Wu Dong has a good friend. His name is Peter. He is from the U.S.A. Wu Dong and Peter are in the same class. They go to school five days a week. They stay at home on Sunday and Saturday. Peter likes China and Chinese food. He likes rice cakes very much. At school they play table tennis (乒乓球) after class.
Wu Dong and Peter like making things. Now they are making a plane. They like flying planes on Sunday morning. Peter speaks English and a little Chinese. Wu Dong speaks Chinese and a little English. They teach each other.
Once (从前) a man stole (偷) one of Washington's horses. Washington went with a policeman to get back the horse. But the man didn't give the horse to Washington. He said it was his horse. Washington put his hands on the eyes of the horse and said to the man, “If (如果) this is your horse, you must tell us in which eye he is blind (瞎的).”“In the right eye!” the man said. Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the policeman that the horse was not blind. “Oh, I made a mistake (弄错了),” said the man. “He is blind in the left eye.” Washington then took his hand from the left eye of the horse. It was not blind in the left eye either (也不).“I made another mistake (又弄错了 ),” said the man. “Yes,”said the policeman, “and you know the horse is not yours. You must give it back to Washington.”
A lot of boys and girls in west countries are wearing the same kinds of clothes: Many of them have long hair, so it is often difficult to tell whether they ate boys or girls.
One day, an old man went for a walk in Washington. When he was tired he sat down on a long chair. A young person was standing onthe other side of the pool.
“Good Heavens!” the old man said to the person who was sitting next to him on the chair. “Do you see that person with long hair? Is ita boy or a girl?”
“A girl.” said his neighbor, “She's my daughter.”
“Oh!” the old man said quickly, “I'm sorry. I didn'tknow that you were her mother.”
“I'm not,” said his neighbor, “I'm her father.”
