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　　Jack London is a famous American writer．He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California．His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money．He worked hard in many different jobs．

　　Later, Jack returned to school, but he didn't stay there．In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold．He didn't find any gold．Instead, he found ideas for his books and stories．He returned home and started to write．His writings were successful, and he became rich and famous in his twenties．

　　Jack London was not a happy man．In poor health, he took his own life in 1916．He was only 40 years old．

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　　Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China．His parents left mainland China for Hong Kong a short time before he was born．His parents named him “Chan Kong－sang”, which means “born in Hong Kong”．They wanted to celebrate a safe trip to Hong Kong．

　　At first, Jackie's family lived in the French Embassy(大使馆)．His father was a cook, and his mother was a housekeeper．When Jackie was seven years old, his family moved to Australia．His father got a job in the American Embassy．Later, back in Hong Kong, Jackie's father sent him to the China Drama Academy．Jackie studied and worked 19 hours a day．The students practiced Kong Fu and learned how to do many stunts(特技表演)there．

　　When Jackie was 17, he began to do dangerous stunts for films．In the early 1980s, Jackie went to Hollywood, but he wasn't very successful．He went on to make films in Hong Kong and had great success．Finally, in 1995, Jackie Chan became famous in the United States．Today, Jackie Chan has both Chinese and American fans and his films make millions of dollars．

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　　In choosing Steven Chu as his energy secretary(能源部长), Barack Obama has chosen one of the most prominent U．S．scientists of using science to deal with global warming(全球变暖)．

　　Steven Chu was born in St．Louis, Missouri, in 1948．His father was a college teacher．At that time, they were only the third Chinese family to live there．In high school, Chu played tennis and was on the school club．He took his first physics class in his senior year at Garden City High school and became interested in it．

　　Steven Chu got his first doctor’s degree in maths and physics in 1970．Then he went to California for another doctor’s degree．In 1978, Chu worked in Bell Lab where he developed ways to cool and trap atoms using a laser(用激光冷却和俘获原子)．In 1997, he got the Nobel Prize for physics for this．He left Stanford in 2004, after he was made head of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California．As the head of the national lab, Chu has tried to find scientific ways to climate c hange and soon become a member of the Climate Council working for a new global climate treaty(气候条约)for 2009．

　　He also insists on the need to end the unnecessary waste of energy．“If I were King of the world, I would spend the next ten years on energy efficiency and conservation(节能和环保)．”he said last year．

　　On December 11^th, 2008, Barack Obama made him energy secretary．He would be the first Chinese-American to run the department of Energy and devote himself to sustainable(可持续发展的)energy．

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　　Li Shenzhen was born in 1518．His father was a poor doctor．Li Shenzhen often saw that people fell ill．He decided to study medicine so that he would be able to help people．

　　Li Shenzhen read many books on medicine．He found many of the old medical books full of mistakes．So his wish was to write a new one．

　　He did his best to study medical science．He studied not only the herbs(草药)in his own garden, but also the wild ones．He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old farmers．He learned a lot from the working people．

　　After many years of hard work and study, Li Shenzhen finished his great work Ben Cao Gang Mu．At that time he was sixty．His book is now one of the greatest contributions(贡献)of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world．

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