Mike is a factory worker. He works long hours every day. He is often very1after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no 2, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he 3home from his factory.
One day, Mike came home very 4 because he was very busy in the factory. He was very 5 when he got home.
He was not 6 when he found his dinner was not ready. He was very angry with his wife. He 7 at her, "I'm going out to eat in a8." "9 for five minutes, " said his wife.
"Why？Do you think that dinner will be ready in five minutes?" asked Mike.
"Of course not," she answered. "But I 10 be ready to go with you in five minutes."
Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities?
Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let's have a look at it.
We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
The Macintosh family is in England. Mr. Macintosh is a farmer. He has three people help him on the farm. They help him look after the animals. Mrs. Macintosh is a teacher. She teaches math. She can play the piano and the guitar. Mr. and Mrs. Macintosh have one son and one daughter. Their son's name is Tom and their daughter's name is Fiona. Tom and Fiona like music very much. Tom can play the guitar and his sister, Fiona, can play the piano. Tom and Fiona go to the school music club every Wednesday. Next month they will play for all the teachers and students in their school. Mrs. Macintosh is very happy for them. Mr. Macintosh can't play the guitar or the piano but he can sing. Sometimes, the family plays and sings together after dinner in the evening. That's Mr. Macintosh's favorite family activity.
It's important for us to be healthy. Everybody wants to be healthy. But how can we keep healthy？Here is some useful advice. First，you should eat fruit and vegetables three or four times a week. There are some kinds of vitamins (维生素) our bodies need. We should not eat too much meat. Then eat some tofu every day because it's good for people，both the young and the old. Milk is also necessary，especially for women. So you should have milk twice a day. It can help you to be strong. Next，doing more exercise is better. You can do morning exercises or evening exercises. After supper you should take a walk.
This story is about a young girl named Yang Liu. She was ill, because she couldn't sleep well.
Soon, Yang Liu went to a doctor, "I just can't get to sleep at night. What should I do?"
" Count (数) from 1 to 1,000. I hope you will feel better soon," said the doctor.
She still looked tired. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you feeling today?"
"I tried counting one, two, three, four…up to one thousand. I had to get up and drink some coffee so that I could go on counting up to one thousand. "she said.
A. The next day Yang Liu came back to the doctor's office.
B. By the time you reach (达到) 1,000, you can be asleep (睡着的).
C. Every night, she felt very tired, but she stayed awake (醒着的).
D. After I finished counting all the numbers I still couldn't fall asleep.
E. But when I reached seven hundred and eighty-nine, I began to feel sleepy (困倦的).
John would like to have his birthday party at home. His parents agreed but refused (provide) any help for him. So John had to do all by (him)
the party, John went shopping and (buy)some drinks, snacks and fruit. He also cleaned up the living room. At the party, John and his friends had a good time. After the party, John did the dishes and then (sweep) the floor and took out the rubbish.
he was tired, he learned an important lesson: He should take care of himself and shouldn't (depend) on his parents all time because he has grown up. He also understood the idea of (fair). He was very glad to know how to develop his (independent).
