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　　Most American students have said goodbye to fancy(高级的)fruits these days．In school canteens across the country, cheaper fruits like apples and oranges have taken their places．

　　“People are afraid to spend now,” said Linda Morrow, who owns a shoe and handbag store．“They don't know what the future will bring．”

　　During the financial crisis(金融危机), several of the country's biggest banks have been forced to sell or close．This has made lots of Americans afraid to buy expensive goods．

　　Samira Marino, a restaurant owner in Miami, has found everyone is ordering water instead of juice and more people are sharing meals．In more than two dozen interviews with The Associated Press across the country last month, Americans talked about their concerns, from worries about small businesses to doubts about simply making ends meet．

　　The crisis began last year．Experts think it was because US banks lend money too easily．Last year a lot of people and companies, who borrowed money, have found themselves unable to pay it back．This left the banks, as well as the people who put their money in the banks, without money．Since the banks borrowed money between themselves and even across borders(国界), the whole world was in trouble．

　　This month the US government agreed on a ＄700 billion plan to try to save the financial market．But no one is sure whether it will help or not．President George W．Bush has warned it will take some time．

　　Last week top finance officials from 20 countries promised to work together to find a way out of the money trouble．

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　　The United States is mainly an English-speaking country．A great number of population speaks English as their native language．Business, education and most public aspects(方面)of life are conducted in English．Across the country, people pronounce English sounds in several different ways and some regional(地区的)differences in words spelling exist(存在), but for the most parts, Americans speak one common language．This language is sometimes called American English．

　　However, not everyone in the US is a native speaker of English．Most of the persons coming into the country are speakers of other languages．There are hundreds of communities(社区)around the US where English is not the most commonly used language．Chinese, Italian, German, Greek, Vietnamese and French are all spoken in a great number of communities in the United States．Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language after English in the US．It is widely spoken in New York and across the southern part of the country．

　　For speakers of other languages, learning English is important, but traditionally, teaching people to speak English as a second language was given little attention．Non-English speakers were expected to "pick up" the language through getting in touch with people in public．Recently, this has changed．Today, most large public schools and community colleges have ESL(English as a Second Language)programs．American English teachers feel that English students should learn the language in the way they will be using it．Therefore, ESL programs teach different English lessons to different students．Some programs teach students to be able to express their thoughts in English in public．

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　　Wang Changqing, of Fengxian country, Jiangsu Province, has lost his 11-year-old daughter, Lulu, forever．He still has trouble accepting the fact．

　　On the afternoon of December 12, Lulu, with more than 40 schoolmates, got on the school bus after school as usual．But several minutes later, the bus fell into a ditch(沟渠)．Twelve students lost their lives that day, including Lulu．

　　Traffic accidents are the No．1 killer of middle school and primary school students．There are about 285, 000 school buses in China but only 10 percent meet a set of technical standards(技术标准)．Last month, the Chinese Ministry of Education gave an order：school and kindergartens across the country should carry out safety checks on school buses．

　　On December 15, Huang Ming, the vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security, said that school buses should have Priority on the roads．They can also use the road which buses run．“We'll punish drivers on school buses with no licenses and those overloading children, ” Huang added．

　　Local governments have also tried to improve school buses．The buses have GPS technology and can carry 50 students．In Taizhou, Jiangsu, school buses now have a monitoring system(监控系统)．Once a school bus is overloaded, it will send an alarm．

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