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Empathy(同情心) lets us feel another person's pain and drives us to help. Do any other animals feel empathy? Scientists recently found that rats(老鼠) do, too.

    Most people don't like rats. In many people's eyes, rats are only bad. But Jean Decety and his partners at the University of Chicago did an experiment. It showed that rats are kind, warm-hearted animals. They can feel each other's pain.

Scientists placed pairs of rats in plastic cages(笼子) for two weeks. During this time they got to know each other. Then they put one of the rats from each pair into a small container(容器) in the cages. The small container had a door. It was so designed as to fall to the side when the free rat touched it. Many of the trapped(困住的) rats squeaked(吱吱叫) to show their discomfort. The other rats of the pairs could see their suffering friends clearly.

In most pairs, the free rats would become very worried about their friends. They kept trying to save their friends again and again throughout the month. Scientists put the rats' favorite chocolate in the cages, but the rats didn't eat it until they had saved their friends successfully. Scientists also found that female rats seemed to act more empathetic than male rats.

    “The results are the first to show that rats take action in response to another's trouble,” Decety said. “Monkeys and chimpanzees have similar behavior. But unlike those animals, rats can be ready used in laboratory studies. They will help us to learn which parts of the brain lead to empathy and helping behavior and whether empathy is natural.”

Are Sports Important?

    Sports are all around us. We watch and read sports news. There are also sports clubs, and even sports-only channels(频道) on TV. In many countries, players make millions of dollars every year. But why are sports so important? They're only games, right?

    Our readers answer:

    Vlad (Ukraine乌克兰)

    Sports bring people together. In 2006, our team was able to play in the 2006 World Cup for the first time. Everyone was happy. Rich and poor, old and young, men and women—everyone was in the streets together!

Mike (U.S.A.)

    Sports bring people together, but they divide them too. Fans of different teams fight all the Time-they shout and hit each other. And here's another example: My brother plays high school baseball. Last week, his team played an important game. At the game, two parents fought about a call .

    Come on … baseball is only a game! Sports are so competitive (有竞争力的) these days. It's all about winning. Then the game isn't fun.

    Oba (South Africa)

    Right now, some of the world's best soccer players are from African countries, and the 2010

    World Cup games will be held in South Africa. Yes, some players make a lot of money—maybe too much, but sporting events (like the World Cup) bring tourists and money to countries and people. And that is good for Africa.

    There was a small village near the mountain. There were a lot of trees in the mountain. People in the 1always got something from the mountain, such as animals and trees. When they wanted to 2a house, they cut down the trees. And they also killed the animals for 3. Trees were very 4in their daily life. They made tables, chairs 5beds by cutting down the trees. In addition, when they 6meals, they still used some trees for wood. However, they only cut down trees but 7planted new trees. So the trees were fewer and fewer and the animals were becoming 8as well.

    One summer, it rained 9in the village. The rain lasted for about a week. The soil and the stones on the mountain fell down and soon 10the whole village. They finally realized they couldn't only cut down trees but also needed to protect them.

    What is your favourite colour? Do you like yellow, orange and red?

    A yellow room makes us feel1and more comfortable than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and gladness to the saddest winter day. Light and bright colours make people not only happier but2more active. It is a fact that factory workers work3, harder and have fewer accidents4their machines are painted orange rather than black or dark gray.

    Remember then that if you feel low, you can always brighten your day or your life with a new shirt or a few colourful things. Remember also that you will know your friends better when you5what colours they like and dislike. And don't forget that anyone can guess a lot about your character when you choose something in different colours.