Tom: Last week a grain of sand (一粒沙) got into my wife’s eye and she had to see a doctor. It cost me $3.John: That is nothing. Last week a fur (皮) coat got into my wife’s eye and it cost me $300. ……

Wet sand for some reason weighs less than dry sand. ……

CRABHANDCANSANDMAN. ……

The color of sand is usually white and yellow. In Hawaii (夏威夷), there is a green sand beach. Lots of green special stones make up the sand. ……

Sand and fur coat1Tom: Last week a grain (粒) of sand got into my wife's eye and she had to see a doctor. It cost me $3.John: That is nothing. Last week a fur (皮毛) coat went into my wife's eye ……

grown accustomed over the decades to well-traveled dust arriving from the skies to coat... estimates that deserts blow nearly 1 million tons of sand into the city each year.It sits in a dust bowl ……

地球上的沙子就快要被耗尽了Where can you find sand? You can find it in deserts (沙漠), beaches and playgrounds. But did you know that sand is useful? It is the second most-used resource (资源) in the world after water ……

为什么这种沙滩浴看起来那么像恐怖片呢? PEOPLEbury(埋) them up to their necks into sand. They are having a sand bath. Sand baths have a history of more than 300 years in Japan. Many people like a sand bath because ……

A Grain of SandTo see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity (无限) in the palm of your hand And eternity (永恒) in an hour.By William Blake (English poet, 1757-1827) ……

A Grain of SandTo see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity (无限) in the palm of your hand And eternity (永恒) in an hour.By William Blake (English poet, 1757-1827) ……

把自行车“打扮”一番把自行车“打扮”一番How colorful this bike is! It wears a “coat” made of yarn (毛线). Some grannies in England made the “coat”. It is very fancy. There are lovely patterns (图案) and flowers ……

that just having a coat that keeps them warm is good enough. Perhaps the grains of sand under my mobile... days ago, a taxi driver took me to task for wearing such an old coat. The best I could do to explain ……

2022年3月总第86期2022年3月总第86期My hard 'coat'My hard 'coat'   ……

Camels actually have three eyelids (眼皮)! Two of them have lashes. They all protect their eyes from sand. ……

. A sleigh (雪橇) pulled by reindeer carries Santa Claus, in his big red coat, between ice-covered rooftops... or park for Christmas lunch. After everyone has eaten, children will gather on the grass or sand ……