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　　Geneva is situated between the Jura Range and the Alps on the western end of Lake Geneva．Capital of Peace is one of its names— the European headquarters of the United Nations lies here in Palais des Nations．Another worthy name for this city with a humanitarian tradition（人道主义传统）and international character is the World's Smallest Metropolis．Parks,splendid stores and lively streets in the old part of town and its 2000_year history wait to be discovered．

　　The Jet d'Eau together with the Flower Watch are the main attractions every year for the tourists visiting Geneva．The Jet d'Eau has become the symbol（象征）of Geneva for a long time．This is a 140 meters high water monument with a rich history．Eight 13,500-watt projectors light the grand column（圆柱）of the fountain in the evening,from early March until the second Sunday of October．The Flower Watch,which was created at the edge of the English Garden in 1955,reminds us about that Geneva is the birthplace of the Swiss clock and watch making,and that this industry has become internationally famous,as well through the quality of the watches as through their beautiful appearance．

　　Sails on Lake Geneva are also enjoyable．The Lake of Geneva,lying among the Alps,is a true inland sea,making possible a wide range of pleasant boat trips．You can relax and watch the beautiful scenes pass by．

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　　One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected（可疑的）police killer David Bieber and was thanked with flowers by the police．It was also said that she could be in line for a share of up to ￡ 30000 reward money．

　　Vicki Brown,30,played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt．Vicki,who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years,told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly．Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building．

　　She said:“I was very nervous．But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park I was so glad they were there．”

　　The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious（怀疑）of the guest who checked in at 3 pm the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face．She said:“He didn't seem to want to talk too much and make any eye contact（接触）．”Vicki,the only employee on duty,called her bosses Margaret,64,and husband Stan McKale,65,who phoned the police at 11 pm．

　　Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston,Gateshead,

at about 11∶30 pm to make sure that this was the wanted man．Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes．

　　“It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said‘Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?’．My heart missed a beat．”

　　Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key．

　　“I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that part of the hotel,so I went to watch．I could not see into the man's room,but I could see the passage．The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing．Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed（戴上手铐）．”

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　　Do you want to live another 100 years or more?Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span．

　　“I think we are knocking at the door of immortality（永生）,”said Michael Zey,a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future．“I think by 2075 we will see it and that's a conservative estimate（保守的估计）．”

　　At the conference in San Francisco,Donald Louria,a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology（纳米技术）make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past．“There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,”he said．“Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years．”

　　However,many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years．Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease,they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death．

　　Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live．“It remains to be seen if you pass 120,you know;could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?”said Leonard Poon,director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre．“At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all．”

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　　Sometimes,something that is considered to be negative turns out to be an advantage on the job．Though he is only 18 years old and blind,Suleyman Gokyigit is among the top computer technicians and programmers at InteliData Technologies Corp．A large software company with several offices across the United States．

　　“After our company united with another one last October,two different computer networks were driving us crazy,”recalls Douglas Braun,the InteliData president．“We couldn't even send e________mail to each other．”In three weeks Mr．Gokyigit created the software needed to connect the two networks．“None of the company's 350 other employees could have done the job in three months,”says Mr．Braun．“Suleyman can”see' into the heart of the computer．”

　　Mr．Gokyigit's gift,as Mr．Braun calls it,is an unusual ability to form an idea of the inside of a machine．“The computer permits me to reach out into the world and do almost anything I want to do,”says Mr．Gokyigit．

　　The young programmer is at home with hardware as well,thanks partly to a highly developed sense of touch．Mitzi Nowakowski,an office manager at InteliData,remembers how he easily disconnected and reconnected their computer systems during a move last year．“Through feel,Suleyman can find the position of connectors,pins and wires much faster than most other people with sight,”he says．

　　Much of the student programmer's speed comes from his ability not to be interrupted while at the computer．When typing,he listens carefully to the synthesizer（合成器）．His long,thin fingers fly over the keyboard．“Nothing seems to shake his attention,”says Mrs．Nowakowski,his boss．

　　Mr．Gokyigit is the only company employee who is available（可找到的）24 hours a day．“We consider him our top problem solver,”says Mr．Braun．

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　　The private automobile（私家车）has long played an important role in the United States．In fact,it has become a necessary and important part of the American way of life．In 1986,sixty_nine percent of American families owned at least one car,and thirty_eight percent had more than one．By giving workers rapid transportation,the automobile has freed them from having to live near their place of work．This has encouraged the growth of the cities,but it has also led to traffic problems．

　　For farm families the automobile is very helpful．It has made it possible for them to travel to town very often for business and for pleasure,and also to transport their children to distant schools．

　　Family life has been affected（影响）in various ways．The car helps to keep families together when it is used for picnics,outings,and other shared experiences．However,when teenage children have the use of the car,their parents can't keep an eye on them．There is a great danger if the driver has been drinking alcohol or taking drugsor is“showing off”by speeding or breaking other traffic laws．Mothers of victims（受害者）of such accidents have formed an organization called MADD(Mothers Against Drunk Driving)．These Women want to prevent further tragedies（悲剧）．They have worked to encourage the government to limit the youngest drinking age．Students have formed a similar organization,SADD(Students Against Drunk Driving)and are spreading the same message among their friends．

　　For many Americans the automobile is a necessity．But for some,it is also a mark of social position and for young people,a sign of becoming an adult．Altogether,cars mean very much to Americans．

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　　At Dallas/Fort Worth Airport,the lights are controlled by sensors that measure sunlight．They dim immediately when it's sunny and brighten when a passing cloud blocks the sun．

　　A wall of windows at a University of Pennsylvania engineering building has builtin btinds（百叶窗）controlled by a computer program that follows the sun's path．

　　Buildings are getting smarter — and the next generation of building materials is expected to do even more．

　　Windows could catch the sun's energy to heat water．Sensors that measure the carbon dioxide breathed out by people in a room could determine whether the air conditioning needs to be turned up．

　　Many new materials and technology have been designed in the last 15 years．They are now being used in a wave of buildings designed to save as much energy as possible．

They include old ideas,like “green roofs”,where a belt of plants on a roof helps the building keep heat in winter and stay cool in summer,and new ideas,like special coating for windows that lets light in,but keeps heat out．

　　As technologies such as sensors become cheaper,their uses spread．

　　The elevators（电梯）at Seven World Trade Center,which is under construction in New York,use a system that groups people traveling to nearby floors into the same elevator,thus saving elevator stops．People who work in the building will enter it by swiping（刷）ID cards that will tell the elevators their floor,readouts will then tell them which elevator to use．The building also has windows with a coating that blocks heat while letting in light．

　　More new building materials and technology are in development．A Philadelphia building firm is now working on“smart wrap”that uses tiny solar collectors to catch the sun's energy and transmitters（传输器）the width of a human hair to move it．They are expected to change the face of the construction industry in the next ten years or so．

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　　From Mr Ward Hoffman．

　　Sir,I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article “What's the tipping point”(Financial Times Weekend,April 9-10)when it occurred to me that What I was reading was not ironic（讽刺的）．If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants,he need only ask the first American he meets in London．

　　Americans tip in restaurants for one reason,and one reason only：we tip to supplement（补贴）the salary of restaurant workers．Quality of service does not enter into it,beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service,or a little more for good service．

　　Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice．In the US,one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an upmarket（高档的）restaurant．Here,in San Francisco Bay area restaurants,we are encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more,to help restaurant workers live in this very expensive area．

　　After eating at an Italian restaurant in my city,I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill．It was expected．There is nothing more complicated（复杂的）than that about Americans tipping in restaurants．

Ward Hoffman,

Palo Alto,CA94306,US

　　From Mr Philip McBride Johnson．

　　Sir,I algree with most of Raj Persaud's opinions aboutthe doubtful value of tipping,but with one exception（例外）．Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner．

　　It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage．But frequent a hotel or a restaurant,always tip a bit more,and the difference in service and treatment will be easily felt．

Philip McBride Johnson,

Great Falls,VA22066,US

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　　Paula Radcliffe,chasing（角逐）a third London marathon title（冠军）,says she has become a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Games．

　　Radcliffe,who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the 10000 m last August,said:“Athens made me a stronger person and it made me careless about criti-cism（批评）．”

　　“In the past I wanted to please everyone,but now I am going to listen even more to the people around me．”

　　She didn't care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McColgan,who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens．

　　“Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn't spoken to me since last year and if she really cared for me,I'm sure she would have contaeted（联系）me．”

　　Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens．

　　“In New York I wasn't in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the race．”

　　Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday's race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records．

　　However,Radcliffe has not ruled out（排除）in the future chasing her “final”world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times．

　　“I don't think that— although I can't put a number on it,”said Radcliffe．“That changes from person to person．”

　　Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future．Following a successful three-month training period in the United States,the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2002 and again 12 months later．

　　Radcliffe clocked a time of 2∶18∶56 in her first 42.2-kilometre race three years ago．

　　Afterwards she set a“mixed course”mark of 2∶17∶18 five months later in Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2∶15∶25 in the 2003 London event．

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　　Collections were the inspiration（灵感）for a project at Thomas Tallis School,which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn．Each child(aged 12～13)beautified a box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it．The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom．Some were left empty to encourage visitors to write their own stories．

　　The subject chosen by Lauren was an imaginative one．“It's a sort of Cinderella（灰姑娘）story,”she told me,inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin．In the story these become love letters,burned by a cruel stepmother．Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother．“I'm in Charlotte's story,too,”says Lauren,“and I get run over．”Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girl's coin collection．“We've collected foreign coins for years-since our families went on holiday to Tenerife．”she explains．“That was before the Euro,so we put pesetas in．”Lauren continues．“I find a coin in the road,go to get it and get run over．I'm in hospital and then I die．”Charlotte adds,“Or she might not die．I haven't decided yet．”

　　Mitlie Murray,who is a teen-novel author,thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction（限制）．

　　“In the beginning I thought,‘Will the children be able to do it?’”she says．“But it's been fruitful．Some have their own collection,some have parents who do,and some have written complete stories．It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise,which can only be a good thing．”

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　　We were on tour a few summers ago,driving through Chicago,when right outside of the city,we got pulled over,A middle-aged policeman came up to the car and was really being troublesome at first．Lecturing us,he said,“You were speeding．Where are you going in such a hurry?”Our guitarist,Tim,told him that we were on our way to Wisconsin to play a show．His way towards us totally changed．He asked,“Oh,so you boys are in a band（乐队）?”We told him that we were．He then asked all the usual band questions about the type of music we played,and how long we had been at it．Suddenly,he stopped and said,“Tim,you want to get out of this ticket,don't you?”Tim said,“Yes．”So the officer asked him to step out of the car．The rest of us,inside the car,didn't know what to think as we watched the policeman talk to Tim．Next thing we knew,the policeman was putting Tim in the back of the police car he had parked in front of us．With that,he threw the car into reverse（倒车）,stopping a few feet in back of our car．Now we suddenly felt frightened．We didn't know if we were all going to prison,or if the policeman was going to sell Tim on the black market or something．All of a sudden,the policeman's voice came over his loudspeaker．He said,“Ladies and gentlemen,for the first time ever,we have Tim here singing on Route 90．”Turns out,the policeman had told Tim that the only way he was getting out of the ticket was if he sang part of one of our songs over the loudspeaker in the police car．Seconds later,Tim started screaming into the receiver．The policeman enjoyed the performance,and sent us on our way without a ticket．

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