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
We are what we eat. That is an old saying and there is a lot of truth in it. Doctors and scientists are now of the opinion that we can be healthy if we eat a healthy diet. Otherwise, we will get ill.Modern food experts say that a healthy diet should include at least five
We are going on a family trip to Australia tomorrow. We are all very excited, although Mum is feeling very nervous. She never flies anywhere if she can possibly avoid it. She will happily go on trips by car, bus, train or boat, never by plane.This time Mum has no choice. She is going to
Many of us feel a great deal of sympathy for people who are poor or who are less fortunate than we are ourselves. We feel that we want to help them in some way, but how?Sometimes, we can give them help directly. If, for example, there is an old person living near us who is
A great many deaths occur as a result of accidents. Accidents are also responsible for a lot of injuries, both serious and minor. In many cases, these accidents could have been prevented if people had just been a bit more careful. Not enough of us think about safety.Take road accidents, for example. Police say that
Nowadays, scientists get a lot of criticism. In particular, their inventions are accused of damaging the environment by causing global warming. Also, people who are concerned about the possible ill-effects of GM crops tend to blame the scientists.Many people feel that scientists are becoming too powerful. Those engaged in research on cloning have been accused
Very few people write diaries these days. This is perfectly understandable because everyone is so busy in these modern times. We are all too exhausted at night when we go to bed even to think of writing an account of what has happened to us during the day.This may be understandable, but it is also
As I was standing in the bus queue this morning, I opened my schoolbag to get out my bus ticket. Then I noticed that my school project was not there. The deadline for it was first thing this morning! I was sure that I had put in my schoolbag last night! Had Ben, my two-year-old
Last Thursday we went on a class trip to a farm.It was marvelous to leave the grey buildings of the city behind and see animals grazing in the lovely green fields. Seeing animals in a field is a real novelty to many city children. The only animals we usually see are pets such as cats
Early next week I am going to New Zealand with my parents. I am incredibly excited about the trip and I packed my suitcase several days ago. I keep checking nervously to make sure that I have got everything.I do not have to worry about my tickets since my dad is in charge of those.