Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

  “Let's make a pretty cake,” Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green.

  “OK. Thank you very much.”

    Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs. Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.

    Sue and Ann are twins. They're twelve. Sue likes Chinese music, and Ann likes pop music. Yesterday evening they went to a concert. They went there by bus. They enjoyed the concert very much. They went home by taxi.

    Hello! My name is Jack. I'm thirteen years old. I like riding very much. I go to school by bike every day. Look! This is my school. There is a new gym in my school. There are many students playing in it. There is a new garden, too. There are many flowers and trees in it. It's very beautiful. The food is delicious in the dining hall.

    Five years ago, I came to this school. At that time, I was short, so I couldn't ride my bike well. Our school was old and small. There was no dining hall. I ate lunch at home. There was no gym, either. We played basketball on the small playground after lunch. And sometimes we played ping-pong, too.

    Now everything is different. The school is big and nice. How time flies.

Zip: Welcome! What would you like for dinner?

Zoom: I'd like some fish and soup.

Zip: Here you are. Would you like some beef and chicken?

Zoom: I'd like some chicken. But I don't like beef. Can I have some noodles?

Zip: Sure! The fish is eighty yuan. The soup is thirteen yuan. The noodles are ten yuan, and the chicken is ten yuan too. Here's the bill（账单）.

    Hello! My name is Sarah. I am ten years old. I go to YuCai School. Our school is very big. We have a big playground and a beautiful garden. We have a big library, too. We can read books in the library. I am in Class 1, Grade 4. My classroom is on the second floor. I like our school! It is beautiful.