W: I think online booking would be more convenient.

　　M: All right.

　　W: Another piece of good news for you! Adele is going to sing her new song, Skyfall, during the concert.

　　M: Wow! I can't wait to hear it.

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　　A burial place in Washington，DC is using goats instead of poison to remove weeds.

　　In recent years, many weeds have grown in the cemetery. Officials do not want to use poisons to kill the weeds. The cemetery is near the Anacostia River. Officials have worked for many years to remove pollutants from the river, which runs through the city.

　　Lauren Maloy is the program director at the cemetery. She says because it is close to the river, “We are always looking for ways to make sure that we are sustainable, that we are not using pesticides that might hurt the environment.” So cemetery officials have decided to use goats. The animals are less costly than chemicals and do not hurt the environment. And the goat eats a lot of weeds.

　　The animals are owned by Mary Bowen, a farmer. She operates a company called Browsing Green Goats. The cemetery pays her company more than US $11，000 to have the goats remove unwanted plants from each hectare of the cemetery. But Mary Bowen says that is about half the cost of using poisons. An electronic fence keeps the goats from leaving the cemetery. Mary Bowen says she examines the fence every day. She says she has not lost a goat in five years. She hopes that the goats will help more people understand that they can keep their property free of weeds without hurting the environment.

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