There are many different kinds of museums in the world. Art museums, science museums, history museums and so on. But have you ever heard of a hamburger museum? It's hard to believe, but there is a hamburger museum called the Big Mac Museum Restaurant in North Huntingdon, U.S. North Huntingdon is about 30 miles southeast of
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There are many wonderful animals and plants living on Earth. I think it's great to have them with us. But sadly, many of them are dying because of global warming, diseases and human destruction. In all, 16,306 species are threatened with extinction today.
How many hours a day do you watch TV? I know most of you love watching TV. But researchers in New Zealand say watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence. They published their new study in the journal Pediatrics last Tuesday. The researchers studied habits and behaviors of more than 1,000 children who were born in New Zealand between April 1972 and March 1973 for a long time. The children were aged 5 to 11 watched an average of 2.05 hours of weekday television. From age 13 to 15, time spent in front of TV rose to an average of 3.1 hours a day. ＂Those who watched more than two hours, and particularly those who watched more than three hours, of television per day during
Britain marked the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death on August 31 with a royal memorial service. Diana's sons Prince William and Prince Harry, her ex-husband Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II marked the tragedy with a solemn service in London. Also, 500 guests, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and pop singer Elton John, participated in the memorial service. Elton John sang "Candle in the Wind" at Diana's funeral 10 years ago. But Charles' second wife Camilla didn't attend the service. The princess was killed in a car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997. She was 36 years old. Even 10 years after her death, people in Britain still remember her and miss her. Diana was called the "people's princess." Her fans still tie flowers and cards to the gates of Kensington Palace, where she lived before she died. Diana's death created an unusual
A British newspaper reported on August 18 that J.K. Rowling is now writing a new novel. The author is famous for her successful Harry Potter series. Her seven Harry Potter books have sold more than 335 million copies worldwide. Recently, some people saw her at cafes in Scotland, and they said she was writing a story. As many people already know, Rowling wrote the first boy wizard book at cafes in Scotland. Back then, she was very poor. So she had to write her books at cafes to save on the heating bill at home. But after the huge success of her books, she became the richest woman in England. Now, she is even richer
Do you know who the oldest person in the world is? That’s Yone Minagawa from Japan, who became the world’s oldest person earlier this year. Sadly, however, she died last Tuesday at a nursing home in southwestern Japan. She was 114 years old! Minagawa had 4 sons and a daughter. And she raised them on her own by selling flowers and vegetables. Also, she had 7 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren! What’s more amazing is that she lived longer than
There are many beautiful animals and plants living on Earth. Sadly, however, many of them have become extinct. This means we can’t see them in the world anymore. Recently, China said the Yangtze River dolphin is now almost certainly extinct. Chinese scientists said it is the first dolphin that humans drove to extinction. An international team of scientists searched for the dolphin for six weeks. But the researchers failed to find the dolphin. The Yangtze River dolphin of China has long been recognized as one of the world’s most rare mammal species. ＂It’s a historic species, more than 20 million years old, that survived through the most amazing kinds of changes in
Don’t you think seals are cute and lovely? I’m sure many of you agree with me. But sadly, many seals are being killed in Canada. People kill them to eat their meat and use their oil and skin. Canada’s commercial seal hunt is the largest killing of marine mammals in the world. More than a million seals have been killed in the past three years. And 95 percent of the seals killed were less than 12 weeks of age. Some of them were just 12 days old. Many people say it’s wrong to hunt baby seals, and it is our duty to protect and care for them. Recently, U.S. government asked Canada to stop killing baby seals. ＂I oppose the cruel practice of killing hundreds of thousands of young seals. There is no real good reason to let this needless killing continue.
On July 23, Iran’s police announced their new plans to control its people’s dressing and hairstyles in Tehran. As an Islamic country, Iran has very strict rules about people’s clothes and hairstyles. Women in Iran always have to cover their heads and bodies with long cloths. They can’t even show their hair to other people. However, in recent years, many young women are trying to express their fashion sense. Some of them show off their bare ankles and cool hairstyles beneath their headscarves. Also, many young men in Iran have Western hairstyles. The police said they will place police cars all over the capital city to warn people with un-Islamic dress. ＂We will act against those who have Western-style haircuts and clothing. The new plan will increase security in our society,＂the Tehran police head of information Mehdi Ahmadi said. If the police officers find people
Did you know that playing Internet games too much can be very bad for your health? These days, many teens in China are addicted to online games. So the Chinese government decided to limit the number of hours teenagers spend online playing games. From July 16, Chinese Internet gaming companies must install a program that needs users to enter their ID card numbers. After three hours, players under 18 are encouraged to stop and do some exercise. If they stay on more than five hours, they lose all points earned in the game. The program is part of a government campaign to combat teens’ Internet gaming addiction. According to the Chinese newspaper National Business Daily, about 10 percent of China’s more than 30 million Internet gamers are teenagers. Playing computer games is very fun. It can also help you ease your stress. But you have to remember that gaming addiction hurts
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