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A washing machine for dogs

When a dog comes home from a walk, is it dirty and smells smelly. Can we wash it in the washing machine like some c1．? In the past, it was a crazy idea, but now, it’s true.

The Dog-o-matic, a mini car-wash can help you do it now. It can clean dirty pets in half an hour. You may think it will be very e2．. On the contrary, it’s OK. Everyone can afford it. It takes you 13 pounds to wash a small dog, 22 pounds for medium size, and 31 pounds for the l3． one.

You must want to know who the inventor of this excellent machine is. It is a Frenchman, whose name is Romain Jarry. You must wonder if it’s easy to operate this machine and if your pet is s4． in the machine. In fact, it doesn’t take a long time to wash the dog—usually a few minutes. A5． it is easy to control it. You just need to press the “Start” button. The machine can f6． wetting, washing and drying process automatically(自动地). The part taking the most of the time is the drying. To see is to b7．. We really hope it will be popular.

I first saw the baby panda when she was only 10 days old. She looked like a white mouse. We called her Xi Wang. It means “Hope”.

When Xi Wang was born, she weighed only 100 grams. Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk 14 hours a day. When she was six months old, she started to eat bamboo leaves. Eight months later, she was not a small baby any more. She _____ a healthy young panda and weighed 25 kilos. When Xi Wang was twenty months old, she had to look after herself _____ her mother had another baby.

But it is very difficult for pandas to live in the wild. Here are some of the _____.

If hunters catch a panda, they will kill it for its fur（毛皮）. If farmers _____ trees and forests, pandas will have no place to live in.

When mothers leave baby pandas _____, people will often take them away. People think that the baby pandas need a family. But in fact, it’s not good for pandas.

So, we should try our best to do _____ to protect pandas. Or there will be no more pandas living in the world!

People like to talk about “first”. They like to remember their first love or their first car. But not all firsts are happy ones. Few people enjoy the firsts that are bad.

One of history’s bad but important firsts was the first car accident. Cars were still young when it happened. It took place in New York in May 1896. A man from Massachusetts was visiting the city in his new car. At that time, bicycle riders were still trying to get used to the new set of wheels on the road. No one was sure who was at fault（过错）. Anyway, a bike and the car collided. The man on the bike was hurt. The driver of the car had to stay in prison（监牢）and wait for the hospital report on the bike rider. It was lucky that the bike rider didn’t die.

Three years later, another car accident took place. It was again in New York City. A man named Henry Bliss got off a street car. He was hit by a passing car. Again, no one was sure just how it happened or who was at fault. The driver of the car was put it prison. Poor Mr. Bliss became the first person to die in a car accident.

Mother’s Day is a holiday that celebrates and honors mothers in the United States. The holiday is celebrated in a number of ways. People give mothers gifts like flowers, cards, and jewelry to 1． them for all their hard work. A popular 2． of the holiday is the carnation. This is because when the holiday first began in the U.S. people were encouraged to wear a red carnation if their mother was alive or a white carnation if their mother was dead. Many people take their mothers out for a 3． meal. In fact, Mother’s Day is the most popular date in the U.S. for people to go out and eat and it is estimated that people spend billions on meals and gifts. Mother’s Day is also the most popular day to 4． long distance calls in the U.S. It is the second most popular gift-giving day after Christmas.

Many American families live busy lives. Every week, the children have sports, music lessons, club meetings, and many other activities, 1． hours of homework. The parents are busy, too. They work, 2． their homes, cook meals, and 3． their children to activities. Some families do not have time to eat meals together 4． once a week.

The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia

Singapore worries a lot about the fitness of its people. One-third of the people in the country are overweight and about 6% of them are too f1．. Every year, September is the health month for “Fighting Obesity（肥胖）”.

This fight a2． unhealthy lifestyles starts in the schools. Everyone is educated about eating w3． and taking exercise. Students whose weight is more than it should be are asked to join the school health club and take part in special activities to help them lose a couple of kilograms. D4． breaks they do not go to eat snacks, but to the school hall for some exercise. The school also talks to their parents to see if they can plan a healthier d5． for the children. Sometimes the parents realize it is their c6． that causes the problem. Some children find it difficult to lose weight, but they’re not allowed to give up. Fun and games are u7． to attract the students to running and jumping. Parents can print out a list of the food the child is eating and discuss it at home. Fitness classes may be held on Saturdays for those who need them.