It Begins with You

“John, do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water,or do you want a chance to change the world?”     

以强凌弱面面观

Bullying can make people feel very sad and hurt.     

Sparks of Thoughts

Maybe it is true that we do not know what we have got until we lose it, but it is also true that we do not know what we have been missing until it arrives.     

本刊高中系列2001年第9期有奖评刊揭晓优秀评刊人

The Russian Soyuz TM-31 spaceshipwith the world's first space tourist Dennis Titoand two Russian astronauts on board safelyreturned to earth on 6 May 2001 after aneight-day visit to the International SpaceStation (ISS) . The capsule(太空舱) landednear the city of Arkaly in Kazakhstan at09:41 am Moscow time,     

Humorous Stories ＆ Jokes

本期推出一组以父母为题材的文章．它们从不同的侧面表现了父母对孩子深沉的爱．读来令人感叹唏嘘。请读一读这组文章吧．相信对你定有所触动。也请你把读后感寄给我们,让大家体验你的感受,分享你的喜悦,分担你的忧愁,孝敬自己的父母。     

有些话最好不要说

在过去10-15年里，人们更多关注的是“有一说一”，或“把事情全部抖出来”。我的印象是：这样过分的追求“言为心声”经常会伤害彼此的感情、毁灭彼此的友谊，更不会带来什么欢乐或成就感。     

变通

~~变通@Ralph Marston     

学校禁喝汽水计划

本月稍早，美国小儿科学院——由一群儿科医生组成——宣布一项计划来协助解决国内的体重问题，计划是：学校禁喝汽水。     

Time to say goodbye

For a teenager who has just started high school,the next three years of life may seem no better than hell.     

为了什么而吵架？

~~为了什么而吵架?@John H.Payne @张梦华     

古奥运传奇

奥运会每4年在奥林匹亚举行一次。目的是为了表达对上帝宙斯的敬意。古希腊人非常看重奥运会的宗教性质。但是。奥运会起源的方式或原因却无人知晓。     

老鹰和蜜蜂

一只老鹰看见一只蜜蜂在一朵花上采蜜，就对蜜蜂说：“可怜的东西，我真为你感到惋惜，你这样辛劳，又富于技巧！可整整一个夏天，你成千上万的同胞都在蜂房建造蜂窝，而此后又有谁来为每只蜜蜂论功行赏     

The Birth of American Football

A hundred years ago, the game we now call football did not exist (存在). American football started during a game between two colleges. The teams had gotten together to play what called “football”, but each team played by different rules. One team played what we now call soccer.The other played what we now call rugby (橄榄球).     

Finding the way home

HUNDREDS of years ago,travellers found their way by looking at the stars. They built towers that could be seen fromafar, made maps and invented the compass.     

The Sound of Music

Maria,a postulont (见习修女） in a Salzburg Abbey(萨尔茨保修道院），is distracted(分散） from her religious duties by the majestic(雄伟的) Alpine landscape and her restless,passionate(热情的） spirit.The Mother Abbess, Believing that Maria‘s buoyant（快活的） personality may be incompatible(不相容的）with monastic(修道院的） life，wisely sends her away to discover her true calling.     

芭比娃娃

对于生命来说，水是非常重要的。没有了水地球上就不会有生命。所有的动物和植物都需要水。人也需要水。我们要喝水，要用水来做饭菜，要用水来清洗。办公室、工厂和学校也需要水。各个地方都需要水。     

The Bear That Isn＇t a Bear

Koalas aren‘t bears.They belong to the same family as kangaroos.Animals of this family are called pouch animals.That‘s because the mother carries her baby around in a pouch in the front of her stomach.lt‘s like a built-in papoose basket, only it‘s in the front instead of the back.     

开心天地

※I’m Albert ※A man was pushing a cart in a supermarket.A crying baby was lying in it.The gentleman kept repeating softly.“Don’t get excited,Albert.Don’t scream,Albert.Don’t yell,Albert.Keep calm,Albert.”A woman standing next to him said,“You cer-tainly should be praised for trying to clam your son.”The man looked at her and said,“Lady,I’m Al-bert.”哦,原来这位父亲在哄他自己呀! cart:手推车softly:轻柔地scream:尖叫yell:大叫calm:平静的;使平静 ※…     

The Best Time of My Life

Now that I am growing older I think I might be figuring out why people have always told me to cherish my youth. ““It is the best time in your life, ““ they would say. Well, I‘ m still not sure that it was the best time in my life, but when I think back to my years in school, I certainly recall quite a few fond memories. My experiences in middle school are especially memorable.