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Thanks for your letter, ____took a fortnight to arrive.It was wonderful to hear from you.I know you're dying _____(hear)all about my life here, so I've included some photos which will help you picture the places I talk about.You asked about my high school.Well, it's a bush school – the clarooms are made ___bamboo and the roofs of gra.___takes me only a few minutes to walk to school ____a muddy track.When I reach the school grounds there are lots of “good mornings” for me from the boys.Many of them have walked a long way, sometimes up to two hours, to get to school.There ___(be)no electricity or water and even no textbooks either!I'm still trying to adapt to these conditions.However, one thing is ___sure, I've become more imaginative in my teaching.Science is my ____challenging
subject as my students have no concept of doing experiments.In fact there is no equipment, and if I need water I have to carry it from my house in a bucket!The other day I was showing the boys the weekly chemistry experiment when, ____I knew it, the mixture was bubbling over everywhere!The boys who had never come acro anything like this before _____(start)jumping out of the windows.Sometimes I wonder how relevant chemistry is to these students, most of whom will be going back to their villages after Year 8 anyway.To be honest, I doubt ____I'm making ___difference to these boys' lives at all.You asked whether I'm getting to know any local people.Well, that's actually quite difficult as I don't speak much of the local English dialect yet.But last weekend another teacher, Jenny, and 1 ___visit a village which is the home of ___of the boys, Tombe.It was my first visit ___a remote village.We walked for two and a half hours to get therethis shows it is a man's house.The huts were round, not rectangular like the school buildings.There were no windows and the doorway was just big enough ____(get)through.The hut was dark inside so it took time for our eyes to adjust.Fresh gra had been laid on the floor and there was a newly made platform for Jenny and me to sleep ___.Usually Kiak would sleep in her own hut, but that night she was going to share the platform with us.Mukap and Tombe were to sleep on small beds in ____part of the hut.There was a fireplace in the centre of the hut near the doorway.The only
poeions I could see were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars.Outside Mukap was building a fire.Once the fire was going, he laid stones on it.When hot, he placed them in an empty oil drum with kau kau(sweet potato), corn and greens.He then covered the vegetables with banana leaves and left them to steam.I sniffed the food;it smelled delicious.We ate inside the hut sitting round the fire.I loved listening to the family softly ____(talk)to each other ___their language, even though I could not participate in the conversation.Luckily, Tombe could be our interpreter.Later, I noticed a tin can _____(stand)upside down on the grill over the fire.After a short time Tombe _____(throw)it out of the doorway.I was puzzled.Tombe told me that the can was heated to dry out the leftover food.They believe that any leftovers attract evil spirits in the night, so the food is dried up in the can and the can is then thrown out of the hut._____they don't waste anything.We left the village the next morning after many goodbyes and firm handshakes.My muscles were aching and my knees shaking as we climbed down the mountain towards home.That evening I fell happily into bed.It was ____a privilege to have spent a day with Tombe's family.It's getting late and I have to prepare tomorrow's leons and do some paperwork.Please write soon.
