From 4th 1996，Asiana spreads its wings from Beijing to Fusan（釜山），Korea's second largest city．Asiana is one of Asia's fastest growing airlines，with an expanding network，which is why more and more passengers around the world are warming to our service．Service that's based on 5，000 years of traditional Korean hospitality（好客）．No wonder we're

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon，an old Irishman was watching them on television in the bar of a hotel．
    There was an Englishman in the bar too，and he said to the Irishman，“The Americans are very clever，aren't they？They're going to send some men to the moon．It's a very long w

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The term “formal learning” refers to all learning which takes place in the classroom regardless of whether such learning is i

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The Ford family came from Ireland to the United States in 1847. Their child Henry was born in 1863. He had an interest in mechanic

The Mbuti people of Congo live deep in an African forest. The forest takes care of most of their needs. The men hunt for game there is different from what you would find in American forests, including such animals as elephants and monkeys. The women gather plant

The next time you are caught in a sudden rainstorm without your umbrella，blame the sun. That's right. The sun not only makes sunny days，it also makes lots of rainy ones. Windy days and snowy days can also be gifts from the sun. This can be explained by the water

Watch a baby between six and nine months old，and you will observe the basic concepts（概念）of geometry（几何）being learned．Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three-dimensional（三维的），it reaches out and begins grasping various kinds of objects．It is then，from perhaps nine to fifteen months，that the concepts of sets and numbers are

More than 30，000 drivers and front seat passengers are killed or seriously injured each year．At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third floor window．Wearing a seat belt saves lives：it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half．
    Therefore drivers or front seat p

In 1974, the price of petrol in Britain rose by 120 percent；cars became expensive to run and train and bus fares increased. People who hadn't used a bicycle since they were children decided that they would buy bicycles. They discovered that cycling could be enjo

Two thieves came to a house to steal something. They dug a hole in the wall of the house. One of them crawled into the house while the other waited outside.
There lived many mice in the house. The woman in the moonlight saw a m

Pre-reading Questions:
1. Does your country use the metric system?
2. Do you know another system of measurement?

TESSA MURRAY
You don't really think about what you're doing unless you have a year off. Now I'm more aware of the work aspect of university and how it does determine how you start off in your career. I'd like to get

Students often want to practise their English outside class．One of the best ways to practise your English is to speak to a foreigner．One student asks，“Is it okay to try to talk to foreigners I see in the street？”
The answer is yes or no，but probab

I still remember—my hands and my fingernails still remember—what used to be prepared for us on our return to school from the holidays. The schoolyard would be covered with fallen leaves, lying around here and there in piles. In some places there were even more than just piles of them: it would be like a muddy sea of leaves.

Every ten years the United States carries out a census of the people population. Every family receives a form with questions about family size, income, jobs, etc. They answer questions such as: How many people are in your family? Do you live in a house or in an apartment? How long have you been living there? Where did you live before thi