Terrafugia Company has said that its flying car, named Transition, has successfully finished a 37- second test flight.

    On March 5th, 2009, at Plattsburgh International Airport in New York. The company's chief pilot, Phil Meteer, piloted the flying car.

    Transition is a two-seat airplane that can take off and land at airports as well as drive on roads.

    The company said that the flying car can travel at speeds up to 115 mph in the air, drive at highway speeds on the ground, and fold up (折叠）to fit in a garage (车库) 81 inches wide and 80 inches high.

Hospitals could use it to transport patients so as to avoid road traffic. It may start running on wheels, and when it gets to traffic lights it can fly overhead the lights and keep its way forward. So it's good news to avoid traffic problems and the traffic accidents.

But some people say this is a going airplane rather than a flying car, at least on the appearance. Anyway, we are happy for scientific-technical progress, what a fantastical world in the near future!

    The population of the world is still going up and scientists are worried that there will not enough food for us in the middle of the century. One plant from Madagascar, the Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi, may help. It takes in carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) at night and it needs 10 times less water than food plants like rice. This means it can grow in the desert(沙漠).

    It is dangerous to eat this plant, but scientists can study two things about it: how it takes in carbon dioxide at night when other plants only do this during the day, and why it is so good at living in the desert. There will be less good land for growing food in the future because deserts are increase in size. There, growing plants will be more and more important.

    There is a possible way to take this research. To grow a desert plant to eat will be difficult, but it may be possible to use the genes(基因) from this plant and put them into food plants like beans or potatoes. And the food plants with the genes can grow in the desert. We hope the plant could be an answer to our future food.

I am Nancy, and my brother is Bob. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

 In my room, my books and dictionaries are in the bookcase. Where are my keys? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} I havea black schoolbag. It is on the chair. My pens, pencils and erasers are in my pencil box. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

 In Bob's room, his books and notebooks are everywhere— on his bed and his chair. He has a tape player. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} It's under his bed. And his schoolbag is under his bed, too. Bob always asks," Where are my keys? Where's my ruler? Where's my pen?"{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

①If your family speak English at home, then your child will naturally start to pick it up(自然地开始学习它). From an early(早的)age, children pick up what they hear every day in their home. In fact, if you can speak English, you can do something to teach your child English.

②Talk with your child. Talk with your child in English often. When talking with you, your child can pick up words and sentences (单词和句子). Children learn from the people around them.

③Read with your child. Reading English books is a good way for children to learn English. You can use pictures to help your child. What you read is very important. Always give your child the right(合适的 English books. Find him the right pictures, too.

④____ Children learn first from parents. so here are two tips(建议) for you. Your child is always listening to you, so make every talk a good learning opportunity(机会). English books are the best tool(工具) you have to teach English. Pictures can help your child to learn well.

⑤ Learning: English is s difficult I but the best time to learn English is when your child is small.