book 1－5 《Snowed Under》

Snowed Under Everywhere in the world, kids go to school.There are schools in citiess and schools in rival areas.In Africa, schools are sometimes built with grass and sticks. In other places, classes are held outdoors without any building at all. When I was a young teacher, my first teaching job was in a village in the far north of Canada. There were no roads. You had to take an airplane to fly into the village. I was quite nervous about this new job. But I packed my bags and headed north for my adventure. In the autumn, when I arrived, the weather was fine. The sun shone and the days were clear. But all of that was soon to change. In late October,The season changed abruptly. One morning, I awoke and it was winter. There was no warning at all. That's just the way it is in Canadian Arctic region. In winter, it is very cold in Canada's north. It snows a lot too. One winter day，it started to snow really, really hard. The wind blew. And the snow did not stop. It snowed for a whole day. It snowed all night, too. On the morning of the third day, the snow finally stopped coming down. I woke up and peeked out my window. The students looked out their windows, too.They could not see their school. "Our school has disappeared."They cried. All they could see was white snow piled up everywhere. The snow covered the school completely. It was piled more than 8 meters high. It was amazing! But not everyone was surprised. "It happens every year."Said the school principle. "This is Canada. This is how we get to school in the far north." Of course, there was no school that day. The people in the village came and helped the janitor dig out the snow. It took three days to uncover the school. The kids enjoyed their days off. But they were glad to get back to school finally.