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　　Are you looking for something fun? Would you like to help other people in your spare time? Then join us and be a volunteer!

　　We are a non-profit organization(非盈利性组织)．We have volunteer jobs for people of all ages．Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their 80s, can become a volunteer．

　　You can help people in many ways．Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working．Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents see a doctor．Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes．There is something for everyone．

　　"As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything．Seeing the children's happy faces, I am happy, too．"said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62．

　　"I often played computer games in my spare time before．Now I help older people learn how to use computers．" said another volunteer at the age of 18．

　　If everyone helps out a bit, we'll all have a better world to live in．

　　Interested? Call us on 1-800-555-5756．Or visit our website：www．active．com．

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　　Harry’s father bought a magazine which gave its readers information about all kinds of products and helped them make the best choice while buying．

　　Harry borrowed his father’s magazine when he needed a new computer．“I’ll read it and choose the best one．” He said．

　　The magazine described these computers．

　　Harry chose the BNK 975XF．“I know it’s expensive,” he said, “but it will be with me for a long time and do everything I want it to do．”

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　　Mr．White was very busy yesterday．He helped his mother move into a new house．He started at 3∶30 in the afternoon．First he cleaned the windows．Then he carried all the heavy furniture(家具)into the new house．He helped his mother put the curtains up too．

　　Mr．White was very tired when he got “home”．It was 9∶15 p. m．He couldn’t find the right key to the front door．The front door was locked．Then he tried the back door, but it was also locked．“I should climb in through the kitchen window,” Mr．White said to himself．He didn’t want to wake up his wife and children．

　　But suddenly, a big black dog came to him from behind．Mr．White was frightened and surprised．He didn’t own a dog! He was at the wrong house! Soon the police came．“I’m not a thief or a robber,” said Mr．White to the police．“I’m at the wrong house．Please believe me．” What an unlucky poor man Mr．White was!

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You may know the English letters A, B and

　　C．But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas．But did you know there is a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another Earth”? No．They are just Chinese people like you and me．

　　ABC means American-Born Chinese．An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States．Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”．A banana is yellow outside and white inside．So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside－thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside－looking like a Chinese．

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language．Some of them don't speak Chinese．

　　But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course．They are Chinese．They are overseas Chinese．These people may be citizens(公民)of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore．But they have Chinese blood．Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China．They all have black eyes and black hair．

　　But they are not Chinese citizens．They are not the people of the People's Republic of China．For example, we all know the famous scientist

　　C．N．Yang(杨振宁)．He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957．The Chinese love him, but he is an American citizen．

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　　“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin,28,a writer in Beijing．

　　Taobao, China's largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin's life．She spends lots of money on Taobao．

　　A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping．Most online shoppers are students or young workers．More women shop on line than men．Clothes and home-use products are the most popular on line．

　　It was reported that more than 250 billion yuan was spent on online shopping last year, 80％ through Taobao．

　　Taobao means “looking for treasure”in Chinese．People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books ,from candies to DVD players．

　　You may question the security of online shopping ,Wang Lin said, “”It's very safe and convenient．Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them,the shop owner will not get the money．You can also get your money back if you want to return the products．”

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　　Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world， and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．

　　The reporter was talking to them about being important．

　　“How do we know if someone is really important?” the reporter asked the banker．

　　The banker thought for a few moments and then said, “I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”

　　The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?” she asked．

　　The man shook his head, “No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You'd only be important if while you were visiting the President， there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”

　　The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”

　　“No, I don't,” he said．“I don't think that makes the visitor important．That makes the President important．”

　　“Then what would make the visitor important?” the reporter and the other two men asked．

　　“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang， and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said, 'It's for you．”

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　　Dick lived in England．One day in January he said to his wife, "I'm going to fly to New York next week because I've got some work there．" "Where are you going to stay there?" his wife asked．"I don't know yet．" Dick answered．"Please send me your address from there in a telegram(电报)," his wife said．"All right," Dick answered．

　　He flew to New York on January 31st and found a nice hotel in the center of the city．He put his things in his room and then he sent his wife a telegram．He put the address of his hotel in it．

　　In the evening he didn't have any work, so he went to a cinema．He came out at nine o'clock and said, "Now I'm going back to my hotel and have a nice dinner．"

　　He found a taxi and the driver said, "Where do you want to go?" But Dick didn't remember the name and address of his hotel．

　　"Which hotel are my things in?" he said, "And what am I going to do tonight?" But the driver of the taxi did not know．So Dick got out and went into a post office．There he sent his wife another telegram, and in it he wrote, "Please send me my address at this post office．"

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　　The concept of personal choice in relation to health behaviors is an important one．An estimated 90 percent of all illnesses may be preventable if individuals would make sound personal health choice and do not like to see it restricted when it is within the legal and moral boundaries of society．The structure of American society allows us to make almost all our own personal decisions that may concern our health．If we so desire, we can smoke, drink excessively, refuse to wear seat belts, eat whatever foods we want, and live a completely sedentary life style without any exercise．The freedom to make such personal decisions is a fundamental aspect of our society, although the wisdom of these decisions can be questioned．Personal choices relative to health often cause a difficulty．As one example, a teenager may know the facts relative to smoking cigarettes and health but may be pressured by friends into believing it is the socially accepted thing to do．?

　　A multitude of factors, both inherited and environmental, influence the development of health related behaviors, and it is beyond the scope of this text to discuss all these factors as they may affect any given individual．However, the decision to adopt a particular health related behavior is usually one of personal choices．There are healthy choices and there are unhealthy choices．In discussing the morals of personal choice, Fries and Grapo drew a comparison．They suggest that to knowingly give oneself over to a behavior that has a statistical probability of shortening life is similar to attempting suicide．Thus, for those individuals who are interested in preserving both the quality and quantity of life, personal health choices should reflect those behaviors that are associated with a statistical probability of increased vitality and longevity．

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　　These days, it's easy to fly across oceans for vacation．Centuries ago, however, crossing the open seas required thorough and accurate planning, handmade boats, and courage．Scientists and historians have long been looking for clues to explain who crossed which oceans first．When it comes to the trip between Polynesia(玻利尼西亚中太平洋群岛)and South America, chickens may have been among the first ocean voyagers, according to new evidence．

　　After studying an ancient chicken bone, anthropologists(人类学家)from the University of Auckland in New Zealand now say that people and chickens traveled from Polynesia to what is now Chile(智利)by about 620 years ago．By then, the Inca people were already living in South America, but the Polynesians would have been the first to get there by sea．Previous theories claimed that European explorers and their chickens sailed to South America first -- but those voyagers didn't arrive until about a century later．

　　In 2002, archaeologists dug up 50 chicken bones from a site in Chile called El Arenal．The team from New Zealand analyzed one to these bones．According to their calculations, the bone is about 650 years old．

　　The researchers also compared the genetic material, or DNA, from the South American chicken bone with DNA from 11 chicken bones that had been found on the Polynesian islands of Tonga and American Samoa．These islands are 6,000 miles west of Chile．The bones found on the Polynesian islands are been 600 and 2,000 years old．

　　Results of the comparisons showed that the chicken bones from both the Polynesian and South American sites had part of DNA in common．The researchers found the same part of DNA in feathers of two living chickens in Chile that belong to a modem breed that lays blue eggs．That DNA evidence suggests a close relationship among the chickens．

　　"However, the weight of scientific evidence is now behind the hypothesis(假设)that it was seafaring(航海)Polynesians who sailed from the islands to South America and returned," says archaeologist Patrick V．Kirch of the University of California, Berkeley．