【推荐1】Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend, or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states, about one-fifth (五分之一) lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, is very common (普遍的) in the United States.

Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills (技术) from him or her.

【推荐2】How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland (波兰) have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to take a rest,but they try to do something more interesting most of the time. They have many different hobbies,which help them to get away their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

Polish (波兰的) people like travelling. They look for new places. Some of them like to climb mountains,others like to go to a sea or a lake to swim because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

People in Poland also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually big fans of football,and football is the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support (支持) a team. So they go to watch every match of the team they support,and they buy many things that have any relation (关联) with the team. Watching sports and doing it are both good ways to relax.

Doctors say that doing sports is very good for health. Many people in town,especially young men,often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep it. They also have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.

If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed, who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the country.

One of the first sayings taught to school children is, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person, people will call him an “apple polisher”. This, however, is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us, we say that he or she is the “apple of our eye”.

Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple, even though the Bible (圣经) never says so. The apple, therefore, is a deep part of the language and stories of America.

An apple is also delicious. Apples can be cooked in many ways, used as a dessert, and made into sweet juice.

In many parts of the country during the harvest season, a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples. Washington, D. C. and New York are both famous for their apples.

Finally, when it’s time to take a vacation to American cities, one can always visit New York, which is “the biggest apple” of all the American cities.

【推荐1】Some English words have more than one meaning. These are called multi-meaning words.

Multi-meaning words have the same pronunciation with different meanings. For example, let’s look at the word “ball”. You could have a “ball” which means you would have a good time. You could toss a “ball” which means you throw an object. You could be on the “ball” which means you know what is happening. You could go to a “ball” which means a dance.

Let’s try another word. Take the word “can”. You “can” ride a bike which means you are able to ride a bike. You have a “can” of soup which means the soup is in a round-shaped holder. You can do the “can-can” which is a dance from the 1920s. And you might get “canned” if you do a poor job at work, which means you might lose your job.

How about “fly”? You can “fly” an airplane or you can hit a “fly” that is on your food in your house. Or, you can “fly by the seat of your pants” which means you don’t make a plan before taking an action. And, you know that the “fly of a zipper (拉链) is the top part of the zipper.

There are hundreds of words that are multi-meaning words. The word “set” has more meanings than any other word in the English language. When you have time, why don’t you try to think of all the ways the word “set” is used?

If you look at the title of this book Can a Fly, Fly? … you know that the answer is “Yes” because you have seen an insect named a “fly” go up in the air and move around through the air … which is what “fly” means. Can a Fly, Fly? Of course, it can!

【推荐2】The friendship between humans and dogs possibly began 14,000 years ago. Here are four examples of "a dog's life" in the human world today.

Treated like a queen

Tiffy is one of these dogs. Her owner, Nancy Jane Loewy, treats her like a queen. She patiently prepares Tiffy's meals of meat, fish, chicken and different kinds of fresh vegetables. Tiffy also eats yogurt and biscuits after dinner.

Food sniffer dogs (嗅探犬)

Food sniffer dogs work at international airports in the United States. Their job is to smell and find illegal (不合法 的) fruit,vegetables and other foods in bags and mail. These foods sometimes bring insects and diseases which could be dangerous for plants and animals.

Doggie detectives (侦探犬)

Search-aid-rescue (SAR) dogs use their amazing noses to find people. They can smell tiny dues (线索) that people leave wherever they go. These include bacteria (细菌), small pieces of clothing and hairs. The best known service dogs are guides for the blind. But they can also learn to               , turn lights on and off, pick up objects from the floor and even pull wheelchairs.

【推荐3】I’m Bob. I ride to school with my friends every morning. I like riding. I leave home at half past seven and get to school at a quarter to eight. When the weather（天气）is not good, we take a subway.

I’m Lily. My house isn’t far from the school. I walk to school with my sister every day. Our school starts at half past eight and we leave home at eight o’clock.

I’m Jack. It is a little difficult for me to go to school because I live very far. I leave home early every morning, at half past six. First, I have to ride a bike. Next, I take a boat. Then, I walk. It’s about eight o’clock when I get to school.

My name is Lisa. Every morning, my father drives me to school. It takes about 20 minutes. After school, my mother meets me and we take a bus home. The bus ride takes about an hour.

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