大拇指

我学到的知识：

• 鱼尾狮曾经被雷电打过浮尔顿1号有避雷针但避雷针的保护范围只有15.5公尺远，所以鱼尾狮没得到保护。
• 芭比娃娃庆祝50岁到欧洲去。庆祝会上有一位非常漂亮的芭比，她2.1米高，原来是用巧克力蛋糕制成的。

Let's Talk Scent

Facts:

• Male ring-tailed lemurs engage in 'stink fights' to establish territory. They have swear glands above armpits and on the insides of the forearms. They place the insides of their forearms on their armpit to mix the secretions on their armpit. They then smear the mixed secretion on their tails. Now they wave these stinky tails at each other to mark their territory
• Rhinoceros sprays urine on the bushes to tell other that this is his home ( yuck)
• Some animals use urine of faeces or both for scent marking

Lizards

Facts:

• Is a reptile
• Chameleons changes colour to match surrounding to keep enemies away
• Horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes to warn enemies that they are dangerous
• Frill-necked lizards spreads frill to look bigger and brighter
• Blue tounge skinks flaunt their blue tounges and hiss
• Drop tail to distract enemies (tails grow back after they lose it)
• Tail continue to wriggle after it is detached from the body because of special muscles

Artical Review-Wildlife Wonders(Enter the Dragon)

Title:Enter the Dragon



Facts:

• The Komodo dragon is related to dinosaurs


• Its ancestors is believed to to have roamed the earth more that 300 million years ago


• It can grow to a record length of 3.1m and weigh up to116kg


• Largest species of all living lizards


• Can eat up to 80% of its body weight in one meal


• The teeth, throat and jaw muscles are adapted to swallow huge chunks of meat quickly


• It replaces four to five sets of teeth within its lifespan over 50 years


• They eat their young


• Its is difficult to tell a Komodo dragon's gender and you have to take blood samples to find out
• Its saliva contains at least 200 different types of bacteria
• It flicks its tounge out constantly to 'smell' the air

Book Review - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Author: Jules Verne

Summary:
Mr Aronmax is a scientist and is on a quest to find a wierd creature that many had spotted in the night as an oval of light in the sea. On the journey, they hit the creature and Mr Aronmax fell into the sea together with his shipmate, Ned the harpooner, and his loyal servant Conseil, who jumped in after him. They then discovered that the strange creature was actually a wonderful submarin who was build by a man who was tired of the world, Captain Nemo. Together they go through lots of adventures. Will Mr Aronmax ever return to land ever again? Find out by reading the book!

Book Review - Noddy has an Adventure

Title: Noddy has an Adventure

Author: Enid Blyton

Summary:
Noddy has been blame for theft. Strange things have been happening around Toyland! Mr Big-Bear's flowers were stolen, Big-Ears' washing was taken away and so were Mr Golly's plums.
And in every case they all hear a "parp parp" sound that sounded much like Noddy's beloved car! Read the book and find out find out how Tessie bear helps Noddy prove his innocence while Noddy and Big-Ears dress up as post-boxes to try and catch the thief!

Book Review-黑眼星

书名：黑眼星

作者：“陈老师”

主要人物：小胡

其他人物：老胡，林老板，小林和奇教授

故事：
小胡，小林和其他的小朋友正要搭“星系青年号”到黑眼星去，他们的父母都在场。有些正在抱孩子，有些正在吻别孩子，还有些满脸热泪的，场面实在太感动了。林老板呢？他正在把一袋钻石交给小林，要他在黑眼星卖。他真可恶呀！老胡就很舍不得儿子，把一袋花岗岩交给他，当作纪念，因为他是个修路工人，而花岗岩是修路的主要材料。
到了黑眼星，小林把那袋钻石拿出来，想把它卖掉，但外星人一点都没兴趣。小林仔细一看，哇！原来那里地面啊，墙壁啊，全都是用钻石七成的。他不小心把那袋钻石掉在地上，有人还叫他不要乱丢垃圾呢！
小胡不知道的是，他们把花岗岩当成是宝，他们的首饰都是用花岗岩做成的……想知道更多吗？读这本书吧！

Hmm...

One year has passed, now its almost the December holidays.

My auntie is back from England and we are going 'Go Carting' today.

I don't know what to make for her to bring back to England.

I love holidays, especially December.

I hope we are going somewhere for a holiday!