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　　Sydney is Australia's oldest, largest and liveliest city with a population of 3,000,000．It is a colourful, modern city but it has also a natural beauty with green park land and perhaps the world's most beautiful deepwater harbour．

　　As well as being famous for its modern buildings and roads, the city has many places of historical interest．For example, Mrs．Macquarie's Cahir, the area called the Rocks dating back to the early nineteenth century, and the attractive rows of houses of Paddington, are all closer to the harbour and the city center．

　　Sydney has many attractions which tourists can enjoy－a zoo, Koala Bear Park and the Opera House which is situated at the water's edge．Some say that this is one of the most beautiful examples of modern buildings in the world, for further entertainment(娱乐)there are all kinds of restaurants, theaters, nightclubs, sports and social clubs．There is also a network of communication(信息网)within the city, including an underground railway, buses and taxies．Sydney has a very pleasant, temperate(温和的)climate．The average temperature in summer is 21.7℃, and in winter 12.6℃．

　　There are few places in the world, where a visitor can find such a rich kind of natural and historical beauty, entertainment and culture．Ask any inhabitant(居民)of Sydney about his city and he'll say there's no place like it!

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From age eight to eleven, I attended a small school in Bath, England．It was a small school of four classes with about twenty-five children in each class according to age．For the most part, one teacher had to teach all subjects to the children in the class．However, sometimes the headmaster, Mr．Ronald Broaches, would come in and spend an hour or so, teaching some subjects in which he was especially interested．He was a large man with a very happy nature．He had a sense of humor and loved telling the children small stories that would make us laugh．He was a very nice man and had a great influence on many of the children．In my own case, I found that he took great interest in me and he quickly found that I enjoyed puzzles．He would often stop me as I was going to class and take a piece of paper out of his pocket, often with a puzzle already on it．The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical(逻辑的)．As time went on, they slowly got more difficult, but I loved them．Not only that, they made me interested in math and problem-solving that stays with me to this day．They also showed me that intellectual(智力的)activity was enjoyable when the correct answers were found, but perhaps more importantly it was great fun．To this day, I can remember Mr．Broaches' cheerful cry of“Well done!”whenever I got a problem right．The simple communication(交流)with a man whom I loved greatly has had a deep influence on my life．I shall forever be thankful that we met each other．Mr．Broaches died just two weeks after I had won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine．Unluckily, I had no chance to speak to him before he died．I learnt later he had heard of my success and I will hope that he knew the deep influence he had made on my life．

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　　Taiwan police cannot decide whether to treat it as an extremely cleverer act of stealing or an even cleverer cheat(诈骗)．Either way, it could be the perfect crime(犯罪), because the criminals are birds-homing pigeons!

　　The crime begins with a telephone message to the owner of a stolen car：if you want the car back, pay up．Then, the car owner is directed to a park, told where to find a bird cage and how to attach money to the neck of the pigeon inside．Carrying the money in a tiny bag, the pigeon flies off．

　　There have been at least four such pigeon pick-ups in Changwa．What at first seemed like the work of a clever stay-at -home car thief however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind-one that avoids(避免)not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place．Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick：he gets money for things he cannot possibly return．Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the car-owner to place an ad(启事)in the newspaper asking for help．

　　The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned．Also, the amount of money demanded－under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars－seems too little for a car worth many times more．

　　Demands for pigeon-delivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story．And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal．“We have more important things to do．”he said．

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　　Professor Martin's report says that children, who attend a number of different schools, because their parents have to move around the country, probably make slow progress in their studies．There are also signs, says Professor Martin, that an unusually large number of such children are mentally affected．

　　The professor says,“It's true, my personal feeling is that children should stay in one school．Our findings are based on research and not on any personal feelings that I or many assistants may have on the subject．”

　　Captain Thomas James, an Army lecturer for the past 20 years and himself a father of two, said,“I've never heard of such rubbish．Taking me for example, no harm is done to the education of my children, who change schools regularly－if they keep to the same system, as in our Army schools．In my experience－and I've known quite a few of them－Army children are as well adjusted as any others, if not more so．What the professor doesn't appear to appreciate is the fact that in such situation children will adapt(适应)much better than grown-ups．”

　　When this was put to Professor Martin, he said that at no time had his team suggested that all children were backward or mentally affected in someway, but simply that in their experience there was a clear tendency(倾向性)．

　　“Our findings show that while the very bright children can deal with regular changes without harming his or her general progress in studies, the majority of children suffer from constantly having to enter a new learning situation．”

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　　During the 19th century, scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a person were hurt, he would lose the power of doing certain things．And so people thought that each part of the brain does a different job．But modern research discovered that this is not so, for it is not easy to show exactly what each part of the brain does．

　　In the past fifty years there has been a great increase in the amount of research done on the brain．Scientists have found out the way the brain works is not so simple as people in general may think．Chemists tell us that about 100 000 chemical changes take place in the brain every second．Some recent researches also suggest that we can remember everything that happens to us．We may not be able to think of the thing that happens to us．We may not be able to think of the things we have heard and seen, but it is kept there in the storehouse of the human mind．Earlier scientists thought that the power of one's brain got weaker and weaker as one grows older．But it is now thought that that is not true．As long as the brain is given plenty of exercise, it keeps its power．It has been proved that an old person who has always been active in the mind has a quicker mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain．

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　　The other day, my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party．The time printed on the invitation was 7∶30 p.m．Jane went off with her husband, expecting a merry evening of wine, food and songs．

　　By 9∶45, everybody was having great fun, but no food had appeared．Jane and David were restless．Other guests began whispering that, they, too, were starving．But no one wanted to leave, just in case some food was about to appear．By 11∶00, there was still no food, and everyone was completely off their heads．Jane and David left hungry and angry．

　　Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need to be made clearer．Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently．Most of us would agree that 6∶30～8∶30 p.m．means drinks only, go out to dinner afterwards; 8∶00 p.m．or 8∶30 p.m．means possible dinner, but 9∶30 p.m．and any time thereafter means to eat food beforehand roll up late．

　　But this is not always the case．If asked to a students' party at 6∶30 p.m．, it is normal for guests not to appear before midnight, if at all, and no one cares．Being the first to arrive－looking eager－is social death．When my mother is asked to a party for 6∶30, she likes to be there, if not no time, then no later than seven．My age group(late thirties )falls somewhere between the two, but because we still think we're young, we're probably closer to student-time than grown-up time．

　　The accepted custom at present is confusing(混乱的), sometimes annoying, and it often means you may go home hungry, but it does lend every party that precious element(成分)of surprise．

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　　The British policeman has several nicknames(绰号), but the most frequently(经常地)used are“copper”and“bobby”．The first name comes from the verb“cop”meaning“to take”or“capture”, and the second comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, a 19th century politician(政治家), who was the founder of the police force．An early nickname for the policeman was“peeler”, but this name has died out．

　　Visitors to England seem, nearly always, to be very impressed by the English police．In fact, it has become a joke that visitors to Britain, when asked for their views of the country, will always say, at some point of other,“I think your policemen are wonderful．”

　　Well, the British bobby may not always be wonderful but he is usually a very friendly and helpful character．

　　A music-hall song of some years ago was called“If you want to know the time, ask a policeman”．Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policemen．In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about the city that someone wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!

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　　When Susan White went back to high school a couple of years ago, she never had any thought about actually getting a high school diploma(文凭)．

　　“I just wanted to learn more,”she said．But when she found out that many of her classmates were planning to graduate, Mrs．White recalled(回忆),“I said if my young friends can graduate from high school, so can I．”

　　She seems to have been right．As soon as she completes a history course, Mrs．White will graduate next month．And when she does, she will enter the record books as the oldest person ever to graduate from high school in the United States．

　　Mrs．White is 98 years old, and nobody knows of anyone who has completed high school at an older age．

　　Mrs．White dropped out of school(退学)in the 10th grade, but her ability to learn has obviously not been dulled(减弱)by the 80-year layoff(中止)．Since going back to her studies she has kept up a straight -A record-that is the highest possible．

　　Now that she is about to get a diploma, Mrs．White has become a strong believer in getting a good education．

　　“I don't like anyone dropping out of school,”she said．“It makes me mad when a person decides to leave school, because future generations will have to know even more than we do in order to survive(生存)．”

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