A man was tired of living in his old house in the country and wanted to sell it and buy a better one．He tried to sell it for a long time but was not successful．So at last he decided to solve the problem by using an estate agent(财产经纪人)．

　　The agent advertised(为……做广告)the house, and a few days later, the owner saw a very attractive photograph of it, with a wonderful description(描述)of its gardens, in an expensive magazine．

　　After the house owner had read the advertisement through, he hastened to telephone the estate agent and said to him,“I’m sorry, Mr．Jones, but I’ve decided not to sell my house after all．After reading your advertisement in that magazine．I can see that it’s just the kind of house I’ve wanted to live in all my life．”

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　　Football is the most popular game in England：one has only to go to one of the important matches to see this．Rich or poor, young or old, one can see them all there, shouting for one side of the other．

　　To a stranger, one of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have．He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams; he has pictures of them and knows the results of large numbers of matches．He will tell you who he expects to win in such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as good as that of men three of four times his age．

　　In England, it is believed that education is not only a matter of filling the boy’s mind with facts in the classroom; education also means the training of character; and one of the best ways of training character is by means of games．Where the boy and girl have to learn to work with others for his team, instead of for himself alone．

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　　The vitamins(维生素)are named by letters of the alphabet(字母表)．Vitamin A is needed by the eyes．There is Vitamin A in milk, butter, and green vegetables．It can be kept by the body．

　　Vitamin B cannot be kept．It must be supplied all the time by some of the food we eat．

　　Vitamin C is very important to the body．Without it men’s teeth become loose(松的)and their arms and legs get weak．Lemons(柠檬), oranges and tomatoes have Vitamin C in them．

　　Vitamin D is the sun vitamin．We get it in milk and eggs and from sunlight on our skin(皮)．There are other Vitamins, but these A, B, C and D, are the most important．

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　　For many years Henry had been a journalist．He had worked on many international newspapers and magazines and traveled all over the world．

　　Henry had witnessed wars and natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes and erupting volcanoes(火山爆发)．

　　He had reported on serious accidents such as major fires and airline crashes．

　　He had seen every kind of terrible crime and strange event there was．

　　He had met and written about some of the most unusual people in the world．

　　In fact, there wasn’t much that Henry had not seen or done．

　　Now he was retired from journalism(新闻业)．He owned a very expensive restaurant and spent his days talking to his wealthy and important customers．He liked to say that nothing surprised him．

　　One day he was sitting at the bar in his restaurant when a big gorilla walked in and asked for a table．

　　Henry showed no surprise．He took the gorilla to a table and handed him a menu．He treated him politely and pretended there was nothing at all strange about having a gorilla in his restaurant．

　　The gorilla looked through the menu and ordered a salad．

　　Henry served the gorilla his salad personally, knowing that his waiters and waitresses would be too frightened．

　　At last the gorilla finished his salad and asked for the bill．

　　Henry wrote out the bill and handed it to the big animal．

　　The gorilla studied it, shook his head sadly, then gave Henry fifty dollars．

　　“Thank you”, Henry said, and then to make conversation he added,“We don’t get many gorillas in this restaurant．”

　　“At fifty dollars for a salad,”the gorilla said,“I’m not surprised．”

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　　Today it seems perfectly natural for us to shake hands when we greet someone or say goodbye．But like so many things that we do without thinking such actions at one time probably represented something．

　　For example, in primitive(原始的)life the hand was used to fight enemies, kill animals, and make spears and tools．So when the hand was extended to someone, it showed that the person was not armed or ready for fight．

　　We know that the hand was an important symbol in early religion, probably as a mark of power．The Greeks prayed to their gods with raised hands．Presenting the hands palm to palm was at one time the way an inferior(身份低的)person paid respect to a superior(身份高的)one．

　　Among the Arabs, it was customary at one time to kiss the hand of a superior．Later on, polite Arabs began to resist the efforts of people to kiss their hands, and sometimes they would end up shaking hands as each tried to prevent the other from showing this mark of“inferiority(下级)．”

　　The early Greeks held out the right hand when they wished to show friendship to a stranger．So we can see that the hand, and what was done with it, was full of meaning to people down through the ages．And while we shake hands without thinking, we are really carrying on a custom that has been handed down to us from ancient times．

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　　Every day we go to school and listen to the teacher, and the teacher will ask some questions．Sometimes, the classmates will ask your opinions of the work of the class．When you are telling others in the class what you have found out about these topics, remember that they must be able to hear what you are saying．You are not taking part in a family conversation or having a chat with friends－-you are in a slightly unnatural situation where a large group of people will remain silent, waiting to hear what you have to say．You must speak so that they can hear you－-loudly enough and clearly enough but without trying to shout or appearing to force yourself．

　　Remember, too, that it is the same if you are called to an interview whether it is with a professor of your school or a government official who might meet you．The person you are seeing will try to put you at your ease but the situation is somewhat different from that of a ordinary conversation．You must take special care that you can be heard．

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　　If there is one thing I’m quite sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers．Not that newspapers are a necessity．Even now some people get most of the news from the television or have the radio switched on in the background or in the car, many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday．But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation．

　　The basic British character won’t change, and one of the characteristics of the British is that we don’t much like talking to each other when we get up．So what better way is there to keep yourself thinking in the morning than to wrap yourself in a newspaper?

　　Over the past couple of centuries, human beings have developed a close relationship with the newspaper．It has become as natural as breathing or enjoying the sun．And it is not just the British who love newspapers．On Suburban trains in Calcutta．For instance, just one person in the whole car will buy a newspaper and read aloud the best bits to his fellow passengers, much to everyone’s enjoyment．

　　The nature of what is news may change．What essentially makes news is what affects our lives and the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same．I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though．It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering(基因工程)．In the future I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do——whether it’s love or depressions we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are．

　　It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from the national equivalents of Fleet Street(伦敦的舰队街，以报馆集中而著称)and printed out in our own homes．In fact, I’m pretty sure that is how it will happen in future．You’ll probably select from a menu, making up your own bespoke newspaper by picking out the things you want to read．You might even have an intelligent screening device to do the job for you．

　　I think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different media．They actually have a relationship, feeding off each other．It was once predicted that television would kill off newspapers, which hasn’t happened．What is read on the printed page is more enduring than pictures on a flickering screen or sound lost in the sky．And as for the internet, it’s never really satisfying to read something just on a screen．

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　　When 70-year-old Bernie Meyers of Wilmette, Ill, died suddenly a cancer, his eight-year-old granddaughter Sarah Meyers didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to him．For weeks Sarah said little about what she was feeling．But then one day she came home from a friend’s birthday party with a bright helium balloon(氦气球)．“She went into the house,”her mother recalls,“and came out carrying the balloon and an envelope addressed to ‘Grandpa Bernie, in Heaven Up High．’”

　　The envelope contained a letter in which Sarah told her grandfather that she loved him and hoped somehow he could hear her．Sarah wrote her return address on the envelope, tried the envelope to the balloon and let it go．“The balloon seemed so fragile,”her mother remembers．“I didn’t think it would make it pass the trees．But it did．”

　　Two months passed．Then one day a letter arrived addressed to“Sarah Meyers’ Family”and bearing(盖有)a York, Pa(宾州)post mark．

　　“Dear Sarah, family & friends,

　　Your letter to Grandpa Bernie Meyers safely reached the address and was read by him．I understand they can’t keep material things up there, so it drifted back to Earth．Those who live in Heaven just keep thoughts, memories, love and things like that．Sarah, whenever you think about your grandpa, he know and is very close by with love．

　　Sincerely yours

　　Don Kopp(also a grandpa)

　　Kopp, a 63-year-old retired clerk, had found the letter and the nearly deflated balloon while hunting in northeastern Pennsylvania(宾夕法尼亚州)——almost 600 miles from Wilmette．The balloon had floated over at least three states and one of the Great Lakes before coming to rest on a tree．

　　“Though it took me a couple of days to think of what to say,”Kopp notes,“it was important to me that I write to Sarah．”

　　“I just wanted to hear from Grandpa somehow,”says Sarah．“Now I think I have heard from him．”

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　　In the United States 84 colleges now accept just women．Most of them were established in the 19^th century; they were designed to offer women the education they could not receive anywhere else．At that time major universities and colleges accepted only men．In the past 20 years many young women have chosen to study at colleges that accept both men and women．As a result, some women’s colleges decided to accept men students, too．Others, however, refused to change．Now these schools are popular again．

　　The president of Trinity College in Washington, D．C．said that by the end of the 1980s women began to recognize that studying at the same school with men did not mean women were having an equal chance to learn．The president of Smith College in Massachusetts says a women’s college permits women to choose classes and activities freely．For example, she says that in a women’s college a higher percentage of students studies mathematics than in a college with both men and women．

　　Educational experts say men students in the United States usually speak in class more than women students do．In a women’s college, women feel free to say what they think．Women’s schools also bring out leadership capabilities in many women．Women are represented everywhere．For example, at a women’s college every governing office is held by a woman．Recent studies reportedly show this leadership continues after college．The studies show that American women who went to women’s colleges are more likely to hold successful jobs later in life．

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　　About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation．At one point the woman asked,“So, how have you been?”And the boy－who could not have been more than seven or eight years old－replied,“Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately．”

　　This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing．As for as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were“depressed”, that is, in low spirit, until we were in high school．

　　Undoubtedly, a change in children has increased steadily in recent years．Children don’t seem childlike any more．Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults, and behave more like adults than they used to．

　　Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, buy it certainly is different．Childhood as it once was on longer exists．Why?

　　Human development is depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge．Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets the new social positions．Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders．

　　In the last 30 years, however, a secret revelation(揭示)machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes．It is called television．Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults．Unable to resist the temptation(诱惑), many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures．

　　Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain．Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials．

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