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ﻩ ﻩﻩ ﻩ１ThｅGreａtFiｒeｏfＬoｎdｏnｓtartediｎtｈeｖｅryｅarlyhｏursofSeptember２,1666.Ｉｎfouｒdaｙｓ,ｉtdestrｏyeｄｍｏrｅthａnｔｈreeｑuaｒtersoftｈeolｄcity,whｅｒemostｏｆthosehouseswerｅｂuiｌｔｏｕｔofwoodandｃloｓｅｔｏｇeｔher.Ｏneｈundreｄthousandpeoplebｅcamehomｅleｓs，buｔonlｙfewlosttheｉrlives.ThｅfｉresｔartｅｄoｎＳundaymorｎiｎｇ.Byeｉghto’clock,threehｕｎdredhouｓeswereonfｉre.OnMonday,nearlyakilometerｏｆthecｉｔywasburningalongtheＲiveｒＴｈamｅs.Tｕｅsdaｙwasthewoｒsｔday.Thｅfiｒeｄestroｙedｍanyweｌl–knowｎbｕｉldings．Thefiｒestｏｐpｅdoｎlｙｗhenｔhekingfiｎalｌｙorｄｅrｅdpｅoplｅtodｅsｔroyhundｒｅdsｏfbｕiｌdinｇsiｎthｅpａthoftｈefｉｒe.Wｉthnotｈiｎｇlefｔtobｕrn,ｔhefirebecameweakandfinallyｄiedout．Questiｏnｓ：１.Tosｔoｐtｈefire，ｗhatdｉdｔｈekｉｎｇfｉｎallyoｒｄerpeoplｅtoｄo？Thｅkingoｒderｅdpeｏｐleｔｏｄestrｏyhuｎｄｒｅdsofｂuiｌｄingｓinｔhepathofｔhefiｒｅ.２.Dｏyoｕwanttoliｖeｉnahousemaｄeofwood？Why?2EmｍaanｄＭaryａｒｅ1３-year－oｌdschoolｇｉrlｓ．Tｈeｙaregoodatｍakinｇneｗthiｎｇsandbothｏfthｅｍareａlsｏgooｄatsａlｅｓ.Ｔheyareseｌlingｃharmｓ（小装饰物)madeｏutｏfbｏttleｃaｐs.Ｔheｇiｒlｓcａmeupwitｈthｅiｄeａlaｓtsuｍmerwｈentheyfｏｕndcharmｓweｒｅpopularwithｋｉdｓ.Ｔｈeytａlkedwitｈtheirｐａrｅntｓaboｕttheideａ.Sinceｔhｅn,theyｈａvesolｄeｎｏｕghchａrｍstobuyabikeｆoｒＭａry.Ｔhegｉrlscｏllecｔbottlecapsaｎｄtｈｅncleanthem.ＴheｙfindsｏｍeinｔerestingpｉctｕreｓoｎｔheIｎtｅrnetoｒonｐaｐer，andthenｐuttｈｅmｏntotheｉnsiｄeoftheｃapｓ.Ｎoｗ,charmｓｃanbｅfoundeｖｅｒywhｅreａtｔheｉrschｏol.Stuｄentspｕtｃhａrmsonbａckpaｃksａndtheiｒlｕnchbｏxes.EmｍaandMarｙaｌsohavｅashoponｔｈｅＩnｔｅrｎeｔ．Theyhopetheyｃanｓeｌｌtheirchaｒmstomｏｒekiｄs.Tｈeｉrbusinｅsｓisnotonlｙｆorgettingmoney.AttｈeirChristmａssale,20%oｆtｈeincomewenttochａｒｉty.Questions:1.Whatdotheypuｔoｎｔotheinsideofｔheｂoｔtlｅcaps？SoｍeiｎtｅrｅstｉngｐicturesontheIｎtｅｒnetoｒoｎｐaper．2.Doyouhaveaｎyhobby?Ｔeｌｌｕssomethingabｏutit.3Reaｄｉngiｓvｅryiｍportant.ＷorｌdBｏｏkＤayfaｌlsoｎAprｉl23eｖｅryyear．Iｔｅｎcouｒagｅｓpeoｐle，especｉallyteenagerｓ,toｄiscoverｔheｐleasuｒｅofreading.MaｎycｏuntriesceleｂrateWorldBookDay.Onthaｔday,mｉllionsofschoolcｈildrｅncanｂuyｂoｏｋｓａtａｍuchloｗerｐｒiceｔhanｕsualiｎaｎyboｏkstoｒeinＥnglａnd.Ｉthａsbeendoｎeevｅrｙyearｓincｅ19９8．Ｒeａdinghelｐsusbecｏmｅsmarｔｅr.Ｒｅadinｇｈｅｌpｓustofollｏwtｈelatｅstdｅｖeｌopｍentｓofsｃｉeｎce.Rｅａdinggiｖｅsｕｓｉｎｆormatiｏnaboutotherculｔｕｒesｉntheworｌd.ReadingiｓaｌsｏoｎeofｔhemoｓtimportanｔwaystolearnafoｒeignlａnguagelikeＥngliｓh.WeｃanaｌsoleａrntｈewayｓthatＥngliｓhpeoplｅａreliviｎgａndwｏｒkｉngtodaybyrｅadｉng．ReadｉｎgQuesｔions:１．HｏｗｄoｐeopleceｌebraｔｅWorldBookＤayinＥnglaｎd？

Oｎtｈatday,milliｏnsｏfschｏｏlｃhilｄｒencanｂuｙbooksatamuｃhlｏwerpriｃｅthanusualiｎaｎybooｋsｔｏreinＥngland.2.Ｄoｙoulikerｅaｄing？Tellusｓoｍethingａboｕtyｏuｒfａｖｏｒitebooｋ.4CａｔsaｒetｈemostｐopuｌarpetsamongAｍeｒiｃaｎs．Sｏitisnｏtｓurｐriｓingｔhatｔheｒeareｍanｙexpｒessionsａｂoｕtｃａts.Doyouknｏwａｎｙoｆthem？Noｗｌetmｅiｎtｒodｕcｅsomｅｔoyou.Someｔimes,acatlikestopｌayｗｉthasmａｌlａnimａlthaｔitcaｔｃhes．Soifｙoｕplaｙｃaｔａndmouseｗithsｏｍeone,yoｕchangebeｔweendifｆｅrｅｎtｋｉndsofｂehavｉoｒwhenｄeａliｎgｗithanotｈｅrｐｅrson．Fｏrexaｍple,achｉldｍightoｆｆersｏmeｔhinｇsweettoheｒlittlebrother,andthｅntakeitawaywhenherｅaｃhesforit.Acatｗｉｌｌoftencａtcｈasmalｌanimalａｎｄpresenｔitｔｏｉtsoｗner.Tｈｅsayingthａtlｏｏｋsｌikｅsoｍeｔhｉngtｈｅcaｔdragｇediｎｄeｓcribｅssｏmeｔｈinginbaｄｃｏnditiｏn.Afatcａtisapｅrsoｎwｉthaloｔoｆmoｎｅy.ＴhereaｒemａnyotherexpressionsａbｏutcａtsinAmerica.Howinteｒesｔing!Whichkiｎdofcatareyou,orｗhiｃhｋiｎdwoｕlｄyｏuｌｉkeｔobe?Qｕesｔions：1.Ｗｈaｔdoesｔheｅxprｅssｉon“ａfatcat”ｍｅaniｎAmericａｎＥｎglｉｓｈ?Afａtｃａtisapersoｎwitｈalotofｍoney.2.Doyouwantｔｏkｅeｐapet?Wｈyoｒwｈynｏt?5Ｏnedaｙ,ＴomasJeffｅｒｓon,tｈepｒｅｓidentｏftｈeUＳA,ｗasｃrossｉngaｒivｅｒwitｈagrouｐｏftrａvelｅｒs.Tｈeriverwasoveｒｆｌoｗingitｓbankｓ.Sｏiｔｗaｓｖeryｄaｎｇｅroｕsｔoｃｒossitonahorse.Eａｃhmaｎwaｓfｉghtiｎgforｈislifｅ!Ｔhenａｎothertｒavｅｌercameandhｅwanｔedtoｃroｓsiｔ,too．Bｕthedidｎ’thaveaｈorsｅ.HeｗatｃｈeｄｔｈegroupaｎｄthenaｓkeｄＪｅffeｒｓonｔｏtakehｉm.Jefferｓｏnagｒeediｍmediａtelｙ.Themancｌｉｍｂｅｄon.Ａfｔｅrｔhｅywereｂoｔhｓaｆetｏthｅｏthersiｄeｏfｔｈeｒｉver,someoneasｋedtｈｅman，“Ｗhyｄidyｏuaｓkｔhepresｉｄentｆorheｌｐ？Dｉdyouknowhｉm？”Ｔheｍaｎwaｓsｈockｅdｂecａｕseheｄiｄｎ’tkｎowJeffersonwasthepｒeｓｉdent．“ＡｌlIknow，”hesａｉd，“oｎｓoｍｅof

youｒfacesｗerｅｗritｔｅntheanswerＮＯ,buttherewasthｅaｎswｅrYESｏｎhｉｓfaｃe.”Quｅstions:１．WｈatｗereTomasJeffersonandｔhｅtravelersdoｉnｇoneday?Thｅywｅreｃｒossingｔheｒivｅｒ(ｏｎｈorses）.2．Doyouｔｈinkyouａrｅａhelpｆuｌpersoｎ?Why?6ThｅbookHarryPoｔterisquｉteｐoｐｕlarwiｔhｔhｅcｈiｌｄreniｎＣhina．ItsellsｗeｌlacrossChｉna.Ｗｈｙistheｂooksoａttractivetocｈｉｌdren?Aｆｔｅｒreadingit,Iｗaｓaｔtractedbythemａgicworｌd．Ｉcａnnotheｌpａsking:wｈeｒeiｓourownHａrryPotter？Chinahaｓalonghiｓｔoryａndcolorfulcultuｒe，ａndｔheｒeａｒｅalsomanypopｕlarbｏokｓamｏngｃhildｒｅn,buｔtheyaｒenotａsｇoodasthoseforeignoｎｅｓ.Wｈy？Fｉｒstlｙ,ｍaｎychｉldren’sbooｋsareｎotiｎterestiｎg,insｔeａd,theyhaveaｓtrongｓenｓeofteachiｎｇ．Rｅadingthｅm,childrenｏftenhaｖeａfeelｉnｇofbｅｉnｇ“eｄucatｅd”.Ceｒｔａinlｙ，tｈｅyｄｏｎ’tlｉｋeｔhem．Secｏndly,fｅwerchｉｌdｒeｎｌiｋetｈｅsaｍesｔories,bｕtmostChineseｂｏoksａｒｅusuａｌlymuchｔｈｅｓame.Oｎekｎoｗstheendｉngａsｅarlyasiｎｔhebｅginning.Ｆinally,thewrｉｔｅｒssｅldomthｉnkａｂouｔｃhｉｌdｒen’ｓnｅeds.Goodrｅadingforｃhiｌdreｎshｏuｌdbeintｅrｅsting,ａndwｒiｔteｎiｎthｅirlaｎguａge．Questionｓ：1.Whaｔkｉndｏfｂoｏkｓｄocｈiｌｄrenlike？Cｈiｌdｒenlikeboｏksthataｒeｉnｔerestiｎgaｎｄwritteｎintｈｅｉｒlanｇｕａge.2.Ｗhａtisyｏｕrfavoritebｏok?Tｅｌlusｓｏmetｈｉngaboutit. 7Ｔhiswaｓtheｌａstexambeforethestｕdentsgradｕａｔeｄfromｔheｃolｌegeandfounｄｊoｂs．Thｅtｅacherpasｓedouｔthepapｅrs．Thesｔudents’ｓｍｉlｅsbeｃameｗidｅastheysaｗthattheｒewｅreonｌyｆｉvequｅstions.Ｔhreehoｕｒspａssedanｄｔhｅtｅａｃheｒbegantocolleｃｔthepａｐeｒs.Tｈesｔｕdentｓlooｋeｄworrｉed.Ｔheｔｅａcherlｏｏkedａtallthｅworriedfａceｓａndａｓked，“Ｈowmanystudentsｃｏｍpleｔｅdａllｆivequestｉoｎs?”Notａhandwaspｕtｕp.‘‘Howmａnyofyoｕanｓwereｄｆour?”Stilｌnohａndｓ．“Thrｅe？Two?Onｅ,tｈen.Ceｒtainlｙsoｍeｂodｙfinisheｄone.”Butthｅclａsｓstayｅdｓilent.Ｔｈeteacheｒputｄowntheｐaｐers.“ThatisjｕstwhatIｅxｐeｃｔeｄ.Ｉｊustｗantedｔoｍakeｓuｒeyouknowthaｔevｅniｆyoｕhavｅｓｔudiｅｄforfouryearｓ，ｔheｒeaｒesｔillｍanyｔhｉｎgsyoｕdon’tknoｗ.Youｈａｖeｔolearnａsyoｕｇo.”Ｔｈen,smilｉnｇ，sｈeaddeｄ,“Yoｕwｉllallpassｔheｃouｒse,bｕｔremembeｒtｈatｙourｅｄucａtｉonhasjustbegｕｎ．’’Quｅstｉonｓ:1．Wｈyｄｉdｔｈeｔeacheｒｇivethelastexaｍinｓuchawaｙ?Tｏｍａkｅthestuｄeｎｔsknowthattheystilｌhadmuchtoｌearnafｔｅrgraｄuaｔｉon.2.Pleａsetelｌusｓomethingaboutｙｏｕrfavoriｔeｔeacher.８Disasterｓhappeｎalltｈetiｍｅｓomewhｅｒeinthｅｗｏrld.Ｆｉndｏｕtｗhａtｙoｕnｅedtodｏｎoｗbefｏｒeｉtistoolａｔe.Let’sｔaｋeaｎearｔhquakefｏrexamｐle.Ｄurinｇanearｔhquake,gｅtunderastｒｏｎgｏbjeｃtlikeｔｈeｋitchentablｅ.Dｏn’tｌeaveｔｈｅbuildingdurｉnｇｔhｅsｈａking，oryoumightbehuｒｔbｙｆａｌｌingobｊects.ＩfyouarewatchinｇTVandyｏucanｎoteasiｌｙruｎawaｙbygetｔingoutthｒouｇhthedoor,ｔｈenｌieｄowｎnｅxｔtoａsofa,oralarｇechaｉｒ.Neverｇotothｅstaｉrs.Thｅｓｔairsarelｉｋｅｌｙｐａｒｔofthebｕildｉｎｇtobebrokｅn．Eｖeｎiｆthestairsaｒｅnotdｅstroyｅdbytｈｅearthqｕake,theｙｍaｙfalldｏwnlaterwhenpeoｐlerｕnｄown．Iｆyoｕaｒｅｄrivｉｎgwｈenanｅａrthquakesｕddenｌyhａppens,juststayｉnｙourｃaｒuｎtilthesｈaｋｉngｅnｄs.Hoｗｅｖｅr,ｉｆthebridgefalｌsａｎｄbreaksyｏｕrcar,getouｔofｉtandsitｏrlienexｔｔｏit.Qｕesｔioｎｓ:Dｕringanearthｑuake，ifｙoｕarewatchingTVaｎdyouｃannoｔeaｓiｌyrunaｗay,whａｔshouldyoudo？Wｈeｎyoｕareindaｎger，whoｗｉlｌyｏuaｓkｈelｐfｏｒ?Why?９Ａpａsｓeｎｇerｔoldａnairhostessthａtｈeneededacｕpofwatertｏｔakehisｍediｃiｎewhentｈepｌanejusttｏokoff.Shetoldｈimtｈaｔsｈewoｕｌｄbriｎghｉｍthewaｔerintenｍinuｔes.Theairhostesswaｓsoｂusｙtｈaｔsｈeforgｏｔit，soｔhepasｓengeｒwａsｎ’tａbｌetｏｔａkehismedicinｅ.Ｔhirtyｍinｕteｓlatｅr,whｅnthepassenger’sringforseｒviｃｅsounｄed，sｈeｈｕrｒiedovertｏhimｗithacuｐｏfｗaｔeｒ,buthereｆusｅｄ.Inｔhefollowｉｎghouｒs,eacｈtimetheaiｒhostｅssｐassedｂythepassｅngeｒ,shewouｌｄaskhimwithasｍileiｆhｅｎeededhelp.Ｂuttheｐassｅnｇernevｅranｓweｒedａwｏrd.Ｗhenhewasgoingtｏgeｔofftheplane,thepaｓsengeｒａskｅdthｅａirhｏstｅssfortｈepassenｇer’ｓboｏkleｔ.Shｅｗaｓverｙsad．Sheｋｎewｔhａtｈewｏuldwritｅｄｏwｎsharpworｄs，buｔｗitｈasｍiｌｅshｅhandedｉttohiｍ.Offｔhｅplanｅ,sheoｐeｎeｄtheｂoｏkletaｎdsmｉｌeｄ,ｆorｔｈepａssengerputit,“YoｕａｓkedｍeifIｎeｅdedhelpfortwelvｅtｉｍes.ＨowcanIrefuｓｅyoｕｔwｅlｖｅｓmileｓ?”Ｑuｅsｔiｏｎs：１．Whydｉｄn’ttｈepassengerｇetthewatertenmｉnｕteslater?Ｂecａusetheaｉrhｏsteｓswassobuｓｙthatsｈeforｇotit.２.Ｗhaｔdｏyouleaｒnfrｏｍthestory?1０InGerｍａｎyｔherｅａrediffｅｒentkiｎdsｏfhighsｃｈoｏls.Ｓomeｐrｅpaｒｅstudｅntsforwｏrｋerｓ,otｈｅrspreｐarｅtｈeｍｆorcollegｅ.ＡllscｈoｏlsareｇrｅatｐlaｃesformakiｎgfriendsandlｅarninｇGｅrmａn.Shortｄaｙs.ＭosｔhiｇhschooｌsiｎGｅｒmanｙbｅginatａboｕt8：0０a.m．andenｄat3:30ｐ．ｍ．Thismeansyoｕrｍornｉngwｉｌlbeｂusywiｔhclasｓes.Yｏｕwｉllhavｅtimetodohomeworkaｎdtakepａrtｉnprivateclｕbｓａftｅｒｓchooｌ.Ｇｅｔtinｇｔoschoｏl.Moststudeｎtstakepuｂliｃtranｓpｏrttoschｏolorrideａbicyｃle.Soｍeａｒｅaｓhａveｓchoolbｕsｅｓ.Pａｒeｎtｓuｓuａllyｄon’tdrivestudentsｔoschooｌ.Pｒｉｖａteclubs.ＩnＧermaｎｙ,after－ｓchoolacｔｉvitｉesarｅuｓuallyｏrｇanizｅｄtｈrougｈprivaｔeｃlubｓ.Theｒeａrｅclubsforthingｓlikｅsoccer,daｎce,theａｔrｅａndａlｍosteveｒythingｅｌse.ＯnceyouaｒeinGermaｎy,ａskaｒｏｕndａｔschoolａｎdｔalktootherstudentｓtoｆiｎdoｕtwｈaｔpｒivａｔeclubsareiｎｙourａｒeaａnｄｍeeｔyｏuriｎteｒests.Ｑuesｔions:1.ＷｈａtdｏｓtｕdｅntｓｄｏａｆtｅrsｃhoolinGermａny?Theydohｏｍeｗorｋandｔakeparｔinprivatｅｃｌubs.2.Whａtafter-schｏolactiviｔｙdoyouuｓuallydo?11Anoｌdｍanｈasｓpentallｈislifeiｎaｓｍaｌｌｖillagｅｗhichisfaｒfｒomthecity.Oｎeｄay,ｓomeoｎetoldhimsｏmeinterｅstingthiｎｇsａｂoutthｅｃｉty．Hｅwａssoamazｅdａtiｔthａthｅdecｉｄedtovisitit.Everｙthingwasnｅwandｓtｒａngetohiｍ．Theoｌdｍaｎgｏtexｃｉtｅdａndvisitedaloｔoｆinterestinｇｐlaceｓ．Thenｈeｗeｎtintoaｌａｒgetallbuilｄingandsａwａlｉft.Hedidn’tknowwhatitｗａsｕsedｆoｒ.Ashｅｗａswａtcｈinｇiｔ,aｎolｄwomaｎgｏｔiｎtotheliftａndｔｈedoｏrｃlosｅdbｅhindher．Aｆtｅrａfeｗｍｉnutes,thedoorｏpenedaｎｄaverｙbｅａutifulｙoungｇｉｒlcａmeout.Ｔｈeoldｍａnｗasvｅrysurpｒｉｓed.“Wｈａtaｎintere