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Do you want to spend a holiday in space? Dennis Tito, a businessman, has become the world's first "space tourist". He went on a 10-day visit to the International Space Station. He paid 14 million pounds for his journey. A year later, Martin, a musician from an American band, wanted to do the same. He was only 22 years old and probably very rich too. He had to go for a lot of training to see whether he was fit enough to travel. He is still waiting for his holiday of a lifetime. Many people believe that this is only the start of something new. We made interviews among teenagers from around the world and the following is what they said about space travel. "It's a great idea. I hope space travel will be common in about 50 years' time. I'd really love to do it and I think Mr. Tito was very lucky." (Kate from Australia) "I would like to see our beautiful Earth from space. There are lots of secrets to explore in space and I would go into space if I could." (Ben from China) "I think space travel is really bad for the environment. Maybe in the future they will make a cleaner way of travelling but until they do, I don't want to go. We should look after our own planet first."(Richard from Canada) "It must be very boring and dangerous to sit in that small space shuttle . I'd rather take a plane and go to another place on earth." (Lisa from the UK) So, as you can see, many of our teenagers had different opinions. Whether you like it or not, space travel is going to become an important thing in the future. We are looking forward to hearing your opinions.
1. What did Dennis Tito do?
2. What did he do for work on Earth?
3. What was the term used to describe him and what he was the first person to do?
4. how much did he pay to do this?
5. how long was it until the next person wanted to do the same?
6. and what was the name of the person next in line?
7. where was he from?
8. what did he do there?
9. what did he have to do before he could take a flight?
10. has he been able to go yet?
11. How did Kate feel about this kind of mission?
12. Where is she from?

Numbered answers:
1. He went on a 10-day visit to the International Space Station.
2. He was a businessman
3. "space tourist", take a holiday in space
4. 14 million pounds
5. One year
6. Martin
7. America
8. he was a musician
9. He had to go for a lot of training to see whether he was fit enough to travel.
10. No
11. She thinks it's a great idea
12. Australia

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Harry is a boy with a learning disability. On his fourth birthday, he was given a pug called Millie. Two weeks after the dog's arrival, he was happier and calmer and said his first words, "dog" and "mummy". Just two months later, thieves stole the dog, and now the heartbroken little boy is back to where he started. He has refused to talk since losing his best friend. His mother was worried and gave him another dog, but he just "pushed it away". Mrs Hainsworth, his mother, says, "My son is very sad. He'll go over to her cage and just beat on the bars. There is no word coming out, but you just know he's screaming 'Where is Millie' inside. Millie was really his best friend. They would play together happily for hours. None of his toys has ever held his attention that long. Now he has just completely turned quiet again. "Harry suffers from a condition which affects his ability to speak and move. But the dog's being with him achieved more in days than months of speech therapy and physiotherapy had. Mrs Hainsworth says, "My son was so happy when he saw Millie. Being with Millie changed him, and within two weeks he had said his first words and was working on saying 'dad'. Just last week, his teachers and I were saying how much Millie had helped him. And now this!" Mrs Hainsworth is considering buying another pug in the hope that her son will accept it. Maureen Hennis of the charity, Pets as Therapy, says she has seen many cases of dogs helping people with speech problems. "People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human," she says. "A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong."
1. Was something stolen?
2. What or who?
3. What breed?
4. What's the animals name?
5. Who owns him?
6. How did Harry get him?
7. How long did he have the animal?
8. Did the boy learn to talk?
9. What did he say first?
10. Who is his mom?
11. What did she say?
12. Why?
13. Did she get him another animal?
14. What happened?
15. Does the boy go to school?
16. What did his educators point out?
17. What organization was mentioned that might help?
18. Who speaks for them?
19. What does she think?
20. Why?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. the dog
3. a pug
4. Millie
5. Harry
6. for his fourth birthday
7. two months
8. es
9. "dog" and "mummy"
10. Mrs Hainsworth
11. My son is very sad.
12. Millie was really his best friend.
13. yes
14. he just "pushed it away"
15. yes
16. how much Millie had helped him
17. Pets as Therapy
18. Maureen Hennis
19. People may talk to a dog when they wouldn't like to talk to another human
20. A dog doesn't care if words come out wrong.

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C++ (pronounced "cee plus plus" ) is a general-purpose programming language. It has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features, while also providing facilities for low-level memory manipulation.

It was designed with a bias toward system programming and embedded, resource-constrained and large systems, with performance, efficiency and flexibility of use as its design highlights. C++ has also been found useful in many other contexts, with key strengths being software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications, including desktop applications, servers (e.g. e-commerce, web search or SQL servers), and performance-critical applications (e.g. telephone switches or space probes). C++ is a compiled language, with implementations of it available on many platforms. Many vendors provide C++ compilers, including the Free Software Foundation, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM.

C++ is standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the latest standard version ratified and published by ISO in December 2014 as "ISO/IEC 14882:2014" (informally known as C++14). The C++ programming language was initially standardized in 1998 as "ISO/IEC 14882:1998", which was then amended by the C++03, "ISO/IEC 14882:2003", standard. The current C++14 standard supersedes these and C++11, with new features and an enlarged standard library. Before the initial standardization in 1998, C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup at Bell Labs since 1979, as an extension of the C language as he wanted an efficient and flexible language similar to C, which also provided high-level features for program organization. The C++17 standard is due in July 2017, with the draft largely implemented by some compilers already, and C++20 is the next planned standard thereafter.
1. What are the biggest strengths of C++?
2. What kind of language is it?
3. What do companies like the Free Software Foundation offer?
4. Does anyone else offer those?
5. Who?
6. Who standardizes it?
7. What was the last version when this article was written?
8. Which version came out in 2014?
9. Which on should come out in 2017?
10. What month do they expect to see it?
11. Who created C++?
12. Where did he work?
13. When did he start working on it?
14. Was he trying to improve something?
15. What?
16. When was it first standardized?
17. What was the official name?
18. What was the next version?
19. What was made bigger in C++14?
20. How do you pronounce C++?
Numbered answers:
1. software infrastructure and resource-constrained applications
2. a general-purpose programming language.
3. C++ compilers
4. yes
5. Microsoft, Intel, and IBM.
6. the International Organization for Standardization
7. C++20
8. "ISO/IEC 14882:2014" (informally known as C++14)
9. C++17
10. July
11. Bjarne Stroustrup
12. Bell Labs
13. 1979
14. yes
15. an efficient and flexible language similar to C
16. 1998
17. "ISO/IEC 14882:1998"
18. "ISO/IEC 14882:2003"
19. standard library.
20. "cee plus plus"