The names of Galen,Andess Vesalius,and William Harvey figure prominently in the history of man's study,of his own body．Galen,a Greek who practiced medicine in Rome inthe second century AD,contributed immeasurably to the understanding of anatomy（解剖学）．His dissections（解析）were limited to Barbry apes,however,because Roman religious and philosophical attitudes made experimentation on the human body unthinkable．Even so,his reputation（名誉）was so outstanding and his conclusions were so logical that his writings on anatomy and physiology were accepted by medical men for more than a thousand years．

　　Vesalius,a Belgian who went to Paris to study medicine,made the first major successful challenge of the teachings that knowledge of human anatomy should be learned from human bodies．No one took him seriously because there was a French law prohibiting(forbidding)dissection（解剖）of the human body．Vesalias,nevertheless,conducted research in secret．When he published his book on human anatomy in 1543,medical scientists criticized him for daring to attack the writings of Galen．

　　Eighty-five years later,an English physician named Harvey published a book that disproved Galen's theory of blood circulation．Although Harvey's explanation was not universally accepted at the time,medical men of today credit him with one of the greatest advances in medical history．

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　　Children are our future,and it's up to us to arm them with the tools to succeed．Sadly,today's children are being armed with more dangerous tools like weapons（武器）,drugs and gangs．Once a relatively peaceful environment,many schoolyards of today are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers．

　　Home schools are available to give you choices．Home schooling provides top-quality education,flexibility,and freedom to create your own schedule（日程表）．At Heritage Home School we believe the choice should be yours．

　　Thanks in part to modem technology,home schooling information is becoming readily available across our nation．A recent study by the ITBS(Iowa Tests of Basic Skills)and TAP(Tests of Achievementand Proficiency)shows us that students of home schools do particularly well when compared with the nationwide average．In every subject at every grade level,students of home schooling scored obviously higher than those in public and private schools．

　　If you're new to home schooling,you may be asking yourself,“Will home school really work for my children?”

　　Fact:A nationwide study using a random（任意）selection of 1,516 families found students of home schooling to be scoring,on average,at or above the 80th percentile in all areas on standardized achievement test．

　　Note:The national average on standardized achievement tests is the 50th percentile．

　　Collectively,the staff at Heritage Home School brings 65 years of experience in home schooling curriculum．We'ye placed students in the top 2% of the nation in math and many are successfully moving on to college．

　　One study found that of the home schooled aduhs,94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons．

　　For more home schooling information,call us today toll free at 1(877532-7665)．

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　　Central Park

　　Ou…tside among the trees,watch the wildlife — both the human and animal varieties．Call(212)360 — 3465 or(212)360 — 2726 for daily events and tours．Central Park stretches from 59 th to 110 th Sts．,and from 5th Ave．to Central ParkWest．

　　Empire State Building

　　This is among the most striking buildings in the city,the nation,even the world．The observation deck（瞭望台）on the 86th floor is open to the general public,offering a wonderful view of the city．On the second floor you'll find the New York Skyride,a simulated（摸拟的）helicopter ride over Manhattan．5th Ave．at 34 th St．* Midtown/(212)736 — 3100．

　　Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum

　　Five blocks west of Time Square,this museum has hundreds of air,deep-sea and space exhibits．Walk the flight deck of the 900-foot-long aircraft carrier Intrepid,see dozens of old and modern aircraft and ride the Intrepid Navy Flight Simulator．Pier 86,W．46 th St．and 12th Ave．/(212)245 — 0072．

Madison Square Garden

　　If it's big,it probably happens at the Garden．Check out sporting events,concerts and much more．Tours are available．7 th Ave．,btwn．31rd and 33rd Sts．,Midtown/(212)465 — 6741．

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　　That cold January night,I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco．There I was,walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theater．With opening night only a week away,I was still learning my lines．I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time．As I walked,I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco．City life had become too much for me．

　　As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings,I felt very small and cold．I began running,both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers（抢劫犯）．Very few people were still out except a few sad-looking homeless people under blankets．

　　About a block from my apartment（公寓房间）,I heard a sound behind me I turned quickly,half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun．The street was empty．All I saw was a shining streetlight．Still,the noise had made me nervous,so I started to run faster．Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been．It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk．

　　Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired anymore．I ran out of the door and back to where I'd heard the noise．Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes,my wallet was nowhere to be found．

　　Just as I was about to give up the search,I heard the garbage truck（垃圾车）pull up to the sidewalk next to me．When a voice called from the inside,“Alisa Camacho?”I thought I was dreaming．How could this man know my name?The door opened,and out jumped a small red-haired man withan amused look in his eyes．“Is this what you're looking for?”he asked,holding up a small square shape．

　　It was nearly 3 A．M．by the time I got into bed．I wouldn't get much sleep that night,but I had gotten my wallet back．I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life．I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other．

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　　When Lew Alcindor was 13,and obviously still growing,a group of schools began offering him scholarships（奖学金）．The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy,a small school on Manhattan's West Side．

　　At Power,Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue,a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly．As a first-year student,the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then．But by the second year,when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall,Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season．

　　From then on he simply got better．Some rival coaches（对方教练）used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to．Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a lollipop（棒棒糖）,Aleindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups（擦板球）．

　　Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand,to the delight of the fans．

　　When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely,Donohue protected his boy firmly．He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press,and this suited Lew fine．He was not comfortable talking to grownups,perhaps because he towered over them．Discouraged photographers began following him in secret though he were an easilyfrightened giraffe．Once after ducking into a subway to escape,Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers．“People want you not for yourself,”Donohue warned him,“but because you're a basketball player．Don't forget that．”

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　　Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent（具备智能的）．They will help shoppers find paper cups or toilet soap,and keep a record of the bill．

　　The touch-screen devices（触摸屏装置）are on show at the Food Marketing Institute's exhibition here this week．“These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker,”said Michael Alexandor,manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc．,which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge．

　　Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July．A similar device,IBM's “Shopping Buddy”,has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts．

　　Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart,but they will flash you with items on sale．The idea is to make it easier for people to buy,not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf．

　　“The whole model is driven by advertisers' need to get in front of shoppers,”said Alexandor．“They're not watching 30-second TV ads anymore”．

　　People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists．Once at the store,a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system（系统）that will organizethe trip around the store．If you're looking for toothpicks,you type in the word or pick it from a list,and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them．

　　The device also keeps a record of what you buy．When you're finished,the device figures out your bill．Then you go to the checker or place your card into a selfcheckout stand and pay．

　　The new computerized shopping assistants don't come cheap．The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $ 160,000,and the Concierge will cost stores about $ 500 for each device．

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　　In the course of working my way through school,I took many jobs I would rather forget．But none of these jobs was as dreadful as my job in an apple plant．The work was hard;the pay was poor;and,most of all,the working conditions were terrible．

　　First of all,the job made huge demands on my strength．For ten hours a night,I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck．Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice．I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night．

　　I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor．I was paid the lowest wage of that time-two dollars an hour．Because of the low pay,I felt eager to get as much as possible,I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than $ 100 a week．

　　But even more than the low pay,what made me unhappy was the working conditions．During work I was limited to twoten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch．Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures．The steel floors of the trucks were like ice,which made may feet feel like stone．And after the production line shut down at night and most people left,I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor．

　　I stayed on the job for five months,all the while hating the difficulty of the work,the poor money,and the conditions under which I worked．By the time I left,I was determined never to go back there again．

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Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road

— Reported by Sheila Carrick

　　Why did the chicken cross the road?To get to the other side．

　　Most people know this joke．But recently,some people have been much more worried about how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road．

　　“Millions of animals die each year on U．S．roads,”the Federal Highway Administration reports．In fact,only about 80 ocelots,an endangered wild eat,exist in the U．S．today．The main reason?Roadkill．

　　“Ecopassages”may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars．They are paths both over and under roads．“These ecopassages can be extremely useful,so that wildlife can avoid road accidents,”said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Protection Society．

　　But do animals actually use the ecopassages?The answer is yes．Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left hy mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway．This showed that the lions used the passage．

　　Builders of ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them．Animals seem to be catching on．Animals as different as salamanders and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses．

　　The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildife,look around．You might see an animal overpass!

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　　Compassion is a desire within us to help others．With effort,we can translate compassion into actions．An experience last weekend showed me this is true．I work part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly．These old people are our main customers,and it's not hard to lose patience over their slowness．But last Sunday,one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson．This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box of biscuits．He said he was out of cash（现金）,had just moved into his room．and had nothing in his cupboards．He asked if we could let him have the food on trust．He promised to repay me the next day．

　　I couldn't help staring at him．I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before,and what he would be like if luck had gone his way．I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul,all alone in the world．I told him that I was sorry,but store rules didn't allow me to do so．I felt stupid and unkind saying this,but I valued my job．

　　Just then,another man,standing behind the first,spoke up．If anything,he looked more pitiable．“Charge it to me,”was all he said．

　　What I had been feeling was pity．Pity is soft and safe and easy．Compassion,on the other hand,is caring in acton．I thanked the second man but told him that was not aliowtd either．Then I reached into my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself．I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion．

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　　If you dream of going someplace warm to escape the cold winter weather,a trip to a recently discovered planet would certainly warm you right up．The planet,named OGLE-TR-56b,has temperatures of more than F．“This is the hottest planet we know about,”says Dr Dimitar Sasselov,a scientist who led the discovery team．“It is hot enough to have an iron fog and to rain hot iron droplets（细沫）．”

　　The new planet is 30 times farther away than any planet discovered by scientists before．It is in the Milky Way（银河）but it is not in our solar（太阳的）system．The new planet moves around a star much like our sun,however scientists discovered the planet by using a new planet-searching method called transit technique．They were able to catch sight of the planet when it moved in front of its star,causing the star's light to dim（变暗）．Scientists compare the method to discovering the shadow of a bee flying in front of a searchlight 200 miles away．“We believe the door has been opened wide to go and discover planets like the Earth,”says Sasselov．

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