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　　In order to safeguard(保證)the education of all Hope Chinese Scholl(HCS)students and the normal running of the school, the following rules should be followed：

　　★Be quiet in classroom and hallways．Do not run or shout in classrooms or hallways．

　　★Do not drink or eat in classrooms or hallways．

　　★Stay in the school during school time as well as rest time．Do not leave the school or play out of the school area during school time．This includes rest time．

　　★Do not scribble on any desks or walls．

　　★Be respectful(尊敬)to teachers and parents．

　　★Help teachers and other students to keep the classroom clean．Do not move desks, chairs, and other furniture in the classroom without the teacher's instructions．

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　　An old lady went out shopping last Sunday．She came to a bank(銀行)and saw a car near the door．A man got out of it(下車(chē))and went into the bank．She looked into the car．The keys were in the lock．

　　The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank．The man took a gun(槍)out of his pockets and said to the clerk(職員), “ Give me all the money．”

　　But the old lady didn't see this．She went to the man and put the keys in his hand and said, “ Young man, you're foolish．Never leave your keys in your car．Someone's going to steal(偷)it．” The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds．Then he looked at the clerk and then he took the keys and ran off the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly without any money．

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　　Yao Ming, the centre of the Chinese National Men's basketball team, joins the Houston Rocket in the 2002 NBA．The 2.2 m, 120kg basketball star becomes the first one to come from a foreign(外國(guó)的)team．Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980．His mother is a leader of the Chinese National Women's Team．His father plays basketball, too．Yao Ming is welcome in China．He becomes a very important basketball player in China Basketball Association．It's short for CBA．

　　During the 2000-2001 seasons, he gets 27.1 scores for the Shanghai Oriental(東方)Sharks in every match．Yao Ming joins the Houston Rockets in November, 2002．He says this is a new start in his basketball life．He world do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高)himself．Sport analyst(分析家)Bill Walton says, “Yao Ming is very strong．He has the capability(能力)of changing the future(未來(lái))of basketball．”

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　　Hans says to his friend Kurt，“I'm going to take my car and drive to London．” Kurt says, “Driving to London is very difficult．You aren't going to find your hotel．” But Hans is not afraid．He drives to Calais, puts his car on his ship, takes it off at Dover, and drives to London．

　　He stops near the city and looks at his map．Then he drives into London, but he doesn't find his hotel．He drives round and round for an hour, and then he stops and gets out of his car．A taxi comes, and Hans stops it．“Take me to the Brussels Hotel,” he says．But he doesn't get into the taxi, he gets back into his car．The taxi man laughs, but then he drives to the Brussels Hotel and Hans follows him in his car．They get to the hotel in two minutes(兩分鐘后)．

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A French woman goes to London to see her son．She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well．One day she goes to a shop．She wants to buy a hen for supper．But she can not remember the English word for “hen”．Just then the shop waiter asks her, “Can I help you?” “I want the egg's mother．” the woman answered．The shop waiter does not understand her and says, “Sorry, we have not any bigger eggs．” Suddenly the woman remembers the word “cock”．“I want the cock's wife!” she says．This time the shop waiter laughs．

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　　Welcome to the zoo!

　　Keep the zoo clean !

　　Do not touch the heads of the animals or give food to them．

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　　On my eighth birthday, Dad bought me an accordion(手風(fēng)琴)and said excitedly, "Once you learn to play, it'll stay with you for life．" But I didn't want to play it．I just wanted to play games, But Dad asked me to take accordion lessons．

　　One day, I found a box in a corner．When I opened it, I saw a beautiful violin．"It was your father's," Mum said．"His parents bought it for him．I guess he got too busy on the farm to learn to play it．"

　　I had to practice half an hour every day, and every day I tried to get out of it．But Dad didn't allow．I asked why．He answered, "Because you can bring people joy．You can touch their hearts．" He added softly, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had：you'll play beautiful music for your family．And you'll understand why you've worked so hard．" I was speechless．

　　The lessons stopped after I finished high school．When I grew up, I got married and moved into a new house．I put the accordion in the attic(閣樓)．

　　One afternoon, my two children found the accordion by accident(偶然)．They got very excited．"Play it．Play it," they laughed and said．I started to play some simple songs．I was surprised I could still remember them．Soon the kids were dancing．Even my wife was laughing and clapping to the beat．

　　At that moment, my father's words came back to me, "Someday you'll have the chance I never had．And you'll understand．" I finally knew why Dad had asked me to practice hard．Dad never learnt to play his violin．But I told my family, "This is my father's music．"

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　　We use the Internet for many things：business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information, and so on．In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet．There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk．People don't like typing too much．To save time, they turn phrases(短語(yǔ))into a few letters called acronyms(首字母縮略詞)．Acronyms are often used in chat rooms．

　　Some of them are：

　　BTW(by the way)BRB(be right back)

　　LOL(laughing out loud)IMO(in my opinion)

　　People also use many abbreviations．They are shortened forms of words．Some common abbreviations are：

　　info(information)puter(computer)pic(picture) sec(second)

　　We usually don't see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings．Most people use their keyboards to draw “feeling”, such as：

　�。�)(happy) ：-((sad);　　：P(joking)：O(surprised)

　　These days, many forums have picture feelings．For example：

　　happy　sad　angry　cool

　　There are even whole new words, like ‘newbie'(someone who is new on a chat board or forum)．When you write something bad about someone else, it's called ‘flaming' the person．

　　It takes time to get used to e-talk．Also, different groups in the Net have their own special ways of communicating．Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean．As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change．

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　　There was a beautiful garden．Every year the king would go to the garden to decide which flower was the most beautiful one．

　　For the last few years, the rose was always Number One．Because of this, the rose Gulaab became arrogant．It would never let birds stay on its flower．Then all the birds started staying away from Gulaab．

　　Behind Gulaab, there was a little yellow flower．People called it Junglee．Junglee wasn't more beautiful than Gulaab, but it welcomed the birds to stay on its flower．All the birds in the garden liked it．

　　This year the king went to the garden as before．The gardener pointed at the rose and said to the king, “ Your favourite flower, my king．”

　　Of course, the king also saw the yellow flower behind it and asked, “What flower is that?”

　　“Oh! That's Junglee, a wild flower．”

　　“ I didn't see a flower like it before．There are so many birds on it．I think it's much more beautiful than the rose．It will be the King Flower of this year!” said the king．

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