1. Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents had died.  2. One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about living Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didn’t have money to take Snow White with them.  3. Snow White didn’t want her uncle and aunt to do this so she decided to run away. The next day she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast .She ran away into the woods. She was very tired and hungry. Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered. So, she went inside and fell asleep.  4. Meanwhile the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside there they found Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw dwarfs, one of the dwarfs asked: “What is your name?” Snow White answered, “My name is Snow White.”  5. The dwarf said, “If you wish, you may live here with us.” Snow White said, “Oh, could I? Thank you.” Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story about. Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever.

1. Miss Crow has stolen a big piece of cheese, and flew away on to a branch to enjoy it. A sly fox, who wanted the cheese for himself, came up and spoke politely to her. 2. “Oh, Miss Crow, how beautiful you are! What a lovely beak, what a lovely feathers you have! What pretty eyes! If only you could sing, you would be the most beautiful bird in the world. 3. Very pleased to hear all of this abut herself, Miss Crow gave a loud croak to show that she could sing. Of course, the moment she opened her beak, the cheese fell down, and Mr. Fox ran away with it, laughing loudly.

1. Once when a lion was asleep, a little mouse began running up and down upon him; this soon awoke the lion, who placed his huge paw upon him, and open his big jaws to swallow him. “Pardon, O king,” cried the little mouse, “Forgive me this time, I shall never forget it; perhaps I may be able to do you a good turn some of these days.” 2. The lion was so tickled at the idea of the mouse being able to help him. Then, he lifted up his paw and let him go. 3. Sometime after, the lion was caught in a trap. Some hunters, who wanted to carry him alive to the King, tied him to a tree while they went in search of a wagon to carry him in. Just then, the little mouse happened to pass by and see the sad plight in which the lion was. The little mouse went up to him and soon gnawed away the ropes that bounded the king of the beasts. Soon after the little mouse had finished gnawing away the ropes, he asked the lion to run away.

Once upon a time, a rabbit wanted to cross a river, but he could not swim. He had an idea. He saw a boss of crocodile swimming in the river. The rabbit asked the boss of crocodile, “How many crocodiles are there in the river?” The boss of crocodile answered, “We are twenty here.” Where are they?” the rabbit asked for the second time. “What is it for?” the boss of crocodile asked. All of you are good, nice, gentle and kind, so I want to make a line in order. Later I’ll know how kind you are,” said the rabbit. Then, the boss of crocodile called all his friends and asked them to make a line in order from one side to the other side of the river. Just then, the rabbit started to count while jumping from one crocodile to another; one ….. two…… three….. four ….. until twenty, and finally, he thanked all crocodiles because he had crossed the river.

1. One day, in an Arabian city, a woman went to the market and bought a beautiful hen. A few days later to her surprise the hen she bought laid a silver egg.  2.  If the hen could only be persuaded to lay more than one egg each day, the woman was sure she would never have to work again. 3. So the woman decided to make the hen eat more, so that it could lay more eggs. But the only result was that the hen died of indigestion and did not lay more eggs at all.

1. Long time ago, in a small village near the beach in West Sumatera, lived a woman and her son, Malin Kundang. Malin Kundang's father had passed away when he was a baby, and he had to live hard with his mother. Malin Kundang was a healthy, diligent, and strong child. He usually went to the sea to catch fish, and brought it to his mother, or sold it in the town. 2. One day, when Malin Kundang was sailing as usual, he saw a merchant's ship which was being raided by a small band of pirates. With his brave and power, Malin Kundang defeated the pirates. The merchant was so happy and asked Malin Kundang to sail with him. Malin Kundang agreed. Many years later, Malin Kundang became a wealthy merchant, with a huge ship, loads of trading goods, many ship crews, and a beautiful wife. In his journey, his ship landed on a beach. The villagers recognized him, and the news ran fast in the town: Malin Kundang became a rich man and now he is here. His mother, in deepful sadness after years of loneliness, ran to the beach to meet her beloved son again. 3. When the mother came, Malin Kundang, in front of his well-dressed wife, its crews and his own glories, denied meeting that old, poor and dirty woman. For three times she begged Malin Kundang and for three times yelled at him. At last Malin Kundang said to her "Enough, old woman! I have never had a mother like you, a dirty and ugly peasant!" Then he ordered his crews to set sail. 4. Enraged, she cursed Malin Kundang that he would turn into a stone if he did not apologize. Malin Kundang just laughed and set sail. In the quiet sea, suddenly a thunderstorm came. His huge ship was wrecked and it was too late for Malin Kundang to apologize. He was thrown by the wave out of his ship, fell on a small island, and suddenly turned into stone.

1. Once upon a time there were two sisters. One of them was rich but had no children, while the other was a poor widow who had five children. 2. One day, the poor widow no longer had enough food to satisfy herself and her children. In her need, therefore, she went to her sister and said, “My children and I are suffering the greatest hunger. You are my beloved sister and you are rich. Please give a mouthful of bread.” 3. The very rich sister was too stingy to give some food to her sister and said, “I myself have nothing in the house,” and she drove away her sister with harsh words. 4. After some time, the husband of the rich sister came home and was just going to cut himself a piece of bread. When he made the first cut into the loaf, out flowed red blood. 5. When the maid saw that, she was very terrified and told him what his wife had done to the poor widow. After hearing the maid’s story, the husband hurried away to help the poor widow and her children. But when he entered the widow’s room, he found her praying. She had her two youngest children in her arms and the three eldest were lying dead. He offered her food, but she refused it and answered, “We no longer have a desire for earthly food. God has already satisfied the hunger of the three of us, and He will listen to our supplications likewise.” 6. After she uttered these words, the two little ones drew their last breath. Five second later, the poor widow sank down and died.

1. I really enjoyed my holiday in Australia. Last Sunday I visited a marine park called Sea World which is at surfers’ Paradise near Brisbane. It’s Australia’s largest marine park and I had a wonderful day there. 2. The first thing I saw was the Oceanorium where you can watch all sorts of sea fish and animal under water. There were huge turtles, sharks, and a beautiful tropical sea fish. The most exciting thing was watching a man feeding the sharks. He wore a special diving suit. Then I watched the performance of sea animals. The saw was in a big outdoor swimming pool. There were killer whales, dolphins and sea lions, and they did all sort of fantastic things in the water. One of the girls in the show rode around the pool on the back of killing whale, and another girl rode underwater on the back of a big turtle. After the saw I had lunch. There were several big restaurant at the park and I had lunch in a restaurant that was shape like a ship! Then I watched a wonderful water-ski show which was held on a lake. 3. There were lots of other things to do at the park. There was lake cruising, a train ride, a big water slide, swimming pools, and an incredible roller coaster called the ‘corkscrew’- because it goes three loops upside down. But I wish I had gone on the roller coaster ride before lunch rather than after it!

Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Germany. He graduated from the University of Zurich in Switzerland in 1905. In 1905 he also did some of his famous work in Physics. In 1919 he won the Noble Prize for Physics. Between 1919 and 1933 he lived in Germany and traveled a lot to talk to other scientists. Then, in 1933 he had to leave Germany because of Hitler and the Nazy Party. He moved to United States from 1933 until his death. He lived in Princetown, New Jersey. He died on 18th April 1955.

1. My brother and I went to a football match yesterday. Our school team was playing against another High School team. Our team wore red and white shirts, white shorts, and red stockings. The other team wore orange and black shirts, orange shorts, and black stockings. “They look like bees“, my brother said, and we laughed.  2. They played like bees too. They ran very fast, attacked very hard, and passed the ball to each other very fast. Soon they scored their first goal. My brother and I shouted and shouted, “Come on, Valley School! Come on, the Valleys!” Our headmaster was near us and he was shouting too. He seemed very enthusiastic. However, the high school scored another goal. We were very sad. 3. Then, one of the “bees” stopped the ball with one of his hands, so our team got the free kick. Our captain took it and scored a goal. We shouted, “Hooray!” The score was now 2:1. That was better. 4. Now our team began to play better—or the “bees” were getting tired. Our team scored another goal before half-time. In the second half of the match, both teams tried very hard, but neither scored, so at the end the score was still two all.

1. One day in July 2005, I went fishing on Sodus bay. I casted under our own dock with a rubber worm an BOOM! 2. A big bass took off to other side of the dock and I was sure the line was going to break because his pulling was rubbing the line against sharp rocks. Three times I pulled him back to my side of the dock and three times he got back to the other side of the dock. Finally, I got him to my side and he was tired. 3. I knew that this was the biggest bass I had ever seen. I worked him towards me and got down on my belly, reached down and gripped him. However, I didn’t have a good grip at first and let him down to the water for a few seconds to get a better grip. The next thing I knew he was swimming away. No! I screamed louder than I ever had. It was the first time I cried over a fish. What a huge fish. This is true story and a sad one for me.

Gunung Tujuh Lake is one of the many lakes in Kabupaten Kerinci in Jambi province. It is an amazing tourist place to visit. The location of Gunung Tujuh Lake is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is about 50 km from Sungai Penuh to Pelompek village by public transport. Then people climb and walk for another 4 km or for 2.5 hours. The lake is surrounded by steep forest slopes and seven mountains. The highest peak of Gunung Tujuh Lake is 1,950 m above sea level. The length of the lake is 4,5 km and the width is 3 km. It is a volcanic lake and the highest in Southeast Asia. The temperature around the lake is very cold. Besides waterfalls you can also find animals such as siamang. elephants and birds. Gunung Tujuh Lake is really beautiful with a spectacular scenery.

Gunung Tujuh Lake is one of the many lakes in Kabupaten Kerinci in Jambi province. It is an amazing tourist place to visit. The location of Gunung Tujuh Lake is in Kecamatan Kayu Aro. It is about 50 km from Sungai Penuh to Pelompek village by public transport. Then people climb and walk for another 4 km or for 2.5 hours. The lake is surrounded by steep forest slopes and seven mountains. The highest peak of Gunung Tujuh Lake is 1,950 m above sea level. The length of the lake is 4,5 km and the width is 3 km. It is a volcanic lake and the highest in Southeast Asia. The temperature around the lake is very cold. Besides waterfalls you can also find animals such as siamang. elephants and birds. Gunung Tujuh Lake is really beautiful with a spectacular scenery.

I have a pet. It is a dog and I call it Brownie.  2.  Brownie is a Chinese breed. It is fluffy and cute. It has got thick brown fur. When I cuddle it, the fur feels soft. Brownie does not like bones. Everyday it eats soft food like steamed rice, fish or bread. Every morning I give her milk and bread. When I am at school, brownie plays with my cat. They get along well, and never fight maybe because brownie does not bark a lot. It treats the other animals in our house gently, and it never eats shoes. Brownie is really a sweet and friendly animal.

1. Magelang is an interesting tourist resort with many attractive old buildings. It is located in Central Java about forty five kilometers north of Jogyakarta. It takes about an hour by bus from Jogyakarta. 2. Pucang, Secang a sub-district in Magelang, is one of the popular places for horn carving handicraft. It is said that most of the people are skilled in this art. More than thirty five families actually make their living by carving horns of buffaloes or cows. 3. They normally produce one thousand carvings a day. However, this is not a record for a single day. They once received an order for one hundred and forty two thousand combs to be completed within one month. Any kind of horn carving handicraft is displayed at the workshop, where tourists often come to buy souvenirs.

1. Lombok is noticeably different to its close neighbor, Bali. The northern part of the island is mountainous and lush with tall trees and shrubs. The South on the other hand is arid and covered by savannas. Large Asian mammals are absents and replaced instead by large numbers of marsupials, lizards, cockatoos and parrots. The difference becomes more pronounced as one moves further east where dry seasons are more prolonged and the land is dry and bush-like, and so in many areas corn and sago are the staple food, instead of rice. 2. At first  the time Islam come to these islands in the 16th century, four Hindu Kingdoms co-existed in apparent peace what is now called West Nusa Tenggara and is still the religion embraced by those in the west of Lombok, which are primarily Balinese. Lombok experienced strong Balinese influences in the past, but has still retained a unique identity. The indigenous people of Lombok, the Sasaks, are predominantly Moslem and have a strong, distinguished tradition, as do the people of neighboring Sumbawa. 3. Soft white sand, virgin beaches are typical in Lombok, where the motto is 'You can see Bali in Lombok, but not Lombok in Bali'. Famous for its 'tenun ikat' hand-woven textiles, the island has exceptional charm and its relatively undiscovered, except for Senggigi City, which becoming a major resort area.

1. Situated among beautiful tropical garden right by the sea,  Bintang Senggi Hotel offers a friendly atmosphere. 2. The accomodation comprises tastefully furnished air conditioned rooms with bar, bath, shower, and balcony or patio. For those who prefer extra-privacy, there are some elegant Sasak style bungalows around the gardens. 3. Other facilities include three restaurants, a 24-hour coffe shop, a swimming pool, tennis and badminton courts and shopping arcades. Watersports including windsurfing and sailing, can be arranged from the beach.

Lance Amstrong’s Discovery Channel team won the team time trial of the Tour de France on Tuesday, giving the six-time champion the over all race lead. The 33-year-old American led his team to victory for the third straight year in the time trial, clocking 1 hour, 10 minutes, 40 seconds for the 67.5-kilometers trek fro the Tours to Blois. Team  ESC placed the second, 2 seconds behind.-AP

1. YONKERS, Nov 12th . A four alarm fire damaged 14 stores today in the Cross County Shopping Centers, the largest shopping center in Westchester County.  2. Two fire investigators said the blazed apparently started in a file of cardboard cartons at the rear of a shoe store and spread through utilities duet above the 13 other stores. The fire started at 4.40 p.m. and was declared under control at 6.14 p.m. The center is on the Cross County Parkway at the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway.  3. Five fire-fighters were busy at the scene. Lieut. John Carey of the Yonkers Arson Squad said the cause of the fire was under investigation.

1. Jakarta: Freeport-Mc-MoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world’s second largest copper producer, had its maximum ore production permit in Indonesia cut 26 percent on environment concerns. 2. “The government only approves a Freeport ore output this year of 220,000 tons a day to reduce the impact on environment, ”Witoro S. Soelarno, head of mine inspection at the Energy an Mineral Resources Ministry, said. “The previous limit was 300,000 tons a day,” he said. 3. Phoenix-based Freeport produced on average 229,000 tons of copper and gold ore a day from its Grasberg mine in 2006. 4. Freeport’s copper ore output in the fourth quarter of 2007 fell to 926 million of recoverable pounds from 1,044 million of recoverable pounds a year earlier, the company said on its Web site. Gold output in the quarter dropped to 186,000 of recoverable ounces from 544,000 of recoverable ounces, it said.-Blooberg.

1. ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AFP): A woman in this southern city gave birth to two children in the space of less than two months in a rare medical occurrence, her husband and hospital spokesman said yesterday. 2. Jessica Sabacajan, 24, gave birth to a boy on April 19 in the central island of Cebu, and on May 30 gave birth to a girl, said her husband, Siegfried Sabacajan. 3. The air force avionics specialist, 30, said that when his wife visited him at the base where he works here a month after the first birth, he thought her stomach was still rather larger but the couple did not think this unusual until she started suffering stomach pains. 4. Ronnie Bucoy, director of the Zamboanga Medical Center, said the two children, both in good health, were not twins but were the result of a rare occurrence called a “double uterus” 5. That is a pregnancy where both of a woman’s ova separately hold fertilized eggs. Apparently, one egg was fertilized a month after the other.

1. Fungi used to be considered as a part of the plant kingdom, but they are now though to be quite different. 2. The main part of the fungus is a mass of tiny thread called mycelium. Fungi live on the other organic matter in the soil. Fungi are the most important agent in the breakdown of dead plant and animal material, recycling it so that plants can use the nutrients. Fungi live in damp areas on in water because they have no method of preventing their fragile threads drying out. They cannot survive dry atmospheres. There are around 50,000 species of fungi and they include yeast, rusts, smuts, mildews, mould and mushrooms.

1. An elephant is the largest and strongest animals. It is a strange looking animal with its thick legs, huge sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small tail, little eyes, long white tusks and above all it has a long nose, the trunk. 2. The trunk is elephant’s peculiar feature, and it has various uses. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt it all over its body like a shower bath. It can also lift leaves and puts them into its mouth. In fact the trunk serves the elephant as a long arm and hand. An elephant looks very clumsy and heavy and yet it can move very quickly. 3. The elephant is a very intelligent animal. Its intelligence combined with its great strength make it a very useful servant to man and it can be trained to serve in many ways such as carry heavy loads, hunt for tigers and even fight.

1. The polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the polar bear because it lives inside the Arctic Circle near the North Pole. There are no polar bears at the South Pole.  2. The polar bears live at the North Pole. There is only snow, ice, and water. There is not any land. These bears are three meters long, and weigh 450 kilos. They can stand up on their back legs because they have very wide feet. They can use their front legs like arms. The polar bears can swim very well. They can swim 120 kilometers out into the water. They catch fish and sea animals for food. They go into the sea when they are afraid.  3. People like to kill the polar bears for their beautiful white coats. The governments of Canada, the United States, and Russia say that no one can kill polar bears now. They do not want all of these beautiful animals to die.

1. The increasing employment of Indonesian women workers comes mostly from middle-and-upper-income families. This is because many of them have got higher education. Today more than half of all women college graduates are employed, compared to four out often high school graduates, three out often elementary school graduates, and only two out often among those with less than grade five in school.  2. Most of the working girls in the 1980s were unskilled, but today's working women have considerably more education than those who do not work. Among the working women only three fourths are high school graduates and less than 10 percent have not been to high school at all. Most well-educated middle class working women hold white collar or professional jobs. Although many other kinds of work are offered to college graduated women, clerical work and teaching are mostly preferred. About three fifths of the girls who are graduated from high schools take clerical jobs.

1. The increasing employment of Indonesian women workers comes mostly from middle-and-upper-income families. This is because many of them have got higher education. Today more than half of all women college graduates are employed, compared to four out often high school graduates, three out often elementary school graduates, and only two out often among those with less than grade five in school.  2. Most of the working girls in the 1980s were unskilled, but today's working women have considerably more education than those who do not work. Among the working women only three fourths are high school graduates and less than 10 percent have not been to high school at all. Most well-educated middle class working women hold white collar or professional jobs. Although many other kinds of work are offered to college graduated women, clerical work and teaching are mostly preferred. About three fifths of the girls who are graduated from high schools take clerical jobs.

1. Water is an important forest product. Forest soils are giant sponges. They soak up rain, so that it seeps slowly into the ground and stays there. Many towns and cities depend on these forest reservoirs. Shaded from the sun and sheltered from drying winds, forest streams flow steadily even in dry weather. But when trees are cut, the soil is exposed and is washed or blown away. Then rains runs off quickly, causing erosion and floods. 2. Wildlife is another important forest resource. The forest provides food and shelter for a large and varied population of birds and animals. Millions of people, picnicking, sightseeing, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, and other outdoors activities are becoming more popular each year.

1. Do you want to buy mobile phone? Don’t be hasty. There are many things to consider. Be reasonable before making the decision. 2. First, you can start by asking yourself the usefulness of the equipment. The question might be, “Do I want it for prestige or usefulness?” 3. Then, you should make a choice on the type of the mobile phone. There are various choices in the market, so you should decide the one that meets your needs and whether you can afford it or not. 4. The consequence of using a mobile phone is its high operational costs. You have to pay more for a mobile phone compared to a fixed telephone. Therefore, you should only use the mobile phone only for important talks.

1. School uniform is special clothes worn by all students of a particular school. The uniform of a school may differ from others. Why should schools use uniforms? Below are some reasons. 2.  First of all, Notre Dame’s Department of Sociology produced a study in 1998 concerning school uniforms. Their findings using 10th grade students showed that uniforms have no direct effect on “substance abuse, behavioral problems or attendance.” It also claimed a negative effect on student achievements for those students considered ‘pro-school’. 3. Secondly, uniform helps to create a strong sense school ethos and a sense of belonging to a particular community. As such it promotes discipline and helps to drive up academic standards, which is why a uniform is often adopted by schools which are being reopened with a fresh start after being classified as failing. 4. Finally, uniform acts as a social leveler, under which all students are equal in the eyes of the school and of each other. In institutions without uniform students are often competitive and worry endlessly about their appearance and the clothes they should wear. Pupils without expensive designer clothes and trainers may be singled out as social outcasts, or stigmatized as being from poor backgrounds. For these reasons many parents prefer uniforms as they save them money on buying clothes for school wear. Considering the findings, schools should implement the uniform as their identity. The government should also publish some kind of rule which makes uniform compulsory for schools.

1. Before we smoke, it is better to look at the fact of smoking effects, not only for smokers but also for non-smokers. About 50 thousands people die every year in Britain as a direct result of smoking. This is seven times as many as deaths in road accidents. Nearly a quarter of smokers die because of diseases caused by smoking. 2. Ninety percent of lung cancers are caused by smoking. If we smoke five cigarettes a day, we are six times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non-smoker. If we smoke twenty cigarettes a day, the risk is nineteen times greater. Ninety five percent of people who suffer from bronchitis are people who smoke. Smokers are two and half times more likely to die of heart disease than non-smokers. 3. Additionally, children of smokers are more likely to develop bronchitis and pneumonia. In one hour in a smoky room, a non-smoker breathes as much as substance causing cancer as if he had smoked fifteen cigarettes. 4. Smoking is really good for tobacco companies because they do make much money from smoking habit. Smoking, however, is not good for everybody else.

1. Many young people have difficulties deciding where they will live when the time comes to leave home and make their own way in the world. Among the more common alternatives are sharing a house or a flat with other young people and finding full board and lodgings  in someone else’s home. Renting a house with other young people offers the advantage of a high degree of freedom and independence. For example, you would be free to come and go at times that suit you, without needing to inform anyone that you would not be home for dinner. 2. On the down side, renting involves a variety of responsibilities that may be more than you wish to take on. For example, if you rent a house, you will need to spend time and money maintaining the lawn and gardens. You may also share the legal responsibility for the rent and for damage to the property if your name is on the rental agreement. 3. Finding board and lodgings, on the other hand, has significant advantages. Generally, you have no responsibility for the cleaning and maintenance of the dwelling and its gardens, other than to take reasonable care of your room. Your meal are usually provided for you, the home is usually more comfortably furnished than you would be able to afford in a rented property, and your financial liability is limited to the payment of your fixed weekly amount for board and lodging. 4. However, living in a board and lodging circumstances has its drawbacks too. You have less freedom and flexibility in your lifestyle, not only in the timing of meals, but also for example, in how loudly you can play your music. 5. In the end, the decision each person make will depend on their own personal valuing of independence and convenience, as well as their feeling of readiness for taking on considerably financial and other responsibilities of house or flat rental.