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I love singing and I love books so I'm very happy my weekends are very exciting but I also enjoy my weekdays I'm lucky I live near the bookstore and I don't start work until 10 am every morning I get up at eight I prepare the I have breakfast and watch the news on TV. Then I walk to work. I am very busy all day. 30 p.m. m. but on tuesday and thursday nights i work very late until 10:30 i never cook after work i am too tired sometimes i like to go to the little restaurant near my apartment on saturday mornings i go shopping and clean my apartment no i eat dinner on saturday and sunday nights because i'm so excited i like to sing but i'm always nervous before the show lisa parsons is 32 years old and lives in manhattan monday to friday she works in a bookstore in new york sometimes she stays in she works until 10 30 at night but Lisa doesn't relax on weekends on weekends she has another job she is a singer on Saturday afternoons she

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s with her band and on Saturday and Sunday nights she goes to discos and sings she doesn't have time free but loves his life i come from a small town in minnesota but i live in hollywood now and it is very different in my hometown the people are very nice they walk down the street and talk to you they say hello and how are you here e n hollywood people dont walk they drive everywhere i live in this big house in santa monica and sometimes i dont see anyone all day pamela is a doctor she is canadian but now she lives in a small town near nairobi kenya in east africa she is not an ordinary doctor she is a flying doctor every day from 8 am to 10 am she talks to people on her radio and then flies to help them she works 16 hours a day non-stop but loves her job she is not married she has no free time she is music teacher he comes from budapest in hungary but now lives in the united states works four days a week ek at the university of texas austin speaks three languages ​​hungarian

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and german is married to an american and has a daughter likes to play tennis in his free time i do the same thing every day i wake up at seven but i stay in bed until 7 15 then i get up and take a shower which really wakes me up i get dressed and then i have some toast and a cup of coffee i leave the room I get home at 8:30 and I walk to the bus stop I go to work by bus and I start work around nine and I finish at five or six in the afternoon I have dinner and watch TV or play on the computer I'm usually in bed at 11 I live with my mother and father and my two brothers are named Owen and David Owen is 20 years old and is in college David is 16 and is in school like me I have two grandmothers and a grandfather my other grandfather is dead I have an uncle and an aunt my aunt janet is my mother's sister they have two daughters rosa is 10 and gemma is 14 like me they are my cousins ​​mike is standing at the top of the stairs he is

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something and then he falls down the stairs he his leg hurts so much he tells his wife judy his leg is killing him judy ices him then takes him to the hospital says the doctor mike's leg is broken mike is not happy because he has to stay still he can't go to work because some days a woman is late from work because she missed work en has a cell phone so she calls her husband and tells him she is late she will pick up the kids and have a chicken dinner ready when she gets home the wife thinks her husband is lucky because he works at home and can nap when He is sleepy, he says that he washes clothes and dishes because he is at home I am a carpenter I work eight hours a day from Monday to Friday I get up around 6am and I work from 7am to 3pm I get home quite early around 4pm I go to bed at 10. well i am an accountant i have a normal office job 9 to 5 so i get up at 7am and i get home 6pm its ok because i like to go out at night i go to bed around the midnight on weekdays well my hours are a little different i'm a nurse i start work at 11pm i work until 7am i get home at 8 and go to bed around 8:30 and sleep until 4pm. he doesn't want to get up the room is very cold and dark and he wants to go back to sleep tom gets up but he doesn't have time to shower he gets dressed quickly and goes to the airport he's lucky because he doesn't have I don't miss his plane alice and peter are leaving for the weekend It's winter to the beach so they can't go swimming but they take walks on the beach and get a lot of fresh air Friday night they go dancing and on Sunday they go ice skating they have fun and are very happy the internet can you imagine a The day before the internet is history the internet started in the 1960s.

The US Department of Defense started it because they wanted a computer network to help the US military. In the 1970s, scientists worked on it and learned how to send messages between computers. Then, in the 1980s, the telephone companies made communication possible. on the computer network in many more countries an international computer language was born and the internet spread all over the world these days now of course you can send an email listen to music and shop online you can google for information about anything or just put on

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Google glasses. you can book a hotel a vacation or movie tickets you can read a book you can pay

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bills you can watch your favorite tv show you can play chess with a partner in china you can chat with your friends and share photos the list is endless canada via Of the seasons the weather is very different in this great country so there is something to do for everyone in every season, spring can come February in victoria on the west coast in other parts of canada it is hot in early april and spring weather continues through june in british columbia you can kayak camp or take a train ride through the rocky mountains summer brings warm to hot weather from may to september this is a great time to fish in one of the many lakes from canada kayaking among the whales in churchill manitoba or having fun in the wild west at the calgary stampede autumn brings cool temperatures september and october is a good time of the year to see the fall leaves in eastern canada enjoy hikes visit museums or go to the toronto international film festival snow starts to fall in november and temperatures drop days are short in winter but you can ski go to a festival ice or see the northern lights in parts of british columbia the snow doesn't Don't stay long and you can play golf all year round.

Let's read around the world. People like to read books, newspapers, magazines, and comics in Japan. Reading manga is a very popular free time. tivity manga is a type of comic manga there are words and images to tell a story or give information there are many different types of manga, for example adventure mystery science fiction and comedy there are manga for all ages you can find manga on the internet there are also games computer manga and manga cartoons on TV. There are even manga cafes where you can watch manga online or read manga books and magazines. The manga started in Japan but is now popular in many countries.

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groups the great wall of china about 2,400 years ago there were many small countries in china there were often wars people didn't want enemies in their country so they built big walls to keep them out for more than 2000 years people built walls destroyed walls and new built walls the great wall of china is actually many walls together they are about 7000 kilometers long the walls are about seven meters high there are also many taller trailer ers prisoners soldiers and other people built the wall they transported the stones and bricks by hand this work was hard and dangerous about three million people died building the wall later more than a million soldiers guarded the wall but it was hard to stop the enemies the people he also used the wall as a path nowadays tourists like to walk along the wall for many years people thought that you could see the great wall of china from the moon but this is not a real skyscraper when there is not much land we can build very tall buildings tall buildings are called skyscrapers the first skyscraper was the home insurance building that was built in chicago in the united states in 1885 it was meters tall the tallest skyscrapers are now much taller than this the patronus twin towers in kuala lumpur in malaysia they are the tallest twin buildings there is a bridge between the two towers called the sky bridge one of the tallest skyscrapers tall is the burst dubai it is in dubai in the united arab emirates it is 818 meters high l that is almost a kilometer it is made of a special strong concrete called reinforced concrete the burrs dubai has apartments shops swimming pools hotels restaurants and a library it is like a city very high petra about 2,000 years ago people in the middle east bought and sold cloth and clothing spices in many countries often udo traveled overland in large groups called caravans used camels to transport people and things one of the places where the caravan stopped was petra petra is a fantastic city in the desert in jordan people built the city on the pink cliffs the caravans stopped in petra because it had water and places to sleep and was safe from enemies some of the caravans were 7 kilometers long and had 2,500 camels at different times people from different places lived in petra they made wonderful temples a theater a palace and tombs in the pink cliffs the later earthquakes destroyed a lot of petra nowadays many tourists visit this amazing place people also make movies here for ex wide indiana jones and the last crusade the taj mahal the taj mahal is in india it looks like a palace but it is a tomb it is one of the most beautiful tombs in the world there are gardens and fountains around the building the t Tomb is made of 28 kinds of stone and jewelry from all over India and other countries Most of the tomb is made of a beautiful white stone called marble About 20,000 people built the Taj Mahal and it took 22 years Over a thousand elephants helped to move the stones for the building the taj mahal was built about 400 years ago the emperor shah jahan built it for his wife mumtaz mahal she died when she had their 14th baby shah jahan was very sad so he built the taj mahal to remember his wife later shah jahan's son wanted to be the emperor so he put his father in prison when shah jahan died people put his body in the taj mahal so he would be with his wife forever the coliseum where the ancient romans went to have fun they went to the coliseum in rome they watched fights in this big and beautiful stadium the fights were with gladiators and wild animals like lions crocodiles rhinos and even elephants the coliseum was not fun for or all about five hundred thousand people and a million wild animals died there about two thousand years ago rome was a very important city the colosseum was the most fantastic building in the city it was big enough for more than 50,000 people the colosseum had many arches there were about 80 big arches to let people in and out there was also a cloth roof to protect people from sun and rain later two earthquakes destroyed part of the coliseum then people took stones from the coliseum to build many other buildings in rome so the building we can see today just gives an idea of ​​how beautiful it was in the past thousands of tourists visit the colosseum every year free time is very important it is good for you to do something different after school or work work is fun too many of our favorite free time activities are popular all over the world soccer is the most popular sport in the world and is a g they are part of life in brazil people here love to watch and play soccer in their spare time in brazil you don't need a pitch or expensive boots to play soccer people play soccer in the street and on the beach kids usually play without boots some people think that brazilians are good at soccer because they learn a special way of playing when they are children they learn to play a type of soccer called futsal there are five players in each team the ball is small but it is full of sand so it is very heavy futsal began in south america but is now popular in many other countries one night in a restaurant a man and a woman were shocked by the behavior of a child the child was running out of control while his parents had no idea he was causing trouble, they were just enjoying their dinner, the other couple was upset that they had gone to the trouble of getting a babysitter for their own children. st wanted to go out at night so they could relax and dine in peace they were also upset that the restaurant was noisy and it took forever to get their food told the waitress the bottom line was parents need to keep their kids in check and teach them how to behave in public I think I'm really in trouble with my teacher she wrote a note at my work that she wants to see me in her office tomorrow I think I know why I worked so hard on my last paper but just before I turned it in I went to work and I copied something from the 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I didn't think she would know. I can not believe it. you do to me i hope i don't have a f what if she tells my parents i'll be in trouble with them too? i promise never to copy again i hope you will believe me it's a big problem and we have to solve it but don't worry we are working on it. too many people live on the streets. we are trying to help them. we are finding places to live and helping them get jobs and of course we have people who help them with their drug and alcohol problems.

Know that we are doing everything we can. We are working on this day and night it is true that I did not work very hard and that is why my grades were so bad but I have changed right now I am working on two papers and I know I am doing a good job and I had a big test last week and you know how long i studied six hours a day for three days really believe me this time i'm going to get all A's don't worry hi i'm alice i'm researching on the internet about wedding customs in four different countries i already found out a lot about customs in india , but I need to know more about the customs in Ethiopia, Japan and Peru.

Hello, remember me, I'm Alice. about wedding customs in Japan, if you want me to email you the address, just let me know, hi, I'm Mark, I'm in Alice's class, and I have the same homework at first, I didn't know what topic to research on , but I found Alice in the library and talked to her. She gave me some good ideas to think about. I'll let you know tomorrow what I decide to investigate. Hello, I finally made my decision. I'm sorry you had to wait, but I wanted to make sure I picked the right research topic. As you know, I talked to Alice yesterday about some possible topics and then went online and looked at some websites. first i found out what i don't want to research and that is classical music because i already know a lot about it, after looking at many websites i decided to research about jazz history because i don't know something about it treasures of tooton commons tootin common was a king in egypt ago over 3,300 years old he died when he was only 19 years old when he died people put a gold mask on his face they put his body in a coffin made of gold then they put the coffin in two bigger coffins they put the three coffins in a grave with food and many treasures the egyptians thought the king needed these things after he died too much in the common grave it was in the valley of the kings no one discovered it for a long long time then a british archaeologist named howard carter discovered it in 1922. when he broke down the door he was surprised there were gold statues ships jewelry toys masks and even a bed of gold there were about 3500 treasures for 10 years carter took the treasures os of the tomb and wrote about them tootin common became one of the most famous kings in the world today many of his wonderful treasures are in the egyptian museum in cairo in egypt structures in space there are also structures in space the international space station iss is a research station is about 350 kilometers up the earth goes around the earth about 16 times every day travels at 27,700 kilometers per hour that is almost eight kilometers per second you can see the iss from the earth without a telescope the iss is made of metal uses energy from the sun the first part of the iss went into space on a rocket in 1998 it was not accompanied by astronauts most of the other parts were with astronauts sometimes astronauts make a space walk out of the iss to attach new parts families and friends eid is the arabic word for festival eid is a big muslim festival on eid people give gifts to children and friends gos eid gifts are usually money or things like sweet toys and new clothes on eid muslims think of other people in the world they give food and money to hungry and sick people people wear new clothes on eid in the morning they get up they wash and put on their new clothes they eat dates and cookies for breakfast then they go to pray in the mosque many people hug their friends later they eat with their family they also visit their grandparents and say happy eid mid summer in june it is summer in europe it is usually hot the nights are short and the days are long the longest day of the year is june 21 it is called midsummer at this time there are many festivals in europe people make big bonfires in finland and other countries near the arctic it does not get dark in the middle of summer there is no night in russia in the middle of summer people sing and dance a Every night the girls pick flowers and make pretty wreaths.

They throw the crowns into a lake or a river. The summer solstice is one of the biggest festivals in Sweden. People decorate their houses with leaves. They make a great post with flowers and leaves. They dance around the pole and sing. songs wear traditional Swedish costumes girls make beautiful flower crowns the water cycle do you know where water comes from when it rains water falls from the sky this is called precipitation rainwater goes into streams water from streams goes into rivers water from rivers goes to seas and oceans when it is sunny ocean water warms up some water goes up to the sky this is called evaporation water in the sky forms clouds and then it rains again this is called the water cycle we have lucky to have water in our homes around 1 billion people do not have clean water in their homes most of the water we use comes from rivers and reservoirs clean water goes through pipes to our homes water surrounds us we have liquid water in rivers and oceans we have frozen water in ice and glaciers and we have water vapor in clouds and steam water is very important about 70% of the earth is covered in water most of the water is in the oceans ha and five oceans the pacific the atlantic ocean the indian ocean the southern ocean and the arctic ocean the largest ocean is the pacific ocean it is 156 million square kilometers it is about 15 times larger than the united states there are also many seas on earth the The largest sea is the South China Sea It is three million square kilometers One of the smallest seas is the Sea of ​​Marmara It is only about 11,000 square kilometers All the water in the oceans and seas is salt water The Dead Sea is about 30 salt is the saltiest sea on earth is so salty you can float in it fresh water about three percent of the water on earth is fresh water most of this fresh water is frozen is ice is in glaciers or polar caps some of the fresh water is in lakes and rivers one of the largest lakes on earth i lake superior in north america is about 82,000 square kilometers the longest river in the world is the nile river e n Africa is about 6,700 kilometers long Some of the fresh water is in the sky It is in the clouds and the rain Some of the water is on the ground in rocks or underground in caves Most of the land is covered of water but only about one percent is fresh water that we can drink the rest is salt water or ice saving water when there is no water rivers and lakes become dry plants cannot grow and animals cannot drink if there is no food no water to drink people also die water is very important we all need to save water you can save water at home turn off the tap when you brush your teeth shower, don't bathe, you can also save water outside the home, collect rainwater to irrigate the plants, do not throw things into rivers or lakes, people and animals need clean water, not dirty water, remember that our earth needs water, people, animals and plants need water, save. our wo Freshwater floods can happen when it rains too much rivers and lakes get very full floods can also happen when there are very big waves in the ocean where there are floods water covers highways and roads cars and people cannot get out of the area the water enters the houses and people have to leave their houses sometimes they have to climb on the roof of their house to wait for help the cars and people cannot enter the area to help the police and fire brigade to rescue people with boats and helicopters floods can be very dangerous water moves fast and is very strong do not play in the flood water we need water the human body contains a lot of water our body is 70 percent water our brain is 85 percent water and our bones are 33 percent water water is very important to the human body we can live for four weeks without eating but we can't live more than about three days without water we need to drink about eight glasses of water every day we need to drink even more water when we play sports and when it's hot we need water because it keeps our blood healthy our blood is about 50 water blood carries food to different parts of our body carries oxygen from our lungs to other parts of our body also if we don't drink water our body gets dehydrated if we are dehydrated our kidneys and brain don't work then we get very sick your muscles which helps your bones and joints to walk run dance and jump muscles muscles pull your bones to move the muscles in your body in your legs help you ride a bike the muscles in your arms help you row a boat there are over 600 muscles in your body running swimming dancing and bicycling are types of exercise exercise strengthens your muscles bones and arms joints your heart is a kind of muscle exercise strengthens your heart also protects your body exercise every day what is your favorite kind of exercise your nose and mouth you breathe through your nose and mouth your nose and mouth you take air into your body you breathe about 15 times a minute after exercise people breathe fast they can breathe 40 times a minute your nose helps you smell things your mouth helps you talk and eat your teeth bite your food so you can eat it your body uses food to live and grow protect your teeth brush your teeth after breakfast and after dinner and don't eat too much sweets your eyes and ears your eyes help you see the world around you they open and close many times a day this is called blinking when your eyes blink wash the dirt out of your eyes at night your eyes close so you can sleep your eyes blink about 15 times a minute your ears help you listen to music help you listen to cars on the street your ears can hear things when you sleep also protect your eyes and ears on sunny days wear sunglasses to protect your eyes don't listen to loud music it's bad for your ears your brain knows how you read these words you your brain tells you what your eyes see your brain tells you what to see hear and touch tells your muscles when to move helps you write, speak, draw and solve puzzles your brain is amazing your brain works all day and night when you sleep at night makes you breathe and makes your heart work at night your brain helps you remember the things you learn during the day protects your brain wear a helmet when you ride a bike protects your body your body is amazing helps you to walking to work and play helps you eat reading listening and learning is important protects your body you have skin all over your body your skin helps you touch things helps you know when things are hot s or cold your skin prevents dirt from entering your body prevents water from entering your body when it rains and when you swim hair grows on your skin hair on your arms and legs stands up when you are cold this prevents your body from getting cold your skin sweats too much when you are hot this prevents your body from getting too hot it protects your body your bones there are bones under your skin these bones make up your skeleton your skeleton helps you stand up there are joints in your skeleton also bones meet at the joints joints elbows and knees are joints joints help you move your knees joints help you jump and kick a baby has small bones bones grow and make you big and tall your bones stop growing when you are about 20 years old then there are 206 bones in your body protect your bones when you skateboard wear pads to protect your bones and joints wear a helmet to protect your head as well who we go to school there are schools all over the world there are big schools and small schools new schools and old schools all over the world students go to school some students walk to school and others go by bus or train some students go by bike and others go by car these students are in the united states they go to school by bus in the snow in canada some students go to school by sleigh in india some students go to school by rickshaw protect your body eat food that is good for you good for you helps your bones grow makes you strong and prevents you from getting sick there is a lot of water in your body you lose water when you go to the toilet and when your body sweats drink water every day to protect your body see a doctor when you get sick and go to the dentist every year exercise every day it is good to exercise and it makes you happy it is good to sleep when you are tired it is also important to protect your body com food for life everyone needs food to live gives you energy to work and play also gives you nutrients to grow well and maintainhealthy eat a balanced diet with many different nutrients your body needs protein to build muscle protein is also important for healthy hair and nails you can get plenty of protein from meat, fish and eggs, dairy products like milk, cheese and Yogurt also contain protein.

Many people do not eat animal products, but they can get protein from plant products. Legumes, such as beans and lentils, are high in protein. and grains, nuts, and seeds also have protein. Which of these foods do you eat? Carbohydrates Carbohydrates give your body energy You can get carbohydrates from grain products like rice bread and pasta Your body digests these foods slowly so they give you energy for many hours Some vegetables like potatoes are also high in carbohydrates which grains and vegetables you eat sugar it is also a carbohydrate your body digests sugar quickly so it gives you energy right away don't eat too many sweet foods like candy or ice cream and remember you can also get sugar from naturally sweet foods have a bowl of fruit with a little honey fat you need to eat some fat to grow well and stay healthy your body also stores fat for extra energy and to keep you warm in winter some types of meat and fish have a lot of fat dairy products like butter and cheese also have fats you can also get fats from plant products like s Nut seeds and vegetable oils be careful too much fat can make you fat vitamins your body needs vitamins to stay healthy and fight disease vitamin a keeps your skin healthy you can get vitamin a from orange fruits and vegetables like carrots or peas pumpkins dark green vegetables like spinach have a lot of vitamin aalso dairy products give you vitamin b for healthy blood you can also get vitamin b from meat fish and eggs vitamin c helps your body fight disease you can get vitamin c of citrus fruits like oranges and lemons minerals your body also needs minerals for which you need calcium strong bones and healthy teeth dairy products like milk and yogurt are good sources of calcium you also need iron for healthy blood you can get iron from red meat and eggs or vegetables like broccoli and spinach salt is also an important mineral but be too careful salty food is bad for you too much rubbish in some countries one person can make around five kilograms of rubbish every day where does all this rubbish go most of the rubbish goes to a landfill in a landfill people put the garbage under the ground landfills are very big because we generate a lot of waste most waste materials break down break down into very small pieces food waste breaks down fast but some materials Waste products break down slowly, paper materials take two to five months to break down, some metal materials take 80 to 100 years, and plastic materials take perhaps 1,000 years, some materials like glass never break down each time we generate more waste we need more landfills but there is no more land on earth for landfills Our waste remains in landfills for too long and this is bad for the earth so we should create less waste.

We should recycle more stuff around the world. People produce up to 4 billion metric tons of waste each year. Stop germs. can make you sick can get into your body when you breathe and when you eat germs can also get into your mouth through your fingers some germs get into your body when you cut your skin wash your hands with soap and water to get germs off your fingers wash your hands hands when it's time to eat after using the bathroom after touching animals and after playing outside stop germs there are germs in a sneeze catch sneezes in a tissue then throw the tissue in the trash maya i volunteer three times a week after school i go to an elementary school in an underdeveloped neighborhood and i help the students with their homework they don't have private tutors and their parents are usually busy working the kids look up to me and ask me for advice i try to set a good example and encourage them to study a lot Roberto when I think about things I try not to think too much about the negative side of things I try to focus on the positive I think the things will work out and they Usually some of my friends are the complete opposite and that can be hard for me.

Sometimes I guess I'd rather be around people who are also more focused on the positive, but I understand that not everyone is the same. The sun is a star. It is very, very hot the sun is very hot and light the heat and sunlight come to the earth the heat and light warm the earth so we can live here the sunlight reaches the earth in eight minutes some places are warm and sunny all year and have no seasons some places have seasons in summer there is more sunlight so it is hot in winter there is less sunlight so it is cold it is hot and sunny where you live bernadette i am the type of person who tries to fix things if i see something wrong i try to make it right it drives me crazy when i see a problem and no one does anything about it it's better to fix problems right away i think it's a good quality to have i just started a new job and my boss seems very satisfied with my work so far some people just accept a problem but it doesn't have to be that way i always feel satisfied when i can solve something young man ho my sister is a real person but i am everything On the contrary, I prefer to do things on my own I like people more, of course, but I also enjoy my free time a lot I read a lot I go for walks alone things like that I have friends and we have a lot of fun together but I guess I prefer to be on my own, some People think that's a bad thing, but I don't think so, what is ea? rth let's look at the earth let's look at the oceans and rivers the mountains and forests the earth is amazing and has many amazing places we are in space and we are looking at the earth what can we see we can see many colors we can see the earth the water and the clouds the earth is a planet there are many many planets in space but there is only one earth earth is our home millions of plants animals and people live here on earth there are forests mountains and deserts most of the water on earth is in the oceans but there is water in lakes and rivers also the earth revolves around the sun every year the earth also revolves every day jobs is a job a job is the job you do a teacher does a job a bus driver also does a job most of people do jobs for money but not all jobs are for money some jobs are indoors these people are working in an office they are using phones and co mcomputers some jobs are outside people are making a new path they have orange clothes so other people can see them some people work in the same place every day some people go to many places flight attendants work on planes help passengers attendants flight attendants wear a uniform so passengers can find them firefighters wear a uniform to protect their body they can go into very very hot buildings human rights hero do you know what human rights are? they are basic rights they include things like the right to vote and freedom of speech many people believe everyone should have these rights they are important everyone needs fair treatment rights should be made into law this way everyone can clearly understand and follow them this keeps order social and peace sometimes people think of rights in opposite ways people have to fight for rights when they can't agree human rights activists are people who fight for rights one of the best known activists is martin luther king jr why he is so well known king died fighting for the cause of human rights, he led peaceful struggles for human rights in the united states in the 1960s, he was abused by people who disagreed with the king.

He insulted him and threw things at him. He peacefully continued the fight. The government finally changed its laws. All people got the same rights. King's story gives people around the world hope that King's dream lives on. An option made by some parents to educate their children in their own homes is popular in the United States and is becoming more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and Japan. There are several advantages to homeschooling, for example, the Parents choose what their children learn because parents can teach their children one on one, they often understand the curriculum better and faster too, on the other hand, if their children need more time to learn something, parents can work with them at a slower pace, parents also like to spend more time together as a family and children feel safe at home a safe environment often leads to better learning there are d In addition to its advantages, homeschooled students At home they often feel lonely because they don't spend as much time with other children their age.

They can't talk to their classmates about things like parents and homework. I can't talk to other adults at work. In addition, home schooled students are sometimes unable to play school sports or participate in other activities and programs available to individuals at a school. Only you can decide if homeschooling is right for you and your family. Take the time to do it. Research and consider the pros and cons electricity electricity is a type of energy energy makes things work we use electricity to make machines work we use electric machines in our homes schools and offices we can use electricity in trains, carriages and some buses also electrical machines help to do many things in the kitchen we use a kettle to heat water we use a refrigerator to keep our food cold and we use a stove to cook our food we use a washing machine to wash our clothes and we use a dishwasher to wash our dishes electricity in nature there is electricity in nature in the arctic and antarctic electricity from the sun produces red and green colors in the sky the colors are amazing lightning is a type of electricity in the sky also lightning has a lot of energy it is very hot when you see lightning in the sky enter your house a re lightning can give you an electric shock that is when electricity enters your body then it can kill you how we make electricity we generate electricity in power plants we use this electricity to make machines work many power plants use coal to produce electricity we burn coal for heat water hot water makes steam steam turns a turbine the turbine turns a generator then the generator makes electricity some power plants don't use coal this power plant uses water from a river the water in the river turns turbines we can use the wind to produce electricity too this is a distant wind m the wind spins the turbines to generate electricity i have a friend named jonathan he has been a close friend for a long time last month i borrowed him some money it wasn't much and i told him to borrow it would return in a week passed and I did not have the money, so I said what and he would pay the following week.

He got very upset with me and said that he needed the money right away. I mean, it's just another week, so I don't know what. the problem is that i managed to get the money together and i just paid him he didn't say thank you or anything and now i'm scared that i lost his friendship because of this i have a lot of friends or at least i thought i did but now i see some of these friends more like acquaintances let me explain last month i had a car accident it wasn't too serious but i had to spend some time in the hospital it was hard because i missed school and i was behind on my homework the weird thing is that only three of my friends came to visit me and no one else call me or send cards nothing k Apart from hurting my feelings, the interesting thing is that it helped me realize who my real friends are.

I thought I had more close friends, but now I see that's not the case. I think it's fine. good friends my friend casey is probably my best friend she is honest trustworthy and truthful all qualities that are important to me in a friendship well i told her about my sister the other day my sister was mad at me for not I remembered his birthday. I told my sister she was acting silly and now she hardly talks to me Well I was saying this to Casey and she thought I was wrong it really made me see that I was being insensitive and my behavior wasn't very good that it's what i like casey she can help me see things i normally wouldn't see my travel journal september 13th i got to new york city two weeks ago i'm writing this journal for one of my classes my teacher says it's a good way for me to

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and to write about my experiences here in the united states so far i like new york and my school i have three classes a day most of my classmates come from japan korea poland germany and brazil there are not many italian students so i have to use the english most of the time i am learning a lot i live in a dorm and i have my own comfortable room october 20th my english is useless i was on the bus this morning and a man spoke to me but i barely understood him i was so embarrassed why my english it's getting better so slowly i want to make lots of american friends but this is not happening so easily i feel shy and it's hard for me to talk to people even my classmates i like them but sometimes i can't understand them very well i feel nostalgic i miss my friends and family October 27 I went to a school party last Friday and it was amazing I talked to a Japanese man named kenji and a woman polish named anna we talked about our country customs and our experiences in t the state so far we are going to walk around the city together this weekend also kenji wants me to write for the student newspaper here at school maybe things are getting better stop pollution many power plants burn coal to generate electricity this creates pollution what can we do?

To stop pollution, we can turn off lamps, computers, and other machines when we are not using them. We can shower, not bathe. We can get electricity from power plants that generate electricity from wind or water. We also use the sun to generate electricity Solar panels We use the sun's energy to generate electricity Solar panels do not pollute Batteries Some machines get electricity from batteries We put batteries in many machines to make them work Calculators Cameras Cell phones and watches get electricity from batteries we can take these machines with us when we move most batteries are small produce electricity for small machines some machines use two or more ba batteries to run large batteries make electricity for large machines a car battery helps a car run some satellites have batteries also giant batteries make some satellites work you have machines that use batteries be careful how can you be safe with electricity don't put electricity machines next to water electricity can move through water towards you firefighters don't use water to prevent electrical machines from burning use powder to stop fire it is not safe to put fingers in electrical sockets or machines electricity can move from the socket or machine to you it can give you an electric shock remember to be safe with electricity electricity helps us do many things every day and night electricity is amazing cell phone etiquette the first point i would like to address is when not to use your phone is it good manners to turn off your phone or turn off the sound when you are in class or in a meeting if you receive an important call you should ask permission to leave the room and then do not talk too long Also, for conversations that need more time, it is better to ask the person to call back at a more convenient time.

Cell phones can also cause you to neglect the people you are with. I find it really annoying when my friends are constantly checking their messages on their phone in fact i want to tell them to turn off the phone and enjoy my company another point to make has to do with personal space i think it is very impolite to make calls in small spaces or crowded rooms this makes others uncomfortable and forces them to listen to your personal conversations, also it disturbs other face-to-face conversations, that's why I never use my cell phone within a few meters of other people except in emergencies, finally, I would like the readers to do it. pay attention to the dangers of using your phone while doing something else, for example, driving and texting is a bad combination, likewise, using your phone or texting while walking can make you careless, you don't want it hit a car, pay attention to where you are let's listen and practice the socratic method it's good that we all can choose what kind of media to use we can enjoy news shows movies songs and other media we like but what if someone wants to change something what you like what if they want to ban it what if you don't agree with the things other people like how you will debate these topics in ancient greece there was a clever philosopher named socrates who thought of the best ways to debate ideas created a system of discussion called the Socratic method.

It is one of the best ways to debate an idea. It is done by asking and answering challenging questions about an idea. This helps us understand why people have certain ideas. People can confirm or change their beliefs after rigorous analysis. discussing this is useful for questions that do not have a correct answer some questions have a definitive correct answer, for example, how much is one plus one the correct answer is two that is not debatable these questions usually come from science and mathematics, however, the Social questions often don't have a right answer, they just have better and worse answers, for example, what music is appropriate for children?

It's up to people to think about arguing. discussing and deciding for themselves the socratic method is one of the best ways to do that listening and practicing lila martin goes to good restaurants eats cake listens to bands and gets paid for it lila is a wedding planner she picks the venue the food and the music for people's weddings it's stressful because everything has to be perfect listening and practicing garner has his dream job plays video games all day hal is a game designer for a big video game company he makes new games and tries them out it's always exciting and almost she always wins listen and practice junko watanabe has a sweet life she makes bread cookies and cakes in her neighborhood bakery junko likes her job very much her salary is not very good but the customers love her cakes and cookies so she is happy listen and practice what an island is an island is a piece of land with water around it there are many different types of island an island can be very small or can being big with mountains lakes roads and cities some i The islands are warm but others are covered with ice.

Some islands have animals and plants that don't live anywhere else. Only about 10 percent of people live on islands. Less than 30% of the earth's surface is land. There are seven continents and thousands of islands. Some islands are in the middle of an ocean and others are close to the mainland many islands are so small that you can't see them on this map listen and practice using resources carefully on our planet earth there are many beautiful places unfortunately some of the things that earth does people are harming our planet we must take care of it to keep it safe and clean for all plants animals and people living here our planet gives us many natural resources like air to breathe and water to drink gives us plants and animals to eat and coal and oil to generate electricity we need to use all these resources carefully some natural resources like water sun wind land animals and plants can replace themselves naturally they are called renewable resources they will not they will not run out if we don't use them too fast if we do use them with care we will have many of these resources to use for a long time we all need water water is one of the most important natural resources on earth we need fresh water to drink and we need it to grow and cook food and to wash plants, animals and people, we all need water to live, approximately 70 percent percent of the earth is covered with water, but most of this water is salt water in the oceans, people need fresh water to drink, but only about three percent of the water on earth is fresh water in some countries not there is enough water sometimes people have to travel a long way to collect water or move to a new place where there is water non-renewable resources we use fossil fuels such as coal gas and oil in power plants to produce electricity we use electricity to light lights refrigerators televisions and computers everyone needs electricity too many people use electricity to cook and heat their homes ta we also use electricity to run some vehicles and we use oil to make gasoline for cars and other vehicles the problem is that these fossil fuels cannot be replaced so when we have used them they will all run out they are called non-renewable resources and we are using them too fast in 2007 the four countries that used the most electricity were the United States, China, Russia and Japan, the countries with more people need more electricity, pollution sometimes dirty our resources, this is called pollution, we pollute the air when we use fossil fuels to generate energy like electricity we pollute water when we put people animals and plants all need clean air and water there are many ways we can help we need to keep water clean and we shouldn't waste it some charities they are helping people collect and store water, they are also building building new dams, wells and pumps so people can have clean water closer to home we must use non-renewable resources carefully and not waste them listen and practice caring for others around the world older people help each other yes many people like doctors and teachers have jobs that help others they are paid money for their work many people give their time freely to work to help others they are called volunteers it is wonderful to take care of a sick child who needs help it is amazing to save someone's life many people have jobs that take care of other workers like doctors and nurses are very important help people stay healthy and take care of people who are sick doctors often work in clinics or hospitals and find out why people they are sick and help them get better some doctors called surgeons do difficult operations nurses s work with doctors give medicine and care for sick people and their families in some schools there is a nurse to help children who are sick or have an accident listen and practice helping people throughout life people who deliver babies are called midwives they also help the mother and father of the baby to be well in the hospital or at home children and adults are helped by doctors and nurses in schools clinics and hospitals can get vaccinated and learn to be healthy they can also going to the dentist to take care of your teeth and mouth every year about 130 million babies are born worldwide that's about 250 babies every minute of every day listen and practice helping people throughout life the people who bring babies to the world are called midwives they also help the mother and father of the baby to be well in the hospital or at home children and adults receive help from doctors and nurses in schools, clinics and hospitals they can get vaccinated and they can learn to be healthy they can also go to the dentist to take care of their teeth and mouth every year about 130 million babies are born around the world, that's about 250 babies every minute of every day listen and practice it is important to be healthy we should take care of our body from when we are young to when we are old if we eat well and walk or play sports we probably won't get sick very often we can help ourselves to stay healthy others can also help us if we are sick or disabled or if we have an accident and taking medication they can get help at home from other family members or caregivers sometimes they have to live in a nursing home listen and practice my father is a doctor he works in a children's hospital in paris he works very hard but he loves his job he is a very kind person i miss him a lot because i live in england but when he comes home i always pre brings me something nice I love my grandmother very much she doesn't get mad at me like my parents do sometimes and she always wants to listen to what I say she is 74 years old and lives with my aunt and uncle in the same town that I see her all on weekends my brother is four years younger than me but he goes to the same school as me he has blonde hair and is quite a shopping center for his age i have a sign on my door that says private but come in without knocking it's very annoying but sometimes he's very funny too uncle harry is an actor he is often on tv he lives in london but he often comes to see us he is my mother's brother and he is an interesting person i like to talk to him about movies and shows He is a wonderful storyteller to listen to and practice studying abroad every year thousands of students choose to study abroad for either six months a year or evenmost many people find the experience of studying abroad very exciting but also very scary living in another country will help you learn a language and learn about another culture you will see the world in a new way and learn more about yourself studying abroad it is also excellent training for the world of work many companies want employees who speak a second language or have experience living or working in another country to choose the right country or school ask yourself these questions how long do i want to study abroad?

Do I want to live with a host family with roommates or alone? How much can I pay according to our experience? It is better to get your passport and visa before you go. language you can and read up on the customs of your host country also talk to people who have experience studying abroad and call the school to make sure someone can meet you when you get there be sure to bring some local money and a credit card curious and open to meeting new people and having new experiences do not expect to always be comfortable after the first few weeks it is normal to feel a little homesick you will miss your family and friends remember it takes time to get used to a new place with new customs talk with your new friends and write about your feelings listen and practice this really happened to me i was like 10 years old and i was camping with my best friend it was late at night and we were in our tents reading comics with our flashlights and talking suddenly we heard a noise stranger outside our store it sounded like an animal maybe a bear or something it was big i'm sure it he was growling he was making sounds like he was moving around our store and pushing against the sides we had all our food in the store so we thought he was hungry we didn't know what to do we were pretty scared to be honest my friend I wanted to feed it, I wanted to open the door of the store and throw out our food.

I didn't want to open the door, I just wanted to make a lot of noise and try to scare the animal away. Well, we started making noises. It seemed to work because we didn't hear anything for a while and then suddenly we heard a voice saying I'm as hungry as a bear it was my big brother listen and practice how colors make us think and feel what pink does think about how blue does you feel why hospital doctors wear white coats what color the room makes you feel relaxed colors affect everyone each person may have a different answer to these questions but we can agree that colors affect everyone we think carefully about color when we choose our clothes or select paint for a room, but we are often unaware of how color affects us, for example, the color of a room can affect our emotions, advertisers use color to influence our choices In the supermarket, moreover, we may not realize that colors have many different meanings that colors in nature universal meaning, for example, trees and plants are green, so the color green often represents life and nature, blue, the color of the sky, oceans and lakes, makes us think of the air, water and peace. give us a feeling of warmth and comfort or feelings of anger colors on the blue spectrum colors like blue, green, and purple are cool colors that often give a feeling of calm or sadness these color ideas are similar in all over the world humans have known the power of color for a long time ancient cultures in china egypt and india used colors to cure diseases people believed that each color had a healing power for example people used blue to lessen pain even today Nowadays some people say that colors can help people feel better, however, research shows that although colors can change the way a person feels, they cannot cure a disease, colors also have different meanings.

In different cultures, a color can represent good feelings in one culture but bad feelings in another, for example, in the United States, white o represents goodness, it is usually the color of a bride's wedding dress, however, in India, China and Japan, white can mean death, green is the color of one dollar bills in the United States so green can make americans think about money but in china green can represent a loss of respect different colors sometimes represent the same idea in different cultures i In European cultures, purple is the color of royalty for kings and queens in Asia.

Yellow is the color of royalty. Also, a color will have many different meanings within a culture, for example in North America red often means stop or danger, but can also represent love. Color psychology is the study of how colors affect our emotions Researchers are discovering that colors can change our behavior in specific ways For example, a research study showed that people could lift heavy weights more easily in blue rooms other studies have looked at how colors influence decisions soccer referees made more decisions against teams wearing black uniforms taekwondo referees gave blue-clad competitors higher scores than red-clad competitors in another study students who saw the color red before a test did much worse of course these test results can vary from culture to culture most people don't realize how much the color affects them it can affect how people think, feel and some colors act like those of nature can have the same meaning ficated for all other colors the meanings can be different in different cultures we can increase our understanding of ourselves and the world around us by learning about what colors can mean or represent listen and practice my birthday is july 14th and i always celebrate it i ate my birthday with my friends and family i am 16 now and on my last birthday my parents gave me a sweet 16 party which is a party many girls throw when they turn 16.

I made a guest list and my parents sent out the invitations my mom and I decorated the room and planned a special menu of pizza ice cream and of course cake my mom baked a big chocolate cake with happy birthday amanda on it everyone sang happy birthday to me we had the party at my house and 14 of my friends came my mom and dad gave me a cool gift it was a new camera it was cool i took pictures of my friends and then posted them online for my friends to see i'm not having a party for my next birthday I'm 17 but I'm going to have one for my 18th birthday listen and practice what a desert is a desert is a dry place that gets less than 25 centimeters of rain each year some deserts don't rain for months or years some deserts have sand but others have stones or rocks some deserts are in the mountains at daytime Temperatures in hot deserts usually range from 20 to 35 degrees Celsius but the temperatures Temperatures can exceed 50 degrees at night.

The air becomes very cold. Sometimes the temperature is below zero degrees. Most cold deserts are hot in summer, but very cold in winter in summer. temperatures are usually 21 to 26 degrees Celsius in winter they are usually two to four degrees most of the water in cold deserts comes from snow or fog does not come from rain listen and practice living in the desert living in the desert is very different from living in a city, but people still cook, travel and go to school, most desert people eat bread, porridge, milk, cheese and desert plant food, they cook their food in a fire outside his house.

Dates grow well in deserts. food nowadays many desert people drive trucks but camels are better for traveling across sand camels can travel more than 40 kilometers in one day they are strong animals desert people can use camels t or they carry food tents and other things from their homes a long time ago only a few desert children went to school but this is changing in the deserts of australia aborigines are building new schools students speak their own language and also learn english listen and practice being polite to a culture to others most people want to be courteous and behave well towards others being courteous means knowing how to greet and talk to people means having good eating manners means knowing how to give and receive gifts courteous behavior appropriate in a country however it may be rude in another part of the world travelers need to understand cultural differences in courtesy so that they don't cause embarrassment firmly in the united states people prefer to shake hands firmly for a few seconds in some middle eastern countries people hold the person's hand hand gently for longer handshake varies around the world what's up with eye contact in some countries you show respect when you look someone directly in the eye in other parts of the world looking at someone directly it is rude to be respectful a person looks down at the ground there are also cultural differences in the way people people use personal space when two people are talking if they stand together or apart exactly how close they should be in north america for example people usually stand an arm's length apart during a conversation however in some eastern countries middle and latin america people stand closer it can be uncomfortable if one person likes to be close and the other likes to Just to be further apart three authors wrote a book reverently kiss or shake hands about cultural differences in their book discuss greetings gift-giving and time around the world cultures have different ideas about gift-giving in the united states if someone gives you a gif You should open it while it is with you, that way they can see how happy you are to receive it in China.

You must open a gift after the person has left. Another cultural difference is time. If someone invites you to dinner at her house at 6 p.m. m. what time should you arrive if you arrive early late or exactly on time in germany it is important to be on time in argentina polite dinner guests usually arrive 30-60 minutes after the invitation time when you travel remember that every country has a definition Different from being on time A final area to watch out for is body language including gestures, is it acceptable to touch a person on the shoulder?

How do you say goodbye or greet with your hand? from one culture to another in thailand it is rude to touch someone on the head with the palm of your hand the come here gesture in the united states is only used to call animals in some other countries if you are going to live, work or study in another country, it is important to learn the language, but it is also important to learn about cultural differences, this way you can be courteous and make a good impression, the people around you will feel comfortable and respected, courtesy and good manners can be good for making friends good for traveling and good for business also listen and practice great exercise being active is very important but do you know why there are many benefits to exercising it is good for your mind and body in many ways exercise makes you stronger your body that needs a strong body so you don't get sick easily exercise is good for your heart your heart pumps blood around your body the more exercise you do e, the stronger your heart exercise helps you maintain a healthy weight a healthy weight is important to keep you from getting sick exercise helps your brain work better when you exercise more blood goes through your brain the more blood goes through your brain the better your memory becomes exercise makes you happier exercise is a great way to reduce stress gives you more energy to do things that make you happy the more things you do the better you sleep exercise makes you strong healthy and happy and it's fun to exercise so don't forget to exercise listen and practice a world of friends is a world of peace and now a message from the force of friendship the force of friendship says a world of friends is a world of peace the force of friendship is a international friendship organization friendship force groups travel to foreign countries in the new country friendship force visitors stay with host families learn about life and culture height of the host family visitors and their host families spend a lot of time together and become good friends every year the strength of friendship visitors make forty thousand new friends in fifty six different countries this is important because when people make international friends They help to make peace in the world.

Are you interested in friendship? force visit our website for more information if you want to travel with the force of friendship send us a request so we can learn more about you and remember a world of friends is a world of peace listen and practice i enjoy reading leoa lot of books and i love going to the library my dad likes things outdoors he really likes sports and swimming and he always tells me that i should be more interested in sports but mom tells me that reading is the best way to learn she always gives me books that she has been reading listen and practice i love animals i have a couple of parrots in a big cage in my room i love to take pictures of wild birds when i am in the field my dad and i often go away the weekend and we have a great time watching birds my sister thinks I'm crazy when my sister has free time she loves to play cards I can't stand card games listening and practicing I don't really have any big plans for the summer I probably i hang around at home and play video games and sleep a lot i am always studying during the school year and i had a job last summer so it will be nice to relax and take it easy for var To listen and practice I am going to visit my grandparents this summer.

I haven't seen them in a few years and it will be great to spend time with them. I will miss my friends, but I know we will be texting all the time, as usual. Listen and practice well. Unfortunately, this summer I'm going to do it. study for my exams i would like to take a vacation but this is my last summer to study my exams are next spring next summer i can have fun listening and practicing i am very interested in computers i am always learning new computer programs and i have a lot of software excellent me and my brother spend all our free time in computer stores and online my sister is more interested in arts she likes music and loves to read hates computers listening and practicing i love to travel my mother and i go to a different place every year we both love to learn new things about cu I think my dad never goes with us because he hates flying.

My older sister is in college, so she stays home and studies while we're away. Sometimes I wish my sister and father would travel with us because I miss them. listening and practicing accidental inventions sometimes a successful invention happens by accident the tea bag for example thomas sullivan introduced tea bags to the world in 1908 he was a tea importer from new york he sent tea to his customers in tins but the tin was so heavy and expensive he needed a more convenient way to ship it, so he designed inexpensive bags to hold the tea leaves and shipped them instead, Thomas's customers were supposed to open the bags and put the leaves in hot water in instead they used the whole bag but this innovation worked immediately the tea bags proved to be a huge hit listen and practice how embarrassing this happened at work a few years ago i was in an elevator and a man got on the one i I didn't know he asked me how you are I answered him pretty well and then he asked what was new and I didn't say much.

Finally, he turned and said, do you mind? He was talking on his cell phone. He was so embarrassed. Listen and practice the popularity of social networks every morning. Sarah turns on her computer, first checks her email, and then visits a social networking website to find out what her friends are doing on this website reads news from her friends, for example, she can see the comments her friends made about movies, music , books and other friends on her profile page sarah writes a short message about what she is doing like many young people sarah likes to meet and communicate with others on social media these websites allow people to see what their friends are up to doing and thinking sarah is part of a major trend in communication social networking sites become more and more popular every day and are popular all over the world in japan the top site is mixi in europe it is bibo the most popular site in america latina is orchid in the united states the main site the site is facebook in fact facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites in the world a student of Harvard University started Facebook in 2004 and it spread to over 400 million users in just a few years.

Why is the social media trend spreading so quickly? The reason why these websites are popular is because people are sociable. We like to communicate with other people. We make friends with people at school, at work, and online. Most people like to stay closely connected with their friends and family. We use cell phones. learning what our friends are doing the internet is a great way to socialize and communicate and social networking sites allow people to do this in many ways social networking sites are interactive and personal people can share pictures of themselves and of others they can tell people what they are doing at any time and keep in touch they can post a link to a site with their favorite song or band they can join groups with others who share their interests many people post videos of themselves on sites like youtube other users can comment on these photos and videos this interaction makes these websites more popular another reason why social networking sites are popular is because users write what is on the site In the past, websites only had information for users to read.

In this way, websites were like newspapers or television. All communication was going in one direction from the website to the users. In the past, the average person did not contribute to websites. The Internet is more interactive than it was in the past. Now anyone can have their own website, blog, or page on sites like Facebook. Readers are now also writers and can easily add material to the web. People can express their own ideas and can post their own experiences. Online social networking sites first became popular among college students at a time when college students said they spent almost two hours every day just on fac E-book teens also use these sites to stay connected with your friends these days even seniors are using social media.

The internet keeps changing, but one trend is clear. People enjoy using websites that allow them to connect with other people. practice volunteer work in many countriesgovernment helps take care of people governments give money to workers like doctors and nurses sometimes when there is not enough money more help is needed more help is needed after an emergency also volunteers give this help anyone can do volunteer work volunteers can be young or many volunteers work with charities that help people around the world some doctors and nurses fly thousands of miles to do volunteer work in another country work in hospitals or clinics for many weeks or sometimes months they vaccinate so people don't get sick each year in the united states about 62 million people volunteer about 8 million volunteers are between the ages of 16 and 24 listen and practice teaching others people teaching others to do one of the most important jobs education helps people get to get a better job and have a better life education is important for everyone when we are very young we don't know much about anything our parents and other people in our family teach us many things at home before we go to school help us eat walk talk and playing help us as much as possible at the beginning of our lives listening and practicing at school school teachers have a very special important job preparing children for adult life school teachers help very young children to read and writing and doing simple art and math they also teach older children subjects like geography history science and languages ​​many other people help in schools classroom assistants give more help to children in need, for example disabled children in some schools cooks prepare snacks and lunches for children and their teachers playground assistants help children to stay safe when they are in the playground unfortunately many people in the world cannot have a good education nowadays only about 82 percent of the people who are over 15 years old can read and write listen and practice in colleges and universities education is not just for children after school many young people go to college or university some people go to college or university when they are older others study different subjects at home after work teachers teach college students college and university many different subjects from architecture to zoology one of the most popular college subjects is law professors need to know a lot about their subject so they can help students do well and get better jobs throughout life one of the largest universities is the indira gandhi national open university in india it has about or 2 million students listen to and practice teachers around the world there are volunteers teachers who volunteer are a wonderful way to see new places and meet new people volunteers also help many children and adults learn information that can help them throughout their life volunteer teachers work in different ways some volunteers move to another country to teach there for a while some months or years others stay in their own country maybe they go to a school for one or two hours a week To help young children with subjects like reading and math, they may teach their country's language, such as French, Spanish, or English, to people who move there from another country. technology or a new language to help them do their job better education really is for life hearing and practicing growing food some people are lucky because they have lots of different kinds of food to eat in other places people can't always grow or buy all the food they need many people work to try to provide food for all healthy foods help people stay healthy because they have many important nutrients when people grow food they help themselves and other people some people have a garden or other land where they can grow fruits and vegetables for family and friends, they may not be able to provide all the food they need, but they can help farmers grow most of the food people eat in asia farmers grow a lot rice and in Europe they grow a lot of wheat in North America l farmers grow a lot of corn farmers also grow vegetables like potatoes carrots and onions and fruits like apples oranges and bananas some farmers raise animals so that people can eat meat like chicken and beef listen and practice lack of food people in some parts of the world they have as much food as they need to be healthy people in other parts of the world do not have enough to eat and are sometimes so hungry that they can die in some places people cannot farm because the weather is too hot and dry or too wet this often means they don't have enough to eat sometimes people can't buy food because of war or a natural disaster like a bad storm maybe food is too expensive and people don't have enough money to feed themselves themselves and their families around the world more than a billion people do not have enough food gives without food and water people can die after just four weeks listen and practice helping hungry people many people work to help other people who don't have enough food some charities give people seeds so they can grow crops food experienced farmers teach other farmers how to grow the strongest and healthiest crops like maize or sugar cane some charities help farmers become fair trade farmers fair trade farmers often sell their crops directly to shops and supermarkets so farmers get more money this helps them buy more seeds and grow more food now scientists are even making seeds that can grow with little water in some countries scientists have learned how to make it rain they put special chemicals in very cold clouds listen and they practice water for For all of our planet earth and almost everything on it needs water without water plants animals and people would die in some places there is a lot of water in other places where there is not enough water and this makes life very difficult a lot of water is used for agriculture the Crops need water to grow and a Animals drink water in industry People use water to help machines work and so they can do the things we need and enjoy Water is also important in the home We drink water We use water to wash our clothes and dishes and to clean the house.we also use water when we flush the toilet we listen and practice working with water many people work to provide water for agriculture and industry and for the home most of the fresh water people use comes from rivers, lakes or underground people build reservoirs to store water they also build pipes to take it to different places in places where there is not enough water volunteers sometimes work with local people to build wells to provide water for families they also help keep water in wells and springs lo cleanest possible most of the time the earth's water is salt water in the oceans or frozen in ice, only about one percent can be used by people for drinking, cooking, washing, agriculture and industry, listening and practicing water clean if people dr ink or touch dirty water they can get seriously sick people need clean water to maintain be healthy people in richer countries are lucky because they have all the clean water they need in the water industry people use chemicals to clean the dirty water that people have used in many poor countries people don't have clean water at all days have to use dirty water for cooking drinking and washing over a billion people do not have clean drinking water in some countries charities give life to people straws straws lifeguards make dirty water clean and safe to drink listen and practice saving water today there are about 6 billion people on our planet every day there are more many people do not have enough water or have to travel a long way to collect water we have to do things now to make sure that the people in the future will have enough water we can all help save water don't use too much water when washing your hands and face brushing your teeth and wash the dishes turn off the water when you have e it is not enough to put water in the refrigerator so you don't have to turn on the water and use a lot every time you want a cold drink take a shower not a bath if you have to bathe don't fill the tub listen and practice i hate using taxis here the drivers drive too fast and very dangerously and are often rude most of the cars are in very bad condition but what i hate the most is that they don't have air conditioning here it's so hot they really need air conditioned taxis conditioned when i arrive somewhere i feel very hot and uncomfortable i listen and practice i find the taxis here are good they are quite comfortable most of the cars they use are new and they keep them quite clean they are a bit expensive even though i paid 75 to come from the airport, that's too expensive, I guess what I hate the most is that the drivers don't speak very good English, it's very difficult to explain to them where you want to go, listen ar and practice taxis. here they are ok i guess the driver s accept credit cards thats what i like most about them its very convenient but the taxis are quite old so not very comfortable half of them dont have seat belts or air conditioning they listen and practice oprah winfrey is a famous american tv talk show host 49 million people in 134 countries watch her show every week lives in california but also has an apartment in chicago where she works oprah is one of the richest women in america he earns millions of dollars every year he gives a lot of money to charity he was born on january 29, 1954 in kosciusko mississippi his parents were very poor his father vernon winfrey worked in a coal mine and his mother vernita cleaned houses that could not take care of oprah then she lived with her grandmother hattie may oprah she was smart she could read before she was three and when she was 17 she received a scholarship to college d tennessee state where she studied drama she also started reading the news on the local radio station in 1984 oprah moved to chicago to work on a tv show called am chicago talked to a lot of interesting people about her problems oprah says the problems of people are my problems the show was very successful so in 1985 it was renamed the oprah winfrey show in 1993 she interviewed michael jackson and 100 million people watched the show last year she made 260 million dollars in 1998 oprah started the oprah's angel charity network this helps poor children around the world in 2007 she opened a special school in south africa the oprah winfrey leadership academy for girls she says when i was a child we were poor and didn't have much money so what what did I do?

I studied hard, there are 152 girls in school, oprah calls them her daughters, the children she didn't have in real life, listen. and practice helping refugees some emergencies are due to a natural disaster like a tsunami or earthquake others are due to something people do like fighting a war in emergencies people need help very quickly people become refugees when they have have to leave their home in an emergency or when their home is lost there are millions of refugees in the world most refugees have had frightening experiences they have often lost their entire home their job and maybe their school they too have lost people in their family often live in refugee camps special places where refugees can live and be safe listen and practice refugees try to help themselves but this can be very difficult they usually need help from others also refugees need food water and somewhere to live, they also need to see a doctor if they have been injured or are sick.

Sometimes the government of a country cares about refugees. International organizations, such as the United Nations, usually help as well. Charities are also important. food and clothing other charities help people who are injured or sick charities also help refugees to return home when it is safe to listen and practice i am a flight attendant many people think it is a boring job but i love it i can travel all over the world world and i meet a lot of interesting people i like that the work is quite easy we really don't do it we work non-stop throughout the flight we have a lot of time to sit and take a break on long flights we can even take a nap too the money is very good because all our expenses are paid when we are working listen and practice there is a new chinese restaurant just five minutes from my house it is a very simple place a bit boring inside actually just a few tables in an empty room they also need to add more dishes to the menu right now they only serve four or five things but they are all delicious and very cheap you can get go get a good meal there for around fifteen dollars all the people who work there were very nice and helpful so i left a good tip listen and practice indonesia tsunami 2004 one of the worst natural disasters in indonesia happened on december r 26 in 2004 a great earthquake under the indian ocean caused a tidal wave or tsunami that traveled thousands of kilometers across the ocean at high speed by the end of that day more than 150,000 people had died many thousands more people were injured and millions of people in many countries lost their homes many people helped after the tsunami families friends and neighbors helped each other many people came from countries all over the world to help too governments sent workers to help and charities sent volunteers one of the most important jobs was cleaning up on the beaches and towns people saved things like wood and stones to build new c handles and buildings listen and practice there is a new chinese restaurant just five minutes from my house it is a very simple place a bit boring inside actually just a few tables in an empty room they also need to add more dishes to the menu at the moment just serve four or five things but they are all delicious and very cheap you can get a good meal there f or around fifteen dollars all the people who work there were very nice and helpful so i left a good tip to listen and practice the earthquake in haiti 2010.

Another terrible natural disaster occurred on January 12, 2010. There was a huge earthquake near Port-au-Prince. Capital of Haiti Over 250,000 homes were damaged and thousands of other buildings were destroyed Over 200,000 people died Over 300,000 people were injured and over a million lost their homes Haitian people worked with many people from other countries who came to help one of the most important jobs was caring for people who had been injured and finding lost people dogs also helped rescue people from under damaged buildings people helped bring food and clean water to everyone and medicines for people who were sick they also made refugee camps for people who had lost their homes listen and practice caring for animals there are more than 6 billion people in the world but there are many more animals many people help animals veterinarians or vets care for animals, some veterinarians working in veterinary centers in towns and cities, people take their pets, such as cats and hamsters, when they are sick or injured or for vaccination. tions other vets go to farms wildlife parks and zoos to care for animals these vets are caring for a snow leopard in a zoo snow leopards are very rare there are only about 4,500 wild snow leopards in asia listen and practice the airport is far from the city and it's a pretty horrible place it's very crowded and there aren't many facilities there like shops or restaurants anyway my flight was ok it was a bit bumpy the food was horrible although it was dry and tasteless the service was fantastic the flight attendants did their best to make everyone comfortable the worst problem was the other passengers the plane was full of noisy college students on their way to spring break in florida next time i won't be traveling during spring break listen and practice charities there are many of the charities for animals some charities are small and help local animals other charities are large international organizations that help animals all over the world charities help animals in many ways but need money to do this many people give money to animal charities some people give money to adopt an animal the animal stays at home but the charity uses the money to help keep it safe some volunteers from an animal charity in germany collect toads that are migrating near roads dangerous then take them to a safer place listen and practice the worst thing happened to me this morning i was running to catch the bus and i was talking on my cell phone at the same time anyway it was raining hard and just when i got to the bus stop i stopped drop my phone in a giant puddle.

A good man helped me find it. I was completely drenched. I like lifting weights, but I didn't really enjoy it, so that's when I started swimming. Now I do it twice a week. It's much more fun. I go to a nice pool near my office. It's never too crowded, which is great. practice i used to lift weights but i didn't really enjoy it so that's when i started swimming now i do it about twice a week it's so much more fun i go to a nice pool near my office it's never too crowded which is great there are nice people who go there, so it's a good place to meet people, listen and practice, this campus is really beautiful, it's like a park, there are many plants and trees everywhere, that was one of the reasons I decided to come here, another It was the teachers I heard. the teachers were really great but a lot of them don't seem very interested in teaching they give boring lectures and don't seem to have time to talk to students after class another problem is my schedule i have trouble getting into the classes i need is because the school is overcrowded, however the other students I have met have been really great.

I have made some wonderful friends who listen and practice. I have been in this school for two years. Not the most attractive campus. The buildings are ugly. they look like cinder blocks and there are hardly any trees or plants one thing i like here is the gym its a great place to go between classes you can swim in a beautiful pool and the workout room has modern equipment its fun the gym looks really nice , while the rest of the campus does not. I am very happy with my classes and my teachers are very helpful. They have plenty of time to see you outside of class.

I have a big schedule right now. All my classes start in the afternoon so I can sleep I love sleeping listening and practicing I'm afraid I haven't been happy here at all I think I made a mistake it costs a lot of money but it's not worth it the classes are very boring and I don't find them very useful I want to take a computer class and they don't even teach that I haven't done here eithermany friends everyone thinks it's so easy to meet people but I find the other students very unfriendly they have many interesting clubs there is a photography club I could join one thing that is nice is the campus is very attractive there are many trees and nice places to sit outside there's even an outdoor cafe i guess that's what you're paying for listen and practice i came here because i wanted to study art the photography department is famous the teachers are well known artists some people think just because you're good at something doesn't mean you can teach it but the teachers here are great the campus is really a downtown building so it's not very nice to see there is no gym or cafeteria or clubs or anything my schedule is terrible all my classes are at 8 o'clock in the morning that's hard for me because I like to stay up late and work on my photos I'm really busy that I haven't really paid I pay a lot of attention to the other students but they seem really nice sometimes in art schools the students are too competitive I think this place is different even though you listen and practice Saturday morning I got a phone call from an old school friend saying I haven't seen her in a long time.

She was one of my closest friends in high school, but she moved to Los Angeles for work. She was in town for four days, so she invited me to a restaurant for lunch. she was telling me about her job in los angeles sounds very interesting and she works for a film company and she has to find places where they can shoot movies you know places like restaurants hotels lobbies parks and streets listen and practice protecting life on earth there are many millions of species of plants and animals live around us on land in water and in the air without them the earth and everything on it would die species are important in many ways all species need each other anima we eat plants and some animals also eat other animals.

People eat plants and animals. People also use plants as medicines and for industry. All individual plants and animals die, but when all the plants or animals of a species die, the species becomes extinct, which means it has been lost. forever when one species dies maybe others in need will die too people need to protect all plants and animals on earth if they don't many species will go extinct in the future listen and practice helping our planet for millions of years there have been life on our planet earth the earth has everything people need animals and plants air water and land everyone should take care of our planet people damage the earth with pollution from vehicles such as cars and planes and from the electricity used in home and in industry to produce electricity people burn fossil fuels like coal and oil this produces too many gases like carbon dioxide and makes the earth too hot many scientists think this is changing the cl of the earth Imagine if some countries are getting colder and wetter, others are getting hotter and drier.

People use a lot of land to build towns and cities. They cut down millions of trees to clear the land so they can grow crops and raise animals. All of these things can harm the environment. and many of the plant and animal species on earth listen to and practice environmental protection, governments and people's charities are working to find ways to protect the environment, environmental activists teach people about problems such as pollution, they talk to governments and journalists, they tell people how to stop pollution many volunteers help protect the environment after a disaster, for example, they clean up beaches after an oil spill or plant new trees after from a fire some scientists have found ways to generate clean electricity that doesn't use fossil fuels but uses energy from the sun wind or water this is important because we all need electricity but there won't be fossil fuels forever er today most cars, buses and trucks use gasoline that is made from petroleum.

Some engineers have designed cars and buses that use biogas. Instead, biogas can be made from waste or from plants. Listen and practice. one day and i got some really fabulous stuff i bought nice running shoes and tennis clothes i thought the prices were reasonable and i hate haggling so i paid their asking price the next day one of my friends went back to the same store and decided to haggle she got things at much cheaper prices than what i paid next time i go on a trip i'll be sure to haggle when i buy something listen and practice i just got a new neighbor upstairs i haven't met her yet but i can hear your TV every night because it turns up the volume too loud.

She really should be more considerate of her neighbors. Listen and practice. I guess I really need to get some outdoor exercise in nature. I see all the time, but it's always inside. I lift weights in an indoor gym and go swimming every weekend in an indoor pool. I even go running on an indoor track. I'm excited about bike racing. I would really love to try it. Listen and practice. I was a great athlete in high school. I'm too lazy to jog, that's too much work and it really makes my knees ache. Lots of people, I know you ride a bike, but I don't have one.

I suppose there is tennis, although my wife loves it and she wants to teach me how to do it. play I would like to play I think listening and exercising is very important to me I like to do things that keep me active things that are good for my health my roommate is not like that at all even though he wakes up and surfs the internet for hours and then he plays his guitar in his room all the time evenings i hate sitting at home i especially hate surfing the internet i want to meet other people i also want to go out and visit new places like in the countryside where you can see some real nature listen and practice after my husband got sick last year the doctor told him to lose 20lbs since then i've been trying to help him lose weight by exercising with him there's not much we can do together although sometimes we jog in the morning but when he works late He doesn't.

I don't want to get up early. Our community center has an aerobics class at night, but he won't go. He says it's just for couples. to women, so none of us want to try lifting weights, but the doctor said it was too dangerous, so now. I'm thinking of giving golf lessons for both of us. Actually, walking could be a bit romantic too. Listen and practice. I try to stay very active. I play tennis with my daughters every weekend and I play golf every day. weights too and I'm talking I'm talking about heavy weights, but I had to stop recently because I had back surgery.

Now I am really worried that I will have to stop playing tennis and golf. I don't really have many hobbies or interests. In addition to sports, I need to continue practicing them. The doctor said that swimming would help me

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my back. Maybe I'll try. at the weekend he took me to the countryside to watch birds i was very bored all the time i like to talk with people and do creative things i would love to get all my friends together in my apartment in the city and do something we could have maybe a dinner or we could bring some guitars and drums and stuff and sing and dance listen and practice i grew up near chicago i really wanted to be a gym teacher at a school i love sports and i used to play them a long time after i graduated i tried to get a job as a high school tea cher gym in my city but i couldn't i didn't want to move because my father was sick so i had to find something else to do well i was always interested in cooking my mom taught me to cook and i often used to make meals for the family when i was a kid of anyway my dad's friend had a little restaurant and he asked me if i would like to help my first job was helping in the kitchen and that's where i really learned to cook i used to watch chefs at work so i could learn their techniques then a year later the owner asked me to be one of the chefs then a couple of years ago i decided to open my own restaurant he has very good we have three chefs and we are usually very busy especially on weekends we listen and practice other ways to help the earth if we all use less electricity we will use less fossil fuels this will reduce pollution when we are not watching tv or using the computer, we must remember to turn them on when we leave a room we must turn off the lights also we must not use very hot water to wash or wash our clothes because we use a lot of electricity to heat the water we all need things like beds chairs and tables but many people buy too much .

Doing a lot of new things uses a lot of electricity. We should use things for as long as possible. This will use less electricity. We should also reuse or recycle things as much as possible. This will create less waste which is good for the environment when you turn off the electricity you can help keep the seals safe harp seals have their young on the ocean ice in the arctic if the land warms the ice will melt and seals could be threatened in small ways we can help the environment in a big way we can all help our planet listen and practice the man who lives next to me is moving on i can't say i'm too upset about that he has lived next to me for almost five years but i don't think he has spoken to me more than three or four times sometimes i greet him in the morning and he doesn't even wave back listens and practices my neighbor stacy is amazing you wouldn't believe all the things she can do she works in a great law firm downtown and works long hours.

She also volunteers on the weekends to top it off. Her house is always immaculate. I honestly don't know where she finds the time. Listen and practice. I work for a market research company. We do research for companies planning to develop new products I call people and ask them questions about the products they are using now I sometimes invite people to attend meetings we discuss plans for new products with them it's pretty interesting work I've been doing it for almost fifteen years and I have no plans to change jobs. What I really like about my job is that every month I work on something completely different, so it never gets boring.

Listen and practice. I have my own design company. It's very small, just me and two assistants. designing brochures ads for magazines menus and the like is a very creative job i started the company just two years ago right after graduating from design school things have been going pretty well for me i have two big clients and most of my work it is for them sometimes i have to work very late at night if i have a big job to finish quickly i always have a lot of work to do and i am always busy listening and practicing i have had my own restaurant for 10 years when i first bought this place i thought which would be easy to manage but it is very hard work i work long hours sometimes we are very busy and sometimes we are very slow usually we have many clients in the weekends during the week sometimes it is quiet i never have a day off because i always there are so many things to do i dont do any cooking myself i have three very good chefs to do that owning a restaurant is a t Hard work but I love it I don't want to do anything else listen and practice I've always collected things even when I was young I used to collect everything comic books baseball cards whatever but now they're all packed in boxes now they're my favorites. my hobby is gardening i spend all weekend outside with my flowers i love to see them change thats my favorite thing i guess there are these little seeds at first and then one day they are big beautiful flowers listen and practice when i was a teenager all i used to do was sit and play video games but i cant stand them now anymore i work in an office so i sit in front of a boring computer screen all day now i like being outdoors i belong to a group of hikers and we go to a different place every weekend i stay fit and healthy this way the best thing is i can get some really good friends to listen and practice.

I always loved reading as a child, so for a long time I wanted to write children's books. I tried to do it for a few years after college, but it was very hard to find anything good. stories i guess i'm not very good with words now i'm happy painting i've also won some prizes in art competitions for my watercolors and oils images are important to me though not prizes what i enjoy the most is creating images it makes me so happy to listen and practice Ce, this is great, you canuse it to clean the sofa or the interior of your car.

It's rechargeable, so it runs for about 30 minutes when fully charged. Also, if you drop things on the carpet, it picks up the dirt very easily. It's also very light so it's really easy to use, it just has a little bag inside to collect the dirt, so don't forget to change the bag regularly, you can see when it's full through the plastic cover, make sure to put it back on. place it on the charger after use. or the battery will run out and it won't work for you