Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254. He was the most famous westerner to visit Asia during the middle Ages. He wrote a book about his travels. In his book he wrote all the things he saw and heard. Many people read the book but few believed what Marco Po...

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Typhoons (台风) in the northern part of the world have girls names. Sometimes they have very beautiful names. Rose is a pretty name but there was nothing pretty about Typhoon Rose. It was the worst typhoon to hit Hong Kong in ten years. It began to rain in ...

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People often say, "Children cant do math problem, its because parents cant do their childrens homework." Heres an example to show what I mean. The other day my daughter brought home her math homework. "I have to subtract (减) 179 from 202," she said. "Its ...

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Hundreds of years ago, life was harder than it is today. People didnt have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It...

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Bill Clinton took office (就职)on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U.S. President (总统). He is the first U.S. president who was born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U.S. presidents. Clinton was born in a poor family. Three months...

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EVERYTHING has two sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is a deadly disease, which causes fear. There were 2,601 cases (病例) recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report. 115 people have died and numbers keep rising....

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Watson won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (大师) in 1977. He was given the silver cup. "It isnt rightly mine," he said, when he was holding the cup." "It was won two years ago when I was on holiday in" "A family was staying ...

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EVERYTHING has two sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is a deadly disease, which causes fear. There were 2,601 cases (病例) recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report. 115 people have died and numbers keep ...

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