well,they are quite right.Loud noise may cause hearing problems for a short time or even for ever.

　　Think that earphones are a good way to escape from your parents' eyes?Well,it may not be as good a way as you think.American doctors have studied a group of 4,490 people who used earphones more than 15 hours every week.The doctors found that 3,730 of them were getting hearing problems.

　　If you use earphones too long.your ears may feel painful.You may also lose your hearing for the rest (其余的) of your life.

　　So don't wear your earphones too long.Use them less than one hour a day.

　　Want good hearing? Don't forget to do the following:

　　Try to stay away from places with too much noise,like a disco.If you have to go,wear earplugs(耳塞).

　　When swimming,remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.

　　Never put anything sharp (尖的) into your ear.If you think you have too much earwax (耳屎),ask your mum or dad to help you clean it out.

　　Please remember these things!Then you won't be saying "WHAT???" when you are older.

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　　Students often want to practise their English outside class.One of the best ways of practising English is to speak to foreigners.Most of the students ask,"Is it OK to talk to foreigners when we meet them in the street?"

　　The answer is yes or no,but probably no!If you see a foreigner who looks lost,it is polite to ask him or her,"May I help you?"But if not,you should probably let him or her get on with the business.That is,you can talk to a foreigner at some time or some place.Feel free to ask him or her questions if a foreigner comes into your school,classroom or your teachers' office.

　　It's also OK to talk to foreigners in some public places.If you see a foreigner alone in a restaurant,a waiting room,it may be the right time for you to ask him or her,"Is this seat free?"or some questions like his.You can probably help them if they are new to China.And if they are alone,you may be able to make them feel more welcome.

　　It's a pleasure to talk to a foreigner if you choose the fight time and place.

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　　Drought in Guangdong

　　The drought in Guangdong is very serious．A video-conference for "Fighting the Drought" was held last Friday in Guangzhou,the capital city．

　　The report issued by the conference members said that the drought had hit more than 1．2 million acres of arable land．In the whole province,889,000 people are relying on a discontinuous supply of drinking water.The water stored in 303 reservoirs is 14.4 billion cubic meters,1.5 billion cubic meters less than in 2003．

　　Water is extremely important for crops in two phases,the time when crops are planted and the time when they bloom．Now was the very time for crops to be in bloom;however,none of the grains harvested were fat．Even if we had water now,it would not change anything．The drought has destroyed farmers' half a year of hard work．

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　　There are seabirds as well as land-birds．The most ordinary seabird is the seagull．It has a white body,a white head,and a yellow beak(喙)．There is a very，very spot of red at the very end of the beak,underneath．All gulls have very strong wings so that they can fly far out to sea．If a gull flies out too far,so that it is too tired to fly back to the shore,it does not get frightened,for it can sit and rest upon the waves．A seagull's wings do not get wet because all its feathers have a kind of oil over them,so that when the water gets on to the feathers it just runs off again Gulls can even sleep on the waves．

　　Sailors(水手)know a lot about seagulls and they never kill them．when the gulls fly a long way out to sea,sailors say that it means fine weather is coming．When the gulls stay near the shore,sailors say that there will be much wind and rain,and perhaps a storm,for the gulls know more about the weather than sailors do．

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　　It was getting late．There was no noise in the forest．We could only hear the birds singing．And then,a bear梐 big brown bear梒ame into the forest.

　　The bear stopped under a tall tree．He was very hungry．He looked up into the tree．

　　There in the nut tree was his supper梐 supper of nice nuts．But the nuts were high up in the tree．The hungry bear could not reach them．But he knew how to get his supper．He climbed up the tree．

　　Up and up he climbed．He climbed onto a big branch of the tree．He sat there and then shook(搖)the branch again and again At last the branch broke．The brown bear fell down with the branch and nuts．

　　The bear sat up and looked around．With his big paws(爪)he picked up the nuts and ate them up．

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　　Tom lived by himself a long way from town．He hardly went to town,but one day he went into town to buy a few things．After he bought them,he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table．When he looked around,he saw some old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers．So after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself one pair,too．He walked along the road,and soon found a shop．

　　The man in the shop let him try on a lot of glasses,but Tom always said, "No,I can't read with these．"

　　The man became puzzled(迷惑的),and he said, "Excuse me,but can you read?" "No,of course I can't!" Tom said angrily．"If I could read before,do you think I would come here to buy your glasses?"

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　　Have you felt annoyed when a cellphone rings during the class?Something must be done to stop this．Now in New York City,the USA,a rule is carried out in schools．Students can't even bring cellphones to school．Is it a good thing or not?

　　Anxious parents say that cellphones are an important tool(工具)in holding New York city's families together．

　　"I worry about it," said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter,a mother of a middle school kid．"It's necessary in our everyday life．We have a washing machine．We have running water,and we have cellphones．"

　　Many American parents think cellphones connect them to their children on buses, getting out from subways,walking through unknown places．

　　"I have her cali me when she gets out of school, "said Lindsay Walt,a schoolgirl's mother．"No one in New York is going to let their child go to school without a cellphone．"

　　What about the cellphone owners,the students?Most of the students said cellphones were essential 　 and the cellphone was like all extra(額外的)hand or foot for them．

　　"I feel so empty．" said May Chom,14．"There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone．It will be a really,really boring trip．"

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　　I am Steve．I was born and grew up in South Wales．My favourite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展)．

　　My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen．I went to a new school．One of my subjects was French．Because I had never learned any French,my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in．That's the time I started writing,just for myself,and I've been writing ever since．

　　I have always loved BIG IDEAS,and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories．And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories．I think they are like the old fairytales(童話故事),and can teach you important things．

　　I am in mv forties on the outside,twelve on the inside．I like rock music,Indian and Chinese food,and I enjoy drinking．I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats,hens and lots of rabbits．If you'd like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books,go to www. sbowkett.freeserve.co.uk．

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　　Once there was a king.He never ate a mea]without fish.But one day there was a big storm(風暴)and the fishermen were not able to go out to catch fish，so the king had no breakfast and no lunch.Then he ordered his servants(仆人)to tell everyone in his country that if anyone brought him a fish，he would give him anything he asked for.

　　At last，a fisherman caught a big fish and hurried to the king's palace with it.But the king's prime minister(宰相)stopped him and said if the fisherman did not promise(答應)to give him half of whatever the king gave him for the fish，he would not let the fisherman in.

　　The king was very happy when he saw the fish.He said to the fisherman，"Now，what do you want for your fish?"

　　"I want you to beat (打) me twenty-four times，"said the fisherman.

　　The king was very surprised，and at last he said，"I promised to give you whatever you wanted,and I think that I must keep my promise."So he began to beat,the fisherman softly.

　　"No，" said the fisherman，"beat me as hard as you can!"

　　After the king had beaten him twelve times，the fisherman jumped away and said，"That's enough for me.I promised the other twelve to your prime minister."

　　Again the king was very surprised，but the prime minister had to admit (承認) that the fisherman was right.The king not only gave him the twelve beatings，but also said，"You will not be my prime minister."

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　　Why do children go to school?Do you know?You may say that they go to school to learn Chinese，English and other subjects.This answer is right.But do you know why they learn all these things?Do they learn all things at school?

　　The answer is "No".Children must learn how to learn at school.No one can learn everything at school.When they leave school，they must go on to learn.So a good teacher at school teaches his students to learn something and teaches them the ways to learn it.Then the children can go on(繼續(xù))to learn well after they leave school.

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