Lily: Hi, Mike.What would you like for dinner?

Mike: I'd like some beef and rice, please.

Lily: Would you like a knife and fork?

Mike: No, thanks.I can use chopsticks.

Lily: Here you are.Your chopsticks.Would you like some soup? This is fish soup.It's yummy! I like it very much.

Mike: Yes, please.I'd like some.

Lily: Would you like some fruit?

Mike: No, thanks.That's a great dinner.

Lily: Thank you.

    Look! This is a picture. It is about Jenny's birthday. Her birthday is on May 25th. On that day, she invited her friends to her house. Li Ming, Tom and I went to her house. We had a very good time. Before eating the birthday cake, we sang the birthday song for Jenny. She was very happy. And we were happy, too. After lunch, we went out to play in the park. We had fun all day.

    Joe was a poor old man．He had very little food to eat．One day Joe went into the forest to collect firewood(木柴)．In the afternoon，he was tired and hungry．He wanted to rest so he sat under a tree．He took a small potato out of his bag for lunch．Just then he saw a girl looking at him．She was holding(拿)a bottle of water．

    Joe said to the girl，"Are you hungry ?Come and have my potato．" "Thank you．That's very kind of you．"said the girl．"You can have my water．"They sat down and shared (分享)the food and water together happily．

    After the meal，the girl left．Joe went on collecting firewood．He felt his body becoming stronger．He finished(完成)his work and got home early that day．When he looked in the mirror, he was surprised(惊讶的)to see a strong young man.

    Mr Lee was a rich man．One day he bought a very expensive (昂贵的)bed．He wanted to show off(炫耀)his bed．But nobody could see it because it was in his bedroom．He was unhappy that he could not show off his bed，so he pretended(假装)to be sick and stayed in bed．All his friends and relatives came to his room to see him．They liked the bed very much. Mr.Lee was very happy so he stayed in bed for a few more days．His relatives were very worried．Then Mr Lee's cousin came to visit him．When he got into the room，he took off his shoes．

    He sat with his legs crossed so that he could show off his new socks．Mr Lee saw this and asked．"What's the matter with your feet，cousin?"His cousin smiled and said softly in Mr Lee's ear，"I have the same problem(问题)as you．"The next day,Mr Lee got out of bed．

    Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Children in the USA will leave their parents when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holidays.

    Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it is important(重要的) for them to make decisions(作决定).

    Children are also asked to do some housework at home. And in many families，children will get money from their parents for doing some housework. Because American parents want to let their children learn how to make money for their own use.

    We have a nice and big classroom. The windows are big, and the walls are white. There is a blackboard on the front wall, a big new desk is near it, it's for our teachers. There are some pictures on the other walls. There are forty desks and forty chairs in the classroom. They are for us. There are twenty-three boys and seventeen girls in our class. There are some flowers on the teacher's desk. They are for our English teacher. She is a good teacher and we all like her. We often play games and sing English songs in our English class. We all like English very much.