There are many deserts（沙漠）on the earth. And the following are some facts you may find interesting.

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Deserts can be hot and dry places. Rain may not fall there for months or years. Deserts can also be very windy places. The wind can change the shape of the deserts. It moves sand（沙子）around from place to place.

Temperatures in the desert can be varied（多变的）. 【小题2】 At night, deserts can become very cold.

Living in the desert

People called the camel（骆驼）“the ship of the desert”. It stores（储存）food in its hump and can go for days without water. 【小题3】 Its long eyelashes keep out the sand.

An oasis（绿洲）is an important place of the desert. There we can find water. 【小题4】 People and animals visit an oasis for water and food. Plants grow at an oasis.

The Arabian Desert

The Arabian Desert is between the Red Sea and the Arabian Gulf. In some parts of the desert, it is too hot for people to live. People found oil（石油）under parts of the desert and in the Arabian Gulf. 【小题5】 People built fine cities with lovely parks and lakes. They live a comfortable life there.

Do you know cotton(棉花)? We might not notice cotton but it is everywhere in our life. Humans have been using cotton to make clothes for more than 7,000 years. Today, it is still the most widely used natural material(材料) in the world.

Cotton has many advantages(优点) that make it an excellent clothing material. On hot days, cotton clothing feels cool and comfortable.

Cotton comes from the cotton plant, a small plant that is easy to grow. The fruits of the cotton plant are covered by soft and light white fiber(纤维). These fibers are made into cloth and then it can be made into many things.

The cotton seeds are useful, too. We can make soil out of them. It is great for cooking and is used in many foods. The things that is left can be used to feed animals such as pigs and cows.

Everything from cotton is useful. That’s why cotton is such an amazing plant.

Now people like natural materials better than man-made materials. So the things made from cotton will be still popular in the future and people will continue wearing clothes made from cotton.

When you take a walk along the River Thames, you will see lots of eye-catching buildings. Running through the heart of London, there are also many markets, shops and activities to keep you busy along its banks. You will also see a strange round building. It looks very old and very different from all the others. This is Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.

The Globe Theatre was first built here in 1599. William Shakespeare was one of the most famous writers that ever lived. His plays were on show in the theatre for many years. However, in 1613, a fire broke out during a play. The theatre was burnt down, but the second was built the following year. It remained a theatre until 1644, and then it was pulled down to build houses. The modern (and also the third) Globe Theatre was completed in 1997, over 350 years later. This was done to honor Shakespeare, the most famous English writer. To this day, his many plays are on show there daily. He wrote around thirty-eight plays, including comedies (funny stories), histories (about historical events and people), and tragedies (serious and sad stories). People come from all over the world to watch them at the Globe Theatre. They are exactly the same as they were hundreds of years ago.

The building is round and made mostly of wood. There are simple seats on three different levels all around the sides. Everyone can see the stage( 舞台). However, there is no housetop in the middle! The cheapest tickets are standing tickets. You stand in the middle, right in front of the actors, but if it rains, you will get wet!

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