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　　On my way to lunch today, I saw an old man sitting on a park bench, crying his heart out．I was surprised, so I stopped and asked him what was wrong．

　　“I have a 22-year-old wife at home．She makes lots of delicious food for me, like pancakes, fresh fruit and hot coffee, ” he said slowly．

　　“Well, then why are you crying? ” I asked．

　　“ She makes me delicious soup for lunch, cleans the house and then watches sports on TV with me for the rest of the afternoon, ” he added．

　　It sounded like his wife was a very good person．“Well, what are you crying for? ” I asked again．

　　“For dinner she makes me a great meal with wine and my favorite dessert．”

　　“Well then, why in the world would you be crying? ”

　　“I just can't remember where I live, ” he answered sadly．

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　　One day, a tiger saw a frog(青蛙)．He had never seen a frog before．He said, “I want to eat you．But first tell me who you are．”

　　The frog said, “I'm the king(國(guó)王)of the frogs! I can do all kinds of wonderful things．”

　　“Really? ” said the tiger．“Can you show me what you can do? ”

　　“All right．Let's jump across the river．I can jump longer than you．”answered the frog．

　　They came to the river, The tiger jumped across it．He was surprised to see the frog was in front of him．

　　“I'm waiting for you, Mr Tiger．”said the frog, laughing．

　　While the tiger was ready for his jump．the frog held(拉)the tiger's tail(尾巴)and got some tiger's hair in his mouth．But the tiger didn't know．

　　“Why do you have some tiger's hair in your mouth? ”asked the tiger．

　　“Oh”．said the frog, “Yesterday I killed(殺)a tiger and ate him．”

　　After hearing that, the tiger ran away quickly．

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　　One day, I heard that I had a baby sister．I didn't think much about how to communicate with my sister that first year because she was a baby and babies don't do much talking．Later, the family found she couldn't hear anything．So my family began learning sign language．But I didn't like it, and I did my own things．My parents spent hours with my sister teaching her and themselves by playing sign language games．

　　Years passed．One day my mother asked me to sign something, but I failed．My mom felt very sorry．She was so sad that I didn't care enough about my sister．This hit me deeply, knowing how selfish I was．I needed to talk to my sister, but I couldn't even sign easy words like, “Where are you? ” Then my family and I started going to sign language classes at my sister's school．We sat down as a family watching sign language movies and playing sign language games．

　　Today I can communicate very well with my sister．It brings a smile to my face when my sister signs something to me．I have realized it was no fun not knowing what my family was saying．So if you have a family member with special needs, put this person in your mind first．

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　　IN ancient languages, the seven days of the week were named after the sun, the moon, and the five planets that ancient people knew about(luckily, they only knew about five planets then, or our weeks would be much longer)．

　　There is a good reason that in English “Sunday” has the word “sun” in it．Sunday seems to be everyone's favorite day of the week．It makes sense that it's named after everyone's favorite thing in the sky! Do any other weekday names sound like astrological(占星的)words? How about“Monday

　　”and “moon”, or “Saturday” and “Saturn”?

　　If you learn French or Spanish, you will see even more planets in the names of the days of the week．The languages are rooted in Latin(拉丁文)and the Latin names match the planet names for all seven days．

　　English is a strange language．It is very confusing．The days of the week are a perfect example of this confusion．A few are from Latin, and a few are from German．“Tuesday” is named after a German God：Tiw(Tiw's day)．Friday is named after a German Goddess(女神)：Freya．

　　English words change spelling, meaning and roots that are based on wars and kings．That's why English is so hard to learn! Learning the names of the days of the week can be like a history lesson in itself!

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　　A young man in Japan wanted to be a great artist．He thought that he must study with the best teacher who lived many miles away．After traveling for several days, he arrived at the school and then visited the teacher．“What do you wish to learn from me? ” the teacher asked．

　　“I want you to teach me your art and help me become one of the best artists in the country, ” the young man replied．“How long must I study? ”

　　“Ten years at least．” The teacher answered．

　　The guy thought, “Ten years is a lot of time．I don't have that much time．”

　　So he asked the teacher, “What if I study twice as hard as everyone else does? How long would it take then? ”

　　“Then it would take twenty years, ” replied the teacher．

　　The guy thought, “That's even longer! I don't want to spend twenty years learning something．Certainly if I try really hard I could learn it much quicker．”

　　So the student asked again, “What if I practice day and night with all my effort? How long would it take? ”

　　“Thirty years, ” the teacher answered．The young student wondered why the teacher kept telling him that it would take longer．

　　He asked the teacher, “Why is it that each time I said I would work harder, you told me that it would take longer? ”

　　“The answer is simple．With one eye looking at your destination(目的地), there is only one eye left with which to find the way, ” the teacher said．

　　Any endeavor(嘗試)takes effort, but it also takes patience．If we have one without the other, we get off balance(平衡)．With only effort, we try and try but get frustrated(失落的)when we do not see results as fast as we would like, or we get tired very quickly．With only patience and no effort, we never really put our full attention to a task．This is as true with school work．

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　　Doctor Seuss was born in 1904．By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world．His books are very popular with young readers．They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants．

　　In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read．The report said many children's books were not interesting．Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read．He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish．He did not receive training in art．Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books．

　　In 1957, Dr．Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat．He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it．It was a fun story and easy to read．Children loved it．Their parents loved it, too．Today it is still one of the stories they like best．The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children．In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words．The book is called Green Eggs and Ham．

　　In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize(普利策獎(jiǎng))．He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents．

　　He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains．Millions of his books have been sold worldwide．People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read．Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages．Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children．I write for people．

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　　Once there was a piano player in a bar．People came just to hear him play．But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song．

　　"I don't sing, " said the man．

　　But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano．I want the player to sing!

　　The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!

　　So he did．He had never sung in public before．Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

　　He had talent(天賦)he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar．But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US．His name was Nat King Cole．

　　You, too, have skills and abilities．You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think．With hard work, most skills can be improved．Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent．

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Mr．Gregory Gale is one of the few people in England who are 100 years old．On the day of his birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk．A few days later a radio reporter came to his house and asked him if he had any “secrets of long life”．This is what Mr．Gale said, “No, I don't know any secrets like that, but there are a few simple rules of good life．I’ve always kept them all my life．The first is this： Don't listen to those fools who tell you to give up all the pleasures of life! The second is to enjoy all the pleasures of life in moderation(節(jié)制)．For example, I’ve always smoked a few good cigars every day．Not many, mind you! Only two or three! I’ve always also drunk a little good wine with my meals, perhaps two or three glasses．The third rule is to take a little exercise every day．I’ve taken a little and on Saturdays I’ve played a little tennis or golf．”

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　　①A new Long March(長(zhǎng)征)

　　Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15．They will walk about 8，000 kilometres from Ruijin, Jiangxi to Wuqi, Shanxi．They hope to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school．They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012．

　　②The football team

　　The Chinese under-17 football team is No．1 in Asia．They won the Asian U-17 Championship(亞洲U-17錦標(biāo)賽)in Japan on Saturday．They beat the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(朝鮮)by 1∶0．After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong got the only goal．They took the cup for the first time in 12 years．

　�、跮iu leaves China

　　Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor(《流星》)。He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep．His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him．Liu was worried about his English, and worked hard on it before he left．People know him from films like last year's “Mei Ren Cao”。

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