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.     

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 Man for All Seasons in Washington（高一适用）

WASHINGTON:Georges de Paris,who once slept homeless on thestreets in the US capital,has measured US presidents inside the White House for the past 40 years.     

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.     

Variety in Folk Songs（高一适用）

It is generally understood that a ballad is a song that tells a story, but a folk song is not so easily defined. A ballad is a folk song, but a folk song is not a ballad unless it tells a story.     

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.     

Cutting Down the Amount of Homework（高一适用）

More and more students in Beijing are getting shorter sleeping time according to a recent study.     

Mr,Mrs,Miss and Ms（高一适用）

Almost everyone knows the meanings of Mr, Mrs, and Miss. Mr is used before the surnames or full names of men. Mrs is for married women and Miss is for sigle women. But what is Ms?     

Hongkong＇s Problem of Drinking Water（高一适用）

Water has been one of Hong Kong‘s biggest problems. Sometimes they have too much rain and this causes a great deal of damage. At other time they have not enough. Once water taps could be used for only four hours every fourth day. For the rest of the time, there was no water. Some of the water they use comes from China but it is not enough. They have an average(平均的) rainfall of about 216cm and it is very important to use all of it. Unfortunately,