The platypus
the platypus is (1) amazing / an amazing animal. in fact, it's so amazing
that at first (2) scientists / the scientists thought it was a joke! they didn't
have (3) any / some idea that it was a real animal. (4) a news / news of
the animal came to europe from australia in 1798. captain john hunter
sent (5) skin/the skin of a dead animal back to england. it had
(6) thick / a thick hair and (7) mouth/ a mouth like a duck's.
they thought someone had stuck a duck's head on a beaver's body!
the platypus's food (8) include / includes worms, insects and shrimps.
it has eyes and ears, but it also has another amazing organ: its bill at the
front of its head. all animals produce (9) electricity / an electricity, and
the platypus can feel this in its bill. it uses it to find small creatures to eat! ​

Dear oleg, i was very glad to hear from you again. sorry, i haven't written for ages because of my school activities. i think that my school is the best one. i love it very much. our teachers are kind and intelligent and my classmates are smart and friendly. but everybody has a dream. the dream about our new school - the school of the future. now i would like to tell you a few words about my ideal school. first of all if i were a headteacher of my school i would allowed everybody to have an opportunity to use one's phone. the second thing is our homework. so much of it! don't the teachers know that it is waste of time, our time and theirs. the next. our holidays. i would like to travel a lot. but when? our holidays must be a bit longer i think. and at last the equipment of our classrooms! what do we see? there are few computers which we can use. my dream is every classroom has ten and more new computers with internet. it's school of my dream. that's for me today. i have to go. best regards to your family.write soon. andrey

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