Nellie was a black child going to a school in Arkansas, in which the students were mostly poor African-American children．Thanks to the aid of a fund, grade one students could enjoy a special reading project：after finishing reading through a book, a child is allowed to take home a book, cassette and walkman on weekends as a reward, so that he or she will have an extra chance of study．

　　Friday came．Nellie, holding the reward she had won, went home happily．According to the rule, the child should bring back to school the things taken home at the weekend the next Monday．

　　Nellie didn’t hand them in to school on Monday．When asked why, she said “I…I…I f-o-r-got…” and then fell silent．Three weeks passed but the book, cassette and walkman still didn’t come back．

　　One day, however, Nellie’s mother came to school with the book, cassette and walkman．She explained to the teacher why Nellie hadn’t brought them back．

　　“When Nellie came back from school that day and told me that she was learning to read, I simply couldn’t believe, for, you see, before her none of my family was able to read．

　　“I was very young when I gave birth to Nellie, so I had to give up school．When Nellie read to me the book I was surprised．I asked her how she managed it．She said, ‘It is quite easy．I just follow the teacher in the cassette again and again until I can read myself．’In the beginning, I didn’t believe her, but I decided to have a try to see if I could also learn to read．That’s why Nellie didn’t return the reading materials．”

　　She paused and then asked, “May I read to you?”

　　So in front of her daughter this young mother began reading aloud her daughter’s book to her daughter’s teacher, tears on her face all the time．

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　　Hill Thomas, mayor of the town of Stool, Wisconsin, had a neighbor the Frosts．They were on very good terms．

　　One weekend the Forests went to Illinois on holiday, before which Mr Forest had e-mailed to Hill telling him that it would be a week before they came back and asking him to look after his house．

　　On the fifth night after the Forests went vacationing, it snowed heavily in and around Stool until 5 the next morning and the small town turned world of snow overnight．

　　The next morning, Hill and his got up early to clear up the snow around his house, because every inhabitant shall clear snow 4 meters around before 9 a.m., according to the local law; otherwise, they would be punished．

　　Hill went to work after clearing the snow around his house, but that round the Forests’ remained as it was．Hill didn’t realize it until halfway, but it was too late：an official of the community had taken photos of it and sent them to the town court．

　　The moment the Forests got back to the town, a summons(传票)from the court came to them．Mr Forest didn’t think he should bear this “legal responsibility”．He put Hill to court, accusing him of “nonfeasance(不作为)”．

　　“Before I and my family went on holiday, I had asked Hill to look after my house and he agreed, which can be proved by his reply email saved in my computer．So when the sudden snow struck, he had the duty to clear the snow－of course, we wouldn’t have had him doing it free．But why didn’t Hill do anything?”

　　The court made a judgment in favor of the Forests：Hill shall pay a fine of ＄1000 and work for the community for 72 hours．The mayor accepted the court decision with a bitter smile, saying nothing for himself．

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　　Each term．Andrew Tom receives a term bill, tuition(学费), student center recreation fee, resident activity fee, health insurance．If only the rest of his expenses were as easy to quantify(确定数量)．

　　"It’s like you start out the term With plenty of money and then＄20 for dinner out here and ＄100 at the department store there, it’s gone,” said Tom, a third-year student．"And there are so many daily necessary things that you don’t think about until you get there and need it．"

　　From the books to the fashionable clothes, college students say the expenses of college education go well beyond tuition and a dining hail meal plan．Many say they arrive on campus only to be frightened by unexpected costs from sports fees to the actual price of a slice of pizza．

　　Balancing a job with schoolwork, especially at colleges known for their heavy workloads like Harvard and MIT, can be tough．So can the pressure that students of-ten feel in order to financially go along with their friends．

　　"When you get dragged along shopping, you're going to spend money; if you, get dragged to a party and everyone wants to take a taxi but you are cheap and want to take a bus, chances are you’ll end up sharing the fee for the taxi,” said Tom．"I guess you could say no, but no one wants to be the only one eating in the snack bar while our friends are out to dinner．"

　　Max Cohen, a biology major at MIT, said he is used to watching fellow students spend＄40 a night to have dinner delivered or＄50 during a night out at a bar．During the school’s recent spring break, friends on trips for the week posted away messages that read like a world map－Paris, Rome, Tokyo．"Meanwhile I stay at home and work,” said Cohen．"I didn't realize when I came here how much money I would spend or how hard I would have to work to get by．"

　　It is a lesson some younger students learn quickly．Others, surrounded by credit card offers, go into debt, or worse, are forced to leave school．

　　"A lot of people don’t think twice about how much they spend,” said a first

year student at M1T,” and you feel the pressure sometimes to go along with them．"

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　　A new weapon is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe．Soon when smokers buy cigarettes they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet．

　　Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy．Their friends won’t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table．The European Union announced on October 22, that it bad chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body．It called on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage young smokers．To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of long-tern medical dangers, like cancer．Short-term effects, like bad skin, are also on the list．

　　"The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror．That is the message we should send to the young,” said David Byrne, an EU health official．"Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes．"

　　The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current written warnings on packs of cigarettes．The warnings included ”smoking kills ”and” smoking can lead to a slow and painful death．"

　　So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos．Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2000．The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers．According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable death in ELI．Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute．

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　　A good hearing memory will help your child do better in school．Your child’s hearing ability is normal．Yet, he may seem to be very poor at remembering and understanding what he’s heard at school．

　　Why should this be?It’s because he’s not using his heating ability to help him to remember and understand what he’ sheen taught．

　　Some children get into the habit of learning and remembering things by what they hear．They’ve got good hearing memories．Other children find it easier to learn and remember things by what they see, They’ve got good seeing memories．Some children have equally good ability of both seeing and hearing in learning things．Others, less fortunate, seem to have poor hearing～seeing memories．Most children, I’d say, unwillingly prefer one method over the other for learning and remembering．But this favoring of one sense over the other is a bad habit and deprives(剥夺)the child of the full use of his natural senses．

　　Mrs Allen was clearly incredulous when I told her there was nothing wrong with her son’s hearing．"But he never seems to really understand what he hears．That’s what his teachers tell me,” she said．

　　"My psychological examination of William shows he’s weak in his heating memory～”I said,” but he has perfectly normal intelligence and can learn in school．"

　　"Our family doctor examined William and he said the boy’s hearing was all right．So, that proves you’re right on that point．”Admitted Mrs Allen．"So how can we help him?My husband and I will do anything you say, Dr．Dursteln．"

　　"You can do a lot to improve William’s hearing memory, but it’ll take time．You must be patient and not expect results immediately．”I cautioned(告戒)．

　　I suggested a detailed program for the parents to use at home．I told Mrs Allen to come back and see me every two weeks so that I could guide her in any problem she had in using my program．

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　　A 36-year-old man stormed into the Ramona Post Gffice, yelling at everyone to get out of his way．Carrying a shotgun, he climbed up onto the counter and told everyone to lie on the floor．Then he pulled the trigger(扳机)and fired a round into the ceiling．Piaster splattered(飞溅)onto the floor and the customers．

　　The man ordered all the customers and employees to sit tip and look at him．He said,” Repeat after me：I hate the post office!” Everyone repeated the words．He fired a second round, but this time he aimed at the front plate glass window．Shattered(粉碎的)glass went everywhere．

　　Three minutes later, five police cars pulled up in front of the post office, lights flashing and sirens(警报器)roaring．Using a bullhorn(喇叭), a police officer told the man to’ walk out backwards with his hands up．The man fired another blast out of the shattered window．The police officer and his bullhorn were uninjured．However．one police car had tee little pit marks in it．

　　The man yelled, ”I’m not coming out until the post office pays me for pain and suffering．A postal truck ran into my car two years ago．My back is killing me．I can’t work any more．My wife left me．I can’t take it any more．""

　　After a while, the man calmed down．He released all the people inside．At 7∶00 p.m.", the man walked out backwards with his hands up．The police handcuffed(给……带上手铐)him, put him in the back seat of the car, and drove him to the police station．

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China's economic growth 'hard to predict'

　　The worsening global economic situation makes it difficult for China to predict its growth for next year, a senior official said on Friday．

　　“How fast China’s economy will grow next year is uncertain,”Liu He, deputy director of the Office of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economy Work, told China Daily．

　　“To a large extent, the rate will be decided by the external(外部的)situation,”Liu said during a discussion with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and other economists in Beijing．

　　This year, GDP is estimated to grow at 9.4 or 9.5 percent, down from 10.6 percent last year, he said．However, the impact of the current financial turbulence“on our economy is much less than on the rest of the world”, he said．

　　Nicholas Stern, a former UK government advisor, also told China Daily it will take at least one or two years for the world to recover from the recession, which is now spreading from the US and the UK to the rest of the world．

　　“We don’t know how long the recession will last, but it is unlikely to be short,”he said．

　　Liu said China can use the downturn(衰退)as an opportunity to restructure its economy, which has relied heavily on government investment, foreign trade and low-cost technology over the past years．

　　“When the economy is experiencing fast growth, companies are unwilling to upgrade their technologies,”Liu said．

　　“The slowdown gives such firms the opportunity to enhance(提高)their competitive edge through better technologies．”

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　　1．Showcase your grades．Grades are still important to potential employers．

　　2．Get out into the real world．An internship or part-time co-op job tells employers that you have already experienced a real–world work environment and know what to expect．

　　3．Communicate well with others．No matter what career path you choose to follow－from nurse to computer programmer－you have to have solid written and oral communication skills to get a job．

　　4．Network, network, network．Most graduates land jobs through people they know－not by answering newspaper ads．So, make a list of your own contacts, such as professors, family and friends, and add to it by attending career fairs and other professional associations and activities．

　　5．Be computer literate．It is the information age－you need to be able to show solid computer literacy that is related to your field．

　　6．Put your best resume(简历)forward．A resume should be a short and clear, error-free, reader-friendly, one-page document that can be easily looked through．

　　7．Research．Take the time to learn about the company you are targeting by visiting its Website or researching the company at the library．

　　8．Use examples．Using detailed examples from school and internships to answer questions about your experiences and paint a clearer picture of your strengths and skills for the employer．

　　9．Smile!It is hard to smile when you are on the hot seat－but a smile during an interview shows enthusiasm for the position and the company．Potential(潜在的)employers might interpret a non-smiling face as a lack of interest．

　　10．Show your thanks．A thank-you note following a phone or a face-to-face interview reinforces your interest in the position and the company．

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　　As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease－especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise．The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further．Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, who goes to work every day, but is not an outstanding worker, who drinks a few beers at home most nights but does not drive while drunk, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired．This person is not ill．He may not even be at risk for any particular disease．But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier．

　　The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely“not ill”and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs．Both types have simply been called“well．”In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms“well”and“wellness”only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health．People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition．Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health．Even people who have a physical disease or handicap(缺陷)may be“well,”In this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations．“Wellness”may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for．People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes．And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life．

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