1、Listening & SpeakingRevisionWrite an email or a postcard to a friend telling him about the place where you are on holiday.The place I would like to visit would be Mars. I only know that it is the closest planet to the Earth, and it is the most similar to Earth. Although Mars is thefourth closest pla
2、net to the sun, it is still much colder that the Earth. Like the satellites pictures showed that Mars has lots of craters, and scientists speculate that perhaps Mars used to be like Earth billions of years ago. I think there is more to Mars than what the scientists believe. I believe there is life o
3、n Mars. Perhaps the definition of life on Mars is different from Earth. It could be that the life there does not need oxygen, but other kinds of gases. I would imagine that life may not be active, because Mars has been hit by meteorites andthe surface has been very much bombarded. So I presume the l
4、ife that still exist would not be like life on Earth. I have no idea what the weather would be like, but I can presume it would be very cold, since Mars is much further from the sunthan Earth. As for its special features, I think if one stands on the surface of Mars, we can see the whole universe cl
5、earer than on the Earth. And perhaps its a million times more beautiful than Earth. I hope one day we can have more exploration on Mars and solve the mystery. Listening on page 46Mardi Gras 的由来是在于天主教徒在复活节之前会有斋戒的仪式 , 通常在 Mardi Gras Day (今年是 Feb. 16) 会有连续二星期的庆祝活动。 Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday c
6、elebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. It is the biggest carnival in America. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The people there enjoy this celebration by going to parades where they catch “beads, cups, and trinkets” that are all thrown from floats. The official colors for Mardi Gras are purple, green, and gold. These colors where chosen in 1872 by the King of Carnival, Rex. He chose these colors to stand for the following:purple represents justice green stands for faith gold stands for powerparties
