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Many years ago, people didn't know how to (1)　 their teeth. They used charcoal (木炭), lemon juice, ash (the stuff left over from fire) or tobacco and honey (2)　together to clean their teeth! It was only about 100 years ago (3) someone(4)　 toothpaste to clean teeth. Most people don't know that snails (蜗牛) have teeth. But they (5) . In fact, they have around 25,600!

Rats chew to wear out their front teeth. If they lose a top tooth, the bottom tooth will grow up in its place. And it won't (6)　! It will grow right into their brain. John Massis (7) Belgium (比利时) was famous for his strong teeth. On April 4, 1974, John Massis went to New York to (8) his teeth. He bit down on a long thick rope. The rope was tied to two trains. They weighted 80 tons. He (9) the trains away for several metres with his teeth. People have used fake teeth for many years. (10)　ndline, they used other people's teeth, animals' teeth, and wooden teeth! The (11)　 president (总统) of the United States, George Washington, had bad teeth. (12) he used fake ones made from animal teeth. But they hurt when he (13) ndline. And they went bad after a short time. Queen Elizabeth I of England used to have a serious tooth (14) .(15)　her time, fake teeth were hard to find in England. She was always in pain. Her fake teeth were made out of porcelain (瓷), which is often used to make plates. They were difficult to eat with.

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　　ON April 10, 1912, the Titanic started her first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City, US．The ship was the world's largest and most luxurious(豪华的)one at that time．

　　High-class facilities(设备)for passengers including restaurants, a library and a swimming pool made the ship like a floating hotel．More importantly, its owners and builders said it was unsinkable(不会下沉的)．

　　However, on April 15, the ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and killed over 1,500 people．

　　This April 15, on the 100th anniversary(周年纪念)of the sinking of the Titanic, people in the UK and US will hold activities to remember the event．James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic, was a huge hit all around the world．Now the 3-D film will come to Chinese theaters on April 10．It is a love story between a poor young man named Jack and a rich young woman named Rose on the unlucky ship．In Belfast, UK, the port of the Titanic's birth, a museum called Titanic Belfast will open to the public．

　　Today, the sinking of the Titanic is not just an accident．It has become a popular expression to mean a large disaster or mistake, usually because of too much confidence．

　　In the UK, if somebody says that his or her mobile phone is really great and could never break, others might say, “Yeah, and people said the Titanic was unsinkable．” In other words, no matter how confident or proud people are about something, anything can go wrong．

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You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. In fact, an English dictionary you (1)　　　today wasn’t made (2)　　 the Qing Dynasty (清朝). Three men did most of the important (3)　work on dictionaries; they spent nearly all their lives trying to (4)　words for their dictionaries. For them, it was a wonderful journey. The (5)　dictionary in the world is Oxford English Dictionary. The (6)　for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty two years (7)　, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor (编者) of its new dictionary. Murray had never been to (8)　. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. (9)　he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a small house (10)in his garden to do the work. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and (11)　in the small house several hours before breakfast. Often he would work into the night. Murray hoped (12)　the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was (13)　adding (增加) words for the letter “A”! He worked (14)　the dictionary (15)　he was very old. Forty four years later, in 1928, other editors finished the dictionary.

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　　ON April 10, 1912, the Titanic started her first trip from Southampton, England, to New York City, US．The ship was the world's largest and most luxurious(豪华的)one at that time．

　　High-class facilities(设备)for passengers including restaurants, a library and a swimming pool made the ship like a floating hotel．More importantly, its owners and builders said it was unsinkable(不会下沉的)．

　　However, on April 15, the ship sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and killed over 1, 500 people．

　　This April 15, on the 100th anniversary(周年纪念)of the sinking of the Titanic, people in the UK and US will hold activities to remember the event．James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic, was a huge hit all around the world．Now the 3-D film will come to Chinese theaters on April 10．It is a love story between a poor young man named Jack and a rich young woman named Rose on the unlucky ship．In Belfast, UK, the port of the Titanic's birth, a museum called Titanic Belfast will open to the public．

　　Today, the sinking of the Titanic is not just an accident．It has become a popular expression to mean a large disaster or mistake, usually because of too much confidence．

　　In the UK, if somebody says that his or her mobile phone is really great and could never break, others might say, “Yeah, and people said the Titanic was unsinkable．” In other words, no matter how confident or proud people are about something, anything can go wrong．

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