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Metro Pocket Guide
Metrorail(地铁)
Each passenger needs a farecard(车票) to enter and go out.Up to two children under age five may travel free with a paying customer.
Farecard machines are in every station.Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the stations and farecard machines only provide up to $5 in change.
Get one day of unlimited Metrorail rides with a One Day Pass. Buy it from a farecard machine in Metro stations. Use it after 9：30 a.m. until closing on weekdays, and all day on weekends and holidays.
Hours of service
Open：5 a.m. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.Saturday-Sunday.
Close：midnight Sunday-Thursday, 3 a.m. Friday-Saturday.
Last train times vary. To avoid (避免) missing the last train, please check the last train times posted in stations.
Metrobus
When paying with exact change，the fare is $1.35. When paying with a SmarTrip card the fare is $1.25
Fares for senior/disabled customers
Senior citizens 65 and older and disabled customers may ride for half the regular fare.On Metrorail and Metrobus，use a senior/disabled farecard or SmarTrip® card.For more information about buying senior/disabled farecards，SmarTrip® cards and passes，please visit MetroOpensDoors.com or call 2026377000 and 2026378000.
Senior citizens and disabled customers can get free guide on how to use proper Metrobus and Metrorail services by calling 2029621100.
Travel tips
Avoid riding during weekday rush periods—before 9：30 a.m.and between 4 and 6 p.m.
If you lose something on a bus or train or in a station，please call Lost & Found （失物招领）at 2029621195.
Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register (收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.
I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thankyou note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.
“Thank you” — two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.
Once an old man rose early to read each morning. His grandson wanted to be just like his grandfather, so tried to emulate him every way he could.
One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa, I try to read just like you do, but I don't understand most of it, and I forget whatever I do understand immediately I close the book. So what good is it for me to read?”
The grandfather, who was putting coal on the fire, said, “Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water.”
The boy did as told to, but the water leaked out before he could get the basket home.
The grandfather laughed, saying, “You'll have to move a little faster.” This time he ran faster, but again the basket emptied. Out of breath, he decided it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket（桶）. But the grandfather said, “I want a basket of water instead of a bucket of water. You're just not trying hard enough.”
The boy knew what he was trying to accomplish was impossible. However, he decided to show his grandfather a third time.
The boy dipped the basket into the river and ran as hard as he could. With the empty basket, he gasped（喘气说）, “See Grandpa? It's useless!”
“So you think it useless?” the old man asked. “Then look at the basket.” To his surprise, the boy found it washed clean of the dirty coal stains and now clean inside and out.
“My child, that's what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or remember everything, but the words will change you inside and out. That is the work of reading in our lives.”
One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting.I was looking forward to a quiet view of the art works.
A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted nonstop between themselves.I watched them a moment and decided the wife was doing all the talk.I admired the husband's patience for putting up with her continuous talk.Distracted by their noise,I moved on.
I met with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art.Each time I heard her constant burst of words,I moved away quickly.
I was standing at the counter of the museum gift shop making a purchase when the couple came near to the exit.Before they left,the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a white object.He extended it into a long stick and then tapped his way into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket.
“He's a brave man.”The clerk at the counter said,”Most of us would give up if wewere blinded at such a young age.During his recovery he made a promise that his life wouldn't change. So, as before,he and his wife come in whenever there's a new art show.”
“But what does he get out of the art?”I asked,“He can't see.”
“Can't see?You're wrong.He sees a lot.More than you or I do.”The clerk said,“His wife describes each painting so he can see it in his head.”
I learned something about patience,courage and love that day.I saw the patience of a young wife describing paintings to a person without sight and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life.And I saw the love shared by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand.
A major source of teen stress is school exams, and test anxiety(焦虑) is not uncommon. When you recognize your teen is under stress，how can parents help your teen stay calm before an exam?
Be involved. Parents need to be involved in their teen's work.What they look for is your presence—to listen, to talk，to cry, or simply to sit with them quietly. Communicate openly with your teen. Encourage your teen to express his worries and fears，but don't let them focus on those fears.
Help them get organized.Together，you and your teen can work out a time-table in which he/she can study for what he/she knows will be on the test.
Provide a calm setting. Help your teen set up a quiet place to study and protect his/her privacy. Give them a nutritious diet. It's important for your teen to eat a healthy，balanced diet during exam times to focus and do his/her best.If this happens，encourage your teen to eat light meals or sandwiches. A healthy diet，rather than junk food，is best for reducing stress.
Persuade your teenager to get some sleep and do something active when he/she needs a real break from studying. Making time for relaxation，fun，and exercise is all important in reducing stress. Help your teen balance his/her time so that he/she will feel comfortable taking time out from studying to spend time with friends or rest.
Show a positive attitude.Your panic, anxiety and blame contribute to your teen's pressure. Make your teen feel accepted and valued for his efforts. Most importantly，tell your teen that things will be all right，no matter what the results are.
A. They will only make the situation worse.
B.A parent's attitude will influence their teen's emotions.
C. The best thing is simply to listen.
D. Help your teen think about what he has to study and plan accordingly.
E. Exam stress can make some teens lose their appetite（胃口）.
F. Encourage your teen to relax.
G. Your teen may also make negative comments about themselves.
A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful1, and knowing her husband could 2 it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the 3, her husband told her how 4 he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He 5 her a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and 6 a Bible. 7, she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so 8 that she left him.
Many years passed and the lady was very 9 in business. She owned two large companies. She 10 her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to 11 him. But before she could, she 12 a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and 13 things.
When she arrived at his house, sadness 14 her heart. She saw the still new 15, just as she had left it years before. With 16, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring 17 from the Bible to the floor and a 18 could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LUV U ALWAYS”.
19 your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the 20.
First, reading books (be) fun. You can always keep yourself (interest) and it can help you have an enjoyable time if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a (relax) hobby too.
Next，you can read a book anywhere：in a car，in a waiting room, on a plane, in bed—even in the bath. you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
Another good reason for reading books is it is useful. If you read as a hobby，you (get) better and better at it. This means that you will read faster and will become (good) at understanding what you read. As your reading improves, you will probably find your school work becomes much easier. Many school subjects depend good reading and, as you read you learn more and more.
Good readers are most likely to be good (write), too. They are usually good at(spell) as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is really a wonderful hobby.
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Last night I was preparing for the coming examination while the noise from my neighbor interrupts me. The noise went on and on. It was so loud that I could hard pay attention to my study any longer. So I went to my neighbor's house but said to him: “Excuse me, would you please turn down the TV? I'm preparing for tomorrow's exam.” When he heard these word, his face went the red. And he said, “I'm sorry to have made so much noise. Just now, the football game was very wonderful. I'm too exciting to control me. I won't do that again. Good lucky in your coming exam.” After that, I got down my study.
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