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Oxfam has 12 branch bureaus (分支结构) in different countries in the world.The table isabout some of them.　

	Oxfam America Office address: 26 West Street, Boston MA 02111 1206, USA Tel: 1 617 482 1211 Fax: 1 617 728 2594 E-mail: info@oxfamamerica.org Website: http://www.oxfamamerica.org
	Oxfam Canada Office address: Suite 300 - 294 Albert Street, Ottawa, Ontario Kl P 6E6, Canada Tel:1 613 237 5236 Fax:1 613 237 0524 E-mail: enquire@oxfam.ca Website: http://www.oxfam.ca
	Oxfam GB Office address: 274 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7DZ United Kingdom Tel: 44 1865 311 311 Fax: 44 1865 312 600 E-mail: oxfam@oxfam.org.uk Website: http://www.oxfam.org.uk
	Intermon Oxfam Office address: Roger de Lluria 15, 08010 Barcelona, Spain Tel: 34 93 482 0708/0 Fax: 34 93 482 0707 E-mail: info@intermon.org Website: http://www.intermon.org
	Oxfam New Zealand Office address: 62 Aitken Terrace, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Postal address: P.O. Box 68 357, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand Tel: 64 9 355 6500 Fax: 64 9 355 6505 E-mail: oxfam@oxfam.org.nz Website: www.oxfam.org.nz
	Oxfam Hong Kong Office address: 17/F., China United Centre, 28 Marble Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Tel: 852 2520 2525 Fax: 852 2527 6307 E-mail: info@oxfam.org.hk Website:http://www.oxfam.org.hk

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    Thousands of bats(蝙蝠)in the Northeast are dying, and no one knows why. Scientists are conducting investigations(开展调查) to find out the cause and stop the spread of deaths, which have been most heavily reported in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.

    "Most bat researchers agree that this is the most serious threat to bats they have ever seen, " says Alan Hicks, a bat expert who works in the New York Department of Environmental Conservation.

    There are few clues about the cause of the deaths. Bats are easy to catch the contagious disease(传染病) because they hibernate(冬眠) together. In some caves, there are 300 bats per square foot. Environmental officials are asking people to stay out of bat caves to avoid spreading the mysterious(神秘的) sickness while they are working to find out what it is.

    One of the easiest ways to keep fit is to do jogging. Jogging is the name for a very gentle(舒缓的) running-it is just a little faster than walking.

    Start slow joging 20 meters, then walk 20 meters. Little by little, if you are not feeling very tired, you may do more jogging and less walking. Finally, jog the whole way. It will be easy for you to start jogging for 15 minutes twice a week , slowly, increase this to 20—30 minutes every day .The longer you join in jogging , the more you enjoy it and the healthier you will become. Some people like jogging alone, and others enjoy doing it with friends. Jogging in groups makes more people keener(热心的), because you just can not stay in bed while there is a group of friends waiting outside.

    If you want to start jogging, prepare a pair of comfortable shoes and a determined mind.

    Langston Hughes was a famous black poet (诗人). And he also wrote novels, plays and short       

    Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, the US. He        with his grandmother in Lawrence, Kansas. She told him stories about their family. These stories made Hughes feel proud (自豪的) to be black. He        to write when he was living with her. During his life time, he wrote a lot about black people.       his poems, novels and stories, Hughes helped other black people to see themselves as part of a much bigger group of people.

    After his grandmother died in 1915, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to live with       mother and her new husband. Hughes went to high school there. His first short stories came out (出版) when he was still in high school.

    After finishing high school in 1920, he        to Mexico City to live with his father. Hughes had a very        relationship (关系) with his father. His father didn't want him to be a writer. He said that Hughes could go to       only if he studied engineering (工程学). Hughes agreed. He went to Columbia University in New York City in 1921 but left the university in 1922 because of his colour.

    Many people may think that a       in the zoo are happy and lucky, but most of them are sad. Do you know why? Animals l       tigers, lions and bears usually l       in forests or mountains. They run, jump, play w       their children and catch small animals for f      . But now they have to stay in cages or small rooms in the z      . They do not have to find food by themselves, because the zookeepers feed them. They do n       but eat, walk and sleep every day. Their l       in the zoo is quite d       from that in the forests b       they are not free.

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       ^{A gi}rl named Alice falls down a rabbit hole after an unusual big white rabbit. She finds herself in a land of talking  animals and other fantastic animals, and starts a trip full of adventures(冒险).

       After a ship accident Crusoe lands on an island. To live he must build a home for himself. He saves a man called Friday. A lot of adventures happen to them on the island.

       The story is about the Marchi family of four sisters growing up. It shapes the image of the four different characters to the family daily life.

       ^This is an adventure about a boy called Jim Hawkins. He goes out to sea with a treasure map and finds an island full of treasures. It's a problem­ solving journey to rescue(营救) treasures from dangerous situations.

       This story is about an emperor who loves clothes very much. Two brothers cheat the emperor to get silver and gold. They tell him that people can't see the clothes unless they are clever. In the parade, everyone says his new clothes are wonderful except a little boy.

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