Nancy is reading an email from her American friend Jack. She is very happy to get the email. Jack writes about his school and his weekend. Jack's school is not very big, but it's beautiful. There are two buildings, two gardens and a playground.Their classrooms are big and clean. Jack likes his school very much.

    Jack doesn't go to school on the weekend. He often gets up at six on Saturdays and Sundays. Heruns in the park for half an hour. Then he eats breakfast. At eight, he beginsto do his homework. He has lunch with his family at home. In the afternoon, hehelps his mother do housework. Sometimes he plays computer games with his classmateson the Internet. In the evening, he listens to music or reads books.  He really has a good time on the weekend.

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    Hi, my name's Ann. Sue is my friend. She lives on Green Street. It's near her school. So she walks to school. Tomorrow (明天）is 6^th October. It is her birthday. She is seven. She will have a birthday party. It begins at half past three in the afternoon. She likes pink. I have a pink card for her. We can sing and dance. She likes singing. She is good at singing. She wants to be a singer in the future.

    A man lives in a big house. He likes his house, but he hates(讨厌)the mice in it. One day, he buys a big cat from the market(市场) to eat the mice. After a few days, the cat kills(杀)many mice. This time, the mice become very worried. They decide to do something to save their lives, so all the mice come together to discuss(讨论)it. They have many plans, but none of them is good and useful.

    At last, a young mouse stands up and says: “I'll show you what we can do. We can put a bell around the cat's neck. Then if the cat comes we can run away, because we can hear the bell ring.” All the mice agree and say it's a good idea. Then an old mouse stands up and asks, “The point(重点)is which of us will tie(系)the bell to the cat's neck?” No one says anything because no one dares(敢)to do it.

    Last week we talked about growing potatoes. Today we will talk about growing another root vegetable, carrots. Carrots are easy to grow and easy to harvest. They taste good. And they contain a lot of carotene (胡萝卜素). When we eat the carrots, our body makes carotene into vitamin A(维生素A).

    When we think of carrots, we usually say carrots are long, thin and orange. But carrots are in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange. Sometimes we have green carrots with yellow inside.

    Carrots should be planted in the sand. The soil also should have no rocks.

    I'm Liu Yun. I'm ten years old. Today is my birthday. I got some gifts. Look, this is a new bag. It's pink. That is a new skirt. It's green. And a toy yacht. I like it very much. Now let's eat the cake.

    One day, Mark Twain went to a small town to give a lecture (讲座). At lunch he met a young man. The young man told him that he had an uncle. His uncle never laughed or smiled. Nobody and nothing could make his uncle smile or laugh. "You bring your uncle to my lecture tonight," said Mark Twain. "I'm sure I can make him laugh." That evening the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain spoke directly (直接地) at the old man. He told some funny stories. But the old man never even smiled. Mark Twain told the funniest story he knew. But the old man didn't still smile. At last Mark Twain stopped. He felt very tired and disappointed (失望的). Some days later, Mark Twain told one of his friends about what had happened. "Oh," said his friend. "I know that old man. He is deaf."