Would you like to explore (开发) the oceans？Do you want to find more life than we imagine there？For Jacques Cousteau, the answer was "yes". His career was a life-long dream, and he is probably the most famous ocean scientist in recent times.

    Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Even as a child, he loved water. Cousteau was bright, but he got bored with school and began to cause trouble. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. There, Cousteau finally felt challenged. He studied hard and did well in all his courses. In 1933, he served as a general officer in the French Navy. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. He worked on a breathing machine to stay under water longer. It was finished in 1943.

    In 1948, Cousteau became a captain, and he had new duties. Even so, he continued to explore the oceans. Two years later, he became the president of the French Oceanographic Campaigns. He also bought a ship to help with his dives. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. To do that, he produced many films and published（出版）a number of books. His films include "The Silent World (1956)", "World without Sun(1966)". One of his books is "The Living Sea (1963)".

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Its work was to further oceanic research and to encourage people to help protect the oceans and the life within them.

    Cousteau won many honors for his work, including the Medal of Freedom and membership in the French Academy in 1989.

A. Cousteau was interested in fishing

B. In 1974, he founded the Cousteau Society

C. But he needed a way to get money for his trips

D. His parents sent him to a strict boarding school

E. He also began to explore the life under the water

C

Today, we are talking with Fritzi，a great collector of china(瓷制的)elephants．

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Ai Well, it all goes back to when I was a kid．When I was about six or seven，one of my cousins gave me a small china elephant for my birthday, and I like it·so much that I decided to start collecting them．

Q：So，you've been collecting them ever since?

A：Yeah, that's right．It's been almost thirty years．

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A：I don't know, really．I like the fact that there are so many different kinds and I also like the fact that some of them are so beautiful. Also, I really like elephants．The're amazing animals．

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A：I've got over five thousand．It's one of the biggest collections in my country ,I think．I'm getting new ones all the time as well．I find them in second—hand shops．I buy them on the Internet and sometimes my friends give them to me as gifts．

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A：Well, I've got a special room for them in my house where I've got them all on display(陈列)．I've got shelves(架子)and shelves of them! Actually, one day I'd like to open my own china elephant museum．I'm sure a lot of people would come and see them．

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A：I do, actually．It's one of the oldest ones in my collection．It's from 1897, and it's a big black one with sad eyes．It's so beautiful, and it makes me want to cry—but in a good way．

    One morning I got up late. I quickly jumped out of the bed， washed my face， then hurried to the bus stop. As soon as I got on the bus， it started raining. Suddenly the bus stopped. Something was wrong with it.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}， so I ran to school. I reached the classroom but I was all wet. The physics teacher had already begun his lesson.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. All the students were a little afraid of him. I liked neither him nor his physics lessons.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. “I'm very sorry， Mr. Smith. I'm late，” I said with a red face.

    “It's you， Jim，” Mr. Smith said angrily. "I've told you not to be late， but you…" he suddenly stopped and looked at my wet clothes. He turned to the class and said， "I'm very sorry， my boys and girls.”{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. “Now take off your wet coat and put on this one or you'll catch a cold，” he said kindly.

I went to my seat with Mr. Smith's jacket on.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I found， for the first time， physics was so interesting and how well I could understand it!

    My mother is a kind and nice woman. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} One Sunday night, when I was watching the film Harry Potter very happily. Mother asked me to go to bed. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} that I didn't move. But for a while, I noticed that she didn't say anything. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I was so sad that I went into my room and cried. I thought "I have only two nights in a week to enjoy the TV. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}" The next day she cooked and talked with me as usual. I pretended not to hear, but she didn't mind and told me why she didn't allow me to watch TV {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Then I understood her. I love my mother.

A: Hi, Li Mei. Where did you spend your holiday last month?

B: In London.

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B: By plane.

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B: It was rainy and cool.

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B: I stayed there for 10 days. I found many interesting things there.

A: Really? Could you give one example?

B: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}English people drive on the left-hand side of the road.

A: That's interesting. I want to know more about the English way of life. Where can I get the information?

B: Why don't you find it on the Internet?

A: {#blank#}5{#/blank#}Thank you.

    Great weather! It was sunny yesterday. We arrived in Beijing at 9: 00 in the morning. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} We went to the hotel by taxi. After lunch and a short rest, we took a bus to the Summer Palace. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} While we were in a boat on Kunming Lake, we heard someone singing Beijing Opera on the bank. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the evening we walked to Tian'anmen Square because it was next to our hotel. We took some photos there. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} This morning when we walked to the Palace Museum, we passed by (路过) a square and saw some people flying kites. The kites were in different shapes (形状) {#blank#}5{#/blank#} They were really beautiful. I'll go to the aquarium (水族馆), and then Beihai Park. The day after tomorrow we'll visit the Great Wall. I hear it's very great and I think I will have great fun playing there.