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     Most of us can remember the days when we didn't use e-mail as an everyday vehicle for communication.
Slowly but surely, it crept (慢慢移动) into   1   . E-mail is a   2   tool for college students at any level. It's
available 24 hours a day,7 days a week and   3   at holidays. Most universities assign students an account
entrance,   4   there is usually not even an option (选择) involved.
     You can do everything from consulting on homework and projects,   5   classmates, family and friends,
and getting daily new services to  6   you informed of world  7   . But, what are the  8  ? E-mail can be e-jail.
You might   9   hours writing and replying to e-mails  10   you should be busy with the books for an upcoming
exam. 
  11   ,you might be signed up for so many daily services,   12   horoscopes (占星术), new services, or
personals, that your mailbox is so   13   "junk mail",that finding the  14  e-mails through your box might take
hours.
      If you're a student,  15   is precious. Create and organize your e-mail folders into important school-related
mail, correspondence (通信)with friends and family, and a folder for jokes, horoscopes and other new services. 
  16   put the mail into the proper folders first, and when you've finished, head for the important school-related
folder first. Respond to the most important e-mails first and,   17   you have time, you can get to the others. 
       18  your friends from forwarding those tiresome jokes, tiresome quizzes, and chain mails. The minute you 
  19   you've got one, delete it   20   so you won't be tempted to read it.

     It was early afternoon and the harbor (海港) was quiet. Mr Bates, the keeper of the lighthouse (灯塔), went
to the village. He left his daughters Rebecca and Abigail to look after the lighthouse.
     As Rebecca was about to prepare some water for the evening meal, she noticed a strange ship coming to
the harbor. It stopped and lowered two little boats, which turned and started toward land: At that time people
feared every ship they did not know, for the year was 1814 and America and Britain were at war.
     Rebecca and Abigail held their breath to see what these two boats would do. Closer and closer they came,
until finally they entered the harbor. They were full of British soldiers!
     No help was to be seen. What could they do? How could they warn the town soldiers? They had no boat,
and there would be no time to run to the village. Rebecca thought fast and then she had an idea. Calling to
Abigail to follow, she ran to the room where the guns were stored. But instead of reaching for the guns, she
took hold of the fife (军笛 ) and the drum(战鼓 ).
     Then the two young women ran along the wooded path to the shore (海岸). Hiding behind tall trees, they
started to play the fife and the drum. Abigail beat out Roll Call. Rebecca joined in with Yankee Doodle. Soon
 Rebecca saw the boats had stopped!
The girls went on playing. A moment later, a flag was raised on the warship-the signal for the boats to return.
Once everyone was on board, the enemy ship set sail for the open sea.
     The British were fooled, and the" American Army of Two" won the day.

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