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　　Look closely at your hands．Are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands, tiny microbes(微生物)still stay on them．But don't worry．Most microbes don't harm you．

　　Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints(指紋)could be used to indentify the criminal．

　　Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands．That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different．Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands．

　　When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard．The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it．Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away．

　　Noah Fierer, a scientist, says．"You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize(使無菌)a surface just by wiping(擦)it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool．

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　　Fish and apple soup'？Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is．This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the soup du jour in Chinese restaurants．Ingredients(serves 4)：

　　1．Whole fish

　　2 apples, quartered,

　　4-6 ginger slices(姜片)

　　1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces

　　1 red tomato, cut into 8 pierces, oil．salt and pepper

　　Methods：

　　1．Remove the bones from the fish．

　　2．Pour oil into a pan．Fly the ginger slices, and the spring onions Add the fish hones and oil．

　　3．Add enough water and boil it for about 15 to 20 minutes,

　　4．Add the apples, the fish and the tomato．When the apples go soft, ads salt and pepper,

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　　2011 is a special year all the people in Shenzhen．The 26th World Universiade will be held in the city from August 12th to 23rd．

　　As we all know, "Start Here'' is the slogan of this great event．Does anyone know that a new life of two giant pandas will start here as well?

　　Shenzhen is expecting the pair of pandas for the Summer Univcrsiade．The pandas, a male and a female from Wolong Panda Research Center in Sichuan Province, will be "Universiade Pandas", just like "Asian Games Pandas" and "Olympic Pandas"．

　　Shenzhen Safari Park will rebuild its panda house to welcome the pandas．The panda house has been empty since another panda, Yongba, 25．was returned to Sichuan in 2009 because it was too old．

　　How old are the Universiade Pandas? What are their names? What are they like? What are their living habits? We will find out the answers in June when they arrive．

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　　Mr．King worked in a factory．He liked playing soccer and spent much time on it, so he was sometimes late for work．His boss was so angry that he fired Mr．King．Mr．King couldn't find another job．Finally he got into trouble and lived a difficult life．

　　One of his friends felt sorry for turn and introduced him to a headmaster, whose school was just in need of swimming coach(教練)．Mr．King began to teach the school children to swim．He wasn't a good coach．Two months later, the children learned nothing．Few of them could swim．

　　It was a hot Saturday．The children wouldn't stay in the classroom and wanted to swim in the river．Mr．King failed to stop them．Before they started, he drew a red line below the knee of each child．He said to them, "Come out of the river at once if the water reaches the line．"

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　　Here are two stories from different parts of the world．They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!

　　John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with．There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman．Lee told the police he hadn't done it, but no one believed him and he was going to be hanged．On the day of the hanging, however, the door in the floor, through which Lee's body would fall, did not open．They tried three times but each time the door stayed closed, even though it had worked well the day before．In the end they sent Lee back to prison, where he lived for the next twenty-two years．At all times, John Lee said he hadn't killed the woman, and he believed it was the "hand of God" that had saved him from death by hanging．

　　The police in Venezuela(委內瑞拉)in South America followed a man home one night．He was the thief they wanted to catch．However, half of his house was standing in Venezuela and the other half was standing in Colombia(哥倫比亞)．Venezuela's neighbor．When the police entered the house, the man ran upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer(律師)．The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia so they could not enter the bedroom．They asked the police in Colombia to help．The Colombian police refused to help because the man's crime(罪行)was not a crime in Colombia．In the end, the Venezuelan police gave up and went back to the police station．

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Time Temp Glasses

　　Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses．These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye．It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature．

AlarmFork

　　Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Aren't you is(好奇的)? Well, this special fork has two lights：one green and one red．When the green is on, it's OK to eat a piece of food．The fork "knows" when you eat a piece, and soon the red goes on．Wait for the green light before you eat another piece．

Smell This

　　Sow do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It's difficult It)know, because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth．Smell This is useful for this ion．Smell This covers your nose and your mouth．Docs your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum(口香糖)?

Banana Suitcase(手提箱)

　　Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your bag lunch in the morning, and when pen the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it．If you put your banana Banana Suitcase, this will never happen．It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a m!

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　　Most people graduate from school and then get a job．Everyone wants a job that pays well．How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions：What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself：How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power．

　　In the United States, high school graduates make about ＄ 18,600 a year．If you do not finish high school, you make only ＄10,800 a year．You can make ＄7,800 more each year by staying in high school!

　　If you stay in school, then you can make more money．A person with a high school degree makes about ＄18,600 a year．If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor's degree(學士學位), he can make S42,000．With a master's degree(碩士學位), he can make about ＄53,000．If the person gets a PhD(博士學位), he can make almost ＄79,000 or more a year．

　　We can learn a very important, thing from this information．If you want to work and make more money, get a good education．