Yesterday was my grandmother's 60th birthday. My parents and I got up early in the morning, and then we took the subway to 1home. After we arrived, my mother 2 lunch in the kitchen. My father played 3 with my grandfather in the living room. They like to play chess and they are in a chess club. I 4 with my grandmother about my school life. She was very interested in it. At lunchtime we gave our 5 to my grandmother. My parents 6 a beautiful dress for her. I drew 7 picture as her birthday gift. We sang the birthday song (歌) together (一起), 8 she made a wish before blowing out the candles. We had a very delicious lunch. 9 lunch, we went to the park and took many photos. 10 happy we were!
Old John went to see a doctor. The doctor examined him（检查）and said, “Medicine（药）can't help you. You must have a good rest. Go to a quiet place for a month, go to bed early, drink some milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar（雪茄烟）a day.”
“Thank you very much,” said Old John, “I want to do everything you say.”
A month later old John came to the doctor again. “Well,” said the doctor, “I'm glad to see you. You look much younger.”
“Oh, Doctor,” said Old John, “I feel quite well now. I had a good rest. I went to bed early, I drank a lot of milk, and I walked a lot. Your advice（建议）certainly helped me. But you asked me to smoke one cigar a day, and the one cigar a day nearly killed me at first. It's no joke（玩笑） to start smoking at my age.”
Mike gets up at half past seven. He has an egg and some milk for breakfast. Then he goes to school. When he is on his way to school, he is thinking, “I told my teacher that my mother w as ill on Monday. I told him my bike didn't work on my way to school on Tuesday. What should I say today? Mike thinks it over, but he doesn't have a good idea.
“May I come in?” says Mike at the door.
“Oh, my boy,” says Mr. Brown. “Please look at the clock on the wall. What time is it now?” “It's eight ten,” says Mike. Mr. Brown is not happy and says, “You are late for class three times this week. If all the students are like you, the clock is no use, I think.” “You are wrong, Mr. Brown,” says Mike. “If I don't have the clock how do I know I am late for school?”
On a small farm in Mexico, there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It's a school bus, but it doesn't take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels (车轮). Every time when the bus comes, the farmers will come, running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly welcome the school bus.
When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches t he small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school on their farm!
A. What else?
B. I want to order some food, please.
C. 15 North Street.
D. I'd like chicken, fish and cabbage, please.
E. What kind of dumplings would you like?
A: Hello, House of Dumplings.
B: Hello!
A: sure.
B:
A: Uh-uh.
B: And twelve dumplings.
A:
B: Beef and carrot dumplings, please.
A: OK.
B: Some soup, too. Tomato soup.
A: OK. What's your address, please.
B:
A: Thank you. That will be 65 yuan.
I'm Leo. There is an artist in my family. She is Lisa. Lisa likes drawing a lot. Here are her three drawings (图画).
There is an animal in the first drawing. It has two big eyes, a big mouth and two small ears. It has long arms and long legs. It is black and white. There are some apples in its hands. It looks very happy. What is it? I don't know, but Lisa says it is a panda.
There is a woman in the second drawing. She is thin. She has straight blonde hair, a small mouth, a big nose and two big eyes. She looks angry (生气的). Who is she? Lisa says she is our mom. But Mom has curly blonde hair, small eyes and a small nose.
There is an animal in the third drawing, too. Its head is an apple. Its hair and tail (尾巴) are leaves (树叶). It has a long mouth, and it is a banana. Its four legs are carrots. What is it? Lisa says it i s a horse (马), but it doesn't look like a horse.
Lisa is really a great artist, isn't she?
