Dear Editor,

    I'm a fourteen-year-old girl. I want to go abroad after junior school   Because I think it's helpful to improve my English, But my parents don't agree Because they think I am too young to live alone. What do you reckon?

Li Lin

Opinions

Reasons

Agree

have a Better English environment

know the foreign Culture improve the Basic life skills

Disagree

spend lots of money have difficulties in talking with foreigners not know how to look after ourselves.

Students wanted in the spurts club

    Can you play soccer or basketball? Are you good at tennis or ping pong? In our sports club, we want students who love sports. I you want to be a sports star and popular with your friends, welcome to join us. Please come to our dub on Wednesday or Friday after school And you can practice your favorite sport for two hours Call Mr. Green at 010 — 8366 for more information.

Help for sick children

    Are you busy on weekends? No? Are you good with children? Yes? Then we need you to help with sick children in the hospital. You can tell stories to make them happy or tech their subjects. It's kind of difficult, but meaningful (有意义的). Please call Mrs. Black at 010-9688 to join us.

The Wild World of

Extreme (极端的) Weather

Table of Contents (目录)

Introduction: ExtremeWeather …………………3

Part One: From One Extreme to Another

Chapter 1: The World's Hottest Weather …15

Chapter 2: The World's Coldest Weather …43

Chapter 3: The World's Wettest Weather …69

Chapter 4: The World's Driest Weather ……95

Part Two: Severe (恶劣的) Weather Events

Chapter 5: Hurricanes (飓风) ……………123

Chapter 6: Storms …………………………147

Chapter 7: Floods (洪水) …………………179

Chapter 8: Lightning (闪电)………………201

Part Three: Weird (离奇的) Weather

Chapter 9: Pink Snow and Other Colorful Weather ………………………………………………225

Chapter 10: It's Raining Fish and Frogs—Really!…………………………………………253

Glossary (词汇表) of Weather Terms ……………281

Have you ever seen that cows are lined up？ New Zealand is so large. It is impossible for people to milk cows by hand. So the farmers trained the leading cow to take the cows to the milking station twice a day. The leading cow has a sensor（传感器）on its head. When it is time for milking， the sensor warns the leading cow to take the lead. 

Horses are mainly raised for viewing（观赏）and racing， so the coat color is very important. Wearing sunscreen（防晒）clothes on horses can avoid the harm from the sun. The clothes on horses are filled with weights that are the same weight of the rider. When the weights are replaced by the rider during the race， "the horses will be used to running with weights" just like the sportsman running with sandbags. 

Sheep in New Zealand used to have tails. Because they poop（排便）when they're born， grass flies are interested in them. Grass flies lay their eggs in the tails of the baby sheep， causing illness and death. Then people tie their tails. As time passes， the sheep become tailless. This improves the survival rate（成活率）. 

New Zealand's alpacas（羊驼）were introduced from South America. They are quite different from two－humped camels（双峰驼）. An alpaca weighs about 55 kg to 65 kg. Its shape is like a sheep. Only one grown－up male（雄性）alpaca can be found in each group. It is the leading one. Alpacas are gentle， clever and human. 

Performance（表演）

From Monday to Friday

Weekends&Holidays

Place

Happy Ocean

12:30

13:00, 15:00

Ocean World

Birds' Show

11:00, 13:30, 15:00

Birds Stadium

Elephant Show

11:00(Closed on Tuesday)

11:00, 13:00, 15:00

Elephant Valley

Adult:¥200

Child between 1. 2 m and 1. 5m in height:¥100

Child less than 1. 2 m:Free