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listen and practice animals in danger every animal has a special place to live called its habitat but people are destroying many of these important habitats when we cut down the rainforest trees we destroy the habitat of gorillas and tigers and hundreds of smaller animals global warming is also a problem for animals for example if too much ice at the north pole melts polar bears will lose their habitat hunters kill some animals for money many elephants were hunted because people could sell their ivory tusks for a lot of money now this has stopped but all around the world hundreds of different types of animal from insects to tigers are disappearing because of lost habitats or hunting pollution is also a huge problem for animals listen and practice cleaner planes engineers are trying to make plane engines that don't pollute the air but it's very difficult they know that lighter planes with bigger wings use less fuel they are designing better planes all the time some planes can fly using biofuels but many people think it's wrong to grow plants for planes they say that we need the land to grow food for people what do you think a few planes are already powered by solar energy but they don't have any space for passengers listen and practice too many plastic bags we throw away more plastic bags than anything else plastic bags are a huge problem for our planet it's difficult to recycle them you can use a plastic bag for only five minutes but it can take 500 years to decompose people throw away too many plastic bags and this pollutes our cities countryside and oceans many fish birds and other animals die if they eat a plastic bag because then they can't breathe or eat food try to use plastic bags lots of times or use a bag that is made of a natural material instead listen and practice without plants we would have nothing to eat we also use plants to make clothes homes and medicines plants take carbon dioxide from the air and they give us oxygen to breathe too plants are really important all living things are part of food chains plants are at the start of all food chains because plants only need sunlight water and carbon dioxide from the air to make their food animals need to eat plants or they eat other animals that eat plants so we all need plants listen and practice food and drink plants give us food like fruit vegetables and rice we eat fruit and vegetables because they contain vitamins that keep us healthy cereal crops like wheat and corn give us flour to make bread many drinks like tea coffee and chocolate come from plants we also use some plants as herbs or spices to make our food taste good we use olive trees in many ways we can eat the fruit and use oil made from the fruit for cooking the oil is also good for our hair and skin listen and practice medicines for thousands of years people have used plants as medicines many modern medicines are made from chemicals that were first found in plants many plants that are used for medicines grow in rain forests for example the rosy periwinkle from madagascar contains chemicals that can treat two types of cancer listen and practice plants in danger plants need clean air and water to grow polluted air and water can damage them global warming is also a problem some plants cannot grow in their usual place if the temperature gets too high or if there is extreme weather like floods we are using too many trees big international companies cut down huge numbers of trees for wood to make furniture or paper sometimes they cut down trees in rain forests to make space to grow crops or to raise cattle so that they can produce cheap food like palm oil and hamburgers listen and practice what can we do if we keep our planet clean and use fewer fossil fuels to reduce global warming we will save millions of plants we must also use fewer trees we can use less paper and recycle it some charities collect money to buy trees to keep them safe we can pay people to care for trees and use them in different ways to make money for example farmers can sell nuts from their trees we must stop companies destroying rainforests to bring us cheap food we can plant new trees countries and big companies can also replace the trees that they use finland and canada already do this listen and practice we need animals earth is home to many amazing animals from tiny bacteria that we can't even see to huge whales we share our planet with all these other animals animals help us in many different ways and we must protect them many animals like cows sheep and chickens are raised for food farmers raise them to give us meat cheese eggs and milk in the ocean there are fish farms where large numbers of fish are raised for food we use animals to give us leather wool and feathers around the world animals are also used to help us with work they carry people and crops and they help with farm work listen and practice useful mini beasts insects like beetles flies and ants help the planet too some insects carry pollen from flower to flower many flowers need pollen from another flower to make seeds bees fly from flower to flower to get nectar to make honey people collect the honey and enjoy eating it many insects are useful because they eat waste and worms help us by making compost and keeping the soil healthy listen and practice being active is very important but do you know why there are many benefits to exercise it is good for your mind and body in many ways exercise makes your body stronger you need a strong body so you don't get sick easily exercise is good for your heart your heart pumps blood around your body the more you exercise the stronger your heart is exercise helps you keep a healthy weight a healthy weight is important so you don't get sick exercise helps your brain work better when you exercise more blood goes through your brain the more blood that goes through your brain the better your memory gets exercise makes you happier exercise is a great way to reduce stress it gives you more energy to do things that make you happy the more things you do the better you sleep there's a kind of exercise out there for everyone you can do it alone or with others you can ride your bike or climb the stairs you can learn a new team sport you will meet people and make friends exercise makes you strong healthy and happy and it's fun to exercise so don't forget to exercise and practice pollution makes land air and water dirty factories make pollution and landfills make pollution too polluted air and water can make people and animals sick people throw some waste onto the ground or into rivers this waste makes more pollution and more problems polluted rivers can kill the plants and animals that live there all around the world people make lots of new things every day we need materials like paper and plastic to make these things paper is made from trees plastic is usually made from oil many factories use oil for the energy that they need to make machines work or to make things very hot earth gives us trees and oil we need to use them carefully so that we can have them in the future we are making too many new things and using too many materials we are also making too much waste we can't live like this forever we are making too many problems for earth listen and practice food waste we all make a lot of waste there's waste from our homes factories offices and schools we recycle a lot of our waste materials but we should recycle more what do you do with the food that you don't eat in some countries people throw away billions of metric tons of food waste every year some of it is food that we can't eat like banana skins and eggshells but some of it is good food most of it goes to landfills in landfills there's no air under the ground so food decomposes very slowly we can make compost with some of our food waste we can do this at home the compost helps plants to grow in the garden in a compost bin worms eat the waste and make it into compost in many places people collect food waste from homes stores and restaurants machines called biodigesters use the food waste to make compost for farms when the food decomposes it makes a gas people can use this gas to cook with or to make electricity we can reduce waste and save money when we only buy food that we need we should think carefully about what food we need to buy so that we don't waste it listen and practice animals in danger every animal has a special place to live called its habitat but people are destroying many of these important habitats when we cut down the rain forest trees we destroy the habitat of gorillas and tigers and hundreds of smaller animals global warming is also a problem for animals for example if too much ice at the north pole melts polar bears will lose their habitat hunters kill some animals for money many elephants were hunted because people could sell their ivory tusks for a lot of money now this has stopped but all around the world hundreds of different types of animal from insects to tigers are disappearing because of lost habitats or hunting pollution is also a huge problem for animals listen and practice healthy habits good habits are important for living a healthy life bad habits are difficult to break so it's important to live a life of good healthy habits that's why i have made a list of healthy habits and how to keep them habit one eat healthy how eat a variety of fruit and vegetables and drink water often eat junk food like chips and cookies only occasionally habit 2 always be polite and kind how i say please and thank you frequently and i always share with my friends i help people when they need help before they ask habit three stay active and exercise often how i walk to school and i take the stairs i play outside with my friends i never play video games for more than one hour habit 4 take good care of my teeth how i brush and floss my teeth every night and i visit the dentist regularly habit five do the sleeve sneeze when you've caught a cold how i always sneeze into the inside of my elbow do not spread germs to others with these good habits it's easy to stay healthy listen and practice every country has typical dishes that are popular with local people these dishes are often made in a traditional way with special ingredients couscous is one of the most typical foods in morocco it's made from wheat the couscous grains are small when they are dry then they get bigger when they are cooked with water moroccans often eat couscous with meat and vegetable dishes what types of dishes are typical in your country listen and practice another typical food in morocco is tagine it's a hot dish made with vegetables and meat or seafood people also add nuts and dried fruit like raisins they cook the tagine very slowly in a tagine pot when it's ready they serve it with fresh bread it's delicious listen and practice travel more spend less this was a great year for traveling i took trips to france australia and turkey i spent almost a month in each country besides the cost of transportation i only spent six hundred dollars total for all three trips how well i didn't stay in any hotels and i didn't eat in expensive restaurants it's easy when you know the secrets to cheap travel for my first trip i went on a working holiday in france every year farmers in france hire travelers to come and work on their farms i slept at a farm for free and every weekend i traveled around the country during the week however i picked fruit for eight hours a day five days a week picking fruit isn't easy and sometimes it didn't feel like i was on vacation but i met a lot of great people and i ate a lot of delicious food at the farm for my next trip i went backpacking in australia during the day i went hiking and each night i slept in my tent carrying a backpack and tent all day can be tiring however the mountains and beaches were so beautiful that i didn't think about my heavy backpack finally in turkey i tried couch surfing to couchsurf you join a special online network this network connects travelers with hosts in different countries hosts invite travelers to sleep in their home instead of spending money on a hotel you sleep in a bed or even on a couch that's why people call it couch surfing couch surfing is a great way to meet people when you travel all my hosts were really nice but one guy had two big dogs and they were noisy it was hard to sleep there i have to go for now two couch surfers from canada are coming in an hour and i need to clean my house happy travels

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Published: Tue Jan 25 2022