Tom with his family 1 near the sea. Their house is not very high, but it is beautiful. There 2 big trees and a small garden in front 3 their house. They plant flowers in the garden. Some of the flowers are red, some are white 4 some are blue. Tom and his family love 5 garden very much.
6 Tom and his sister go to school 7 bus. The bus is comfortable. There are air conditioners in the bus. And it is a double-decker bus. After school, they sometimes help their mum 8 some shopping at the shopping centre, and sometimes help their dad in the garden. At weekends, they often take some photos by the sea. 9 summer, they often go swimming 10 their parents.
A
Annie is a neighbor's daughter. When her birthday month came around I found out she felt blue and lonely.
Her family is quite small and kind of poor so there wouldn't be any birthday visitors. I wanted to send her a card and maybe a small gift to make her happy.
I told some of my friends I would like to have a birthday party for the girl. I asked them for help. Then I bought some small presents, a cake and something else.
When the day came, my friends and I went to her house. When she got home after school, we gave the presents to her and wished her a happy birthday.
It was so easy to do something helpful. My friends helped take the party. They still laugh and talk about it. And Annie tells me she likes the birthday very much and she can still remember it!
B
John's birthday is on August 16th. His parents are going to have a party for him. He is very happy about it. He would like to invite his friends to the party. Last Sunday night, while John was in his room, his mother walked in.
"Are you still doing your homework?" she asked.
"No, I'm writing a letter to Uncle Tom," John answered.
John's mother was very surprised because John never wrote letters to anyone.
"Are you asking him to come to your birthday party?"
"No," John answered, "Uncle Tom never comes to my birthday parties."
"Then what are you writing about?" his mother asked. "Will you read me the letter?"
"OK," John said, "but I haven't finished it. I have only written two lines. I'll read them to you."
"Dear Uncle Tom, thank you very much for sending me such a nice gift. I hope..." her mother stopped him. "But Uncle Tom hasn't sent you any gifts."
"I know," John answered. "I'm not thanking him for this year's gift. I'm thanking him for last year's. You know, it's never too late to thank him."
C
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth's house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth's friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won't be able to have much for Christmas. I'm going to get just one present for us all .Now I'll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here's our present, she said to her own children. ”
“The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl happily, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”
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A: Excuse me. Could you tell me the way to the nearest post office?
B: You can ask the policeman over there. He may help you.
A: Thank you all the same.
(One minute later)
A: Excuse me.
C: Sorry, there isn't a post office near here, but there is one near the bus station.
A:
C: It's about a quarter by bus.
A:
C: The No.102 bus can take you there.
A: By the way, where's the bus stop?
C:
A: Thank you very much.
C: You're welcome.
A. Which bus can I take?
B. Sorry, I don't know. I am new here.
C. How far is it?
D. How long is it from here?
E. It's over there, across from the bank.
F. Is there a post office near here?
G. How often do you go there?
