Mary is an English girl, but she lives in Paris. She is six years old. Her mother says to her, "You are six now, Mary, and you are going to the school here. I'm sure you'll like it very much. It's a nice school."
"Is it an English school?" Mary asks.
"Yes, it is." her mother says.
It is September and the new school year begins. Mary goes to school every day. She likes her lessons very much and works hard at them. Her mother always takes her to school in the morning and brings her home in the afternoon.
Now, it is afternoon and school is over. Mary's mother goes to the school and Mary runs over to her.
"We have a new classmate in our class today, Mum." Mary says. "She is also six and she's very nice, but she isn't English. She is German." "Does she speak English?" Mary mother asks. "No, she laughs in English." Mary says to her mother.
Do you know how to play a game called" Musical Chairs"? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.
Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.
The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walks lowly.
The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.
At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.
We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more, than 2, 500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It's true that male mosquito doesn't bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn't like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You're different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
a. Yes, I've got a map.
b. What kinds of animals shall we see there?
c. What do you know about it?
d. Yes, that's right.
e. That's a good idea.
A: We have to meet the others at 8:30 at the reserve(自然保护区), don't we?
B:
A: Do you know how to get there?
B: It'll take us about two hours to get there by bus.
A:
B: It's an area that protects lots of different animals.
A:
B: I'm not really sure. I know there are many different kinds of birds there and I'm going to take my camera with me.
A: What clothes are you going to wear?
B: Well, if it's wet, I'll wear my strong shoes and take my raincoat with me.
A: So I will.
