An American and a Frenchman decided to cross the sea

between France and England in the balloon in 1784．High

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over the water, they discover a hole in the balloon．The

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hole became bigger and bigger．The air keeps the

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balloon up was escaping quickly and the balloon was

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coming up．The two men threw all their equipment into

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the water to make the balloon light．It started to rise

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higher again．So it was still too close to the water．

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Finally, the men threw away most of his clothes to

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save themselves．The crowd waiting for to greet them in

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England was very surprised see this when the balloon

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landed in front of them．

Henry Royce did not like his car, that ran badly and often

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broke down．So he decided to make a best car himself,

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and in 1904 he produced his first new model．Charles Rolls,

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a car maker, was very interested in Royce’s car, but soon

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Rolls and Royce go into business together．One of their first

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model was the Silver Ghost．In 1907, a Silver Ghost broke the

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world’s record by drive 14,371 miles without breaking down

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once．After the drive, it was cost just over ?2 to put the car

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back into perfect condition．This is not surprising that the Silver

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Ghost was regarded “the best car in the world”．

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watched the 90-minute football match．Usually I just

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checked the results because I thought that was dull

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to watch a game in which players kicked a ball each

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other．Therefore, my father loves football．During the

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World Cup in 2002, my dad stays up late just to watch

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his favorite sport．Seeing his strong interest in this

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game of 22 men run after a ball, I decided to sit down

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to watch the game．I found the game excited, and my

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dad explained for the rules．We shared our joy．Football

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is not too badly as long as I watch it with my dad!

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Nobel’s father wanted Alfred to stop working in the

laboratory．He was afraid that he, too, would be killed．And

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Alfred was determined to continue．His brother’s dead

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made him to realize that it was very important to invent

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safer explosives(炸药)．The father finally let Alfred did his

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research, and in 1866 he invented dynamite(甘油炸药), that

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was a solid explosive．So it was much safe to take．Alfred had

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imagined miners and builders use dynamite．He had not

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expected it to have military uses．Alfred becomes very rich

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because his invention．But he disliked being remembered

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for the inventor of a weapon．So he began to use his

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money for good causes．

Last week my parents and I took a two-day trip to Emei

Mountain in Sichuan．As everyone knows, it's famous

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mountain with all kinds of plants and animals．The weather

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was fine．It was about noon we arrived at the foot of

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the mountain．The three of them were very excited．As we

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climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visiting temples

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and told stories．On the way up I was busy taking picture

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since the scenery was so beautiful．The time passes quickly．

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Evening came down．We spent the night in a hotel at the top

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of the mountain．The food was expensive and the service was

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good．I was so tired that I fell asleep at the moment my

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head touched the pillow．

An interesting new sports in the United States is

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sky diving．People like this sport often form a club．

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The members of the club get on airplanes and fly

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highly above the clouds．When it is time, each person

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jumps from the airplane and fall toward the earth at

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very high speeds．All the members have parachutes(降落伞)

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but they do not open the parachutes for long time．Seen

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from the ground they like big birds．The sky divers say

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that they sometime feel like birds also．Some people like

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to swim in the ocean or to play in the snow, but the

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favourite place for sky divers is the sky．

A seeing-eye dog is a special dog that he helps the

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blind people walk along the streets and doing many

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other thing．We call these dogs “Seeing-eye” dogs．

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One day a seeing-eye dog and a blind man got a

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bus together．The bus full of people and there

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were no seats．One man, however, soon got up and

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left his seat．The dog took the blind man to a seat

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but there was very few space．The dog began

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to push the people on every side with his nose．

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He pushed and pushed until it was enough space for the blind man．

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I used to love science class－all of them

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Biology, chemistry, geography, physics．I think I

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like those classes because I felt that it helped me

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understand what the world works．For example, when

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I was a child, the rain was a mystery(奥秘)．In one

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Class, I learned it rained．I think science classes

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clear up mysteries．But then there is always more

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mysteries look into．What was my least favourite class?

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That was math．After learn the basics of the subject，

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nothing else seemed very practically to me．I never

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saw how I could use it in my daily life．

Most families in China hoped their single child will

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have a happy future, so they are very strict in their children,

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so do teachers in schools!Many children are given so much

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homework that they have hardly any spare time have sports．

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The children are forbidden to do anything but to study．No

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wonder so many children are tired of lessons．Some even

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attack or kill his parents and teachers!I believe many

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people already read this kind of news in newspapers or

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magazines．Shouldn’t we draw lesson from the accidents?Now our

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government has put up a plan to solve the education problems．

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I am very sorry that I won’t able to attend

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the lecture on American history tomorrow

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afternoon．My uncle is returning back home

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from France, and I have promised to meet you

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at an airport at 3∶30 tomorrow afternoon．I am

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very interesting in American society and history．

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I wondered whether it is possible for the talk

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to be recorded, and if not, could I borrow the

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tape?It would mean a great deal of to me to listen

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to the tape and learning what is covered in the talk．

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua