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小学生英语阅读短文集萃小学生英语阅读短文集萃Poor Man￿￿￿￿￿Look￿at￿this￿man.￿What￿is￿he￿doing?￿￿￿￿￿￿Look￿at￿this￿man.￿What￿is￿he￿doing?￿He’s￿carrying￿a￿very￿big￿box.￿The￿box￿is￿full￿of￿big￿He’s￿carrying￿a￿very￿big￿box.￿The￿box￿is￿full￿of￿big￿apples.￿He￿wants￿to￿put￿it￿on￿the￿back￿of￿his￿bike￿apples.￿He￿wants￿to￿put￿it￿on￿the￿back￿of￿his￿bike￿and￿take￿it￿home.￿Can￿he￿do￿that?￿and￿take￿it￿home.￿Can￿he￿do￿that?￿No,￿I￿don’t￿think￿so.￿Why￿not?￿Because￿the￿box￿is￿No,￿I￿don’t￿think￿so.￿Why￿not?￿Because￿the￿box￿is￿too￿full￿and￿too￿heavy.￿Look!￿What’s￿wrong?￿He￿too￿full￿and￿too￿heavy.￿Look!￿What’s￿wrong?￿He￿drops￿the￿box.￿Poor￿man!drops￿the￿box.￿Poor￿man!0 1Kate￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Kate￿is￿a￿new￿student.￿She￿is￿twelve.￿She￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Kate￿is￿a￿new￿student.￿She￿is￿twelve.￿She￿is￿from￿America.￿She￿can￿speak￿English￿very￿is￿from￿America.￿She￿can￿speak￿English￿very￿well￿and￿she￿can￿speak￿a￿little￿Chinese.￿She￿is￿well￿and￿she￿can￿speak￿a￿little￿Chinese.￿She￿is￿in￿Nanjing.￿￿Her￿parents￿are￿doctors.￿Kate￿is￿in￿Nanjing.￿￿Her￿parents￿are￿doctors.￿Kate￿is￿studying￿in￿a￿school￿near￿her￿home.￿She￿has￿studying￿in￿a￿school￿near￿her￿home.￿She￿has￿classes￿from￿Monday￿to￿Friday.￿classes￿from￿Monday￿to￿Friday.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿Saturdays￿and￿Sundays,￿she￿often￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿Saturdays￿and￿Sundays,￿she￿often￿plays￿games￿with￿her￿Chinese￿friends.￿plays￿games￿with￿her￿Chinese￿friends.￿￿￿￿￿She￿loves￿China￿and￿her￿Chinese￿friends.￿￿￿￿She￿loves￿China￿and￿her￿Chinese￿friends.0 2Can you find Bob?Hello,￿Betty.￿￿Please￿meet￿Bob￿at￿the￿station￿at￿Hello,￿Betty.￿￿Please￿meet￿Bob￿at￿the￿station￿at￿nine￿o’clock￿tomorrow￿morning.￿Go￿to￿the￿big￿nine￿o’clock￿tomorrow￿morning.￿Go￿to￿the￿big￿clock.￿Carry￿a￿green￿bag￿and￿wear￿a￿white￿hat.clock.￿Carry￿a￿green￿bag￿and￿wear￿a￿white￿hat.He’s￿not￿very￿tall￿but￿quite￿fat.￿He￿has￿short￿black￿He’s￿not￿very￿tall￿but￿quite￿fat.￿He￿has￿short￿black￿hair￿and￿brown￿eyes.￿He￿also￿has￿glasses.￿He￿hair￿and￿brown￿eyes.￿He￿also￿has￿glasses.￿He￿likes￿wearing￿blue￿trousers￿and￿a￿red￿sweater,￿likes￿wearing￿blue￿trousers￿and￿a￿red￿sweater,￿Can￿you￿find￿him,￿Betty?Can￿you￿find￿him,￿Betty?0 3My RoomThis￿is￿my￿room.￿Near￿the￿window￿there￿is￿a￿desk.￿I￿This￿is￿my￿room.￿Near￿the￿window￿there￿is￿a￿desk.￿I￿often￿do￿my￿homework￿at￿it.￿You￿can￿see￿some￿books,￿often￿do￿my￿homework￿at￿it.￿You￿can￿see￿some￿books,￿some￿flowers￿in￿a￿vase,￿a￿ruler￿and￿a￿pen.￿On￿the￿wall￿some￿flowers￿in￿a￿vase,￿a￿ruler￿and￿a￿pen.￿On￿the￿wall￿near￿the￿desk￿there￿is￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿cat.￿There￿is￿a￿near￿the￿desk￿there￿is￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿cat.￿There￿is￿a￿clock￿above￿the￿end￿of￿my￿bed.￿clock￿above￿the￿end￿of￿my￿bed.￿I￿usually￿put￿my￿football￿under￿my￿bed.￿Of￿course￿I￿usually￿put￿my￿football￿under￿my￿bed.￿Of￿course￿there￿is￿a￿chair￿in￿front￿of￿the￿desk.￿I￿sit￿there￿and￿I￿there￿is￿a￿chair￿in￿front￿of￿the￿desk.￿I￿sit￿there￿and￿I￿can￿see￿the￿trees￿and￿roads￿outside.can￿see￿the￿trees￿and￿roads￿outside.0 4What are they doing?The￿White￿family￿is￿at￿home.￿Mrs￿White￿is￿in￿the￿The￿White￿family￿is￿at￿home.￿Mrs￿White￿is￿in￿the￿kitchen.￿She￿is￿cooking.￿Mr￿White￿is￿sitting￿in￿a￿kitchen.￿She￿is￿cooking.￿Mr￿White￿is￿sitting￿in￿a￿chair￿and￿reading￿the￿newspaper.￿chair￿and￿reading￿the￿newspaper.￿Tom￿and￿his￿friend￿Dick￿are￿cleaning￿the￿bicycle.￿Tom￿and￿his￿friend￿Dick￿are￿cleaning￿the￿bicycle.￿Jane￿and￿her￿friend￿Mary￿are￿in￿Jane’s￿bedroom.￿Jane￿and￿her￿friend￿Mary￿are￿in￿Jane’s￿bedroom.￿They￿are￿listening￿to￿a￿tape.They￿are￿listening￿to￿a￿tape.0 5Saying Goodbye￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Many￿people￿are￿waiting￿for￿the￿train.￿Some￿are￿reading￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Many￿people￿are￿waiting￿for￿the￿train.￿Some￿are￿reading￿newspapers￿and￿some￿are￿saying￿goodbye￿to￿their￿friends.newspapers￿and￿some￿are￿saying￿goodbye￿to￿their￿friends.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Doctor￿Wang,￿Mr￿Li￿and￿Mr￿Chen￿are￿talking￿so￿happily￿that￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Doctor￿Wang,￿Mr￿Li￿and￿Mr￿Chen￿are￿talking￿so￿happily￿that￿they￿don’t￿know￿the￿train￿is￿going￿to￿leave.￿Then￿the￿guard￿calls￿they￿don’t￿know￿the￿train￿is￿going￿to￿leave.￿Then￿the￿guard￿calls￿loudly,￿“The￿train￿is￿going￿to￿leave.￿Hurry￿up,￿please.”￿The￿three￿men￿loudly,￿“The￿train￿is￿going￿to￿leave.￿Hurry￿up,￿please.”￿The￿three￿men￿hear￿the￿guard￿and￿two￿of￿them￿jump￿onto￿the￿train￿quickly￿before￿it￿hear￿the￿guard￿and￿two￿of￿them￿jump￿onto￿the￿train￿quickly￿before￿it￿moves.￿One￿is￿left￿behind.￿It￿is￿Dr￿Wang.￿He￿looks￿very￿sad.￿The￿guard￿moves.￿One￿is￿left￿behind.￿It￿is￿Dr￿Wang.￿He￿looks￿very￿sad.￿The￿guard￿comes￿to￿him￿and￿says,￿“Don’t￿feel￿bad.￿The￿next￿train￿will￿come￿in￿comes￿to￿him￿and￿says,￿“Don’t￿feel￿bad.￿The￿next￿train￿will￿come￿in￿ten￿minutes.”￿“I￿know.”￿Dr￿Wang￿says,￿“But￿it￿is￿my￿train.￿My￿friends￿ten￿minutes.”￿“I￿know.”￿Dr￿Wang￿says,￿“But￿it￿is￿my￿train.￿My￿friends￿only￿come￿to￿say￿goodbye￿to￿me.”only￿come￿to￿say￿goodbye￿to￿me.”0 6The Sea￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿What￿do￿you￿know￿about￿the￿sea?￿Some￿people￿have￿seen￿it,￿but￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿What￿do￿you￿know￿about￿the￿sea?￿Some￿people￿have￿seen￿it,￿but￿others￿haven’t.￿The￿sea￿looks￿beautiful￿on￿a￿fine￿sunny￿day￿and￿it￿can￿be￿others￿haven’t.￿The￿sea￿looks￿beautiful￿on￿a￿fine￿sunny￿day￿and￿it￿can￿be￿very￿rough￿when￿there￿is￿a￿strong￿wind.￿What￿other￿things￿do￿we￿know￿very￿rough￿when￿there￿is￿a￿strong￿wind.￿What￿other￿things￿do￿we￿know￿about￿it?about￿it?￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Of￿course,￿the￿sea￿is￿very￿large.￿In￿the￿world￿there￿is￿more￿sea￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Of￿course,￿the￿sea￿is￿very￿large.￿In￿the￿world￿there￿is￿more￿sea￿than￿land.than￿land.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿If￿you￿swim￿in￿the￿sea,￿you￿know￿that￿the￿water￿is￿salty.￿Rivers￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿If￿you￿swim￿in￿the￿sea,￿you￿know￿that￿the￿water￿is￿salty.￿Rivers￿take￿salt￿from￿the￿land￿into￿the￿sea.￿Some￿places￿of￿the￿sea￿are￿more￿salty￿take￿salt￿from￿the￿land￿into￿the￿sea.￿Some￿places￿of￿the￿sea￿are￿more￿salty￿than￿other￿places.￿Do￿you￿know￿the￿Dead￿Sea?￿Fish￿can’t￿live￿in￿it!than￿other￿places.￿Do￿you￿know￿the￿Dead￿Sea?￿Fish￿can’t￿live￿in￿it!0 7 Our ClassThis￿is￿a￿picture￿of￿our￿class.￿There￿are￿fifty￿students￿in￿This￿is￿a￿picture￿of￿our￿class.￿There￿are￿fifty￿students￿in￿our￿class.￿You￿can￿see￿twenty-five￿boys￿and￿twenty-five￿our￿class.￿You￿can￿see￿twenty-five￿boys￿and￿twenty-five￿girls.￿There￿is￿an￿American￿student￿in￿our￿class.￿Her￿girls.￿There￿is￿an￿American￿student￿in￿our￿class.￿Her￿name￿is￿Mary.￿Her￿English￿is￿very￿good.￿We￿all￿like￿her.￿name￿is￿Mary.￿Her￿English￿is￿very￿good.￿We￿all￿like￿her.￿She￿likes￿eating￿bread￿and￿cakes.￿She￿likes￿drinking￿She￿likes￿eating￿bread￿and￿cakes.￿She￿likes￿drinking￿milk￿and￿orange￿juice.￿We￿like￿eating￿rice￿and￿drinking￿milk￿and￿orange￿juice.￿We￿like￿eating￿rice￿and￿drinking￿tea.￿We￿are￿very￿happy￿together.tea.￿We￿are￿very￿happy￿together.0 8Never Late￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿In￿the￿morning￿I￿get￿up￿at￿six.￿I￿wash￿my￿face￿and￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿In￿the￿morning￿I￿get￿up￿at￿six.￿I￿wash￿my￿face￿and￿put￿on￿my￿clothes.￿Then￿I￿eat￿my￿breakfast￿with￿my￿put￿on￿my￿clothes.￿Then￿I￿eat￿my￿breakfast￿with￿my￿family￿at￿six￿thirty.￿At￿six￿forty￿I￿go￿to￿school￿by￿bike.￿I￿family￿at￿six￿thirty.￿At￿six￿forty￿I￿go￿to￿school￿by￿bike.￿I￿am￿never￿late,￿but￿Tom￿is￿sometimes￿late￿and￿Mary￿is￿am￿never￿late,￿but￿Tom￿is￿sometimes￿late￿and￿Mary￿is￿always￿late.￿always￿late.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿They￿often￿run￿to￿school.￿￿￿￿￿￿They￿often￿run￿to￿school.0 9In the ClassroomThis￿is￿a￿classroom.￿You￿can￿see￿some￿girls,￿a￿boy￿This￿is￿a￿classroom.￿You￿can￿see￿some￿girls,￿a￿boy￿and￿a￿teacher￿in￿it.￿The￿boy￿is￿Tom.￿He￿has￿golden￿and￿a￿teacher￿in￿it.￿The￿boy￿is￿Tom.￿He￿has￿golden￿hair￿and￿blue￿eyes.￿He￿is￿from￿America.￿He￿is￿a￿hair￿and￿blue￿eyes.￿He￿is￿from￿America.￿He￿is￿a￿new￿pupil.￿The￿girls￿are￿Chinese.￿They￿can￿speak￿new￿pupil.￿The￿girls￿are￿Chinese.￿They￿can￿speak￿a￿little￿English.￿They￿are￿talking￿with￿Tom￿in￿a￿little￿English.￿They￿are￿talking￿with￿Tom￿in￿English.￿Miss￿Li￿is￿writing￿something￿on￿the￿English.￿Miss￿Li￿is￿writing￿something￿on￿the￿blackboard.blackboard.1 0A Football Match￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿Sunday￿tomorrow.￿We￿are￿going￿to￿watch￿a￿￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿Sunday￿tomorrow.￿We￿are￿going￿to￿watch￿a￿football￿match.￿It’s￿between￿a￿Japanese￿team￿and￿football￿match.￿It’s￿between￿a￿Japanese￿team￿and￿a￿Chinese￿team.￿The￿football￿match￿is￿going￿to￿be￿a￿Chinese￿team.￿The￿football￿match￿is￿going￿to￿be￿at￿four￿o’clock￿in￿the￿afternoon.￿Our￿teachers￿Mr￿at￿four￿o’clock￿in￿the￿afternoon.￿Our￿teachers￿Mr￿Li￿and￿Mr￿Wang￿are￿going￿to￿watch￿the￿football￿Li￿and￿Mr￿Wang￿are￿going￿to￿watch￿the￿football￿match￿with￿us.￿We￿are￿going￿there￿by￿bike.￿We￿match￿with￿us.￿We￿are￿going￿there￿by￿bike.￿We￿think￿we￿can￿come￿back￿at￿about￿six￿in￿the￿think￿we￿can￿come￿back￿at￿about￿six￿in￿the￿evening.evening.1 1My Parents￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿parents￿work￿in￿a￿shoe￿factory.￿They￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿parents￿work￿in￿a￿shoe￿factory.￿They￿get￿up￿at￿five￿thirty.￿They￿first￿get￿breakfast￿get￿up￿at￿five￿thirty.￿They￿first￿get￿breakfast￿ready.￿Then￿they￿go￿to￿work￿by￿bus.￿They￿work￿ready.￿Then￿they￿go￿to￿work￿by￿bus.￿They￿work￿there￿from￿eight￿to￿five.￿They￿come￿home￿at￿there￿from￿eight￿to￿five.￿They￿come￿home￿at￿about￿six￿and￿prepare￿supper￿for￿us.￿Mother￿about￿six￿and￿prepare￿supper￿for￿us.￿Mother￿washes￿clothes￿in￿the￿evening.￿Father￿often￿washes￿clothes￿in￿the￿evening.￿Father￿often￿makes￿toys￿for￿us.￿They￿are￿busy￿all￿day.makes￿toys￿for￿us.￿They￿are￿busy￿all￿day.1 2 One Dog or Two?￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿a￿dog￿has￿a￿nice￿piece￿of￿meat￿for￿his￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿a￿dog￿has￿a￿nice￿piece￿of￿meat￿for￿his￿dinner.￿He￿goes￿home￿happily￿with￿the￿meat￿in￿his￿mouth.￿dinner.￿He￿goes￿home￿happily￿with￿the￿meat￿in￿his￿mouth.￿On￿his￿way￿home,￿there￿is￿a￿stream.￿The￿water￿is￿still￿and￿On￿his￿way￿home,￿there￿is￿a￿stream.￿The￿water￿is￿still￿and￿clear.￿He￿stops￿to￿take￿a￿look￿at￿it.￿What￿does￿he￿see?￿There￿clear.￿He￿stops￿to￿take￿a￿look￿at￿it.￿What￿does￿he￿see?￿There￿is￿a￿dog￿as￿big￿as￿himself￿and￿he￿has￿some￿meat￿in￿his￿is￿a￿dog￿as￿big￿as￿himself￿and￿he￿has￿some￿meat￿in￿his￿mouth,￿too.￿“I’ll￿try￿to￿get￿it.￿What￿a￿feast￿I￿will￿have￿today!”￿mouth,￿too.￿“I’ll￿try￿to￿get￿it.￿What￿a￿feast￿I￿will￿have￿today!”￿He￿opens￿his￿mouth￿to￿get￿it,￿but￿just￿then￿his￿own￿piece￿He￿opens￿his￿mouth￿to￿get￿it,￿but￿just￿then￿his￿own￿piece￿falls￿into￿the￿stream.￿He￿goes￿sadly￿home.￿What￿does￿the￿falls￿into￿the￿stream.￿He￿goes￿sadly￿home.￿What￿does￿the￿dog￿have￿for￿dinner￿that￿day?dog￿have￿for￿dinner￿that￿day?1 3Jim’s Bedroom￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿This￿is￿Jim’s￿bedroom.￿It’s￿new￿and￿nice.￿A￿bed￿and￿a￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿This￿is￿Jim’s￿bedroom.￿It’s￿new￿and￿nice.￿A￿bed￿and￿a￿chair￿are￿in￿it.￿A￿desk￿is￿on￿the￿floor.￿Some￿flowers￿are￿on￿chair￿are￿in￿it.￿A￿desk￿is￿on￿the￿floor.￿Some￿flowers￿are￿on￿it.￿A￿bookshelf￿is￿behind￿the￿bed.￿Some￿English￿books￿are￿it.￿A￿bookshelf￿is￿behind￿the￿bed.￿Some￿English￿books￿are￿on￿the￿bookshelf.￿A￿picture￿is￿on￿the￿wall.￿Some￿people￿on￿the￿bookshelf.￿A￿picture￿is￿on￿the￿wall.￿Some￿people￿are￿in￿the￿picture.￿The￿man￿is￿his￿father.￿The￿woman￿is￿his￿are￿in￿the￿picture.￿The￿man￿is￿his￿father.￿The￿woman￿is￿his￿mother.￿Who￿is￿the￿boy?￿mother.￿Who￿is￿the￿boy?￿Do￿you￿know?Do￿you￿know?1 4Daydream￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿a￿very￿nice￿day￿in￿October.￿The￿students￿￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿a￿very￿nice￿day￿in￿October.￿The￿students￿are￿having￿a￿maths￿class.￿But￿Bob￿is￿looking￿out￿are￿having￿a￿maths￿class.￿But￿Bob￿is￿looking￿out￿of￿the￿window￿and￿watching￿the￿clouds￿move￿of￿the￿window￿and￿watching￿the￿clouds￿move￿across￿the￿blue￿sky.￿”Boy,what￿a￿day￿to￿play￿across￿the￿blue￿sky.￿”Boy,what￿a￿day￿to￿play￿football!”￿he￿thinks.￿Just￿then￿the￿bell￿rings￿and￿football!”￿he￿thinks.￿Just￿then￿the￿bell￿rings￿and￿wakes￿him￿from￿his￿daydream.￿He￿closes￿his￿wakes￿him￿from￿his￿daydream.￿He￿closes￿his￿notebook￿sadly,￿stand￿up,￿and￿walks￿slowly￿to￿his￿notebook￿sadly,￿stand￿up,￿and￿walks￿slowly￿to￿his￿next￿class.next￿class.1 5A French Student￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿A￿French￿student￿goes￿to￿London￿for￿his￿holiday.￿He￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿A￿French￿student￿goes￿to￿London￿for￿his￿holiday.￿He￿knows￿a￿little￿English,￿but￿he￿can’t￿speak￿very￿well.knows￿a￿little￿English,￿but￿he￿can’t￿speak￿very￿well.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿he￿goes￿to￿a￿restaurant.￿He￿wants￿to￿have￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿he￿goes￿to￿a￿restaurant.￿He￿wants￿to￿have￿some￿eggs,￿but￿he￿can’t￿remember￿the￿English￿word￿for￿“egg”.￿some￿eggs,￿but￿he￿can’t￿remember￿the￿English￿word￿for￿“egg”.￿He￿looks￿around￿and￿sees￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿hen.￿He￿shows￿the￿He￿looks￿around￿and￿sees￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿hen.￿He￿shows￿the￿picture￿to￿the￿waiter.￿“What￿do￿you￿call￿her￿children?”￿he￿picture￿to￿the￿waiter.￿“What￿do￿you￿call￿her￿children?”￿he￿asks.￿“Chicks,￿sir.”￿“Very￿well,”says￿the￿French￿student.￿“Bring￿asks.￿“Chicks,￿sir.”￿“Very￿well,”says￿the￿French￿student.￿“Bring￿me￿two￿eggs￿and￿a￿cup￿of￿tea,￿please.”me￿two￿eggs￿and￿a￿cup￿of￿tea,￿please.”1 6Going to the zoo￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Today￿is￿Sunday.￿Bob￿is￿going￿to￿the￿zoo￿with￿his￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Today￿is￿Sunday.￿Bob￿is￿going￿to￿the￿zoo￿with￿his￿classmates.￿He￿puts￿on￿his￿new￿white￿T-shirt￿and￿yellow￿classmates.￿He￿puts￿on￿his￿new￿white￿T-shirt￿and￿yellow￿cap.￿He￿says￿goodbye￿to￿his￿parents￿and￿goes￿to￿the￿bus￿cap.￿He￿says￿goodbye￿to￿his￿parents￿and￿goes￿to￿the￿bus￿stop.￿The￿bus￿stop￿is￿near￿his￿home.￿He￿is￿going￿to￿meet￿stop.￿The￿bus￿stop￿is￿near￿his￿home.￿He￿is￿going￿to￿meet￿his￿classmates￿there.￿The￿zoo￿is￿very￿far￿but￿a￿No.57￿bus￿his￿classmates￿there.￿The￿zoo￿is￿very￿far￿but￿a￿No.57￿bus￿will￿take￿them￿right￿there.will￿take￿them￿right￿there.The￿children￿are￿going￿to￿see￿a￿lot￿of￿animals￿at￿the￿zoo￿The￿children￿are￿going￿to￿see￿a￿lot￿of￿animals￿at￿the￿zoo￿and￿they￿are￿going￿to￿have￿a￿good￿time.and￿they￿are￿going￿to￿have￿a￿good￿time.1 7Mike and Tom￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mike￿and￿Tom￿are￿in￿the￿same￿school.￿They￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mike￿and￿Tom￿are￿in￿the￿same￿school.￿They￿are￿in￿the￿same￿grade,￿too.￿Mike￿has￿English￿classes￿are￿in￿the￿same￿grade,￿too.￿Mike￿has￿English￿classes￿in￿the￿morning,￿but￿Tom￿has￿English￿classes￿in￿the￿in￿the￿morning,￿but￿Tom￿has￿English￿classes￿in￿the￿afternoon.￿After￿school,￿they￿play￿games.￿They￿often￿afternoon.￿After￿school,￿they￿play￿games.￿They￿often￿play￿basketball,￿play￿football,￿fly￿kites￿and￿ride￿play￿basketball,￿play￿football,￿fly￿kites￿and￿ride￿bikes.￿They￿can￿jump,￿swim,￿and￿sing,￿too.￿They￿are￿bikes.￿They￿can￿jump,￿swim,￿and￿sing,￿too.￿They￿are￿good￿students.￿They￿love￿their￿school.good￿students.￿They￿love￿their￿school.1 8At Lunchtime￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿eleven￿thirty.￿Deborah￿and￿her￿friends￿are￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿eleven￿thirty.￿Deborah￿and￿her￿friends￿are￿not￿having￿lunch.￿They￿are￿having￿“morning￿not￿having￿lunch.￿They￿are￿having￿“morning￿coffee”.￿They￿are￿talking￿about￿their￿husbands.￿coffee”.￿They￿are￿talking￿about￿their￿husbands.￿One￿of￿them￿is￿wearing￿a￿very￿strange￿hat.￿Frank￿One￿of￿them￿is￿wearing￿a￿very￿strange￿hat.￿Frank￿is￿Deborah’s￿husband.￿He￿is￿eating￿in￿the￿factory￿is￿Deborah’s￿husband.￿He￿is￿eating￿in￿the￿factory￿now.￿He￿always￿eats￿there.￿A￿lot￿of￿men￿are￿now.￿He￿always￿eats￿there.￿A￿lot￿of￿men￿are￿standing￿in￿queue.￿They￿are￿waiting￿for￿their￿standing￿in￿queue.￿They￿are￿waiting￿for￿their￿lunch.￿It’s￿raining￿outside.lunch.￿It’s￿raining￿outside.1 9Birds￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Birds￿live￿almost￿everywhere￿in￿the￿world.￿Many￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Birds￿live￿almost￿everywhere￿in￿the￿world.￿Many￿birds￿live￿in￿trees.￿They￿build￿their￿nests￿there.￿They￿lay￿birds￿live￿in￿trees.￿They￿build￿their￿nests￿there.￿They￿lay￿their￿eggs￿in￿the￿nests.￿Baby￿birds￿do￿not￿have￿strong￿their￿eggs￿in￿the￿nests.￿Baby￿birds￿do￿not￿have￿strong￿wings.￿They￿can’t￿fly￿with￿their￿parents.￿They￿just￿stay￿at￿wings.￿They￿can’t￿fly￿with￿their￿parents.￿They￿just￿stay￿at￿home.￿Some￿birds￿make￿their￿nests￿in￿the￿fields.￿But￿home.￿Some￿birds￿make￿their￿nests￿in￿the￿fields.￿But￿others￿build￿their￿homes￿on￿the￿roofs￿or￿in￿the￿chimneys.￿others￿build￿their￿homes￿on￿the￿roofs￿or￿in￿the￿chimneys.￿Chickens￿are￿birds.￿They￿usually￿lie￿in￿chicken￿houses.￿Chickens￿are￿birds.￿They￿usually￿lie￿in￿chicken￿houses.￿Ducks￿and￿turkeys￿are￿birds,￿too.￿Some￿ducks￿and￿turkeys￿Ducks￿and￿turkeys￿are￿birds,￿too.￿Some￿ducks￿and￿turkeys￿live￿in￿farmyards.￿But￿others￿live￿in￿the￿woods￿and￿fields.live￿in￿farmyards.￿But￿others￿live￿in￿the￿woods￿and￿fields.2 0A Nice Girl￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Li￿Ying￿likes￿English￿very￿much.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Li￿Ying￿likes￿English￿very￿much.￿She￿works￿hard.￿She￿reads￿English￿every￿morning.￿She￿works￿hard.￿She￿reads￿English￿every￿morning.￿She￿likes￿speaking￿English.￿She￿often￿listens￿to￿the￿She￿likes￿speaking￿English.￿She￿often￿listens￿to￿the￿radio.￿She￿watches￿TV￿only￿on￿￿Saturday￿evening.￿radio.￿She￿watches￿TV￿only￿on￿￿Saturday￿evening.￿Does￿she￿like￿dancing?￿No,￿she￿doesn’t.￿But￿she￿likes￿Does￿she￿like￿dancing?￿No,￿she￿doesn’t.￿But￿she￿likes￿drawing￿and￿singing.￿Her￿parents￿like￿her.￿And￿all￿drawing￿and￿singing.￿Her￿parents￿like￿her.￿And￿all￿the￿teachers￿and￿her￿friends￿like￿her,￿too.the￿teachers￿and￿her￿friends￿like￿her,￿too.2 1On Sunday￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿Sunday￿today.￿The￿weather￿is￿fine.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿Sunday￿today.￿The￿weather￿is￿fine.￿Mingming￿and￿Dongdong￿are￿in￿the￿park.￿It￿is￿a￿big￿park.￿￿Mingming￿and￿Dongdong￿are￿in￿the￿park.￿It￿is￿a￿big￿park.￿They￿can￿see￿many￿people￿there.￿They￿come￿here￿to￿have￿a￿They￿can￿see￿many￿people￿there.￿They￿come￿here￿to￿have￿a￿rest￿after￿a￿week’s￿hard￿work￿and￿study.￿Some￿boys￿are￿rest￿after￿a￿week’s￿hard￿work￿and￿study.￿Some￿boys￿are￿playing￿football￿on￿the￿grass.￿Some￿girls￿are￿singing￿and￿playing￿football￿on￿the￿grass.￿Some￿girls￿are￿singing￿and￿dancing.￿An￿old￿man￿is￿reading￿a￿newspaper￿under￿a￿big￿dancing.￿An￿old￿man￿is￿reading￿a￿newspaper￿under￿a￿big￿tree.￿A￿young￿woman￿and￿her￿little￿son￿are￿playing￿with￿a￿tree.￿A￿young￿woman￿and￿her￿little￿son￿are￿playing￿with￿a￿toy￿bus.￿How￿happy￿they￿are!toy￿bus.￿How￿happy￿they￿are!2 2Mr Black￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mr￿Black￿teaches￿us￿English￿this￿term.￿He￿is￿a￿tall￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mr￿Black￿teaches￿us￿English￿this￿term.￿He￿is￿a￿tall￿man.￿He￿likes￿wearing￿a￿while￿shirt￿and￿black￿trousers.￿man.￿He￿likes￿wearing￿a￿while￿shirt￿and￿black￿trousers.￿He￿speaks￿English￿very￿well.￿We￿like￿his￿lessons￿very￿He￿speaks￿English￿very￿well.￿We￿like￿his￿lessons￿very￿much.much.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿His￿home￿is￿near￿the￿school.￿Sometimes￿Mr￿Black￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿His￿home￿is￿near￿the￿school.￿Sometimes￿Mr￿Black￿walks￿to￿his￿home.￿He￿has￿two￿little￿sons.￿They￿look￿the￿walks￿to￿his￿home.￿He￿has￿two￿little￿sons.￿They￿look￿the￿same.￿They￿often￿wear￿the￿same￿clothes.￿He￿loves￿to￿see￿same.￿They￿often￿wear￿the￿same￿clothes.￿He￿loves￿to￿see￿them￿and￿play￿with￿them.￿Mr￿Black￿calls￿the￿two￿boys￿Da￿them￿and￿play￿with￿them.￿Mr￿Black￿calls￿the￿two￿boys￿Da￿Mao￿and￿Xiao￿Mao.Mao￿and￿Xiao￿Mao.2 3A Clock and a Watch￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿can￿tell￿the￿time￿by￿a￿clock￿or￿by￿a￿watch.￿A￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿can￿tell￿the￿time￿by￿a￿clock￿or￿by￿a￿watch.￿A￿clock￿is￿big;￿it￿is￿usually￿on￿the￿wall￿or￿on￿the￿table.￿A￿clock￿is￿big;￿it￿is￿usually￿on￿the￿wall￿or￿on￿the￿table.￿A￿watch￿is￿small;￿we￿can￿put￿it￿in￿the￿pocket,￿or￿wear￿it￿on￿watch￿is￿small;￿we￿can￿put￿it￿in￿the￿pocket,￿or￿wear￿it￿on￿the￿wrist!￿A￿clock￿or￿a￿watch￿usually￿has￿a￿round￿face.￿It￿the￿wrist!￿A￿clock￿or￿a￿watch￿usually￿has￿a￿round￿face.￿It￿has￿two￿hands,￿a￿long￿one￿and￿a￿short￿one.￿Tom’s￿clock￿has￿two￿hands,￿a￿long￿one￿and￿a￿short￿one.￿Tom’s￿clock￿can￿speak￿and￿call￿him￿to￿get￿up￿every￿day.￿His￿watch￿has￿can￿speak￿and￿call￿him￿to￿get￿up￿every￿day.￿His￿watch￿has￿a￿picture￿of￿a￿lovely￿dog￿on￿the￿face.￿He￿likes￿it￿very￿much.a￿picture￿of￿a￿lovely￿dog￿on￿the￿face.￿He￿likes￿it￿very￿much.2 4A Boxer and a Runner￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Once￿a￿great￿boxer,￿Tom￿Brown,￿goes￿to￿a￿restaurant￿for￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Once￿a￿great￿boxer,￿Tom￿Brown,￿goes￿to￿a￿restaurant￿for￿dinner.￿He￿takes￿off￿his￿coat￿and￿leaves￿it￿at￿the￿door,￿but￿he￿is￿dinner.￿He￿takes￿off￿his￿coat￿and￿leaves￿it￿at￿the￿door,￿but￿he￿is￿afraid￿that￿somebody￿will￿take￿it.￿So￿he￿takes￿a￿piece￿of￿paper￿afraid￿that￿somebody￿will￿take￿it.￿So￿he￿takes￿a￿piece￿of￿paper￿and￿writes￿on￿it:”￿The￿great￿boxer,￿Tom￿Brown,￿leaves￿his￿coat￿and￿writes￿on￿it:”￿The￿great￿boxer,￿Tom￿Brown,￿leaves￿his￿coat￿here.￿He￿will￿come￿back￿in￿a￿few￿minutes.”￿He￿puts￿the￿paper￿here.￿He￿will￿come￿back￿in￿a￿few￿minutes.”￿He￿puts￿the￿paper￿on￿his￿coat￿and￿goes￿to￿have￿his￿dinner.￿When￿he￿returns,￿his￿on￿his￿coat￿and￿goes￿to￿have￿his￿dinner.￿When￿he￿returns,￿his￿coat￿is￿not￿there,￿but￿he￿finds￿a￿piece￿of￿paper￿in￿its￿place.￿It￿coat￿is￿not￿there,￿but￿he￿finds￿a￿piece￿of￿paper￿in￿its￿place.￿It￿says:￿”A￿great￿runner￿takes￿away￿your￿coat,￿and￿he￿will￿not￿says:￿”A￿great￿runner￿takes￿away￿your￿coat,￿and￿he￿will￿not￿come￿back￿at￿all.”come￿back￿at￿all.”2 5Bill and Sue￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Bill￿and￿Sue￿are￿brother￿and￿sister.￿They￿are￿both￿middle￿school￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Bill￿and￿Sue￿are￿brother￿and￿sister.￿They￿are￿both￿middle￿school￿students￿and￿go￿to￿the￿same￿school.students￿and￿go￿to￿the￿same￿school.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿They￿go￿to￿Mr￿Zhang’s￿shop￿and￿see￿some￿nice￿rabbits.￿They￿love￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿They￿go￿to￿Mr￿Zhang’s￿shop￿and￿see￿some￿nice￿rabbits.￿They￿love￿the￿rabbits￿very￿much,￿but￿they￿have￿no￿money￿to￿buy￿them.rabbits￿very￿much,￿but￿they￿have￿no￿money￿to￿buy￿them.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Sue￿has￿a￿good￿idea.￿She￿and￿Bill￿help￿their￿father￿pick￿apples￿on￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Sue￿has￿a￿good￿idea.￿She￿and￿Bill￿help￿their￿father￿pick￿apples￿on￿the￿farm￿every￿Saturday￿and￿Sunday.￿So￿their￿father￿gives￿them￿each￿a￿hundred￿farm￿every￿Saturday￿and￿Sunday.￿So￿their￿father￿gives￿them￿each￿a￿hundred￿dollars.dollars.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Sue￿and￿Bill￿go￿to￿Mr￿Zhang’s￿shop.￿Each￿of￿them￿buys￿a￿rabbit.￿One￿is￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Sue￿and￿Bill￿go￿to￿Mr￿Zhang’s￿shop.￿Each￿of￿them￿buys￿a￿rabbit.￿One￿is￿white￿and￿the￿other￿is￿black.￿They￿call￿the￿black￿rabbit￿Bunny￿and￿the￿white￿white￿and￿the￿other￿is￿black.￿They￿call￿the￿black￿rabbit￿Bunny￿and￿the￿white￿one￿Judy.￿They￿like￿them￿very￿much.one￿Judy.￿They￿like￿them￿very￿much.2 6A Good Time￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Today￿is￿Sunday.￿￿It￿is￿a￿fine￿day.￿The￿sky￿is￿blue.￿Mr￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Today￿is￿Sunday.￿￿It￿is￿a￿fine￿day.￿The￿sky￿is￿blue.￿Mr￿White￿is￿with￿his￿family.￿There￿are￿four￿people￿in￿his￿White￿is￿with￿his￿family.￿There￿are￿four￿people￿in￿his￿family.￿They￿are￿Mr￿White,￿Mrs￿White,￿May￿and￿Jim.￿They￿family.￿They￿are￿Mr￿White,￿Mrs￿White,￿May￿and￿Jim.￿They￿are￿walking￿on￿the￿bridge.￿There￿are￿some￿boats￿on￿the￿are￿walking￿on￿the￿bridge.￿There￿are￿some￿boats￿on￿the￿river.￿Mr￿and￿Mrs￿White￿are￿looking￿at￿them.￿May￿is￿not￿river.￿Mr￿and￿Mrs￿White￿are￿looking￿at￿them.￿May￿is￿not￿looking￿at￿the￿boats.￿She￿is￿looking￿at￿a￿big￿ship.￿Jim￿is￿looking￿at￿the￿boats.￿She￿is￿looking￿at￿a￿big￿ship.￿Jim￿is￿looking￿at￿the￿birds￿in￿the￿sky.￿looking￿at￿the￿birds￿in￿the￿sky.￿They￿have￿a￿good￿time.They￿have￿a￿good￿time.2 7Aunt Jane’s Birthday￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Aunt￿Jane’s￿birthday￿is￿coming.￿She￿will￿be￿40￿years￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Aunt￿Jane’s￿birthday￿is￿coming.￿She￿will￿be￿40￿years￿old.￿Dad￿and￿Mum￿are￿going￿to￿take￿me￿to￿house.￿We￿are￿old.￿Dad￿and￿Mum￿are￿going￿to￿take￿me￿to￿house.￿We￿are￿going￿to￿go￿there￿by￿train.￿We￿are￿leaving￿on￿Friday￿evening.￿going￿to￿go￿there￿by￿train.￿We￿are￿leaving￿on￿Friday￿evening.￿And￿we￿are￿coming￿back￿on￿Sunday￿afternoon.￿The￿birthday￿And￿we￿are￿coming￿back￿on￿Sunday￿afternoon.￿The￿birthday￿party￿will￿be￿on￿Saturday.￿I￿am￿going￿to￿give￿my￿dear￿Aunt￿party￿will￿be￿on￿Saturday.￿I￿am￿going￿to￿give￿my￿dear￿Aunt￿Jane￿a￿card.￿I￿am￿making￿it￿now.￿I￿am￿using￿my￿colour￿pencils￿Jane￿a￿card.￿I￿am￿making￿it￿now.￿I￿am￿using￿my￿colour￿pencils￿to￿draw￿some￿nice￿flowers￿on￿the￿card.￿I￿am￿going￿to￿draw￿to￿draw￿some￿nice￿flowers￿on￿the￿card.￿I￿am￿going￿to￿draw￿Aunt￿Jane￿a￿small￿cat￿on￿it,￿too.￿Because￿she￿likes￿cats.￿The￿Aunt￿Jane￿a￿small￿cat￿on￿it,￿too.￿Because￿she￿likes￿cats.￿The￿card￿will￿be￿very￿nice.￿Dad￿says￿his￿sister￿will￿like￿it￿very￿card￿will￿be￿very￿nice.￿Dad￿says￿his￿sister￿will￿like￿it￿very￿much.much.2 8Mary and Her Sisters￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mary￿has￿four￿sisters.￿They￿are￿Betty,￿Holly,￿Rose￿and￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mary￿has￿four￿sisters.￿They￿are￿Betty,￿Holly,￿Rose￿and￿Ann.￿Mary￿is￿the￿oldest￿of￿the￿five.￿Betty￿is￿thirteen￿years￿old.￿Ann.￿Mary￿is￿the￿oldest￿of￿the￿five.￿Betty￿is￿thirteen￿years￿old.￿She￿is￿two￿years￿younger￿than￿Mary￿and￿one￿year￿older￿than￿She￿is￿two￿years￿younger￿than￿Mary￿and￿one￿year￿older￿than￿Holly,￿Rose￿is￿nine￿and￿Ann￿is￿seven.Holly,￿Rose￿is￿nine￿and￿Ann￿is￿seven.￿￿￿￿Mary￿and￿Betty￿study￿in￿a￿middle￿school.￿Holly,￿Rose,￿and￿￿￿￿￿Mary￿and￿Betty￿study￿in￿a￿middle￿school.￿Holly,￿Rose,￿and￿Ann￿study￿in￿a￿primary￿school.￿The￿￿primary￿school￿is￿near￿Ann￿study￿in￿a￿primary￿school.￿The￿￿primary￿school￿is￿near￿their￿home.￿They￿walk￿there.￿The￿middle￿school￿is￿very￿far.￿their￿home.￿They￿walk￿there.￿The￿middle￿school￿is￿very￿far.￿Mary￿and￿Betty￿go￿there￿by￿bus.Mary￿and￿Betty￿go￿there￿by￿bus.2 9An Accident￿￿￿￿￿I￿walk￿very￿slowly￿with￿a￿big,￿heavy￿box￿in￿my￿hands.￿A￿boy￿￿￿￿￿￿I￿walk￿very￿slowly￿with￿a￿big,￿heavy￿box￿in￿my￿hands.￿A￿boy￿runs￿very￿fast￿towards￿me.￿He￿is￿too￿fast.￿And￿he￿can’t￿stop.￿runs￿very￿fast￿towards￿me.￿He￿is￿too￿fast.￿And￿he￿can’t￿stop.￿Oh,￿dear!￿My￿box￿drops￿to￿the￿floor￿and￿the￿books￿are￿Oh,￿dear!￿My￿box￿drops￿to￿the￿floor￿and￿the￿books￿are￿everywhere.everywhere.￿￿￿￿￿What￿can￿I￿do?￿I￿want￿to￿cry.￿The￿boy￿says,￿“Sorry.”￿And￿he￿￿￿￿￿￿What￿can￿I￿do?￿I￿want￿to￿cry.￿The￿boy￿says,￿“Sorry.”￿And￿he￿helps￿me￿to￿pick￿up￿all￿the￿books.￿He￿then￿helps￿me￿to￿carry￿helps￿me￿to￿pick￿up￿all￿the￿books.￿He￿then￿helps￿me￿to￿carry￿the￿box￿of￿books￿to￿our￿classroom.the￿box￿of￿books￿to￿our￿classroom.￿￿￿￿Who￿is￿he?￿He￿is￿my￿new￿classmate.￿His￿name￿is￿Jimmy￿and￿￿￿￿￿Who￿is￿he?￿He￿is￿my￿new￿classmate.￿His￿name￿is￿Jimmy￿and￿he￿is￿from￿England.￿We￿are￿good￿friends￿now.he￿is￿from￿England.￿We￿are￿good￿friends￿now.3 0Back to School￿￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿the￿first￿day￿of￿school.￿Tom￿wants￿to￿go￿back￿to￿school.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It’s￿the￿first￿day￿of￿school.￿Tom￿wants￿to￿go￿back￿to￿school.￿He￿wants￿to￿see￿his￿friends.￿He￿wants￿to￿meet￿his￿new￿He￿wants￿to￿see￿his￿friends.￿He￿wants￿to￿meet￿his￿new￿teacher.teacher.￿￿￿￿￿￿Tom￿gets￿up￿early￿in￿the￿morning.￿He￿washes￿and￿eats￿his￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Tom￿gets￿up￿early￿in￿the￿morning.￿He￿washes￿and￿eats￿his￿breakfast.￿Then￿he￿rides￿his￿bike￿to￿school.￿He￿sees￿his￿breakfast.￿Then￿he￿rides￿his￿bike￿to￿school.￿He￿sees￿his￿friends￿on￿the￿playground.￿He￿plays￿hide-and-seek￿with￿them.￿friends￿on￿the￿playground.￿He￿plays￿hide-and-seek￿with￿them.￿In￿the￿classroom,￿Tom￿meets￿his￿new￿maths￿teacher.￿Her￿In￿the￿classroom,￿Tom￿meets￿his￿new￿maths￿teacher.￿Her￿name￿is￿Mrs￿Green.￿Tom￿likes￿Mrs￿￿Green.￿She￿can￿speak￿name￿is￿Mrs￿Green.￿Tom￿likes￿Mrs￿￿Green.￿She￿can￿speak￿English￿very￿well.￿He￿thinks￿she￿is￿a￿nice￿teacher.English￿very￿well.￿He￿thinks￿she￿is￿a￿nice￿teacher.3 1Shirley and Tina￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿are￿twenty-one￿boys￿and￿nineteen￿girls￿in￿my￿class.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿are￿twenty-one￿boys￿and￿nineteen￿girls￿in￿my￿class.￿Two￿of￿them￿are￿Americans.￿One￿is￿Shirley.￿The￿other￿is￿Tina.￿Two￿of￿them￿are￿Americans.￿One￿is￿Shirley.￿The￿other￿is￿Tina.￿They￿are￿in￿the￿same￿school.￿They￿are￿in￿the￿same￿class,￿too.￿They￿are￿in￿the￿same￿school.￿They￿are￿in￿the￿same￿class,￿too.￿Where￿are￿they?￿They￿are￿on￿the￿playground.Where￿are￿they?￿They￿are￿on￿the￿playground.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Shirley￿is￿wearing￿a￿yellow￿sweater￿and￿a￿blue￿skirt.￿Tina￿is￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Shirley￿is￿wearing￿a￿yellow￿sweater￿and￿a￿blue￿skirt.￿Tina￿is￿wearing￿a￿white￿blouse￿and￿a￿pair￿of￿black￿trousers.￿Look!￿wearing￿a￿white￿blouse￿and￿a￿pair￿of￿black￿trousers.￿Look!￿Shirley￿and￿Tina￿are￿playing￿games￿with￿their￿classmates.Shirley￿and￿Tina￿are￿playing￿games￿with￿their￿classmates.3 2About George￿￿￿￿￿George￿studies￿at￿the￿No.3￿Primary￿School.￿There￿are￿about￿￿￿￿￿￿George￿studies￿at￿the￿No.3￿Primary￿School.￿There￿are￿about￿eight￿hundred￿students￿and￿fifty￿teachers￿in￿his￿school.eight￿hundred￿students￿and￿fifty￿teachers￿in￿his￿school.￿￿￿￿￿￿George￿is￿in￿Class￿One,￿Grade￿Five.￿He￿likes￿English￿and￿music￿￿￿￿￿￿￿George￿is￿in￿Class￿One,￿Grade￿Five.￿He￿likes￿English￿and￿music￿best.best.￿￿￿￿￿￿His￿English￿teacher￿is￿Mr￿Brown.￿He￿comes￿from￿England.￿He￿￿￿￿￿￿￿His￿English￿teacher￿is￿Mr￿Brown.￿He￿comes￿from￿England.￿He￿is￿a￿nice￿man.￿He￿can￿speak￿a￿little￿Chinese,￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿know￿is￿a￿nice￿man.￿He￿can￿speak￿a￿little￿Chinese,￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿know￿how￿to￿write￿Chinese.￿He￿likes￿his￿work￿in￿China￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿how￿to￿write￿Chinese.￿He￿likes￿his￿work￿in￿China￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿like￿Chinese￿food.￿Mr￿Wu￿teaches￿George￿music.￿He￿can￿sing￿very￿like￿Chinese￿food.￿Mr￿Wu￿teaches￿George￿music.￿He￿can￿sing￿very￿well.￿He￿is￿George’s￿big￿friend.well.￿He￿is￿George’s￿big￿friend.3 3In the Park￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿is￿a￿park￿near￿our￿school.￿We￿can￿see￿many￿trees￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿is￿a￿park￿near￿our￿school.￿We￿can￿see￿many￿trees￿and￿flowers￿there.￿Some￿flowers￿are￿red,￿and￿some￿are￿yellow.￿and￿flowers￿there.￿Some￿flowers￿are￿red,￿and￿some￿are￿yellow.￿We￿can￿see￿a￿hill￿behind￿the￿park,￿too.￿At￿the￿foot￿of￿the￿hill￿we￿We￿can￿see￿a￿hill￿behind￿the￿park,￿too.￿At￿the￿foot￿of￿the￿hill￿we￿can￿see￿a￿river.￿There￿are￿some￿boats￿on￿it.￿Children￿like￿to￿go￿can￿see￿a￿river.￿There￿are￿some￿boats￿on￿it.￿Children￿like￿to￿go￿there.￿It￿is￿Monday￿today.￿There￿are￿many￿Young￿Pioneers￿in￿there.￿It￿is￿Monday￿today.￿There￿are￿many￿Young￿Pioneers￿in￿the￿park.￿Some￿are￿walking￿and￿singing.￿Some￿are￿dancing￿or￿the￿park.￿Some￿are￿walking￿and￿singing.￿Some￿are￿dancing￿or￿playing￿games.￿Ann￿and￿her￿sister￿Kate￿are￿flying￿a￿kite.￿Tom￿playing￿games.￿Ann￿and￿her￿sister￿Kate￿are￿flying￿a￿kite.￿Tom￿and￿his￿brother￿Sam￿are￿throwing￿a￿frisbee.￿Their￿father￿and￿and￿his￿brother￿Sam￿are￿throwing￿a￿frisbee.￿Their￿father￿and￿mother￿are￿sitting￿under￿the￿tree.￿All￿the￿family￿are￿having￿a￿mother￿are￿sitting￿under￿the￿tree.￿All￿the￿family￿are￿having￿a￿good￿time.good￿time.3 4Who Puts Ink on My Chair?￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Tom￿is￿seven.￿He￿goes￿to￿school￿every￿day.￿The￿school￿is￿near￿his￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Tom￿is￿seven.￿He￿goes￿to￿school￿every￿day.￿The￿school￿is￿near￿his￿home.￿So￿he￿goes￿there￿on￿foot￿and￿comes￿back￿home￿on￿time.￿But￿home.￿So￿he￿goes￿there￿on￿foot￿and￿comes￿back￿home￿on￿time.￿But￿today￿he￿is￿late.￿His￿mother￿asks￿him,￿”Why￿are￿you￿late￿today?”today￿he￿is￿late.￿His￿mother￿asks￿him,￿”Why￿are￿you￿late￿today?”￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿“I￿am￿in￿the￿headmaster’s￿office.”￿“Why￿do￿you￿go￿to￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿“I￿am￿in￿the￿headmaster’s￿office.”￿“Why￿do￿you￿go￿to￿the￿headmaster’s￿office?”headmaster’s￿office?”￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿“Because￿my￿teacher￿asks￿us￿a￿question￿in￿class,￿and￿nobody￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿“Because￿my￿teacher￿asks￿us￿a￿question￿in￿class,￿and￿nobody￿can￿answer￿it,￿but￿I￿can.”￿“It’s￿good￿to￿answer￿the￿teacher’s￿questions.”￿can￿answer￿it,￿but￿I￿can.”￿“It’s￿good￿to￿answer￿the￿teacher’s￿questions.”￿“But￿the￿question￿is￿‘￿Who￿puts￿ink￿on￿my￿chair?’”“But￿the￿question￿is￿‘￿Who￿puts￿ink￿on￿my￿chair?’”3 5A Dog for My Daughter￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿buy￿our￿daughter￿a￿little￿dog.￿There￿are￿not￿many￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿buy￿our￿daughter￿a￿little￿dog.￿There￿are￿not￿many￿children￿of￿her￿age￿and￿we￿think￿a￿dog￿would￿make￿her￿children￿of￿her￿age￿and￿we￿think￿a￿dog￿would￿make￿her￿happy.￿We￿are￿right.￿They￿play￿together￿happily.￿Our￿happy.￿We￿are￿right.￿They￿play￿together￿happily.￿Our￿daughter￿smiles￿and￿laughs￿a￿lot￿more.￿Both￿of￿them￿are￿very￿daughter￿smiles￿and￿laughs￿a￿lot￿more.￿Both￿of￿them￿are￿very￿dirty.￿But￿the￿dog￿is￿easier￿to￿look￿after￿than￿my￿daughter.￿He￿dirty.￿But￿the￿dog￿is￿easier￿to￿look￿after￿than￿my￿daughter.￿He￿always￿eats￿up￿all￿his￿food￿and￿we￿needn’t￿wash￿his￿clothes.￿always￿eats￿up￿all￿his￿food￿and￿we￿needn’t￿wash￿his￿clothes.￿My￿wife￿is￿also￿very￿happy￿because￿I￿don’t￿smoke￿any￿more.￿My￿wife￿is￿also￿very￿happy￿because￿I￿don’t￿smoke￿any￿more.￿The￿dog￿doesn’t￿like￿the￿smell.The￿dog￿doesn’t￿like￿the￿smell.3 6Streets of Water￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿is￿a￿city￿in￿the￿world.￿People￿do￿not￿drive￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿There￿is￿a￿city￿in￿the￿world.￿People￿do￿not￿drive￿cars￿in￿that￿city.￿It￿is￿called￿Venice.￿Venice￿is￿in￿Italy.￿cars￿in￿that￿city.￿It￿is￿called￿Venice.￿Venice￿is￿in￿Italy.￿There￿are￿no￿streets￿in￿Venice.￿But￿there￿are￿canals.￿There￿are￿no￿streets￿in￿Venice.￿But￿there￿are￿canals.￿The￿canals￿look￿like￿streets.￿There￿is￿much￿water￿in￿The￿canals￿look￿like￿streets.￿There￿is￿much￿water￿in￿those￿canals.￿In￿Venice￿people￿ride￿about￿the￿city￿in￿those￿canals.￿In￿Venice￿people￿ride￿about￿the￿city￿in￿boats.￿Your￿father￿and￿mother￿may￿ride￿in￿a￿bus￿to￿boats.￿Your￿father￿and￿mother￿may￿ride￿in￿a￿bus￿to￿work.￿In￿Venice,￿fathers￿and￿mothers￿ride￿in￿boats.work.￿In￿Venice,￿fathers￿and￿mothers￿ride￿in￿boats.3 7A Beautiful Sunny Day￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿a￿beautiful￿sunny￿day.￿There￿isn’t￿a￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿a￿beautiful￿sunny￿day.￿There￿isn’t￿a￿cloud￿in￿the￿sky.￿Greg￿wants￿to￿have￿lunch￿at￿cloud￿in￿the￿sky.￿Greg￿wants￿to￿have￿lunch￿at￿once.￿But￿we￿decide￿to￿have￿a￿swim￿first.￿After￿once.￿But￿we￿decide￿to￿have￿a￿swim￿first.￿After￿swimming,￿we￿have￿a￿picnic￿lunch￿under￿the￿swimming,￿we￿have￿a￿picnic￿lunch￿under￿the￿trees.￿Then￿we￿lie￿in￿the￿sun￿for￿a￿while.￿In￿the￿trees.￿Then￿we￿lie￿in￿the￿sun￿for￿a￿while.￿In￿the￿afternoon￿it￿begins￿to￿get￿cloudy.￿At￿four￿o’clock,￿afternoon￿it￿begins￿to￿get￿cloudy.￿At￿four￿o’clock,￿we￿have￿to￿go￿back￿because￿it￿starts￿to￿rain.we￿have￿to￿go￿back￿because￿it￿starts￿to￿rain.3 8Mr Zhang￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mr￿Zhang￿is￿now￿at￿his￿desk.￿He￿is￿busy￿writing￿something￿on￿a￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Mr￿Zhang￿is￿now￿at￿his￿desk.￿He￿is￿busy￿writing￿something￿on￿a￿piece￿of￿paper.piece￿of￿paper.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿the￿right￿side￿of￿his￿desk￿he￿has￿some￿flowers￿and￿some￿books.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿the￿right￿side￿of￿his￿desk￿he￿has￿some￿flowers￿and￿some￿books.￿On￿his￿left￿side￿there￿is￿a￿light￿and￿a￿cup.￿He￿has￿a￿phone￿in￿the￿middle￿of￿On￿his￿left￿side￿there￿is￿a￿light￿and￿a￿cup.￿He￿has￿a￿phone￿in￿the￿middle￿of￿his￿desk,￿too.his￿desk,￿too.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Now￿Mrs￿Zhang￿is￿coming￿to￿him.￿She￿has￿a￿book￿in￿her￿hand.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Now￿Mrs￿Zhang￿is￿coming￿to￿him.￿She￿has￿a￿book￿in￿her￿hand.￿She’s￿going￿to￿give￿it￿to￿Mr￿Zhang.She’s￿going￿to￿give￿it￿to￿Mr￿Zhang.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿the￿wall￿there￿is￿a￿map￿of￿China￿and￿two￿pictures.￿Mr￿Zhang￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿On￿the￿wall￿there￿is￿a￿map￿of￿China￿and￿two￿pictures.￿Mr￿Zhang￿likes￿those￿pictures￿very￿much.￿But￿his￿wife￿doesn’t￿like￿them￿at￿all.likes￿those￿pictures￿very￿much.￿But￿his￿wife￿doesn’t￿like￿them￿at￿all.3 9Make Other People Happy￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿In￿class￿the￿teacher￿asks￿a￿question,￿”Do￿you￿often￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿In￿class￿the￿teacher￿asks￿a￿question,￿”Do￿you￿often￿make￿others￿happy?”￿“Yes!”￿one￿boy￿answers￿loudly.￿make￿others￿happy?”￿“Yes!”￿one￿boy￿answers￿loudly.￿“How￿nice,￿Sandy!”￿said￿the￿teacher￿who￿is￿very￿glad.￿“How￿nice,￿Sandy!”￿said￿the￿teacher￿who￿is￿very￿glad.￿”And￿Sandy,￿would￿you￿like￿to￿tell￿us￿that￿happy￿thing?”￿”And￿Sandy,￿would￿you￿like￿to￿tell￿us￿that￿happy￿thing?”￿”All￿right.￿Every￿Sunday￿I￿go￿to￿my￿grandmother’s￿house.￿I￿”All￿right.￿Every￿Sunday￿I￿go￿to￿my￿grandmother’s￿house.￿I￿often￿play￿with￿my￿grandmother￿for￿three￿hours.￿And￿often￿play￿with￿my￿grandmother￿for￿three￿hours.￿And￿when￿I￿say,￿“￿”Granny,￿I￿‘m￿going￿home￿now.”￿she￿often￿when￿I￿say,￿“￿”Granny,￿I￿‘m￿going￿home￿now.”￿she￿often￿says,￿“Well,￿I’m￿so￿glad.”says,￿“Well,￿I’m￿so￿glad.”4 0The Old Mouse￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿An￿old￿lady￿has￿a￿cat.￿The￿cat￿is￿now￿very￿old.￿She￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿An￿old￿lady￿has￿a￿cat.￿The￿cat￿is￿now￿very￿old.￿She￿cannot￿run￿fast,￿and￿she￿cannot￿bit.￿When￿the￿old￿cat￿sees￿cannot￿run￿fast,￿and￿she￿cannot￿bit.￿When￿the￿old￿cat￿sees￿a￿mouse,￿she￿jumps￿to￿it￿and￿catches￿it,￿but￿the￿mouse￿a￿mouse,￿she￿jumps￿to￿it￿and￿catches￿it,￿but￿the￿mouse￿still￿gets￿out￿of￿her￿mouth￿and￿runs￿away.￿Then￿the￿old￿still￿gets￿out￿of￿her￿mouth￿and￿runs￿away.￿Then￿the￿old￿lady￿is￿very￿angry.￿She￿begins￿to￿beat￿the￿cat.￿The￿cat￿says￿lady￿is￿very￿angry.￿She￿begins￿to￿beat￿the￿cat.￿The￿cat￿says￿to￿her,￿“Don’t￿beat￿me.￿Please￿be￿kind￿to￿me.￿When￿I￿was￿to￿her,￿“Don’t￿beat￿me.￿Please￿be￿kind￿to￿me.￿When￿I￿was￿young,￿I￿gave￿you￿a￿lot￿of￿help.”young,￿I￿gave￿you￿a￿lot￿of￿help.”4 1Two Shoes￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Lucy￿looks￿up￿from￿her￿book.￿The￿whole￿class￿is￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Lucy￿looks￿up￿from￿her￿book.￿The￿whole￿class￿is￿laughing￿at￿something.￿She￿turns￿around￿and￿asks￿laughing￿at￿something.￿She￿turns￿around￿and￿asks￿Maureen￿what￿is￿funny.￿Maureen￿tries￿to￿explain,￿but￿Maureen￿what￿is￿funny.￿Maureen￿tries￿to￿explain,￿but￿she￿can’t￿stop￿laughing.￿Everyone￿is￿looking￿at￿Lucy’s￿she￿can’t￿stop￿laughing.￿Everyone￿is￿looking￿at￿Lucy’s￿feet.￿Lucy￿looks￿down￿at￿her￿feet￿and￿sees￿a￿red￿shoe￿feet.￿Lucy￿looks￿down￿at￿her￿feet￿and￿sees￿a￿red￿shoe￿on￿one￿foot￿and￿a￿green￿shoe￿on￿the￿other￿foot.￿on￿one￿foot￿and￿a￿green￿shoe￿on￿the￿other￿foot.￿Lucy’s￿face￿turns￿red.￿She￿runs￿out￿of￿the￿classroom￿Lucy’s￿face￿turns￿red.￿She￿runs￿out￿of￿the￿classroom￿at￿once.at￿once.4 2The First Question￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿after￿school￿the￿teacher￿says￿to￿his￿students,￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿One￿day￿after￿school￿the￿teacher￿says￿to￿his￿students,￿“Tomorrow￿morning,￿if￿anyone￿of￿you￿can￿answer￿my￿“Tomorrow￿morning,￿if￿anyone￿of￿you￿can￿answer￿my￿first￿question,￿he￿or￿she￿can￿go￿home￿early.”first￿question,￿he￿or￿she￿can￿go￿home￿early.”￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿next￿day,￿when￿the￿teacher￿comes￿into￿the￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿next￿day,￿when￿the￿teacher￿comes￿into￿the￿classroom,￿he￿finds￿the￿blackboard￿very￿dirty.￿He￿is￿very￿classroom,￿he￿finds￿the￿blackboard￿very￿dirty.￿He￿is￿very￿angry￿and￿asks,￿“Who￿did￿it?￿Please￿stand￿up!”￿“It’s￿me,”￿angry￿and￿asks,￿“Who￿did￿it?￿Please￿stand￿up!”￿“It’s￿me,”￿says￿Bob.￿“Now,￿I￿can￿go￿home.￿Goodbye,￿sir!￿”says￿Bob.￿“Now,￿I￿can￿go￿home.￿Goodbye,￿sir!￿”4 3The Farmer and the Snake￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿a￿cold￿day￿in￿winter.￿A￿farmer￿finds￿a￿snake￿on￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿It￿is￿a￿cold￿day￿in￿winter.￿A￿farmer￿finds￿a￿snake￿on￿the￿ground.￿It￿is￿nearly￿dead￿with￿cold.￿The￿farmer￿is￿a￿the￿ground.￿It￿is￿nearly￿dead￿with￿cold.￿The￿farmer￿is￿a￿kind￿person.￿He￿brings￿it￿carefully￿to￿his￿house￿and￿put￿it￿kind￿person.￿He￿brings￿it￿carefully￿to￿his￿house￿and￿put￿it￿near￿the￿fire.￿Soon￿the￿snake￿begins￿to￿move￿but￿it￿raises￿near￿the￿fire.￿Soon￿the￿snake￿begins￿to￿move￿but￿it￿raises￿its￿head￿and￿tries￿to￿bite￿the￿farmer.￿“Oh,”￿says￿the￿farmer,￿its￿head￿and￿tries￿to￿bite￿the￿farmer.￿“Oh,”￿says￿the￿farmer,￿“I￿save￿your￿life,￿but￿you￿thank￿me￿like￿this.￿You￿must￿die￿“I￿save￿your￿life,￿but￿you￿thank￿me￿like￿this.￿You￿must￿die￿and￿the￿sooner￿the￿better.”￿Then￿he￿kills￿the￿snake￿with￿a￿and￿the￿sooner￿the￿better.”￿Then￿he￿kills￿the￿snake￿with￿a￿stick.stick.4 4A Careless Grandfather￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿name￿is￿Jane.￿My￿grandfather￿is￿very￿careless.￿He￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿name￿is￿Jane.￿My￿grandfather￿is￿very￿careless.￿He￿is￿a￿very￿clever￿man,￿but￿he￿never￿remembers￿little￿is￿a￿very￿clever￿man,￿but￿he￿never￿remembers￿little￿things.things.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿April￿27th￿is￿my￿birthday.￿My￿grandfather￿says￿to￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿April￿27th￿is￿my￿birthday.￿My￿grandfather￿says￿to￿me,￿“I’m￿going￿to￿your￿home,￿and￿give￿you￿a￿present!”￿I’m￿me,￿“I’m￿going￿to￿your￿home,￿and￿give￿you￿a￿present!”￿I’m￿very￿excited.￿I￿wait￿for￿him￿all￿day,￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿come,￿very￿excited.￿I￿wait￿for￿him￿all￿day,￿but￿he￿doesn’t￿come,￿so￿I￿phone￿him￿and￿ask￿why.￿He￿answers,￿￿“Sorry,￿I￿went￿so￿I￿phone￿him￿and￿ask￿why.￿He￿answers,￿￿“Sorry,￿I￿went￿to￿the￿other￿granddaughter’s￿house.”￿What￿a￿careless￿to￿the￿other￿granddaughter’s￿house.”￿What￿a￿careless￿grandfather!grandfather!4 5The Lu Xun Museum￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿are￿at￿the￿Lu￿Xun￿Museum,￿boys￿and￿girls.￿You￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿are￿at￿the￿Lu￿Xun￿Museum,￿boys￿and￿girls.￿You￿know￿Lu￿Xun￿was￿a￿great￿writer￿and￿thinker.￿From￿the￿know￿Lu￿Xun￿was￿a￿great￿writer￿and￿thinker.￿From￿the￿exhibits￿in￿the￿museum,￿I’m￿sure￿you￿will￿know￿more￿exhibits￿in￿the￿museum,￿I’m￿sure￿you￿will￿know￿more￿about￿Lu￿Xun.about￿Lu￿Xun.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿will￿stay￿here￿for￿an￿hour￿and￿will￿leave￿at￿one￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿We￿will￿stay￿here￿for￿an￿hour￿and￿will￿leave￿at￿one￿thirty.￿The￿bus￿will￿be￿waiting￿for￿you￿in￿front￿of￿the￿thirty.￿The￿bus￿will￿be￿waiting￿for￿you￿in￿front￿of￿the￿museum.￿Please￿remember￿the￿bus￿number￿and￿be￿back￿museum.￿Please￿remember￿the￿bus￿number￿and￿be￿back￿on￿time.￿Don’t￿forget￿to￿close￿the￿windows￿before￿you￿on￿time.￿Don’t￿forget￿to￿close￿the￿windows￿before￿you￿leave￿the￿bus.leave￿the￿bus.4 6Looking for a Pen Pal￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿name￿is￿Bill￿Smith.￿I’m￿American￿and￿I’m￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿My￿name￿is￿Bill￿Smith.￿I’m￿American￿and￿I’m￿a￿student￿in￿a￿middle￿school.￿I’m￿13.￿My￿hobbies￿a￿student￿in￿a￿middle￿school.￿I’m￿13.￿My￿hobbies￿are￿music￿and￿football.￿My￿two￿sisters￿are￿are￿music￿and￿football.￿My￿two￿sisters￿are￿students,￿too.￿We￿live￿in￿Washing,￿D.￿C.￿now.￿My￿students,￿too.￿We￿live￿in￿Washing,￿D.￿C.￿now.￿My￿mother￿is￿a￿teacher￿and￿my￿father￿is￿a￿manager￿mother￿is￿a￿teacher￿and￿my￿father￿is￿a￿manager￿of￿a￿small￿company.￿I’d￿like￿a￿pen￿pal￿from￿China￿of￿a￿small￿company.￿I’d￿like￿a￿pen￿pal￿from￿China￿or￿Japan.￿Please￿write￿to￿101￿West￿Street,￿or￿Japan.￿Please￿write￿to￿101￿West￿Street,￿Washington,￿D.￿C.￿,921081,￿USA.Washington,￿D.￿C.￿,921081,￿USA.4 7On a Bus￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿bus￿stops￿at￿the￿next￿stop.￿A￿mother￿and￿her￿child￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿bus￿stops￿at￿the￿next￿stop.￿A￿mother￿and￿her￿child￿get￿on￿the￿bus￿and￿sit￿down.￿The￿conductor￿comes￿to￿them￿for￿get￿on￿the￿bus￿and￿sit￿down.￿The￿conductor￿comes￿to￿them￿for￿the￿tickets.￿The￿mother￿says,￿“One￿ticket￿to￿the￿Children’s￿the￿tickets.￿The￿mother￿says,￿“One￿ticket￿to￿the￿Children’s￿Park.”￿The￿conductor￿looks￿at￿the￿small￿child,￿then￿says￿to￿Park.”￿The￿conductor￿looks￿at￿the￿small￿child,￿then￿says￿to￿him,￿“How￿old￿are￿you,￿little￿boy?”him,￿“How￿old￿are￿you,￿little￿boy?”￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿mother￿wants￿to￿speak,￿but￿the￿conductor￿stops￿her.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿mother￿wants￿to￿speak,￿but￿the￿conductor￿stops￿her.￿The￿boy￿says,￿“Mother￿says￿I’m￿four￿years￿old￿at￿home￿and￿The￿boy￿says,￿“Mother￿says￿I’m￿four￿years￿old￿at￿home￿and￿two￿on￿the￿bus.”￿All￿the￿other￿people￿laugh.two￿on￿the￿bus.”￿All￿the￿other￿people￿laugh.4 8Cutting the Cake￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Dick￿is￿seven￿years￿old,￿and￿his￿sister￿Mary￿is￿five.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿Dick￿is￿seven￿years￿old,￿and￿his￿sister￿Mary￿is￿five.￿Today￿their￿mother￿takes￿them￿to￿their￿grandma’s￿house￿Today￿their￿mother￿takes￿them￿to￿their￿grandma’s￿house￿and￿then￿she￿goes￿out.and￿then￿she￿goes￿out.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿children￿play￿for￿an￿hour,￿and￿then￿at￿four￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿The￿children￿play￿for￿an￿hour,￿and￿then￿at￿four￿thirty￿their￿grandma￿takes￿Dick￿into￿the￿kitchen.￿She￿thirty￿their￿grandma￿takes￿Dick￿into￿the￿kitchen.￿She￿gives￿him￿a￿nice￿cake￿and￿a￿knife￿and￿says,￿”Like￿a￿gives￿him￿a￿nice￿cake￿and￿a￿knife￿and￿says,￿”Like￿a￿gentleman,￿give￿the￿bigger￿piece￿to￿the￿other.”￿Dick￿gentleman,￿give￿the￿bigger￿piece￿to￿the￿other.”￿Dick￿thinks￿about￿this￿for￿a￿moment.￿He￿says￿to￿Mary,￿you￿cut￿thinks￿about￿this￿for￿a￿moment.￿He￿says￿to￿Mary,￿you￿cut￿this￿cake,￿Mary.this￿cake,￿Mary.4 9Making a Telephone Call￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿How￿do￿you￿make￿a￿telephone￿call￿in￿English?￿Do￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿How￿do￿you￿make￿a￿telephone￿call￿in￿English?￿Do￿you￿know?￿Let￿me￿tell￿you.￿If￿you￿want￿to￿ask￿someone￿to￿you￿know?￿Let￿me￿tell￿you.￿If￿you￿want￿to￿ask￿someone￿to￿come￿to￿the￿telephone,￿you￿cannot￿say,”Please￿ask￿Mr￿…to￿come￿to￿the￿telephone,￿you￿cannot￿say,”Please￿ask￿Mr￿…to￿answer￿the￿telephone.”￿You￿should￿say,￿“May￿I￿speak￿to￿answer￿the￿telephone.”￿You￿should￿say,￿“May￿I￿speak￿to￿Mr￿…?”￿You￿cannot￿say,￿“Who￿are￿you?”￿If￿you￿want￿to￿tell￿Mr￿…?”￿You￿cannot￿say,￿“Who￿are￿you?”￿If￿you￿want￿to￿tell￿the￿other￿one￿who￿you￿are,￿you￿should￿say,￿“This￿is￿the￿other￿one￿who￿you￿are,￿you￿should￿say,￿“This￿is￿…(speaking).”￿You￿cannot￿say,￿“I’m￿…”…(speaking).”￿You￿cannot￿say,￿“I’m￿…”5 0。