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Vicuna, a small town in the north of Chile, is a great place for watching stars all year round. Although it is near the sea, the cold, wet air from the coast does not bring clouds. Instead, dry winds from the desert keep the clouds away at night. In fact, the sky is so clear in Vicuna that it is possible to see many stars that can be seen only with advanced instruments(先进仪器) in other parts of the world.

In Vicuna, distant(遥远的) star systems such as Magellanic Clouds can be seen without the help of an instrument. That is why the town was chosen as the home of a number of sky observatories(天文台). One of them, the Mamalluca, is quite different from the typical observatories used by scientists. This observatory was built for tourists who like to look at the stars. During the year, Vicuna’s hotels accommodate thousands of tourists who come from all over the world to see the night sky as they have only seen it in books. The cloudless sky is clearly a moneymaker for the town, which makes the town plan to set up more observatories. It was recently decided that building observatories would go on for another few years.

At one point, however, the town faced a serious problem. As the town grew, more streetlights were added, making it more and more difficult to see the stars at night. The town saved the night sky by building a new system of lights that lit up the streets without influencing the view of the sky.

I used to hate running. In middle school, I found running really tiring(使人疲惫的) and I was always one of the ______ students to cross the finish line. Then, in 2018, my ______ asked me if I would like to run a 10K event with him. I answered without thinking, “No way! I hate running.”

Over the weekend, I _______his question. “Why do I hate running when I haven’t tried it since Year 7 in middle school?” In the end, I decided I should give running another ______before I said I hated it. I told my friend I would like to go to the 10K event with him. He was happy to hear that I would ______him. He advised me to look on the Internet for a running program to help me learn ______to run.

There were lots of running programs on the Internet. I ______a 14-week running program that would teach me how to run for 30 minutes non-stop. I enjoyed following the program as I could see   ______in my running each week. I went from hating running to loving running!

On the day of the 10K running event, my friends and father came to ______ for me. With their support(支持) and my training, I finished the 10K in 72 minutes. It was difficult, but I felt very proud for having tried it. From this ______, I learned that it is a good idea to try something before saying you hate it!

The next morning Bobbie gets up very early. Phyllis is still sleeping. Bobbie pulls her hair (not very h1． ) to wake her up.

“What’s the matter?” asks Phyllis in a very sleepy voice.

“Wake up! We’re in our n2． house,” says Bobbie. “Don’t you remember? Come on! Let’s go and prepare b3． for Mother. Peter’s downstairs.”

It’s cold in the kitchen. The children find some plates and cups in a box and p4． them on the table. Then they look for some tea and bread, but they can’t find any. There’s no s5． from Mother’s bedroom, so they decide to go outside. The early morning air is fresh, but the sun is warm.

The house is in a field on the top of a hill (山顶). There are m6． hills all around it. In the valley, below the house the children can see the railway line and the black mouth of a tunnel.

“Let’s go d7． and look at the railway,” says Peter.

“We can see the trains f8． here,” answers Bobbie. “Let’s sit here on the grass for a bit.”

When Mother comes out to look for them at eight o’clock, they are a9． asleep in the warm sun.

“Wake up, children!” she says. “Breakfast is r10．. Come on! We have a lot of work to do today.”

What can students usually see in a school? Buildings mostly, right? But at the University (大学) of Newcastle in Australia, things are a little different. Of course, there are buildings in it, but students can also see wildlife (野生生物).

The University of Newcastle is in a natural place. A lot of trees and animals are in the school. There are over 2, 000, 000 trees. The school is also home to over 116 kinds of birds, 11 kinds of frogs and 18 kinds of reptiles (爬行动物).

Of all these animals, students see opossums (袋貂) most often. The small animals sleep in the day, and come out to do activities at night. They always show up in the open air. They only go into classrooms sometimes. But a young opossum often goes to a classroom. It enjoys having classes there and students take many pictures of it.

When wild animals show up in the school, no one is afraid. Students and teachers think the animals are friends. And the animals never hurt people. Workers of the university also work hard to keep the wild animals safe in the school. For the natural world, the animals are an important part.

So next time you visit Australia, you can go to the University of Newcastle for some nice wildlife!