It is eight 1Saturday evening. Helen and her parents are in their sitting-room. They 2about tomorrow's picnic. They3to Jinshan Park tomorrow. Helen is very 4. Her friend Yang Ling will go with them. They will meet at half5seven at the school gate in the morning.
Li Lin is going to England. He wants to know something about English people.
One day he sees an English woman in the street. Then he comes up to her. "Excuse me, can I ask you some questions?" Li Lin asks the woman. "Of course," she says. "I'll go to the UK. What should I know when I am talking with English people?" asks Li Lin. "Well, don't ask a woman how old she is and ..." she says. "But how old are you?" Li Lin asks her suddenly. The woman gets angry. "Why do you get angry?" asks Li Lin. "Now we are in China, not in the UK, you see!"
The train stops. An old man gets on the train. He looks around and wants to find a seat. Then he sees one and goes to it, but there is a small bag on this seat, a young man sits beside it. "Is this seat taken (被占用的)?" asks he old man. "Yes. It's for an old lady. She gets off to buy some fruit," says the young man. "Well, I'll sit here for a few minutes. When she comes back, I'll leave." Soon, the train starts. "She doesn't come, but her bag is here. Let me give her the bag," the old man says and throws the bag out of the window. "Don't do that! It's my bag," the young man shouts and tries to stop, but it's too late.
