A.I live in Beijing. B.Yes, I do. C.Because I can't go to the party. D.They are on the table. E.She has new shoes. F.I usually read books at home. |
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My cousin Bob is very lazy. He doesn't study hard. And he doesn't help his mother with the housework, either.
"What do you want to do when you grow up, Bob?" his mother asks. "You're too lazy. No job will fit (适合) you."
"But I know one," says Bob. "I want to be Father Christmas."
"You want to be Father Christmas?" his mother is surprised. "But why?"
"Because he works only one day in a whole year."
Tom is seven. He goes to school every day. The school is near his home. So he goes there on foot and comes back home on time (准时). But today he is late. His mother asks him, "Why are you late today?" "I was in the teachers' office.'' "Why did you go to the teachers' office?" "Because my teacher asked us a question in class, and nobody(没有人)could answer it, but me." "It's good to answer the teacher's questions." "But the question was 'Who put the ink (墨水) on my chair?'"
Most English people have three names: a first name, a middle name and the family name. Their family name comes last. For example, my full name is Jim Allan Green. Green is my family name. My parents gave me both of my other names.
People don't use their middle names very much. So "John Henry Brown" is usually called "John Brown". People never use Mr., Mrs. or Miss before their first names. So you can say John Brown, or Mr. Brown; but you should never say Mr. John. They use Mr., Mrs. or Miss with the family name but never with the first name.
Sometimes people ask me about my name. "When you were born, why did your parents call you Jim?" they ask." Why did they choose that name?" The answer is they didn't call Jim. They called me James. James was the name of my grandfather. In England, people usually call me Jim for short. That's because it is shorter and easier than James.
