【正文】 eans that we are truly happy, however. Smil es around the worl d can be fal se, hi ding other feli ngs l ike anger, fear or wory. There are unhappy smil es, such as when som eone “l(fā) oses face” and smiles to hide it. However, the general purpose of smil ing is to show good feeli ngs. From the ti me we are babi e, we show unhapiness or anger by frowning. In most pl aces around the world, frowning and turning one’s back to someone show anger. Maki ng a fi st and shaking it alomost means that someone were both poor m usic hal l perform ers. You may find i t astonishi ng that Charli e was taught to si ng as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he coul d wal k. Such training was mon in acti ng fam il es at that tim e, especi al y when the fam il y ine was often uncertai n. Unfortunatel y hi s father di ed, leavi ng the famil y even worse off, so Charli e spent hi s chil dhod l oki ng after hi s si ck m other and hi s brother. By hi s tens, Charli e had, through his hum our, be e one of the m ost popular chil d actors i n Engl and. H e could mim e and act the fool doi ng ordinary everyday tasks. N o one was ever bored watchi ng him hi s subtl e acting made everythi ng entertai ni ng. As time went by, he began m aki ng film s. He grew m ore and m ore popul ar as his charm ing character, the l ittl e tram p, becam e known throughout the world. The tram p, a poor, hom eless m an wi th a m oustache, wore l arge trousers, wornout shoes and a smal l round bl ack hat. He wal ked around sti fly caryi ng a wal ki ng stick. Thi s character was a social fail ure but was l oved for hi s optim ism and determi nation to over e al diffi cul ti es. H e was the underdog who was ki nd even when others were unki nd to him. How di d the li tl e tram p m ake a sad si tuati on entertai ni ng? Here is an example from one of his m ost famous fil ms, The Gold Rush. It is the m idni eenth century and gold has just ben discovered i n Cali forni a. Li ke so many others, the li tl e tram p and his fri end have rushed there i n search of gol d, but without suces. Instead they are hi di ng i n a sm al l hut on the edge of a m ountai n during a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that they try boil ing a pai r of l eather shoes for their di ner. Charli e fi rst picks out the l aces and eats them as i f they were spaghetti . Then he cuts off the l eather top of the shoes as i f it were the finest steak. Fi nal y he tri es cuting and chewing the bottom of the shoe. H e eats each m outhful with great enjoyment. The acting is so convinci ng that it makes you bel ieve that it i s one of the best m eals he has ever tasted! Charl i e Chapl in wrote, di rected and produced the fil ms the stared in. In 1972 he was gi ven a special O scar for his outstanding work i n fi lms. H e li ved i n England and the USA but spend hi s l ast years i n Swi tzerl and, where he was buri ed in 1977. He i s loved and remem bered as a great actor who coul d inspi re peopl e wi th great confi dence. AN APRI L FOOL’S JOKE: THE NOODLE HARVEST April Fool’s day, or April 1st , i s known i n m any countri es as a day for playi ng jokes on others. It is usual y a tim e when chil dren m ake fun of each other, but sometim es other peopl e can get caught i n the fun to. O ne of the m ost fam ous jokes in Engl and took pl ace on Bri ti sh televi si on in 1957. It was a Monday ni ght when there were al ways m any serious programm es on the tel evi si on. One of them was cal ed Panoram a, thi s show explored probl ems and progress al l over the worl d, so nobody was surpri sed when it began wi th a report on the excel ent noodl e harvest in the south Swi tzerl and. The programm e m entioned two reasons for the good crop: an unusual y warm wi nter and the di sappearance of the i nsect that attacked the nodl e crop every year. The reporter showed many noodl e trees wi th the farmers pul ing nodles of them and putti ng them into baskets. The people watching were told that they m ay not have heard of nodl es from thi s part of the worl d because noodl es were grown as part of smal famil y busi nesses. The programm e m akers makers reali zed that peopl e m i ght wonder why noodl es were al ways the same size so that they expl ai ned that “it was the resul t of many years’ patient research with the tre to produce noodl es of exactl y the sam e length.” But even so they explained, the li fe of a noodl e farmer was not easy. “The l ast two weks of March are an anxious tim e for noodl e farm ers. There i s al ways a chance of very col d weather spoil ing their crop. Then it is difficul t for them to get top prices on the m arkets. ” Many people i n Engl and bel ieved this story. They rang the BBC to fi nd out hoe to grow thei r own nodl e tree. They were tol d to “pl ace a piece of noodl e in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.” This may sem very sil ly, but in the 1950s very few Bri ti sh peopl e travel ed aboard for their hol idays and even fewer of them ate nodl es. So i t seem ed possi bl e to im agi ne that noodl es grew on tree l i ke appl es, pears and nuts. Peopl e al so trusted the Panorama programm e for its careful research and seri ous inform ation. So they were shocked to find the next day that they had al bel ieved an April Fol’s joke. Even today the report of the noodl e harvest is rem embered as one of the best April Fool’s jokes ever! Unit 4 Communicat ion: No Pr oblem ? Yesterday, another student and I, representing our university’s student association, went to the Capital International Airport to m et this year’s international students. They were i ng to study at Bei ji ng Uni versi ty. We shoul d take them first to thei r dormi tori es and then to the student cante. After an hour of waiti ng for their fli ght to arri ve, I saw several young peopl e enter the waiting area l oki ng around curi ously. I stood for a mi nute watchi ng them and then went to greet them .