Jan Mela was born in Poland and he lost an arm and a leg in an accident in 2002. But that didn't stop him. The 15-year-old boy from Poland walked to the North Pole(北极) in 2004.

     "If I can do it, other people can do great things, too," Mela said before he went. Polish newspaper said Mela was the youngest person and the first disable(残疾) person to walk to the North Pole. Mela walked to the North Pole with the help of a man-made leg.

    After the accident, Mala felt sad for himself. But he didn't lose hope. One day, he met Marek Kaminski. In 1996, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together the next time. Kaminski said yes.

    It took Mela twenty-one days to get to the North Pole. The last three or four days were really hard because of the bad weather. But Mela didn't give up going.

    Have you ever seen Korean writing before? In many people's eyes it looks lovely but difficult. Do you know the history of this special alphabet?

    Long ago, Korean people didn't have its own alphabet. At that time, Koreans used Chinese characters. Because Chinese is hard to learn, only rich people had the money and time to find teachers to teach them.

    One of their kings was called Sejong. He decided to invent a Korean alphabet.

    He thought hard. One day, on October 9,1446, he looked at a window frame and shouted: "I know what our alphabet should be!" He got the idea from the frame and invented characters of all the same size, like they were put in a frame.

    Hunmin Chongum, the earliest Korean alphabet was born.

    King Sejong said," Chinese characters can't express Korean meanings. These letters are very easy to learn. It is my hope that they can help all people learn to read."

    A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.

    Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It isn't built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.

    Even so, travel isn't difficult. The waterways have always been the best way to get around. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can lead you where you want to go.

    People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.

    Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped(逃跑)from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.

    Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem.

    Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimetres.

    Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made arctic(北极的)ice melt.

    Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.

    This National Day holiday, you might be busy hanging out with your friends. But kids from Nanjing Jinling Middle School were busy learning to be "pregnant(怀孕) ".

    The kids attached(绑) weights to themselves to look as if they were having a baby. They did everything, including going shopping, with the extra weight for a whole day.

    The school wanted students to understand and respect their parents more. In the past, schools also had ideas like "Wash the feet of your parents". The hope is that these ideas could make kids think: "I should love my parents more."

    But do kids know how to show their love？

    Surveys show that few kids know their parents' birthdays. How can we say we love them without knowing their birthdays?

    You don't need to do special things to show love to your parents. Just help them with a few chores. It won't cost you much time. You'll have a good chance to talk to them, to know what they think and what they want.

    Don't let your parents worry about you. When you have to arrive home late, let them know. Share your problems with them. Parents feel happiest when their children are safe and happy.

Can curses(咒语) kill people?

    Nearly 3,300 years ago, Egyptian(埃及的) king Tutankhamun died strangely at age 18.

    In 1922, UK scientists Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb(坟墓) in the desert, west of the River Nile(尼罗河) . I they found lots of jewellery (珠宝), which they s one year sorting(分类) . On two nameplates(标示牌) behind a statue and inside the king's coffin(棺材) they also found the king's curse! It was written in old Egyptian words. The curse said that people who broke into Tutankhamun's tomb would d.

    It seems that the curse did have some effect!

    In 1923, only one year after e the tomb, Lord Carnarvon, died suddenly.

    From 1923 to 1929, more than 20 others who took part in opening the tomb died one by one. Some died of high fever, while some killed t.

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