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    Freddy was a taxi driver, but he never had any passengers because he was a reckless(鲁莽的) driver. People thought they might have an accident if they were in Freddy's taxi. But he couldn't understand it.

    He often didn't look where he was going. Sometimes he didn't see other cars or trucks. Sometimes he didn't stop for red lights, and once he almost ran over the policeman. People were frightened when they saw his taxi on the road.

    "I'm not going in that taxi," said the school teacher. "He's too reckless! Last week he almost hit the tree near the school. I saw it!"

    "Yes," said the teacher's wife. "I saw it, t0oo. t He wants us to pay him to ride in his taxi, but I think he should pay us!"

    One day, he saw some strangers near the railway station. He stopped and they got in his taxi. They said they wanted to go to a house on 20 Allman Road. Freddy was very happy and started to drive. At first, he drove very carefully but he soon forgot and drove faster and faster. The passenger became afraid.

    "Slow down," they shouted." We want to go out!" Freddy almost hit a car! Then he a most hit a truck! He forgot to stop for a red light. People ran out of the way.

    "Stop! Stop!" they shouted. "We want to get out!"

    "Why?" asked Freddy." We are not at Allman Road yet.

    "You are a reckless driver," they said." You almost hit a car and a truck and you drove through a red light.

    "Oh," said Freddy." Is that the problem? When you're afraid, just close your eyes. That's what I do!"

    The earth is our home. We must take cof it. That is to say we must keep the land, a and water clean. But people began to pollute the earth after he first made a fire, washed his cin the river and threw dirty things on the ground. Many years ago, pollution was not so serious(严重的)bthere were not so many people.

    There was enough clean water and land. When the land or the river was din one place, man moved to another place. But now man is slowly polluting the whole world and there is not enough clean land or water. More people, more pollution.

    How shall we end all this？Is it pto get rid of (摆脱)pollution？We are glad to say that people have come to know the d  of pollution and a lot of people are working hard to get rid of it.

 water should we drink if we want to stay healthy？

He from his pen-friend last Saturday.

    Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast？A short time ago, some scientists gave some people a test in the United States. They chose people of different ages, from 12to 83. These scientists gave them all kinds of breakfast, and sometimes no breakfast. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfast.

    The results(结果)show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than the person who has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he or she will learn faster and listen more carefully.

    The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain(增加)weight instead of losing it.

You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

    Long long ago, there lived a poor farmer called Smith. He didn't like to1things with others. One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. Smith was happy with the gift(礼物). However, when he got home, he did not know2to plant it. He thought and thought. Finally, he planted the tree in a dark forest, 3no one could see the tree. Because of no sunlight, the tree soon die. Later the friend asked Smith why he had planted the tree in such a4place. Smith said angrily, “If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted it in one of my fields, my5would have come at night and stolen(偷)some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit. ”“Yes, ”said the friend, “but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you got nothing and you also destroyed(毁坏)a good apple tree. ”