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    There are four seasons in a year in China. March, April and May make the spring. June，July and August make the summer. September, October and November make the autumn. The rest (剩余部分) of the months make the winter.

    The seasons in Australia are the opposite (相反的) of ours. When it's spring in China, it is autumn in Australia. Australia is in the south of the earth. June, July and August are the winter months. December, January and February are the summer months. It's very hot there, too.

    Near the North Pole(北极) there are only two seasons. They're winter and summer. In winter, the nights are long. For more than two months you can't see the sun, even at noon. In summer, the days are long. For more than two months, the sun never sets (落下), and there are no nights.

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    It's Sunday afternoon. The weather is fine. There is a football match between class 2 and class 4. Many students are watching. They're excited. Now, Zhang Wei has the ball. He passes it to Wei Kun. But Wei Kun can't kick the ball. Then John has the ball. The ball flies to Zhang Wei's arm. Zhang Wei is very angry. The ball files into the goal. How is Zhang Wei feeling? He is so happy! Class 4 won the game. Class 2 is very sad.

    Miss White is our new English teacher. She is from America. She is 23 years old. She is very young. She is strict, but she's kind. She's helpful. She can learn Chinese. She's hard-working. She can speak Chinese well.

    We love our new English teacher, Miss White.

    Hello, I'm Tim. I had a good time with my family last weekend. We went to the zoo. We saw many monkeys and some pandas. We took many pictures of monkeys. The monkeys were very smart. I gave some bananas to them. The pandas were very cute. They made us laugh.

    Water is very important to people. We must drink water every day. We can't live without water. Water is everywhere around us. At home, we use water to wash clothes, to wash dishes, to cook meals and so on.

    At work, people use water to put out fires, to grow vegetables, to make things in factories and so on. We can also swim in the water.

    However, there isn't much water on the earth. We must save it.

Aunt Jane's Birthday

    Christmas Day is coming. Aunt Jane's birthday is coming, too. Because she was born on Christmas Day. She will be 40 years old, Dad and Mum are going to take me to her house. We are going there by train. We are leaving(离开) on Friday evening, and we are coming back on Sunday afternoon. The birthday party will be on Saturday. I am going to give my dear Aunt Jane a birthday card. I am making it now. I use my colour pencils to draw some nice flowers on the card, and a small cat, too, because she likes cats. I think the card will be very nice. Dad says his sister will like it very much.