Benjamin Banneker was born a few months before another great American—George Washington. Benjamin was black, but he was not a slave (奴隶). He and his mother and his grandmother were free. Benjamin's grandmother came from England. In America she got a job and worked for many years to pay for her boat trip across the ocean. After working many years, she saved enough money to buy a farm. Benjamin lived with her for a while. She taught him to read, write and do arithmetic (算术).

    Benjamin's neighbours knew that he was clever. They were not surprised when he built a large wooden clock. He made each piece after studying a small pocket watch. The clock made him famous, for it was one of the first clocks built in America. People from other places began to send hard problems of all kinds to Benjamin to settle.

    Thomas Jefferson heard of Benjamin Banneker's ability to settle hard problems. He asked Banneker to help build the city that was to be the capital of the United States—Washington, D.C. Banneker worked hard on the plans for the city. He marked where the streets and buildings—the Capitol (美国国会大厦), the White House, and many other places should be built.

    Later, L' Enfant, the Frenchman who had designed the new city, had a quarrel, and went back to France in anger. He took all of the plans away. The workmen couldn't build without any plans to follow.

    For a while it seemed that the plans for the capital might have to be changed, but Benjamin Banneker remembered the plans he had helped draw. He drew each again as he had built each piece of his clock.

    If it weren't for Benjamin Banneker, Washington,

    D.C might look very different from the way it does today.

On December 9th, 3:50 in the afternoon, many students in China watch TV. It is a very interesting science class from the space station(大空站). They all like it very much!

Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu are the three teachers. And Wang Yaping is the only woman teacher. She is great fun!

First, she says hello to all of the students. Then she lets the students have a look at their "rooms" in the space station. She gets an apple from the fridge（冰箱）．She says, "This apple is in the space station for a long time but it is really fresh. In her class, Wang Yaping helps the students to know much about water in space. She puts a ping-pong ball in the water. The ball doesn't go up but stays in the middle of the water. It is really interesting! Things in the space station are not the same as we know. Many students ask questions about space science. They are happy to help them.

Wang Yaping has a flower. It is from her daughter. She is only five now. She watches her mom in the space class, too! After one hour, the space science class finishes. Wang says, "All of you are flowers of China. One day you can come to space yourselves and find new things about space!"

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Last week, Alice made a survey about supermarkets, movie theaters and schools in her city. Here are the results.

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 Have you ever been to Thailand? For thousands of tourists from China, this small country in Southeast Asia is an excellent place to take1 . Bangkok(曼谷) is the2 of Thailand. There are many temples(寺庙) in Bangkok. You can3 some monks(僧侣) walking along the streets.

 The 4 time to visit Thailand is from April 13th to 15th, because it is the time of 5 . People sing, dance and go on the streets to6 water at each other. The local people think that water can wash away bad things and bring good luck.

 Beaches and sunshine are a lot of travelers' choices. In this country, there are many hotels facing the sea, so you can have fun on the beach or 7 in the sea Thailand is also a good place to try 8 food. You can eat seafood at any restaurant or buy some tropical(热带的) fruit such as mangoes and durian(榴莲)a9 prices.

 If you go to Thailand, you won't forget to10 an elephant. The elephant a symbol of Thailand. It's believed that Thailand is one of the most fascinati. travel places.