1Many years before the United States was founded(建立)， Americans had already invented But the first barbecues， in fact ，were the invention of the Taino Indians of Haiti， who dried their meat on raised frames(架子)of sticks over Spanish explorers spelled the Taino word as barbacoa， and as time passed， English settlers along the Atlantic coat had their own One summer day in 1773， Benjamin Lynde， a citizen of Massachusetts， wrote in his diary， “Fair and hot ; Browne;hack ” That is ， on a bright and hot day he went to the Brownes to attedn a barbecue， and his carriage(马车)fell It shows that the barbecue had its social occasion by that Large animals would be roasted whole on frames over hot fires， and neighbours would be invited to In later centuries， as settlers moved to the west， the barbecue went along with it， reaching an especially large size in Texas， where a pit (坑)for fuels(燃料) such as tree branches might be over ten feet Today ， the barbecue grills(烧烤架)which are fueled by charcoal(木炭) or electricity are likely to be small and easy to move ， and can cook only parts of an animal at a time， but people still have barbecues out of doors and always invite their neighbours or friends 2Most English people have three names: a first name， a middle name and the family Their family name comes For example， my full name is Jim Allan G Green is my family name My parents gave me both of my other People don’t use their middle names very So “John Henry Brown” is usually called “John Brown” People never use Mr， Mrs or Miss before their first So you can say John Brown， or Mr Brown; but you should never say Mr J They use Mr， Mrs or Miss with the family name but never with the first Sometimes people ask me about my “When you were born， why did your parents call you Jim?” they ” Why did they choose that name?” The answer is they didn’t call J They called me J James was the name of my In England， people usually call me Jim for That’s because it is shorter and easier than J 3HOW much do you know about Top Combine (至上励合 TC)， the popular boy band? After two months of training and rehearsal in South Korea， the five boys are back with their *latest album Grandness Equal to Heaven (《齐天大盛》) They showed up in Beijing last month to promote their new Hundreds of teenagers screamed in excitement when they saw their “I was blown away (被……征服) by this I knew TC would improve after going to South Korea， but I couldn't have imagined it would be so nice，” said a fan after she listened to the Each of the boys has put something of themselves into the new album， from Zhang Yuan's soft voice to Ma Xueyang's talents composing and writing Their hit song Grandness Equal to Heaven is a creative mix of catchy (动人的) rhythms and traditional musical instruments， including flute (笛子) and A teenage fan says that Top Combine's new album helps him get through all his Although they tried to be China's No 1 Motivational (励志的) boy band， Top Combine's debut in October， 2008 was not a big The band's first EP Arrival (《降临》) was not immediately People accused the band of being They said TC was just like a South Korean boy band， because their fashion sense and music style were similar to those But they didn't give Now with their new album， their hard work looks like it's paying 4Obama has a good time at the Great W REUTERSHE who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true US President Barack Obama is a true Obama had a four-day visit to China last He had a very busy schedule (日程) But he still spent some time visiting the Forbidden City (故宫) and the Great WWhen a leader visits another country， he or she sometimes goes to the country's most famous It is to show respect to the local For the leaders， it's also a good time to relax during a tiring foreign Obama spent 50 minutes in the Forbidden City on T He thinks the Forbidden City is a "magnificent (华丽的) place to visit" He said: "I will come back with my girls and my "On Wednesday afternoon， he took a quick tour of the Great Wall at B There， he enjoyed a moment of "It's magical (不可思议的) It reminds (使想到) you of the sweep (进程) of history，" Obama said about the Great W 5LIU Xu was robbed (抢劫)! The 13-year-old was riding home when a man suddenly jumped out from the He pulled Liu off his bike and rode Liu was scared (害怕)， but he didn't run after the He found a telephone and called the police at “Safety is the priority (要务) in such a situation，” Liu said， remembering what his teacher had told him in his first aid (急救) “It is not safe to run after an adult who is much stronger than ”Liu is a junior student at Shenzhen Bao'an Middle School in G His school is one of the first in China to have compulsory (必修的) first aid Junior 1 students at the school must take the class once a Teenage safety has become a serious issue According to a 2004 survey， about 16，000 teenagers die in accidents in China every An average of 40 students die every day from drowning (溺水)， food poisoning and traffic Bao'an School said that the first aid classes are to “teach students skills so that they can protect and save themselves in emergencies (紧急情况)”Role-playing for safetyStudents at Bao'an often learn by role-playing in first aid Zhou Min， 12， recalled her favorite “I performed as a stranger knocking at a A classmate stood inside the door and asked several questions before letting me Then we changed roles and did it again，” Zhou “We learned a lot while having fun at role-”The topics of the class are regularly The students have learned skills for surviving (幸存) in They also deal with topics like sexual harassment (骚扰) “The teacher told us that we should try not to go out alone， especially at If someone tries to do bad things to us， we may hit their eyes or noses or kick their private parts (私处) Then we should quickly run into a crowded place，” said Zhong Hua， a 13-year-old
