Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world．An Arab traveler in the year 900 wrote that it was played“long long ago”．Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400．The name“chess”is interesting．When one player is attacking the other's king, he says, in English,“chess”．When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says“check mate(将死)”．These words come from Persian(波斯语)．It means“the king is dead”．That is when the game is over, and one player has won．

　　Such an old game changes very slowly．The rules have not always been the same as they are now．For example, at one time the queen could only move one square(方块) at a time．Now she is the strongest piece on the board．It would be interesting to know why this has happened!Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people．You don't have to be a winner in order to enjoy it．It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table．The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio．Some people are able to play many people at the same time．One man played 400 games!It is said that some people play chess by post．This must make chess the slowest game in the world．

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　　Why do we need to throw less away?There are two reasons．One is that some resources(资源)are nonrenewable(不可再生的)That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world．One example of this is oil．When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more．

　　There is another reason for throwing less away．All of our trash has to be put somewhere．Often, it is put into garbage dumps(垃圾场)．Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years．The dumps will be filled up with all this trash．

　　There are three ways to cut down on trash．

　　One way is to recycle．When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used again．Old newspaper may become paper bags．A glass jar can be melted(熔化)and made into a bottle．

　　Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things．You can wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard(芥末酱)or something else．

　　The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, stop buying thing that you don’t need in the first place．That reduce the amount of the earth’s resources that you use．

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　　Which of your hands do you use most?Very few of us use both of our hands well．Most of us use our right hands well．Only about five people out of a hundred are left-handed．New-born babies can take things with either of their hands, but in about two years they like to use their right hands．

　　Scientists don’t know why this happens．They have studied it．They think of our animal ancestors(祖先)in the animal worlds．Scientists have found that monkeys like to use one of their hands more than the other but it can be either hand．there are so many right-handed ones．Next time you visit the zoo, watch the monkeys carefully．You’ll see that some of them will swing from their right hands and the others will use their left hands．But most human beings use their right hands better and many tolls are made for the right-handed people, and this makes life difficult for the left-hand-handed ones．We live in a right-handed world．

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　　Have you wondered what David Beekham will do when he stops playing?He already has a good plan for his life．The 31-year-old star opened his football school, David Beekham Academy(学校)in London．It’s the largest sporting facility(设施)of its kind in Europe and will provide football training for up to 15,000 children a year．

　　It has two full-size football field, classroom, a dining hall and medical facilities for boys and girls between the age of 8 and 15．

　　Beckham hopes the academy will produce future professional footballers, but he also says that it is just for fun and for the children to enjoy themselves．

　　However, Beckham still decides to continue playing at the highest level in the near future．

　　“ This school is for my future, for after I finish playing．I will come here as much as I can when I get a break, but the most important thing is my playing career,” he said．

　　“ I want to play as long as my legs can take me．I don’t want to stop playing, but if it comes to a point where I can’t do it at the top level any more, then I will stop．But for me, I want to keep playing for Real Madrid and keep playing for England as long as I can．”

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　　The Internet is becoming important in our life．How much do you know about it?

　　What is the Internet?

　　The Internet is a large, worldwide collection(聚集)of computer networks(网)．A network is a small group of computers put together．The Internet is many different networks from all over the world．These networks are called the Internet．Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can do a lot of interesting things on the World Wide Web．

　　What is the World Wide Web?

　　The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet．The Web is like a big electronic(电子的)book with millions of pages．These pages are called homepages(主页)．You can find information(信息)about almost anything in the world on these pages．For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework．You can also find information about your favorite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages．Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music．

　　What is e-mail?

　　Electronic mail is a way of sending messages to other people．It’s much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter．If you want to use e-mail, you must have an e-mail address．This address must have letters and dots(点)and an ‘@’(meaning ‘at’)．This is what an address looks like：Emily@star.net．Write a message, type(打字)in the person’s e-mail address, then send the message across the Internet．People don’t need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet．Quick, easy and interesting－that’s the Internet!

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