When you wave to a friend, you are using body language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be friendly. When you put one finger in front of your mouth, you mean "be quiet.''

    Yet, people in different countries may use different body languages.

    Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could speak little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt hungry and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he meant to say, "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to drink, first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food.

    The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was ready to leave the restaurant when another man came in. The man put his hands on his stomach, and this body language was good enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat.

    Finally the Englishman had his meal in the same way.

Information Card

    Can you help me, please? I can't find my son. He is four years old. His name is Peter. He has a long face, big black eyes and a small nose. His hair is brown. He is in a blue hat and gray pants. Please help me find him. My telephone number is 6353—2278. My name is Steve. Thank you very much.

A School in Britain

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    I get up and get dress for school. My school has a uniform-black trousers and shoes, a white shirt and a black and gold tie. The girls wear the same, or they can wear a black skirt.

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    I don't live far from the school, so l walk there with my friends. Lots of students take the school or their parents drive them to school.

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    Students all study English, maths and science, and we can choose others. My favorites are arts and IT.

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    We have 20 minutes for break in the morning and an hour for lunch. Some students bring sandwiches to school for lunch, hut my friends and I often eat in the dinning room.

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    Lessons end at 4 o'clock, but on Mondays and Wednesdays I stay at school until 5 o'clock. I go to the Chess Club and Basketball Club. There are lots of clubs and activities at our school.

    In China, safety education is becoming more and more important now. The last Monday in March is for students to learn it at school. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  What are the accidents at school? Take a look.

    Stampedes(踩踏), earthquakes and fires are the main accidents at school.

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    When there is a fire, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It's better to put something wet over your mouth and nose. In this way, you won't breathe in smoke. Many people die in a fire, not because of the fire but smoke. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} That's very dangerous! So when you want to get out, you should make yourself close to the floor. Then you can breathe some fresh air.

    People spend almost a third of their lives doing one thing- sleeping. Every year, there is a special day for people around the world to celebrate the importance of good and healthy sleep—World Sleep Day.

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    People of different ages need different amounts (数量) of sleep. According to the National Sleep Foundation (国家睡眠基金会) in the US, adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep a night. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} And school-aged children may need more than ten hours of sleep.

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