Strathnaver Museum is situated on the north coast of Scotland .It is based in the former Parish Church of Columba in Bettyhill and opened as a museum in 1976 .Its main theme is the tragic story of the Highland Clearances .It has a room dedicated to the Clan Mackay and also tells the story of crofting life .

    Open April to October

    9am to 11 am

    2pm to 5pm

    Closed Sundays

    Adults ￡2.00

    Concessions  ￡1.50

    Students  ￡1.00

    Children  ￡0.50

    Clachan, Bettyhill ,Sutherland ,

    KW14 7SS

    Tel : 01641 521418

    E-mail : strsthnavermus @ukonline.co.uk

    www.strathnavermuseum. org.uk

    A good book can teach you things beyond(超出) your class. It can open your eyes and clear your minds. If you want to get into a good reading habit, there are a number of ways to develop it.

    Plan your time

    You should give yourself at least thirty minutes in all for reading every day. When time is set, nothing can change it. For example, make it a habit to read during breakfast or lunch time.

    Always carry a book

    Wherever you go, take a book with you. When you leave the house, make sure that you always carry a good book as well as your school things. Remember that a book always stays with you.

    Find a quiet place

    Find a place in your home where you can sit in a comfortable chair. When you read a book, no one will trouble you. There should be no televisions, computers, music or even noisy family members around you.

    Have a library day

    Have a library card, and you can read as many good books as possible in the library. Make it a weekly trip to the library. You can save a lot of money.

    Blog it

    One of the best ways to develop a good reading habit is to put it on your blog (博客) . If you don't have one, create one. It's free. Ask your friends and family to go there to share your ideas and give you some advice.

    On March 31", 2019, a wildfire in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture(凉山彝族自治州)led to 31 deaths, including 27 firefighters. And on May 1st, 2016, in Alberta, Canada, a wildfire destroyed an area of nearly 700 square miles. More than 88, 000 people had to leave their homes and thousands of homes were destroyed.

    Wildfires are unexpected, unplanned. And the cause of most wildfires is unsure. To bum, wildfires require the right conditions—fuel, oxygen and heat. And global warring is one of the most important reasons. The high temperatures and dry conditions make the fire spread quickly.

    In many parts of the world, wildfires happen naturally. They are started by lighting(闪电)or some other special weather conditions. In recent years, there have been more wildfires because of dry, hot weather, and changeable weather patterns because of global warning.

    However, many fires are started by people. Sometimes, people clear land for farming. Besides, there are smokers who accidentally set fires.

Wildfires can cause a lot of smoke, which will pollute the air. Lots of lives, property(财产)and valuable forests will soon disappear in wildfires. When trees are burnt down, and heavy rain follows, more disasters such as terrible floods will happen.

    The salmon (大马哈鱼) is a very strange fish. It is born in a river. But the young salmon takes two years to swim down the rivers towards the Pacific Ocean. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Then it returns to the river where it was born. A grown-up salmon weighs about 25 pounds and is nearly three feet long. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} When it is almost time to lay eggs，both male and female salmons begin a great journey. Each salmon is heading for the river where it was born. A salmon may be a thousand miles from where its life began. Yet it is able to return to that place.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}The salmons are food for some other fish. Some are caught by fishermen. The salmons that are left keep swimming. After they enter the rivers, they head upstream(向上游). If rocks and waterfalls are in their way, the salmons leap(跳) over them. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It leaps by swimming at full speed under water, then rising to the surface. Almost the whole body of a salmon is made of muscles. It is these powerful muscles that make the salmon fit for fast swimming, quick turning, and high leaping out of the water.

    Some salmons reach the river in summer, others in the early autumn. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A.  As the salmons swim, larger fish attack them.

B.   For another two years it lives in the sea and becomes full grown.

C.  They have swum hundreds, even thousands of miles to return.

D.  The female salmon will not lay eggs in the Pacific Ocean.

E.   A salmon can leap up a fall as high as 10 feet.

My name is Tom Brown. I'm fine. I'm not twelve. I am eleven. I'm not in Grade Seven. I'm in Grade Eight. I'm in Class Three. My teacher isn't Miss Black. My teacher is Mr Green. My phone number is 7667250.

Found

    A key is in the classroom, Is it yours? My name is Mike. Please call me at 13686740533.

Lost

    I lost my pen in the library, My pen is red , I must find it . Please call me at 13016137777.

Tom