My friend, Jack works hard in a factory during the weekdays. At the weekends he always does different things. On Saturdays he goes fishing and on Sundays he goes to a village with his family by car. His uncle and aunt have a farm there. It isn't a big one，but there's always much to do on the farm. The children help them with the animals and give them their food. Jack and his wife help them in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all tired and Jack's aunt give them a big meal.

    Tim is in his room. He is doing homework. He says to Tiger, “Tiger is my friend.” He writes,“He is my cat. He is small and black and his eyes are green. I give him fish and milk.”

    Tiger looks at Tim.“Fish or Milk?” Tim says,“I can't come now. I can't give your food now. I'm working.” He writes, “He comes to my room and looks at me. And I give him fish and milk.” At that time. Tiger says, “Meow.” “No，Tiger，” Tim says,“I can't come now. I'm doing my homework.”

    Long long ago, there was a poor(穷)man. He had an orange tree. On the tree, there were many fine oranges. One of them was very big. It was as big as a ball. Nobody saw so big an orange. The poor man was very happy. He gave it to the King (国王).The King was so glad that he gave the man a lot of money for it.

    When a rich man heard of it, he said to himself, “It was only an orange. Why did the King give so much money for him? I would take my gold (金的)cup to the King. He would give me more money.”

    The next day when the King got the gold cup, he said to the rich man, "What a beautiful cup! I would show you something wonderful. This big orange is for you.”

    All the students in China are learning English, but how can they learn English well? Some students can know a lot about English, they can do some exercises, but perhaps they can't speak English loudly.

    If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.

    So, you see, you can learn English by using (使用) it. You must listen to your teacher in class. You must speak English to your classmates everyday and also you must watch some English cartoons, sing some English songs, write some English diaries.... Then one day you may find you can speak very good English.

    I'm Fangfang. I live in a village. It's small but beautiful. Look! That is my house. There are some trees near it. Behind the house there's a big river. You can see boats on the river. Many ducks are beside the boats. How lovely! Oh, many flowers are among (在……之中）the trees. Let's get some for our teachers.

注：lost and found case (失物招领处）

    Mrs. White has two children. John is seven. Ann is only three. John is a good brother. He is always very nice to his sister. One day in the afternoon, Mrs. White is cooking dinner in the kitchen, the two children are playing games in the garden. Suddenly, Ann begins to cry (哭）and she runs to her mother in the kitchen. Mrs. White asks: “What's wrong with you, Ann?” “John broke (弄坏）my Barbie doll.” Ann answers sadly. “How did he do that?” Mum asks. Ann stops crying and says,“I hit (打）John's, head with my Barbie doll.”

    Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

  “Let's make a pretty cake,” Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green.

  “OK. Thank you very much.”

    Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs. Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.

    The students were having their chemistry (化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water is like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water? ” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like? ”

    Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

    “I'm sorry, children,” said the teacher, “our water is getting dirtier. That's a problem.”