The Biggest Tree

    Do you know the biggest tree in the world? Its name is “General Sherman”. General Sherman is growing on the slopes (斜坡) of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. General Sherman is about 1100cm across and about 3500cm round, this will give you an idea of General Sherman's size. General Sherman is also very tall. It is over 8000cm high. It began as a tiny seed (小种籽) many years ago. It has been growing since about 2000 BC (公元前). It has been growing for almost 4,000 years and it's still growing! General Sherman is as old as the Pyramids (金字塔). It may live for another 2000 years.

Zip：What do you do on the weekend?

Zoom：I often watch TV and clean my room. Sometimes I go shopping. What about you?

Zip：Usually I play football. Sometimes I go shopping, too.

Zoom：Let's go shopping together next Sunday.

Zip：OK.

    Mrs. Wilson likes to ask his husband to go shopping with her on Sundays. Her husband pays for the things that she buys. Now they are in a shop.

    "Look, Andy. Is it a nice hair clip?" Mrs. Wilson asks his husband. 

    "All right. And how much is it?" he answers and gives money to the shop assistant.

    When Mrs. Wilson asks him about something good or bad, he often says "All right. And how much is it?" to her.

    At about 8 o'clock p.m., Andy is tired and thirsty, and he wants to have a drink. Suddenly (突然地) his wife looks up at moon and says, "Look, Andy. Is the moon so beautiful?"    

    "All right. And how much is it?" his husband answers quickly.

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    Lily will have a busy month in June. On the first day of June, she will celebrate(庆祝) Children's Day with her classmates at school. She will have a sports day and an English party in this month. On the third(第三个) Sunday, she will write a letter to Dad, because it's Father's Day. The day after Father's Day is Lily's favourite festival. Yes, it's the Dragon Boat Festival. At the festival, she will make zongzi with Mum. And she will go to Grandma's birthday party and Jack's birthday party in June. Summer holiday will begin on the 30th of June. Lily is very excited.

Lily's Memo(备忘录)

    Hi, I'm Tom. I was busy last weekend, but I was happy, too.

    On Saturday morning, I watched TV and helped my mother wash the clothes. In the afternoon, I did my homework. In the evening, I played the computer with my brother Tim.

    On Sunday morning, I went to a park with Tim. I played football and my brother flew the kites. In the afternoon, we visited my grandparents with my parents. We had dinner together. After dinner, we saw a film. We were so happy.

    Mike's school sent him an invitation.

Dear Friends,

    It is time to leave our school. We are all going to middle school soon, so we will say goodbye to each other. We are going to have a farewell party. You can bring your friends.

Place: Our music room

Time: Friday 3 pm

Activities:

    We will draw pictures and sing songs. We are going to give prizes for the best pictures. We are going to have cakes, candy and juice, too. Yum!

    We will also give prizes to our good students. Who studied hard? Who wrote the best story? Who did the best homework?

    We will listen to music, play games and dance. It will be great fun.

    See you at the party!