The US Presidents' Pets
President Bush's dogs often play on the lawn (草坪) of the White House, but do you know that he also has cows and a cat? These animals are part of a long history of the US presidential pets from horses and owls to snakes and elephants.
President Bush's dogs are Barney and Miss Beazley. His cat is named India. India has lived with the Bush family for more than ten years! On his farm the President keeps a cow named Ofelia. Bush named Ofelia after a person who worked with him. Bush said that the cow was very friendly.
The 26th president was famous for his pets. His six kids had snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, guinea pigs and more.
Almost every president likes pets. So other countries gave some pets to the US presidents as gifts. The 15th president received lots of elephants from Thailand. The 8th president got a pair of tigers. The 29th president and his family even had a birthday party for their dog Laddie Boy.
1.Barney is a name of a ________. ( )A.horse | B.snake | C.cat | D.dog |
A.Miss Beazley | B.Barney | C.India | D.Ofelia |
A.One. | B.Three. | C.Five. | D.Six. |
A.birds | B.pigs | C.tigers | D.elephants |
A.All the presidents' pets lived in the White House. |
B.Ofelia is the name of a person and a pet cow. |
C.The 26th president had a lot of pets. |
D.The 29th president had a birthday party for his pet dog. |
In the science laboratory
Jenny is in the science laboratory at a school. She is sitting next to Dean. Jenny and Dean are in the same science class.
Jenny likes science. She likes Mrs. Bennett, the science teacher. She likes learning about different chemicals (化学品). The chemicals are in small test tubes (试管) and flasks (烧瓶). There is a lot of special equipment (设备) in the science lab.
Jenny and Dean are wearing special glasses. These glasses protect their eyes. Jenny is adding a chemical to a flask. The flask is on a burner (燃烧器). The burner makes the flask and the chemicals hot. Mrs. Bennett is watching Jenny.
Jenny and Dean make notes. They answer some questions about the chemicals. They write the notes and the answers in their notebooks.
1.看图写单词或词组。burner flasks chemicals test tubes |
It is Christmas Day, and there is a big party in the house. Guests come and go, but the party goes on. The bell rings. Several people shout, ‘Come in!’ And a small man opens the front door and comes in. Nobody knows him but the host goes to meet him and takes him to have a drink. The man sits there for an hour and drinks happily. Then suddenly he stops and looks at his host. ‘You know,’ he says, ‘nobody invites me to this party. I don’t know you. I don’t know your wife and I don’t know any of your guests. My wife and I want to go out in our car, but one of your guests’cars is in front of our gate, so I come here to find him and my wife is waiting in our car for me to come back !’
1.What’s the date today?The film I like