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Manydinosaursateplants.However,somedinosaurslikedto

eatmeat.

DinosaurslivedonEarthformorethan150millionyears.Then

suddenly,theyalldiedout.Nobodyknowswhy.However,we

canlearnaboutthemformtheirfossils.

Thekingandtherice

Alongtimeago,therewasakinginIndia.Thekingfavourite

gamewaschess.

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enoughricetoputonallthesquare!

Computerfacts

SmallerandBetter

Inthe1940s,thefirstcomputerswerebiggerthancars.Now

computersarebecomingsmallerandbetter.

Somecomputersaretiny.Youmaybeunawareofthem.Thereis

probablyoneinsideyourTVorwashingmachines.Youdepend

oncomputersmorethanyourealize.

Whatcanwedowithcomputers?

Wecanusecomputertocalculate.Theycancalculateatafaster

speedthanwecanandalmostnevergivewronganswers.We

canalsotypeanddrawthingswithcomputer.Inaddition,

computerscandoimportantthingslikeoperatingrailwaysand

flyingplanesandspaceship.

Isacomputerclevererthanme?

Theansweris“No”.Yourbraincanproducenewideabut

computerscannot.However,onedaycomputersmaybeableto

doabetterjobthanhumanbeings.Forexample,theymaybe

betterthandoctoratdoingtheirjobs.

Whatwillhappentousifcomputercandoallourjobs?

Willwe

havenothingtodo?

Computersmaychancesourlives,butwill

theymakethembetter?

Greatinventions

Greatinventionschangetheworld.Theyhelppeoplelivea

betterlife.Thefollowingarethereofthemostimportant

inventionsinhistory

TheWheel

Thewheelisperhapsthemostimportantinventionsinhistory.

Afteritsinvention,travelling

becamefasterandmore

comfortable.Afewthousandsyearsago,peoplestartedtouse

wheeloncarriages.Inthe19thcentury,thefirsttrainstartedto

carrypassengers.Atthestartofthe20thcentury,carsbecame

moreandmorepopular.Withoutthewheel,wecouldnothave

theseinventions.

Telephone

AlexanderGrahamBellinventedoneofthefirstpractical

telephonesin1876.Sincethen,Peoplehavebeenabletospeak

toeachotheroverlongdistances.Todaymillionsofpeople

acrosstheworldownmobilephone.Theyallowpeopletokeep

intouchwitheachotheranytime,anywhere.

Thelightbulb

ThomasEdisondevelopedthefirstpracticallightbulbin1879.

Beforetheinventionsofthelightbulb,peoplehadtousoil

bulb,

lightWithnight.seeattocandlesorgaslampslamps,

peoplecandoasmanythingsintheeveningsastheycaninthe

daytime.

Canyouimaginelivingwithoutthem?

Anexchangevisitingiseducationalandinteresting

AgroupofBritishstudentsfromWoodparkSchoolinLondon

arevisitingXinhuaJuniorHighSchoolinBeijingonan

educationalexchange.

“Ｉwasverynervousatfirst”,saysSarah.“However,myhost

familyarereallyfriendly.Iamgladtobeaguestintheirhome.I

havelearnttousechopsticks.Andtheyareteachingmealittle

Chinese.”ThestudentsspendtheweekdaysstudyingwithChinese

students.Atweekend,theytouraroundandvisitsomeplacesof

interestinBeijingwiththeirhostfamily.

“Itisbeenafantasticexperiencesofar,”saysEric.“Ihave

learnedabitoft'

aichiandIreallyenjoyit.Wehavealready

learnedalotabouttheChinesecultureandhistory.Theteachers

haveintroducedustoChinesepaintingaswell.Wehavealso

triedtopaintsomepicturesourselves!

Ihaven'

thadmuch

successyet,butIwillkeeptrying.”Iamplanningto

“saysSarah,”Ihavemademanynewfriends,“

keepintouchwiththemwhenIreturnhome.Wewillseeone

anotherbecausetheywillcomeovertotheUKforthesecond

partoftheexchangenextmonth.Ican'

twait!

”TheTrojanhorse

ThecaptainstoodonthehighwallofthecityofTroy.“The

Greekshavegoneandwehavewon,”hesaid.“Theyhavetried

tocaptureourcityfortenyears.Nowtheyhavegivenupand

”sailedaway.Therehaveleftahuge“Butlookedoverthere!

”asoldersaid,“”woodenhorse!

notThebig,Greeksdid“Itistoosaid“Ah,yes,”thecaptain,

theitintoGetsomehelpandpullthem.wanttotakeitwith

”city.Trojansthecity,allthenight,inthemainsquareofThat

horse,andmadethecelebrated.Theysanganddancedaround

tlaughedlikethissinceIhaven'

jokesaboutthestupidGreeks.“Thecaptainsaid.Aftertheparty,theylockedallmychildhood.”thegatesofthecityandthenallwenttosleep.

hugeforaexpecttheBymidnight,mainsquarewasempty,

horse.Suddenly,asecretdooropenedonthesideofthewooden

solders

Thesolders!

GreektheoffullwashorseThehorse.

quietlyclimbedoutofthehorseonebyone.

Thesoldersopenedthemaingates.TheGreekarmyentered.

Fortenyears,theGreekscouldnotcapturethecitybyfighting.

Inonenight,however,theysucceedincapturingitthrougha

clevertrick.

Henry,PaulaandMilliewritefortheschoolnewspaper.They

havewrittentheshortarticlesbelowtohelpstudentsimprove

theirmemory

RosieBridgeSchool,27March

MemoryCorner

Henry

Agreatwaytohelpyouremembersomethingistoimaginea

pictureofitinyourmind.Ifyoumakethepicturebig,strange

andsilly,youwillrememberitbetter.Forexample,ifyouwant

toremembertheworld“smiles”,youcanimaginethereisa

“mile”betweenthefirstletterandthelastlatter.Thismakesit

thelongestwordintheworld.Remember:

apictureiswortha

thousandwords.

Paula

Agoodmethodforrememberingthespellingofawordisto

makeashortsentencewitheachletteroftheword.Forexample,

ifyouwanttoknowhowtospelltheword“because”,youcan

makethesentence,“Bigelephantscanalwaysunderstandsmall

elephants.”Millie

Youwillforgetthingveryquicklyunlessyourememberitwell.

Forexample,youmayhavetroublerememberingthelistofthe

stepsinthewatercycle.

However,itiseasiertorememberthesestepsifyouunderstand

howthewatercycleworks.

RosieBridgeSchool,18May

English:

funforlife

EnglishweekatRosieBridgeSchool

Lastweek,studentsatRosieBridgeSchoolworkedhardto

maketheirEnglishWeekabigsuccess.

TherewasanEnglishbookfairinthelibraryandtreasurehunt.

SomestudentsputonanEnglishplay.Otherstudentstookpart

inanEnglishsingingcompetition.

TherewasalsoanEnglishspeakingcompetition.Thestudents

hadtospeakonatopicinEnglishfortwominutes.

Wespoketothewinner,Henry.“IamsohappythatIwon”,he

Iadvicepeopletospokeslowly.Iftheywanttobegood

“said,

publicspeakers,theyhadbetterspeakclearly,slowlyand

confidently.”WealsospoketoseveralotherstudentsaboutEnglishWeek.

OneofthemwasAmy.

“IreallyenjoyinEnglishWeek.Itgavemeachancetolearn

newwords.Inmyopinion,everyschoolshouldhaveanEnglish

Week.Itiswellworthdoing.”shesaid.

OnthelastdayoftheEnglishWeek,theheadteachergavea

speechtowholeschool.Hegavestudentssomesuggestionson

howtoimprovetheirEnglish.“Youshouldcommunicatewith

yourfriendsinEnglishwheneveryoucan.Youshouldread

someEnglishbooksandmagazinesandwatchEnglish

televisionprogrammes.Aboveall,youshouldenjoyEnglish.”hesaid.