How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 1 -he goes by horse(马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 2 the beginning of the semester.“Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 3 at this time of morning.It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 4 .His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 5 ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch.He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster(校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light.Cox even 6 Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house.Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school.It is along back streets and has 7 cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5∶45 pm.Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 8 to ride his horse.“ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 9 now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy(牛仔)when he grows up.“I love riding horses more than 10 else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”
Colour helps you see things.But man and some monkeys and apes(猿) are the only mammals(哺乳动物) that can see colour.1 any other mammals,such as the dog,the world 2 a black-white photo.Dogs hunt mainly by listening and smelling.
Like 3 animals,dogs see best when things move.The animals they hunt seem to know this.A rabbit or deer will freeze when they find that they are being hunted.Then the dog 4 see it at all
Birds can see colour.They need to,because when they fly,they need to find places to land.Colour helps them know 5 the place is and what it is like so that they are able to catch flying things in the air or to 6 something they think safe.
Some birds see things even 7 than man.The birds that eat bugs(虫子) can see them from far away.And even a very young bird can see a house 8 the sky.So good eyes and being able to see colours help birds 9 food and also help them find out 10 there are other animals that are dangerous to them.