Bargain（廉价购买）shopping is popular among most people throughout the world. The main reason is that people know they get the opportunity（机会）to save money. But in order to buy things at the lowest prices, you need to follow certain tips.      

　Use the Internet. You have more shopping areas by shopping online. You can go to many online stores. You are able to see various products with different prices in them. Through going online, you can compare the products’ prices and qualities（质量）.

　Use online coupons(优惠券). By using these coupons, you can even expect a discount (折扣) of 50% on what you want to buy. There are many websites that offer these coupons and they have different kinds of goods for you.

　Shop at the right time. It is a known fact that there are certain items that go on sale in certain months of the year. Keep an eye on such sales and visit the store only during those particular times of the year in order to receive the best offers.

　Use a shopping list. By acquiring the habit of writing a shopping list, you will always remember to buy the things you want. If you just enter a store and start buying things that you are interested in, you will probably end buying many cheap things that you may not need.

　Take part in online auctions（拍卖）. If you are familiar with online shopping, you should take part in online auctions. Some websites such as e-bay offer auctions and give you the opportunity to buy products at low prices.

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        A farming game becomes popular on the Internet as users get up in the morning to steal crops and fruit from their friends’ farms and become the kings of virtual (虚拟的) farming.

      Just like the farm game “kaixin 001” in Chinese. Users can plant crops, and raise chickens and sheep, and the harvest can be sold and exchanged for experience points to increase the attraction. Players can sneak into (潜入) their friends’ farms and steal crops. The more practiced a user gets in planting crops, the more virtual money he or she can make. That makes it much more fun than just killing time on the Internet.

     Now more city white collars, young office ladies in particular, are going online to live a country life. ________ that they set the alarm for an early rise every day, when they start up the computer and go farming. If they overslept, their fields would turn into a tourist farm where anyone takes whatever he or she wants. They can use a virtual network to plant, water crops, get rid of pests, harvest and sell their crops, and they can raise chickens and cows, and buy dogs to guard the farm. The whole process is much more interesting than electronic chickens, and seeing the results of their own hard work pile in the storage offers some kind of satisfaction in an otherwise boring daily life.

     Compared with wasting some time on line, the game is more interesting. 

Drugs are harmful and addictive. But young children may not know this. Use this guide to help teach your children to avoid drugs.

Make sure that what you tell your children is true. If you tell them that marijuana(大麻）can kill them, but in fact it can’t, then when they find out the truth, they will be hurt that you lied to them, and will no longer believe other things you tell them.

Never order them not to take drugs. This is especially important to older kids and teenagers. Most teenagers go through the stage of rebellion. When you forbid them to do something, it only makes them want to do it more. Tell them that drugs can be harmful and addictive and that they can ruin their life, but don’t forbid them to take drugs.

Do your best to build your children’s confidence and help them out of trouble. Adult drug addicts often had troubled childhoods or an extremely traumatic experience in their younger years, such as a divorce or death in the family. Many teenagers take drugs because they are unwilling to face problems and want to escape in this way. Encourage your children to overcome difficulties and make sure your children know that you love them.

Tell your children to stop spending time with friends who take drugs because children usually can’t resist temptation(诱惑) or they have to take drugs because of peer pressure. But you shouldn’t force them to do that. Being controlling and overprotective by keeping your children out of their social situations will only cause them to lose respect for you and mistrust your judgment. Remember that the choice is always theirs, and controlling their life will only make them more likely to use drugs to escape.

I have a friend called Joe. We grew up in the same little town, and I went to school with him. He has an older brother called Frank who was severely disabled. As these two brothers grew up, Joe got married, had a family, and moved into an old house. Frank lived with his mother until her health failed. Then Joe took his brother into his own home to care for him. Frank required much care, especially as he began to get older.

This old house where Joe lived was not constructed very well. It was cold in winter, and hot in summer. The electrical system was not working properly. The yard around the house was not beautiful.

An old “Town Father” called Sam had been watching Joe. He recognized Joe' s circumstances. Sam arranged for materials to build a house for Joe, his family, and his brother. He organized the local townspeople for the purpose of building Joe a “House In A Day”. Could it be done? It would take a great deal of cooperation and scheduling! The townspeopleconsented toSam’s decision. This house was to be a two-storey structure with over 1,200 square feet on each floor. The footings and the foundation had been previously prepared. Materials were purchased and on site. Crew were organized. Schedules were set.

At 2:00 a. m., the first crew arrived. How amazing it was to see literally hundreds of people working on his house at the same time. inside and outside. I was helping put on the roof of. Some were laying up a chimney and some were setting up the windows while still others were pouring the porches, etc. Twenty-six hours later, not quiet a "House In A Day". the last crew went to their own homes. A few days later, Joe and his family along with Frank, moved into the beautiful new home!

Can you imagine the love that Joe feels from all these good people each and every time he meets one of them? It sounds like a story out of a story book. But it isn't. I was there, and I continue to experience that good feeling whenever I meet Joe.

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      Choosing the right university for you is a big decision with many factors to consider. The institution that you choose will not only be the one that ensures your academic goals, but it will also be where you will live, learn, play sports, socialize and work for several years. Therefore, before you start filling out those university application forms, take a step back and consider the many variables that affect the "fit" of a university to your unique personality and educational goals. Take a look at the following factors, and decide which ones mean the most to you.

     Consider your educational goals. You will discover that different schools are more recognized or progressive in your chosen field of study than others. For this reason, talk to advisors, professionals in your field, or go to clubs organized by the alumni (校友) . When you check out school ranking for your major, you may find that your first choice is not really a match, while another fits perfectly.

     Consider costs. It will be no surprise to you at this point that not all schools cost the same. Some of the more famous schools are so because they are difficult to get into and difficult to pay for. Don't let this necessarily stop you. Just keep this consideration in mind as you narrow your list of potential schools.

     Choosing a university should not be done only on reputation, but also take the academic programs and overall environment into consideration. Be aware that reputations are sometimes out of date or overstated, so first-hand experience is often beneficial.

     Once you've identified the factors that are most important to you, you've taken the first steps towards making a successful choice. Make sure you pick a university that will serve your needs throughout your university career.

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Being able to read is an important skill in today’s society. It is important because it develops the mind and imagination. A person who knows how to read can educate himself in any area of life he is interested in.

    Reading is an active mental progress that improves your concentration and focus. Since you must concentrate in order to read, this requires you to focus and think about what you are reading. It makes you use your brain, helping you to reason out things which are unfamiliar to you.

    Studies show if you don’t use your memory, it becomes more and more difficult to remember things. Reading helps to strengthen your memory muscles. It requires you to remember details, facts and figures, plot lines, themes and characters.

    The more you read, the more knowledgeable you become and with more knowledge comes more confidence. Reading about the diversity of life and exposing yourself to new ideas and more information help to develop the creative side of the brain and bring innovations( 创新 ) into your thinking process.So it is a chain reaction. When you are well read, people will look to you for answers. Then your feelings about yourself get better. Even more confidence!

    When you are reading books, especially challenging ones, you will probably find yourself exposed to many new words. Do you remember when you learned to read, how you learned to figure out the meaning of one word by reading the other words in the sentence? You will get the same benefit for building your vocabulary from reading books.

Reading can help you get access to the diversity of ethnicity( 民族特点 )of people,

their customs and their lifestyles. You will become more aware of different places. Ever

 found yourself in an embarrassing situation where you didn’t have anything to talk about?

 Reading really widens your horizon( 视野 )of information, so you’ll always have something

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  Understanding the psychology of ourselves and others around us can play a huge part in our happiness. Whether it is believing we aren’t good enough because we’re told we should be at a certain point in our lives by a certain time, or it is simply misunderstanding others’ intentions or reactions to us, we need to get into a better mindset that will limit the amount of the negative things in our lives.

   So we need to make a habit of learning some psychological lessons that are important to living an easier life. One of such lessons is realizing that people don’t care as much as you think. Being so caught up in what others think of us or acting in a way that will meet other people’s expectations is harmful to us because everyone is occupied with their own problems and insecurities. Actually, most of what we believe people are thinking is only assumptions our own minds create based on past experiences or incorrect thoughts. Be yourself without worrying what others think will go a long way towards achieving personal happiness.

   It’s easy to think that we are the same person we were ten years ago and will be thinking and feeling the same in another ten years, but we are not. Our former, present and future selves are all independent because our mindsets change with our lives’ situations and experiences. Because of this, we should always be true to our present selves when making decisions. We can never predict what our future self will think and feel and everything that happened in the past was for our former selves.

   Have you ever seen a friend’s problem and known what they need to do to sort it out? You give advice but it just seems to fall on deaf ears. You feel frustrated because, after all, you just want to help them. The thing is, no one ever really listens to advice unless they happen to be in the right mindset at the right time. At the end of the day, people will only change their mindsets or outlooks through their own realization and experiences. Sometimes the change may come in the form of your advice but most of the time it needs to happen for them at their own paces. Don’t feel ignored or disheartened--- you did your bit, now let them work it out.

People are travelling more than ever before. The World Tourism Organization says that by 2020 the number of international travelers will be more than 1.6 billion people per year. The increase in the number of tourists also means an increase in the kinds of tourism. Here are four different kinds of tourism that have appeared recently.

   Medical tourism can be for a lot of things, from operations to visits to the dentist. This kind of tourism includes going to a different country for health care. A few of the popular countries offering medical tourism areIndia,Cuba,Thailandand Jordan.

   Nearly all tourists eat in restaurants, and dining is one of the top three tourist activities. But if you were in a country famous for its food, would you learn how to cook it? Welcome to the unusual form of culinary(烹饪的) tourism, where people go to another country to learn how to prepare its food. Cooking holidays are growing in popularity now.

   Disaster tourism is the act of visiting the site of a disaster. Examples include tours to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, to parts of Thailand after the tsunami(海啸) or tourist visits to ground zero in New York. This kind of tourism is not very popular with local people for understandable reasons.

Another growing area of tourism is literary tourism. This is a kind of cultural tourism and there are several types. It can be connected to the life of an author, for example visiting the author’s home or favorite places, or connected to the lives of characters in a story. It can also be a visit to a place where a film was made.

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Believe it or not，there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform．It makes you feel proud of your school．It builds a common spirit of unity(整体)among students and reminds them of the values and history of their school．But for most students school uniforms are not something to be proud of at all．

   “Why not wear the school uniform just one day a week? Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel boring．”a senior student from a high school complained．“I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back．”said a junior student．“They could be smaller．”The main students’complaints about school uniform as are：simple colors , boring designs and bad quality．

   What has caused all these problems? Chen Hong，a uniform designer in Shenzhen，pointed out that problems come up because the whole society doesn’t see the importance of the school uniform．“Most designers are likely to stick to the same old fashion，because there are no professionals(专业人员)that work for students，”Chen said．His company won most of the awards in the first national competition for school．uniforms last month in Nanning，Guangxi．“Besides，high quality calls for a high price，”said Chen．“But in some schools，the annual expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan．How can we produce high quality clothes with so little money?”

   Even with these problems．efforts have been made to change the situation．A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing．Thirty-seven uniforms，to be seen in schools next spring，were selected from 570．“The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be proud of it whenever and wherever they are．”Chen said．

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