Contribute your idea to help the poor children who want to study in China
A：Hi, everyone．There was an old topic which has gone now about the possible contribution to help the poor family or children in China．Here, may I ask any talented and kind people to do something for the cause? Then we may organize our own community to do something helpful for our country．Many thanks for your attention．Hope to hear your good thoughts and ideas soon．
B：Thanks for your message．I’ve read the website you posted and knew a bit about what is going on that activity．It’s good for all of us．Personally, I think I would like to help the rural area children who could not support themselves to get educated rather than help those mature ones．What do you think? Meanwhile, I really hope we can have others involved in this．Come on, and let’s do sth．good and nice．Cheers!
C：Hope so…As a Banzhu, I will try my best．At least, we shouldn’t let this message down!
D：If you are interested in this, shall we meet together to discuss some possibilities about it? Please let us combine to contribute a little for children who want to study．In my personal point of view, how to collect money is the key to success．
If you care, just give 2 or 3 pounds, even just 20 pence．Before money is accumulated to a satisfying level, we can definitely work out a reliable way to contribute it．Also please supply some stuff you do not need, or sell something in the BBS or somewhere．
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Somebody has written an article in a newspaper in order to call on people to find ways to help poor family or children in China．
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The three persons B, C, and D all agree with A．
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D thinks that money is very important in helping others．
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Hawking, a Disabled Man, a Great Scientist
Stephen Hawking’s parents lived in London where his father was undertaking(从事)research into medicine．However, London was a dangerous place during World War Ⅱ and Stephen’s mother was sent to the safer town of Oxford where Stephen was born．The family were soon back together living in Highgate, north London, where Stephen began his schooling．
Hawking wanted to specialise in mathematics in his last couple of years at school where his mathematics teacher had inspired him to study the subject．
In March 1959 Hawking took the scholarship(奖学金)examinations with the aim of studying natural sciences at Oxford．He was awarded a scholarship, despite feeling that he had performed badly, and at University College he specialised in physics in his natural sciences degree．
From Oxford, Hawking moved to Cambridge to take up research in general relativity and cosmology(宇宙论), a difficult area for someone with only a little mathematical background．Hawking had noticed that he was becoming rather clumsy(笨拙的)during his last year at Oxford and, when he returned home for Christmas in 1962 at the end of his first term at Cambridge, his mother persuaded him to see a doctor．
In early 1963 he spent two weeks having tests in hospital and motor neurone(神经细胞)disease was diagnosed(诊断)．His condition became worse quickly and the doctors predicted that he would not live long enough to complete his doctorate(博士学位)．
Although there seemed to be a cloud hanging over his future, he found, to his surprise, that he was enjoying life present more than before．He began to make progress with his research．
The reason why his research progressed was that he met a girl he wanted to marry and realised he had to complete his doctorate to get a job．
Between 1965 and 1970 Hawking worked on singularities in the theory of general relativity, devising(设计)new mathematical techniques to study this area of cosmology．From 1970 Hawking began to apply his previous ideas to the study of black holes．
Another remarkable achievement of Hawking’s using these techniques was his no boundary(边界)proposal made in 1983 with Jim Hartle of Santa Barbara．
In 1982 Hawking decided to write a popular book on cosmology．By 1984 he had produced a first draft of A Brief History of Time．However, Hawking was to suffer a further illness－pneumonia(肺炎)．An operation saved his life but took away his voice．
Hawking was given a computer system to enable him to have an electronic voice．It was with these difficulties that he revised(修订)the draft of A Brief History of Time which was published in 1988．The book broke sales records in a way that it would have been hard to predict．By May 1995 it had been in The Sunday Times best-sellers list for 237 weeks breaking the previous record of 184 weeks．
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At the Oxford, Hawking got pneumonia．
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Hawking was born in London．
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Hawking was born disabled．
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Hawking’s book－A Brief History of Time is a best seller．
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Space is a dangerous place not only because of meteors(流星), but also because of rays from the sun and other stars．The atmosphere acts as our protective blanket on the earth．Light gets through and this is essential for plants to make the food we eat．Heat also makes our environment endurable．Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space．
Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space．The unit of radiation is called rem．Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged．The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage．A person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her organs may be damaged and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed(畸形的)children or even grandchildren．Members of the Apollo flights had to cross belts of high radiation and during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of radiation．So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo members have been quite short．We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory．Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far．
Something is better than nothing．聊胜于无。L
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The atmosphere would prevent light that plants need．
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The greatest danger to explorers in space is meteors．
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The harm of radiation may be seen after a long period．
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Members of the Apollo flights got lots of radiation in outer space．
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The harm radiation had done to the Apollo members seems unknown．
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The damage done by radiation can’t be decreased by drugs right now．
