? ?? ?１ThｅGreａt(yī)FiｒeｏfＬoｎdｏnｓtartediｎtｈeｖｅryｅarlyhｏursofSeptember２,1666.Ｉｎfouｒdaｙｓ,ｉtdestrｏyeｄｍｏrｅthａnｔｈreeｑuaｒtersoftｈeolｄcity,whｅｒemostｏｆthosehouseswerｅｂuiｌｔｏｕｔofwoodandｃloｓｅｔｏｇeｔher.Ｏneｈundreｄthousandpeoplebｅcamehomｅleｓs，buｔonlｙfewlosttheｉrlives.ThｅfｉresｔartｅｄoｎＳundaymorｎiｎｇ.Byeｉghto’clock,threehｕｎdredhouｓeswereonfｉre.OnMonday,nearlyakilometerｏｆthecｉｔywasburningalongtheＲiveｒＴｈamｅs.Tｕｅsdaｙwasthewoｒsｔday.Thｅfiｒeｄestroｙedｍanyweｌl–knowｎbｕｉldings．Thefiｒestｏｐpｅdoｎlｙｗhenｔhekingfiｎalｌｙorｄｅrｅdpｅoplｅtodｅsｔroyhundｒｅdsｏfbｕiｌdinｇsiｎthｅpａt(yī)hoftｈefｉｒe.Wｉthnotｈiｎｇlefｔtobｕrn,ｔhefirebecameweakandfinallyｄiedout．Questiｏnｓ：１.Tosｔoｐtｈefire，ｗhatdｉdｔｈekｉｎｇfｉｎallyoｒｄerpeoplｅtoｄo？Thｅkingoｒderｅdpeｏｐleｔｏｄestrｏyhuｎｄｒｅdsofｂuiｌｄingｓinｔhepathofｔhefiｒｅ.２.Dｏyoｕwanttoliｖeｉnahousemaｄeofwood？Why?2EmｍaanｄＭaryａｒｅ1３-year－oｌdschoolｇｉrlｓ．Tｈeｙaregoodatｍakinｇneｗthiｎｇsandbothｏfthｅｍareａlsｏgooｄatsａlｅｓ.Ｔheyareseｌlingｃharmｓ（小裝飾物)madeｏutｏfbｏttleｃaｐs.Ｔheｇiｒlｓcａmeupwitｈthｅiｄeａlaｓtsuｍmerwｈentheyfｏｕndcharmｓweｒｅpopularwithｋｉdｓ.Ｔｈeytａlkedwitｈtheirｐａrｅntｓaboｕttheideａ.Sinceｔhｅn,theyｈａvesolｄeｎｏｕghchａrｍstobuyabikeｆoｒＭａry.Ｔhegｉrlscｏllecｔbottlecapsaｎｄtｈｅncleanthem.ＴheｙfindsｏｍeinｔerestingpｉctｕreｓoｎｔheIｎtｅrnetoｒonｐaｐer，andthenｐuttｈｅmｏntotheｉnsiｄeoftheｃapｓ.Ｎoｗ,charmｓｃanbｅfoundeｖｅｒywhｅreａt(yī)ｔheｉrschｏol.Stuｄentspｕtｃhａrmsonbａckpaｃksａndtheiｒlｕnchbｏxes.EmｍaandMarｙaｌsohavｅashoponｔｈｅＩnｔｅrｎeｔ．Theyhopetheyｃanｓeｌｌtheirchaｒmstomｏｒekiｄs.Tｈeｉrbusinｅsｓisnotonlｙｆorgettingmoney.AttｈeirChristmａssale,20%oｆtｈeincomewenttochａｒｉty.Questions:1.Whatdotheypuｔoｎｔotheinsideofｔheｂoｔtlｅcaps？SoｍeiｎtｅrｅstｉngｐicturesontheIｎtｅｒnetoｒoｎｐaper．2.Doyouhaveaｎyhobby?Ｔeｌｌｕssomethingabｏutit.3Reaｄｉngiｓvｅryiｍportant.Ｗo(hù)rｌdBｏｏkＤayfaｌlsoｎA(yù)prｉl23eｖｅryyear．Iｔｅｎcouｒagｅｓpeoｐle，especｉallyteenagerｓ,toｄiscoverｔheｐleasuｒｅofreading.MaｎycｏuntriesceleｂrateWorldBookDay.Onthaｔday,mｉllionsofschoolcｈildrｅncanｂuyｂoｏｋｓａt(yī)ａｍuchloｗerｐｒiceｔhanｕsualiｎaｎyboｏkstoｒeinＥnglａnd.Ｉthａsbeendoｎeevｅrｙyearｓincｅ19９8．Ｒeａdinghelｐsusbecｏmｅsmarｔｅr.Ｒｅadinｇｈｅｌpｓustofollｏwtｈelatｅstdｅｖeｌopｍentｓofsｃｉeｎce.Rｅａdinggiｖｅsｕｓｉｎｆormatiｏnaboutotherculｔｕｒesｉntheworｌd.ReadingiｓaｌsｏoｎeofｔhemoｓtimportanｔwaystolearnafoｒeignlａnguagelikeＥngliｓh.WeｃanaｌsoleａrntｈewayｓthatＥngliｓhpeoplｅａreliviｎgａndwｏｒkｉngtodaybyrｅadｉng．ReadｉｎgQuesｔions:１．HｏｗｄoｐeopleceｌebraｔｅWorldBookＤayinＥnglaｎd？

Oｎtｈatday,milliｏnsｏfschｏｏlｃhilｄｒencanｂuｙbooksatamuｃhlｏwerpriｃｅthanusualiｎaｎybooｋsｔｏreinＥngland.2.Ｄoｙoulikerｅaｄing？Tellusｓoｍethingａboｕtyｏuｒfａｖｏｒitebooｋ.4CａｔsaｒetｈemostｐopuｌarpetsamongAｍeｒiｃaｎs．Sｏitisnｏtｓurｐriｓingｔhatｔheｒeareｍanｙexpｒessionsａｂoｕtｃａt(yī)s.Doyouknｏwａｎｙoｆthem？Noｗｌetmｅiｎtｒodｕcｅsomｅｔoyou.Someｔimes,acatlikestopｌayｗｉthasmａｌlａnimａlthaｔitcaｔｃhes．Soifｙoｕplaｙｃaｔａndmouseｗithsｏｍeone,yoｕchangebeｔweendifｆｅrｅｎtｋｉndsofｂehavｉoｒwhenｄeａliｎgｗithanotｈｅrｐｅrson．Fｏrexaｍple,achｉldｍightoｆｆersｏmeｔhinｇsweettoheｒlittlebrother,andthｅntakeitawaywhenherｅaｃhesforit.Acatｗｉｌｌoftencａt(yī)cｈasmalｌanimalａｎｄpresenｔitｔｏｉtsoｗner.Tｈｅsayingthａt(yī)lｏｏｋsｌikｅsoｍeｔhｉngtｈｅcaｔdragｇediｎｄeｓcribｅssｏmeｔｈinginbaｄｃｏnditiｏn.Afatcａt(yī)isapｅrsoｎwｉthaloｔoｆmoｎｅy.Ｔhereaｒemａnyotherexpressionsａbｏutcａt(yī)sinAmerica.Howinteｒesｔing!Whichkiｎdofcatareyou,orｗhiｃhｋiｎdwoｕlｄyｏuｌｉkeｔobe?Qｕesｔions：1.Ｗｈaｔdoesｔheｅxprｅssｉon“ａfatcat”ｍｅaniｎA(yù)mericａｎＥｎglｉｓｈ?Afａt(yī)ｃａt(yī)isapersoｎwitｈalotofｍoney.2.Doyouwantｔｏkｅe(cuò)ｐapet?Wｈyoｒwｈynｏt?5Ｏnedaｙ,ＴomasJeffｅｒｓon,tｈepｒｅｓidentｏftｈeUＳA,ｗasｃrossｉngaｒivｅｒwitｈagrouｐｏftrａvelｅｒs.Tｈeriverwasoveｒｆｌoｗingitｓbankｓ.Sｏiｔｗaｓｖeryｄaｎｇｅroｕsｔoｃｒossitonahorse.Eａｃhmaｎwaｓfｉghtiｎgforｈislifｅ!Ｔhenａｎothertｒavｅｌercameandhｅwanｔedtoｃroｓsiｔ,too．Bｕthedidｎ’thaveaｈorsｅ.HeｗatｃｈeｄｔｈegroupaｎｄthenaｓkeｄＪｅffeｒｓonｔｏtakehｉm.Jefferｓｏnagｒeediｍmediａt(yī)elｙ.Themancｌｉｍｂｅｄon.Ａfｔｅrｔhｅywereｂoｔhｓaｆetｏthｅｏthersiｄeｏfｔｈeｒｉver,someoneasｋedtｈｅman，“Ｗhyｄidyｏuaｓkｔhepresｉｄentｆorheｌｐ？Dｉdyouknowhｉm？”Ｔheｍaｎwaｓsｈockｅdｂecａｕseheｄiｄｎ’tkｎowJeffersonwasthepｒeｓｉdent．“ＡｌlIknow，”hesａｉd，“oｎｓoｍｅof

youｒfacesｗerｅｗritｔｅntheanswerＮＯ,buttherewasthｅaｎswｅrYESｏｎhｉｓfaｃe.”Quｅstions:１．WｈatｗereTomasJeffersonandｔhｅtravelersdoｉnｇoneday?Thｅywｅreｃｒossingｔheｒivｅｒ(ｏｎｈorses）.2．Doyouｔｈinkyouａrｅａhelpｆuｌpersoｎ?Why?6ThｅbookHarryPoｔterisquｉteｐoｐｕlarwiｔhｔhｅcｈiｌｄreniｎＣhina．ItsellsｗeｌlacrossChｉna.Ｗｈｙistheｂooksoａt(yī)tractivetocｈｉｌdren?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’ｓnｅe(cuò)ds.Goodrｅadingforｃhiｌdreｎshｏuｌdbeintｅrｅsting,ａndwｒiｔteｎiｎthｅirlaｎguａge．Questionｓ：1.Whaｔkｉndｏfｂoｏkｓｄocｈiｌｄrenlike？Cｈiｌdｒenlikeboｏksthataｒeｉnｔerestiｎgaｎｄwritteｎintｈｅｉｒlanｇｕａge.2.Ｗhａt(yī)isyｏｕrfavoritebｏok?Tｅｌlusｓｏmetｈｉngaboutit. 7Ｔhiswaｓtheｌａstexambeforethestｕdentsgradｕａｔeｄfromｔheｃolｌegeandfounｄｊoｂs．Thｅtｅacherpasｓedouｔthepapｅrs．Thesｔudents’ｓｍｉlｅsbeｃameｗidｅastheysaｗthattheｒewｅreonｌyｆｉvequｅstions.Ｔhreehoｕｒspａssedanｄｔhｅtｅａｃheｒbegantocolleｃｔthepａｐeｒs.Tｈesｔｕdentｓlooｋeｄworrｉed.Ｔheｔｅａcherlｏｏkedａt(yī)allthｅworriedfａceｓａndａｓked，“Ｈowmanystudentsｃｏｍpleｔｅdａllｆivequestｉoｎs?”Notａhandwaspｕtｕp.‘‘Howmａnyofyoｕanｓwereｄｆour?”Stilｌnohａndｓ．“Thrｅe(cuò)？Two?Onｅ,tｈen.Ceｒtainlｙsoｍeｂodｙfinisheｄone.”Butthｅclａsｓstayｅdｓilent.Ｔｈeteacheｒputｄowntheｐaｐers.“ThatisjｕstwhatIｅxｐeｃｔeｄ.Ｉｊustｗantedｔoｍakeｓuｒeyouknowthaｔevｅniｆyoｕhavｅｓｔudiｅｄforfouryearｓ，ｔheｒeaｒesｔillｍanyｔhｉｎgsyoｕdon’tknoｗ.Youｈａｖeｔolearnａsyoｕｇo.”Ｔｈen,smilｉnｇ，sｈeaddeｄ,“Yoｕwｉllallpassｔheｃouｒse,bｕｔremembeｒtｈatｙourｅｄucａt(yī)ｉonhasjustbegｕｎ．’’Quｅstｉonｓ:1．Wｈyｄｉdｔｈeｔeacheｒｇivethelastexaｍinｓuchawaｙ?Tｏｍａkｅthestuｄeｎｔsknowthattheystilｌhadmuchtoｌearnafｔｅrgraｄuaｔｉon.2.Pleａsetelｌusｓomethingaboutｙｏｕrfavoriｔeｔeacher.８Disasterｓhappeｎalltｈetiｍｅｓomewhｅｒeinthｅｗｏrld.Ｆｉndｏｕtｗhａt(yī)ｙoｕnｅe(cuò)dtodｏｎoｗbefｏｒeｉtistoolａｔe.Let’sｔaｋeaｎearｔhquakefｏrexamｐle.Ｄurinｇanearｔhquake,gｅtunderastｒｏｎgｏbjeｃtlikeｔｈeｋitchentablｅ.Dｏn’tｌeaveｔｈｅbuildingdurｉnｇｔhｅsｈａking，oryoumightbehuｒｔbｙｆａｌｌingobｊects.ＩfyouarewatchinｇTVandyｏucanｎoteasiｌｙruｎawaｙbygetｔingoutthｒouｇhthedoor,ｔｈenｌieｄowｎnｅxｔtoａsofa,oralarｇechaｉｒ.Neverｇotothｅstaｉrs.Thｅｓｔairsarelｉｋｅｌｙｐａｒｔofthebｕildｉｎｇtobebrokｅn．Eｖeｎiｆthestairsaｒｅnotdｅstroyｅdbytｈｅe(cuò)arthqｕake,theｙｍaｙfalldｏwnlaterwhenpeoｐlerｕnｄown．Iｆyoｕaｒｅｄrivｉｎgwｈenanｅａrthquakesｕddenｌyhａppens,juststayｉnｙourｃaｒuｎtilthesｈaｋｉngｅnｄs.Hoｗｅｖｅr,ｉｆthebridgefalｌsａｎｄbreaksyｏｕrcar,getouｔofｉtandsitｏrlienexｔｔｏit.Qｕesｔioｎｓ:Dｕringanearthｑuake，ifｙoｕarewatchingTVaｎdyouｃannoｔeaｓiｌyrunaｗay,whａｔshouldyoudo？Wｈeｎyoｕareindaｎger，whoｗｉlｌyｏuaｓkｈelｐfｏｒ?Why?９Ａpａsｓeｎｇerｔoldａnairhostessthａt(yī)ｈeneededacｕpofwatertｏｔakehisｍediｃiｎewhentｈepｌanejusttｏokoff.Shetoldｈimtｈaｔsｈewoｕｌｄbriｎghｉｍthewaｔerintenｍinuｔes.Theairhostesswaｓsoｂusｙtｈaｔsｈeforgｏｔit，soｔhepasｓengeｒwａsｎ’tａbｌetｏｔａkehismedicinｅ.Ｔhirtyｍinｕteｓlatｅr,whｅnthepassenger’sringforseｒviｃｅsounｄed，sｈeｈｕrｒiedovertｏhimｗithacuｐｏfｗaｔeｒ,buthereｆusｅｄ.Inｔhefollowｉｎghouｒs,eacｈtimetheaiｒhostｅssｐassedｂythepassｅngeｒ,shewouｌｄaskhimwithasｍileiｆhｅｎeededhelp.Ｂuttheｐassｅnｇernevｅranｓweｒedａwｏrd.Ｗhenhewasgoingtｏgeｔofftheplane,thepaｓsengeｒａskｅdthｅａirhｏstｅssfortｈepassenｇer’ｓboｏkleｔ.Shｅｗaｓverｙsad．Sheｋｎewｔhａt(yī)ｈewｏuldwritｅｄｏwｎsharpworｄs，buｔｗitｈasｍiｌｅshｅhandedｉttohiｍ.Offｔhｅplanｅ,sheoｐeｎeｄtheｂoｏkletaｎdsmｉｌeｄ,ｆorｔｈepａssengerputit,“YoｕａｓkedｍeifIｎeｅdedhelpfortwelvｅtｉｍes.ＨowcanIrefuｓｅyoｕｔwｅlｖｅｓmileｓ?”Ｑuｅsｔiｏｎs：１．Whydｉｄn’ttｈepassengerｇetthewatertenmｉnｕteslater?Ｂecａusetheaｉrhｏsteｓswassobuｓｙthatsｈeforｇotit.２.Ｗhaｔdｏyouleaｒnfrｏｍthestory?1０InGerｍａｎyｔherｅａrediffｅｒentkiｎdsｏfhighsｃｈoｏls.Ｓomeｐrｅpaｒｅstudｅntsforwｏrｋerｓ,otｈｅrspreｐarｅtｈeｍｆorcollegｅ.ＡllscｈoｏlsareｇrｅatｐlaｃesformakiｎgfriendsandlｅarninｇGｅrmａn.Shortｄaｙs.ＭosｔhiｇhschooｌsiｎGｅｒmanｙbｅginatａboｕt8：0０a.m．a(chǎn)ndenｄat3:30ｐ．ｍ．Thismeansyoｕrｍornｉngwｉｌlbeｂusywiｔhclasｓes.Yｏｕwｉllhavｅtimetodohomeworkaｎdtakepａrtｉnprivateclｕbｓａftｅｒｓchooｌ.Ｇｅｔtinｇｔoschoｏl.Moststudeｎtstakepuｂliｃtranｓpｏrttoschｏolorrideａbicyｃle.Soｍeａｒｅaｓhａveｓchoolbｕsｅｓ.Pａｒeｎtｓuｓuａllyｄon’tdrivestudentsｔoschooｌ.Pｒｉｖａt(yī)eclubs.ＩnＧermaｎｙ,after－ｓchoolacｔｉvitｉesarｅuｓuallyｏrｇanizｅｄtｈrougｈprivaｔeｃlubｓ.Theｒeａrｅclubsforthingｓlikｅsoccer,daｎce,theａｔrｅａndａlｍosteveｒythingｅｌse.ＯnceyouaｒeinGermaｎy,ａskaｒｏｕndａｔschoolａｎdｔalktootherstudentｓtoｆiｎdoｕtwｈaｔpｒivａｔeclubsareiｎｙourａｒeaａnｄｍeeｔyｏuriｎteｒests.Ｑuesｔions:1.Ｗｈａt(yī)dｏｓtｕdｅntｓｄｏａｆtｅrsｃhoolinGermａny?Theydohｏｍeｗorｋandｔakeparｔinprivatｅｃｌubs.2.Whａt(yī)after-schｏolactiviｔｙdoyouuｓuallydo?11Anoｌdｍanｈasｓpentallｈislifeiｎaｓｍaｌｌｖillagｅｗhichisfaｒfｒomthecity.Oｎeｄay,ｓomeoｎetoldhimsｏmeinterｅstingthiｎｇsａｂoutthｅｃｉty．Hｅwａssoamazｅdａt(yī)iｔthａt(yī)hｅdecｉｄedtovisitit.Everｙthingwasnｅwandｓtｒａngetohiｍ．Theoｌdｍaｎgｏtexｃｉtｅdａndvisitedaloｔoｆinterestinｇｐlaceｓ．Thenｈeｗeｎtintoaｌａｒgetallbuilｄingandsａwａlｉft.Hedidn’tknowwhatitｗａsｕsedｆoｒ.Ashｅｗａswａt(yī)cｈinｇiｔ,aｎolｄwomaｎgｏｔiｎtotheliftａndｔｈedoｏrｃlosｅdbｅhindher．Aｆtｅrａfeｗｍｉnutes,thedoorｏpenedaｎｄaverｙbｅａutifulｙoungｇｉｒlcａmeout.Ｔｈeoldｍａnｗasvｅrysurpｒｉｓed.“Wｈａt(yī)aｎintere