Mary is twenty. She is a worker. She works in a glass factory in London. Mary doesn't live with her parents. Mary doesn't work on Sunday. She usually gets up early. She doesn't like staying at home. After breakfast, she often drives her red car to see her friend, Jane. Jane is a doctor. She lives with her parents near London. Mary drives to Janes house for about forty minutes. There they talk about their jobs, their families and their friends. Then in the afternoon, they often go shopping. They have a good time!
David loves reading. He likes to go to the library. He often goes there. It's like his second home. There are so many interesting books. Each one has something to teach and share. Some have beautiful pictures. Others have interesting stories. To David, books are like good friends. At the library David has friends all around him. The librarians all know David. They help him choose books. David also introduces the good books to the other readers.
The winter holiday is coming. Mary is making a plan for it. She will visit Beijing with her friends during the holiday. They are going to leave Guangzhou for Beijing on January 21st and stay there for six days. On the first day, they will stay in the hotel. On the second day, they are going to visit the Summer Palace. They can take many nice photos there. In the evening, they will eat some roast duck for dinner at Quanjude Restaurant. It must be delicious. On the third day, Mary plans to visit the Water Cube and the Bird's Nest. They'll enjoy a live show in the Bird's Nest. On the fourth day, they'll visit the Great Wall. On the fifth day, they'll go shopping and buy some gifts for their friends. On the sixth day, they will go to Beijing Zoo. In the afternoon, they will fly back to Guangzhou. Mary hopes they'll have a good time in Beijing.
This is my neighborhood (社区).
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My city is big and beautiful. This is the city map. Look, this is a zoo. It's very big, and it's in front of the cinema. Oh, there is a big bookstore. It's between the post office and the zoo. We can read in it. I like it very much. The post office is near the science museum. Where is the hospital? It's behind our school.
Uncle Chen works in a bookshop. The bookshop is not far from his house. So Uncle Chen seldom(很少) goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike. Uncle Chen needs ten minutes to get to the bookshop by bike. Today his bike doesn't work. So he goes to work on foot. He goes out of his house, turns right, walks straight ahead and takes the first right. He can see a library and a TV Station. He goes past them and goes to another street. He can see the bookshop on his left. He needs twenty minutes to get to the bookshop on foot.
Mr Black is a careful driver. One day he is driving home. When he gets to a crossing, he sees a slow sign. So he slows down. He looks both ways. No car is coming, so he is ready to drive away.
Just then, he hears a whistle (哨子声)，so he stops by the side of the road. A policeman walks to him and says, “You should stop at the crossing. Mr Black says, "It's a slow sign, not a stop sign. The policeman looks at the sign and says, "Well, I am very sorry. I am in the wrong street.
Hello! My name is Mike. I am an American boy. I'm 12 years old. I study in Youyi School in Beijing. My home is not far from school. I usually go to school on foot. Sometimes I go by bus. My father and my mother are teachers. They work in a middle school. It's very far. They go to work by subway. They work very hard. I love them. My grandparents are in America. We visit them by plane every year.
