Which painting is called "China's Mona Lisa"? It's Riverside Scene at Qingming (estival f《清明上河图》). It was painted by Zhang Zeduan，an artist in the Northern Song Dynasty(北宋)．It is the only existing(存在)masterpiece from Zhang Zeduan．It has been collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing as a national treasure(国宝)．The painting tells us the daily life of people in Bianjing (today's Kaifeng，Henan Province)．

    Lucy's uncle Peter is a policeman. He helps others every day. He catches thieves. He drives the police car to go on patrol. He is brave and handsome. We like him. Every Saturday he goes to the beach for fishing because that's his favorite. Tom is a waiter. His job is to bring food to people. He is kind. He smiles all day. But he doesn't like to eat too much. On weekends he likes to drive his car. He likes to go for a spin. Ben's brother Jack is a farmer. He plants rice. Every spring he plants some rice. Every autumn he cuts the rice and puts the rice in the house. He sell some rice. And he leaves the other rice for himself. He also likes to grow flowers. His garden is very beautiful. He grows many flowers and vegetables in the garden. His garden is interesting too. He makes neat paths and builds a wooden bridge over pool. He wins the prize fro "the Nicest Garden" in the town.

    The Smart family are looking at a map of China. They want to visit many famous places in China. Sam wants to go to Xi'an and see the Terracotta Warriors(兵马俑). Amy wants to visit Hangzhou. She wants to see the West Lake. She knows the West Lake is very beautiful. Sam and Amy's mother wants to visit Guangzhou and Hong Kong She wants to do some shopping there. Mr. Smart wants to visit the Three Gorges Dam (三峡大坝). It is a very big dam and it's very interesting. Sam and Amy want to visit the dam, too. Tom wants to stay at home.

The Twin's Birthday

    Today is the twins' birthday. They are twelve. Jim, Mike, Kate and Bill are the twins' friends. They want to buy some things for them. There is a big shop near their school. It sells a lot of things. From the shop people can buy some food, some drink and some school things, like cakes, apples, milk, oranges, hamburgers, exercise books and so on. The shop closes very late. So they can buy things on their way home. They buy a big cake, two boxes of colour pencils, an orange yo-yo (溜溜球) and some nice exercise books. They want to buy two dolls and two toy trains for the twins. But all the dolls and toys are too expensive.

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