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First Sign of AIDS

The virus causing AIDS enters the blood and quickly penetrates certain white cells in the body.／At first there is often little or no trace of the virus at all. / This situation usually lasts for six to twelve weeks. / During this time the person is free of symptoms／and antibody tests are negative. ／The first thing that happens after infection／is that many people develop a flue-like illness. ／This may be severe enough to look like glandular fever／with swollen glands in the neck and armpits, / tiredness, fever and night sweats. ／Some of those white cells are dying, / virus is being released, ／and for the first time the body is working hard to make correct antibodies. ／At this stage the blood test will usually become positive. / Most people do not realize what is happening, ／although when they later develop AIDS they look back / and remember it clearly. Most people have produced antibodies in about twelve weeks. ／(156 words)

Mercy Killing

Some people hold that for patients with painful and terminal disease mercy killing is a solution, ／for it will allow them to die a peaceful death and it seems to benefit everybody:／the patients themselves, their relatives, the medical staff, / and the patients who are waiting for hospital beds.／

But mercy killing is still a controversial issue.／Those who are strongly against it hold／that the possibility of abuse will expose sick people to all kinds of danger. /

At present, many societies and organization have been formed in the world to promote mercy killing／but in no country has it been legalized. / However, in the Netherlands the society and the courts tend to tolerate doctor-assisted suicide / if strict criteria ale met.／In 1995 about 2.3％of all Dutch deaths, or 3118 cases, / were attributed to mercy killing by government studies. / A few cases of mercy killings ale also reported in t11e U.S.／although the majority of the public are against it.／(161 words)

Mobile Phone Etiquette

The mobile phone has created a new way of life.／It gives us the opportunity to reach people when and wherever we like.／But when mobile phones become as commonplace as wristwatches, ／it seems they are creating embarrassing situations. /

People let their phones ring in restaurants, theaters or business meeting. / People loudly discuss very personal issues over their phones while strangers are around them.／People spend all their time in the presence of friends / paying more attention to those at the other end of their mobile phones./ By now, everyone knows that mobile phone etiquette is a real problem.／

These are tips for being a good mobile citizen.／Firstly, remember to check your phone is off at activities.／Secondly, respect the people around you when you make or take calls in public.／Thirdly, don’t answer your cell phone while talking with another person／unless that phone call is more important than the person you are with.／Follow these rules and you’ll be a responsible mobile phone user by being considerate to others!／(172 words)

Nearsightedness

Weak eyesight is a term that is generally used to refer to nearsighted eyes. / People who are nearsighted can see well at a short range, / but anything very far away is likely to be unclear. ／

The term “weak eyesight” is misleading, / for in nearsighted eyes the lens of the eye is actually too strong.／The nearsighted lens is so powerful that it focuses the light coming onto the eye too quickly. / Nearsightedness is common, and its growth may be graded;／often the unclearness of distant object is so slight at first／that a person may not recognize the condition. / Nearsightedness is frequently discovered first at school. / It is here that a student first realizes the difficulty of seeing words on the blackboard, / whereas others in the class have n0 trouble reading the blackboard at all.／After discovery, nearsightedness can easily be corrected.／You just need a pair of glasses / which can decrease power of the lens of the eye.／(161 words)

Online Health Forum

There are many aspects to health, illness and healing. / Among all the teachings there is one theme that is universal to them all／and that is the unquestionable benefit achieved by communicating with others about health and its related issues. / It is with this single philosophy

in mind／that we have developed this site as a forum for communication. ／Dealing with a medical concern is often difficult. ／Connecting with others who are going through the same thing／can make a world of difference. / Our mission is to develop online communities to help you make those connections. / You can post questions, comments and respond to messages from others. / We’ve got various topics, and we’re adding more all the time. ／If you don’t see the topic you are looking for, / just let US know and we will consider a message board for it. / We hope you decide to become a regular participant／and help to make this a great resource.

Perceptions

Ask three people to look out of the same window at a busy street and tell you what they see. / Probably you will receive three different answers. / Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives something different about it. /

Perceiving goes in our minds.／Of the three people who look out of the window / one may say that he sees a policeman giving a driver a ticket. / Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the street corner. ／The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children. / For perception is the mind’s interpretation／of what the senses --- in this case our eyes --- tell us.

Many psychologists today are working to try to explain／just how a person experiences or perceive the world around him. ／Using a scientific method these psychologists set up experiments:／they are trying to find out what makes different people / perceive totally different things about the same scene. / (164 words) Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

In recent years there has been an increase awareness of the importance of recycling.／The three Rs to keep in mind／for a cleaner environment are: reduce, reuse, and recycle.／Reducing is the best way to protect the environment. / However, if you can’t reduce something, reuse it, and if you can reuse it, recycle it. / Reducing waste means shopping with the environment in mind. / Consider the environment impact of each product before you buy it.／Make a list of what you need before you go shopping;／this will reduce impulse buying. / Avoid buying things that can’t be recycled.／

Learning to reuse is easy after a little practice. / For example, you can reuse shopping bags.／Buy

durable, high quality goods for a longer life outside the landfill. ／Although durable goods may cost a little more at first, / they will save your money and help save the environment in the long run. / Before throwing anything away, think about how each item can be reused.／(162 words)

A Car Soccer Race

American football is different from the European football / and some people think that it is better.／Now there’s a new kind of football or soccer which is played in America.／It’s called car soccer.／The players drive small cars, which are called Beetles.／The players try to catch the ball in their cars.／The cars are protected all since they often crash into each other.／The ball is larger than the usual one and the players are protected, too.／

In 1985 the First European car soccer match took place in West Germany. / Teams from some countries in Europe played in the match.／The Beetles raced around madly／while the spectators shouted“The ball is behind you!”./ When the match ended，three cars had been crashed into pieces. / And the players as well as many of the spectators were badly hurt and had to be taken to hospital. / Will this car soccer become as popular as football? I doubt. / (160 words)

Balloons

Balloons have been used for sport for about one hundred years. ／There are two kinds of sport balloons: gas and hot air. ／Hot air balloons are safer than gas balloons／which may catch fire. ／Hot air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. ／They are also cheaper and easier to manage than gas balloons. ／Despite the ease of operating a balloon, ／pilots must watch the weather carefully. ／Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning / or late in the afternoon, when the wind is light. ／Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic. ／It wasn’t until 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded. ／It took them just six days to make the trip／from their homes in the United States to Paris. France. ／Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world.

Changes of Family Life

The concept of family life has changed considerably over the years. / In earliest times, several generations lived together in clans,／which consisted of all living descendents and their husbands or wives.／These clans were almost totally self-sufficient,／every member contributing in some way toward the survival of the group. / The men hunted and fished for food or sometimes maintained flocks of sheep or goats. ／The women baked bread and roasted the meat their men provided. / Special members of the community were selected to make products like pottery, baskets and home weapons.／But with the development of greater varieties of food, clothing and shelter,／a single clan could no longer develop all the individual skills ./ Clans merged into larger societies and at the same time broke into smaller units consisting of married couples and their children. / Later the Industrial Revolution brought about even more important changes in family life. / New inventions brought shorter working hours for men and easier housekeeping routines for women. / Today a productive family life suggests not the group’s cooperative efforts of working together, / but the pleasant and meaningful sharing of its leisure. / (185 words)

Comets

In recent years scientists’ investigation of comets has increased／because of a growing interest in

the origin of the sun and planets. ／Scientists want to learn how comets are formed. ／They think that such information will help explain the origin of the solar system. ／

The word“comet”comes from Greek and means“hairy object”. ／In history comets have a special place. ／People believed that they brought news of death, destruction or military victories. ／The tails of comets provide viewers with spectacular sights at night. / Comet tails are millions of kilometers long-／The tails frequently reach lengths of 250 million kilometers and more. ／

The most famous comet of history is called Halley’s Comet, which appears every 76 years. ／It was named for Edward Halley, a British astronomer.／He predicted the appearance of the comet in 1758, 16 years after his death. ／Halley’s Comet is extremely bright and has two tails. ／In the 20th century it returned in 1910 and 1986. / (159 words)

FIRST SIGN OF AIDS

The virus causing AIDS enters the blood and quickly penetrates certain white cells in the body. / At first there is often little or no trace of the virus at all. / This situation usually lasts for six to twelve weeks. / During this time the person is free of symptoms／and antibody tests are negative.／The first thing that happens after infection／is that many people develop a flue-like illness.／This may be severe enough to look like glandular fever／with swollen glands in the neck and armpits, / tiredness, fever and night sweats.／Some of those white cells are dying, / virus is being released,／and for the first time the body is working hard to make correct antibodies.／At this stage the blood test will usually become positive. / Most people do not realize what is happening, ／although when they later develop AIDS they look back / and remember it clearly．Most people have produced antibodies in about twelve weeks. /

(156 words)

Teacher-student Relationship

The relationship between a teacher and a student can be either good or bad, helpful, or harmful.／Either way, the relationship can affect The student for the rest of his life. ／A good teacher-student relationship will make the teacher’s job worthwhile. ／A bad relationship can discourage the student from learning / and make teaching an. unpleasant task. ／

In order to have a good teacher. student relationship,／respect between teacher and student is very important. ／If the teacher is too strict, he frightens the student. ／If the teacher is too friendly, the student may become lazy and stop learning hard. / Th e teacher’s attitude and approach should be in between those two extremes. / As for the student, his proper respect to the teacher must be shown all the time. / He should be eager to learn and willing to working hard.／

In conclusion, a good teacher-student relationship can be beneficial to both. / The student absorbs knowledge eagerly and enjoyable, / and the teacher gains satisfaction from his work. /(163 words)

The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States. / It was founded in 1800 to serve the needs of the congressmen. / Today, it contains books, articles and documents on every subject imaginable. / Besides senator, congressmen and other government officials,／it selves libraries, researchers, artists and scientists throughout the country and the world. ／

The Library is one of the largest libraries in the world. / It has a collection of 74 million items

which are housed in three buildings. / The bookshelves stretch for 350 miles.／Of the 18 million books, more than English. / The main reading room is a great hall of marble pillars. / It is the center of activity in the library.／There is a computer catalog center with six terminals for quick access to information.／For greater speed and efficiency, / the library has installed all electric book-carrying system／that carries books from one building to another in only a few seconds.／(160 words)

Vitamins

It was not until the beginning of this century that it was recognized / that certain substances were essential in the diet to prevent or cure some diseases. / These substances are now known as vitamins.／They are vital for growth, good health, / and maintenance of the normal functions of the body.／A well-balanced diet should provide all the vitamins we normally require.／Those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to buy sufficient food／should not suffer from vitamin deficiency. / However, for various reasons,／some people do not maintain a balanced diet. People often lose their appetite because of illness.／People living alone may not bother to eat proper meals, / and people on a diet may not eat sufficient quantities of necessary foods.／Moreover, modern methods of preserving, freezing and long-time storage of food, ／together with over cooking, can destroy many of the vitamins. / (145 words)

WORDS

How men first learn to invent words is unknown, / in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. / All we really know that is men, unlike animals, / somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, ／actions and things, so that they can communicate with each other;／and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, ／which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. ／Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words. ／

The power of words, then lies in their associations, ／that is, the things they bring up before our minds. ／Words become filled with meaning for us by experience;／and the longer we live, the more we reminded of the glad and sad events / of our past by certain words we read and learn, ／the more the number of the words / that means something to us increase. （149 words）

Worry

Worry is like blood pressure:／you need a certain level to live, but too much can kill you.／People who worry too much suffer.／For all their hard work, for all their humor and willingness to laugh at themselves,／for all their self-awareness, worries just cannot achieve peace of mind.／Worry is amazingly common.／At least one in four of us --- about 65 million Americans／--- will meet the criteria for an anxiety disorder at some point in our lifetime.／Even those individuals whose lives are going well／may worry excessively on occasion.／

And yet, worry is a very treatable condition.／Most people today are not aware of all that we have learned about worry in the last 50 years.／We’ve come to understand different types of worry and the underlying triggers.／Worry may accompany simple shyness, depression or generalized anxiety disorder.／Each kind of worry responds to specific and powerful techniques.／(151 words)

You Found a Job, Now How do You Save Money

Saving your hard earned money can be difficult, ／as most of us enjoy spending rather than saving, ／I certainly had a tough time holding onto my money every payday. ／When I got my first few paychecks, ／right away I spent the cold, hard cash I'd earned by hard work. ／

But I quickly realized that this sort of spending wouldn’t really help me get the things I wanted. ／So I made a pact with myself. ／I promise that before I did anything with the money, ／1 would deposit at least 50％of the money into my saving account. ／That way, I eliminated the temptation to spend that money. ／

After I got used to saving my money, ／it was much easier for me not to be tempted to buy things when I saw them. ／When I saw a CD or video game that looked appealing, ／I learned to ask myself, “Do I really need this?” / Asking this question helped me appreciate my money and not let it slip out of my wallet quite so fast. ／(173 words)

Rice Cooking

Rice is very much under appreciated in the United States. / With the exception of Asian cooking, ／rice is usually a side dish or combined with other ingredients. / Rice is very nutritious, low cost and easy-to-prepare food. / There are different types of rice available and the cooking time varies by type of rice. / Follow the package instructions for the amount of liquid necessary and the cooking times. / Both vary for each type of rice. ／Regular white rice has been milled / to remove the hull comes in long, medium and short grains. ／Long grained rice is the best for all-purpose use. ／Brown rice has a pleasant nutty flavor and a firmer texture. / While white rice is cooked in about 15 minutes, ／brown rice takes 45 to 50 minutes to cook. / When cooking rice do not be concerned if you have cooked rice left over. / There are some excellent recipes, which use cooked rice.／(151 Words)

Salt

We do not know when man first began to use salt, / but we do know that it has been used in many different ways throughout history. ／Historical evidence shows, for example, that people who lived over 3000 years ago ate salted fish. / Thousands of years ago in Egypt, salt was used to preserve the dead.／

Stealing salt was considered a major crime during some periods of history. / In 18th century, for instance, ／if a person was caught stealing salt, he can be put in jail. ／History records that about ten thousand people were put in jail during that century for stealing salt!／About 150 years before, in the year 1553,／taking more salt that one was allowed to was punishable as a crime. ／The offender’s ear was cut off. ／

Salt was an important item on the table of royalty. ／It was traditionally placed in front of the king when he sat down to eat. ／Important guests at the king’s table were seated near the salt. ／Less important guests were given seats farther away from it. ／(175 words)

Teacher-student Relationship

The relationship between a teacher and a student can be either good or bad, helpful, or harmful.／

Either way, the relationship can affect The student for the rest of his life. ／A good teacher-student relationship will make the teacher’s job worthwhile. ／A bad relationship can discourage the student from learning / and make teaching an. unpleasant task. ／

In order to have a good teacher. student relationship,／respect between teacher and student is very important. ／If the teacher is too strict, he frightens the student. ／If the teacher is too friendly, the student may become lazy and stop learning hard. / The teacher’s attitude and approach should be in between those two extremes. / As for the student, his proper respect to the teacher must be shown all the time. / He should be eager to learn and willing to working hard.／

In conclusion, a good teacher-student relationship can be beneficial to both. / The student absorbs knowledge eagerly and enjoyable, / and the teacher gains satisfaction from his work. /(163 words)

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