The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe．The world Red Cross organizations are sometimes called the Red Crescent，the Red Mogen David，the Sun，and the Red Lion．
    The idea of forming an organization to help the sick and wounded during a war started with Jean Henri Dunant．In 1859，he observed how peo

One day, I called my classmate, Liu Yu, to wish her a happy birthday.
"Hello?"said the man who answered the phone.
"Hello, may I speak to Liu Yu?"
"I am afraid yo

"We don't have rush hours any more, "said Charles M. McLean, who runs the nation's busiest road. "We have rush periods, and they keep getting longer and longer."
McLean was describing Chicago's 235 miles of expressway. But the same might be said about

There was a robbery at City Central Bank late yesterday afternoon. Two men entered the bank at about 4 p.m. and told the bank teller on duty to give them $1,000,000. The robbers were carrying guns and wearing black masks to cover their faces. The robbers told al

We often forget that people in other countries eat different things from us. In some countries，for example，rice is a staple food. In others，such as Britain and America，bread made from wheat is the most important item of food. In many African countries a k

Not everyone in the world requires the same amount of living space. The amount of space a person needs around him is a cultural difference, not an economic one. Knowing your own psychological (心理的) space needs is important because they strongly affect your choices, incl

The Red Cross is an international organization which cares for people who are in need of help. A man in Paris hospital who needs blood, a woman in Mexico who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in India that lost their home in a storm may all be aided by the Red Cross

Who are the most beautiful women in the world? Looking at the records, people might think Venezuelan women are. They win the Miss Latin America, Miss Universe, and Miss World contests more frequently than women from any other country. In Venezuela, the term “Miss” as in “Miss Universe” is an honored title.
    These da

Imagine going to your doctor with frequent headaches. Your doctor takes a prescription pad(药方) and writes a word on it. The word isn't “aspirin”, it's “Mozart”.
    The idea isn't so far-fetched. Many kinds of music can stir(激发) the imagination and produce strong feelings. Scientists have found Mozart's music to be rem

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Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills （读写能力）. With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beg

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Tales From Animal Hospital
David Grant
David Grant has become a familiar face to millions of fans of Animal Hospital. Here D

It's eleven in the morning．Mr Li needn't go to work today．He knows English and is now looking through a list of TV programmes in today's newspaper．The list is as follows．
    Read it over and then do the exercises．
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We always wonder about famous people．What were they really like？
    Sigmund Freud，the world-famous doctor of Vienna，was a thinker who changed the way we look at mental illness．He was also a man with courage．
    Once Freud was walking down a dark street．He met two robbers．This was back in

In the States the most popular form of folk dancing since the earliest days has been square dancing. In early times, when men and women worked in groups to build a barn (building where animals are kept) or harvest crops, they danced when the work was done. The music came from a violin for the most part, but if there was no one to play an

One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like “I was wrong about that.” and it is even harder to say, “I was wrong, and you were right about that.”
    I had an experience recently with someone admitting