Hi Simon,

    I haven't written till now. I've been busy with the course and making new friends I got here. I'm speaking English with my classmates all the time and going out in the evenings with （they）. We're a real mix of nationalities Chinese, Russian, Italian, Spanish... We talk about kinds of thing English and I'm learning a lot about other languages and countries, too.

    My host family are very nice. The parents are very （friend） and kind. The children are both in primary school they are very sweet. But they can be a bit annoying（恼人的） too. If we have to watch the film Frozen together one more time, I'm going crazy! I know all the （song） by heart now!

    We live near the school. It's a short bus ride from Edinburgh city centre. There is ancient castle（城堡） and we're going there next week. Yesterday my Italian friend invited me（watch） the free street shows. We （see） magician doing card games-it was so much fun!

    I  (send)  you some photos of Edinburgh Castle next time. Take care and let me know how you are doing.

Fran

提示：⑴为什么有些野生动物处于危险之中；

⑵为什么保护野生动物很重要；

⑶我们应该采取什么措施来保护野生动物。

提示词语：wild野生的；endangered，tiger，panda，destroy破坏；fur，take measures采取措施；plant，tree，build a birdhouse

Why Should We Protect Wild Animals?

    Do you know any endangered animals? Why are they in danger? …

    There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with a few of your own.

    ·Plant flowers, grass or trees.

    ·Whenever you visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there-keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin.

    ·Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves a lot of electricity.

    ·Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.

    ·Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep cold air in.

    ·Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.

    ·Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.

    ·Use both sides of paper.

    ·Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.

    ·Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.

    You don't have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day.

    If everyone makes a contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

    The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty.We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has been polluting the earth. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to an-other place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

    They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO, is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution. The earth is our home. We must take care of it. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.