John and Tina come from different countries. They are interested in Chinese food. They usually eat Chinese food in restaurants and often talk about it.

It's Saturday today and it's sunny. John asks Tina to have dinner at Ms. Brown's House. It's the first time that Tina goes there for dinner.

    "Hi, John. Are there different kinds of food at Ms. Brown's House?" Tina asks.

"Of course. There're all kinds of noodles  such as chicken and cabbage noodles, mutton and potato noodles, tomato and egg noodles and beef and carrot noodles," John says.

    "Sounds great! I like tomato and egg noodles very much," said Tina.

"Me, too. There are also delicious dumplings and specials. After dinner, we can have ice- cream and fruit. They are on sale."

    "Ice-cream? I know a new kind of ice-cream. It is delicious. And you can keep it for an hour."

    "Great! But there isn't any at Ms. Brown's House."

    "I know where to buy it. Let's go after dinner."

    "OK."

      Hi, my name is Elaine and I'm a teacher in Grade Six. I'm, going to talk a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}some activities of the Open Day of our school. The Open Day will be on the f{#blank#}2{#/blank#} day of the school. The students don't know each other because they are n{#blank#}3{#/blank#}here. First, I will ask them to talk about their names, their hobbies and so on. They will be very happy to share that. Next, they will draw a picture of the teachers.  Some of the pictures will be very f{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Then, they will play games together. The name of the game is to find friends. They can stand up and m{#blank#}5{#/blank#} around to ask others some questions. They will like it because they can know more about their classmates. The parents can also have a talk with each o{#blank#}6{#/blank#}. These are very interesting activities for the kids and it just makes them f{#blank#}7{#/blank#}welcome.

Dave is my friend. His family is rich. His parents always give himlots of pocket money(零用钱). But Dave thinks his parents work very hard and it's not easy forthem to make money, so he always tries to save money. He has some good ways todo it.

Dave likes books. He tells me he often buys books online, because they'recheaper. And when he is free, he often goes to bookshops to do some reading. Davehas a bike. He usually goes to school by bike instead of(代替) taking a bus. Sometimes whenit rains or snows, he walks. These two ways help Dave keep healthy and savemoney.

Dave brings a bottle of water to school every day. When others drinkjuice, he enjoys water. He says water is the cheapest and the best drink.

Some students think Dave is mean(吝啬的). But I don't think so. I think he is right.

   Once upon a time, there was a young man who liked puppets (木偶) so much that he became an apprentice(学徒) to a master puppet-maker. Sadly, the young man was not so clever, and his teacher and the other apprentices were always telling him he had no talent for making puppets, and that he would achieve nothing in making puppets.

    Even so, he was fond of it so much that he worked day after day to improve himself. Though he made every effort, they would always find something wrong with his puppets, and the poor puppets ended up being thrown out of the workshop.

    The young man wasn't going to give up, so he decided that from then on he would spend all his time making just one kind of puppet. Whenever he found a fault in his puppet he would throw it away and start again. Years passed, and with each new attempt his puppet became a little bit better. By that time, his puppet was much better than anything that the other apprentices could make, but he kept making improvements. Living like that, the man wasn't making any money, and many people laughed at how poor he was.

    By the time he was an old man, his puppet was truly wonderful. Finally, after so many years of work, he finished work on his puppet, and said, "I can't find anything wrong with it. This time it is perfect." And for the first time in all those years, instead of throwing his puppet away, he put it up on the shelf, feeling truly satisfied and cheerful.

    It is well-known that the perfect puppet, Pinocchio, came to life after that, had a thousand adventures, and gave that old man –whose name was Geppetto—more joy than any other famous puppet—maker had ever got from any of their creations.

There is an old saying: Like father like son. Here is a story about it. 

Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered (坏脾气) and never gave a way to others. One day his father decided to {#blank#}1{#/blank#}some friends to dinner. He asked his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got what his father wanted, he turned back {#blank#}2{#/blank#} walked towards the town gate. Just then, a man was coming from outside. The gate wasn't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} enough to let two men in and out at the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} time. But {#blank#}5{#/blank#} of them would not give way to the other. They stood face {#blank#}6{#/blank#} face inside the gate hour after hour. Waited for a long time, his father was worried, "What shall I do? My son hasn't returned yet. I can't wait any {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. " He wanted to know what was the matter with his son. So he {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his friends at home and went to town to look for his son. 

"You may take the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} home for my friends. Let me stand here against instead him, " he said to his son when he knew what {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. What do you think of the father? If everyone teaches their children in this way, there will be no peace in the world. 

Children's Day is next Sunday, but Dong Fei is not happy. Her father is in Beijing. He is very busy and can not come back to Nanjing. Now, Dong Fei is in her room with Lin Min, her cousin. Dong Fei says,"I don't think I'm important(重要的) to my father. He is always busy with his work. Next Sunday is Children's Day. But he can not come back."

The telephone rings and Dong Fei goes to answer it. It's from her father." Feifei, can you come to the airport(机场) at 4:00 next Sunday afternoon? I can be there for only an hour. I have something for you."

" Yes, Daddy! Yes!" says Dong Fei.

After Dong Fei puts down the telephone, her cousin says," Well, I think your father really loves you. What about you? Do you love him?"

" Yes." says Dong Fei.

" Well, do you know it's Father's Day today?" Liu Min says.

" Oh, what? I'm so sorry." says Dong Fei.