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　　Get ready for the sights and sounds of the Nation’s Capital．Tourmobile Sightseeing’s narrated shuttle tours take you right where you want to go with unlimited free reboarding．You choose where to stop, stay as long as you want, then reboard and ride to another historic site．

　　Let Tourmobile Sightseeing take you on a Washington tour you will long remember．From monuments to museums, from history past to history in the making, our narrators will give you information on exhibits, architecture and the people who inspired it all．

　　Operates：Daily except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day

　　Departures：Continuously, with final reboarding 1 hour before closing, as follows：9∶30am－4∶30pm

　　Step into our nation’s history and remember the American patriots, both humble and well-known, whose final resting place is in the wooded hills of Arlington．Tourmobile provides the only authorized riding tour through Arlington National Cemetery．Narrators will relate accounts of heroism and personal sacrifice as you ride to important sites：

　　●Kennedy Gravesites

　　●Tomb of the Unknowns(Changing of the Guard)

　　●Arlington House, the Robert E．Lee Memorial

　　Operates：Daily except Christmas Day

　　Departures：Continuously during operating hours below：

　　　　　　　　8∶30am－6∶30pm April thru September

　　　　　　　　8∶30am–4∶30pm October thru March

　　　　　　　　Last tour begins at 30 minutes before the close of the cemetery．

　　Travel through historic Old Town Alexandria and the scenic countryside of Virginia to Mount Vernon, the estate and gardens of President George Washington．You can explore the 14 room mansion, the new Ford Orientation Center, and the Donald Reynolds Museum & Education Center．

　　Operates：Daily June 15 thru Labor Day
　　　　　　　The Mount Vernon tour lasts 5 hours．

　　Departure：11 am

　　Visit Cedar Hill, the newly restored home of former Slave Frederick Douglass, who became a statesman, orator and advisor to Presidents．Ride through historic Capitol Hill, past Lincoln Park and the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial．A unique tour of African-American history．

　　Operates：Daily June 15 thru Labor Day

　　　　　　　The Douglass tour lasts 2 1/2 hours．

　　Departure：Noon

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　　They are among the 250, 000 people under the age of 25 who are out of work in the Netherlands, a group that explains the cause of 40 percent of the nation’s unemployed．A storm of anger boils up at the government-sponsored(政府资助的)youth center, event among those who are continuing their studies．

　　“We study for jobs that don’t exist,”Nicollet Steggerda, 23, said．

　　After thirty years of prosperity, unemployment among 10 member nations of the European community has reached as much as 11 percent, affecting a total of 12.3 million people, and the number is climbing．

　　The bitter disappointment long expressed by British youths is spreading across the continent．The title of a rock song“No future”can now be seen written on the brick walls of closed factories in Belgium and France．

　　Recent surveys have found that the increasing argument in the last few years over the deployment(部署)in Europe of North Atlantic Treaty Organization missiles and the possibility of nuclear war have clouded European youths’ confidence(信心)in the future．

　　One form of protest(an action that shows disagreement)tends to put the responsibility for a country’s economic troubles on the large numbers of“guest workers”from third world nations, people welcomed in western Europe in the years of prosperity．

　　Young Europeans, brought up in an extended period of economic success and general stability, seem to be similar to Americans more than they do their own parents．Material enjoyment has given them a sense of expectation, even the right, to a standard of living that they see around them．

　　“And so we pass the days at the discos, or meet people at the cafe, and sit and stare,”said Isabella Cault．“There is usually not much conversation．You look for happiness．Sometimes you even find it．”

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　　Youth volunteers from Beijing university visited Song tang hospital, a care clinic for the aged and dying patients, during the second global youth service day on April 21．

　　Thirty student volunteers from the university’s school of international studies sat at the beds of the patients in their specially–decorated“care huts”．They talked with them and gave massages(按摩)to patients kept in their beds．

　　“I felt sorry that I could not offer more to these people than talking with them and trying to cheer them up．”said Deng Yetao, 20, a third-year student．“But it occurred to me that they need more care and love than babies．They are afraid of the coming death．Their loneliness is worse than physical pains．”

　　“Even though they are suffering a lot, the majority of the elderly people want to talk to us．Each of them has a lot of life experiences and philosophies to share．Instead of doing them a favor, I felt I was gaining a valuable lesson．”said Mao Xiaohua, another third-year student．

　　Mao talked with two elderly patients for a whole afternoon．The fact that most of the patients in the 80-room clinic are aged people with diseases which will lead to death soon made the volunteers’ hearts heavy．

　　Ninety-one percent of the patients will spend the last days of their lives in the clinic, according to a survey by the hospital．

　　Daily visits and services by social workers and youth volunteers are a very important part of their programmers．A total of 330, 000 Beijing students from 119 universities and colleges have visited the hospital．Many continue to offer services in their spare time．Some of them volunteer to hold the hands of dying patients during the last minutes of their lives．

　　Yin hang, a student from Beijing medical college, said he felt“the glory of life”as he saw the fading smile on the face of the old man who passed into a deep unconsciousness(昏迷)while he was holding his hands．

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　　The luxury of eating an apple on Mars could cost as much as US ＄22,000．That's because it costs about US ＄120,000 to launch a kilogram of anything into deep space．So getting enough food into orbit is a big problem facing astronauts on a trip to Mars．

　　After NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration)has no current plans to send astronauts to Mars, related research is being carried out-including the production of food．Astronauts on the international Space Station usually eat primarily freeze-dried food to which they add water．However, the weight of the packaging--almost as much as the food inside-costs a lot of money．The biggest problem of all is a psychological(心理上的)one．Scientists believe that astronauts will suffer without the variety offered by fresh vegetables．The answer is to grow at least some of the food．On a short trip it is imagined that astronauts will eat vegetables such as lettuce, spinach and carrots grown in a refrigerator-sized unit known as a“salad machine”．On longer journeys they will actually grow vegetables in greenhouses on Mars．Martian astronauts will eat a vegetarian diet since it will not be practical to raise animals．To make up for the lack of meat, recipes have been created to add as much variety to the diet as possible, using only a basic number of products．It uses heat and mechanical force to transform soybeans into meat and cheese substitutes(替代物)．The prized result of this research is a purely vegetable-based pizza with meat and cheese substitutes．

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“Together Everyone, Achieves More”-TEAM

　　WHEN an NBA player is young he thinks he can win the championship by himself．It is only later when he has aged and been through many battles that he learns an important lesson：there is no“I”in“team”．

　　There is no better example of the value of teamwork than the Boston Celtics．Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were all superstars on three different teams．Yet, none of them had any titles to show for it．Then, last season, they decided to sacrifice money and individual statistics to play together．Garnett and Allen joined Pierce on the Celtics and changed the NBA in the process．

　　It started in simple ways．Garnett and Allen are two of the most intense athletes in the world．They treat every second of every practice like it is the NBA championship．If you want to play alongside them then you will have to do the same．So, the young guys on the Celtics started giving their full effort too．

　　Pierce had been the star of the Celtics for many years．He used to shoot the ball many times a game．But with the addition of Allen and Garnett he shot less and focused on defense．His selflessness showed the young players that doing what made the team better was the only thing that mattered．

　　When the Celtics were winning and the game was almost over, Garnett, Pierce and Allen would come out of the game．But they wouldn’t just sit on the bench．Instead, they stood and cheered and screamed for their teammates．They wanted to support their friends and teammates．

　　Now, the guys who don't play know they can still affect the game by cheering so they scream and cheer when Garnett, Allen and Pierce are playing．The Celtics have developed a strong relationship．They are more than just teammates．They are brothers．

　　The result：the Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship and are considered the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship again this year．

　　There is a saying that goes,“A successful team beats with one heart．”If that is the case, the Celtics may have the biggest heart in the NBA．

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　　IN the stillness of a sleepless Saturday evening, Linda and Cindy were lying in bed, their minds drawn to deliberate on the same thing．

　　They hadn’t been on speaking terms since last Saturday, when they had a fierce quarrel．The whole week was torture(折磨)．Both wished to make up, but neither was willing to break the ice．

　　The clock was ticking rhythmically in the dorm．Both girls counted in their heads：“Five, four, three, two, one, speak．”

　　“Shall we talk?”both started and stopped at the same time．Feeling embarrassed, they paused for a few uncomfortable seconds before starting again：“Sorry, I…”

　　Again, both paused but soon began laughing heartily．

　　Sitting up, Cindy gestured with her hand and said,“Look, Linda, I’m sorry, I really am．I was being unreasonable．”

　　“No, the fault’s all mine,”said Linda．“I was too upset and I vented(发泄)it all on you．”

　　“Well, well, forget about it,”Cindy said in a jokingly childish voice．“We are what we are．”

　　The once-thick wall had crumbled(崩溃，瓦解)．

　　“But, Cindy, do think of changing!Sorrows do not justify(证明…正确、有道理)your being so pessimistic(悲观的)all the time．You are not alone; I will always be by your side．Don’t let the miseries of the past hold you back．”

　　“I just can’t get over all that’s happened．Death has carried away my parents and every other thing there is in me．”

　　“Come now,”said Linda．“Life is in our own hands!Find a way out!”

　　“OK, I’ll try．Anyway, there is a writing competition．I’ve already signed us up for it,”said Cindy, a smile forming on her face．

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　　Failure is probably the most fatiguing(令人疲劳的)experience a person ever has．There is nothing more tiringthan not succeeding, being blocked, not moving ahead．It is an evil circle．Failure causes fatigue, and fatigue makes it harder to get to work, which adds to the fatigue．

　　We experience this tiredness in two main ways：start-up fatigue and performance fatigue．In the former case, we keep putting off a task that we are forced to take up．Either because it is too boring or because it is too difficult, we avoid it．And the longer we put it off, the more tired we feel．

　　Such start-up fatigue is very real, even not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones．The remedy(治疗法)is obvious, though perhaps not easy to apply：willpower exercise．The moment I find myself turning away from a job, or putting it under a pile of things I have to do, I clear my desk of everything else and attack the difficult item first．To prevent start-up fatigue, always treat the most difficult job first．

　　Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle．Here we are willing to get started, but we can't seem to do the job right．Its difficulties appear to be insurmountable and however hard we work, we fail again and again．The mounting experience of failure carries with it an ever-increasing burden of mental fatigue．In such a situation, I work as hard as I can, then let the unconsciousness take over．

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　　If you want to be a success, study at the University of Waikato is right for you．The university is internationally recognised for its excellence and achievements．It will help you develop advanced research skills．As a university student you can get first-class research facilities(设施)with trained teachers to help, support and advise you in your study．We pride ourselves on our high standards, our research success and our international recognition．For further information：inf@waikato.ac.nz

　　We offer a wide choice of bachelor’s degrees for international students, which includes：Arts, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, etc．Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education are only for New Zealand citizens, for further information：deg@waikato.ac.nz

Tuition Fees(学费)

　　Tuition fees are different from department to department, generally from ＄5,000 to ＄6,000 a year．For further information：tui@waikato.ac.nz

Accommodation(住宿)

　　You can have a room in a 4-bedroom flat, which will cost about ＄100 a month with other regular living costs of about ＄150 a month for one person．For further information：acc@waikato.ac.nz

　　The Student Health Service provides excellent medical services for students．The Medical Centre is open five days a week, including student holidays with four doctors and nurses to meet your medical needs．For further information：heal@waikato．ac．nz

　　The Centre is a great place to have sports activities．Trained exercise teachers can help you work out a training plan and keep you active．The sports hall has volleyball, basketball and indoor football courts and a swimming pool as well．There are also a large number of sports clubs at Waikato．For further information：sport@ waikato.ac.nz

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　　For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets．Most of these searches have been done over the radio．The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us．Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships travelling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such message．

　　Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years of Earth．In addition, they will scan the entire sky to“listen”for radio messages from more distant stars．Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time．Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise．

　　Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists find that five percent are like our sun．Perhaps half of them have a planet like Earth．Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution(进化)of life．Based on the inhabitable(that can be lived in)planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life．

　　However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets．Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there．They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely．

　　Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy．Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old．In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization much more advanced than ours have developed．Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us．If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking．

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　　When Joe Bates was twelve years old, he lost interest in school．He stopped listening in his classes．Some of his teachers began to consider him a problem．

　　But a few of Joe’s teachers thought that Joe might have lost interest in schoolwork because he already understood it．They proposed that Joe try taking a university class in computer science．Joe did．He was the best student in the class．Later tests showed that his intelligence and knowledge were far greater than most children of his age．He entered university when he was thirteen, about four years earlier than most children．And by the time he was in his early twenties, Joe was teaching computer science at a university．

　　Joe’s story shows what can happen when a child’s unusual ability is recognized．Sadly, however, not all gifted children get this recognition．And educational experts say unusually gifted children may waste their abilities if they do not get help to develop them．

　　Studies show that almost twenty percent of students who fail to complete high school in the United States are gifted children．

　　This is because gifted children can have special problems as well as special abilities．Teachers may not recognize their abilities or may not know how to keep them interested．Or they may consider such students to be troublemakers or rebels．

　　Gifted children may feel lonely or different because they do not know other children who share their interests．

　　Educators say there are more than two million gifted children in the United States today．But they say fewer than half are taking part in special education programs designed for them．

　　One of the most successful programs is held every summer at John Hopkins University in the state of Maryland, where Joe Bates went to school．It started in 1980 when educators saw that there must be many children like Joe．

　　At first, only 100 children took part in it, and now more than 1,000 children between the ages of nine and sixteen are students in the summer program．

　　The John Hopkins program provides studies in math and science．It also has classes for children with unusual ability in language and writing．The children study the same subject every day for several weeks．It could be biology, or history, or English literature．In those few weeks, they learn as much as in a normal nine-month school year．

　　William Durden, the director says the program succeeds because it permits children to make progress more quickly than in a traditional program．And the children get to meet others like themselves．

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