No  one  likes  to  live  next  door  to a  find new  sites. The  rottimg  garbage  has a be    transported  once  again and  dumped  protests  and  demonstrations.  Sometimes  the drivers, labourers  andofficials  are  attacked. AS a  result  garbage  is not collected. Peoples  throw  their  rubbish  on road   sides.  crows,stray  cows and  throng  to  these  places   looking  for  food. They  tear  the bags  and  scatter  the  rubbish  on the roads. The once  beautiful environment  becomes an eyesore.

Trere are many different types  of organisams in our world A classifications or taxonomy attempts to.organize all the organisns into more and more specipic groups until you get down to one group of the same type of organism called a species . the  diagram below shows the groups  get more and more specific.

    

Sri lankahas been famous gemstones fromthe earliest times.It is an important export trade today.Many areas in the sabaragamuwa province are well known for gems.Rathnapura is the most important region for gems. Rathnapura means the ”city of gems”.It has gem museums displaying the wide.range of gems,available inthe country.The Blue sapphirre is the king of sri lankan gems.The 400carat blue sapphire called.The ‘Blue bell” which adorns the british crown is from sri lanka.Rubies,cat’s eyes,alexandrites,aquamarines,tourmalines,spinals,topazes,garn ets and amethysts are some of the precious stones found in sri lanka.The cutting of gems is a specialized job.gems are cut and polished before they are set.Different regions inthe country have different ways of making jewellery.gems are generally worn for their beauty.people also believe that gems have the power to bring luck.The ca rft was handed down from father to son.Now women too work in the gem trade.

 

Madduma bandara is the name of one of our national heroes. he is a child hero.he lived during the reign of sri wickrama rajasinghe. the last king of ceylon. his father was one of the king’s ministers. his name was ehelepola. ehelepola didn’t obey the king’s orders. he fled away and hid in a remote place. the king was very angry.he ordered that ehelepola’s family be killed. they were brought to bogambara by the king’s men. it was madduma bandara’s elder brother who had to face death first. but dared not to come forward. thus the name of madduma bandaraq was written in our history

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Baseball  is   the   most  popular   sport   in  the  united  states   and   is   often  ca lled   its   national     pastime  .   it’s  a  game   played  with   a   hard  ball   and  bat   between  two   teams  of  nine  players  each.   the  play   starts  when  a   player   called  the   pitcher  from   one   team   throws  a  ball  towards   the   batter, a player on the   opposing   team .   if  the   batter  strikes  the  ball ,   he  runs  around  a  series  of  bases  before  a  player  in  the  field  can  put   him  out.   the  baseball  game   is   very  similar  to   a   popular  game   called  ‘ elle’  played  locally