Some day little cars may take the place of today's cars. If everyone 1 such a little car in the future, there will be less 2 in the air. There will be more parking places in the cities, and the street will be 3. Now the space for one car of the usual size can 4 more than one such little cars. Driving will be 5, because these little cars can go only 50 kilometres an 6. The future cars will be fine for going around the city, but they will not be 7 for going far away. The little cars 8 only two batteries, one battery for the motor, and the other for the horn (汽车喇叭) and the lights. If we still 9 the big cars along with the small ones; we will need to 10 two kinds of roads. That is, there will be some roads for the big fast cars and other roads for the smaller and slower ones.
A young officer was at a railway station. On his way home, he wanted to telephone his mother to tell her the time of histrain, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.
At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said, "Have you got change for tenpence?"
"Wait a moment, " the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his pocket, "I'll see whether I can help you. "
"Don't you know how to speak to anofficer?" the young man said angrily. "Now let's start again. Haveyou got change for ten pence?"
"No, sir, " the old soldier answered quickly.
Harvard University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth all came after Harvard.
In the early years, these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. At that time, people knew little about science, and one kind of school could teach everything about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard's law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students could choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there am many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There's so much to learn that one kind of school can't offer all.
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This is the time of a year when we think about giving and receiving presents; Do you want to give a hand? We give you a few organizations you might like to help.
Littleton Children's Home
We don't want your money, but children's toys, books and clothes in good condition would be very welcome. We are also looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days and give them not only food but also love. You have so much, but will you share it?
Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.
Street Food
In winter, it's no fun being homeless. It's even worse if you're hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. It's hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you give a little money or buy some saucepans (炖锅)? We use a very old kitchen, and we really need some new saucepans. Money for new things would be the most welcome.
Contact Street Food, c/o Mary's house Elming Way. Phone number: 27713.
The computers changed our lives in the 1980s, the Internet changed our lives in the 1990s, and the robots will change our lives in the new century.
Do you think there will be robots in people's homes? It's not a dream that every home will have a robot.
Now, robots are not only able to help people do the housework, they can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people, play the piano and so on.
A new cooking robot is used in Beijing. It can cook all the dishes on the menu; you only need to wait two to four minutes. In the future, the robot will be a nurse, a security (安全）guard, or a partner in your life.
Experts believe robots will be used everywhere from the industrial (工业的） robots to service robots. In the future, robots will become part of the family, and provide close service for people. We all look forward to the new robot age.
Mobile phones are very popular with people. They are becoming smaller and more convenient.
Now the scientists in Canada made a smartphone (智能手机）from electronic paper. The PaperPhone is flexible. People can control it by bending it or writing on it with a pen.
Though the PaperPhone is only millimeters (毫米）thick, people can do many things with it. For example, people can use it to make phone calls, read books, watch movies and play music. So many people use it as a computer.
The scientists think there will be no paper in the office. And people can store what they want in the PaperPhone.
The scientists from Queen's University in Kingston，Canada said the PaperPhone would be in style in the future. It may be the end of paper and printers.
To make people be interested in this kind of mobile phones, the scientists will make it more beautiful. People will see the PaperPhone on May 10 this year.
Last Monday, we had an (interest) and funny English class. In the class, we had discussion about TV shows in small (group). Here is what Li Dong, one of my classmates, (think) of some TV shows.
"For soap operas, I can't (real) stand (忍受) them. They are long and (bore). Some meaningless. They usually make me want to sleep. I love sports shows such as football games and basketball games. I like watching the World Cup on TV best. I think all the games are exciting. do I think of talent shows? I like them. I think I can learn a lot of things from them. What about talk shows? I don't mind them. there are no my favorite shows on TV, sometimes I watch talk shows. But if there is a sports game, I choose to watch the sports game."
These are Li Dong's likes and dislikes about TV shows. What do you think of TV shows?
