Jack is an English teacher . He is young . He has a round face and black hair . There are fifty students in his class .

    They all like him . Now it's in the morning . Students are studying in the classroom . Jack is there . He is helping them study English . He is a good teacher .

Tom: Jack, is it warm in spring in Shanghai?

Jack: Yes, it is.

Tom: What about summer there?

Jack: It's very hot. I like swimming in summer.

Tom: How's the weather in fall there?

Jack: It's cool and sunny. I can play outside. Which season in Harbin do you like best?

Tom: I like winter best. Because it's very cold. I can skate.

    Earth Day is on April 22nd. It was startedby an American Nelson. In 1970, about 20 million(百万) Americanscelebrated the first Earth Day. Every day, we take important things from theearth, like trees, water, and oil. Our factories, cars, and garbage(垃圾) make the air, water, and land dirty. If we are not careful, wewill have no trees, no clean water and air, and no food. Earth Day tells us tobe kind to the earth. Use less water, plant more trees... The earth is ours, sowe should help the earth every day, not just on Earth Day!

The cat is calling you

    Mrs. Brown has a young cat, and it is the cat's first winter. One evening the cat is outside when it is snowing heavily. Mrs. Brown looks for(寻找) it everywhere and shouts the cat's name. But she can't find it. So she telephones the police and says, "I lost(丢失）a small black cat. Does anybody find one?" "No. But cats are strong animals. They can live in the snow for days."

    She feels very happy when she hears this, "And my cat is very clever. She almost talks. "

    "Why don't you put your telephone down? Perhaps your cat is trying to telephone you now," says the policeman.

    Mr and Mrs White have three daughters. They are Alice, Kitty and Rose. Rose is the youngest of the three daughters. She is two years younger than Alice. Alice is thirteen. She and Kitty are twins. They are all pretty and lovely. They study in the same school. Their parents are both doctors, but they don't work in the same hospital. They love their daughters very much.

    Mr White likes music very much. He always listens to music when he drives the car. And he likes reading books, too. After dinner he helps the children with their studies, and then he goes into the study to read books. He goes to bed very late. Father's Day is coming. What presents do the children give to their father? The youngest sister wants to buy a watch for her father, but she doesn't have enough money. She buys a book as a Father's Day gift. And the twin sisters buy some CDs for their father. Mr White is very happy when he gets these presents.