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1. Fall
in Love with English
爱上英语
Hiding
behind
the
loose
dusty
curtain
,
a
teenager
pack
ed
up
his
overcoat
into the
suitcase
. He planned to
leave home
at dusk
though
there was
thunder
and
lightning
outdoors
. He
had
got to do
this because he
was tired
of
his parents’ nagging about his English
study and did not want to
go
through
it any longer. He couldn’t
get along
well
with
English and
dislike
d
join
ing
in
English
classes because he thought his teacher
ignore
d him
on
purpose
. As a
result, his
score in each exam never
add
ed
up
to
over 60.
His
partner
was
concerned
about
him
very
much.
She
understood
exactly
what he was
suffer
ing
from
, but
entirely disagree
d
with
his idea.
In
order to calm
him
down
and
settle
his problem, she
talked with him
face to
face
and
swap
ped
a
series
of
learning
tip
s with him. The
item
s she
set
down
helped him find the
highway
to studying English
well.
The teenager was
grateful
and got great
power
from his
friend’s words.
Now, he has
recover
ed
from
being
upset
and has
fall
en
in love
with
English.
2. Different Countries Have Different
Kinds of Englishes
不同的国家有不同的英语
Voyage
s of people from
England
play an
important
part in
spreading the
English language.
At
present
, English is
frequently
spoken as
an
official
or
common language in many countries,
such as
America,
Singapore
,
Malaysia
and some
African
countries. All
base
d
on
British English, the
English spoken
in
these
countries
can
be
well
understood
by
native
English
speakers.
But
actually
,
these Englishes have been
gradually
changing in
accent
s,
spelling
s,
expression
s and
the
usage
of
vocabulary
.
Because
of
this
fact,
you can
make
use
of
the differences to
tell
which
country the foreigners
of your
block
are from. For
example, if a boss
fluently
commands
his
driver, ―
Come up straight
to
my
apartment
by
elevator
and
tak
e
some
gas
for my trucks and
cab
s‖, ins
tead of
request
ing, ―Please come to
my
flat
by
lift
and
take
some
petrol
for
my
lorries
and
taxis‖,
you
can
recognize
his
American
identity
, while the
latter
suggest
s that he is British.
3. A Hard Trip
一次辛苦的旅行
My
sister
was
fond
of
traveling.
Ever
since
graduating
,
she
had
been
determined
to
organize
a trip to an old
temple
. Since
transport
ing
fare
was
expensive, she decided to use a bicycle
to
cycle
there
not
caring
about
the
disadvantage
s.
Her
stubborn
attitude
was
always
her
shortcoming
.
Once
she
made
up
her
mind
to
do
something,
no
one
could
persuade
her
to
change
her
mind
.
Finally,
we
gave in as usual
though we
prefer
red to take a
train. After we prepared everything,
including the
schedule, reliable
weather
forecast
and the
insurance
, we began
our trip.
Our
journey
was along
a river
flow
ing
from
a high
altitude
.
Our
pace
was
slow
because
the
river
frequently
had
many
sharp
bend
s
through
deep
valley
s,
where the water seemed to
boil
. Just as I recorded in
my
journal
, it
was really a hard journey. But we also
enjoyed great
view
s. One
night, I put
my
head
on
my
pillow
--
a
parcel
of
wool
coats,
and
lay
beneath
the
stars.
When the
flame
in front of our
cave
went out
at
midnight
, I found the sky so
beautiful!
4. A Horrible Earthquake
可怕的地震
Dirty
water rose in
well
s and
canal
s before the
earthquake
. But no one
judge
d
that
an
earthquake
was
coming.
Suddenly,
everything
shook.
It
seemed
as
if
the
world
was
at
an
end
.
Millions
of
brick
houses
and
a
number
of
dam
s
were
destroy
ed.
Railway
track
s
became
useless
bar
s.
Pipe
s in
mine
s
burst
and let out
smelly
steam
. Huge
crack
s
trap
ped
cyclist
s
everywhere.
The next day,
this
event
was the
headline
or main
title
of all newspapers.
With the
reporter
s giving an
outline
of the
disaster
, the whole
nation
was
shock
ed
by
the
damage
and
the
victim’s
extreme
suffering
.
People
were
moved
when
they
read
that
the
survivors
comforted
each
other
by
saying
―
Congratulations
!
You
survived!‖.
So
they
not
only
express
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their
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sympathy
sincerely
, but also
organized together to help the victims
right away
.
The
injure
d were
rescue
d and the dead were
buried
. The
frighten
ed survivors
were
dug out
from
under the
ruin
s and were
offered
shelter
, fresh water
and
electricity
.
Thanks to people’s help, the loss was
minimized.
5.
The Great President
伟大的总统
As the
founder
of
the
republic
, the
president
had many good
qualities
.
Before
coming
to
power
,
he
was
a
generous
lawyer
.
He
was
willing
to
selflessly
help everyone who
turned to
him. He accepted
no
fee
to offer
legal
guidance
and
opinion
s to those who
were
out of work
or
un
educate
d. Later,
believing all
mankind
to be
equal
, he
devote
d himself
to
stopping the
unfair
anti-
black
laws. He
set up
the Black
Youth League
and was
vote
d to be the
leader.
However,
though
he
kept
peaceful
principle
s
without
violence
and
terror
,
his
mean
enemies
still
blew up
his house and
attack
ed his
relative
s,
and he
himself couldn’t
escape
be
ing
sentenced
to
30 years in prison.
Not
fearing of the prison guards’
cruelty
, he kept
active
and
beg
ged no
mercy
from them.
As a matter of
fact
, he was always
hopeful
and never
lost
heart
during
the
stage
even though he was
in trouble
.
Finally,
people
reward
ed
him
with
the
leader’s
position
and
a
gold
blanket
.
6. A Brave Maid
勇敢的女仆
A
wooden vase
from the Ming
Dynasty
at the
entrance
of the
reception
hall
amaze
d
everyone.
The
artist
s
design
ed
it
in
a
rare
style
and
select
ed
valuable
jewel
s to
decorate
it. People
thought highly of
its
fancy
colour of
honey
and the beautiful
painting
s on it.
The vase used to
belong to
a
former castle
.
But when the country was
at
war
, the enemy
troop
s
explode
d the castle.
Debate
s on how the vase
survive
d
went on
and on. In order to
remove
people’s
doubt
, a
team of no
less than
20
people
carried
out
an
informal
investigation.
The
evidences
they
found
showed that a
maid took
the vase
apart
and asked a
sailor
to
sink
it in a
local
well. She never gave
away the secret even under the cruel
trial
of the enemies
who were
in search
of
treasures.
It is
worth
giving this brave maid
a fortune
in return
.
7. A Fair Competition
公平的比赛
Swift
er, Higher and Stronger
stands for
the spirit of the
Olympics. But
fairness
is
the
basis
of
this
motto
.
Only
when
you
win
fairly
will
you
and
your
homeland
deserve
the
great
glory
.
But
nowadays
,
unlike
the
ancient
honest
slave competitor
s, some
hopeless athlete
s who can’t
bear the
pain
of
training
cheat
when
taking
part
in
games.
Medal
s
seem
to
have
magical
power causing them to cheat, and the
prize money has
replace
d the
motto as
their only goal.
So, in the
gymnastics
event to be held
in our city next month, one of the
host
’s
responsibilities
is
to
keep
competitions
fair.
They
advertise
d
on
poster
s
outside
the
stadium
to promise
that
every
competitor
is
to
have
a
regular
physical
examination in a
gymnasium one after another
.
No one can
bargain
on this.
The
volunteer
s
in
charge
will be very strict. It is
foolish
to
cheat
because they will not be
admit
ted to
compete
and will even be
fine
d
as
well
.
8. Computers
电脑
The
goal
of
early
calculating
machines
was
to
simplify
difficult
sum
s.
But
with the help
of
new
technology
,
electronic chip
s replaced
tube
s and a
revolution
of
artificial
intelligence
has
arise
n.
From
then
on
,
the
appearance
of
computers
totally
changed
our
lives.
They
can
not
only
download
information
from
the
wet
when
connected
by
the
network
or
mobile
phone
signal
s, but also
solve
different
type
s of
logical
problems. With
operator
s
as
their
coach
es,
they
can
even
control
rocket
s
to
explore
the
moon and instruct
android
s with the
human
race
’s
character
s
to
mop
floors
and
watch over
your
naughty niece
.
Anyhow
, computers are
so
helpful
that
they do bring
happiness
.
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However,
computers
are
easily
attacked
by
virus
es.
This
reality
has
become a hard-
to-
deal with
-problem.
As a result
, computers are
dangerous
in
a
way
.
So,
personally
,
I
worry
about
their
universal
application
s
in
some
fields, such
as
finance
.
9.
保护野生动植物
Wildlife Protection
Dinosaur
s
died
out
because
of
an
unexpected
incident
.
But
wildlife
today
disappears or is
in
danger
just because humans
do
harm
to it. For example,
tigers are
hunt
ed
for
fur
to make
carpet
s
so that
they can only live in
secure
reserve
s; grassland is
destroyed without
mercy
so
that
dust
storms
come into
being
affect
ing
distant
cities.
Last
year, scientists saw some monkeys
rub
bing themselves with a
certain
kind
of
insect
s
to
protect
themselves
from
fierce
mosquito
es
biting
.
According
to
the result of the
inspection
, they found that
the insect
contain
s a
powerful
drug,
so
local
farmers
were
employ
ed
to
catch
the
insects.
The
ending
was that the insects
disappeared from the whole
zone
. When told that it
was a
loss
to
humans, the farmers
burst into laughter
and
respond
ed,
―Our
real loss is our
decreasing
income
.‖
We should
appreciate
the natural
balance and
pay
more
attention to
the
importance
of
wildlife
protection
.
Not
until
we
succeed
in
letting
wildlife
live
in
peace
, can we smile
in
relief
.
10. My First Band
我的第一支乐队
I was very
sensitiv
e to music. Just
dip
ping
into
the music books
briefly
, I
could
sing or play well.
To be
honest
, I always
dream
t
of
becoming a famous
folk actor
. I was so
confident
that I never
decreased my
devotion
.
I
form
ed my first band
call
ed ―
Roll
ing
Frog‖. At the beginning, we
relied
on
perform
ing
on
instrument
s
in
pub
s
or
to
passer
s
–
by
to
earn
extra
money
in
cash
.
Then
we
wore
false
beards
to
pretend
to
be
the
musician
s
whom
people
were familiar with
.
In addition
, we
attach
ed
humorous
acts to
our
performances
and
play
ed
jokes
on
each other. Soon, our
―funny
jazz
‖
became
famous
and
invitation
s
to
perform
for
broadcast
stations
began
to
come.
Afterwards
, we
sort
ed
out
attractive
music and made
a
record in a
studio
. A million
or so
copies were sold and
we became
millionaire
s.
It was
painful
that the band
broke up
finally. But
above all
, I realized
my dream to be a musician.
Interesting Festival
有趣的节日
The
Agricultural
Feast
take
s
place
after
the
Independence
Day.
It
is
not a
worldwide
celebration
. Only
Christian
s in
Mexico
look
forward to
its
arrival
for its
religious
origin
:
Long ago,
humans’
ancestor
s were bad.
They
fool
ed and
play
ed
tricks
on
each other and never
kept
their
word
. So God
turn
ed
up
and
drown
ed all
their
crops. Humans
starve
d
day and night
,
weep
ing. In order to
gain
God’s
forgiveness
,
a
woman
poet
set
off
to
see
God.
She
admire
d
God
and
kept
apologizing
. God was moved.
With his
permission
, humans
finally had good
harvest
s
again. So, to
wipe
sadness
and
remind
themselves
of
the
belief
in
God, people began the festival.
On
the
festival,
people
gather
in
open
air,
such
as
playgrounds
or
parking lot
s, and
energetic
ally
have fun with
each other
all night long
,
as
though
they
were never tired. When a
beauty
dress
ed
up
in
lovely
clothing
reads poems
in memory
of
the poet, everyone
hold
s
their
breath
. Then, it is
the
custom
that the
bone
of a
rooster
head is given to her
as an
award
.
Obvious
ly, the story is not
true, but the festival is interesting.
。
ed
Diet
平衡膳食
Wang
Peng
earn
ed
his
living
by
running
a
barbecue
restaurant,
which
served
delicious
bacon
,
fried
chicken
breast
and
mutton
roast
ed
with
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and
garlic
.
But
his
food
and
discount
attracted
fewer
and
fewer
customer
s.
Finally,
he
was
in
debt
.
Yong
Hui’s
slim
ming
restaurant
served
fresh
pea
s,
carrot
s,
eggplant
s,
and
raw
cucumber
s
with
vinegar
.
As
the
hostess
, she said
fibre
s
benefit
ed customers'
digestion
the most. In order
not
to let Yong Hui
get away
with tell
ing
lies
, Wang Peng
spied on
Yong Hui despite
her
glare
. But he was
surprised that
she was losing her
customers, too.
Curiosity
drove Wang Peng to
consult
an expert. The
expert
sigh
ed and
said,
―Both
of
your
menus
have
weakness
and
limited
strength
.
Your
customers
put on weight
too
easily, while Yong Hui’s
lose
weight
too quickly.
So,
Wang
Peng,
cut
down
the
fat
of
your
food
and
increase
vegetables
and
fruits,
like
nut
s,
bean
s,
mushroom
s,
peache
s
and
lemon
s.
You
ought
to
combine
the two menus and
provide a
balanced
diet
.‖
Before long
, Wang Peng won
his customers back.
13. Sailing
Home
划船回家
This
novel
was
about an
unbelievable
but
genuine
adventure
. Its
author
was a
black
businessman
who was
brought up
in America. In
1956, he visited
Africa,
his
birthplace
.
One
day,
when
he
was
wander
ing
on
the
pavement
near the
bay
enjoying the sea
scene
s, he lost his money
and passport that he
kept
in
an
envelope
.
So
he
went
to
the
embassy
to
seek
help,
but
the
ambassador
with
rude
manner
s
didn’t
permit
his
staff
to
help
though
he
bow
ed
to
him.
Staring
at
his
impatient
face,
he
understood
that
it
was
the
fault
of his
skin colour that
account
ed
for
their
refection. So he decided to
take a chance
to sail on a
small boat home.
He
met
a
large
amount
of
difficulty
but
was
never
stopped.
On
the
contrary
, difficulty pushed
him to
go ahead
harder.
Three months later, he was
spot
ted by a ship
by accident
. He was
in rags
indeed
. A maid even
scream
ed
when
bringing
him
a
steak
and
pineapple
dessert
.
Aboard,
he
earned
his
passage
by working as a
barber and got home finally.
As
for
the name of his
novel,
he couldn’t
think of a better one than
the
phrase
―Go
Ahead‖.
14.
Explore MKII
探测
M
KII
行星
MKII, a
planet
billion
s of
kilometers away, is the origin of life in many
religion
s.
Physicist
s
have
proved the
theory
that
its
gentle
climate
and the
pull
of its
gravity
are similar to the
earth’s. And
astronomer
s
have found that
oxygen atom
s
and
carbon dioxide
, which
are
fundamental
to life,
exist in its
atmosphere
through
satellite
s.
Cheer
ed
up
by this news,
biologist
s, in their
turn, began to do some research to
remove people’s
puzzle
s
—
Now that
there
are
some
suitable
conditions,
does
life
really
exist
on
this
globe
?
Do
they
multiply
by
lay
ing
eggs
or
giving
birth to
babies?
Last month,
a
spaceship
was
sent there. It’s a pity that this mission failed.
Unlike
the earth, MKII is a
much younger planet.
Thus,
mass
es of
harmful
acid
clouds
float
everywhere causing
violent chain reactions
to
break out
.
These
clouds
not
only
block
ed
out
the
pilots’
sight
but
also
damaged
the
engine
system
.
Luckily,
the pilots
watch
ed
out
carefully
and
prevent
ed the
spaceship from
crash
ing
in
time
.
15.A Journey
across Canada
横穿加拿大的旅行
After
a
quiz
last
autumn,
Kuang
crossed
the
continent
eastward
to
Toronto
to
visit
his
schoolmate
,
the
distance
measuring
approximately
5,000 kilometers,
His train started from Vancouver, a
city
surround
ed by
mountains. After
confirm
ing
his
baggage
was
aboard
the train, Kuang
settle
d
down
in his seat.
Having a gift for
communication, he started
chat
ting with another
passenger
within
5 minutes.
Their
topic
s included the
Canadian tradition
s, the
Prime
Minister
,
the
mixture
of
races,
and
the
terrifying
Great
Fall.
After
a
nice
buffet
at noon, he was
pleased
to find that the
scenery
was
impressive
. He
saw
beautiful
harbour
s
in
the
distance
,
wealthy
urban
areas
and
maple
forest that
covered thousands of
acre
s.
He even
manage
d
to catch sight of
an
eagle
flying
upward
over
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Kuang
reached
Toronto
which
lies
slightly
near
the
border
at
a
misty
dawn
.
There
was
frost
and
the
broad
downtown
streets
were
very
quiet.
Though it was early, Kuang phoned his
schoolmate in a
booth nearby
at once
rather than
waiting
for him to come. They had a good time together.
16.A Woman Doctor-Lina
女医生丽娜
Born in a pigs’
nest
, Lina
led
a
poor
life
in
her
childhood
. She was
look
ed
down
upon
by the children of her
generation
. But she
intend
ed to become a
doctor
after
she
came
across
Lin
Qiaozhi
by
chance
,
who
was
deliver
ing
medical courses to an
audience
crowd
ing around her. Before
moving off
, Lin
inspire
d
her
to
carry
on
her
study.
With
Lin’s
support
,
Lina
entered
an
institute
and
studied
hard
sparing
no
time
for
entertainment
.
Her
being
outspoken
and
modest
won
respect
for her. Her
excellent
arguing
skills and
observation
ability
put
others
into
the shade
.
Now,
Lina has become a
specialist
in
human being
s’
emergency
sickness
.
Her
kindness
and
considerate
behavior
to
the
poor
were
well
known.
The
organization
she founded
carried out
campaign
s and
welfare project
s to help
cut
the death
rate
for the poor. Her job
was
hard but
worthwhile
. She often
refer
s
to
the
connection
between her
achievement
and Lin Qiaozhi,
and says
that her poor childhood is the
bond
between her and the
poor.
17. A New Farming Way
新的耕种方式
Tuan was a farmer in
Vietnam
. For
decade
s, he had been
struggling
to
rid
his family of
hunger
. However, it always
confuse
d him how to
expand
the
output
of
his
crop
s.
This
disturbing
problem
led
to
his
regret
ting
being
a
farmer.
He
would rather
have chosen
another job.
One day, when
skim
ming through a
newspaper, Tuan read a
comment
on
Yuan
Longpin.
He
underline
d
Yuan’s
nationality
and
occupation
,
and
then
focus
ed
on
his
discovery
and
the
statistic
s
of
his
research.
He
found
the
knowledge
Yuan
circulate
d
very
practical.
Therefore
,
he
made
a
summary
and began
to
build up
a new farming
method. He planted
super grain
of rich
nutrition
and
equip
ped
himself
to
keep
his
crops
root
s
free
from
bacteria
and
pest
s.
He
also
enriched
mineral
s
in
the
soil
while
reducing
chemical
fertilizer
s. Though it cost
him more time and
freedom
,
he was full of hope.
The
next year, Tuan was
sunburnt
but
satisfied with
his
production
very
much.
Thanks to
Yuan Longpin, he not only won the
battle
against hunger,
but he could also
export
his crops abroad.
18. Chaplin - A Great Master of Humour
幽默大师卓别林
Chaplin was
an
extraordinary
performer
who
star
red
in
and
direct
ed
many
outstanding
comedies
. Few were
bored
watching his
moustache
, his
gesture
s
or
his
entertaining
react
ions
when
chased
by
detective
s.
Being
drunk
,
sliding
on a banana skin or
whisper
ing his own
failure
s to nobody, he
made us
feel
more
content with
our life
without any
verbal
explanation. His
particular
sense of
humor
has
astonish
ed everybody
throughout
the world
up to now
.
In
a
small
budget
film,
he
played
a
badly-off
and
homeless
person
wearing
worn-out
shoes and
messy
clothes. On one
occasion
, he was trapped
by
a
snowstorm
in
a
vast
mountainous
area.
Though
he
overcame
many
difficulties, he wasn’t
fortunate
enough. With all
the
porridge
eaten up, he
pick
ed
out
a
shoe
and
boiled
it
to
eat.
He
cut
off
the
leather
bottom
and
chew
ed
it
like
a
pancake
.
According
to
an
actress
,
his
acting
was
so
convincing
and
amusing
that everybody
couldn’t help
bursting into
laughter.
19.A Misunderstanding
一场误会
In
general
,
spoken
statement
s
are
the
major
way
of
communication,
but
body language and
facial
expressions
also
have such kinds of
function
.
For
example,
yawn
ing means being
not interested and
turn
ing
one’s back
to
someone
or
swinging
your
fist
shows
your
anger
.
But
what
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mean
is
subjective
in
different
cultures.
Thus,
misunderstand
ings
happen now and then in today’s world of
cultural
crossroads
.
Once,
represent
ing
the
Adult
s’
Education
Association
,
I
went
to
the
airport
to
meet
an
official
of
high
rank
from
Columbia
and
take
him
to
his
dormitory
and
then
to
the
canteen
.
After
the
flight
arrived,
I
saw
a
man
looking
around
curious
ly. So I
approach
ed to
greet
him. He suddenly
dash
ed
to
hug
me
and
kissed
me
on
both
cheek
s.
As
a
young
girl,
I
felt
truly
embarrassed
and put up my hands to
defend
myself. His
false
smile told me
that he had
lost
face
.
Later, I received a
cassette
from him, in which
he recorded his apology.
On
hearing
that
Columbians
were
more
likely
to
kiss
others,
I
soon
felt
at
ease
.
20.A Unique Theme Park
独一无二的主题公园
As
soon
as
our
shuttle
got
close
to
the
theme
park
by
the
freeway
,
everyone
came
to
life
and
put
on
cloth
sneaker
s
in
advance
for
an
outing
.
Our
translator
paid
for
the
admission
,
and
we
started
enjoying
the
various
attraction
s in the
sunlight
.
According to the travel
brochure
, this
unique
park
is
famous for
its well
preserve
d
minority
culture. We
experienced many
deed
s of
the early
settler
s,
such as
swing
ing
across rivers, hunting
creature
s in the
jungle
, or taking part
in
sword
s
fighting
tournament
s.
This park is
also famous for its wooden
souvenir
s.
Whichever
we bought
in the
central
shop was made of wood, and
wherever
we went we could
see
minority
carpenter
s
working.
They
made
wooden
tools,
wooden
cartoon
figures,
wooden
athletic
products and
so on. They even built a huge wooden
engine
with a
length
of 20 metres, which
was modeled after
a real
one.
This
theme
park is
really
a
fantasy
amusement
park.
No wonder
it has
become the
brand
of local
tourism
.
21.A Strange
Disease
奇怪的疾病
When
the
construction
of
the
firework
factory
came
to
the
stage
of
painting,
a
pump
was
put
in.
Then,
all
the
painter
s
in
the
neighbourhood
were
defeat
ed by
a
severe
disease whose
characteristic
was
alike
to that of a
bad burn.
An
expert physician
was
instruct
ed to
attend
to the
victim
s and
handle
this
case.
He
was
enthusiastic
,
but
he
didn’t
foresee
that
it
was
a
hard
challenge
.
After simple
enquiry
, he
announce
d that the
pollute
d paint was to
blame
. But without
positive
evidence, people
suspect
ed and
reject
ed his view,
saying
the
theory
he
put
forward
made
no
sense
.
Being
much
more
strict
with
himself,
he
contribute
d
himself
to
the
case.
Apart
from
making
enquiries, he made detailed
chart
s and
analyse
d the data
cautiously
. Finally,
he
drew
a
scientific
conclusion
,
link
ing
the
disease
to
the
radium
in
the
pump.
Expose
d
to
radium,
a
kind
of
radioactive
material
in
the
universe
,
people
absorb
ed radiation and got
sick immediately.
Spin
ning
the
pump
backward
,
he
took
away
the
radium.
This
simple
movement
cure
d all the victims.
eeing in the United
Kingdom
观光联合王国
After the
wedding
, my cousin and his
wife went to the
United
Kingdom
for
nationwide
sightseeing
. He
fax
ed a letter to me in
English yesterday. To
my
delight
, he no longer made
any
tense error
. And his
description
roughly
clarified
my
questions
about
the
UK--its
currency
,
its
administration
,
the
institution
which
divide
s it
into
four
province
s, and the
historical
conflict
s
and
quarrel
s when
Southern Ireland
broke away
from
the UK.
Unwilling
to
leave out
any attraction, my
cousin
arrange
d his
enjoyable
journey
carefully.
One
attractive
place
he
visited
was
a
castle
in
the
countryside
of Scotland, which lies near a
port
. It used to be the head
quarters
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headquarte
r
，没有加
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，是不对的。
）
of
the
Communism Union
but
broke down
during the war.
Finding nothing could
take the place
of
this
splendid
architecture
, people
accomplish
ed rebuilding
it in 1952. It was
to their
credit
that all
furnish
ed rooms are
consistent
with
what they used to be. My cousin was
thrill
ed by its
collection
s consisting of
statue
s
plus
royal
uniform
s
fold
ed
in
glass
tanks.
Though
there
was
no
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