My name is Tim．I'm a student in Class Two．Grade Five．I am twelve．Now let me tell you something about my family．My father is a doctor．He is writing an e-mail in the room．My mother is a teacher in a middle school．She is cooking dinner in the kitchen．What am I doing? I am doing my homework．We have a lot of homework to do．After homework，I will play the piano．I like playing the piano very much．

    The White family is at home. Mrs. White is in the kitchen. She is cooking. Mr. White is sitting in a chair and reading the newspaper. Tom and his friend Dick are cleaning the bicycle. Jane and her friend Mary are in Jane's bedroom. They are listening to a tape.

    Hello! My name is Jenny. I'm ten. I'm a student. This is my mother. She can cook. But she can't draw. She likes grapes. But she doesn't like oranges. This is my father. He can't fly. But he can swim. He likes noodles. But he doesn't like bread. This is my sister. She's three. She can sing. But she can't read. She likes ice cream. But she doesn't rice. What about me? I can read. But I can't swim. I like peaches. But I don't like pears.

    I had a great holiday. Every day I had fun with my friends. On Monday we went to a Western restaurant. We ate good food. On Tuesday we sang and danced in the park. On Wednesday we swam in the sea. On Thursday we climbed a mountain with Peter.

    Tom was a very lazy boy when he was eleven years old. He didn't like doing anything. He had to go to school on weekdays, but he didn't study hard in the class and didn't do any homework after school. His father and mother were both doctors, and back then they hoped Tom could become a doctor, too. But one day, Tom said to his mother, "When I finish school, I want to be a cleaner." "A cleaner?" his mother asked. "That's not a very good job. Why do you want to become a cleaner?" "Because then I would only have to work one day a week," Tom said happily. "Only one day a week?" his mother was very surprised. "Why do you say that? And how do you know?" "Well," Tom said, "I know that the cleaner comes to our house to work only on Thursday because I see her only on that day."