Even in early times, people could realize the importance of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming.(1)If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will find a way to bring it into reality(现实).

Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naive. With their rich imagination, they will come up with fantastic dreams. History is full of examples. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used ostracized (排斥) when he was in primary school, but his achievements were greater than everyone else's in his time.

(2)青少年和年青人也应该鼓励有梦想.The world is full of successful teenagers and young people. They dreamt big and their dreams changed their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress to human besides making money for themselves.

Older people should believe that human mind is never too old to make dreams turn into reality. (3) Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the world.

(4) To dream is a wonderful ability which can lead to wonderful results.Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true.

Kate and Jim are wife and husband . Like many New Age Travellers, they don’t live in a house, but in a truck. For about three years they moved around the country with other travelers. Now their daughter, Lucy, is four years old, and Kate wants to change their life and come back to the city. But Jim likes the travelling life. He thinks they should live on the road. “We’ve a lot of good friends here. We live in the open air. How fresh the air is ! If we like a place, We stay for some time . If we don’t like it, we move on .I don’t like cities. You must live in a small box and you should work hard for all your time to get enough money to live. That’s not life. We should stay away from cities. Lucy is a nice girl. She can learn real things about life with us on the road.” Jim says

“Yes, I like this kind of life better than city life. Travelling is interesting in spring and summer. But winter is always difficult . It is so cold that Lucy gets ill every winter .The most important thing , I think is that Lucy needs a good education(教育) and she should have her own friends and a usual life like other kids. That means we must live in one place. Shall we move back to the city or not?”Said Kate.

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Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the USA．Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.

   At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat. There are nine players on each team.

   The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches (比赛) are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's① ________ (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play②a________ each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch the television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.

   (64)American football is perhaps (也许) the most popular sport in the USA.The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When (65)there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.

A baseball match has nine players.

There ________ ________ an important game.

Life today is easier that it was hundreds of years ago,but it has brought some new problems,One of the biggest problems is pollution(污染).(A)We can see it ,drink it and even hear it.

Man has polluted the earth.(B)The more people,the more pollution.Many years ago,the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people.When the land was used up or the river was not clean in a place,man went to another place.Now man is slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious,it’s bad for living things in the world.

Many countries don’t let people burn(C)“有害物质”for air in houses and factories in the city.Pollution by SO₂ is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution.It’s best to ride bikes.When you are riding,there is no pollution.But even in developed countries,most people don’t go to work by bike.It’s not because bikes are expensive or people are tired if they ride to work.It’s because the number of cars on the roads becomes larger.So more people put away their bikes and go to work by car,then things are getting worse and worse.We should have special roads only for bikes and make it so difficult and expensive for drivers(D)        (take)their cars into the city that they will go back to using their bikes.

A Kentucky（肯塔基）family took a vacation to New York City. One day，the father took his son into a rather large building. They were surprised at everything they saw—especially（特别地）the elevator（电梯）at one end of the building.
The boy asked，“What’s this，Pa?”
The father answered，“Son，I have never seen anything like this in my life. I don’t know what it is!”
While the boy and his father were watching in surprise，an old lady walked slowly to the moving walls and pressed（按）a button（按钮）. The walls opened and the lady walked into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small lights above the walls light up. They went on watching the lights up in the opposite direction(反方向). The walls opened again，and a beautiful young lady stepped out.
The amazed（惊愕的）father quickly turned to his son and said，“Go，get your Mom here.”

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To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.

Unwanted gifts? Give them away!

Have you ever received a gift that you didn’t like? I wonder. Did you throw it away? If so, you can have①another choicenow. Two British companies hopes people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor. In this way, the gifts can be refused and have a future life. And people can make a difference to the world.

Wear the trousers that reduce（减少）pollution!

②A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer created a new kind of trousers.The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us. Scientists have tested the material. The result shows that it isn’t harmful to human.③这款新裤将在两年后出现在市场上。Professor Ryan said to us, “If thousands of people wear the trousers, the air quality will be improved.”

Plant trees with Felix

Felix, a 14-year-old German boy, is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero. At the age of 9, Felix got the idea that children could do something to protect the environment.④So he started a club and soon got support from children all over the world.Some of them have become his good friends. The club has an aim of planting 212 million trees. They have planted over 3.5 million trees all around the world. Felix said, “The answer to controlling global(全球的) warming is trees—lots of trees!”

You can see kangaroos everywhere in Australia．They appear on TV, in books and, in the shops．The government even plans to put them on passports．[103]Although it's the best loved animal in Australia, millions of kangaroos are killed every year．Why, people ask, do the Australians kill them? Quite simple, there are too many of them．

The number of kangaroos in Australia is believed to be 20—25 million．It is larger than the number of people living in the country．

There are several reasons for the growth in the number of kangaroos．There is plenty of water in the places where kangaroos live and many of the dingoes (澳洲野狗) that like to kill and eat kangaroos are not there anymore．

Kangaroos also produce (产生) the young all the year round．When a female (雌的) kangaroo gives birth , she then gets pregnant (怀孕) again immediately．The large number of kangaroos means some kangaroos don't get food to eat．They are so hungry that they break into farms and fight against other animals for food．

[104]To solve the problem, the Australian government allows a certain number of kangaroos to be killed each year．

Many people don't think that it's right to kill kangaroos but the government thinks that it is only to help the farmers．Australia sells 5 million kilos of kangaroo meat every year—it is used to make hamburgers for dogs．

       Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the nine o’clock Mystery North American. Black bears are shy animals. They are fearful by nature, and will usually run away if they see or hear people. Because of this , it can be difficult for scientists to learn about these animals.

    In order to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, USA, catch bears and use drugs to help them go to sleep. Researchers then work out the size and the weight of the bear, take blood to test for diseases, remove a tooth and take it to the lab to find out its age. From these studies, researchers want to find out how many bears live in New Jersey, how long they live, and how many babies they produce.

     83 But in Minnesota(明尼苏达州), USA, researchers study bears that are completely awake. The bears know the researchers’ voices and they are not afraid of the research team. With the help of a few grapes to keep the bears busy, researchers can touch them to check their hearts, look at their teeth, and do other jobs. Researchers can also walk or sit with bears for hours and make videos to learn about their everyday lives.

       In both places, the main purpose is the same—to make sure there is a healthy population of black bears. 84 But the research methods and the kinds of information that researchers are able to collect are quite different.

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When someone laughs at you, it is called teasing. Many people are teased. Sometimes your friends tease you just for fun. You can laugh at it and forget about it. But many times the teasing can be harmful. It is harmful when teasing makes you hate yourself.

It is, therefore, important to learn how to deal with teasing. Here are some ways.

Self-talk. Ask yourself, "What is more important — what they say about me or who I really am? " Of course, ①! You need to believe in yourself. When you start talking to yourself this way, you will feel more confident.

Ignore (忽视). If you become angry, then the teasers will tease you more. So, simply ignore them. When you don't respond (回应) to them, they may stop teasing you.

Turn it into praise. You can turn negative teasing into positive praise. If someone teases you about your hair, you can say, "②."

Agree. ③You can agree with the facts because facts are the truth. If someone teases you by saying, "You have curly hair", then you can say, "Yes, I have curly hair." Always remember to smile when you reply this way.

Laugh. You can simply laugh when someone teases you instead of feeling upset. The teasers may. be surprised to see you laugh. They might even stop teasing after some time.

Teasing is never a good thing to do. You should not tease others. But when others tease you, you have to learn to deal with ④ it well. You should also always remember that what teasers say when they tease you is not what is true about you.

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