Reading Habit

The rading habit among Indonesia students is still low. There are many reasons for this fact.however, it is mainly caused by the high prices of good books, scarcity of good books, and other activities young people prefer to do. Firstly, boos are relatively expensive in Indonesia. Publishers claim that the prices of raw materials and the production costs of boos are high and keep increasing. Therefore, books are sold expensively; and consequently, most students cant afford them. Secondly, if we browse the books helves at boos tores, it is not easy to find real high quality boos. Some boos with good topics may have plain and boring designs, while there are also books which look good but the contents are almost not worth-reading. Thirdly, and quite unfortunately, nowadays there are many kinds of activities other than reading, and the young people prefer doing them. These include watching youth soap operas on TV. Listening to music ang songs with meaningless lyrics or just hanging out at shopping malls. Such activities clearly do not offer as much learning as the book reading habit does. And, clearly, they forget the saying a boo is a window to the world. In conclusion, it is clear thet the reading habit among Indonesia students is still low for the reasons above. If we expect changes from this situasion, everybody must take part. Students must be willing to set their preference to useful activities such as reading.

Tulips
Tulips are among the beautiful flower in the world, especially when they are blooming. Tulips are monocots. The produce one large, bell-shaped bloom at the end of eachstem. They come in most colours but blue. Read and yellows are common, but they vary from white to deep purple. There are over 4000 garden varieties all over the world. And there are about 100 species of wild tulips, growing right across asia to china. Huge numbers of tulips are now grown in the field in Holland. Nowadays Holland is still the centre of tulips growing. Tulips are familiar for their blooming. They bloom in the spring from bulbs.

The Cheetah
The cheetah is sometimes the hunting leopard but it is quite a distinct animal. The body is more slender and the legs are longer, white its coat has single spots, not rosettes. It reaches a length of just over 1 meter, with a tail about 75 centimeters long. Unlike other cats, the cheetah cannot retract is claws into sheaths. Cheetahs live on open plains in Southern Africa. In india the cheetah is now extinct. Cheetahs hunt alone or in small groups. They prey on small antelopes which they run down at great speed. Over a short distance the cheetah is probably the fastest land animal, reaching speeds of more than 100 kilometers an hour.

Plants
The plant is often associated with a green living thing. It cant move. Most plants are green and have leaves or leaf like structures. However, not all plants are green and have leaves. There are some plants whose color is not green; these do not have stem and leaves. In general, we now that the parts of plans are root, stem, leaf, flower, seed, etc. the root is the part that grow underground. It has two function. The first is to absorb water and organic substances from the soil. The second is to support other parts of the plant body. The stem is the main axis of the plant. It develops buds and shoots. It functions is transportation through vascular tissue-xylem and phloem. Xylem transports water and dissolved material from the root upward to the leaf. Phloem transports food material downward from the leaf to the body cells. It also function in food storage. The leaf is usually a flat lateral out growth from stem or branch. The primaty function of leaf is to produce food by photosynthesis, a process of carbohydrate formation from carbondioxide (CO2) and water (H2O)

Odd Autralian Creatures

The emus are large birds but the cannot fly. The live all over Australia in a grassland area. The emus eat grass, leaves and small insects. They weigh around 36 kilograms but some weigh as much as 50 kilograms. These birds have three toes on their feet and very long legs. They can run very fast up to 50 kilometres perhour. The female emus usually lay about 20 eggs. The eggs are large and dark green colured. Mean while the male emus sit on the eggs for around 7-8 weeks. They do not leave the nest for this time. When the eggs hatch, the male emus look after the babies for about six months. Therefore, the female emus do not care for the babies.