— Yes, I get a letter from him every week.

    Today is 20th January. it is my birthday. I get up at 7:30 am. My parents say to me, "Happy birthday!" Today I get lots of presents from my parents and my friends. My father gives me a blue box and there is a book in it. My mother gives me a red box and there is a blue shirt in it. Ben, one of my good friends, gives me a big yellow box. There is a basketball in it. I like playing basketball There is a green note(便条) on my table. It says, "I am your present, and I am behind your schoolbag. " Aha! It's a radio! It's from my brother, Jim.

    I am happy. I love my family and nay friends very much.

    Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries(匆忙) to the shopping center and goes to the women's shop. She has $ .3.00 with her. First she thinks she wants to get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she wants to buy something for her to use.

    But she only has $ 3. 00. She can't buy the nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10. 00.

    The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off the price(价格) tag(标签) and says, "That's exactly(恰好) $ 3.00. "

    Mary is having a birthday party. There will be a cake with candles. Some people will bring birthday presents Let's look at birthdays in some different countries around the world.

Argentina: Ear pulling. People will pull your ear one time for each year of your age. If you are 13, they will pull your ear thirteen times.

Denmark: Flags(旗). If it is your birthday in Denmark, a flag will fly outside a window of your home.

The Philippines: Coloured lights. Some people put coloured lights outside their home if someone is having birthday.

Russia: Birthday pies. Many Russian children get a birthday pie, not a birthday cake.

    When you have a birthday, here is a message for you." Happy birthday" from all around the world.

    Tom grows(种) vegetables, fruits and flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom's garden all through the 1 and they are 2.

Tom cuts some flowers for his living room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he 3 most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so 4 and beautiful that they sell 5 in the market. But others can't.

    How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so 6 that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He 7 music all day.

    That is quite true. Tom 8 in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything 9. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows music can make the vegetables big and the flowers good. Plants love 10 too.

    David wants to buy a Christmas present for his mother. David's father gives him $ 5 a week and David puts $2 into his bank account(账户) every week. After three months David takes $ 20 out of his bank account and goes to the shop. He looks for a great present. He sees a beautiful brooch(胸针) in the shape of his favourite pet. He says to himself, "My mother loves jewellery(珠宝), and the brooch costs only $ 17. " He buys the brooch and takes it home. He wraps(裹) the present in Christmas paper and then puts it under the tree. He is very happy and he wants to see the joy(喜悦) on his mother's face that day. When his mother opens the present, she screams(尖叫). She sees a spider(蜘蛛).