AThere are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.Marconl, the Italian inventor, who ga..

  AAre you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts(专家) in the USA are worried about that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks .     “It hurts my back when I run,” said Ebelin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it’s too heavy.” Students have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs..

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                                                       ABeijing's battle to correct English-language signs before the 2008 Olympics has started.By the end of the year, all public “W.C.” in the city will be called “toi..

                                       AHeight is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因)decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be t..

                                 ABelow are some suggestions given by the English children posted on the website about how to help Africa .Which one do you think is the best?I think health is the most important thing. We need to make sure that the money we give is spent wisely. The money should be spent first on clean water supplies and b..

                                      ALast year more than 13 Korean TV series were introduced in China. Turn on the TV, and Korean beauties are appearing during peak viewing times（黄金时段）. Some of the dramas（戏剧）are being repeated, but audiences continue to watch them. Why are the South Korean TV series lo..

                               AIn the 20th century, advertising has become very popular. Why is it so popular? Because it has been proved that repeated advertising can increase product sales and make the price of products lower.    Advertisements can be made in many ways. People in the U.S.A. and Europe use them to advertise all kin..

A   In recent years advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. New medicines and machines are developing every day to extend life. However, some people , including some doctors, are not in favor of these life extending measures, and they say that people should have the right（权利）to die when they want. They say that the quality of life is as important as life itself, and that people should not be forced to go on living when condit..

                                    A    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 do you know there is such a thing  a "banana person"? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just ..

                           A                           Have you ever seen the man on the moon? If you look closely at the moon on some night, you can see the fact of the moon. Some people say that they can see an old man carrying stick. Oth..

                                    A                                     ? In many stories on TV and in science-fiction books, men travel to far..

                             AA stranger walked into a village.“I am the strongest man in the world, “ he said proudly to the villagers. He walked to a house and pulled on it with his hands. The house fell down.“From now on I am head of the village,” he cried,” You must obey me. I shall live in the largest house. I’ll ma..

                                 A Once upon a time there was a man who had a very bid oven. But the man’s family was small__ only himself and his wife.When winter came, the man tried to keep his oven giong, and in one month he burnt up all his firewood, and he had nothing to feed the fire. It was cold. So he began to tear down the..

AOne day Jack’s wife was cleaning out a closet（壁橱）.“Look at all these umbrellas,” she said to Jack. “There are eight and they are all broken.”“I’ll take them to the umbrella shop and have them mended,” Jack said.Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They’ll be ready tomorrow,” the shopkeeper said.That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbre..

                                  AWhere is Love? How can we find Love?Once a little boy wanted to meet Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds. She looked..

                                   AA friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office，a street urchin was walking around the shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked． Paul answered，“Yes，my brother gave it t..

                                        AMr Brown was going away for a week. Before he left, he said to his son, "if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea." &q..

AFeeling left out?    A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friendwasn’t around．Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes．    It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a differentschool or a different class．You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime．You want to have newfriends．but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody els..

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ＡPeople often say that the Englishman’s home is his castle.They mean that the home is very important and personal to him.Most people in Britain live in houses rather  than flats,and many people own their homes.This means that they can make them individual（个体的）;they can paint them,and change them in any way they like.Most house have a garden,even if it is a very small one,and the garden is usually loved.The house and the garden are the private（私人的..