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out dusts and trashes, so our home will be clean. The ents of soil, but these nutrients need to be dissolved
newer generation of robot will even recharge itself by water first before plants can absorb.
Lesson 1 : Phone Ringing Lesson 4 : Birthday Present
when the battery is running low and then complete We, as human-beings, must need the clean and
The phone was ringing. Xiao-Ming picked up its task. Tomorrow is Qing-Qing’s birthday. She invites unpolluted water. We will get ill if we drink the pol-

the phone, and it was his classmate, so they chatted Although more and more home appliances are several of her good friends to her home. luted water. Fishes and shrimps cannot survive in the
about half-hour. available to make our life easier, we still need to be For her birthday present, some say, he wants polluted water, and so can’t our crops. Some may
After he hanged up the phone, his mommy said careful when we use these different kinds of home to give Qing-Qing a little toy car, and some say, she ask how the water gets polluted. It is caused by some
to Xiao-Ming, “Do not talk too long on the phone, appliances. wants to give Qing-Qing a gorgeous toy box. What people or factories, letting their trashes, or industrial

shorten your conversation, so as to save many time.” about Ren-Ren? He does not have anything to say waste water out into the river, and then polluting our
There are several things you need to pay atten- because he does not have money to buy any presents. sources of water.
tion to: Lesson 3 : The Age of the Internet is Coming All he has are some old glass marbles. Although the Can people, animals and plants survive if one
1. When picking up the phone, first says “Hello, who When the age of the internet is coming, every- glass marbles are old, it is Ren-Ren’s favorite toy. day there is no clean water on the Earth? We must be

are you looking for?” thing changes. However, Ren-Ren still decides to give Qing-Qing very cautious and not to pollute our sources of water.
2. If the call is for any family member, you need to Now, everyone is using instant text message, his glass marbles as present after he has thought
say “wait a moment, please” and then ask the fam- internet phone and email to contact their friends and about it for a while. Lesson 6 : The Breathing-Tree Game
ily member to pick up the phone. families. You can even see your overseas friends and He puts the glass marbles into a small box and

3. When the family member is unavailable, you need families through the internet web camera. The inter- wraps it with wrapping paper, and he is ready to give Teacher organized a “Breathing- Tree Game” today.
to ask the calling person’s name, phone number, net not only saves people lots of money on the phone it to Qing-Qing for her birthday. First of all, eight classmates played as big trees
and jot down some notes if you need to. bill, but also shortens the distance between each The second day after school, everyone brings and stood at separate place. One classmate played
When it is an outgoing call, you need to pay at- other. their presents to Qing-Qing’s home. All the friends as the chopper, and the rest played as animals, such

tention to: In the school, teachers teach students how to are warmly received by Qing-Qing and her parents. as birds, ponies and dogs. Each classmate held their
1. know what to say before making the call search resources through the internet. If you know And so the party begins. Everybody sings the breath and ran to one of the “big trees” and then took
2. avoid calling people in early morning, late night, how to type, the whole world’s information will “happy birthday song” to Qing-Qing, and she makes a 5-second breath.
and dining time show at your fingertip. Everything you want to learn wishes and blows the candles, and then she slices the After 5-second breath, students would have to

Xiao-Ming now understands there are some can be found on the internet. Besides, what do you cakes for everyone. Finally, it is the birthday pres- hold their breath again and run to another trees for
“rules” on making a phone call! do when you want to go shopping but do not really ent time. When Qing-Qing sees Ren-Ren’s old glass another 5-second breath. However, the capacity of
feel like going out? In the age of the internet, you marbles, she knows that it is Ren-Ren’s precious toy, each “tree station” was limited to only 5 classmates
can also buy all your favorite things through the in- and she is touched and says to Ren-Ren, “Ren-Ren, at a time, so those who failed to get a place will be
Lesson 2 : Daily Use Home Appliances
ternet. this is my favorite present, Thank you so much.” eliminated.
In our daily life, electricity is a must because, in The age of the internet changes the world to The chopper came before long and he chopped
our homes, there are many home appliances. zero distance, and it makes our life more wonderful Lesson 5 : Water Pollution down trees one by one. As the number of trees got
Normally, home appliances include lights, tele- and works more convenient. However, the knowl- chopped down, some animals could not find the

vision, washing machine, refrigerator, air condition- edge on the internet may not always be correct, and “Thousands of threads, millions of threads fall places for breathing, and so they were eliminated one
er, fan, and vacuum cleaner…etc. the friends you meet through internet are not always into the water and disappear.” The answer to this after another.
Some people say that in twenty-first century, decent. Therefore, when using the internet, we really riddle is “rain.” Finally, when there was only one tree left, ani-
“Robot” may appear in home appliances. For ex- have to be cautious in order to prevent any kinds of Rain can go under the surface of earth and be- mals were so angry that they protected the three from

ample, house cleaning Robot, fully operated by com- internet frauds. come mineral water, or underground water. Water, the chopper together. As a result, the small trees
puter, can run through the entire home and vacuum the essence of our daily life, is needed by human-be- grew up little by little when another seven classmates
ings, and many other species. Plants need the nutri- stood out and played as small trees.

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