What Makes a Soccer Player Great?（高一适用）

Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have been only a few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through training and practice, or are great players born not made ? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to (敬仰) and try to imitate. In the history of soccer,only six countries have ever won     

Where Were You Born?

Teacher: Tom, where were you born? Tom: I was born in England. Teacher: Which part? Tom: All of me.     

Eyeglasses（高一适用）

Do you wear glasses yet, I mean? Because if you don't, you will. I never thought I would, but I do, for reading and writing.     

Bill Gates（高一适用）

Bill Gates is one of the world‘s richest men.It is estimated that heearns about US $30 million a day.This figure,however,depends uponthe value at any time of his computer software company,Microsoft.     

On Motorways（高一适用）

A great number of motorways have been set up in our country in the lastfew years. Motorways are our safest roads, but some people find them dangerous. They hate driving on motorways . They hate the speed, the heavy trucks that come dashing past and the lack of good manners shown by other drivers. They usually get confusedabout which mirror to look in and when they arrive at their destination (目的地) so that they feel very upset and exhausted.     

Body Language（高一适用）

Both Debbie and Simon work in the Sunbeam Travel Company. One day they were sitting in the office. The door opened and a lady entered. She looked quickly at them both, paused a moment, then walked over and sat opposite Debbie. Debbie greeted her cheerfully, and they got down to business. "Can you...?"     

Good News（高一适用）

Robert De Vincenzo, the great Argentine(阿根廷) golfer, once won a tournament competition(联赛) and, after receiving the cheek and smiling for the cameras, he went to the club-house and prepared to leave. Some time later, he walked alone to his car in the parking lot(停车场) and was approached by ayoung woman.     

Peter Blackburn（高一适用）

At five Peter Blackbum collected old newspapers to make money. And when he was 15 he signed his schoolmates up to start a baby-sitting circle.Now as a third-year Cambridge University student aged 20, Peter Black-bum is managing director of a company with a ￡30,000 plan. And he thinks it will make more than ￡15,000 by next summer .     

John Denver（高一适用）

John Denver has got international fame as a pop star, song writer,actor and environmental activist(环境保护者). Songs like Take Me Home,Country Road, Rocky Mountain High and Annie‘s Song have become very     

A Quick E-mail（高一适用）

Mr Lynch left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick E-mail. Unable to find the piece of paper on which he had written her E-mail address, he did his best to type it in from memory.     

Children and Cartoons（高一适用）

Children often smile toothy smiles, even from ear to ear into their voices, talking excitedly about the cartoon characters they've seen in the magazines. On seeing this, their parents often feel so puzzled that they simply can't make head or tail of what they've seen in the very same magazines. Why? Because it's believed that cartoons can create a world-wide connection among children of one and the same generation, but not more or different generations.     

Think Before You Speak（初二适用）

Thestudentswerehavingaclassonacoldwintermorning.Theteacherstoodinfrontofafire.Hewantedtogivesomegoodadvice(建议)tothe     

How Do the Movies Do It?（高一适用）

Have you ever seen a movie in which a building was burned down or a bridge was destroyed? Have you seen films in which a train crashed or a ship sank into the ocean? If so, you may have wondered how these things could happen without harming the people in the film.The man who knows the answer is the special-effects man. He has one of the most important jobs in the film industry. He may be ordered to create a flood or to make a battlefield explode. And he may also be asked to create a special effect which is much less exciting, though just as important to the sue-     

The First Cotton Gin （高一适用）

Cloth-making was greatly increased, both in the United States and in England, by the invention of a machine to remove the seed from the cotton, which grew abundantly(大量地) in the southern area of the United States. This machine was the work of Eli Whitney, a young man from New England who had gone south to teach at school.