We use clocks to measure time．Inside every clock there is a special part that works at the same，regular speed．In electric clocks it is a regular electrica

大象的鼻子
Do you konw why an elephant has a long nose?
1．Long long ago，an elephant didn't ha

Yesterday was really a busy day. I got up very early in the morning. I went to school by bike. Then all of my classmates and I went to Beihai Park by bus. Yesterday was Tree Planting Day, so we went there to plant trees. We first dug many holes and put trees in them. Then we put the soil back to the holes and watered the trees. We were a

Important people often like to show how important they are ．

（A）
Alice：Can you go with me to Jill's bookstore？I need a notebook．
Ben ：Now ？It's too early．Today's Sun day．There is still one hour before it opens．
Alice：Oh！I forgot．W

(1809——1852)
Complete the passage with proper verbs.
Louis Braille（1）  was  （be）the son of a French leather worker．He（2）_______（go）blind

Lightning hit a giant tree in the forest．The tree died．It fell to the ground．Soon the tree began to rot（腐烂）．
Seeds from other trees fell to the ground．These seeds could not grow．There were too many plants on the forest floor．Bu

Before getting married，the bride（新娘）at a Hindu wedding ceremony（婚礼）does everything to make sure her wedding day is a lucky one．A holy man studies the horoscopes（占星）of the bride and groom（新郎）to choose the right day of the wedding，so that the marriage will be long and happy．Will the marriage be a happy one if the wedding takes place on Wed

With China's entry into the WTO English is becoming more and more important，so we must learn English well．But we are very busy．Every day we have too much homework to do，too many things to remember．How can we make the best use of our limited（有限的）time to g

When you shop for things you can pay by cash，credit card or EFTPOS．
Cash
Cash means notes and coins you hand．
You ca

There was once a very bad king．All the people hated him．One hot day the king was walking along the river．He decided to take a swim．The king was a good swimmer，but when he got into the water，he suddenly felt a pain in his side．He started to drown．
Two f

Newborn babies do not usually have any teeth．Their front teeth begin to grow when they are about six months old．Most children have all their“milk”teeth by the time they are two years old．There are 20 teeth altogether．
The front teeth are used to cut fo

下面这篇文章摘自剑桥大学出版社出版发行的Short Stories for Creative Language Classroom,文章生词较多，但别有趣味，请同学们用“心”欣赏。
For years，the children whimpered and tugged，“Tell us，tell us．”
You promised to tell the children some other time， later，when they were o

There was once a man in Puerto Rico who had a wonderful parrot．The parrot was unique；there was no other like him in the whole world．He could learn to say any word—except one．He would not say the name of his native town，Catano．
The man did everything he

There's a famous saying, "Everything has two sides, the advantages and disadvantages. " Computer games are no exception. In its development computer games have brought both advantages and disadvantages.
Now, here's an example: A racecar game—— Need For