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practicing abroad is perfect listening and practicing my weekends are busy and exciting my weekdays at home are also busy I have two children Dylan seven and Dakota five every morning I get up an hour before them at six and go to the gym I come home and prepare breakfast and then take them to school on Mondays I always go shopping I buy all the food for the week I often prepare dinner in the evenings, but not every day because I don't like to cook. Fortunately, my husband Dawn loves to cook on Tuesdays and Thursdays I visit my father, he lives on the next block every afternoon, I pick up the kids from school in the evenings.

Don and I usually relax, but sometimes we visit friends, we never go out on Friday nights because I start work very early on Saturdays, listen and In

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, when I first saw Oliver, I thought he looked warm, friendly and more attractive than Alexander. He was tall, with short blonde hair and had incredible blue eyes, similar to actor Ryan Gosling. At first he was a little shy and quiet, but when we saw him start talking, he relaxed and we discovered that we had a lot of things in common. We both like books and movies. He was also generous.

He wanted to pay for everything. I really enjoyed the night, when it was time to leave he asked me for my phone number and said. He wanted to meet again. We left the restaurant and went to look for a taxi and then something happened and I knew it was impossible for me to go out with him. He finally said and took out a pack of cigarettes. Foreigner listens and

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s books. Many people made this book. Do you know how we make books? ? an author writes the words and an editor revises the words other people draw pictures or take photographs for book designers use a computer to put the words photos and images on pages in printing factories machines print the pages on paper print 16 pages on a large sheet of paper then other machines cut the paper into pages people used machines to put the pages of this book together sometimes people sew the pages together and then attach them to the cover with glue clothes we make clothes from many different materials like wool and cotton to make jeans people use cotton fabric they cut the fabric into different shapes for pieces of the jeans like the legs and pockets they use a sewing machine to sew these pieces and then they sew buttons and a zipper on the front of the jeans jeans people use wool to make clothes like hats or sweaters at home some people use wool and knitting needles to knit the clothes they knit different pieces of the clothes like the arms in front and back and then sew the pieces together in factories people use knitting machines to weave clothes space colony where could humans go if we had to leave Earth our solar system is huge we don't know much about it there is no place other than Earth that can naturally support human life living things on earth they need air water food shelter light and nutrients to survive we also need other conditions such as appropriate temperatures the earth is surrounded by a layer of gases called the atmosphere it is essential for life on earth it provides many things that we need to live an example is the air we breathe there is another place in our solar system where some of these things exist it is a moon of the planet Jupiter called Europa its conditions could be suitable for humans Europa's atmosphere is composed mainly of oxygen scientists also believe that the surface of Europa It has water Of course it is not perfect, the highest temperature in Europe is -160 degrees Celsius, no human being can survive.

There are other problems too, but a space colony can allow us to survive there. Scientists are studying Europa and want to find out if there is life there. to find out if humans could survive there Foreign plastic products we make many plastic products like bottles and toys to make a plastic product the machines put hot plastic into a mold then the plastic has the same shape as the mold to make some products such as bottles. Machines also blow air into molds to make a new plastic product, such as a toy. People draw it and then make a model in a factory.

People use the model to make a mold for each part of the toy. The machines put hot plastic into the molds. To make plastic parts, people or machines fix the parts and paint the toys, then the toys go to stores making products by hand. About 200 years ago there were not many factories or machines and people made many products by hand today some people still make them. products by hand they use tools to make products like chairs watches jewelry and musical instruments it takes years to learn how to make these things people make wooden guitars they cut thin pieces of wood to make the front and back of the guitar to make the sides they put long, thin pieces of wood in water, then use hot tools to give the wood the right shape for the sides, fix these pieces with glue, then make the neck of the guitar and put the strings on it one of the first What I noticed In Valencia, people go out to eat a lot, they spend a lot of time in cafes, you find people having breakfast or tea, not just lunch and dinner, people who work go out to drink coffee, they don't drink it in their office.

What I notice is that the women here talk very fast and very loudly much more than the men. The women dress very well, especially the older women, and always look impeccable. Finally there is a myth that Spaniards don't work hard, but I don't believe it. it's true it's just that they work different hours people have a long lunch break but they leave work very late my first impression of Alexander was that he was much older than me in fact he was 32 years old but I thought he was older but when we started talking I really liked him, he was outgoing and funny and had a very good sense of humor.

He works for a television station and told me many good stories about his work. He was also interested in the same things as me, art and music. We talked a lot about it physically, he wasn't really my type, it's hard to say why he was tall, dark, very handsome and had a nice smile, but there was just no chemistry between us when I first saw Oliver. I thought he looked warm and friendly and more attractive than Alexander. He was tall, with short blonde hair and had incredible blue eyes, similar to those of actor Ryan Gosling. At first he was a little shy and quiet, but when we started talking he relaxed and we found out.

We had a lot of things in common we both liked books and movies he was also generous he wanted to pay for everything I really enjoyed the night when it was time to leave he asked me for my phone number and said he wanted to meet again we walked I left the restaurant and I went to look for a taxi and then something happened and I knew that it was impossible for me to go out with him he said finally and took out a pack of cigarettes foreigners listen and practice medicines made from plants when early people tested plants to see which ones were safe to eat They also discovered plants that cured diseases and fever these plants were the first medicines one of the oldest books on medicines made from plants was written in China more than four thousand years ago most of the first medicines were made from parts of plants such as flowers people ate the parts of the plants or made them into drinks sometimes they made the parts of the plants into lotions to apply on the body today many people use medicines made from plants, for example, people use lotions made from plants of aloe vera to make skin sore feel better listen and practice vaccines today doctors and nurses inject vaccines use a needle to put the vaccine into a person's arm or another part of their body the vaccine is a weak type of virus or bacteria when the vaccine is inside the body the body begins to produce antibodies to attack the vaccine antibodies are substances in the blood that can kill viruses and bacteria when the body has learned to produce antibodies it is ready to kill viruses or bacteria when they enter to the body this prevents the person from getting that disease in the future listen and practice hospitals in the past today some people go to the hospital to recover when they are sick in the past some hospitals were so bad that they made sick people worse since about 1,000 For years in Europe, monks and nuns cared for patients in hospitals.

They were not doctors or nurses and they did not cure patients. They gave them food and a bed and prayed with them. The worst disease at that time was the plague. Monks and nuns cared for Many patients had the plague because the patients had to stay in the hospital until they died. The plague killed millions of people in Europe and Asia. Listening and practicing for about 1,000 years. In the Middle East there were many hospitals. There were many doctors and nurses to help. They took care of the patients and also made medicines for the patients. The doctors treated everyone who came there and taught the new doctors and nurses about the diseases.

These hospitals had different wards for different diseases. There were also swimming pools and fountains because doctors believe that the sound of moving water. I helped patients rest listen and practice I go to boarding school so I don't live with my parents during the semester what I like is to be with my friends all the time whether we are working or just chatting it's great to know that there is always someone there is also a lot of freedom there I don't have to tell my parents where I'm going who I'm going with you know normally Monday is my favorite day because I only have two classes on Monday but I'm having a very bad day today because I have homework from each of my teachers and I have to do it now listen and practice I work in a restaurant in Miami I have two days off a week usually Monday and Wednesday but my favorite day of the week In fact, it is Friday, although I worked that day, it is the best night because all my friends They come to the restaurant and we have a great time.

There is a real enthusiasm about the place and it doesn't feel like you are working all the time. It just flies by. Restaurants are being redecorated right now so it's all a little crazy, listen and practice. Hi Adam, thanks for helping me plan Grandpa's birthday party. Grandfather was very happy. Everyone had a great time. It was a sunny and warm day. It was a perfect day to have a party. the park grandma's birthday is next month can you help me again we can have the party at my house there will be 28 guests just like grandpa's party can you help me invite grandma's friends I will give you their phone numbers I will invite the grandmother in the family likes the color purple I would like to decorate the room with purple balloons we can ask the guests to bring purple flowers for grandmother if everyone brings five flowers we will have 140 flowers she will be very happy David will be busy so he can't Bake the birthday cake so I'll order cakes from the bakery.

If I buy four cakes, I can cut each cake into seven pieces. We will also need seven liters of juice for everyone. What do you think Rita? Listen and practice. I'm sure you've heard it. the phrase global warming scientists use the phrase for two types of warming the first is an increase in air temperature the average air temperature on earth is almost one degree higher than in 1960. this may seem small but it is actually very large for such a short period of time its effects are worrying glaciers which are rivers of ice are disappearing in the mountains a mountain in Africa called Kilimanjaro once had a lot of snow now almost all the snow has disappeared warmer air also helps diseases are sp

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further and there is even worse news: the increase is accelerating year after year the average temperature could rise another four degrees in the next 50 years the other part of global warming is in the oceans sea water temperatures in the Most of the sea have risen more than one degree since 1960.

This has caused many problems much of the ice around the Earth's north pole melts every summer warmer ocean water has helped cause more strong storms in Europe animals marine animals that many people like, like penguins, have more trouble finding enough cold water many fish dying humans cause much of the problems factories and cars put gas in the air this gas traps heat on Earth too people cut down forests that could help keep the planet cooler a larger population means more factories more cars and fewer trees trees help keep the planet cooler so the loss of so much forest is a big problem listen and practice cars to make a car people use a metal called steel to make a strong chassis people also use steel to make big shapes for the outside of the car then robots fix the outside the chassis a conveyor moves the chassis around the car factory and people fixes many parts in thechassis, then other machines paint the car, then people fix other parts of the car, like the engine doors, wheels and seats for people to sit in, there are about 35,000 Parts of a car listen and practice Mike and I live on a beautiful farm in Missouri.

I know we are very lucky but it is hard work, we never have a day off on weekends or holidays or any day of the year when we have to feed the animals. and take care of the fields now that we are harvesting so we won't rest at all but I guess our favorite day is Wednesday because that's the day we usually get together with friends and prepare a wonderful meal listen and practice. I am a police officer. I like my job because it is a challenge, but I live for surfing. I go as often as I can.

I am opening two stores that sell surfboards in the next few months. The boards are made here in the USA. Sunday is my favorite day. During the week I almost never work on Sundays I get up as early as I can and spend the day on the beach I listen and practice my name is Adam I'm from Sydney in Australia I'm married I'm a doctor My hospital is in the center of Sydney It's a big building doctors are very good they listen and practice hello Adam thank you for helping me plan Grandpa's birthday party Grandpa was very happy everyone had a great time it was a sunny and warm day it was a perfect day to have a party in the park on his birthday grandma's is next month can you help me again we can have the party at my house there will be 28 guests just like grandpa's party, can you help me invite grandma's friends?

I'll give you their phone numbers. I'll invite the family. Grandma likes the color purple. I would like to decorate the room with purple balloons. We can ask the guests to bring purple flowers for grandma, yes everyone. bring five flowers, we will have 140 flowers, she will be very happy, David will be busy, so he won't be able to bake the birthday cake, so I will order cakes from the bakery, if I buy four cakes, I can cut each cake into seven pieces, that too will. I need seven liters of juice for everyone. What do you think? Rita, listen and practice well.

Many teenagers seem to think that life is about one thing. You know, money and fame. They believe it will bring them happiness. Honestly, I'd hate to be famous when I read. magazines and I see all the pictures of these rich famous movie stars and athletes and things like that. It scares me that they can't move without being followed and photographed. They usually have bodyguards when they grow up. I just want to enjoy my job if I earn a lot. The money is fair enough, but if I don't do it I'll still be happy. I never want to be famous.

That is scary. Listen and practice. I am the closest to my twin Nick. Obviously we have a lot in common. The same friends. The same soccer team. The same music we go everywhere together but we have crazy arguments about everything we are like oil and water I am like my mom calm and calm NYX like my dad very bad tempered they fight like cats and dogs but things have changed now that we are older, we we appreciate more, the biggest difference is probably the interests. I like everything related to history and politics and Nick is interested in science and nature, but of course we are much closer than just brothers and sisters in a way. as one, I would trust him like I wouldn't trust anyone else, listen and practice.

I think the person I'm probably closest to is my sister. What I love about her is the way everyone knows her, no matter where we go. Everyone says hello Sarah, how are you? I'm just her little sister, people call me baby Sarah, but that's okay, we're so different, we have big fights, she's so hyper and loud she can't sit still, she has to have people around her and everyone loves her so much ways she drives me crazy she just can't think straight i am much calmer i am happy on my own but we are very proud of each other listen and practice the closest person to me in my family is probably my mother she is the type as a person you can talk to about anything she is very open my mother and I can talk to her about boyfriends things that bother me at work friendships anything we have our ups and downs of course, but basically we have an easy relationship we go shopping together what I like about her is her attitude she is young at heart like me she is not old fashioned or anything like that she listens and practices the person closest to me in my family I think it would be my father we stayed up late listening to music and talking a lot what I like about him is that he is interesting and interested he is curious about life we ​​can talk about anything we have the same sense of humor the same love for life all my friends I love him because he is very funny, he doesn't care what the people think of him and I think that's great, that's great.

My dad listens and practices. I am the closest to my grandmother. My father. I don't really get along. I really don't agree with anything. My mother. I almost never see her. She's too busy. My grandmother and I like to do the same. We like to watch television and have lunch together. We love playing cards and I think I'm emotionally closer to her. than me with my parents because she and I have a similar attitude towards life. I think we both like people. We are very extroverted, sociable and open, we listen and practice. I have a new friend, Nora, we are the same in some ways but different in other ways Nora is very outgoing she likes being around people I am not very outgoing I am shy but we are still good friends she is also confident in math class she always shouts out answers sometimes she's right but sometimes she's wrong I don't care, she's just trying.

I like that about her. She listens and practices. The new boy in our class. Simon is interesting to me. He is very good at art. He is creative and loves anime. He wants to be an anime artist someday, but he's also very good at math. He's probably the best student in our class. In fact, he gets good grades easily, but he barely studies. He is becoming a good friend. He listens and practices. I work at a coffee shop on the weekends and there's a new girl there. Her name is Kaylee and she doesn't work hard at all.

She gets very impatient with customers, you know, sometimes customers need time to choose her order. Kaylee just looks away and slaps her fingers like this, she also forgets customer orders and makes a lot of mistakes. I don't think I have this job for I listened and practiced for a long time it was about two in the morning and suddenly I woke up I heard a noise I got out of bed and slowly went down the stairs there was a light in the living room I listened carefully I could hear two men Speaking very quietly, thieves I thought it was two thieves immediately ran upstairs and called the police.

I was really scared. Fortunately, the police arrived quickly, they opened the front door and entered the room, then they came up and found me. That's it, sir. We explained that we turned off the television for you. Listen and practice bacteria and diseases. In 1864, a French scientist named Louis Pasteur discovered that bacteria in the air could cause disease. Then he had the idea that diseases could be prevented by preventing bacteria from entering the body. A Brit. The surgeon named Joseph Lister used Louis Pasteur's idea to make the first antiseptics. Antiseptics were substances that could kill bacteria on instruments used in surgery.

They could also kill bacteria that infected wounds. This prevented many people from dying after surgery. Listen and practice what human beings are like. programmed to be afraid of things that can hurt him show a baby a picture of a snake or a large poisonous spider and the baby will show Fear is in our DNA we are all afraid of some things and that is good, but a phobia causes absolute terror With physical symptoms, such as racing heart disease and panic attacks, phobias are often the result of a bad experience, for example, a car accident can cause fear of driving, but often it is just common things like balloons or a particular food, some people are more likely to do so. having phobias than others is in their genes my job is to train people to overcome their phobia first we just talk about it and help the patient relax then we can show just a picture of their phobia after that sometimes we show a movie and finally we ask touch the object in this way phobias can usually be treated in just three or four sessions listen and practice I have a very unusual phobia that started when I was a child I was at my grandmother's house and she asked me to come up and I got her cardigan sweater .

I opened the cabinet and saw this big dark green sweater with huge black buttons hanging there. I was terrified. I started screaming. My grandmother ran upstairs and finally managed to calm me down, but from then on it was a problem, it was the buttons. all the buttons made me feel uncomfortable. I find it difficult to buy clothes. I try to find skirts and pants that only have belts and zippers, but it's not easy. About a year ago, a colleague came off a button at work and I had a panic attack. I have decided to see a therapist but I am ashamed to say that I am afraid of the buttons it sounds stupid foreigner listen and practice when I retire I am going to learn Russian I can already speak French and Spanish and I want to learn another language and secondly I am going to learn to drive it is terrible I'm 59 years old and I can't drive, so I'm going to buy a car and travel around the world, and I'm not going to wear boring clothes anymore.

I hate the skirts and blouses I wear to school every day. I'm going to wear jeans and T-shirts all the time and when I get back from my travels I'll write a book and go on TV to talk about it. I'm going to become a television star. Listen and practice well. There are many things I can't do. I can't drive a car, but I want to take driving lessons soon. I don't speak French, but I can speak Spanish. My mother's language. Mexican and we often go to Mexico to visit her family. My mother is a good cook.

She can cook very well, not just Mexican food, all kinds of food, but I can't cook anything. She I love to eat. What about sports? Well I think I'm good at many sports I can play tennis and of course I can swim but I can't ski listen and practice caves the caves were dark and had no windows they protected people from bad weather and wild animals the doors were made of animals skins there was no kitchen or bathroom the cave people cooked their food on the fire when it was hot they did not live in houses at all they lived and slept outside in some places where there were no natural caves the people had to dig caves in the hills listen and I practice my favorite hobby is cooking and that is something that is done at home, obviously I cook most days, although not every day, we also like to go out to eat, what clothes and equipment do I need.

I often wear an apron to protect my clothes because you can make a mess when you cook and the tomatoes and spices change the color of

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clothes forever the most important piece of equipment is the knives and I am very picky about my knives, they are German and very sharp and, obviously, I take great care of them. In the kitchen you need all kinds of things, like pots, pans, baking dishes, cutting boards, and mixers, but I don't really have many gadgets. I like to keep things simple. What I like about cooking is the fact that it is creative. and it is real we have to eat and what we eat is very important so I like to know that what I am eating and what my family eats is good in fact I like all the preparation going shopping seeing the food feeling it smelling it talking to the people who They sell it, it's half the fun.

People often ask me what I like to cook and I don't really have an answer. What looks good and what I feel like cooking that day. The best part is, of course, seeing people enjoying my food. but what is also very important to me is to see everyone happy and enjoy being at the table. It's as much about the occasion as it is about the food. Listen and practice my plans for the future. I'm not really sure you see. I just left this job I had. For almost 10 years I have been looking for a new job but I don't want to accept just any job.

I'd like to find something I really enjoy. I always wanted to paint but never had the time. try it, so maybe I'll go back to school and take some art classes while I look for the right job. Listen and practice how the heart works. In Egypt, about 760 years ago, a famous doctor named IBN al-nafis studied the heart and discovered that it moves blood through the body. He also discovered that blood travels from one side of the heart to the other side by moving through the lungs into the lungs. blood mixes with air blood leaves the heart through blood vessels called arteries and travels back to the heart through blood vessels called veins in 1628 a British scientist named William Harvey wrote a book about this foreign listen and practice homes relatives some people in the world live alone other peopleThey live with their families, other families or with friends in big cities.

Each family usually has its own small house, but in many places in the world many generations of a family usually live together. This can be helpful because grandparents can care for children while parents work. Sometimes many different families live together in the same house. building but on different floors who lives with you listens and practices different climates the climate is different in different parts of the world people build different houses depending on the climate in temperate climates the climate is usually temperate houses are often built with bricks the bricks keep the water out and keep houses dry houses usually have large windows to let the sun in and a chimney so people can light a fire when it's cold where it rains a lot people build houses with sloping roofs so that all the water runs off and do not enter

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houses listen and practice transportation is the movement of people or goods from one place to another we can transport things in water in the air or on land we can use animals vehicles or just our feet sometimes we travel for work and sometimes for vacations or just for fun people used horses and donkeys for transportation in many places people also used camels in Africa elephants in Asia and llamas in South America people still use animals for transportation today listen and practice homes for a queen that the queen of the United Kingdom has two homes when she is in London she lives in Buckingham Palace part of the palace is now an art gallery and you can also visit the gardens the Queen's main home is Windsor Castle it is one of the Largest castles in the world Many kings and queens are buried here In November 1992 there was a big fire in the castle.

It took 15 hours and a lot of water to put out the fire. The fire destroyed a large part of the castle, but most of it has been rebuilt. Listen and practice the Forbidden City. The Forbidden City in Beijing in China is a large palace, it has palace gardens and almost 1,000 buildings. It is the largest ancient palace in the world. It took 15 years to build and is surrounded by a high wall and a moat for 500 years. It was the winter home of the Emperors of China in summer they moved to the Summer Palace 12 kilometers away today the Forbidden City is a museum some people say that the bricks on the wall around the palace were glued with rice and egg white listen and practice the White House the White House is in the USA it is the home of theAmerican President the first White House was built in 1800 and 43 presidents have lived here, all presidents except the first president, George Washington, some 5,000 people visit the White House every day the White House today has six floors 132 rooms 412 doors three elevators 147 windows 28 fireplaces 35 bathrooms A tennis court A bowling alley a cinema A jogging track A swimming pool to listen and practice Top Coffee Palace Top Copy Palace is in Istanbul in Turkey it was the home of the sultans up to 4,000 people lived in.

The palace had schools, shops, libraries, gardens and other buildings, so the people who lived there never had to leave. Some parts of the palace were destroyed by fires and earthquakes, but you can visit the other parts because there is a museum in which about 800 people worked. palace kitchens and cooked about 6,000 meals every day listen and practice Molly Jones Molly Jones is 25 years old and is an artist lives in a small house by the ocean in Cape Cod Massachusetts near Boston always gets up late at 10 o'clock in por In the morning he has a lot of coffee, eggs and toast, and then goes to the beach with his dog.

When he gets home, he works in his studio until seven in the afternoon. He never has lunch, but he always prepares a great dinner and often invites friends. After dinner, he usually listens to music. or plays the piano sometimes calls his brother Luke in New York goes to bed very late at one or two in the morning listens and practices well on weekdays I get up at 6 45 I have breakfast at seven and go to school at 7 30. I have lunch at school with my friends that is at 12 15. It's early at our school. I leave school at 2:30 in the afternoon and walk home.

With my friends I get home at 3:30, I have a drink, maybe pizza, and I watch TV. I go to bed at 11 o'clock on weekdays but later on the weekend of course I listen and practice yesterday was Sunday so I got up late around 11:30. I had a big breakfast orange juice toast eggs and coffee then I went grocery shopping and bought some tea, some milk and the Sunday newspaper then I stayed home the rest of the day in the afternoon I cleaned my house and then I worked on my computer for a while and then in the evening I watched a movie on TV.

I went to bed early around 10 o'clock. I listened and practiced. He gets up at six and takes a shower. He has breakfast at 6:45. He leaves home at 7:15 and goes to work by taxi. He has a soft drink and a sandwich for lunch in his office at one. He always works late. He leaves work at eight in the afternoon. Sometimes he buys a pizza. and he eats it at home and gets home at 9:15. He never goes out at night, he works on his computer from 9:30 to 11:30. He always goes to bed at 11:45 watches TV in bed listens and practices what he does I like my job, well, I like the people I work with, they are a lot of fun and the holidays.

Yes, I have a lot of free time this year. I have two weeks in Christmas and three weeks in summer, so I can snowboard. in winter and in a hot place in summer, fantastic to listen to and practice, the most important thing for me is my children. I am a secretary and I enjoy it, but no, I don't work full time because I like spending time with them. Only little Hannah is four and Jamie is six, so they need me anyway, that's what I want to do. I don't want to work full time right now. Listen and practice.

I work for a large department store. I sell women's clothing and shoes, it's a good job. because I like the other people who work here and the hours are good, of course I have to be polite to the customers, listen and practice. I don't like living here, this is a horrible area, the streets are dirty and it's also quite dangerous. have a dog and the city is not a good place for a dog, it is fine for a cat or a small animal, but dogs need a place to run. I think listen and practice how the oceans were formed today.

Water covers about 70 percent of our planet. Several years ago the surface of the Earth was dry and nothing lived here. Earth's atmosphere was also different: it had a lot of carbon dioxide and other gases, but no oxygen at the beginning. There was no liquid water on the Earth's surface, but there was a lot of water vapor in the atmosphere. This water vapor came from the interior of the planet when volcanoes erupted when the Earth cooled the water vapor condensed and formed clouds in the sky then it started to rain after millions of years liquid water covered most of the surface of our planet laugh listen and practice salt water today The water in our oceans and seas is approximately 3.5 percent salt.

Do you know why when rain falls on land, some of it goes to lakes and rivers and then to the oceans? As water moves it picks up salt from the ground when the water enters the ocean. It carries this salt with it over many millions of years, this has made our oceans salty. Some lakes can be very salty like Lake Assault and Djibouti in Africa, in this lake the water is more than 35 percent salt and there are no plants or animals that can live there. salt water comes from underground hot springs when hot water evaporates into the air it leaves the salt in the lake listen and practice today's teenagers have a bad reputation people say they are lazy and messy and do very little to help their parents around the house, but there are some teens for whom this description simply isn't true.

It is estimated that there are more than 1.4 million teenagers in the US who have to care for a family member: their mother, father, brother or sister. In many cases, these young helpers or caregivers, as they are called, do things like feed, wash, and care for family members, in addition to doing their schoolwork. listen and practice people on earth about 200,000 years ago, the first people only lived in Africa today almost 7 Billion people live all over the Earth. People have changed our planet in many ways. Some places on Earth haven't changed much. They are natural areas such as tropical forests and national parks.

Natural areas are important because they are home to many plants and animals that we must take care of. for these areas so that plants and animals can live there in the future in other areas people have changed many things in rural areas Farmers have cut down trees and cleared land to grow crops for people to eat in urban areas like towns and cities have built many houses and other buildings have also built roads Bridges and tunnels listen and practice outside the city there is more land for housing people usually have gardens or land to grow vegetables some people live in large houses separated from each other houses Independent people have space around them Other people live in houses called bungalows or ranch houses The old building below is called a cabin It is made of bricks and has a thatched roof People in many parts of the world build houses with thatched roofs Listen and practice high technology homes in the future what technology will homes have scientists say we can use a computer to watch television watch the internet turn the lights on and off and tell us if there is a thief in the house they say the lights will turn on when we enter a room and refrigerators tell us when food is bad to eat, we will be able to talk to other people through an electronic screen and see who is at the front door on our foreign television, what are my plans for the future?

Well, I just finished school and I had to borrow a lot of money before I could graduate, so I'm going to get a job first so I can start paying back all that money. Also I still live with my roommate and I'm tired of doing that I want to find my own apartment it can't be very expensive so I'll probably have to get something small but it will be great to have my own place listen and practice Transportation nowadays all countries of the world use water Air and land transportation to trade food, fuel, clothing and other goods such as cars and televisions.

Tourists began vacationing by train and boat 200 years ago, around 1960, with the invention of large passenger airplanes. Tourism became very popular nowadays, around 900 million tourists travel to another country every year in 2001 an American named Dennis Tito was the first space tourist he flew in a Russian spacecraft to the International Space Station one day tourists will travel to the Moon they will listen to and practice tropical climates in tropical climates the climate is hot and humid people They need houses that protect them from the sun, wind and rain. Many forests grow here and people use the trees to make wooden houses.

Mud bricks break. There are often floods in tropical climates, so people build houses on stilts. The stilts keep the house cool and protected. from snakes and water long roofs provide shade and wooden shutters on the windows keep the sun out we throw away too much waste and this is bad for our planet we need to reduce the amount of waste we produce we can recycle more things like plastic paper Glass and metal our cars and factories produce smoke that pollutes the air in some cities it can be difficult to breathe because there is so much pollution in the air some factories pollute our water and soil we should build more modern factories that do not produce so much pollution listen and practice homes for people poor poor foreigners often do not have enough money to buy or build their own house some families share small apartments with other families the whole family sleeps in one room and two or three families share a bathroom some very poor people cannot live with others Families then have to build houses with things that other people throw away like pieces of metal Cloth or wood The places where there are many of these houses together are called slums there is no electricity or running water many Today people are homeless and have no no home.

Homeless people sometimes sleep on the streets in big cities. In some places there are shelters where they can stay, but sometimes all they have is a cardboard box. Rich foreigners sometimes live in big houses. houses called mansions have electricity running water central heating air conditioning nice bathrooms expensive furniture carpets and sometimes even swimming pools they often also have large gardens the mansion below is in Thailand it is made of a wood called teak a natural oil in the wood protects it from the weather and insects teak is very good for building houses and furniture listening and practicing this is a good part ofthe city to relax.

I often come for walks on weekends. It's a great place to listen to the birds and smell the flowers, it looks like it's been here for years but it actually only opened a couple of years ago. There used to be a lot of old factories here, but the city decided to tear them all down because we didn't have enough green space in the city listen and practice Joanne Kathleen author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series born in 1965 near Bristol England her birthday on July 31 is the same as that of her famous hero Harry Potter. Joanne did well in school her favorite subjects were English and foreign languages ​​and she studied French at school she graduated in 1986 and over the next few years she had a variety of jobs However, his passion was writing.

He had written his first story, a rabbit, about a rabbit with measles. At the age of six he began writing the first Harry Potter book. In 1990, the idea of ​​Harry, a lonely 11-year-old orphan who was actually a wizard, occurred to Rowling while traveling by train between Manchester and London, although she left England shortly after to teach English in Portugal, continuing to write the Harry's story. She returned to Britain in 1993 and settled in Scotland. It was a difficult time, she was out of work and depressed, but she finally completed her first book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

It was published in Britain in 1997 and quickly became a hit with children and adults. JKR has been writing Harry Potter books for almost 20 years. She writes by hand and each book takes a year to complete. She has now completed the seven-book Harry Potter series; The last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, came out in July 2007. Her books have won numerous awards, including children's book of the year in which she married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001. She has had three children. , a boy, David, and two girls, Mackenzie and Jessica. The books have been translated into more than 60 languages ​​and more than 300 million copies have been published. sold worldwide the first six books have been made into films she has become Britain's highest-earning woman richer than the queen she has earned more than 600 million pounds more than a billion dollars this makes her the first person to become a billionaire by writing books listen and practice staying healthy the best way to stay healthy is to stay healthy try to have a healthy diet and drink eight glasses of water every day and more in hot weather stay clean bathe frequently brush your teeth every day and wash your hands After using the bathroom and before eating, most of us know that exercise helps us stay healthy, but did you know that people exercise more if they play a sport they like or can do with friends?

What do you do to support yourself? healthy to listen to and practice floating houses many people in the world live on floating houses people sleep cook eat and sometimes work on them some floating houses are used as floating stores so you don't have to come to land to buy food some people live on the Canal Boats These boats are long and narrow so that they can travel along narrow rivers or canals. About 200 years ago these ships transported materials for large industries, but today the ships are used as homes. Foreigners listen and practice holiday homes. Many people like to go camping.

They sleep. in tents and cook their food outside over the fire some people have two houses, one for the winter and one for the summer, and they move between them the house does not move, but the people do, some people drive mobile homes or Recreational vehicles, these are like a large car or van that you can live in. Many people like to drive them on holiday because they can travel to many different places and see the countryside you don't need to sleep outside Caravans or RVs the seats and tables transform into beds at night listen and practice living without a home homes some people are destroyed by hurricanes earthquakes floods or wars people then live together in refugee camps and everyone tries to help each other sometimes people have to live here for many years around 12 million people live in refugee camps there are refugee camps in more than 100 countries around the world listen and practice in Europe North America and Australia most people live in houses built for one family older people often live in a separate house sometimes live close to their families but at Sometimes they are far away Some older people live in a nursing home with many other people with whom they can talk, play and keep each other company When they cannot see their families Children without parents are called orphans if they have no other family than them Take care you can live together in a big house called an orphanage listen and practice our climates are changing and there are more and more hurricanes and floods, how can we protect our homes?

Some new homes have steel and concrete walls that will not fall in a hurricane. Architects are also designing homes for the future that will float. Scientists are researching new waterproof materials for people's homes. in brick houses they can die in earthquakes if the houses fall on them new houses made of cement and foam do not fall in an earthquake because they are light they are cheap to make and environmentally friendly listen and practice explorers are people who They leave their home to discover new places or learn new things about people, plants or animals to learn more about our world They take exciting journeys through forests through hot or frozen deserts, up mountains or down rivers Thousands of years ago, primitive people they knew only a very small part of the world today we know much more and part of our information comes from explorers explorers have changed the world explorers are people who leave their home to discover new places or to learn new things about people, plants or animals to learn more about our world.

Take exciting journeys through forests, across hot or frozen deserts, up mountains or rivers. Thousands of years ago, primitive people knew only a very small part of the world. Today, we know much more and some of our information comes from explorers. Explorers have changed the world. world listen and practice in India there are many different types of dance Bollywood dance is very popular and many people learn it in their free time this type of dance is fast and colorful Bollywood is the name of the most famous film industry in India in bollywood movies there is always singing and dancing bollywood is the largest film industry in the world it makes around 1000 movies every year bollywood dancers wear colorful clothes they also wear jewelry like earrings necklaces and many bracelets between the eyebrows they have a mark or gem called foreign bindi listen and practice at the end of the school year before everyone goes on vacation my classmates like to have a picnic we go to a nice place by the river and everyone brings something to eat it's a time when we talk about our plans for the Summer is usually nice and warm and we all like to go swimming in the river listen and practice one of my friends invited me to watch a movie with her last week.

I was sure he said Wednesday night and I had put it on my calendar as Wednesday Tuesday night I didn't get home until late because I had gone to dinner at a friend's house and left my cell phone at home when I got home there was an angry message on my voicemail from my friend and she had sent me several text messages, we were supposed to see the movie on Tuesday night and she had waited for me in front of the theater for an hour to listen and practice. I want to do something useful before I go to university next year, so...

I'm going to work in a nursing home as soon as I finish school. My job is to work with the nurses and help people get dressed and I will go for walks with them. Things like that. The job starts in July and is for at least nine months I will also live in the house while I work there I will work until I have saved enough money for a vacation I will go to Florida with some friends after the job is done I will need to relax I will not get tired If I have a vacation before school starts, listen and practice.

I grew up near Chicago. I really wanted to be a gym teacher at a school. I loved sports and used to play them a lot after I graduated. I tried to do it. I got a job as a gym teacher 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 it right. I was always interested in cooking. My mom taught me. cook and used to prepare meals for the family when I was a child. Anyway, my dad's friend owned a small restaurant and 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 work so I could learn their techniques. A year later, the owner asked me to be one of the chefs. A couple of years ago I decided to open my own restaurant. It is done. Well, we have three chefs and we are usually very busy, especially on the weekends. Foreigners listen and practice well. I speak Spanish pretty well, so before going to university I will travel through South America. I have an old friend from school in Brazil. and a pen pal in Chile, so I have some people to visit.

I also want to go see the rainforest. I'm working at a local restaurant right now, but as soon as I have enough money I'll book a flight to Rio de Janeiro. Janeiro I will spend about a month in Brazil and then I will go to Chile. I think I'm really looking forward to it. It will be fantastic when you travel. I will call home twice a week if I don't continue. in touch I know my parents will worry listen and practice when one of us has a birthday the rule is that we all go out together we like to receive a nice gift and invite the birthday person to dinner at a restaurant but it's nice to just have together we have Been doing this for over 10 years since we became friends in college.

It's a way to stay in touch and a time to catch up on what's been going on with everyone. Listen and practice for Thanksgiving. We usually like to get together. some of the neighbors for a big dinner we take turns having it at others house it's fun because it's a time when the kids cook everything but the menu is always the same roast turkey with stuffing and mashed potatoes after a fabulous dinner we see a soccer game together on television listen and practice the first people traveled to find food and water most explorers travel because they are curious and want to discover new places and learn new things some of the first explorers hope to get rich by discovering new plants, animals or treasures and by selling them when they get home today explorers travel to have an adventure to learn more about remote places to find something new to help science or maybe to be famous listen and practice until about 10,000 years ago people lived in small family groups and They didn't travel much back then, as villages and cities got bigger people had to travel to find food, they used animals to transport products like meat and furs.

Then, about six thousand years ago, people began to travel long distances to trade metals, salt and spices, ships began. trading in the Middle East 4500 years ago people used boats because animals could not travel on water soon people were trading throughout Europe and Asia listen and practice in 1804 Richard Trevithik built the first train in Wales in the United Kingdom his train engine steam used coal to heat water hot water made steam and the steam powered the machine the train moved along two metal tracks called a railway in 1825 the world's first railway system opened in the United Kingdom soon the railways with trains of steam were common around the world in 1930 steam trains could travel at about 150 kilometers per hour listen and practice in 1862 the first underground train system opened in London in the United Kingdom today more than 160 cities around the world have subway trains modern trains have electric or diesel engines some long-distance trains have restaurants and sleeper cars with beds for passengers to sleep on trains are good because they use less fuel per passenger than cars, buses or airplanes, some High-speed trains can travel at more than 300 kilometers per hour listen and practice the first fish appeared about 510 million years ago A few years ago they were the first vertebrate animals on Earth, animals with a backbone.

Today there are around 24,000 different types of fish. They all have gills to take in oxygen from the water. Most also have fins and a tail to help them swim. Scientists believe thatAmphibians evolved from fish that lived in shallow waters about 400 million years ago. Amphibians became the first vertebrates to live on land and walk on legs. Young amphibians have gills but then grow to be able to breathe air. Today there are more than 4,000 species of amphibians such as frogs. toads and salamanders listen and practice why people don't like other people some people don't like other people just because they look different I think that's stupid I don't think it's fair to judge someone by their appearance very kind but they are mean or cruel some people seem very ordinary but are incredibly kind.

I remember when I was in first grade I saw a girl across the room and she had a bad look on her face. I thought to myself that it probably wasn't. a very nice person I stayed away from her and played with the other kids then we had to play a game and the teacher said she would choose partners for us the teacher chose the girl with the mean face as my partner I didn't think the game would be very fun with a classmate who seemed as bad as that girl. I approached her and greeted her.

The girl's face changed, she smiled at me and she started talking to me. Her evil face disappeared. We had many things. It was fun to play, we laughed a lot and enjoyed each other's company. That girl became my best friend. Now when I look at her, I see what's inside her. Sometimes she doesn't smile, but I know what she is like. She is kind and fun. person I have learned that you can't judge a book by its cover it's not fair to not like someone just because they don't look the way you want them to look you have to know a person I don't care what color a person's skin is , I don't care if she is tall or short, thin, fat, happy or sad.

I judge people by how they treat me and I try to treat people how I would like to be treated. Listen and In some schools children wear special clothing, we call this clothing a school uniform. School uniforms are made in the school's special colors. They often have the school insignia on the front of the jacket or sweater. Some schools have different uniforms for summer and winter. I don't have much decoration sometimes there is a jacket and a tie and maybe a hat in the language of clothing a school uniform says that I am a serious student and I work hard I listen and practice like most clothes nowadays the clothes of children is made by machines in factories children's clothing can be made faster and cheaper than in the past so more people can buy it when children play their clothes get dirty today's clothes are easy to wash and dry because some of the fabrics are synthetic children's clothing is usually brighter than that of adults clothing small children like bright, cheerful colors foreigners listen and practice horses pulled the first buses 200 years ago buses became popular As cities became larger because people traveled by bus to get to work modern buses have diesel or electric engines most buses can carry more than 40 passengers and some very long articulated buses can carry up to 120 people in many countries special buses take children to school in places without trains buses transport passengers long distances between cities in some countries buses transport many passengers and goods listen and practice our car factories and power plants produce too many gases such as carbon dioxide.

The Earth is warming because there is too much carbon dioxide in the air. This is called global warming. Global warming means more storms and rain. More ice is melting in the Arctic and Antarctic, so sea levels are rising and some islands are disappearing. Some islands between India and Bangladesh have already disappeared under water. Listen and practice. Some islands in the Pacific Ocean will probably disappear within 100 years if we don't stop global warming. Some of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean will probably disappear sooner Most of the land is less than two meters above sea level We can try to slow global warming by producing less carbon dioxide We can drive and fly less and we can use cars more clean we should use less coal and oil to produce electricity there are cleaner ways to produce electricity abroad listen and practice can you imagine a world without cars?

We've only had cars for about 120 years. People laughed at the first automobiles. They were slow and noisy. Two German engineers, Daimler and Benz, made the first gasoline-powered automobile in 1885. It only had three wheels. Around 1905 companies like Rolls-Royce started making cars, they were very expensive because people made each car by hand and then in 1913 the Ford Motor Company started making their Model T car in a special factory The factories of Ford produced cars quickly, so the Model T was less expensive than other cars in 1927 there were more than 15 million Model Ts on the roads listen and practice the world needs to produce less pollution electric motors produce less pollution than diesel and engines gasoline, one day all vehicles will have electric motors.

What will transportation be like in the future? Some modern cars use biodiesel. Biodiesel comes from plants and is a clean fuel that we can also produce clean energy from the sun and wind machines can put this energy into batteries that power electric motors in the future most cars will have electric motors or use biodiesel listen and practice electricity moves through some materials electricity moves quickly through metal wires bring electricity from power plants to our homes electricity also moves through water do not touch electrical machines with wet hands you may receive a electric shock electricity cannot move through some materials electricity cannot move through plastic or glass these things stop the movement of electricity listen and practice it is going to be my father's birthday what can I give him no I have a lot of money, I've searched all the stores and I haven't found anything that I think she would like or that I can afford.

I thought. I had a hard time deciding what to buy her. I thought maybe he would like some candy, but my dad doesn't really eat a lot of candy. I thought he might like a new shirt, but he has a lot of clothes. I can't afford a new car or computer for him I was watching him on the weekend he cut the grass he washed the car he took out the trash weeded the garden and watered the plants I had an idea I went to my room and took out some paper I cut pieces of paper and I wrote on them I wrote on a piece of paper that I would wash the car every weekend during the summer I wrote on another piece of paper that I would take out the trash every week during the summer I also wrote that I would mow the lawn and weed the garden and water the plants every week during the summer I made a birthday card for my dad and I put the pieces of paper in it I went down and gave my gift to my dad my dad thought the gift was very thoughtful he said it was a gift from the heart I made them all those things for my dad all summer he said he had a lot of free time because I helped him a lot my dad and I are good friends I don't mind doing things for him because I know he is always there to help me a good gift doesn't have to be something that costs a lot My dad says that the best gifts are the ones that show how much you care about the other person.

I'm glad my dad liked his gift of listening and practicing. A long time ago people didn't build houses, they slept in forests. and caves they hunted animals and gathered fruits they also made things with materials they found around them people made the first tools with a stone called flint they used the flints in their hands or fixed them on pieces of wood or animal bones people used tools of flint to cut wood and hunt animals in cold countries they used animal skins to make clothes and shoes listen and practice people used wood and plants to make shelters simple places to sleep they cut wood from trees to shape the shelter then they used other plants to make the roof and walls some people still build houses like this today people used grass to make threads they pushed threads over and under other threads to make clothes and beds this is called weaving they also made baskets by weaving sticks fine, baskets are great for carrying food and fishing, listen and practice paper, they made the first paper from small plants, but now they make most of the paper from trees in a factory.

Mix small pieces of wood with chemicals and water to make a liquid called pulp, then machines flatten the pulp, then heat it to dry it, then long pieces of paper come out of a machine and go into a roll that we print on paper to make . books and we arrange paper to produce cardboard to make boxes we should not waste paper because we cut down trees to do it and it is bad to cut down too many trees we can reuse old paper to make new things, for example newspapers or even materials to build things listen and practice cotton cotton comes from the flowers of the cotton plant Farmers grow the plants and collect round pieces of cotton from them.

People use machines to wash cotton and pull it into long threads called fibers, then the machine spins the fibers into cotton. threads other machines weave cotton threads into fabric people use fabric to make many things such as clothing and curtains people can use special colors called dyes to make fabric different colors listen and practice wool wool comes from sheep and other animals Sheep grow a layer of wool to keep them warm once a year. Farmers cut the wool from the sheep, this is called shearing. Farmers can collect wool from hundreds of sheep in a day. People turn wool into fibers and spin it.

This usually happens in factories, but some people still spin wool. at home wool is very soft and warm, making it great for making sweaters and socks listening and practicing Incredible Oil sneakers plastic toys plastic shopping bags and many other things are made from chemicals that come from petroleum oil It is made from small plants and animals that lived in the seas and oceans millions of years ago, after they died, the sand above them slowly turned into Rock. The Rock and the heat underground transformed them into a black liquid called oil and a gas called Natural Gas.

It takes millions of years to produce oil, but we are using it very quickly in a hundred years there will be no oil if we do not use it more slowly listen and practice recycled materials people are making new materials all the time we use them to make bigger airplanes clothes warmer thinner televisions and products that are better for our world it is bad for our world to throw away too much stuff this uses energy and materials and produces waste it is good to recycle as much waste as possible then in factories people can make new materials from it of these recycled materials we use new materials made of recycled plastic inside cars because these materials are light and resistant listen and practice something curious happened on the way to school last Friday it was very windy I was walking down the street with my friend John we were having difficulties to walk against the wind the wind pushed against us and we felt its force pressing against us it was even difficult for us to breathe we walked slowly we looked at the leaves as they danced and turned in the wind we looked at a plastic bag as it flew by We saw a boy whose baseball flew off his head his cap flew down the sidewalk and he had to chase it finally he caught it and held it tightly in his hands after retrieving it the trees frantically swung their branches We waved and waved in the wild wind.

John and I were hit by flying pieces of paper and leaves. We laughed when a trash can lid rolled and hit John in the leg. We saw another trash can rolling down the road as if he were alive. Everything was. moving in the wind then the funniest thing happened I wasn't paying attention and a paper bag came flying down the street towards us it hit me right in the face and covered my whole face at first I didn't know what had happened I was blinded I couldn't see where it was going. I stopped and spread my hands when I stopped.

The bag fell off my face. I looked at John, he was laughing so hard, he was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down his cheeks. He said he looked really funny with the brown paper bag stuck to my face. I started laughing too. We laughed about it all the way to school. John said he wishes he had a camera. He would have taken a photo of me with a bag on. my face listen and practice Once upon a time there was a young manbusinessman married the most beautiful girl in the city they loved each other very much one day she developed a skin disease little by little she began to lose her beauty it happened that one day her husband went on a business trip when he returned he had an accident and she lost her sight however her married life continued as always but as the days went by she gradually lost her beauty the blind husband seemed like he didn't know this there was no difference in their married life they continued to love her and she also loved him very much one day she His father died, it brought him great pain, he ended up with all his rights lost and he wanted to leave that town, a man from behind Cold and sad, now how can you walk alone all these days, your wife helped you, he responded, "I'm not blind, I was acting because if she knew That I could see the condition of her skin due to illness would have hurt her more that her illness didn't love her for her beauty only, but I fell in love with her care and loving nature, so I pretended to be blind.

I just wanted to keep her happy. listening to and practicing my favorite story every night when I was little. My mother read me a story. My favorite story. It was Tom's Midnight Garden This was a story by Felipe Pierce It was a fairly long book and it took my mother several nights to read the entire book to me Tom's Midnight Garden Tom moves to the city to stay with his uncles He is very bored in his apartment they have no children so Tom has nothing to do one night the clock strikes 13 times Tom knows that this is impossible a clock can only strike 12 times he sneaks down the stairs and comes out when he comes out there it is a wonderful garden that wasn't there the day before the next day Tom goes out and discovers that there is no garden, the garden only seems to appear at night every night Tom sneaks into this wonderful garden and meets some people in the garden that he knows. a girl named Hattie Hattie and Tom become very good friends in this garden.

Very strange things happen in this book. There are some coincidences that keep you guessing what is really happening. The surprise ending is wonderful. I really enjoyed Tom's Midnight Garden and very sad when my mother and I got to the end of the book I felt like I had visited the Magic Garden with Tom it is a book I will remember all my life listen and practice heaven go outside and look up what can you see? you can see the sky the sky is up you look at the sky is it day or night what can you see in the sky look at the sky during the day what color is it can you see the clouds when it is sunny the sky is blue the clouds are white or gray sometimes you can see birds and airplanes flying in the sky sometimes when it is sunny and raining you can see a rainbow in the sky a spaceship goes up to the sky then goes to space the space is dark and very big listen and practice the sun, Do you know that the sun is a star, it is our star?

We live on a planet called Earth, the earth revolves around the sun, the sun shines in the sky, it gives light to our planet, don't look at the sun, it is not good for you. eyes the sun is very very hot it makes our planet warm so we can live here we get electricity from the sun the sunlight shines on the solar panels this makes electricity listen and practice at night foreigner the sky is dark you can see the moon The moon is a large ball of rock, sometimes you see a round moon, this is called a full moon, sometimes you see different shapes, a thin moon is called a crescent moon.

You can also see stars at night. The stars are big hot balls of fire, they look very small. because they are very far away in space sometimes you can see planets that are too strange planets one planet revolves around a star eight planets revolve around the Sun the Sun and its planets are called the solar system the planets are all different Jupiter is big and Mercury is small Venus It is hot and Neptune is cold Saturn has many rings many planets have moons a moon revolves around a planet Earth has a Moon we call it the Moon some planets have many moons listen and practice Stars Stars can look red, orange, yellow, blue or white The sun is a yellow star.

You can see star patterns in the sky. The patterns are called constellations. With a telescope you can see more stars. The Hubble Space Telescope is a very large telescope in space. Take pictures of stars. A galaxy has many stars. there are many millions of stars in a galaxy our galaxy is called the Milky Way listen and practice poultry chickens and other farm birds are called poultry we get meat eggs and feathers from poultry free range chickens live outside eggs Free-range chickens are very good for you On other farms Chickens live in large barns with many other chickens These farms are called factory farms Ducks and geese live outside We use their feathers to make pillows and quilts for our beds Some farmers raise ostriches for their eggs, meat and feathers listen to and practice livestock Farmers raise livestock for meat and milk in spring and summer.

Cattle live in the fields and eat a lot of grass in winter. Some cows live in barns and then eat dry grass called hay. The ranches are very large farms, they have many fields and many cattle on the ranches the farmers use horses to move the cattle The farmers milk their cattle every morning and every afternoon they milk the cattle by hand or with milking machines we drink the milk too we turn milk into cheese, butter, cream and yogurt we listen and practice sheep all over the world In the world there are sheep on farms. We obtain wool, meat and milk from sheep.

Sheep can live outside all year round. They have a woolen coat called fleece. We use the fleece to make wool. Then we make hats, coats and socks with the wall. A lamb drinks its mother's. milk some sheep they cannot feed all their lambs the farmer feeds these lambs with milk from a bottle then the lambs eat grass the sheep also eat grass listen and practice cultivation crops only grow with the right climate and with water and good soil only Bananas and pineapples grow in warm climates, strawberries and other soft fruits grow in cold climates, a lot of sugar comes from a crop called sugar cane.

Sugar cane can grow nine meters high. Rice only grows in a lot of water. Many farmers grow rice on terraces. Some farmers cut rice terraces in mountains. wheat grows in large fields we make flour from wheat we use flour to make bread, pasta and cakes