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Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday. And they both were adopted (領(lǐng)養(yǎng) ) by two different families. Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. Soon after the boys were born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob. Bob and Peter’s story was in the newspaper. There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story. A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper. John couldn’t believe his eyes. He looked really like Bob and Peter! He had the same colour eyes and the same smile. He had the same black hair. He had the same birthday. And he, too, was adopted by another family. Later John met Bob and Peter. When Bob and Peter saw John, they couldn’t believe their eyes. John looked really like them! Why did John look really like Bob and Peter? You can guess. Bob and Peter are not twins. Bob, Peter and John are triplets. 1. How did Bob feel at a new school? 2. Why did some students mistake Bob for Peter? 3. Where did Bob see Peter? 4. How did John know the story? 5. What does it mean by “triplets”, do you know? 1. He was happy. 2. Because Bob looked like Peter very much. 3. In Peter’s house. 4. He knew the story from the newspaper. 5. It means Bob, Peter and John were born on the same day, and they are brothers. ( 8) Everyone bathes in a different way. Most Americans never take a bath. They soap and rinse(沖洗) off under the shower. The English always take a bath. First, they sit in a bathtub full of warm water. Then they soap themselves, and finally, they rinse off the soap, all in the same water. The Japanese on the other hand, first wash with soap in the shower. Then they go and sit in a bathtub full of warm water for twenty minutes or more. Later, others in the family use the same water to sit and relax in. The Thai(泰國人) do not get into a shower or a bathtub. They stand in a room or area of a house where there is a big jar(罐子) full of water. With a bowl they pour water from the jar on themselves so that other people do not see their bodies. The Thai always wear a long piece of cloth called a pasin around their bodies. They wear this when they are bathing.. Everyone gets clean in a different way. We know that washing is good healthy for us. But this was not true in the past. Up to 1800, most Americans did not bathe because they thought it was bad for them. 1. What is the passage about? 2. Why do people often bathe? 3. Who needs a bathtub when he bathes? 4. Why do the Thai use a pasin around their bodies when they bathe? 5. When did most Americans begin to bathe often? 1. The ways people bathe. 2. To make themselves clean. 3. The English and the Japanese. 4. To keep others from seeing their bodies. 5. About 200 years ago.