I have two brothers and two sisters．We all like school very much．My brother Tom likes to work with numbers．His favorite subject is math．My sister Janet likes sports. So she likes P．E．best．My brother Alex loves to study plants and animals．He does very well in biology ．My sister Cindy likes to study different languages and her favorite subject is English．I really like to be a teacher. I do well in all subjects.
Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a Children's Hospital in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine (医术) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on (关于) Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.
Her husband (丈夫）Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money (挣更多钱).
John Brown | Hello! My name is John Brown. I'm from England. I'm an English teacher. I'm in Beijing International School. My telephone number is 8523-3237. Zhang Hao, Alice and Yingzi are my students. |
Zhang Hao | I'm Zhang Hao. My English name is Peter. I'm eleven years old. I'm from Beijing. My telephone number is 8876-5342. |
Alice Brown | Alice Brown is my name. I'm twelve. I'm from Canada. My mom is a teacher. My telephone number is 7342-6979. |
Yingzi | I'm Yingzi. I'm fourteen years old. I'm from Japan. 5673-6981 is my telephone number. |
Miss Wang: Good morning, boys and girls! I' m Wang Li. And I' m your English teacher.
Boys and girls: Good morning, Miss Wang!
Miss Wang: This is Helen. She is English.
Helen: I' m Helen. I' m twelve. Nice to meet you.
Miss Wang: Are you Dale?
Frank: No, I' m Frank.
Miss Wang: OK. Now, Frank, what' s this in English?
Frank: It' s a ruler, Miss Wang.
Miss Wang: What color is it?
Frank: White.
Miss Wang: Right. And what color is this pen?
Helen: The pen is green. And I like green. Look! My jacket is green.
Miss Wang: Great!
All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China, for example, tea is always served(提供) when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in the tea house. They prefer their tea with nothing else. Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special(特别的) room for it in Japanese home. Another tea-drink country is England; the late afternoon is "tea time". Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot( 茶 壶 )and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and some sandwiches at tea time.
In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea"icy tea". Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans(罐子) like soda.
