Come and see the Indian elephants and the new tigers from America. The bears are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from China are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets
Adults: $2.00
Children: Over12 $1.00 Under12 Free
Opening time: 9: 00 a. m. -4: 00 p. m.
Except Friday: 10: 00 a. m. -3: 00 p. m.
Attentions: Keep the zoo clean.
Do not touch, give food or go near the animals.
In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join environment clubs. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.
Here are some things students often do.
No-rubbish lunches. How many lunch bags do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose which classes make the least rubbish and report them to the whole school.
No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car including the students and the teachers. Cars give pollution to us, so remember:
Walk, jump, bike, or run!
Use your legs! It's lots of fun!
Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to forty cubic (立方) meters of water an hour? In a year, that would fill in a small river. In the environment clubs, students repair those broken toilets.
We love our environment. Let's work together to make it better.
Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, illness, exams, making money, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the 8-question note?
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If you answer "Yes" to more than two of those questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercise, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways to relieve stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways—people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural (自然的) way of relieving stress.
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A. Take out one earphone. B. But do you have music manners? C. It's up to you! D. Besides, loud music can also be bad for your ears. E. Turn them off! |
Music Manners (礼仪)
You probably know you should say "please" and "thank you" at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library.
Keep it down! You have to notice the volume (音量) of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry.
You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don't allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums. They don't have rules, but it would be rude (粗鲁的) to have your MP3 player on.
Take one out! Once in a while it's OK just to take out one earphone. Imagine you are listening to music on your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. , and you can still tell him the way with one earphone, and then put it back and continue listening to your music. You can also do this when you order food at a fast food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it's not for you.
In a word, you can decide what the best music manners are.
My mother told me we would have a yard sale this weekend. Yesterday I cleared out lots of old things from my bedroom. I had to 1 five things I no longer use. At first, I was quite sad. Because I found 2 toys that I don't play anymore but still want to keep. I have owned the toy car since my sixth birthday, and I played with it almost every day 3 I was ten. I didn't want to lose my toy bear, either. It was one of my favorite toys. It came from my grandmother. I have had it 4 five years. I wanted to keep them because they brought back many sweet memories. "Maybe some kids need the toys more than you. They don't fit you anymore. But they can bring 5 to the kids," my mother said. In the end, I gave away the toys to kids in need happily.
One summer, a library in Texas in the US was having a terrible problem. For years, the number of books in the library 1 growing. As a result, they became too big for the 2 and had to move to a newly-built library across the town. 3 was finished and paid for. They found out that they didn't leave enough 4 to move their mountain of books across the town. Even the 5 moving company (公司) was going to ask for several thousand dollars to move the books. What could they do? They thought and thought. 6 one clever worker had a good idea. She said that during that time, the library would be closed. They could 7 the readers to borrow more books, for example to borrow 20, 40 or 100 books at a time (一次性). At the end of the summer they could 8 them to the new library. The idea 9 beautifully and a lot of people crowded to borrow books. This was a win-win (双赢的) situation. The 10 were happy to have more books to enjoy. The library saved a lot of money and moved all the books to the new library.
Wang Ping's father is a cleaner. He (work) in a park for five years. He is a also a good father. Nothing can make him (happy) than playing with his little daughter in his free time.
Last Tuesday afternoon, while he (clean) the park, he heard a woman crying for help. He ran up (quick) to see what happened. The woman's 15-month-old baby girl choked (窒息) on small piece of pear and her face turned pale. The baby was too young to save herself, and the mother was nervous that she didn't know how to save her daughter properly. Luckily, Wang Ping's father knew what to do. He took the baby in his (arm) without thinking twice. the mother's help, he held the baby upside down and gave her a few pats (轻拍) on the back. After a short while, he succeeded in (get) the piece of pear our of her mouth and the baby began to cry. Her mom was very thankful because her daughter was saved.
Wang Ping's father tried his best to save the baby's life. In his mind, helping others is just helping (he). He hoped more people could volunteer to help the people in need if possible.
Great white sharks (鲨鱼) in the Pacific Ocean. Wildebeest (角马) in Africa. Arctic terns (北极燕鸥) in the Atlantic. At first, these animals seem quite different. One swims, one walks, and the other flies. But they all have one thing in common. They all migrate (迁徙).
Some migrating animals move to a place with better temperatures. Some go to find food or water. The groups travel as one, but during the trip, they face many different challenges.
One challenge is distance (距离). Some migrating animals take very long trips. For example, one great white shark swam from Australia to South Africa and back. In nine months, it swam about 20, 000 kilometers!
Another challenge is finding enough food or water during the journey. For example, each Mali elephant needs over 200 liters (升) of water each day. To get this, they need to go from one waterhole to another.
Besides, migrating animals have to keep away from other animals because they want to eat them. The zebra (斑马) has to avoid lions. Traveling as a group helps keep them safe. When one zebra is in trouble, the other members make a circle around it.
By working as a group, migrating animals travel to live better lives.
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Dear Mike,
How is it going?
I'm looking forward to your coming.
Yours,
Li Hua
