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ESSAY A place I visited in my childhood Source: Write & Improve (Intermediate Level) between 180- 200 words approx.  Write about a place you visited when you were a child. Answer these questions: Where did you go? When did you go? What happened? Have you ever heard about the best roller coaster in Germany? It was fifteen years ago that my parents and I visited the town of my granny. I remember her old television showing Europa's Park advertising the last day. I was deeply enganged and fortunately there was no plan already thought with my family that day. Therefore, I begged my parents to allow me to go with my two cousins, Lucy and Jake, At arriving at such an amazing park, we had to experience the longest queue I've ever seen. However, those never-ending hours of waiting became really worth once we entered the park and saw the stunning variety of games. I let the best one for the end, the roller coaster called "the snake". When we finally decided to get in...

"The Sumatran rhino is now officially extinct in Malaysia with the death of the last known specimen" The 25-year-old female named Iman died on Saturday on the Island of Borneo, officials say: She had cancer.   Malaysia's last male Sumatran rhino died in May this year. The Sumatran rhino once roamed across Asia, but has now disappeared from the wild, with fewer than 100 animals believed to exist. The species is now critically endangered. Sumatran rhinos have been hard hit by poaching and habitat loss, but the biggest threat facing the species today is the fragmented nature of their populations. FACTS ABOUT THE SUMATRAN RHINO - Five rhino species can be found today, two in Africa and three in Asia. - The Asian species include the Sumatran rhino, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, which is the smallest living rhino species. - The animal is closely related to the woolly rhinoceros, which became extinct about 10.000 years ago. - No more than 100 Sumatran rhinos remain in the wi...