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　　“Who has more questions, a teacher or a student?” About this question a great learned man told his student that nobody does but a teacher．

　　The student got puzzled．With a smile, the teacher drew two circles(圆)．Within(在……里面)the larger one is my knowledge of things, and within the smaller one is yours．Out of the circles is still unknown to both of us．Since mine is larger, as you can see, the line that marks out the circle is longer．That makes it clear that who has more chances(机会)to face something still unknown．

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　　In almost every big university(大学)in the United States, football is a favourite sport．American football is different．Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it．They try to take it to the other end of the field．They have four chances(机会)to move the ball ten yards(码)．They can carry it or they can throw it．If they move the ball ten yards, they can try to move it another ten yards．If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points(点．

　　It is difficult to move the ball．Eleven men on the other team try to stop the man with the ball．If he does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball the other team．

　　Each university wants its own team to win．Many thousands of people come to watch．They all shout for their favourite team．

　　Young men and women come on the field to help the people shout more．They dance and jump while they shout．

　　Each team plays ten or eleven games each season．

　　The season begins in September and ends in November．If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends．The best teams play again on January 1, the first day of the New Year．Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV．

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　　Now satellites are helping to forecast(预报)the weather．They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world．The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气), because this is where the weather forms(形成)．They send these pictures to the weather stations．So meteorologists(气象学家)can see the weather of any part of the world．From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change．

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures．When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare(比较)them with earlier ones．Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours．This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too．In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this．

　　So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists．Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours．Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days．Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前)．

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To find out whether bees can see colours, the following experiment is made. A table is put in a garden, and on the table is a blue card with some sugar on it. As soon as one bee finds the sugar, many more come to it one after another in a short time. It seems that one bee is able to tell the news of food to the other bees in their “ home”. After a moment, the blue card with sugar on it is taken away. Instead of this card, another blue card is now put on the left side of the first feeding place and a red card to its right. Nothing can be seen on the two cards. Very soon bees arrive again, and fly towards the blue card. No bees go to the red card.

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　　On Christmas Eve－the night before Christmas Day－children all over Britain put a stocking at the end of their beds before they go to sleep．Their parents usually tell them that Father Christmas will come during the night．

　　Father Christmas is very kind and hearted．He gets to the top of each house and climbs down the chimney into the fireplace．He fills each of the stockings with Christmas presents．

　　Of course, Father Christmas isn't real．In Jim and Kate's house, "Father Christmas" is really Mr Green．Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney．He waits until the children are asleep．Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms and fills their stockings with small presents．When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes wore a red coat．But he doesn't do that now．The children are no longer young, and they know who "Father Christmas" really is．But they still put their stockings at the end of their beds．

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　　Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends．They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain．So they can help each other．But neither of them likes to use his head．They're both poor though they work hard．Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses．They never find out why．

　　Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife．In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive．He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back．They decided to carry some apples to the city．They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor．Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived．A few days later they had to sell them at a low price(价格)．They felt unhappy and returned to their village．

　　"I can't understand why we sustained(蒙受)losses in business while others always profit(盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day．

　　"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking．"We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

　　"I agree!" said Uncle Li．"How foolish(傻的)we were !"

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　　One of the things to be learnt in a foreign language is guessing all the time what kind of thing to come when listening to someone talking．People do this all the time in their own language, so it is necessary(必要的)to do this in a foreign language, too．Here are some examples．

　　1．"What's the matter?" "I went to a party last night, so I…"

　　2．"I feel so tired these days．"" I think you'd better…"

　　3．"Of course, she never stops talking．She is one of the most…"

　　You can see from the above three examples that the context(上下文)helps a lot in understanding what is being talked about．So "guessing "is very important in understanding English, especially(尤其)spoken English．

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　　Mr Brown was going away for a week．Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea．"

　　"OK, Dad," said his son．But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him．His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then．

　　Four days passed, but no one came to see his father．The boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening．

　　The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door．The boy opened it．A man was standing at the door and said, "Where is your father?" The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper．He could not find it．He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, "No more．"

　　The man was very surprised．He asked, "No more? I met your father last week．When did it happen?"

　　"Burnt yesterday evening．"

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　　In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience(经历)four seasons in one day．In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring．An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard．The weather gets a little cold．In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day．

　　In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer．So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes．

　　When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella(伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them．

　　If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret(后悔)later in the day．

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　　Dick lived in England．One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there．" "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked．"I don't know yet．" Dick answered．"Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报)," his wife said．"All right," Dick answered．

He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city．He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram．He put the address of his hotel in it．

　　In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema．He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner．"

　　He found a taxi(出租车)and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel．

　　"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know．So Dick got out and went into a post office．There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office．"

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