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　　If you are like most people, your intelligence(智商)changes from season to season．you are probably a lot sharper in spring than you are at any other time of the year．A famous scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876－1947)got a result from people's work and himself．He found our mental abilities(智力能力)would be influenced by different seasons and temperatures．

　　He found that cool weather is much better for creative thinking than hot weather．This does not mean that people are not clever in summer．It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people may be low in summer．

　　Spring seems to be the best time of the year for thinking．In spring all things in nature change．So do our mental abilities．They are influenced and change much, too．

　　Fall is the next-best season, then winter．As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking!

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　　Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna(維也納)．He was also a man full of humour．Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words．“Well,” said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering．”

　　As a devoted(忠實的)son, Freud often visited his old mother．His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria(奧地利)．The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too．One day in the summer, a band(樂隊)was playing a lively tune(曲子)when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street．The old woman had a poor memory．She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King’s birthday．Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday．He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday．” She believed him and had a wonderful day．

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　　Happiness is for everyone．You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on．Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time．

　　In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it．When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it．And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too．All these are your happiness．If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you．

　　Happiness is not the same as money．It is a feeling of your heart．When you are poor, you can also you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money．When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself．So you cannot always say you are poor and poor and you have bad luck．As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋轉的)door．When it closes, it also opens．If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person．

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In the past, when people had problems, they went to their families or friends to get advice．Today, it is possible to get advice from radio show, TV programmer and telephone hot lines, too．Most telephone hot lines are completely anonymous-callers, they do not have to say their names or telephone numbers．Most hot lines are usual free(免費的)too, even if the calls are a long distance(距離)．Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work．Usually the advisers are professional with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot lines．All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems．

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　　My friend is a taxi driver．He has been a taxi driver for ten years．It’s a nice job most of the time．He can meet a lot of people．He always works at night because there is too much traffic during the day．He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning．There are some very strange things, which often happen at night．One day my friend was taking a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning．She has her little dog with her．When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key．So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the window．My friend waited and waited．After half an hour of knocking, he decided to find out what was going on．He tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window．

　　At that moment some policemen came．They thought my friend was a thief．Luckily, the woman came downstairs．She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about my friend and the dog．

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　　Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours?Colours in them seem to be mainly used to protect themselves．

　　Some birds like eating locusts(蝗蟲), but birds cannot easily catch them．Why?It is because locusts change their colurs with the changes of the colours of crops．When crops are green , locusts look green．But as the harvest time comes , locusts change into the same brown colour as crops have．Some other pests whose colours are different from plants/ are easily found and eaten by others．So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night．

　　If you study the animals’ life , you’ll find the main use of colours is to protect themselves．Bears , lions and other animals move quietly through forests．They cannot be easily seen by hunters because their colours are much like the trees．

　　Colours are useful not only on the land , but also in the sea．A kind of fish in the sea can give out a kind of black liquid(液體)when the fish face danger．The liquid spreads over quickly , so they cannot be found by their enemies and can quickly swim away．That is why they can live safely though they are not strong at all．

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When you get up in the morning, do you find it hard to choose what clothes to wear?If so, you probably need help to make the bigger choices in your life, like what to do when you’re older．“Brave New Girls”, by American author Jean Gadeberg, will help you make such choices．It says you must be a brave new girl．A brave new girl is one who is confident, healthy and happy．A brave new girl can realize her dreams．To be brave, you need to make a decision for yourself．Other people may tell you what to do, but you should not listen to them．You must only do what you want．If you always wear clothes like your favourite TV star, you must stop doing so．Instead, become your own star and wear the clothes you want．You have to like your body, it says．If you don’t, you will not take good care of it and won’t stay healthy．The book also says that girls must start becoming more confident．If you are confident, you’ll succeed in life．A good way to become confident is to realize that you are as clever as boys．In fact you are．Just look at their grades! Only then can you realize your dreams and become who you want to be．

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　　April 21^st in 2006 was the 80^th birthday of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ．She is one of the most famous woman in the world．Here are some interesting stories about the Queen．

　　Queen Elizabeth Ⅱis the fortieth monarch(君主)since 1066．She has been the queen of Great Britain for 54 years．During her 54-year reign(統治), she has made over 250 official visit to 129 different countries, including China in 1986．She has also hosted more than 90 formal dinners for those important people from foreign leaders．When she visits foreign countries or hosts formal dinners, the Queen often receives presents from foreign leaders．Some unusual presents include animals like jaguars and sloths from Brazil, and black beavers from Canada．

　　The Queen is a great animal lover and she is known for her love of dogs．So far, the Queen has had more than 30 dogs．She is also really fond of horses and good at feeding horses．Her horses have won major races several times．

　　The Queen usually sends a telegram(電報)of congratulations to her people who are 100 years old on their hundredth birthday．Perhaps she will send herself on in twenty years．It’s not impossible, since all her family members have enjoyed a long life．The Queen’s mother died in 2002 at the age of 101．

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　　Last year more than 13 Korean TV series were introduced in China．Turn on the TV, and Korean beauties are appearing during peak viewing times(黃金時段)．Some of the dramas are being repeated, but audiences continue to watch them．Why are the South Korean TV series loved by so many Chinese people?Cheng yiting, a student from East China Normal University, gives us her reasons．She thinks that the good-looking actors with cool clothes and the beautiful sight in the dramas are the selling points for South Korean TV dramas．But what attracted the young audiences most is the pure and moving love stories．

　　And it seems that South Korean TV series has also won the hearts of middle-aged people．They are touched by the morals(道德)in the shows．These include the importance of respecting elders and social order．Though some people think South Korean TV series are too slow and too long, most of the Chinese audiences like them．Maybe we are really tired of Western TV series．Compared with that, South Korean TV series are not bad．

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