Various Christmas Around the World

  

Australia's Christmas is very unusual. Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere and Australians has already  into sunmer . The Christmas is very hot . 

  Christmas of tradition dinner in Australia usually has a turkey , with ham, and pork,  The Australians enjoy  at midday on a local beach.

   The Christmas in China is not traditional festival. But now many young people and children like it.The Christmas in China is before  Spring Festival .

Are you in good health?

     Are you in good health? Do you want to be in good health? If you are not, let me tell you how to do. 　
     Getting up late is bad for health, so we shouldn't get up late. We should go to bed early. We should do morning exercise every day. We must wash hands before meals. Playing sports right after  meals  isn't good .We must throw litter about. It can make our environment bad. We must put it into the basket. We mustn't read in strong sunlight. We must have good habits. It is necessary for us .If we have good habits,we will be more healthy.

THE TIME

THE TIME 

 For exact hours we say o' clock.

4:00 = It’s four o’clock.

10:00 = It’s ten o’clock.

We can also just say:

It’s ten.

Often we add a.m.(for any time after twelve midnight to twelve midday.)

or p.m. (for any time after twelve midday to twelve midnight).

 It’s ten a.m.

Or

It’s ten p.m.

 For half-way between the hours, we use half-past.

4:30 = It’s half-past four.

or we can just say:

It’s four-thirty(p.m. or a.m.).

 For quarter hours we say a quarter past or a quarter to.

4:15 = It’s a quarter past four.

4:45 = It’s a quarter to five.

Or we can just say:

It’s four fifteen.

It’s four forty-five.

For any time we can say a number of minutes past an hour up to half-past, or a number of minutes toan hour after half-past.

 4:10 = It’s ten past four

4:25 = It’s twenty-five past four.

4:35 = It’s twenty-five to five.

4:50 = It’s ten to five.

Or we can just say:

It’s four ten; four twenty-five; four thirty-five; or four fifty

BTN: FOOD WASTE (14.26 - 18.12)

BTN: FOOD WASTE (14.26 - 18.12)

This report looks at why a lot of food in Australia ends up in the bin and what we can do to minimize the waste.

Focus Questions: 

 Look at the BTN news item and answer these GENERAL questions about the text.

          Why is a lot of food wasted in countries like Australia? For example, in people's homes? On farms? In shops?

Sometimes we  eating a meal and we are so full  just can't finish it and   usually throw in the rubbish bin. But it's not just at home where food can be wasted. Farmers growing bananas in Queensland will throw away up to a third of their crop. In shop  maybe the colour's not so good and lot of the fruit and vegetables wasted so much .

          Why are consumers to blame for a lot of the fruit and vegetables that get thrown in the bin at shops?

Maybe just  the colour's not so good.

          What can we do to waste less food?

Well if we can't finish our lunch or dinner we can always pop it in the fridge and eat it later.

Now, watch the report again and answer these questions. DO NOT READ THE TEXT.

1.         In Australia, how much money is spent on food that isn't eaten? …………………………….

      

  A:     Each year Australians spend 5 billion dollars on food that they don't even eat

2.         How many kilos of food each year is thrown out?  ……………………………… per person

 

 A:     140 kilos/ per person

3.         How much of their crop do banana growers in Queensland throw out?

Up to ………………………

 A:     Farmers growing bananas in Queensland will throw away up to a third of their crop.

4.         What can you do to waste less food? (Note down one thing mentioned)

  A:   Well if we can't finish our lunch or dinner we can always pop it in the fridge and eat it later. Another good idea is to make a food diary to see how much food we eat and how much we throw away over a week. That way we should have a good idea what food we really need when we head to the shops and what in our fridge might be going to waste.

 Have a look at this BTN video

AUSTRALIAN BANKNOTES

    
The famous person is David Unaipon. Unaipon is featured on the front $50 Australian note. He was born on 28 September 1872 at the Point McLeay Mission, South Australia. He died on 7 February 1967. He was a preacher, inventor and writer.

David Unaipon was the first Aboriginal person in Australia to write and publish a book. His two most famous books are Aboriginal legends (1927) and Native legends (1929).

Unaipon's fascination for science was kindled under the teaching of Mr.W.Hutley. Unaipon went on to develop many inventions including an improved hand-piece for sheep-shearing which was patented in 1909 with the help of Herbert Basedow a former south Australian protector of Aborigines .

Think to write something.......

I like to  write something. But day by day was too busy ......Yesterday i have got my teacher's message , Because i have missed her calling .She has  gave message for me and  told me don't go to the class  today .
I'm soo happy because my sons got sick a few days at home and my body was sore, Maybe the weather is not good. I hope everyone get better soon......

A good weekend

 A good weekend all , Today is  a sunny day . I has already had a breakfast and I had just finished washing . But my two sons have been got sick .Usual we were shopping on sunday . I think many people outdoors to enjoy the sunshine.
All flowers are beautiful and fragrant have started on spring . Happy Father's Day to all fathers

EXERCISES 1

                                    They've just......
                     Look at the pictures. What's happened     (Present perfect)




1.They've just broken the window.



2.He had just fell down




3.She had just finished swimning.



4.They've just robbed  bank




5.He had just caught a fish.



6.They've just finished a dinner.



7.She had just woke up at 7  o'clock.



8.He had just missed  bus.









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Thank you to teacher

I am very happy to start my English blog.

Dear teacher, I hope you can see my writing. I am Amanda  and I come from Fuzhou in China . But my father's hometown in Zhejiang . I have two sons and they are 20 year old and 12 year old .
 I  like your interesting teaching and  I will write here evryday. This is my frist English blog. I have already had Chinese blogs about health care and Buddhist culture. I hope to learn better English . Even just 2 months, how lucky we are to be your student. Thank you for your good teaching.

I have already done volunteering in this morning . Every Wednesday I will go to public school library volunteer.My job is to package the books in the library.