Ma Liang was a good boy. He helped people. He had a paintbrush. It was magic. This old woman didn't have food. So Ma Liang painted food. Then the food was real. There was a bad man. He didn't help people. He took Ma Liang's magic paintbrush. The bad man didn't have gold. So he painted gold with the magic paintbrush. But it didn't make gold. It made a snake! 

     Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and people can not make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and animals. People get their food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and people need plants in order to live. This is why there are so many plants around us. There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruits. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You can not see many non-flowering plants around you. If you look carefully at the plants around us, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us we can live on the earth.

Children：Happy birthday, Peter!

Peter：Thank you! Welcome to my “orange party”. What orange things do you have?

Jill：I have an orange hat.

Kitty：I have an orange skirt.

Joe：I have an orange T-shirt.

Peter：What do you have， Alice?

Alice：Look， Peter! I have an orange card for you.

Peter：Thank you so much. Look at the table. Here are some orange things for you. They are oranges， orange juice and an orange cake. Let's have some fun.

    I like school days, because I can learn many things from school. We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I like weekends, too. We don't go to school on Saturdays and Sundays. I often play ping-pong and play basketball on Saturday morning. I often play the pipa on Saturday afternoon. I often do homework and play football on Sunday morning. I often go to the park on Sunday afternoon.

Dear John,

    This Saturday will be my eleventh birthday. My parents will have a birthday party for me. It will be at my home. It will start at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday. My mum will cook some delicious food for us. We will play games together. Would you like to come?

Love,

Ben