Mrs Sallibartan's English ressources

In Bangladesh's capital city - Dhaka -  the government have come up with a rather unusual way of dealing with their massive traffic problem.

They've decided that every day - all the shops and businesses in one part of the city will have to close. The city will be divided into seven zones and each zone will have to take its turn to shut up shop.

They hope that by doing this  way less people will use the roads. But lots of people think the plan is a recipe for disaster. They reckon the parts of the city that aren't closed will get even busier because they'll have to absorb even more people. But for some shop workers who work seven days a week at the moment - it's a welcome break.

In Australia, the people of Sydney will have sea water on tap. The water will be treated at special plants to make it safe to drink. A special process called desalination will remove the excess salt. These plants are becoming a popular option for many Australian cities, because it's a new source of water in a continent that is extremely dry.

On the left: Part of the solar energy is lost in its way through the atmosphere by the effects of reflection and absorption.

 Now we know that solar power relies on energy that filters down from the sun - but imagine how much energy you could collect if you went straight to the sun itself.

Well Europe's biggest space company wants to do just that. They want to send a satellite system into space, where it would collect the Sun's energy and transmit it back to Earth where it could be used as electricity.

It's been talked about for years - but now the company planning the mission reckon they can make it happen.

Tens of thousands of people are believed to have died in Haiti following the massive earthquake on Tuesday. The most urgent need now is to get to the people who are trapped in the rubble. It is absolutely crucial that they get more emergency teams to the site immediately.

 Some emergency teams are already on the ground, some of them have heavy lifting equipment but a lot more is needed.
The survivors also need lots of help. Many people - including children - have spent a second night on the streets after the worst quake in 200 years devastated people's homes, school, hospitals and businesses.

There is no hospitals, no electricity, nothing - no food, no water, nothing. There are too many people dying.
 Damaged communication lines are making it very difficult to get through.The earthquake had a magnitude of seven on the earthquake measurement scale. The reason it had a particularly deadly impact is because it struck just ten kilometres below the Earth's surface. This meant the ground shook with enormous force. And because Haiti has many poorly built buildings - the impact has left large parts of the island in ruins. Haiti is not a rich country and they've already suffered damage from hurricanes and floods in the last year - so the massive rescue effort will need a lot of help from other countries.