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 This week I read "John F. Kennedy". "The biggest problem in the US was equal rights." Some states in the US did not believe in equal rights for black Americans. They didn't allow black Americans to eat in the same restaurants as white Americans, or travel on the same buses, or buy things in the same shop. Kennedy said that all Americans must be able to eat lunch in the same restaurants, send their children to the best schools, and vote. He said the US 'will not be fully free until all citizens are free.'  "Kennedy's greatest hope was for world peace." He fought in World War Two himself, and he saw that war was a terrible thing in which million of people died. Kennedy did not want to start another war, and he did not want to go to war only because his military advisors told him to 'If countries can understand each other better,' he thought , 'they will not be so ready to fight,' John F. Kennedy I know the name well, I have n

This week I read Australia and New Zealand. This book tells us what countries Australia and New Zealand are, the history of Australia and New Zealand, indigenous people, animals, nature, famous people and so on. I'll show you what I was interested in Australia is a big country. It's 6th largest country all over the world. The journey from Perth in the west to Sydney in the east takes about four hours by plane. If you walk all around Australia along the coast, you will travel 25,760km.  Uluru (Ayers Rock) ・ One of the most beautiful things you can see in Australia. ・ The length is 3km and the height is 348m, but it continues to 2100m underground. ・ In the evening, the yellow color changes to gold, red, and sometimes purple. (2) Great Barrier Reef ・ The longest coral reef in the world, covering about 2000km. Born 15,000 years ago, there are 1500 kinds of fish inhabiting it. (3) Coober Pedy ・ Located 960km northwest of Adelaide, opal was discovered in 1915, and 90% of the opals on