1 Education in Britain (英国的教育)
In Britain ,all children between the age of 5 and the age of 16 have to go to school.
In England and Wales ,students learn the same subjects.The government(政府)decides what subjects they learn.The subjects are fit for children of different ages.But in Scotland ,students don 't learn the same subjects.Instead,each school decides what subjects it teaches.In Britain ,students usually learn something about religion(宗教).
At the age of 16,students in England and Wales take GCSE esams(考试).Students of all levels can take the exams in any subject.At the age of 18,some students take A-level exams.If students want to go to university(大学),they must have A-levels.In Scotland,students take exams called HIGHS.After the exams,they can go to university.They can also spend one more year at school to have the Certificate(证书)of Sixth year Studies.
In British schools, there are few formal dances for students.But in mary schools, students and teachers often hold informal dances for the older students.Some schools have Speech Day at the end of the school year.The teachers will give prizes(奖品)to the best students at that time.
2 AIDS medicine and sunflowers (抗艾滋病药物与向日葵)
After several years' research (研究),some scientists find that sunflowers can produce (生产) somrthing.This thing is helpful to fight AIDS.Maybe it can help people overcome AIDS.The scientists are looking for help to produce AIDS medicine.But they still have a long way to go.
3 The most popular fruit in the word (世界上最受欢迎的果实)
What is the most popular fruit in the word?Do you know?The tomato is the popular fruit in the world . People produce(生产)more than 60million tons of tomatoes every year.The second most popular fruit is the banana.Apples are the third most popular (36 million tons),and then oranges(34 million tons)and watermelons (22 million tons)
4 Prince William begins army career (威廉王子入军校)
Prince William begins army career when he enters the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst (桑德赫斯特军事学院).William is 23 years old.On the first day,his father,Britain 's Prince Charles,goes with him."I don 't want to be special(特别的),"William says. "I will go where my classmates go and I will do what they do."