Problem: Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here: Education School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school. For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. _ take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there's cleaning , washing and helping Mum with the meal. Daily fun It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( )and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa. Internet It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person. Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet. Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
1. Is education cheap?
2. does everyone get to go to school?
3. are sports popular?
4. how much does the internet cost for 20 hours?
5. is that less than the monthly pay per person?
6. who are the top two countries in africa?
7. do they have football?
Answer: 1. no
2. no
3. yes
4. 600yuan
5. no
6. Egypt and South Africa
7. yes

Problem: A lock-unlock lever on the doomed Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo was moved earlier than it should have been, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday night.

But the agency's acting chairman stressed it was unclear whether pilot error, mechanical problems or a host of other possibilities caused the spacecraft to disintegrate in the air.

"We are still a long way from finding a cause. We are months and months away," NTSB Acting Chairman Christopher Hart said.

And despite a debris field spanning 5 miles, investigators have found almost all the parts of the spacecraft needed for the investigation, Hart said.

The accident killed co-pilot Michael Tyner Alsbury, 39. A memorial fund has been set up for him.

Co-pilot alert and talking

The surviving co-pilot is "alert" and speaking, the company that partnered with Virgin on the test flight program said Sunday.

"Peter Siebold, the director of flight operations at Scaled Composites, was piloting SpaceShipTwo. He is alert and talking with his family and doctors," the company said in a statement.

"We remain focused on supporting the families of the two pilots and all of our employees, as well as the agencies investigating the accident."

NTSB investigators have yet to interview Siebold.

"We have not because doctors did not recommend we do an interview at this stage," Hart said.

Inflight breakup?

SpaceShipTwo disintegrated Friday, just two minutes after the space plane separated from the jet-powered aircraft that carried it aloft.

At the time, it was about 45,000 feet above, and about 20 miles northeast, of Mojave, California.
1. Who lost his life in the accident?
2. how old was he?
3. do they know what caused the accident?
4. who reported they had not found a cause?
5. what agency does he work for?
6. what is his title?
7. what is it that fell apart in the air?
8. does it have a name?
9. what might have been moved too soon?
10. was anyone else in the craft with the person who died?
11. did he die?
12. is he unconscious?
13. what is his name?
14. and his last name?
15. has he been interviewed yet?
16. why not?
17. what day of the week did the craft fall apart?
18. did that happen a long time after separation?
19. how high up was it?
20. what city was it closest to?
Answer: 1. Michael Tyner Alsbury
2. 39
3. No
4. Christopher Hart
5. NTSB
6. Acting Chairman
7. the spacecraft
8. Galactic SpaceShipTwo
9. A lock-unlock lever
10. Yes
11. No
12. No
13. Peter
14. Siebold
15. No
16. doctors did not recommend an interview
17. Friday
18. two minutes
19. 45,000 feet
20. Mojave

Problem: CHAPTER XXVIII

TWO OF THEM

When Tommy started impulsively on what proved to be his only Continental trip he had expected to join Mrs. Jerry and her stepdaughter at Bad-Platten. They had been there for a fortnight, and "the place is a dream," Mrs. Jerry had said in the letter pressing him to come; but it was at St. Gian that she met the diligence and told him to descend. Bad-Platten, she explained, was a horror.

Her fuller explanation was that she was becoming known there as the round lady.

"Now, am I as round as all that?" she said plaintively to Tommy.

"Mrs. Jerry," he replied, with emotion, "you must not ask me what I think of you." He always treated her with extraordinary respect and chivalry now, and it awed her.

She had looked too, too round because she was in the company of Lady Pippinworth. Everyone seemed to be too round or too large by the side of that gifted lady, who somehow never looked too thin. She knew her power. When there were women in the room whom she disliked she merely went and stood beside them. In the gyrations of the dance the onlooker would momentarily lose sight of her; she came and went like a blinking candle. Men could not dance with her without its being said that they were getting stout. There is nothing they dislike so much, yet they did dance with her. Tommy, having some slight reason, was particularly sensitive about references to his figure, yet it was Lady Pippinworth who had drawn him to Switzerland. What was her strange attraction?
1. What place is a dream?
2. Who had said this?
3. to whom?
4. Were they to meet up?
5. Did she change her mind?
6. why?
7. why did she think so?
8. Who was with Mrs. Jerry?
9. was she round also?
10. Was she very thin?
11. How did Tommy feel about Mrs. Jerry?
12. how did she feel about this?
13. What was her step daughter's name?
14. Where men attracted to her?
15. What happened to them when they danced with her?
16. Did they like this?
17. Who brought Tommy to Switzerland?
18. Was Tommy sensitve about his figure?
19. How did Mrs. James communicate with Tommy?
20. Did she ask Tommy about her roundness?
Answer:
1. Bad-Platten
2. Mrs. Jerry
3. Tommy
4. yes
5. Yes
6. Bad-Platten was a horror.
7. She was becoming known as the round lady.
8. Her stepdaughter
9. No
10. She never looked to thin.
11. He always treated her with respect and chivalry
12. it awed her.
13. Lady Pippinworth.
14. Yes
15. People said they were getting stout.
16. yes.
17. Lady Pippenworth drew him there.
18. Yes
19. By letter.
20. Yes.