Do you know the countryside is changing these years in some countries?

    Life has become difficult in many villages, and some are becoming empty. There are a lot of 1for this.

    Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere livelier, and they often move to the towns and do not 2 .

    Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, as there are often very 3 jobs in the countryside. Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have bought a "second home" in the villages4 they come and stay at weekends. The price of houses goes up and people like to buy a house in the countryside.

     5problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their [arms. So they sell their land and 6another job.

    All these things mean that many villages are fighting to survive. We can only hope that they will remain. The countryside would be sadder and uglier places without 7.

My book report by Ivy Tang

    This book is for children. It is about the oceans. It tells us about different kinds of water pollution and the things we can do to keep the oceans clean. It also tells us about the different ways we can save water. In this book, Simon Walker said, "Three quarters of the Earth is water. For thousands of years, the oceans have helped us by giving us food and water. Now, we are feeding them with dirty water from factories and rubbish from our homes. Now, the oceans are crying because they are very sick. Please help save them."

    You can see many wonderful photographs of the oceans in this book. There are also beautiful photographs of sea animals like whales and sea horses. You can also see photographs of the famous pink dolphins.  I think it is a very interesting and useful book.