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　　It's important to learn about protecting our environment．Here is a 5R rule for us：

　　If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely．Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper．If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left．Other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with the waste in big cities．So it is necessary to reduce the waste

　　You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out．Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor．With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters．

　　Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled．By doing so, we save lots of time and money．For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat(壓平)and melted(融化)and the melted things are made for new coke cans．

　　When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten(腐爛的)apples．You have two choices：one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts．In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food．

5．Repair

　　If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away．If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair．It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society(社會)．But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment．Every one of us should try our best．

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　　For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”．But people may ask the question “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashion” in the same way：“She was wearing a fashionable coat．” “His shirt was really a fashionable colour．”

　　But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes．There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books．There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs … and in languages．

　　Fashions change very quickly as time goes．This is natural．We hear about things much more quickly than in the past．Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes．

　　New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion．

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　　Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White's home before going home．Grandpa White's was at the end of the road．Bob liked Grandpa White．He was often waiting for him near the front gate with sweets or a nice cake．Besides, He often asked Bob about things he was doing, what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do．

　　The thing that Bob didn't like about Grandpa was his never-ending stories about his boyhood(童年)in California．Bob was never asked to hear about Grandpa's boyhood, but he couldn't get away．

　　After Grandpa's wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever．He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the newspapers．Grandpa seemed to have all day, and Bob was often late giving newspapers to his customers(訂報者)．Bob didn't want to complain, but the customers were unhappy．

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　　The clock struck(敲)eleven at night．The whole house was quiet．Everyone was in bed except me．Under the strong light, I looked sadly at a huge pile(堆)of those trouble things－books．

　　I was going to have my exam the next day．“When can I go to bed?” I asked myself．I didn't answer．And I could not．The clock struck twelve．“Oh, dear! Ten more books to read before I go to bed!” We students are the most wretched ones in the world．Dad does not agree with me on this．He did not have to work so hard when he was a boy．

　　The clock struck one．I was quite hopeless now．I forgot all I did learn．I was too tired to go on．I did the only thing I could．I prayed(祈禱), “My god, please let me pass the exam tomorrow．I will work hard next time, Amen．” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them．A few minutes later, with my head on the books, I fell asleep．

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World Future Society

　　People may live for up to 120 years and use new technology to help when people go blind, deaf and have other problems．The number of people over a hundred years old could go from 135,000 today to 2.2 million people by 2050．By 2015 people think that 100 million workers will be able to work from home for a company in a different country by using the Internet．

　　Worldwide e-business will become even more successful with online shops that sell special products for each person, which will be brought to their house the next day．

　　The technology for making energy from wind and the Sun is growing very quickly．In the future wind and Sun energy could become much cheaper and many more countries could use it．This would be very useful in poor countries．The air in big cities would also become much cleaner and healthier as a result．

　　The Internet will help to create more worldwide friendships．Families may spend more time together as people will be able to do 24-hour online banking and shopping．

　　The new science of “nanotechnology”(very small robots or machines)will make all sorts of products smaller and lighter．Very, very small machines could take away rubbish, make things in factories, and help inside the human body by taking away fat．By 2012 people will be able to wear these small machines that look like watches, which will give them lots of information about their body and keep them healthy．

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　　Your computer has been playing music for years, one CD at a time．Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC if they' re in the MP3 format(格式)．

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　　John：Here's a good shop．Shall we buy mother's birthday present here?

　　Mary：Yes, that's a good idea．Shall we go inside?

　　Tom：No．Let's look in the window．Shall we buy her a sweater?

　　Anne：Er, no．It'll soon be summer．Let's buy her a blouse to wear．There's a nice one in the window．

　　John：No, she has two blouses．Let's buy a ring．

　　Mary：Oh, no! They're diamond rings．Look at the price．The cheapest is ＄15．

　　John：A real diamond ring is at least ＄500．They only look like diamonds．

　　Tom：Shall we buy a table? It's only ＄15．

　　Anne：It doesn't look good, just like a big box．Mum likes chairs．

　　Tom：But they haven't any here．

　　Mary：What about a pen? So cheap! Only ＄10．

　　John：She has a lot of pens and pencils．All of them are new．

　　Tom：Oh, look here．These flowers are beautiful．

　　Mary：They aren't real and will never die．

　　John：And they're the cheapest of all these things．Yes, let's buy them．

　　Anne：All right．

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　　After returning from her round trip, the angry woman stood outside the ticket office of the station．“The railway owes me 12 pounds,” she said to Harry Jenks, the young man working at the office．“You sold me a ticket for May 22nd, but there was no ship from Jersey that night．So my daughter and I had to stay in a hotel．It cost me 12 pounds．”

　　Harry was worried．He remembered selling the woman a return ticket．“Come into the office, Madam,” he said politely．“I'll just check the Jersey timetable for May 22nd．” The woman and her little girl followed him inside．She was quite right, as Harry soon discovered．There was no sailing on May 22nd．How could he have made such a careless mistake? He shouldn't have sold her a ticket for that day．Wondering what to do, he smiled at the child．“You look sun burnt,” he said to her．“Did you have a nice holiday in Jersey?”

　　“Yes,” she answered, shyly．“The beach was lovely．And I can swim too!”

　　“That's fine,” said Harry．“My little girl can't swim a bit yet．Of course, she's only three…”

　　“I'm four,” the child said proudly．“I'll be four and a half．”

　　Harry turned to the mother．“I remember your ticket, Madam,” he said．“But you didn't get one for your daughter, did you?”

　　“Er, well…” the woman looked at the child．“I mean…she hasn't started school yet, she's only four．”

　　“A four-year-old child must have a ticket, Madam．A child's return ticket to Jersey costs…let me see…13.50 pounds．The law is the law, but since the mistake is mine…．”

　　The woman stood up, took the child's hand and left the office．

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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 roads 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 will feel happy, too．All these are your happiness．If you notice 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 cannot 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 chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person．

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