The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets．And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy 1 them．All 2 us are birds, animals, trees and flowers．The facts about how they live and grow are as interesting as anything could be．
Do you know that one of the great presidents(总统)of the U．S．A．
spent hours and hours studying birds? A business man who lives near New York City became so interested in insects(昆虫)that he began to 3 them．He now has over one thousand different kinds carefully kept in glass boxes．
Come then 4 me, and I will help you find some of Nature' s secrets．Let' s go quietly 5 the woods and fields．Here we shall find how a rabbit(兔子) 6 the other rabbits that there is danger．We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get ready for their long winter 7 ．We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let the other bees know where they can find food．I will show you 8 interesting things, but the best thing that I can teach you is to keep your eyes and ears 9 when you go 10 doors．Nature 11 her secrets only to people who look and listen 12 ．
On Sunday morning, Helen usually gets up very late．She washes her face and then goes out to 1 morning exercises．It is about 8.20 a．m．After eating her 2 , she goes to a shopping centre called Times Shopping Centre 3 her mother．The shopping centre is not far 4 their home．It only 5 them about 20 minutes to get there 6 , so they like walking there．Helen enjoys shopping 7 there very much．It is new 8 big． 9 many things, such as TVs, fridges, bikes, computers, clothes, books, food and drinks．There are many 10 too．There are men and women, old and 11 ．Parents must 12 their children．The shopping centre is so big．Young children may get lost(迷失)in it． 13 do so many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Helen said that things there are usually good and 14 ．The workers there are always nice and friendly．She also said that she would take 15 there and have a look if you come to her home．
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Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school？You will probably 1 they go to learn language，geography，history，science and all 2 subjects．That is quite true．But 3 do they learn these things？
We send our children to school to 4 them for their future(将来)work and life．Nearly 5 they study at school has some practical(实际的)use 6 their life，but is that the 7 reason they go to school？
There is 8 in education(教育)than just learning facts．We go to school above all(首先) 9 how to learn． 10 when we have left school we can go on learning．If a man really knows how to learn，He will 11 be successful(成功的)，because whenever he has to do 12 he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way．The uneducated(未受教育的)person on the other hand，is 13 unable to do it，or does it badly．So the purpose(目的)of schools is not just 14 languages，geography，science etc，but to teach pupils the 15 to learn．
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Do you like to go camping(野营)？Do you know how to start a fire？If you don't know how to start a fire，you 1 your food，and can't sit by the side of a fire，and can't keep yourselves 2 ．
Long，long ago people 3 how to start fires．They probably started fires from lightning (闪电)．But they had to 4 the lightning fire burning，for there was 5 to start it 6 ．
Later people learned how to start fires．They 7 out hitting two pieces of stone(石头) together could make a spark(火光)．The spark could set 8 on fire(set…on fire使……燃烧)．They could start this kind of fire again if it went out(熄灭)．
Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing(摩擦)two sticks together．They made a hole(洞)on a large stick and put the 9 stick into the hole．And then they turned the stick again and again， 10 a few minutes they started a fire．
About two hundred years 11 ，people began to 12 matches(火柴)．One early match looked 13 the match we use today．The match gave people a 14 way to start fires．Today people are 15 finding new ways to start fires．One of the new ways to start a fire is to use an electric fire starter(电子打火器)．Now you can 16 matches and electric fire starter at 17 ．Of course an electric fire starter is more expensive than 18 ， 19 it is useful．
After people learned to make fires，their lives became 20 ．
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Getting plenty of exercise is very important．I enjoy 1 very much． 2 ，I went to the beach(海滩)every day．I plan 3 there this summer too，but I may not be able to．I have 4 new job，sometimes I have to work until 5 at night．Although I now work 6 hours than I used to， 7 I do receive larger salary，I didn't receive 8 pay on my old job．I like 9 new job，but I had known that it would take up 10 of my free time，I wouldn't have take it．I prefer swimming 11 spending money．
I 12 that riding a bike is good exercise．Maybe I will be able to 13 ．enough money to buy a bike．My neighbour， 14 has a bike that I could 15 ，but I would rather own my own bike．If I used 16 ，I would worry about damaging it．Since I make more money now， 17 I think that I can afford to buy my own．
18 a bike is really a good idea，because while I am riding to and from work，I will be getting exercise at 19 time．It's easier to get to the beach by bike，too．I might be able to go swimming every day after all．This new job is great！ I'm very 20 ．This will be a summer full of exercise．
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