The world's first “flying car” will soon appear in the market — It will be yours for just ￡127,000.

    The Terrafugia Transition is a light sport plane with four wheels (轮子) and foldable (可折叠的)wings. It can fly up through the skies just like a regular plane, then land on the ground, fold up its two wings and drive down the road at highway speeds.

    It is 19 feet long and can fly a distance (距离) of 460 miles, with a top speed of 115mph in the air and 60mph on the highway. According to early reports, the plane uses common gas — no rocket fuels (燃料) are necessary. It gets its power through the 100 horsepower four — stroke Rotax 912S engine（发动机）.

It is about as wide as most normal cars except the folded gliders. The Terrafugia Transition can be put into most garages(车库) and drive normally on the road. A special code from a pilot's license is needed to get the wings to unfold.

    Interested pilots (yes, you need to be a licensed flyer or a driver with a pilot's license (执照) to buy one) can get an order of the flying car (or the highway plane) for ￡6,500. It is planned to be finished towards the end of the year.

Title: The world's first flying car

    Have you taken a plane? Have you thought about the ways to survive(生存) in a plane crash(坠机)? Here are some tips for you. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

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    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} .First of all, read the safety information card and listen to the safety speech carefully. Every type of plane has different safety instructions. If you're sitting near a door, make sure you know how to open it if you need to. What's more, don't forget to keep your seat belt fastened(系牢) .

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.When there is a fire, breathing smoke in is one of the main causes of death. So cover your nose and mouth with a cloth to avoid it.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.Don't be too nervous and try to keep a cool head all the time. Remember that even in the worst situation, you still have a chance to be safe.

    We eat food with the help of hands every day. It is possible for some germs(细菌) to get into our bodies. So it is important to know how to wash hands in the right way.

    A piece of news from CCTV says that students from Guangzhou have a good way of learning how to wash hands. They learn it through doing hands-washing exercises during the ①break. The teachers there say most students wouldn't like to listen but they like to act. So now the students are interested in the interesting exercises. They are learning carefully. ②They want to be teachers for their parents and friends after they learn them well.

    Chinese are very generous when they begin to educate their children. No caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a good start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend a large number of money on education. Even poor parents will buy a computer for their child.

    However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize is that today's children lack (缺乏) self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

    Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. These activities are teaching a child not only to read, but also to think. And that is more important.

    Hello, boys and girls. My name is Tony Smith. I'm twelve years old and I'm from London, England. It's a big and busy city. My favourite colour is green and it's the colour of trees. Swimming is my favourite sport. In summer, I often swim with my friends. I have a pen friend. His name is Jim Brown and he'.s eleven years old. He's from New York, America. Yellow is his favourite colour and he likes playing basketball very much.

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