The Artic Region (北极地区) is one of the coldest place in the world. It is cold all year round. Spring comes from May to June. The ice and 1 begin to melt (融化). The plants begin 2 and the animals look for food. The summer comes from July to August. The temperature is summer can get only -8℃. It should be 3 warmest season here. Autumn comes from 4 to October and it lasts short. 5 comes quickly from November to April next year. Winter is the 6 and coldest season of a year. And the Artic Region is filled with ice and snow everywhere. At this time there is no 7. So it looks like night in winter.
Are there any people living in such a 8 lace? Yes, they are Eskimos (爱斯基摩人). It is 9 for them to live there, 10 they live happily with a long history.
A farmer loses his watch in the barn (谷仓). He is worried because the watch has many stories for him.
After looking carefully everywhere for a long time, he can't find it Then he asks for help of a few children playing outside the barn. He says, "If you find my watch, I can give you a lot of money."
Hearing this, the children run into the barn to look for the watch, but they can't find it. Then, a little boy says he wants to look for it again.
The farmer looks at him and asks him to look for it again. After a few minutes, the little boy comes out with the watch in his hand! The farmer is happy and surprised. He asks the boy about it.
"I do nothing," answers the boy, "I just sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I hear the ticking (滴答声) of the watch and then find it."
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| Hi, I am Sandra. I am thirteen years old. I like singing, so I have music classes every weekend. I don't have to study at weekends because I do well in all my subjects. On Sunday I often help my grandmother with housework. |
| | My name's Henry. I am twelve years old On Saturday, my father teaches me to learn Maths at home for two hours in the morning. On Sunday, I always stay at home to do my homework. I have much homework to do. I hope not to be so busy, but my mother always says I have to study well. |
| | I am Betty. I am thirteen years old. On Saturday, I usually do my homework. I am free on Sunday, so I can do everything I like I often meet my friend. Sometimes we go to the movies. Sometimes we go to the library for reading. We have a good time. But if it rains, I have to stay at home and I fee bored. |
There are ways of knowing about the weather. One important way is to study the clouds.
We can see different kinds of clouds and watch them for signs of changing weather. To forecast the weather, we should look for three things about clouds: movement, colour and change.
As a rule, the higher the clouds, the better the weather. And the lower the clouds, the worse the weather is going to be. When the thick clouds get bigger early in the day, it will rain. When a dark cloud appears, a storm is coming.
Colours in the sky tell us about the weather too. For example, a golden ring around the Moon also tells us that a storm is on the way.
The rainbow also has a message (信息). When the Sun is in the east and a rainbow is in the west, the rain may be coming its way. When the Sun is in the west and the rainbow is in the east, the rain will be moving away from us.
A forest is an area of land with many trees. Many animals need forests to live in, Forests are very important and they are common all over the world. People cut down many forests to build houses because the number of people becomes larger and larger. People cut down the forests, which is harmful to the animals. People even build roads to pass through the forests so that they can get to the place they want to get to in a fast way. People damage the forests to build towns, cities, farms, factories and other things.
Forests usually have an average temperature (平均温度) of 4℃ to 10℃. The low temperature is from-10℃ to-6℃. The high temperature is from 20℃ to 27℃. There is lots of rain in the forests, so many animals live in the pools on the ground. People use trees in the forests to make furniture (家具), toys, pencils, etc.
You may know several kinds of police, traffic police and street police. But have you ever heard of energy-saving (节能) police?
A group of 22 new policemen went to work in Beijing. They went around the city to see the use of energy in hotels, office buildings, shopping centres and other public places. One of their aims is to make sure that these places have set their air conditioners (空调) no cooler than 26℃.
They also set up a special phone hotline so that people can tell them which building doesn't follow the rule.
"If everyone sets the air conditioner at 26℃, Beijing will save 400 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in one summer. That's one third of all the usage of the city in the season, said an advertisement."
A show was held in Beijing last week on energy-saving technology (技术) and productions to introduce a green life to the public. Environmentally—friendly machines, like a machine that helps collect used bottles, have attracted lots of attention.
"We want to tell people that there are some ways to protect the environment. Each of us can find effective (有效的) ways to do it in our daily life," said Liu Qianguang, an environmental engineer.
There are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In spring, the weather is warm. It is good time for walking. And the Sun always (shine) brightly. Summer comes spring. It is very hot. The children like to go (swim). It often rains. Sometimes it rains (heavy). In autumn it is cool. It's also a time (take) a walk. The farmers are busy (harvest). The leaves fall the trees. Winter is a very cold season in a year. The wind blows (strong). Sometimes it snows, and we can make (snowman).
