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　　New York State has passed the USA’s first state law banning(禁止)motorists talking on cell phones．The ban will begin on November 1, although drivers caught using cell phones will be given only warnings during the first month．

　　First-time violators(违法者)will face a ＄100 fine．A second time call for a ＄200 fine and every violation after that will cost ＄500．

　　At least a dozen localities have established(制定)bans, starting in 1999; and 40 states have had bans proposed but not passed．At least 23 countries, including the Great Britain, Italy, Israel and Japan, ban drivers from using cell phones．

　　There are about 115 million cell phones in use in the United States and more than 6 million in New York State．

　　“To think that I’m not going to use cell phone when at the same time I can still use my laptop(手提电脑), I still can read a paper, I can still change my pants while driving at 65 mph．I think there’s just something wrong,”an official said．

　　Other critics(批评)noted other things like eating, drinking coffee and doing make-up while driving．They suggested that the ban include a broader range of things．

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　　There is a true story in the Wenchuan earthquake．

　　She has died when she was found．But her baby was still living．

　　The baby was put in a small red quilt with yellow flowers．He was about 3 or 4 months old．He was safe because his mother protected him well．He was sleeping on both ears when people carried him out,and his lovely face warmed everyone around him．The doctor tried to check the baby,but found a cell phone in the quilt．He looked at the screen．A message was there： “My dear baby,if you could live,don't forget how much I love you．”As a doctor,he had too many experiences of parting for ever,but at that time,he cried．The phone was passed,and every person who saw the message also cried．

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　　Muhammad Yunus and the bank he founded are honored for their work to help the world’s poor．Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday．They won the award for their efforts to help bring millions of people, especially women, out of poverty．

　　“Every single individual on earth has both the potential and the right to live a decent life．Across cultures and civilizations, Yunus and Grameen Bank have shown that even the poorest of the poor can work to bring about their own development,”the Nobel Committee said in its citation．

　　The Peace Prize is one of the biggest honors in the world．Yunus is the first Nobel Prize winner from Bangladesh, a nation of about 141 million people．In 1983, Yunnus and the Grameen Bank started a now worldwide system that lets people borrow small amounts of money to start businesses．Through these loans, called“microcredit”, the world’s poor have been able to buy much needed things like cows to start a dairy, chickens to run an egg business, or a cell phone in places where there is no other access to a phone．

　　Yunus said he would use part of the $ 1.4 million award money to create a company that will make low-cost, high-nutrition food for the poor．The rest of his share will go toward setting up an eye hospital for the poor in Bangladesh．“I am so, so happy, it’s really great news for the whole nation,”Yunus said after hearing of his win．

　　Since the bank began, it has lent $ 5.72 billion to more than 6 million Bangladeshis．About 97 percent of the borrowers are women．

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