Round the World

    Mr and Mrs Spencer both had very busy jobs and didn't have much time to spend with their young children. They wanted to change this, and because their hobby was boating, they decided to sail round the world together.

    It took six years to prepare everything for the trip. First, they bought a new boat. Then, both the husband and wife had to take advanced(先进的) sailing lessons and learn all about the sea and the weather. Mr Spencer also did several courses in repairing engines and Mrs Spencer spent an hour in a restaurant learning to cut up fish.

    In October, they had one year off from their jobs and sailed away from England with their two children. The next year, in August, their long journey ended in Australia.

    The boat was not big, but they took a teacher for the children with them. None of them found the trip boring because there were three computers, many CDs, a TV and a DVD player on the boat.

    The family loved being at the sea and seeing the stars in the sky. But, most of all, Mr and Mrs Spencer enjoyed spending time with their children while they were still young.

    The Clean Your Plate Campaign was set up by nongovernmental organizations, which urged people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table and finish all the food on the plate. The campaign, launched on weibo, was soon joined by millions of netizens across China in order to control food wastage.

    A study show that the grain that people waste every year in China is about 50 million tons , enough to feed about 200 million people for one year.

    Nearly 750 restaurants in Beijing have joined the Clean Your Plate campaign against wasting food by offering smaller dishes, half dishes and assorting dishes to reduce waste, and encourage customers to take leftovers home.

    Now (1)         (share) the empty dishes after dinner is popular with many youngers, and they are proud of it.

    ⑵ Our government is trying its best to put an end to food wastage, and is taking the lead to save food.

    The twenty first century is really fast and forces us to move faster with the pace(步伐) of it. The smartest way to shop nowadays is online shopping.

    Online shopping saves our precious time. It frees us from unpleasant visits to the shops. We don't need to travel long distances under the hot sun or the pouring rain. Just turn on our personal computers and a simple click will bring us into a magic world.

    It is very convenient(方便的) way of shopping because we can choose the product from a large range(范围) and we get to know the new products. We can see almost all products that we need online. There is food for people and pets， clothes， tools， books and magazines， electronic equipment， souvenirs and many others.

    Things in online stores are cheaper than those in big stores. There are always sales and special offers. With so many stores on line， we can take our time to make a comparison(比较) and choose the lowest price. There is also a possibility to pay by check or credit card(信用卡).

    Besides shopping on line， we can conduct(经营) our sales on line too. Is your family considering(考虑) replacing the old television that does not fit in your new home setting? Then why don' t you try to sell through Internet? Yes， even you can sell your products or un-wanted things through online shopping. You don't need to have your own personal e-commerce site. You can sell it through free ad posting sites. You will find plenty.

    With the latest technology， we have the best chance to shop online and feel the pleasure. You haven't tried it yet? Go and get a true online shopping experience now!

    My name is Dave. I have three good friends, Jack, Tom and Jim. Jack likes cakes, Tom likes fruit, Jim likes eggs and I like vegetables. We all like hamburgers. We eat hamburgers for lunch every day. Jack and Tom like French fries , and I also(也) like French fries, but Jim doesn't like them. For dinner, I don't like chicken,    ⑶    Jack, Tom and Jim like it. They all think chicken is very delicious.

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    In today's world of mobile phones, MP5 players and minicomputers, most people have at least one time­telling tool with them. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500­year­old watches? According to some people, yes. A teenager says it's unnecessary to wear a watch. Many young people agree and they use their mobile phones to tell time. Louis Galie, a president, says that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago.

    However, watchmakers say that watches get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a nice time­telling tool which doesn't just keep good time. For this reason, the watch industry has become an accessory business (配件业)in recent years.

    Today's ________ offer a lot of uses that meet the need of almost any personality (个性). They can be used as compasses (指南针)，calendars, and even USB drives...

    People are always trying their best to create new kinds of watches. A certain watchmaker business makes watches that don't even look like watches. Their popular model uses different color lights to tell the time. Another watchmaker business, makes a "handless" watch, using a ring of circles to keep time. This watch makes people talk a lot about modern watches.

    Whether a watch expresses fashion sense, creative ability or a love of sports, people want their time­telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical. All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.

Environmental protection is one of the hottest topics nowadays. It was also something that ancient Chinese paid great attention to. In fact, the world's earliest environmental protection idea, ministry （部门） and law were all born in China. How did the ancient Chinese protect the environment?

The world's earliest idea of "managing state affairs（政事）through environmental protection"

Xunzi, a famous thinker in the Warring States Period, came up with the idea of "managing state affairs through environmental protection". He wrote in his book that vegetation（植被）should be protected well by humans.

Guan Zhong, a government officer 400 years ahead of Xunzi, was also an environmental protection expert. He said "a king who cannot protect his vegetation is not doing a good job".

The world's earliest environmental protection ministry"

Nine ministries set up by Shim, an ancient Chinese emperor, included "Yu"（虞） , an environmental protection ministry. Hie first " Yu'' leader was Boyi, an environmental protection expert. He invented wells so people could drink clean water. He knew a lot about animals and also called for animal protection.

The world's earliest "environmental protection law"

Over 4, 000 years ago, Dayu, an ancient Chinese water-control expert and also an emperor, made a rule, not allowing people to cut down trees in March or catch fish in June, because it was the time when they grew quickly.

Almost 3,000 years ago, Tianlv, the first environmental protection law, appeared in Qin. It recorded many ancient environmental protection rules. Two of them were interesting: firstly, rivers should not be blocked（堵塞）; secondly, grass and trees should not be burned to be fertilizer （肥料）except for summer. The second one is inspiring even for today. It can help to keep air clean and fresh.

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