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    It is a Saturday morning．You have your breakfast，walk the dog，and then go to soccer practice on time．A few hours later, you return home，only to find that the dog has made your bedroom untidy．Your clothes are on the floor．{#blank#}1{#/blank#}．

    Before you get angry, you should stop and think．Your dog wasn't misbehaving(捣蛋)just for the fun of it．And he wasn't punishing(惩罚)for leaving．{#blank#}2{#/blank#} It's called separation anxiety(分离焦虑)

    Thank of it this way :Dogs ask where you're going or when you'll be back．{#blank#}3{#/blank#}All they know is that they want to be with you．Since you're not there，they need to find you．Dogs may suddenly develop separation anxiety．But with practice and patience(耐心)，you can teach your dog to be comfortable being left alone．

    Put on your jacket，and then sit down．{#blank#}4{#/blank#}After a while，walk out the door for 1 minute，then 2 and so on．Little by little your dog will learn that when you leave，you will return．

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    Teach your dog a word or action that you use every time you leave，which tells your dog you'll be back．

    ·Before you leave，give your dog a toy(玩具).It will keep him busy while you're away．

    Do you clean your school desks every day? If not, then maybe it's about the time for you to get started. Keyboards, computer mice and telephone dials are infected (polluted) with lots of germs(细菌), according to scientists from the University of Arizona, the US.

    The study suggests that office equipment should be regularly cleaned. “Desks are in fact germs' cafeterias(自助餐厅),” said Charles Garbage, a biologist who took part in the study. “They are breakfast bars, lunch tables and everything else.” The desks at your school are probably not different.

    The scientists found that telephones in workplaces have almost 4,000 germs/cm², keyboards 500 and computer mice around 250. The office as a whole contains 4, 750germs/cm².

    When some people catch a cold or flu, they leave germs on the surfaces(表面) they touch during the day. Some flu germs can live on the surface for up to 72 hours, so the germs can easily move to other people. If you're ever wondered why everyone catches the germs when only one student has a cold, now you know the answer.

    Experts in the US last month warned about the spread(传播) of the germs during flu seasons. They reminded Americans to cover their noses and mouths while sneezing, often wash their hands and clean their office desks.

Hand washing is the most important. Killing germs during hand washing is useful only if you clean carefully with soap and water for at least 30 seconds. You should pay close attention to cleaning your thumbs, fingertips and fingernails.

What is “Walk to School”?

    Now we are working on a program of "Walk to School". We would like as many parents and children as possible to take part, even if in a small way. Children who walk to and from school along with their parents can learn essential (基本的) road safety and life skills.

    You can take part by…

    Walking to and from school with your child every day.

    Walking for one or two days during the week.

    Encouraging others to walk, if you already do.

    Walking is great!

    Walking is great exercise! A walk is good for your body and can keep you fit.

    You won't have to waste time looking for a parking site .

    It's free. You'll save money by not using the car.

    It's pollution free.

    It's a good chance to talk to your children and to meet other parents, too.

    Enjoying walking to school!

    Here are some suggestions to help you and your child enjoy walking to school.

    Plan a safe route together.

    Teach children what a kerb (马路牙子) is and what it means.

    Encourage your child to help you choose the safest places to cross the road.

    Look at and discuss the things you see on your way－especially road signs and what they mean.

    Walk to school! Thousands of parents and children already take part, could you?

    Please go to www.walktoschool.org.uk for more information.

    It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents(事故) can happen easily and quickly.

    One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes(洞) in it. Sea­ water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat—a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

    How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望)to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of seawater, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

    In the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese are the best hosts and the worst guests in the world. They're not really bad guests, but because the guest-host relationship in China is much different than in some western counties, it appears they are not nice guests. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Whenever I enter a Chinese person's home, there is always fruit on the table for me, and someone is quick to bring me a cup of tea or water. In the west, generally the guest is not a god. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    My wife's mother, a very kind elderly Chinese lady, doesn't smoke. When I see some of her guests smoking in her house, as a non-smoker, I feel unhappy. Usually I want to stop them directly, but I must realize that in China, to be a good host, she must not do that. In most North America homes, if you are a guest, and the hosts are not smokers, you should not smoke in their house.  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} But, don't be surprised if they say," No, you can't smoke. "

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Some western people may not adapt to these habits very soon. Thankfully my wife is Chinese, so whenever we visit a Chinese family she tells me to buy them a gift. However, giving a gift to a host is not always necessary in my country. So, if you invite international guests to your home, don't be too surprised if they don't bring you a gift.

    In China, you probably won't need to change the guest-host relationship very much because you will probably only be the host, and Chinese are naturally very good hosts. If western hosts invite you to their house, try not to be too surprised if their style of treating you is not what you have expected.

A. In China, guests are almost like gods.

B. Guests in China also have special habits.

C. At the very least, you could ask, "Is it OK if I smoke?"

D. Acting according to the host's way of doing things is usual behavior for a guest.

E. And western guests sometimes look impolite or even rude in the eyes of Chinese guests.

    When you are learning English, you find it not clever to translate an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence "How do you do?" for example. If you look up each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It must be a wrong sentence in your own language. Languages don't just have different sounds, they are different in many ways. It's important to master(掌握) the rules for word order in the study of English, too. If the speakers put words in a wrong order, the listener can't understand the speaker's sentence easily. Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes. But sometimes the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn't change between the two pairs of sentences: "She only likes apples." "Only she likes apples." "I have seen the film already." "I have already seen the film."

    When you are learning English, you must do your best to get the spirit of the language and use it as the English speakers do.