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Two men,both seriously ill,occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour a day to drain the fluids from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families,their homes,their jobs,their involvement in the military service,where they had been     

Birds Choose Best Building Materials

Birds can learn to choose the best building materials for their nests,according to scientists.It was previously thought that birds’choice of nest materials was determined by their genes,that is,each type of bird has their own methods of building nests born with them.But an experiment has now shown this to be a more complex activity.The study,published in the Royal Society Journal Proceedings B,     

It''''s Not Mine

John and Mark worked for a builder. Their job was to pick up all the rubbish, and take it to the rubbish place. It was not difficult work, but it was a little dangerous. They had to walk beneath where men were working. Sometimes these men dropped their to…     

深爱着你

My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game from the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word"shmily" in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving "shmily" around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once more.They dragged(拖,拉) "shmily" with their fingers through the sugar and     

Lipstick

A certain private school in Washington recently was faced with a problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom.That was fine…but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror, leaving many little lip prints. Every night, the cleaner would remove     

经典抢鲜

Crow Casey was a postman. He was delivering all the letters andparcels to their recipients He was busy reading the addressesand didn＇t see a tree branch. So he banged his head on the tree and fell＊ to the ground＊.     

An Incurable Disease

Mrs Smith was born in a poor family.Herparents had no money to send her to school whenshe was young.Later on she married(嫁)a farm-er.Her husband was even poorer.They had towork hard to get enough food for their family.They worked all the time and she wes strong andhardly went to see a doctor.     

Love and Time

Once upon a time,there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness,Sadness,Vanity and all of the others including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was going to sink to the bottom of the ocean.All the feelings prepared their boats to leave except Love.She wanted to hold out and try to save the     

Why Are You Crying？

Mrs Smitlt had two thildren. Sammy was seven years old, and Sammy often played with Annie while their mother was cooking, and he was usually very nice to his sister.     

Miss the final exam

For many years,the course "the rudiments of chemistry" was taught by Professor Duke.Once two young men chose this course as their optional subjects,and they did so well in every test that their scores were all A's.including the mid-term exam.The friends were so confident about the final exam that they decided to go to Vi-rginia University to have a party with some friends at the weekend just before the exam,which was to be held on Monday.