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　　Babu, a 12-year-old dog, does not normally like going for walks．But when she insisted on going for one soon after the March 11 earthquake, her owner Tami Akanuma suspected something was wrong．When Babu headed for a nearby hill rather than taking their usual route in the coastal city of Miyako, Akanuma decided to follow along．Minutes after climbing the hill, she saw a disastrous tsunami attacking the town, flattening the district where they lived about 200 meters from the coast．“Babu might have sensed a tsunami was coming, ” said Akanuma, 83．

　　Akanuma was relaxing in her living room when the quake struck off Japan's northeast coast．The lights went out and Babu started running around the room, barking loudly and madly wagging her tail．It's a bit early for a walk, Akanuma thought, but she put Babu on her leash(系狗的皮带)anyway．As soon as she opened the door; Babu fiercely ran outside and headed toward a nearby hill-the opposite direction they usually go for a walk．

　　When Akanuma's pace slowed down, Babu would look back, as if urging her owner to walk faster．When Akanuma caught up, Babu would ran ahead again, straining at her leash．This game of hurry-up-and –catch-me continued over and over．When Akanuma finally took a rest, she had climbed the hill about one kilometer from her home．Turning around, Akanuma, could barely believe her eyes： Most of the route she and Babu had walked had been swallowed up by tsunami and her home had been consumed by the wail of muddy water．Akanuma believes her dog could tell something was wrong that day．

　　Babu is staying with Akanuma and about 60 locals at a hall being used as a shelter．Babu turned 12 Wednesday．She seemed quite pleased to celebrate the event in her favorite pink outfit, which had been freshly washed for the big day．

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　　We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching．On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched．We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming pupils．It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates．It can have a bad effect on both the right and the not-so-bright child．After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!

　　Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability．This is only one aspect of their total personality．We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability．We also value personal qualities and social skills, and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning．

　　In our classrooms, we work in various ways．The pupils often work in groups： This gives them the opportunity to learn to co-operate, to share, and to develop leadership skills．They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively．The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher．

　　Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed．They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate．We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently．An advanced pupil can do advanced work： it does not matter what age the child is．We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal．

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　　I used to watch her from my kitchen window．She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break．I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball．I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids．She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net．The boys always tried to stop her but no one could．I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone．

　　One day I asked her why she practiced so much．Without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college．The only way I can go is to get a scholarship．I am going to play college basketball．I want to be the best．My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count．"Well, I had to give it to her-She was determined．I watched her through those junior high years and into high school．

　　Every week, she led her school team to victory．

　　One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms．I walked up and sat down in the cool grass beside her．Quietly I asked what was wrong．“Oh, nothing, ” came a soft reply, “I am just too short．” The coach told her that she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team, much less offered a scholarship-so she should stop dreaming about college．She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment．I asked her if she had talked to father about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong．They just did not understand the power of a dream．He told her that if she truly wanted a scholar-ship, nothing could stop her except one thing-her own attitude．

　　The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and joined the college team．She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of．

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　　We can all contribute to a greener world．Just follow these nine golden rules：

　　●Stop getting junk mail．Billions of junk mail can be sent every year．Half of it is never opened．Get your name off mailing lists．If 100, 000 people stopped getting junk mail today, it would save 150, 000 trees a year．

　　●Stop reading newspapers．All over the world, millions of newspapers are thrown away every day, 44 million newspapers in the USA alone－that's half a million trees a week．Either recycle your newspapers or read the news online．

　　●Buy clothes made from organic materials．Conventional cotton farming seriously pollutes the environment, most of which uses chemical pesticides(农药)and fertilizers．Organic is better!

　　●Switch to solar energy．In one day, the sun will provide enough energy to power the planet．Why aren't we using it?

　　●If you have to drive, share the ride．Most cars in the USA have only one occupant．Also, 25 percent of car rides are less than 1.5 kilometres．Get out and walk!

　　●Unplug your PC, TV and VCR．Simply turning them off isn't enough．Sets left on standby are still using 25 percent of their power．

　　●Hold on to your balloons．Helium-filled balloons which fly away usually end up in a lake or river, where they can choke aquatic(水生的)creatures．Save your balloons and use them again．Or better still, don't use them at all．

　　●Feed the birds．Wild birds need food, especially in winter when other sources can be scarce．The greater the range of foodstuffs you put out for them, the more types of birds you will attract．

　　●Plant a garden at your school．Learn the connection between the land and the table．Plant vegetables to eat, flowers to admire and trees to improve the air．

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　　The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving self．The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be．Without patience, life is extremely frustrating．You are easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated．Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life．It's essential for inner peace．Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present moment, even if you don't like it．If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking get out of hand and gently reminding yourself to relax．It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme of things, being late is “small stuff”．

　　Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice．An effective way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods-periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience．Life itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience．You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time．What you'll discover is truly amazing．Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it's only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience．Patience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself．Once you reach little milestone(里程碑)-five minutes of successful patience-you'll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time．Over time, you may even become a patient person．

　　Being patient will help you to keep your perspective．You'll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn't “life or death” but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with．Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure．

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　　It's 10 pm．You may not know where your child is, but the chip does．

　　The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help．Once doctors arrive, the chip will also be able to tell them which drugs are not suitable for little Johnny or Janie．At the hospital, the chip will tell doctors his or her complete medical history．And of course, when you arrive to pick up your child, settling the hospital bill with your health insurance policy will be a simple matter of waving your own chip-the one embedded in your hand．

　　To some, this may sound unbelievable．But the technology for such chips is no longer the stuff of science fiction．And it may soon offer many other benefits besides locating lost children or elderly patients．It could be used as credit cards and people won't have to carry wallets anymore．

　　On the other hand, some are already wondering what this sort of technology may do to the sense of personal privacy and liberty．

　　“Any technology of this kind could result in abuse of personal privacy, ” says Lee Tien, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation．“If a kid can be tracked, do you want other people to be able to track your kid? It's a double-edged sword．”

　　Applied Digital Solutions, Inc．in Palm Beach, Florida, says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin testing its device in humans．About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip can be encoded(编码)with bits of information and embedded in humans under a layer of skin．When scanned by a nearby reader, the embedded chip gives the data．

　　Most embedded chip designs are so-called passive chips, which give information only when scanned by a nearby reader．But active chips-such as the proposed Digital Angel of the future-will give out information all the time．And that means designers will have to develop some sort of power source that can provide a continuous source of energy, yet be small enough to be embedded with the chips．

　　In addition to technical problems, many suspect that all sorts of legal and privacy issues would have to be cleared as well．

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　　Six years ago, a Miami woman walking through the hall of an office building casually noticed two men standing together．Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building．Police investigators determined that the woman was the only witness who had seen the two suspects, and could possibly describe them．In an interview with police, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear．

　　Several days later, psychologist Ronald P．Fisher was brought in to obtain a more complete account from the woman．Fisher's interview produced a breakthrough－the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects．She then recalled several details about his appearances．This information gave police important leads that enabled them to arrest the suspects and close the case．

　　Police investigators sought the help from Fisher because of his rich knowledge in conducting the so-called cognitive(认知的)interview, a kind of memory-rebuilding process．In its original form, the cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques： thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at the time of past events, reporting everything that comes to mind about those events no matter how broken or unconnected, retelling events in a variety of time orders, beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward, and adopting different perspectives while recalling events．

　　Usually, an interviewer begins the cognitive approach by encouraging the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else's questions．The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions．The interviewer then goes further with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different perspectives．

　　Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they get nearly 50％ more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain about the same．

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　　An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment．It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it．

　　All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices-just about everybody．Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed．

　　There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”-“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”．A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”．Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise-telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is．

　　Endless are the ways of flattery．Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is．In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it．

　　We need it to be more sure of ourselves．It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it．But if we just lap it up for its food value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves．

　　Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it．A good example is the famous 12^th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England．The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣)．They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might．

　　He decided to teach them a lesson．He took them to the seashore and sat down．Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in．The tide was too busy to listen to him．The king was satisfied．This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery．

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　　At the age of 22, Liu Lu is barely old enough to shave and may indeed still have peach fuzz on his face instead of whiskers, but his youth has not prevented him from becoming the youngest professor in China．Last week, Zhongnan University in the central Chinese city of Changsha appointed Liu to a professorship and also awarded him one million yuan in recognition for his solving a complicated math problem called the “Seetapun Enigma”．It's not unusual for young people such as Liu to do great things．Most great poetry and many great scientific and mathematical discoveries have leaped from the minds of young geniuses．We only have to think of the poetry of Byron, the inventions of Edison and the theoretical breakthroughs of Einstein．

　　Unlike Liu, however, most geniuses have to wait a long time to receive the recognition and rewards of their achievements．So Liu's skyrocket to the top has ruffled some feathers in academia and on Weibo．The critics believe that a professorship should only be given after long years spent in the academic trenches writing research papers and teaching in classrooms．In other words, professors should have to pay their dues．

　　For the most part, though, people have supported Liu's appointment．They believe that creativity, innovation and individual genius should be encouraged in China．If China is to grow and prosper, it needs young minds like Liu's．

　　But that raises another question：Is Liu a good role model? Liu was only a mediocre student in high school and university, and, as yet, does not have a postgraduate degree．Will others see Liu's success as an excuse to ignore the traditional school system?

　　When we are young we all think that we are special; budding geniuses just waiting to flower．While it may be true that we are special, not many of us are geniuses．For most of us, the knowledge and discipline that we learn in school will be the basis for our success in later life．We should accept that, but schools should also accept the “specialness” of individual students and do more to encourage students to develop that specialness．After all, as Liu has shown, having a little peach fuzz on your face doesn't mean you can't do great things．

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　　Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won in the country's presidential election held on March 4．

　　“We have won! ” Putin claimed with tears in his eyes．”We won thanks to the support from the vast majority of our voters．”

　　The PM said it was“a pure victory, ” which was gained in an “open and honest battle, ” and called on all Russians to unite around the interests of the people and the country．

　　Putin got 63.97 percent of the vote, well ahead of his nearest rival, the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, who got 17.18 percent．The results were based on a count of the vote from 98.47 percent of polling stations across the country．

　　Putin's results were even stronger than predicted by opinion polls, even if they were down slightly on the ratings of over 70 percent that he won in the 2004 presidential elections．

　　Putin's opponents refused to recognize the results and said they would stage the biggest protests since Putin rose to power 12 years ago．Protests have been staged in Moscow and other big Russian cities since a disputed parliamentary poll last December．

　　Despite the opposition, support remains strong for Putin, who is praised by many Russians for rebuilding the country's image and overseeing an economic boom in his first presidency．

　　The Russian strongman is now set for an inauguration expected in May to formally regain the Kremlin post．He served two terms as the country's president from 2000 to 2008, before becoming prime minister under the presidency of Medvedev．

　　Before this election, Putin had promised an innovation-oriented economy that benefits Russian people and political reforms．He also called for modernization of the country's military forces．

　　Economists say a key test of Putin's return will be how far he is ready to go to reform an economy heavily dependent on energy exports．

　　“It's a watershed-Russia faces decline and stagnation unless they really kick-start reforms and push forward an ambitious reform agenda, ” said Tim Ash, head of emerging markets research at Royal Bank of Scotland in London．

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