When it is the end of school and the weather is warmer, that is a beautiful time called summer. Summer is wonderful because there are so many amazing things to do! You can wear fun dresses and get dirty playing outside, or you can stay inside all day and watch television. You can also ride your bike, meet up with friends during any time of the day, or maybe even eat ice-cream for breakfast! I have a birthday during the warmer summer weather and sometimes it is hard to get all my friends together at my home for cake and presents because they are on vacation! When I see my friends at school later they wish me happy birthday. My friends like me, but sometimes it is not so easy to get together. That's a stinker when that happens. It's a good thing that I have a pig named Joseph to be my friend during those times! I also have other friends, like a cat and a dog, but Joseph is the best. He's a stinker sometimes, but he's got cute little oinks to help me to know what he needs. He's also very sweet, caring, and he's always ready to listen. He's a wonderful friend. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is the weather warmer at the end of school?
2. What is that time called?
3. Why is summer wonderful?
4. Can you wear fun dresses or get diry playing outside?
5. What are some other things you can do?
6. Does the main charcater of the story have a birthday in summer?
7. what makes it tough to have a birthday in the summer for him?
8. When di they wish him Happy birthday?
9. What's his pigs name?
10. Does he keep him company when his friends can't be there?
11. What kind of other animal friends does he have?
12. What does joesph do to help let him know what he needs?
13. Does Joseph listen good?
Answer: 1. yes
2. summer
3. because there are so many amazing things to do
4. yes
5. stay inside all day and watch television, ride your bike, meet up with friends during any time of the day
6. yes
7. it is hard to get all thier friends together because they are on vacation
8. When they see him later in school
9. Joseph
10. yes
11. a cat and a dog
12. oinks
13. yes

Problem: Imagine what you could do with a machine that could make things disappear.

For inspiration, you could read some books. In the books of J.R.R. Tolkein, Bilbo Baggins finds a ring that can make him disappear. Of course, there's also poor Harry Potter, who used his invisibility cloak to hide from danger.

Now that you've got some ideas, it's time for the hard part: building the cloak. To do that, you have to give up science fiction and turn to real science. An invisibility cloak has to cheat anything or anyone who might be watching. In order to understand how something can be seen, it's important to understand how we see.

Human beings can only see objects that reflect light waves. These waves enter the eye and are then processed by the brain. However, if an object doesn't reflect light, then the waves don't enter the eye, and the brain doesn't process. So building an invisibility cloak is building something that doesn't reflect light.

Cummer was part of a team of scientists from Duke University, including David Smith and David Schurig, who built the world's first version of an invisibility cloak. They had been inspired by the work of a British physicist, John Pendry. He in May said that an invisibility cloak was possible and Pendry was not the only one thinking about a disappearing act. At the same time, a Scottish physicist, UIf Leonhardt published a paper on building invisibility equipment.

"It wasn't easy," says Cummer. "As often happens in science and research, it didn't work very well the first time. That first cloak didn't work like Harry Potter's --- the scientists didn't actually see anything disappear. So the research is still under way. "
1. what are people trying to build?
2. who tried to build the first one?
3. how many in the group?
4. were they named in the story?
5. what are the names of two of them?
6. who's work served as the inspiration for their project?
7. what novelist is mentioned?
8. what is the name of one of his characters?
9. what did he find?
10. did it do anything?
Answer: 1. an invisibility cloak
2. a team of scientists from Duke
3. Three
4. Yes
5. David Smith and David Schurig
6. Harry Potter
7. J.R.R. Tolkein
8. Bilbo Baggins
9. A ring
10. make him disappear

question: Deciding which English-speaking country to study in wasn't difficult for Ann; She had always wanted to visit America. "I wanted to study in an English-language country and I always wanted to visit America because it always seemed to me a very beautiful and friendly country." Ann is more than happy with the quality of the education she is receiving in America, particularly with the subjects and strong academic support." I am very happy with the quality of education I am receiving. All my subjects are useful and connected. I am happy with help I receive from the lecturers and tutors."

Also of particular satisfaction for Ann is the practical element of her American course. "I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work."

Where her future employment is concerned, Ann is very confident her American qualification will be of great help. " _ "

Ann is also really enjoying life in America; She is making friends and taking time out to enjoy herself. "People are very friendly and helpful. University is a good place to find new friends from America and from overseas. It is a friendly environment with lots of things to do, not only studying. And of course there are the beaches, not to mention the beautiful weather."
1. What is Ann confident her American qualification will help with?
2. Does she like American life?
3. Where had Ann always wanted to visit?
4. Why?
5. What is Ann doing in America?
6. What does she say about practical work?
7. Where does she say is a good place to find pals from America and overseas?
8. What does she say you can find along with beautiful weather?
9. Was it hard for her to decide which country to study in?
10. Is she happy about the quality of education in the US?
11. What kind of help is she happy to be receiving?
12. What else is satisfying for her?
13. Are people unfriendly to her?
14. What does she say about people?
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answer:
1. her future employment
2. yes
3. America
4. because it always seemed to her a very beautiful and friendly country
5. getting an education
6. She says "I find it very important and useful. The theory is a good thing to know but nothing gives you more skills and knowledge than practical work."
7. University
8. beaches
9. no
10. yes
11. help from the lecturers and tutors
12. That all her subjects are useful and connected
13. no
14. She says that "People are very friendly and helpful."