A video showing a 12-year-old boy from Moche, Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several million times on Facebook after being 1 by local police.
Staff at the Moche Police Station first 2Victor Martin late last month, while checking security cameras (监控摄像) . They found a young boy sitting on the sidewalk by 3at night. At first, they thought he was doing something bad, but later they 4he was actually writing something in his notebook, taking advantage of the streetlight overhead. Moved by the boy's 5, the police shared the video on Facebook.
At the time of this writing, Victor's heartwarming and 6heartbreaking story has spread all around the world. Local TV station managed to find the boy and sat down with his mother to learn why he was doing his homework on the street 7at home.
It turns out that the 12-year-old's family is so 8that they couldn't pay for electricity (电) , so they just depended on a 9during the night. Unluckily, Victor Martin could 10finish his homework before the sun went down, and recently he couldn't 11the weak candlelight any more.
"One day, my son said ‘12 I continue with the candle, I will be crazy! I'd better go outside to finish my homework, ‘" Rosa Angulo Cordoba told Panamericana TV. She 13that Victor's neck would often become hard to move because of tilting (倾斜) his head to let the candlelight through.
Victor's mother said that although he 14housework and took care of the family sheep every day, the sixth grader took 15very seriously and got good grades.
A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people. The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of these kinds of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out there.
The first one began to use the machine. It was a young woman. When she stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few minutes and then said, "Good morning, madam. Your weight is72 kilos. That's three kilos more. If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Wish you a nice day.
The second one that used the machine was a nice girl. She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. "Good morning, Miss"the machine said. "Your weight is45 kilos. It's all right for your age and height. Go on to eat what you eat every day. Wish you a nice day. "
The third one to use the machine was a very fat woman. She thought for a long time before standing on the machine. But as son as she stood on the machine, the machine spoke quickly, "Good morning. Will one of you get off?"
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GIY stands for "grow-it-yourself" and is about a new fashion for growing your own food.
There are a lot of reasons why growing your own food is a good idea. GIY helps reduce (减少) carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Food in supermarkets travels a long way and that produces (产生) a lot of CO. If you grow as many vegetables as you can at home, you can help save the earth.
Vegetables you grow are also good for your health because they have more nutrients (营养) than supermarket vegetables and they don't have chemicals (化学品) ) .
How much money can you save? First of all, seeds (种子) are a lot cheaper than vegetables. And secondly, you can save more by planting the most expensive and the most productive (多产的) vegetables. You can give your vegetables to friends and neighbours. It can make you very popular.
Don't worry if you don't have much space. To GIY, you don't even need a garden. You can use pots on your balconies. And don't worry if your space doesn't get much sun. You can plant vegetables that don't need a lot of sun to grow.
Grow your own vegetables now. You will ave both a healthier body and a healthier social life.
People often think of the North Pole (北极) and the South Pole as similar frozen (冰冻的) wastelands. They are both places with very low temperatures and few people live there. However, the North and South Poles are not much alike as people may imagine.
The North Pole has no land, only thick ice. Temperatures seldom go above 32F, at which water turns into ice. Most of the time, it stays below zero. In winter temperatures are usually as low as -30F.
Although conditions were very poor, people tried for many centuries to reach the North Pole. Two men, Robert Peary and Matthew Henson, were able to get to this environment full of troubles and difficulties. They reached the North Pole on April6, 1909. It was really a hard trip for them.
There are few things more dangerous than crossing the Arctic (北极圈) on foot. People who stayed there may face many problems: very low temperatures, sudden storms, and even hunger. Most of the area is uninhabited. Few people can live in such a difficult place
People might think that with such low temperatures for most of the year, the ice would be thick and hard. However, this is not true in the Arctic. The movement of the ocean water under the ice may often cause many different changes on the surface. Sometimes the ice breaks into two opening lanes of water (水道) called "leads". Anyone who falls into a lead can be frozen to death in a few minutes.
Last weekend, our family went to have the Christmas diner in a restaurant. We were the only family w a baby in the restaurant. Suddenly, my baby Erik became excited when we were e our meal. I looked around and saw an old man with old clothes and dirty old shoes. He was smiling at my Erik. "He may hurt my Erik, "I thought. E in the restaurant looked at us and the old man. Then we d to leave. The old man sat between the door and us.
A I walked closer to the man, I turned my back. Suddenly, Erik reached out both arms in a baby's pick me up position (姿势) . Before I could s him, Erik got away from my arms to the man's. Soon the very old man and my y baby had a kind of friendship.
Erik put his little hand on the man's face. The man closed his e, and I saw tears (眼泪) running down his face. His hands held my baby so gently. A moment l, the old man opened his eyes, passed me my baby and said, "Thank you, madam. You've given me the best Christmas gift. "
A child saw a soul (灵魂) . H, a mother saw only a kind of clothes. I cried, with my face burning hot.
Britons are well known for drinking tea. The average (典型的) person in the UK drinks around 1. 9kg of tea every year. That's around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all levels of society. But tea does not grow in Britain. Most tea grows in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time British ships were exploring the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea could be bought from the market. However, it was only for the rich people.
At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount (数量) of tea arriving in Britain increased rapidly.
Black tea arrived at this time. At first this tea was served exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British colour.
In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have "afternoon tea". They drank tea with a snack around 4 p.m. to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and diner. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent years.
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Diking tea is an important part of British culture. The average Briton drinks about 1. 9kg of tea every year. Tea is not grown in the UK, but in India and China. |
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British ships discovered tea in China while exploring the world and it arrived in London in the 1600s. Black tea arrived at the beginning of the 1700s and Britons first drank it exactly the same way as the did. A little milk and sugar were found to be a perfect for black tea and a special British drink was born. Britons began to have"afternoon tea"in the 1800s and it has been a since then. |
On a snowy Saturday last year, DaltonAnderson was having a great time. He was skiing with his friends Payton Weberand Wyatt Baird. Suddenly, the snow around them began to slide (滑落) . It was anavalanche (雪崩) !
"A lot of snow came down, "Dalton,13, said later. The snow crashed into Dalton and pushed him around. Payton'sbody was almost under the snow. He could breathe but couldn't move. Wyatt'shead was below two feet of the snow and one of his feet was above the snow.
Only Dalton was above the snow. Helearned about avalanches from a TV show, so he knew that there was no time togo for help. Wyatt could die in minutes.
Byusing his hands, Dalton made Payton free first. Payton had a cellphone. Hecalled 911, and the two boys made Wyatt out.
The boys were smart and lucky. Manypeople who were in avalanches died. Avalanches happen on mountainsides. Inabout five seconds, an avalanche can reach nearly 100 miles per hour. Nobodycan run or ski that fast. It's almost impossible to get out of the way.
An avalanche collects snow as ittravels. A large one can grow to 10, 000 tons of snow. So much snow will makeeverything, including trees, houses and of course, people fall in its path asit races downhill.
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Dear Chairperson,
I would like to join the Animal Protection Society.
Please call me on 0253-82835988 or email me at 83506246@q. com.
I am looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Yours sincerely,
Li Ping
