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　　With kings,artists and writers playing chess,you mightget the idea that chess is the most civilized game．But you'dbe wrong．

　　A Scandinavian manuscript（手稿）,900 years old,tells ofhow one player,who lost a game,picked up the board and hithis opponent on the head with it．Boards were made of stone inthose days．

　　Grandmasters have called it“a blood sport”,“like a fightto the death with broken bottles”and“very dangerous-you have to kill people．”

　　If you agree with the old saying that life is too short for chess,play blitz chess．Five minutes on the clock．Non-play-ers think chess is slow and boring,but blitz is an extremely exciting sport．And as aggressive（进攻性的）as any martial art（武术）．In parks in Russia,where they gather in summer to play blitz,the players don't just take pieces,they knock them off the board onto the ground．And in the classic game,even world championship players have been known to kick each other under the table．

　　With all this aggression,and the stories of nervous breakdowns among chess players,it's worth remembering that chess can heal as well as harm．My own favourite chess story is that of John Healy．His autobiography（自传）,The Grass Arena，was made into a great film by the BBC．Healy was a failed boxer who became the most serious kind of alcoholic（酒鬼）．He became homeless．The bottle nearly killed him．But in prison,he discovered chess,and managed to give up drinking completely．He is now a successful chess player,journalist and writer．

　　Healy is played in the film by the British actor Mark Rylance．It's the performance of a lifetime-chess makes surpris-ingly good cinema．There is a moving scene where Healy tries to find the words to describe how his life has changed．“It's like boxing again…but not with fists…with the mind．”

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　　Ali couldn't wait until September．June had been 　　1　　, with all those school-leaving exams to do．He spent July 　　2　　．The exam results finally arrived in August．He knew he wasn't the most intelligent boy．　　3　　, it was really important for him to do well．He just wanted to get away from his 　　4　　．

　　For Ali, going to university was not a chance to 　　5　　 his education as most of students do, 　　6　　 a chance to get away from his hometown to 　　7　　 new people, to become a totally 　　8　　 person．The town he lived in was a very small town．There were a few shops on the main street．There wasn't anywhere for young people to meet, so they spent time walking up and down the main street．Everybody knew 　　9　　 else in his town．Ali was 　　10　　 eager to leave．He didn't really know what his ambitions were yet, but he was 　　11　　 he had them．

　　His hands 　　12　　 as he opened the envelope．He took out the letter, and sighed with 　　13　　．It was OK．He hadn't done 　　14　　, but his grades were good enough．He had got a place at the University of Rummidge．The course started in 　　15　　．

　　When he got off the train at the main station in Rummidge, he felt 　　16　　 at last．The whole world was before him．Rummidge wasn't a beautiful place, but that didn't 　　17　　 to Ali．He was looking forward to 　　18　　 new things．

　　The University was a short 　　19　　 from the city centre．It was much more attractive than the 　　20　　 of the city．Rummidge wasn't the oldest university in Britain, nor the most prestigious(有影响力的), but Ali didn't mind．For him, it was a new world, a new start．

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　　We've all heard the saying “Go Green”, but is it important? Can one person really make any difference? These may all be questions you're asking yourself．

　　Our main source of energy, at the moment, is fossil fuels．We've been using fossil fuels for decades now, so why stop? You see, fossil fuels are created over time by the earth, and can only be replaced over time by the earth, but we were using them faster than the earth could produce them．On top of stripping(剥夺)the earth of her natural resources, we're also damaging the atmosphere by burning things like coal, oil, and natural gases．That's the greenhouse effect, which occurs when the burning of these fossil fuels help trap the sun's energy inside the earth's atmosphere, causing the temperature to rise over time．

　　With all the people in the world, how could you possibly make a difference? Well, here are a few things to think about．

　　How many lights do you use in your house?

　　How many miles do you drive to work?

　　How many electronics do you use, which you don't need?

　　If you were to stop and think about it, you're able to make a bigger difference than you might realize．

　　So many times you'll hear people say, “So what? I won't be around for it when things go bad．” But bad times are coming quicker than you might like to believe．It'll be you children, or maybe even your grandchildren．With the temperature ever-rising, the polar ice caps are melting and water begins taking over land, so many people will crowd into so little space．

　　As you can see, this is no laughing matter．It's time to take action．Don't let your children or grandchildren live in a world without hope．One person at a time, we can begin to save this earth．

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