Thumbs Down to Texting （屈指发短信）

       Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?

       Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very popular. But, scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands. Be careful! Too much texting can cause swelling in our thumbs. Our thumbs were not made for pushing small buttons, over and over. Scientists call this problem RSI. We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many sick people with RSI. She says we need to see how much time we are spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10–15 minutes at once, we could have problems in the future.

       As mobile phones develop, they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and playing video games can cause the same problem. So more and more people could find themselves with RSI. Among them, most are university students and teenagers, as they do not know the risks of spending so much time using computer, video games and mobile phones. If we don't do something about this, too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.

    Skyscrapers are very tall buildings in a city. Looking up at them might make you dizzy (眩晕的). Looking down from them might make you dizzy too. A skyscraper is a wonder (奇观), whether you are looking up or down.

    How can the buildings be so tall? Something that happened during the 1880s made it possible. There were two important things at that time First, a man named William Jenney got the idea of using a steel frame to hold up the walls and floors (钢架支撑墙壁和地面) of a building. Jenney's idea made it possible to build taller buildings, so he is called the "Father of the American skyscraper". Second, the lifts improved They got much faster and safer. That helped people go up and down the tall buildings more easily.

    Back in the 1880s, Jenney's first tall building was 10 stories (楼层) high. But today, some buildings have 100 stories or more. In 2004, Taipei 101, at 101 stories high, became the tallest building in the world. But soon the Burj Khalifa in Dubai overtook (超过) it in 2010. The 828-metre building has 163 stories.

    现在全世界有许多非常高的建筑物。For example，Shanghai Tower in China，One World Trade Centre in the US，Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower in Saudi Arabia etc All of them are really wonderful，aren't they?

    Barbie was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American lady named Ruth Handler.

    When Ruth traveled around Europe in 1956 together    ①   her children Barbara and Kenneth，she saw a German toy doll   ②    Bild Lilli.Bild Lilli was pretty popular at that time，  ③   it was a paper doll.It made Ruth Handler   ④    to design a kind of adult-looking(成人模样的) doll for girls.With the help of her friends a beautiful doll was born.It was thin and   ⑤   big eyes and blonde hair(金发).Ruth named the doll Barbie after her own daughter Barbara.

    Barbie was introduced to the world at the American Toy Fair in New York City on March 9th，1959.This date is also used as Barbie's birthday.

    Now Barbie is known all over the world.About 150 countries sell Barbie dolls.Every second(秒)three Barbie dolls are sold around the world.

    I have a cold. I feel very tired. My throat is sore, I have a cough and my head hurts. Last night, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. The fever made my body feel hot. I really don't like being sick, because I can't go to school. And my friends can't visit me, either. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

    There is no cure（治疗）for the common cold. Below are three ways to help stop a cold spreading and to feel better again.

    First, wash your hands. Washing your hands is the most important way to stop the spread of colds. Cold germs(细菌）are spread by touch. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. So if we wash hands carefully using soap and hot water. We won't get the cold easily.

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    Finally, clean your house and take care of yourself. We can use a robot cleaner to clean our house on time. Be sure to use only your own toothbrush and cup……

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    Remember that a common cold only lasts a few days. You'll feel better soon.

A. Next, cover your nose and mouth

B. The germs(细菌) get on to your hands and from there into your eyes, nose and mouth

C. We should stay away from all kinds of colds

D. I also had a fever so I didn't sleep very well

E. Because if one of you gets a cold, often all of you get it

F. Some cold medicines can help stop fever and aches

G. I hope all of you'll get better soon

Can money buy anything?

    In today's world many people seem to be hungry for money. ⑶Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got plenty of money, he may not be happy.

    If money were everything, all millionaires(百万富翁) would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always true.

    Nothing else is more pleasant than the three words "I love you" .But can love be bought? I'm afraid not. Love means giving, not taking. To every person, good health and a long life are probably the best things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is "No".

    ⑷Of all the long— lived people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can't be bought, either. In a word, being greedy for money can cause brothers to quarrel, marriages to end, lovers to hate each other, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, you won't become a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.