【1.】I'm Mary. I have a friend. Her name's Sally. She's clever and helpful. We are both eleven. Our birthdays are both in May. We're in the same class. We like each other. We're good friends.

【2.】We both live far from school. We live in different streets. We both go to school by bus. We both have lunch at school. We both like fish. She often shares (分享）her lunch with me.

【3.】We both like playing games. We often play games together at the weekend. She is good at playing games.

【4.】We both like dolls. Because they are soft and nice. But we like different colours. I like pink and Sally like white. I have a pink doll and she has a white doll.

Jim：Hi, Kate！What's the weather like in Shanghai today?

Kate：Hi, Jim！It's sunny and warm here. I'm going to the zoo this afternoon.

Jim：Sounds good.

Kate：Jim, how's the weather in Beijing now?

Jim：It's cloudy. It's going to rain. So I can't fly a kite in the park.

Kate：Oh, I see.

Jim：Do you know the weather in Guangdong?

Kate：It's too hot. The children there usually go swimming in the river.

Jim：Oh, I like swimming, too. But I can't swim now. It's cold here.

    It was cold yesterday. Tom didn't go out. He did housework. Sam went to play football. And he had a cold. He fell ill today. He's got a fever. Lili phoned him. She will come to see Sam. Sam's mother cooked lunch. They had noodles and eggs for lunch. Sam drank lots of hot water. It's good for him.

    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.

    Do you know Big Ben? Big Ben is not the name of a man. It's the name of a big clock in London. This clock has four faces. So, no matter which direction( 方向) you stand in, you can read the time on the face of Big Ben. The minute hand on each face is about four metres long. If you go to London, you may want to visit the Houses of Parliament(国会大厦). In that place, you will find Big Ben sits at the top of the clock tower. You will probably hear it and see it. The big clock makes such a loud sound. It strikes every quarter of an hour. Big Ben has been the most famous symbol of London.

Sarah: Hi, Chen Jie.

Chen Jie: Hi, Sarah. Do you have new teachers?

Sarah: Yes. We have three new teachers.

Chen Jie: Who are they?

Sarah: An English teacher, a music teacher and a Chinese teacher.

Chen Jie: Wow, it's so good. Who's your English teacher?

Sarah: Miss White. She's very active. Her class is so much fun. We all like her.

Chen Jie: What's she like?

Sarah: She's tall and thin. She's young. We have English class today.

Chen Jie: That's great!