A gift for father

Bob：Hi，Ann．What are you doing?

Ann：

Bob：

Ann：I need a pair of scissors and some glue．

Bob：Oh，Mother's Day is coming．

Ann：Yes．I think she will be very happy．

Bob：Good girl!

Ann：Yes．But I don't have any crayons．

Bob：Sure．Here you are．

Ann：Thank you，Bob．

    A long time ago，there was a craftsman．His name was Lu Ban. One day，he was at work on a mountain．A leaf cut his finger．He saw many sharp teeth on the leaf．"Could I make awith teeth like these? I could cut things with it ，"he said to．Soon he made a saw. It was the firstin the world．People areusing this tool today．

    Bob and Sue are in the same school，1they are in different classes.After school，Bob and Sue often play games with their friends.Class begins at eight in the morning.Now Bob and Sue are in2own classrooms.They are3to their teachers.Bob is studying English.Sue is having an art lesson.She4to make a birthday card5her mother.

    Her teacher Miss Li is helping her.

    Paper cutting(剪纸)is a traditional Chinese art．Many people in China stick(粘贴)paper cuttings on their walls or their windows．The paper—cutter uses very simple tools， such as knives and scissors，to cut parts of the paper away．After these parts are cut away，a lovely picture of people or animals appears(显现)．Some paper cuttings are of Chinese characters．Others are of animals or plants．People think paper cuttings will bring them good luck．It is very difficult(困难的)to learn paper cutting．It requires(需要)years of practice to become good at this art．

May：Grace，tomorrow is Saturday．

Grace：I'm going to the art museum to see a painting show．

May：What kind of painting show is it，?

Grace：Oil paintings．Have you ever known Claude Monet(克劳德•莫奈)?

May：Monet? Who is he?

Grace：There are over 40 paintings of him on show at the museum．Water Lilies(睡莲)is one of his masterpieces(名作)．

May：I'd love to go with you．

Grace：Of course．Let's buy tickets now．

    Which painting is called "China's Mona Lisa"? It's Riverside Scene at Qingming (estival f《清明上河图》). It was painted by Zhang Zeduan，an artist in the Northern Song Dynasty(北宋)．It is the only existing(存在)masterpiece from Zhang Zeduan．It has been collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing as a national treasure(国宝)．The painting tells us the daily life of people in Bianjing (today's Kaifeng，Henan Province)．