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.
Last summer my parents rented a holiday house in some hill station. The hill station, which was extremely picturesque, had a canal running through it. Our house stood on its own, quite close to the canal—too close as it turned out.To begin with, the weather was absolutely fine and warm. On the evening of the
Last Thursday the new school lab at Brickman School was officially opened. It was declared opened by the famous physicist, Dr. Vincent lee, who is former student of the school. A large number of invited guests attended the opening.Dr. Lee began his speech by saying how delighted he was to be back in his old
I am in my final year of primary school and I am a perfect. At my school, prefects are expected to help the teacher make sure that the other students behave well.Last week one of the younger students came to me and said that one of his friends was being bullied. He said that his
Yesterday was a very exciting day at school. It was the day of the annual match between our school and Parkview. They are our great rivals.Most years the teams have been evenly matched. Sometimes we have won and sometimes they have won, but neither team has ever won by very much.This year our team were
Last Wednesday was our school sports day. I am keen on athletics and I was really looking forward to taking part in the sports. I don’t want to seem arrogant, but I can say that I am the fastest runner in the school.I had been training hard all year. By the time sports day came,
Last summer I visited Edinburgh with my parents. After spending a few days in the city we decided to take trip into the highlands of Scotland. Everyone told us that it is a very beautiful area with a lot of mountains, rivers and lakes, or lochs as they are called in Scotland. We discovered that
Last Friday was the evening of my school party. It was a very enjoyable party and I was rather annoyed when dad came to collect me a few minutes the party was due to end. He said that we had to leave right away because the weather was so stormy.When I got outside I saw