Mr. Zhou and his students are on the bus. Everyone is 1. They'll arrive in Shanghai. Now, they are on their way to their sister school by 2. The school is not far 3 their hotel. Mr. Zhou becomes more excited. He is from Shanghai. His parents and his friends will be glad to see him. He and his students are talking about their 4 in the bus. First, they will study in their sister school for months and then they will see some 5 places in Shanghai. About four months later, they'll go back to Nanjing.
Jane is a lovely girl and likes small animals. She often walks to school. There is a pet shop near her home.
On 1 way back from school every afternoon, She always stops in front of the pet shop to 2 the animals. She likes the 3 there. One of them is a little white dog and Jane likes it 4. She likes watching the white dog 5 in the cage. So she often forgets the time and goes back home very 6. But her parents don't know the 7.
One day, her parents asked 8 she was late. Jane told them about the dogs in the pet shop.
The next day, Jane 9 to watch the dogs as usual, but she could not 10 the white dog. She was very 11 and went home early. When she got home, her mother 12 her a big cake and her father 13 her a present.
It was the white dog. How 14 she was! It was her birthday. Jane was very happy. From that day on, she did not come home 15 any more. She ran home early to play with her dog.
I was in the park with my elder sister, Cathy, on Friday. My sister left her jacket on a chair while we talked to some friends. When we went back to the chair, a girl in a red T-shirt was sitting there. She had some money in her hand. When she saw us, she stood up and walked away.
I asked my sister, "Did you have any money in your jacket?"
She said, "Yes, Anna, I did."
I said, "Look in your jacket quickly."
Cathy looked in her jacket, but her money was not there.
"That girl stole(偷) it!" I said, and we both ran after her. We caught her quickly.
My sister was very angry and she said, "Give me the money." The girl gave the money to Cathy and ran away. We both ran after her, but we lost her.
Then we went home. But before we could tell our parents, my mother said to Cathy, "You left your money at home. It's on the table in the sitting room. You must be more careful with money."
So the girl in the red T-shirt was not a thief! She probably thought we were thieves! We felt terrible.
Please telephone us if you know this girl! We are very sorry for our mistake. We would like to say sorry to her and give the money back to her.
Our number is 512667. My name is Anna.
(Some classmates are talking about their weekend.)
Linda: I stayed at home and studied over the weekend. I studied for my English test on Saturday. Yesterday I wrote a geography paper. In the evening I talked to my pen pal (笔友) on the phone. What did you do?
Tim: I had a good time. On Saturday morning I played tennis, in the afternoon I went to the beach, and in the evening I went to Nancy's birthday party. On Sunday I went to the mountains with my friends.
Mary: Oh, your weekend was great. But mine was boring. I stayed at home the whole (全)weekend. I cleaned my room and washed my clothes. I even watered the flowers. And only in the evening I watched TV for a short time. Did you go out, Dave?
Dave: No, I didn't. I stayed at home and watched TV on Saturday. Yesterday I watched a movie on TV, Fearless. It was very exciting.
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can't understand her, because she can't speak Chinese very well.
It's Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo.
Do you know "World Reading Day"? It is on April 23rd. It is the eighteenth "World Reading Day". As we know books are very important for us.
In Germany, more than 70% of the people like reading: They often read. They read in their homes. They read in libraries. They read in parks. They even read in hospitals. Parents often read books for kids.
It is easy to buy books in Germany. There are many bookshops in Germany. They are in big cities and small town. A bookshop can sell many books every day. Germans also like to buy books on the Internet. More and more people buy books on the Internet.
In Germany, people often have reading parties. They are happy at the parties.
Do you love reading? Hope you enjoy it!
