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　　In England winter is not very cold and summer is not very hot.There is not a great difference between summer and winter.Do you know why?

　　England has a mild(温和) winter and a cool summer because it is an island eountry.In winter the sea is warmer than the land.The winds from the sea bring warm air to England.In summer the sea is cooler than the land.The winds from the sea bring cool air to England.

　　The wet winds blow over England all the year.They blow from the southwest and also bring rain to England.So England has a lot of rain all the year.The west of England is wetter than the east.The winds must blow over the highland in the west.They leave more rain here.The east of England is drier than the west.

　　The four seasons are all three months long.Winter is in December,January and February.Spring lasts from March to May.Summer starts in June and goes on to August.Autumn is from September to November.

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　　Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice(杂交水稻), won the World Food Prize on Monday．Yuan developed the world first popular and widely known hybrid rice．Hybrid rice plants can make more rice than common ones．

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　　In 2005, Medvedev became the first deputy prime minister(第一副总理)．But he was as friendly as before．“He has not changed．He invited me to his home,”said Vera Smirnova, Medvedev’s first teacher．“In Russia, only two politicians(政治家)have invited their first teachers to their homes, Medvedev and Putin．”

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In Britain the weather never gets too hot or too cold. There is not a great difference between summer and winter. Why is this?

Britain has a warm winter and a cool summer because it is an island country. In winter the sea is warmer than the land. The winds from the sea bring warm air to Britain. In summer the sea is cooler than the land. The winds from the sea bring cool air to Britain.The winds from the west blow over Britain all the year. They blow from the southwest across the Atlantic Ocean(大西洋). They are wet winds. They bring rain to Britain all the year. The west of Britain is wetter than the east. The winds must blow across the high land in the west. The east of Britain is drier than the west.

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