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Long ago ,there lived in Greece a learned man.He was so well known for his good knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him.The great man taught his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great patience.
One day a student asked him, “ My dear teacher, didn’t you say you yourself have many ,many more questions about things than we do? But I think we students have far more than you.”
With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles ,one as large as a big cake, the other smaller.Then he said , “Of course, I have learned much more.But it’s wrong to think that a teacher has fewer questions than his students.Now, look at these two circles.The inside of the bigger one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is yours.Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us.Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle.That means I have more opportunities to face what is still unknown.And that’s why I myself have more questions than you do.The more you learn , the more questions you have.You will never learn enough ,you know.”
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Many people go to school for an education.They learn languages, history, politics, geography, physics, chemistry and mathematics.Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living.School education is very important and useful .Yet, no one can learn everything from school.A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know.The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn.He teaches them how to read and how to think.So, much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula.It is actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in mathematics.But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a math problem.Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school .Their teachers only showed them the way.Edison did not even finish primary school.But they were all so succeful.They invented so many things for mankind.The reason for their succe is that they knew how to study.They read books that were not taught at school .They would ask many questions as they read.They did thousands of experiments.They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment.Above all , they knew how to use their brain.
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I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother
sat doing letters.Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided
that the act of writing must be the more wonderful thing in the world.
Years later, during her final illne, mother kept different things for my sister and brother.
“But the desk,” she’d said again, “it’s for Elizabeth.”
I never saw her angry, never saw her cry.I knew she loved me; she showed it in action.But
as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.opened between us.I was “too emotional(易动感情的)”.
But she lived “on the surface(表面)”.
As years paed I had my own family.I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy
family.I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she
did forgive(原谅) me.
I posted the letter and waited for her answer.None came.
My hope turned to disappointment(失望), then little interest and, finally, peace— it seemed
that nothing happened.I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother.I only knew that I
had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.
Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that
writing was my chosen work.I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside —a photo
of my father and a one-page letter, folded(折叠) and refolded many times.
Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose.Mother, you always chose the act
that speaks louder than words.
It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.
Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their
chicken.The farmers didn’t know what to do.Finally they went to the country officials and asked
for help.
“Kill the hawks,” the officials said, “We will even pay for them,” so the farmers began to
think of ways to kill the hawks.
The farmers killed many hawks.They no longer had to worry about their chickens.But they
now had a new worry.Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’ grain.
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice.They eat more field mice than chickens.But
the farmers didn’t know this.When they killed a lot of hawks, they changed the balance.
When people move into a new place, they often destroy many wild plants.Often these plants are
food for the animals.If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat, they will starve or have to
leave the place.
In one part of the USA, for example the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses.The
mountain lions there eat the deer.The number of deer, mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t
change much if people leave things as they are.
But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer.Soon there were so many
deer that they ate up all the wild roses.Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees.
These trees were important to the farmers.So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees.
Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died.This was another leon from nature.
To keep the balance of nature is important for us to remember.
I worked for a short time as a cashier(出纳员) at a restaurant a few months ago.I also helped
to clean up the tables when it was very busy.One night, just before Christmas, I found a large
black wallet on the floor near one of the tables.I gueed I should check it to find out who was the
owner, but I was very busy at the time.And I imagined that if there was something valuable(有价
值的) in the wallet, the owner would be back.Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the
counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet.I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after
he described it exactly, I gave him the wallet.He expreed his thanks when I handed it to him.He
asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”.At once he opened it and showed that it had
nearly $ 800 in cash(现金).He took out a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed
at this.“A reward(酬劳) for your honesty,” he said and then turned and walked away.
Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known
what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get
it, I might keep it.But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans
by finding and returning the wallet.The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything
could buy.
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Napoga is a 12-year-old girl in Ghana(加纳), Africa.It is hard for her family to get clean
water.Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a
village far away.It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily(日常) cooking and
drinking.She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends.Millions of people in the
world are like Napoga.They can’t get enough clean water to keep healthy.
Earth Day is April 22.But on all other days, we must also remember it.The water we use is
the most important natural resource(自然资源) on the earth.
Water covers 70% of the earth’s surface(表面).But most of that is sea water.We can’t use it
for very many things.Fresh water covers only 1% of the earth’s surface.
You probably feel lucky that your life isn’t as hard as Napoga’s.But that doesn’t mean you
don’t have to worry about water.We all face serious water problems.One of them is water
pollution.All kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes, and
oceans dirty.Polluted water is very bad for people to drink.And dirty water is bad for fish, too.
Now, 34% of all kinds of fish are dying out.
How do cars and factories make our water dirty? First, they pollute the air.Then, when it
rains, the rain water comes down and makes our drinking water dirty.Dirty rain, called acid
rain(酸雨), is also bad for plants, animals and buildings.
Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won’t have enough
clean water.We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children.Here is some
advice for saving water:
●Turn off the water while you brush your teeth.You can save as much as 450 liters(升) each
month.
●Leaky taps(漏水的龙头) waste a lot of water.Fix them right away!
●You can easily cut your 10-minute showers(沐浴) in half—and you’ll be just as clean.
●When you wash dishes, don’t let the water run.
●Only wash clothes when you have a lot to wash.If your washing machine isn’t full, you’re
wasting water!
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I will never forget the leon which Mr Li gave us.One day Mr Li was speaking to us in our school meeting room.He began his speech by holding up a ¥100 bill.He asked, “Who would like this ¥ 100 bill?” Most of us put up our hands quickly.Then he said, “I am going to give this ¥ 100 to one of you, but first let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball and said, “Who wants it now?” We raised our hands again.But he said, “Wait a moment.” He then dropped it on the floor and stepped on it.After that, he picked up the dirty bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Many hands were still up.“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable leon today.No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value.It was still worth ¥100!” “We always lose many chances we take in our lives.” He went on speaking, “We feel as if we are worth nothing.But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value, you are always valuable to those people who love you.Your value doesn’t come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE.”
“You are special and valuable.Don’t ever forget it!”
