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China has become the first nation ever to successfully land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The official China Central Television station announced that the lunar explorer spaceship, Change 4, touched down at 10:26am on Thursday.

Professor Zhu Menghua, from Macau University of Science and Technology, said the success of the mission was a major milestone for China and established the nation as a pioneer in space exploration. He told the New York Times: "We Chinese people have done something that the Americans have not dared try. Landing on the far side of the moon is more risky than landing on the near side."
The China National Space Administration said the mission had, "lifted the mysterious veil" from the far side of the moon and "opened a new chapter in human lunar exploration". It will help lay the foundation for future space exploration.

Listen to the verbs

Number 1: Replace
Replace a defective part

Number 2: Repair

Number 3: Assemble

Number 4: Disassemble

Number 5: Check the condition of a part

Number 6: Test

Number 7: Do maintenance

Number 8: Clean

Number 9: Lubricate

listen

number 1:the brakes

number 2 : a car's engine

number 3: the lights

number 4: the suspension

number 5: the air filter

number 6: the fuel tank

number 7: a tire

number 8: the exhaust pipe

number 9: the turn signals

This movie is known as Taken, it came out in 2008, film by Pierre Morel. It’s known for a man who’s always in thriller movies, always in action movies as well, seeking to solve a problem, a mystery, things of that nature. The movie to me was pretty interesting because Liam Neeson who is the main actor – he’s such an amazing actor – is always finding a solution to a problem, which is what I love. In the movie itself, he played a former FBI agent who was trying to solve a mystery which involves his daughter. His daughter had actually decided to go to France and do a trip tour of Europe with her friends and so forth. So she came to Paris which is loved by many Americans and while she got to Paris, she was abducted and taken by a group of people. Eventually, Liam, who had to find his daughter, he came to Paris, and he used all of the power he had as a former FBI agent in order to seek this mystery of where his daughter was taken. As a result, he was able to find her and solved the issue and... I liked the movie over all because and it’s just... I love anything that involves thriller, mystery solving, anything that deals with someone that’s being taken and you know you have to find where the person is and things of that nature. So, to me that was pretty interesting.

I saw the film Mulan when I was 6 years old with my mother. It was the first movie I’d ever seen in a movie theater. And I think it came out in 1998. I saw it because I was really into Disney films at the time. And I’d normally really like the princess stories, but I thought this one was a little different. I really love the dragon character I thought it was very funny. I enjoyed the song Reflection. It was really popular at the time, Christina Aguilera sang that. And it was my first experience in a movie theater, the screen was huge. I was just amazed by it and I really enjoyed the film.

I tried to phone you yesterday afternoon.
Sorry, Greg, I was not at home.
I was helping Chris to prepare a survey on school life in the UK.
When John arrived, we were having breakfast.
Why didn't you do your homework yesterday? I was visiting my grandma in hospital.
What was happening in this room when you walked in today?
What did you do last weekend?
While I was surfing the net yesterday, I found a really interesting website.
No one could see the puppy because it was hiding in the rose bushes.
I didn't hear the thunder during the storm last night because I was sleeping.
Jack was walking down the street when it began to rain.
At eight o'clock last night my little brother was sleeping happily.
While Mrs Evans was telling her grandson a fairy tale the little boy fell asleep,
so she closed the book and quietly left the room.
What was Lizzy wearing at the party last night?
My cousins were quarreling about something when I came into the room.
It was early morning. The sea was sparkling under the rays of thhe sun.
The birds were singing their beautiful song.
Alex looks sad. He must have heard some bad news.
Richard and Paul haven't attended any parties since they came back home.
Jane caught a bad cold last weekend. She has been ill several times this term.
Pat has played a lot of tennis in the last two months.
This is the first time Miss Ross has arrived in Germany.
Alex is an artist. He has drawn three beautiful landscapes recently.
Last week he drew a small seascape.
Have you bought the dictionary I told you about? When did you buy it?
So far Jill has sewn three nice blouses.
I have known Archy all my life. I got acquaited with him when we were four.
Paul Newman says he saw snow for the fist time last February.
He says has never seen snow before.
Bruce has worn his new fashionable tie only once since he bought it.
He wore it to our party last Saturday night.
Kathy has just phoned. She wants you to phone her back.
The 2004 Olympics were in Athens, Greece.
The information technology revolution has transformed our lives in many ways,
making it easier to communicate with each other.

Number 1: Emily was an apprentice baker at Fleet River Bakery; she worked from 8am to 5pm

Number 2: Liam was a security agent in the food department at Marks & Spencer. He worked from tuesday to Sunday.

Number 3:Oliver was a trainee mechanic at Steven Motors .He worked for 4 weeks.

Number 4: Hallie was a care assistant at Blakpool Old People's Home. She worked as an apprentice for 6 weeks.

It is a social network where people can find inspiration and ideas for their interests and hobbies.

His nickname was the "King of Pop". He was an American singer. He was born on August 29th 1958. He started his career in 1969 with his brothers. In 1983, he sang "Thriller" and it was a success. He had a lot of talents: he sang, wrote songs, played music and he danced very well. He created the Moonwalk. In 1994, he married Lisa Mary Presley but they divorced in 1996. He died on June 25th 2009. Who was he?