Thanks to the NASA Selfies app, we can take our own selfies in space. You first take a picture with your phone. The app sticks your picture inside the helmet (头盔) of an astronaut. You can then choose a background. Now you can pretend to be an astronaut.

Do all sharks eat meat? This may not be the case for the bonnethead shark (窄头双髻鲨). According to studies from the University of California, this kind of shark also eats seagrass. Sixty percent of their daily diet is made up of plants. They can digest (消化) the seagrass without any problems.

Global warming is having many side effects. “It is even causing insects to eat more crops,” the Atlantic reported. Higher temperatures can increase the insects’ metabolism (新陈代谢). This makes them eat more and also breed more quickly.

Learning music can improve children’s language skills, according to the scientists from MIT. Children who learn a musical instrument, especially piano, are more sensitive (敏感的) to different tones (音调). This helps them learn words better.

    1     Mike is a history teacher in an American public school. He wants to find a book that can provide him with some suggestions on choosing textbooks for his class.

    2     Jenny wants to find a book as a present for her best friend Rosie to cheer her up and help her find hope in her life again, as Rosie has tough times recently.

    3     Daniel wants to find a book of stories about small town life.

    4     Zoe wants to find several books for her little son. She prefers to find some books that are of the same series.

    5     Max is a big fan of novels with mystery stories. He wants to buy a new book of this kind to read.

A. The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Bunetta, is a good buy for your children. This book tells a story of an Indian young girl who lost her parents being sent to England to start her new life, where she met new friends and explored all nature’s wonders.

B. Lake Wobegon Days is a collection of humorous stories happened in the fictional American Midwestern small town of Lake Wobegon.

C. Lies My Teacher Told me is a book written by sociologist James W. Loewen, who evaluates and explores the topics that American history textbooks often leave out—and has given useful suggestions on adaptation of the textbooks.

D. The Fault in Our Stars tells a story about a 17-year-old young girl named Hazel who suffers from thyroid cancer but still enjoys the rest of her life with her loved ones and has found the true meaning of life.

E. The Hall of Horrors is one of 16 books of the Goose Bumps Series. This book tells a horrific and exciting adventure story about two teenagers fighting against a mysterious cat with evil powers.

F. The Picture of Dorian Grey, written by Oscar Wilde, is a novel about a good-looking young man who sells his soul to his self-portrait in exchange for eternal youth.

Oliver is a lost little boy. He doesn’t know anybody and is afraid in a big city. One day he meets Patch, a little dog who is also lost. The two become best friends. They help each other. Together they have an adventure in the city. However, Oliver knows that Patch’s owner must be very worried and missing Patch. What should Oliver do?

This is a young girl’s story about how she wants to become a ballet dancer. She will do anything to make her dreams come true. She lives in a poor place, and it is very difficult. The young girl fights through a hard life, but she never gives up. This story comes from the true life of the first African-American ballerina, Janet Collins.

Alfie is not very smart and he is not sporty, either. He is not very tall, and he is not good at art. Because of this, he feels like he will not be good at anything. Now he meets Calista, his new babysitter(保姆). Calista helps Alfie see all of the good things he can do. Alfie learns to be proud of being himself. This story is full of feeling and laughter.