A young man was getting ready to finish his college study. He loved a beautiful sports car and he told his father that was all he wanted.

    One morning, his father called him into the study. He told his son how proud he was to have such a good son, and told him how much he loved him. Then he gave his son a book, Success Stories, with the young man's name on the cover. The young man got very angry and ran out of the house, leaving the book.

    Many years later, the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful house and a wonderful family. He thought of his father and thought he should go to see him. He had not seen him since that morning. Unluckily, he was told that his father had died.

    When he came into his father's study, he began to tidy up his father's papers.

    He found the book, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened it and turned the papers. Suddenly, a car key dropped from the back of the book. That was the key to the sports car he wanted so much.

Dear Xiaohong,

    I'd like to invite you to my birthday party at my home. It's next Saturday, March 10th. My friends will come together and have fun on this special day. We will sing a birthday song. We will dance there. We will play hide and seek. We will eat a birthday cake. I hope you will enjoy this special day.

    The party will begin at 2:00 pm. Please arrive at 1:30 pm. If you are coming, please call me on 5683-5588.

    See you at the party.

Yours,

Tom

    Today is Saturday. It's warm and sunny. Rose is very happy. Because it's her birthday. She has new clothes. The coat is nice and thin. The hat is pretty. The skirt is red and beautiful. Her shoes are pink and beautiful, too. But she doesn't like the shoes. They're too big. So she wears a pair of green shoes. She looks very beautiful today.

    I had a little dog. He was cute and liked eating meat. I often washed him. His name was Dudu. He could open the door when I came back. He could jump to the sofa to watch TV. He could catch the balls when I threw (仍) them to him. He could hear us. He came back when I called him. I loved him.

    Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived in the 18th century. Sandwich was rich, but he liked to play cards for money. He often played for 24 hours, and didn't even stop to have his meals. He asked his servants to bring him some meat and bread. He put the meat between the two pieces of bread and held the food in his left hand while he played cards with his right hand. People liked Sandwich's way. From then, people ate bread and meat as Sandwich did. From the name of the man, Sandwich, we have the word of the food sandwich today.