We see them at the senior citizens’ corner or in a bus or train desperately in need of a seat. The senior citizens, as the elderly are called, need all the consideration we can give. But do they get it?There are many youths among us who do not show proper care and concern for the […]
When I grow up I would like to be a surgeon. Surgeons do a wonderful job by operating on people and, perhaps, saving their lives.I have always wanted to study medicine when I leave school. My father is a GP and I am sometimes allowed to go on his house calls with him. Seems how
I had a really bad nightmare last night. My mother says that I woke up screaming. I was trembling with fear.In my dream I was strolling along a road near my home when a car stopped beside me. The driver asked me how to get to the hospital. While I was giving him directions to
My name is Tommy and I am two years old. My owner is a little boy called Haria. I always wake early in the morning. I get out of my basket and run upstairs to find Haria. I nudge his bedroom door open with my nose.I then leap on to his bed and lick his
Last week a group from my class visited an old people’s home. We were hoping to get some help with a school project on the history of our town. It celebrates its centenary this year.There is a lot of written information in the library and in the offices of the local newspaper. However, Mrs. Rashmi,
The person I admire most is Nelson Mandela. He is one of the world’s most successful freedom fighters. He succeeded in doing away with the policy of apartheid, which greatly discriminated against black people in South Africa.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1943 and from then conducted an anti—apartheid campaign against the government.
We have a new principal called Mrs. Lee. She is very interested in the environment and she says that we should try to conserve it for the future generations. She has suggested various things that we could do in the school to help.We now have some recycling bins. One of these is for paper. All
I saw a really terrifying accident last Sunday. I cannot get it out of my mind. Every time I close my eyes I seem to see a return of it.My father is a real aero plane buff. He is particularly fascinated by old aircraft and last Sunday he asked us all to go to an
What a day I had yesterday! Everything that could go wrong went wrong.The day started very badly. I find it difficult to drag myself out of bed on winter mornings and I was late getting up. I had to queue for the bathroom while my elder sister spent ages putting on her makeup. That made
Until last year my favourite hobby was cycling. I spent most of my time going on bike rides around the countryside with my friends. We would take a picnic in our backpacks and spend the whole day away from home enjoying ourselves.Then my cousin Jack was given a skateboard as a birthday present. Before that
Mr. Gupta is our next-door neighbor. He is quite elderly and he recently fell and broke his leg. After he got out of the hospital he had to stay in bed for a while. Then he had to learn to walk on crutches. Mr. Gupta’s daughter was working overseas for a while and so he
If I were rich, I would travel a lot. I love visiting foreign places and seeing all the different sights. I like meeting people from other countries and I enjoy tasting interesting and exotic food.Unfortunately, I have not been to many foreign places although Mum and Dad usually take my brother and me somewhere abroad
My ambition is to take part in the Olympics. I got really enthusiastic about the idea when I was watching the television coverage of the last Olympics in Athens. I thought how wonderful it must be to represent your country at such an international sports meeting.I know that very few people do get the chance
Water is an essential part of life. All plants and animals, including humans, containing a great deal of water. More than two third of the human body is composed of water.Without water humans, animals and plants cannot survive. People cannot live for more than four days without water. They can stay alive much longer than
Last summer my parents and my aunt and uncle took a holiday house together. My cousin Jack and I spent a lot of time on our mountain bikes in nearby hills. One day, just as the sky had become rather dark, a little old lady suddenly appeared.She was very strangely dressed. Jack said later that