How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland (波兰) have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to take a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

Many Polish (波兰的) people like traveling. They always look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains, others like to go to a sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

    Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it both are good ways to relax.

In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep it.

    Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.

    Can you understand the following sentences?

    "Long time no see." "Good good study, day day up" "I like your smile, but unlike you put your on my face." Yes, we call these examples Chinglish, like" people mountain, people sea."

    Chinglish usually means English vocabulary with Chinese grammar on street signs or products.

    However, many English—speaking tourists love it.

    Tom has been living in Beijing for years. "I think many Chinese people dislike Chinglish. But I love it. It's quite interesting. I think if the translations of English in China are all perfect, something will be lost from Chinese culture However, Chinglish will probably become a part of history in the future. Beijing has made a plan to correct Chinglish within five years. "It is so funny to see Chinglish on the signs. And it is a kind of trouble for communication between the Chinese and foreigners, a Beijinger said.

    However, some people in China like Chinglish. They think that English has "borrowed" from other languages such as German, French and Spanish in the past, and now it's Chinese's turn.

Jane is a middle school student. She is a beautiful girl. She likes nice shoes and she usually wears new shoes. She thinks new shoes make her look great. 

One day, Miss Lee finds that Jane is unhappy. She asks Jane, "Why are you not happy？" Jane answers, "I want to buy a pair of new shoes, but my parents don't buy them for me. They don't love me. " Miss Lee thinks for a while, and then she says, "Today, I have some homework for you—count(数) your parents' shoes and tell me the number(数量)tomorrow. "

The next day, Miss Lee asks Jane, "Do you count your parents' shoes？"

"Yes, my father has three pairs of shoes and my mother has four pairs of shoes. "

"How many pairs of shoes do you have？"

"Twenty，" Jane's face turns red. 

"Are you still sad now？"

"No, I am not. I don't want new shoes now. My parents do a lot for me. I know they love me. Now I want to save(节约) some money to buy shoes for my parents to show (表达) my love for them. "

Suggested questions:

1. Who is the successful person in your eyes?

2. Why do you think he/she is successful?

3. What can you learn from her?

Tom and Mike were good friends, and they began to work in a company together the same year. They both worked hard. After several years, however, the boss made Mike manager (经理) but Tom was still an office worker. Tom couldn't stand it, so he handed a letter to his boss, saying that he decided to resign (辞职) his job because the boss didn't value his hard work at all.

The boss knew that Tom worked very hard for years. He thought for a moment and said, "I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind." Tom agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out if there was anyone who sold water-melons in the market. Tom returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked the price of the watermelons. Tom shook his head and went back to the market again. When he returned, he told the boss it was $2 for each kilo.

The boss told Tom to wait for a moment in his office, and he called Mike in. He asked Mike to find if there was anyone selling watermelons in the market. Later Mike returned and said, "Only one man is selling watermelons, $2 for each kilo. He has 100 watermelons in all. Every watermelon weighs about 2 kilos. They were brought here two days ago, pretty fresh and sweet." Tom got to know the difference between Mike and himself. He decided not to resign his job any more.

Miss White is a teacher. Her home is near her school. So she walks there in the morning. All her students are very small. It's a cold and windy morning. Miss White walks to school as usual. The cold wind goes into her eyes and big tears（眼泪） come out of her eyes. She gets to school, opens the door and goes into the classroom. It's nice and warm there and she is happy. But then a small boy looks at her, then puts his arms round her and says, "Don't cry, Miss. School isn't very bad. "