While the hippopotamus may look like a very gentle animal, it is actually quite dangerous. In fact, the hippo has killed more people than any other wild animal in the world! Their teeth are very sharp and can grow up to 125 centimeters long. Still most people need not worry since hippos are vegetarians and only attack when they are threatened.The hippopotamus spends most of the day sleeping in the mud. During the night it wades in the water looking for food. The hippo is very comfortable in lakes and rivers and can actually spend up to 15 minutes under water. Recent research suggests the hippo is more closely related to the whale than to land animals such as the elephant. Baby hippos are even born in the water and so learn to swim immediately. It's no wonder the word hippopotamus actually means "river horse."

some interesting

Saint Partick's Day is celebrated around the world on March 17th. It was a caring person who did many good things for Ireland. It is believed that he lived in Ireland and died on March 17th, in the year 460. Every year the Irish and their descendants have celebrations and parades all over the world.There are many traditions that go along with St. Patrick's Day. People will often wear green clothes since it is the color of Ireland. There are often huge parades celebrating the day. As well, many people dance and sing to traditional Irish music. It is quite common for the Irish to share in a glass of beer no matter what day March 17th falls on. The biggest celebrations occur in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK and especially in Ireland. However, even in Taiwan, you will find foreigners celebrating on March 17th.

CRISTMAS EVE

Last Wednesday is Christmas Eve, my three roommates and I bought pizza and some bottles of coke to make a party. All our classmates who live another room came to9 406 and have fun with us. We played games, chatted, and make new wish for our new year.
But as we played Wii, my roommate saw a article in bbs which called us so noisy that they could not sleep. We felt sorry for them so we no longer play Wii and go to bed. In this lesson I have known that “As we play fun, we should stand in other shoes.” If we cannot stand in other shoes, we will find some nonessential arguments for us.

NOMO&TASO

Hideo Nomo is a Japanese former right-handed pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball. He achieved early success in Japan, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1990 to 1994. He then exploited a loophole to free himself from his Japanese contract and became the first Japanese-born Japanese major leaguer to permanently relocate to Major League Baseball in the United States. His successful debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995 is often credited with paving the road for the subsequent "wave" of Japanese players entering Major League Baseball.
Nomo pitched over the span of 13 seasons in the American major leagues with 8 different teams, before retiring in 2008. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. He twice led the league in strikeouts and also threw two no-hitters
His career likes Tsao, he make many Japanese player to go to MLB. And both of they are have some hurt of their arm. But Tsao is younger than Nomo, he is only 28. I deeply believe Taso will find his new hope in Taiwan and find his proud which he loses.

Tsao~~

Chin-hui Tsao is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is the second major league player of Taiwanese origin, and like the first, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Chin-Feng Chen, he is part Taiwanese aborigine .
Tsao pitched for his country in five major international competitions, including the Junior World Championships (1996-1997, 1999), the 1999 Asia Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He made two appearances at the Olympics, going 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA and one save. At the 1999 Asia Cup, he dominated: making three appearances (11 innings, 3 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 19 strikeouts), fanning 15 batters in his one start against China.
Tsao has one of Taiwan's best pitching arms. In the 2004 Olympics at Athens, he was clocked at 162km/h (101mph) at the park and 159km/h (99mph) on the TV gun.
But after 2006 Tsao hurt his arm, it let him cannot pitch his super fastball as before. Now he came back to Taiwan, help him can recover soon. And can perform well in Taiwan.

the outline of "styles of popular music"

outline:
1.Music is truly the one universal language.
body:
1.One successful style of popular music is reggae, which was born on the Caribbean i9sland ofJamaica in the 1960s and spread throughtout the world in the 1970s....(introduce reggae)
2.a second successful style of popular music is punk.........
3.A third successful style of popular music is rap.