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　　Do you know something about tree rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

　　A tree will grow well in a climate(气候)with lots of sunshine and rainfall．And little sunshine or rainfall will limit(限制)the growth of climate by studying the tree rings．For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside．If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year．If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad．

　　Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man．Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico．But now you can find only sand there－no trees and no people．What happened?

　　A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there．He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings．As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move．

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　　One day a young lady walked into a hat shop．“Good morning, madam,”said the shopkeeper with a smile．“Can I help you?”“Yes, please,”said the young lady．“There is a green hat with red flowers on it in the window．Would you please take it out of the window?”“Certainly, madam,”said the man happily,“I shall be very pleased to do that for you．”Usually ladies looked at a lot of hats before they finally chose one．So the shopkeeper was happy because he thought he could sell that hat without much trouble．

　　“Do you want it with a box, madam?”he asked．

　　“Oh, no,”said the lady,“I'm not going to buy it．I only want you to take it out of the window．I have to pass your shop every day, and I always feel sick when I see that ugly thing．”

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