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Dogs and Cats Help Prevent Infections in Kids

          "being around a dog or/and cat may help keep the doctor away" according to a new pediatrics journal. The researchers found out having a dog or cat is useful .Also, they found that children who have pet are more healthier than children who do not have.But the secret is to have a pet in the first year of life.So,kids who have pet need fewer courses of antibiotic and they have fewer respiratory tract infections. In contrast people who have pet allergy should be away from them .In general. owning a pet is useful for most people.

Before, I thought that keep the pet away from children is more healthy for them, because pet walk in places that  may have many germs.So, I was surprised when I read this article and knew that the pet can be useful for kids.


I learned from this article some vocabularies such as clan , respiratory tract, and morbidity.

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Sacred Mountains 

            Volcanoes can create and destroy cities because they can shape lands and cultures, but they can cause huge ruin and great loss of life. Fuji,which is the sacred mountain in Japan and located in the center,is an example of active volcano. This volcano exploded in 1707 and caused cloud of ash which covered Tokyo for weeks. And there is prospect  that Fuji volcano may erupt again. The second example of active volcano is Popocatepetl in Mexico.This volcano has erupted many times.But there are people who still want to stay near from it because they think it is a god, mountain ,and a human.

           I think it is very dangerous to live in an area near volcanoes because they can kill people and affect on the economy in bad way. Also, I hope that the scientist can find way to know when volcanoes will erupt so they can worn people who live near from them.

           I learned many vocabularies from this article such as ancestors, inevitable, and appease .