Simon is reading a frightening story in a book. Read the story with him.

Mary and her family just moved into a new house Mary had her own bedroom on the second floor. There were bushes behind the house and Mary could always hear birds singing.

One night, Mary heard some big strange noise. ‘Duh, duh, duh, duh . …’ It went on for a few minutes. Mary went out of her bedroom to search everywhere. Her parents were sleeping and there were no other people in the house. Mary returned to her bedroom.

Mary heard the noise again. She thought,’ Is it a cat? My neighbour has a cat. But cats miaow. They don't make much noise.

‘Maybe it's a bird flying around and looking for a place to rest. No! That doesn't make any noise.’

‘Maybe it's the whisper of my parents. They may be talking in their room. But that noise wasn't a whisper at all.'

Mary went to bed again but she heard the noise again. She was frightened. Her legs were weak and she could not walk any more.

‘Dad, Dad, help!’ she cried.

Her father came into the room and asked, ‘What happened, my little girl?’

‘I heard some noise but no one was around. Listen, Dad,’ Mary replied.

Mary's father listened but he could hear nothing. A few minutes later, both Mary and her father heard ’Duh, duh, duh …’ Her father went outside to search around. There was nobody, but he saw a big red bird knocking on the wood on the roof.

Simon is telling Daniel the story. Complete what he says.

Simon has read Amy's article about ORBIS in the school newsletter and has become very interested. He finds another article about the history of ORBIS. Read it with him.

　In the past, eye doctors and nurses in poor countries could not study outside their own countries because they could not afford to traveland pay for their school fees. Dr David Paton was a famous eyedoctor in America. He knew that more than 60 per cent of blind people are in poor countries. It is important to train eye doctors and nurses in these poor countries to cure their patients. So in the mid-1970s, he set up ORBIS.

　United Airlines donated a DC-8 plane to ORBIS. There was newmedical equipment inside the plane. It is not an ordinary hospital.It is a flying eye hospital. The plane started to fly to different poor countries in 1982. The eye doctors and nurses on the plane taught the local doctors new skills and knowledge.They also did operations together to cure patients with eye problems in poor countries.

　In 1992, three generous people donated more money to ORBlS. With their donations, ORBIS bought a new plane, DC-1O. The inside of the plane is twice the size of DC-8. Its first trip was to go to Beijing,China in 1994.

　A lot of people suffer from blindness. The ORBIS doctors found that 80per cent of blindness in poor countries can be cured or prevented. So it also carries out special programmes to teach people how to preventeye problems.

　To blind people, ORBIS brings new hope and light. Over the past 30 years, ORBIS has successfully helped 130,000 people around the world. TO those who can see, ORBIS is something we can be proud of.

Simon starts writing his report. Help him complete his report.

ORBIS

ORBIS was set up by ⁽¹⁾________ in the mid-1970s. It aims to fly to poor countries and teach the doctors there new skills and ⁽²⁾ ________.

The first ORBIS plane started flying to other countries in ⁽³⁾ ________. It was a DC-8 donated by ⁽⁴⁾ ________. ORBIS bought a new plane, DC-10, in ⁽⁵⁾ ________. The inside of the plane is ⁽⁶⁾ ________ as big as DC-8. Its first trip was to ⁽⁷⁾ ________. OBBIS has helped ⁽⁸⁾ ________ patients. It gives out medicine to patients and the doctors also do ⁽⁹⁾ ________ on the plane.

ORBBIS is a new hope for ⁽¹⁰⁾ ________ people. The doctors found that about ⁽¹¹⁾ ________ per cent of blindness can be prevented. So it has special ⁽¹²⁾ ________ to teach people how to prevent eye problems.