A Party

Donny: Kim and I want to throw a goodbye party for Chuck.

It's this Saturday night at Kim's house.

Tina: That's a good idea. What do we need to do?

Kim: We need to buy some food and drinks. Tina, please meet me at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. We'll go shopping.

Tina: OK!

Donny: Pam, you have a lot of great CDs. Please bring your CDs.

Pam: Sure! I will take care of the music.

Tina: Did you invite Chuck's other friends?

Donny: Yes. We already invited them and gave them Kim's address. It will be fun.

Tina: Wow! I can't wait for the party.

Chuck: Hey! What party?

    It's Saturday afternoon. A group of children are playing in the community park(社区活动区). What can they see in the park? They can see a long pink wood bench. Near the bench there is a bicycle. Whose bicycle is it? It belongs to (属于)Danny. Three kids are playing with a yellow ball near the pot plant. Look! There is a girl. She looks very sad. Why? She can't find her kite. There is a tall tree not far from her. You can see a boy and a small kite under the tree. Whose kite is it? The boy wants to know. Wendy says: "It's the girl's kite. She is looking for her kite. Let's give it to her." What are the children playing with now? They are playing with a blue balloon. They have a skateboard, too. It belongs to Wendy. They are playing happily.

    On Christmas Eve — the night before Christmas Day children are very happy. They put their stockings (长筒袜) at the end of their beds before they go to bed. They want Father Christmas to give them some presents. Mr. Green tells his children that Father Christmas is a cherry kind man. He comes on Christmas Eve. He lands on top of each house and comes down the chimney(烟囱) into the fireplace(壁炉) and brings them a lot of presents. Christmas Day always begins before breakfast. The children wake up very early. They can't wait to open the presents in their stocking. Then they wake up their parents and call: Merry Christmas! Do you know what Christmas means? Christmas Day is the birthday of Jesus Christ. When Christ was born, many people gave him presents. So today, people still do the same thing to each other.

The tortoise and the rabbit

    Rabbit loves running. He can run very fast. One day, he sees a small green animal with a hard shell(壳).

    "Hello," Rabbit says, "Who are you?" "I'm a tortoise." "What do tortoises like?" "We like running," Tortoise says. Rabbit laughs. "I can run very fast. Let's have a race (赛跑)."

    Rabbit is very fast. Tortoise is very slow. "I will (将会) win (获胜)," Rabbit thinks. Then he falls asleep (睡着的).

    Tortoise walks and walks. He walks past (经过) Rabbit and gets to the finish line (终点线). Tortoise wins!

    China is a big country. So the weather in the south is quite different from that in the north. In Shanghai, we have warm and wet in spring, hot in summer, cool in autumn and cold in winter. But in some parts of China, such as Hainan, Guangzhou and Yunnan, it is always warm and hot there. People never see snow there. In winter, a lot of tourists(游人)come to Hainan and enjoy(享受) the sunshine at the beach. But some people like cold weather. In the north of China, children can make snowman and play with snowballs. It is fun to play outside while it is snowing. That's why more people come to Harbin in winter to spend their holiday.