Mary is from the US. She's now in Beijing1her parents. She's studying in a school. She tries hard to learn and speak Chinese. She often 2it with her classmates. But sometimes they don't understand her 3she can only speak a little Chinese.
It's Friday afternoon. Mary wants to go to the 4after school. She wants to see her favourite animal, the elephant. She asks her classmates 5to get there. But they don't understand her. She's very worried. Then she has6 idea. She takes out her pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant, a panda, and a giraffe on 7. Her classmates look 8the picture and 9Mary wants to go to the zoo. So they tell 10the way.
Xiao Yan is a left-behind (留守) child. She's a grade seven student in a village school. Three years ago, her1let home to work in a city. Now she2her grandmother. Her grandma is very3. She can't do much housework. Xiao Yan has to look after4and her grandma, such as cooking meals, doing the washing and cleaning the house. So everyone in the village says she is very5. Her parents send some money to her every month but she uses most of it to buy6because she likes reading. Xiao Yan misses her parents so much. She wants to live with her parents,7she knows that her parents are making money for their better8. She hopes to get a good job9she grows up, so she can make her grandmother and her parents live a10life.
My name is Mike. I work in New York. Some people think it is a big city. But I don't like living here. I don't have much1to buy a house. So I have to rent (租) one. The house is across from the train station. I can see trains come and go from my house. It's2all day. I can't3well at night.
The traffic (交通)here is terrible, too. There are too many4on the street. So it's5for me to drive to work. There are also many people on the bus and on the subway. I6spend lots of money in living here. To get more money. I7go out to work at night.
I8my life in the village. The air is clean and the life is quiet. I can't get much money,9I can live with my family. I can see many kinds of10there, like dogs and cats. I really want to go back to the village soon.
Yesterday was my grandmother's birthday. My parents and I got up early in the morning, and then we went to her home 1. After we arrived, my mother 2 lunch in the kitchen. My father played 3with my grandfather in the living room. They like to play chess and they are in a chess club. I 4 with my grandmother about my school life. At lunchtime we gave 5 to our grandmother. My parents 6 a beautiful dress for her. I gave her a nice 7 as her birthday gift. I drew it by myself. Then we sang the birthday song (歌) together (一起) , and our grandmother 8 before blowing out the candles. We had a very delicious lunch. 9lunch, we went to the park and took many photos. At about 4:45 pm, we took the bus home again. 10 happy we were!
It was last Sunday afternoon. It was sunny. My little son Tom asked me to go to the court (庭院) to play1 with him. He is good at playing basketball. He said his good friend Jack would be there too. I agreed (同意) because I had2 to do. I also wanted to do some sports to relax myself.
On the way there, I bought a hamburger. When I3 the basketball court, I saw Tom and Jack fighting. They got on well with each other and4 fought. Later on, I knew that they were fighting because they weren't sure who should 5 the ball first. They were6 with each other. And then Tom and Jack started to fight. "Don't keep 7 !" I shouted at 8 . However, they would not stop.
I thought for a while, and then said, "Would you like to go to the coffee shop for a drink?" Hearing this, they9 fighting. We went to the coffee shop and I took out my hamburger at once. And I was so glad to see Tom and Jack share the food10 laugh once again.
People sometimes like to read stories of dogs very much. They think that dogs are much __1_ cats, sheep, cows or other animals in their homes.
One of my close 2, Bob, has a very large police dog named Jack. Every _3_afternoon, Bob and Jack have a walk in the park nearby. Jack likes these walks very much. One Sunday afternoon, I paid a visit to my friend. I 4 there for a long time and my friend and I had much more talk with each other than before. Soon it was time for them to take a walk in the 5. We forgot that. Jack became worried about it. He walked around the room several times and then6in front of me and looked at me. But I still paid no attention （注意）to him. I went on __7with my friend. At last, Jack could not wait any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few 8 later. He sat down in front of me again. But this time, he held my hat in his __9. Suddenly I 10 what Jack meant and so did my friend.
I had a good time last weekend. I 1 to a beautiful beach on Saturday morning with 2 friend, Lee. 3 was sunny and hot. We had great fun 4 in the water. In the afternoon, we went to a 5. We saw many animals, such as pandas and elephants. The next day, it was rainy, so we went to the museum. I didn't really enjoy it, 6I didn't like old things. Lee found a small boy 7 in the corner. The boy was lost. He couldn't 8 his mother. We decided (决定) to help him. At last, we found the boy's 9. We were very 10.
We all have meals every day. Do you know some foreigners' favorite food or drinks? Germans 1 bread, butter, jam and coffee for breakfast. They like to have soup or fish for lunch or supper. The most popular2 is the hamburger. They enjoy 3 beer (啤酒),too.
People in Mexico like corn very much. In Mexico, lots of food is made of corn and it's very4. People all over the world like the corn there, 5.
Uganda (乌干达) is an African 6. There're 7 bananas in the country. So their food and drinks are made of8. And people think they are the most delicious food in the world. Their favorite 9 is a kind of wine. It's made from bananas and sorghum (高粱). Everyone drinks 10 with a glass pipe. It is so interesting!
Tom and Fred are talking about the year 2030.
"What will 1 be like in the year 2030?" asked Tom.
"I don't know." says Fred. "What do you think?"
"Well, no one knows, but it's 2 to guess," said Tom. "In the year 2030 everyone will carry a pocket (袖珍的) 3. The computer will give people the 4 to all their questions. We shall all have telephones in our pockets, 5. And we'll be able to talk to our friends all over the world. Maybe we'll be able to6 them at the same time. Machines will do 7 of the work, so people will have more 8. Perhaps they'll work only two or three days a week. They'll be able to fly to the moon by spaceship and spend their holidays there"
"I'm very 9 to hear that. I hope to fly to the moon! And I hope I'll be able to live 10" said Fred. "Won't that be very interesting? Just like a fish!"
Do you like shopping on the Internet? I like to buy books online. Usually, the price isn't very1 . You don't have to pay a lot. When I want to know something about a book, I write an email to the online shop for an answer. I am shy. It is difficult for me to 2 the shopkeepers in real shops.
Sometimes online shops have pictures of the book. They can show you some pages of the book too. I think this is very3 . I don't like to read books in shops because the shopkeepers may come and talk to me. I don't know4 to say to them.
I can shop at midnight if I want to. Real shops5 at nine o'clock in the evening. Some people think they can6 things from online shops, but the postmen may lose or damage(损坏）their things. But I don't worry about that. I think it is hard to damage a book and most of the postmen are very careful.
Some people say that shopping in real shops is good because you can go with your friends and7 many different things. They call this "window shopping". I don't have any friends and I don't like to talk too much—it makes me8 .
I am9 my grandmother how to shop online. She cannot walk very far so it will make shopping easy for her if she shops online. My brother10 wants to learn how to do it. He is very busy most of the time. When he has a little free time, he can shop online.
