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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

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                                         There are over a quarter million plant species . only 600 or so are carnivorous . We call them this because they attract , trap and eat bugs . Like other plants they get their energy from the sun . But unlike other plants , they get their nutrients from their pray . carnivorous plants live in blogs and the places where the soil lacks nutrients. Most plants get nutrients from the soil . Carnivorous plants have turned to other sources.                                           The snap of the Venus flytrap is not the only way that plants eat bugs. pitcher plants trick their prey into landing on them . they offer nectar bribes to the foolish insects that would take them .                    ...

THE TRADITIONAL DISH

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 'Milk rice' or 'Kiribath' is the Sri Lanka's traditional dish which can be seen at every occasion of celebration.  Sri Lankans prepare this delicious dish as a mark of prosperity and good luck at all important occasions.  People make milk rice as the first meal of the New Year which the family sits together and share .  Some people prepare milk rice on the 1st of every month , on birthdays , for house warming ceremonies and weddings .  Even the farmers consider this traditional dish as something sacred .  In their harvesting ceremonies they offer kiribath to God .                                              It is easy to make milk rice .   You have only to boil the rice well and add coconut milk with salt and mix it well .  Thereafter it is flattened on a dish and cut into diamond shaped piece .  kiribath  is generally ser...

THE RAIN FOREST

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                                                   ๐ŸŒณ A rain forest is a thick jungle which gets an unusually large amount of rain . Rain forests cover about 6% of the earth' s surface . They hold about one-half of the world's plant and animal types . The four layers of a rain forest are the emergent layer , canopy layer , understory layer and forest floor .  ๐Ÿ€ The emergent layer l is made up of very tall trees up to 200 feet high . They are usually evergreens . There is good sunlight .  The canopy layer forms a roof over the two remaining layers . Animals like snakes, toucans, and tree frogs live in this layer .                                      ๐ŸŒน Not much sun reaches the next layer , the understory layer . plants then have to grow larger leaves to t...

IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING ENGLISH

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                                                                  ๐ŸŽ€  It is  important to learn English because it is an international language .   ๐ŸŽ€ This means that many people in the world use this language .  ๐ŸŽ€ As a result there are a lot of books and other reading material that are published in English language.   ๐ŸŽ€ Learning English will help us to gain knowledge in any subject .                                                                                                                     ...

MY FAVORITE PERSON

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                                                          ๐Ÿ’› My favorite person is my mother .  ๐Ÿ’›she looks after me well .  ๐Ÿ’›I love her very much and so does she .  ๐Ÿ’›she helps me a lot in many ways .  ๐Ÿ’›She helps me to do my home work .                                                             ๐Ÿ’›She teaches me at home and advises me always .  ๐Ÿ’›She cooks for me and washes my clothes . ๐Ÿ’›She is very friendly with neighbor's also .  ๐Ÿ’›She does everything for me .  ๐Ÿ’›I consider her as my life and soul .

A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY

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                                               ๐ŸŒผGood and sound body is a precious gift of nature to the mankind . ๐Ÿ˜Š ๐ŸŒผHealthy mind can only dwell in the heathy body .                                                                                                                                                                                                           ...

INTERNET

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                                                    The internet , sometimes called simply " the net " , is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can , if they have permission , get information from any other computer . The advantages and disadvantages of the internet will happen to the society .  POSITIVE EFFECTS ๐Ÿ˜ 1. Life has been made easier with quick access to information and the number of tasks that can be performed online within a very short time .  2. In addition , it has paved the way for some of the most effective means of communication among people , including email , chat and skype .  3. Business - transactions / exchange of ideas , Student - higher studies , subject matters , All - millions of books , journal and other materials .  4 . Online shopping  5 ....