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一，The easiest question in the world one day , a rich man met Sam.the rich man asked , “ I`ve heard you are very clever and nothing is difficult to you.Can you tell

me why you are so clever.” Sam answered, “I`m not clever, but you are too silly.” The rich

man became very angry.Sam said, “Sir, please don`t be angry, if you don`t believe what I said, let me ask you a question now.If you have a group of sheep, I give you another group.How groups of sheep do you have?” “Why, that`s the easiest question in the world, one and one is two.Anybody knows that.I have two groups of sheep.” Sam laughed and said,“ You are wrong, sir.two groups of sheep put together is still one group.That is easiest question in the

world.”

二，I`ll not go home tonight because of the rain When a friend was visiting David, it began to rain.So David told him not to go home that night.“You may stay here for the night,” he said.“ Ok, ” answered his friend.But a few minutes later, the friend went out.He didn`t tell David where he was going nor did he ask for an umbrella.When David was about to go to bed, his friend returned, he was all wet

through.“Where have you been?” asked David.“I have been home,” answered the friend, “ to tell my brother that I`ll not go home

tonight because of the rain.”

三，Why do I want to go to colleage? Why do I want to go to college? No one asked me such a question.But many times I have asked myself.I have come up with a whole variety of reasons.The most important reason is that I

want to be a better man.Many things make human beings different is education.If i fail to receive higher education, my education will not finish.As I want to be a fully developed , I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to

provide.I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are among the best places to teach me how to educate myself.Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and be fit into society.四，Children should not have to do heavy work It is not a good idea for children to have to work hard.Children should study in school as hard as they can.They should not have to do heavy work with their bodies.When parents or others force children to work hard, the results are never good and may be very bad.A farmer`s son who has to work hard like a man may early learn to hate farming.Children sometimes do too much work in gardens, in shops or even in their own own homes.They soon begin to hate such kind of work with force that can

destroy their happine.But there may be a worse lo: a child`s love for his parents.The feeling may become something different.When that happens, the

old kind of love never returns.、、、五、many value(价值观)differences between the Chinese

and Americans.Audrey is a Chinese-American student.She has found many value(价值观)differences between the Chinese and Americans.About money

1,The American children love to make money by themselves.Chinese children always ask their parents for money.2, American parents don't think it is useful to send their children to an expensive university.Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it

could make them very poor.About school

1, Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups.Many Chinese girls take part in academic(学术的)groups.2, American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam.Chinese students feel sad when they get B.American parents and Chinese parents

American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at the certain time.Chinese parents usually don't allow their children in middle school to go

out with their friends at night.American teachers and Chinese teachers

During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers will always find good things to say to The parents, even to those with the worst grades.But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children made at school.、、六、I was in such a hurry to go away that I forgot to ask her

for the fare The English are often described as unfriendly people who don`t talk to strangers, but not London taxi drivers.I once asked a cabby to describe his life to meand he didn`t stop talking until I arrived home half an hour later!He told me interesting stories

stop this is one of them.Some very strange things happen late at night.The other day I was taking a woman home from a party.She had her little dog with her.When we got to her house she found that she`d lost key.So I waited in the cab with the dog while she climb in

through the window.I waited...and waited...After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on。I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the same wimdow.The next thing I know was that the police came.They thought that I was trying to rob the house!Luckily, the woman came downstairs.She had gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog.I was in such a hurry to go away that I forgot to ask her for the

fare.////七，The writer of the song Happy Birthday

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well.But do you know about its writer?It was written by an American girl.And she became very rich after that.When she was a child, she was poor.Once, she was invited to her friend`s birthday party.She was pleased but sad because she didn`t have enough money to buy a gift for her.“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.”Tears

ran down her face.Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“What happened?” her grandma asked.Hearing the girl`s story, she said, “Don`t worry.I think I can help you.How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to....” What a beautiful song!They sang and sang.Suddenly she woke up.It was a dream!She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy.“How wonderfully you sing!We haven`t heard such a beautiful song before.Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend.And they learnt to sing it together.Later the girl became well-known in America.八，How to win friends and influence people

1, Be friendly and polite.Always greet with a smile.Begin with “excuse me” or “would you please” when you want to ask somebody.Remember to say “thank you” and try to be as helpful as you can.2, Go out of your way to be nice Find some time to do special things for other people.Making some soup for a sick neighbour may seem like a little a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbour feel a lot better.3, Remember names.They say that the sweetest music to a person`s ears is the sound

of his or her own name.4, Be open-minded Try to understand other people`s ways and ideas and learn

something from them.5, Listen patiently When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when neccesary.九，Work=force*distance moved You have often heard peole talk about work.Perhaps you have told your friends about how hard you worked to get something done.However, you may have done no work through you think

you worked hard.A boy is pushing a big box very hard ,but the box is too heavy for him to move and he may be afraid to push against the box.In the language of science, he has not done any work.Can you think you are working when you are studying or talking? In science, work is only done when a force moves something that

has weight through a distance.Work=force*distance moved If you want to find out whether work is done, just ask yourself, “Is a push or a pull moving something through a distance?” If you answer is Yes, then work is being done.十、The effect of the blood group on personality Your blood group hides no secrets, it shows the “real you.” If you belong to blood group O, you can get things done and sell the goods well.Blood group A are the thinkers,while blood group B are highly creative, people belonging to blood group B might be good at painting and writing.And if you have problems,ask the ABs to solve them.Your blood group could affect your work.So if you visited the Japanese company, you would find the O types out selling goods and A types keeping order in the office.十一、The International Date Line P217 Strange things happen to time when you travel because the earth is divided into twenty-four zones, one hour apart.You can have days with more or fewer than twenty-fours, and weeks with more or fewer that seven days.If you make a five-day trip acro the Atlantic Ocean, your ship enters a different time zone every day.As you enter each zone, the time changes one hour.Traveling west, you set your clock back, traveling east, you set it ahead.Each day of your trip has either twenty-five or twenty-three hours.If you travel by ship acro the Pacific Ocean, you cro the International Date Line.By agreement, this is the point where a new day begins.When you cro the line, you change your calendar one full day, backward or forward.Traveling east, today becomes yesterday.Traveling west, it is tomorrow.十二、Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself.He set out one morning with his young son, to sell the horse before it died.Fahter and son walked, because the farme did not want the horse tobe too tired.They met two men on the road who said, “Why are you walking, farmer?You have a horse.It`s a long way to the market.”The farmer knew that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while

his son walked.Then they met two old ladies, “what are you doing up there, farmer? Can`t you walking?” she asked."It isn`t far to the market.Give your poor old horse a rest.So the farmer, and his son, got down once again.It is a fact that you cannt please all the people all the time.