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 ．
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Time spent in a bookshop can be enjoyable．If you go to a 1 shop，no assistant will come near to you and say，“Can I help you？”You 2 buy anything you don’t want．You may try to find out where the book you want is．But if your fail，the assistant will lead you there and then he will go away．It seems that he is 3 selling any books at all．
There is a story which tells us about a good shop．A medical student 4 a very useful book in the shop，but it was 5 expensive for him to buy．He couldn’t get it from the library， 6 ．So every after-noon，he went there to read a little at a time．One day，however，he couldn’t find 7 from its usual place，then he was leaving when he saw an assistant 8 to him．To his 9 ，the assistant pointed to the book 10 ，“I put it there so that it won’t be sold out．”said the assistant．Then he left the student and let him go on with his reading．
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What do young people 1 places in town？We did a survey 2 our readers and this is what we 3 ．All the movie theaters are good 4 the Big Screen Complex is the best in our town．It has the 5 screens and the most comfortable seats．
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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．
Long long ago there was a very clever man．He lived 1 a big house．Many people will go to him 2 help．In his city，there were two women．They lived in the same house and each 3 a baby．But one day the 4 died and its mother took the other woman’s child and put it in her own bed．
The next day the two women had a quarrel．
“No，this is my child，the dead one is 5 ，”said one woman．
“No，this is mine．”said the other woman．What should they do？So they went 6 the clever man．
When the man heard the story，he said，“Please 7 me a knife and cut the child 8 two．Then give every woman one half．”
“That’s very fair(公正的)．What a clever man！”said the dead baby’s mother．“Give her my child．Let it 9 hers，but don’t cut the child，”cried the other woman in tears．
The man pointed to the woman in 10 and said，“Give the child to her．For she is its mother．”
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An Englishman was once 1 in Italy．One day he 2 into a small 3 to order dinner．He understood very 4 Italian and was unable to 5 menu(菜单)．He knew the word eggs， 6 he ordered eggs．Italy is 7 for its mushrooms(蘑菇)，and the man wanted to 8 some mushrooms with his eggs． 9 he did not know the word 10 mushrooms．The waiter did not 11 a word of English and could not 12 him．At last，the man 13 out of his pocket a pencil and a piece of paper and very carefully 14 a picture of a mushroom on the piece of paper．The waiter looked at the picture of the mushroom 15 a long while．He did not 16 very well，but at last he 17 ．He was away a long time．After about a half hour he 18 ．But 19 an order of mushrooms，he 20 the man a large black umbrella．
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I like science and want to be a scientist when I grow up．But I don't know 1 to become one．
There 2 one special answer for everyone，but I can tell you some ideas．Start with something from nature—the world 3 you，and you can learn about and understand it．
Here are some suggestions．How about birds？Ask your mum or dad if you can 4 a cage．Then try to find someone who may 5 the birds and can teach you about the birds．
How about numbers？You may think that maths is 6 ．But you will be surprised if you start doing puzzles and games with them． 7 can be fun．
How about the stars？ 8 someone among your friends who can help you pick out stars and groups of stars．
There are lots of ideas 9 these．They will be fun and teach you things．You will soon learn these things from nature． 10 are not science．They only help you understand it．
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At a quarter to six， 1 Alison heard 2 park the car outside the house and at once went out to the front door．
“What’s the matter？”he asked．“You look 3 ．”
“I’ve made a big mistake，Jim，”she said．“Mrs Johnson rang me up about half an hour ago．We got 4 and then without thinking．I asked her and her husband to come and have 5 with us this evening．”
“Well，that’s 6 to be worried about，”Mr Alison said．“We should have a 7 time together．We haven’t seen 8 for a long time．”
“I’d like them to come．”said Mrs Alison，“but I’ve just found there’s 9 in the house．Did you remember to buy some steak(牛排)？I asked you to get some on your way home 3 days ago．”
“Steak？”Mr Alison said，“Oh，dear！I remember now．I got some．It’s in the boot(行李箱)of 10 ．It has been there for the past 3 days．”
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It is interesting to visit another country，but there are sometimes problems when we don’t know the 1 very well．It may be 2 to talk with the people there．We may not know how to use the telephone in the country we are visiting．We may not know how to buy the 3 we need．In a 4 country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a 5 ．It is not easy to decide how 6 to tip(给小费)waiters or taxi drivers．We need help，we might not know how to ask for help．It is not pleasant to have an experience(经验) 7 this 8 a short time，however，we learn what to do and what to 9 ．We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be 10 to leave．
