【正文】 e was ready to begi n his enqui ry. As the disease spread qui ckl y through poor nei ghborhoods, he began to gather i nform ati on. In two parti cul ar streets, the cholera outbreak was so severe that m ore than 500 peopl e di ed i n ten days. H e was determ i ned to fi nd out why. Fi rst he m arked on a m ap the exact pl aces where al l the dead peopl e had li ved. Thi s gave him a val uabl e cl ue about the cause of the di sease. Many of the deaths were near the water pump i n Broad Street (especi al l y num bers 16, 37, 38 and 40) . He al so noti ced that som e houses (such as 20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cam bri dge Street) had had no deaths. H e had not foreseen thi s, so he m ade further i nvesti gati ons. H e di scovered that these peopl e worked i n the pub at 7 Cam bri dge Street. They had been gi ven free beer and so had not drunk the water from the pum p. It seem ed that the water was to bl ame. N ext, John Snow l oked i nto the source of the water for these two streets. He found that i t cam e from the river pol uted by the di rty water from London. H e im medi atel y tol d the astoni shed peopl e i n Broad Street to rem ove the handle from the pum p so that i t coul d not be used. Soon afterwards the di sease sl owed down. H e had shown that chol era was spread by germ s and not i n a cl oud of gas. In another part of London, he found supporti ng evi dence from two other deaths that were li nked to the Broad Street outbreak. A wom an, who had m oved away from Broad Street, li ked the water from the pum p so m uch that she had i t deli vered to her house every day. Both she and her daughter di ed of chol era after dri nki ng the water. Wi th thi s extra evi dence John Snow was abl e to anounce wi th certai nty that pol uted water carri ed the vi rus. To prevent this from happeni ng agai n, John Snow suggested that the source of al the water suppli es be exami ned. The water pani es were i nstructed not to expose peopl e to pol l uted water any m ore. Fi nal l y ―Ki ng Chol era‖ was defeated. COPERNICUS’ REVOLUTIONARY TH EORY Ni col aus Coperni cus was fri ghtened and hi s mi nd was confused. Al though he had tri ed to i gnore them, al hi s m athem ati cal cal cul ati ons led to the sam e conclusi on: that the earth was not the centre of the sol ar system . O nl y i f you put the sun there di d the m ovem ents of the other pl as i n the sky m ake sense. Yet he coul d not tel anyone about hi s theory as the powerful Christi an Church woul d have puni shed hi m for even suggesti ng such an i dea. They beli eved God had made the worl d and for that reason the earth was speci al and m ust be the centre of the solar system. The problem arose because astronom ers had noti ced that some pl as in the sky seem ed to stop, m ove backward and then go forward in the loop. Others appeared bri ghter at times and less bri ght at others. This was very strange i f the earth was the centre of the sol ar system and al pl as went round it. Coperni cus had thought l ong and hard about these problems and tri ed to fi nd an answer. He had col lected observations of the stars and used al his mathemati cal knowl edge to explai n them. But only his new theory coul d do that. So between 1510 and 1514 he worked on i t, gradual y i mprovi ng his theory until he fel t i t was pl ete. In 1514 he showed it pri vatel y cul ture! If you want to experi ence the anci ent days and gread deess of Engli sh kni ghts and l adies, pri nces and queens, then Engl and’s Cam el ot Park i s the pl ace for you. Every are of the park i s m odel led after l ife i n the days of Ki ng Arthur and the Kni ghts of the Round Tabl e. In one place, you can watch m agi c shows wi th Meil i n the Wizard. If you want to see fi ghti ng wi th swords or on horseback, then the jousti ng are i s a good pl ace to vi sit. If you do wel l there, Ki ng Arthur may chose you to fi ght i n the bi g jousting tournam ent. Do you li ke anim al s? Then vi si t the farm are, and l earn how people i n anci ent Engl and ranthei r farm s and took care of their anim als. To enter a worl d of fantasy about anci ent Engl and, e to Cam el ot Park! Futuroscope – exci t em ent and l earni ng Last week I took a journey deep i nto space, to the end of the sol ar system, and was pul l ed i nto a black hol e. Then I took a trp to Brazil and experi nced survivi ng an airpl ane crash i n the jungl e. After that, I joi ned som e di vers and went to the bottom of the ocean to see strange bl ind creatures that hace seen sunl ight. For a break, I took part i n som e car raci ng and then ski ed down som e of the m ost di ffi cult m ountai ns in the worl d. I ended m y travel s by m eeti ng face to face wi th a di nosaur, the terri bl e TRex, and survived the experi ence! I di d al this i n one great day at Futuroscope. O pened i n 1987, Futuroscope i s one of the l argest spaceage parks i n the worl d. Thi s sci ence and technol ogybased them e park i n France uses the m ost advanced technology. Its 3D ci nem as and gi ant m ovi e screens provi de brand new experi ences of the earth and the beyond. Vi si tors can get cl ost to parts of the worl d they have never experi enced, goi ng to the bottom of the ocean, fl yi ng through the jungl e or vi si ti ng the edges of the sol ar system. The am azi ng, upto date inform ati on together with m any opportuni ti es for handson l earning m akes the worl d e to li fe i n a pl etel y new way for vi sitors. Learni ng centres throughout the park l et vi si tors try thei r own sci enti fi c experi m ents, as wel as l earn m ore about space travel, the undersea worl d and m uch m ore. I bought tim e tickets for m yself and m y fri ends at the park’s entrance, but ti ckets are al so avai l abl e onli ne. Futuroscope i s not only for i ndi vi dual s, but i s al so the perfect mi x of fun and l earning for cal ss outi ngs. Cl ases or other l arge