Online Class Notes (Lily) [W]

Vocabulary

1.stuffed animal= 公仔玩具
ex: I have 4 stuffed animals that sleep with me at night.
ex: Yoyo doesn’t like stuffed animals.

2. stray (adj)= to describe animals with no families
ex: stray dogs
ex: stray cats

3. envy (verb)= 羡慕
ex: Lots of my friends envy my life in Shanghai.

Children born in China have for the first time overtaken their American counterparts when it comes to healthy life expectancy. Figures released by the World Health Organisation show that newborn babies in China can expect 68.7 years of healthy life, compared to 68.5 years for American babies.

This is the first time China has overtaken America for healthy life expectancy. The US came 40th in the rankings overall, while China came 37th.

Children in the US can expect to live longer overall (78.5 years compared to 76.4 years for China), but the last decade of life in America is likely to be unhealthy.

The US is one of just five countries to see healthy life expectancy fall in 2016, according to the data. The other countries seeing a drop were Somalia, Afghanistan, Georgia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

China’s overall life expectancy is also creeping up to that of the United States and could overtake by 2027, according to Reuters calculations from the report. Having peaked in 2014 at 79 years, America’s life expectancy is falling due to drug use, suicides and health problems synonymous with poorer areas.

Babies in Singapore fair the best, with a prediction of 76.2 years of healthy life. Singapore is followed in the rankings by Japan, Spain and Switzerland, respectively.

Japan has the world’s longest overall life expectancy at 84.2 years. Babies born there in 2016 will likely be the first to ring in the new century.

I will give them a book from my son. This book named “我和我家附近的流浪狗”, and talked about a little boy who was afraid of some wild dogs near his house. When the little boy went to school or came back home, he would always meet some wild dogs on his way. Those wild dogs often barked at him and chased him, he was really afraid of them and he always went a long way round in order to avoid facing the wild dogs. One day the wild dogs were caught by some people who hit them with sticks, and the little boy was scare of those people because they were really ferocious. The little boy’s farther told him that most of those dogs had a warm home before they became wild ones, but for some reasons their human family abandoned them. On the next day the little boy found 2 cute puppies were hiding in the grass with their own, and he wanted to keep them. But his farther asked him would you take care of them every day, every month, every year? And when they have a sick would you take them to the hospital? The little boy said let me keep my dog doll now, after he thought for a moment. At the end of this book, there was a test for reader to check if they could have a pet.
1. Do you want to keep a pet? Yes- go to the second question. No-you could have a doll.
2. Do your families allow you to have a pet and take care of him with you together? Yes-go to the third question. No-you could have a doll.
3. Will you take your pet to hospital when he is ill? Yes- go to the fourth question. No-you could have a doll.
4. Can you swear that you will never abandon your pet for any reason? Yes- go to the fifth question. No-you could have a doll.
5. Will you stay with your pet for his whole life? Yes- congratulations! You are qualified to have a pet. No-you could have a doll.
I will very happy if my friends can pass the test and I will ask them to invite me to play their pets.

Revised

I will give them a book which is from my son. This book is named “我和我家附近的流浪狗”, and it talked about a little boy who was afraid of some wild dogs near his house. When the little boy went to school or came back home, he would always meet/encounter some wild dogs on his way. Those stray dogs often barked at him and chased after him, he was really afraid of them and he always went the other way in order to avoid facing the stray dogs. One day the stray dogs were caught by some people who hit them with sticks, and the little boy was scared of those people because they were really ferocious. The little boy’s father told him that most of those dogs had a warm home before they became wandering on the street, but for some reasons their human family abandoned them. On the next day the little boy found 2 cute puppies who/which were hiding in the grass on their own, and he wanted to keep them. But his father asked him would you take care of them every day, every month, every year? And when they get sick would you take them to the hospital? The little boy thought of it and said let me keep my toy dog/ stuffed dog for now, after he thought for a moment. At the end of this book, there was a test for readers to check if they could have/own a pet.
1. Do you want to own a pet? Yes- go to the second question. No-you could have a doll.
2. Do your families allow you to have a pet and take care of him with you together? Yes-go to the third question. No-you could have a doll.
3. Will you take your pet to the hospital when he is ill? Yes- go to the fourth question. No-you could have a doll.
4. Can you swear that you will never abandon your pet for any reasons? Yes- go to the fifth question. No-you could have a doll.
5. Will you stay with your pet for his whole life? Yes- congratulations! You are qualified to have a pet. No-you could have a doll.
I will very happy if my friends can pass the test and I will ask them to invite me over to play with their pets.