Sweden fans pose before the Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match between Sweden and Paraguay in Berlin June 15, 2006. (Reuters)
A Sweden fan shouts before the Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match between S

Calling all chocoholics. One of Britain's most exclusive grocery stores needs a new chocolate taster - and will pay 35,000 pounds ($54,400) a year for the successful candidate. Fortnum & Mason in London's Piccadilly - one of the capital's most prestigious addresses - is looking for a chocolate buyer to travel the world, taste as much chocolate

1. Exercise
　　Studies show that 30 minutes of mild exercise a day will increase your life span. This doesn't mean you hav e to run three miles or start high jumping. Simple acti vities such as walking, gardening or taking exercise cl asses will work.
　　2. Enjoy people
　　Contacts with family and friends help fight life-sa pping d

Laughter is good for the heart because it prolongs life while depression increases the risk of an early death, according to two new studies.
　　A good bout of laughter every day provides similar cardiovascular benefits asexercise because it stimulates the blood flow, said Michael Miller, who headed one re

Calling all chocoholics. One of Britain's most exclusive grocery stores needs a new chocolate taster - and will pay 35,000 pounds ($54,400) a year for the successful candidate. Fortnum & Mason in London's Piccadilly - one of the capital's most prestigious addresses - is looking for a chocolate buyer to travel the world, taste as much chocolate

1. Exercise
　　Studies show that 30 minutes of mild exercise a day will increase your life span. This doesn't mean you hav e to run three miles or start high jumping. Simple acti vities such as walking, gardening or taking exercise cl asses will work.
　　2. Enjoy people
　　Contacts with family and friends help fight life-sa pping d

-Let my love, like sunlight, surround you 
and yet give you illumined freedom. 
　　-April, like a child, 
writes hierogyphs on dust with 
flowers, 
wipes them away and forg

作者介绍: 特蕾莎修女(Mother Teresa,1910-1997)，印度著名的慈善家，印度天主教仁爱传教会创始人，在世界范围内建立了一个庞大的慈善机构网，赢得了国际社会的广泛尊敬。1979年被授予诺贝尔和平奖。本文所选即好在领取该奖项时的演讲辞，语言简洁质朴而感人至深。诺贝尔奖领奖台上响起的声音往往都是文采飞扬、热烈、激昂。而特雷莎修女的演说朴实无华，其所举事例听来似平凡之至，然而其中所蕴含的伟大而神圣的爱感人至深。平凡中孕育伟大，真情才能动人。我们作文时，要善于从自己所熟知的平凡中发掘伟大，以真情来打动读者。
The poor are very wonderful people. One evening we went out and we picked up four pe

People born in the autumn live longer than those born in the spring and are less likely to fall chronically ill when they are older, according to an Austrian scientist. Using census data for more than one million people in Austria, Denmark and Australia, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in the northern German town of

第一部分 基本词汇
开幕/闭幕式 opening/closing ceremony
开幕词 opening speech/address
致开幕词 make an opening speech
友好访问 goodwill visit
阁下 Your/His/Her Honor/Excellency
贵宾 distinguished guest
尊敬的市长先生 Respected Mr.Mayor
远道而来/来自大洋彼岸的朋友 friends coming from a distant land/the other side of th

I’ll give you some advice about life.
给你生活的忠告
Eat more roughage;
多吃些粗粮；
Do more than others expect you to do and do it pains;
给别人比他们期望的更多，并用心去做；
Remember what life tells you;
熟记生活告诉你的一切；
Don’t take to heart every thing you hear. Don’t spend all that you have. Don’t sleep as long as you want;
不要轻信你听到

The risk of dying
Everyone realizes having sex before marriage can have dangerous consequences. Even condoms避孕套 and other 'safe sex' devices, there is still a chance of pregnancy怀孕. If sperm精子, which are living cells, can make it through these devices, how much easier is it for a virus (many times smaller than a human cell) to bypass the devi

赫本的美丽的秘密
Audrey Hepburn beauty tips:The following was written by Audrey Hepburn, who was asked to share beauty tips.
以下文字由奥黛丽·赫本写作（奥黛丽·赫本受邀分享她的美丽秘诀）
1.For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
魅力的双唇，在于亲切友善的语言。
2.For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
5.可爱的眼睛，善于探寻别人的优点。
3.For a slim figure, share your fo

The Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4

一、地形
1 Atlas Mountains，阿特拉斯山脉，位于非洲西北部海岸，长1800公里。
2 Kilimanjaro Mounts，乞力马扎罗山，非洲著名的活火山，海拔5895米，也是非洲最高峰。
3 Kenya Mountain，肯尼亚山，非洲第二高峰，位于肯尼亚中部，主峰巴蒂安峰海拔5199米。
4 Sahara Desert，撒哈拉沙漠，世界最大的沙漠，位于非洲大陆北部，东西长5600公里，南北宽1600公里，面积777万平方公里，约占非洲总面积的32%。
5 Great Rift Valley，东非大裂谷，世界陆地上最长的裂谷带。纵贯非洲大陆东部，长400