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A boy who was cleaning shoes in the street said to a young man passing by,“Let me clean your shoes．”The young man said,“No, thank you．”“You may pay me only a pound, sir．”said the boy．But the young man refused again．Then the boy told him that he would clean his shoes for nothing．The young man agreed to this, and soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．The man put the other shoe on the boy, but the boy refused to clean it unless he was paid two pounds for his work．The young man refused to pay anything and went away．But the dirty one looked so bad that he couldn't walk away．He had to turn back and gave the boy two pounds．In a very short time his shoes shone brightly．

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Paul got on the bus to go to the town．It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five minutes．Then some of the passengers got off．Paul sat down next to a fat lady．She had several shopping bags, and Paul didn't have much room on the seat．At last the bus got to the town．All the passengers started to get off．Paul was very polite, so he stood up to let the fat lady get off before him．She said,“Thank you．”Then she tried to get out of the seat with all her bags．But she couldn't move．She was stuck! Paul had to push the lady．The conductor pulled her．Finally they got her free but she wasn't pleased．“I'll write to the bus company,”she said．“I'll tell them not to make buses with such small seats．”

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A friend of mine was fond of drawing horse．He drew the horses very well, but he always began at the tail．Now it is the Western rule to begin at the head of the horse, that is why I was surprised．It struck me that it could not really make any difference whether the artist begins at the head or the tail or the belly(肚子)or the foot of the horse, if he really knows his business．And most great artists who really know their business do not follow other people's rule．They make their own rules．Every one of them does his work in a way peculiar(奇特的)to himself; and the peculiarity means only that he finds it more easy to work in that way．Now the very same thing is true to literature(文學(xué))．And the question,“How shall I begin?”only means that you want to begin at the head instead of beginning at the tail or somewhere else．That is, you are not yet experienced(有經(jīng)驗的)enough to trust to your own powers．When you become more experienced you will never ask the question, and I think that you will often begin at the tail－that is to say, you will write the end of the story before you have even thought of the beginning．

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　　People at home keep asking me,“Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?”Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn：there are so many people to talk to．You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language．Today it's also one of the most written languages online．And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning．You just have to know where to look for them．

　　The really good place to look for them is QQ．QQ has the same status(地位)in China as AIM(AOL Instant Messenger)does in the US．It is reported that at any moment, up to 9, 000, 000 people are using QQ．They're at work, or in a web café(網(wǎng)吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found．If you sign on with your address set to“abroad”, you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English．I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact．

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　　Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life．Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning．Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world．

　　Sometimes we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so just take a quick look at the front page．At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(標(biāo)題)of the articles．

　　Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world．We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers．

　　Some newspapers are published(出版)once a week, but most of them are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers．Some like world news, and others prefer short stories．They just choose what they are interested in．

　　Today newspapers in English have the largest number of readers in the world．The English language is so popular that many Chinese students read English newspapers such as China Daily and 21st Century．The Internet also brings us more and more information．

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　　Albert Einstein was born in Germany in 1879．As a boy he was not happy in school．He seemed to be slower than others and he often failed in his exams．Most of his teachers did not like him．His parents, however, loved him very much．They often said to the teachers,“Albert is a bright boy．He failed in some of the exams because he had no interest in those subjects．”They believed their son would do something great．One day, the Einsteins and their friends were having a picnic by the riverside．Someone said,“See how the other children play and laugh, but not Albert．He just sits and looks at the river．”Albert's mother heard this and said,“Albert is quiet, because he's thinking．Let's wait and see．He'll become a great scientist, I believe．”

　　She was right．Later he became one of the greatest scientists in the world．He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921．

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　　Many children love to play with snow in winter．But Long Chuan has come to hate it．

　　This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms(遭受暴風(fēng)雪)for nearly a month．The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity(電)tower and turned tap water to ice．

　　Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water．“I couldn't ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school．I can't remember how many times I slipped(滑倒)on the hard ice,”said Long Chuan．

　　Long is not alone．This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity．The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people．They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan．

　　Experts(專家)say a special type of climate condition(氣候條件), La Nina, caused the storms．During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean(太平洋)near the equator(赤道)becomes colder than usual．It changes the weather around the world．

　　Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter．The special climate caused the recent flooding(洪水)in Australia, too．

　　However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment(環(huán)境)．Global warming(全球變暖)may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often．

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　　Mr Robinson worked in Africa(非洲)．His son was born there．His name was John．One winter Mr and Mrs Robinson went England, and they took John there．John was seven years old then．One day it snowed．The boy went into the garden, and he played in the snow．He said,“Snow is very beautiful, but it is very cold．”Then he said,“What is this? It is a big, round piece of glass．It is beautiful, but it is very cold, too．”But it was not glass．It was ice．It was on a bucket(桶)of water．John said,“Who put this glass here? I am going to take it into the house．”

　　He took the ice to his father and said,“This is a beautiful piece of glass, but it is very cold and wet．It was on a bucket of water in the garden．”Mr Robinson smiled and said,“Take it to the kitchen(廚房), put it in front of the stove(爐子)there, and dry(弄干)it．”The boy took the ice to the kitchen and put it in front of the stove．He dried(弄干)his hands, because they were very cold and wet, and then he went to the ice again．He looked at it, and then he took it to his father again．He said,“I put this glass in front of the stove, but it does not get drier．It becomes wetter and smaller．”

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　　Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself．He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died．Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be 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 market(市場)．”The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked．Then they met two old women,“What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired the boy is?”So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead．Next, three old men stopped them, one said,“Why are you walking, farmer?”“Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today,”So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on．

　　Some time later, a young woman passed them,“Why aren't you walking?”she asked,“It isn't far to the market．Give your poor horse a rest．”So the farmer, and his son, got down once again．It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time．

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A long time ago people thought that the sun went round the earth．In some countries people even said that the sun was a god(神)．They thought the god drove across the sky each day on a golden horse．Now we know the earth goes round the sun．It takes the earth a year to go all way round the sun．Today men even know how far it is for the earth to go round the sun．They tell us that the earth travels over a thousand miles a minute on its journey round the sun．The sun is really a star．It is much bigger than the earth and it is very hot．Some people have been to the moon but we know that no one can ever go to the sun．It is far too hot for people to live anywhere near it．The sun is three hundred thousand times heavier than the earth and more than million times larger．

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