Welcome to Franklin Hotel．To make your stay as enjoyable as possible, we hope you’ll use our facilities(設備，設施)to the full．

　　Dining room：Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8∶00 to 9∶30 am．Also the room staff may bring breakfast to your room at any time after 7∶00 am．If this happens, please, fill out a card and hang it outside your door when you go to bed．Lunch is from 12∶00 to 2∶30 pm．Dinner is from 7∶30 to 9∶30 pm．

　　Room service：This operates 24 hours a day：Phone the Reception desk, and your message will be passed on to the room staff busy．There are also public telephones near the Reception desk．Tell Reception if early(morning)calls are needed．

　　Shop：The hotel shop is open for presents, gifts and goods from 9∶00 am to 5∶30 pm．

　　Laundry：We have a laundry in the building, and will wash, iron and return your clothes in 24 hours．Ask the room staff to collect them．

　　Banking：The Reception staff will cash cheques(兌現(xiàn)支票)and exchange any foreign money for you．

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　　Happiness is for everyone．You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on．Why?Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time．

　　In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it．When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it．And when you do something good to others, you can see that happiness．If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you．

　　Happiness is not the same as money．It is a feeling of your heart．When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money．When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(挑戰(zhàn))yourself．So you can’t always say you are poor and you have bad luck．As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋轉)door．When it closes, it also opens．If you take every change you get, you can be a happy and lucky person．

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　　Do you know how many stars there are in the universe?The answer is MANY! Our sun is one of about 100 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way．But the Milky Way is just one of billions of galaxies that we know about! Some other scientists say there are 2,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars!

　　The largest star that we know about is called the Pistol Star (手槍星)．The Pistol Star is closer to the center of the Milky Way than we are．Because of space dust we can’t see it with the naked eye (肉眼)．It’s about 100 times the size of our Sun, and 10,000,000 times as bright as the Sun!

　　The closest star to the Earth is the Sun! The Sun is about 93 million miles away．We measure bigger distances in space in light years, and one light year is about 6,000,000,000,000 miles．Besides the Sun, Proxima Centauri (半人馬比鄰座星) is the closest star at 4.2 light years away．Some of the brightest stars are more distant-Rigel (參宿七)，in the constellation Orion (獵戶星座)，is the seventh brightest star in the sky but is 900 light years away．To see the faraway stars, scientists use the Hubble Space Telescope (啥勃空間望遠鏡)．Hubble has been stars that are 12 billion light years away!

　　A star’s color has a lot to do with its temperature．A blue-white star is very dense (密集的) and hot．When a star becomes red, its energy．Has begun to fade (消失)．Therefore, a star that is nearing the end of its life is called a red giant (紅巨星)．While humans grow smaller in old age, stars grow bigger until they die．In the far future, maybe our sun will become a red giant and destroy the Earth! Luckily, it’ll be a long time before we have to think about that problem．

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　　The Loire Valley is known as the Garden of France and the Cradle (搖籃) of the French Language．

　　This valley runs through the heart of French life．The Loire Valley has lots of attractions．It is famous for its rivers, stones, towns and villages, vineyards (葡萄園) castles, and of course, wines．

　　The Loire Valley is one of the most beautiful areas in France．With flowers growing all over the place, it is a colorful garden．It is a mild place and a great farming area．People grow plenty of grapes here and produce some of the best wines．Besides farming, the Loire Valley also has lots of animals．You may come across a badger (獾)，a marten (貂) or a skunk (臭鼬)！Then there are different kinds of birds and you can see rare dragonflies (蜻蜓) there, too．

　　The Loire Valley has also played an important role in the history of France．In the 9th Century, France was faced with attacks from the Vikings (北歐海盜)．The Loire Valley built many fortresses (堡壘) and remained strong when other areas did not．Later, in the 15th Century, the Loire Valley successfully resisted the English during the Hundred Years’ War．The Loire Valley has become a symbol of strength in France．

　　People believe that the culture and the language spoken in the Loire Valley are the most pure examples of French in the whole country．

　　The Loire Valley is sometimes called the Valley of the Kings because it was the popular playground for French kings and their families from the 15th to 18th centuries．French kings built chateaux (城堡)，or castles, and so did wealthy business people．

　　Now it has more than 1,000 historic castles．120 of them are open to the public．There is even the castle that inspired (啟發(fā)) Sleeping Beauty．

　　Today the Loire Valley remains one of France’s most popular regions．It has more historic sights per square mile than any other places in the country except Paris．

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　　The Internet can be a very fun and useful tool．It has become so extensive that you can now do everything from shop for clothes to research the pyramids of Egypt．There are so many things you can do, just by being online．One of the most unique experiences to come out of the Internet’s popularity is the phenomenon (現(xiàn)象) of Internet friends．

　　An Internet friend is someone who you talk to online and probably have never met．You may have first talked to this person in a chat room and discovered that you had a lot in common．You probably exchange messages with this person whenever you are online．Internet friends often live in another city, or even another country!Having Internet friends is a unique experience and gives us a chance to learn about other people．

　　Even though Internet friends can be a lot of fun, it is important to remember that we need to be cautious (謹慎的) Since we have probably never met the person we are talking to, we have no way of knowing if they are telling the truth．It is important not to give too much personal information because it may be dangerous．Always think twice before giving an Internet friend your telephone number or home address．

　　Having Internet friends can be very exciting, but it is important to remember to keep the relationship light hearted．There may be many people that you talk to online, but they don’t know the real you．An Internet friend can never replace your true friends．A good friend will know all about you and be there when you need them．You can spend time with them and share your feelings．

　　If you have Internet friends, enjoy talking with them online, but don’t forget about your other true friends．Remember to balance your time among friends and you should have a good time!

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　　Imagine playing a board game with your mom as she drives you to school．Wait! Shouldn’t your mom keep her hands on the wheel and her eyes on the road? Not if she’s driving a computer-controlled car down a high-tech highway of the future．

　　Someday, moms may be able to do it．In 1997, scientists and engineers tested new computer-controlled cars that drove themselves along a special high-tech highway called a “smartway”．Computers in the cars used information from magnets(磁鐵), light sensors, and radar detectors built into the smartway．

　　Scientists hope that drivers of the future will simply drive up to a smartway, then switch on the car’s automated(自動的)driver．The human driver will sit back and enjoy the ride．A computer system will do the rest．Satellites and magnets will help instruct the car along the highway．Sensors will make the car drivers know other cars nearby．The car’s central computer will process information and instruct the car what to do．For example, if a car is too close to the car in front of it, the computer will tell it to slow down or change lanes．When the car’s human driver decides to exit the smartway, he or she will take over the controls and return to the regular highway．

　　Engineers hope the smartways will save time for commuters and cut down the number of car accidents and traffic jams．Most accidents are caused by human error, according to the U．S．Department to Transportation．Computer-controlled cars should eliminate(消除)those kinds of accidents because a computer, not a human, will decide what the car will do next．

　　But some car makers aren’t sure the smartway will be the safest way to travel．What would happen if a deer jumped into the road? Or if the car’s computer broke down? Engineers are trying to answer these questions now．

　　Until they find the answers, your mom will have to keep her eyes on the road．

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　　In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work．Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts．He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called “Lexico”．However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its names from “Lexico” to “Alph” and then to “Criss Cross”．He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn’t have any real commercial(商業(yè)的)success．

　　In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game．The two worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name ——“Scrabble”．

　　At first, it didn’t sell very well．In the first year it sold just 2250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8500 sets a year．

　　Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy’s department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play “Scrabble” while he was on holiday．He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy’s should stock(儲備)the game and make an effort(努力)to call the public’s attention to it．

　　As a result, “Scrabble” became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries．

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On the night of June 3, 2006, a car accident happened on St．James Road．Mr．Smith, a policeman, received a call from a scared voice when he was on duty．He arrived there immediately and filled in the following report form．

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We talked with 300 people．One hundred were aged 11 to 18．One hundred were between 19 and 26 years of age．One hundred were 27 to 35 years old．We talked with them about their favorite things to do on weekends．The results(結果)are in the chart(圖表)．

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　　Traveling to work by car gets more expensive today．People can do nothing about the world’s price of petrol(汽油)．They have to go to work, so they have to pay．However, some people are trying to stop driving to work．

　　People are looking for a cheaper means of transportation and they have found out that it is a good choice to ride bikes to work．More and more people return to bikes．

　　Children often go to school by bike．But now businessmen are going to work by bike, too．“The bike is easy to use,” says Molly, “and it is also very cheap．It is a good choice for those who do business like me．You can buy thirty bikes for the price of a small car．A bike doesn’t use expensive petrol．A 10－year－old child can learn to take care of a bike．And most bikes can be used for a long time．”

　　Mr Brown goes to his hospital by bike every day．He says, “A bike doesn’t cost a lot of money, and most families can have two or more ones．Bike riding is good for our health．Today most of people get fat because they don’t get enough exercise．So I tell all my patients to buy bikes．Besides, in big cities it’s usually quicker to travel by bike than by bus or by car．Drivers can’t do anything but get angry when there is a traffic jam”(交通堵塞)

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