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    Charles Lane loves playing all kinds of games．He has loved games all his life．He has always been interested in computers too．Today,his love of games and his interest in computers come together in his work．Charles works for a company that makes video games．

    Charles never dreamed of working is a video game company．"It all started by accident(偶然)"he said．"One of my friends worked for a video game company．He knew how much I loved games，and he told me about a job．It sounded like fun．"It was a job as a video game tester(测试员)．

    When a video game company has a new game，they give it to testers．Testers play the game and look for bugs(程序错误)in it．The company wants to find and fix(修补)all the bugs before they sell the game．

    Video game testers need to have good computer skills.They need to understand how computers work．Charles did not have great computer skills when he went for the job interview(求职面试)，so he was nervous．However,the interviewers said，"That's OK．We can teach someone to use a computer,but we can't teach someone to love games．"

    Charles worked as a video game tester for three years．Now he is a video game producer(制作人)．This means that he works on every part of developing a new game．He really enjoys his work．He says,"It's really a great job．I'm sure it'll give me what I need to live a happy life and have a good future"

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    The Maori people of New Zealand believe that the world began in darkness.

    They say it was dark because Rangi, the sky father, and Papa, the earth mother, were lying together, keeping out of the light.

    Rangi and Papa had many children who were all gods (神). Their children did not like the darkness, so one of them, Tane, the god of the forests, made his mother leave his father. After that, the sky stayed far above the Earth, and let the light in.

    Later, Tane was living on the Earth. He wanted to have a wife. There was no woman around, so he made one from sand. He breathed (呼出) life into her, and she became the first human(人类).

    As Tane breathed life into his wife, he knew that the breath of life would one day leave her. So it was that humans were not like gods — they could not live all the time.

    There are some important festivals in Western countries. April Fool's Day is on April 1. People usually play tricks on others on that day. It's very popular in England and America.

    Mother's Day is on the second Sunday in May. It's a day to thank mothers. On that day, mothers usually get flowers and cards from their children. Fathers and children do the housework, so mothers can have a good rest.

    Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November in America. On that day, families all get together and have a big dinner.

    Christmas Day comes on December 25. It's the most popular festival in a year in Western countries. People exchange presents and visit friends.

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Birthday Food Around the World

    What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries.

    In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of the candles is the person's age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. 59. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky. In China, it is getting popular to have a cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck. All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. 他们会给过生日的人带来好运。

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