提示单词：often, sometimes, always, never, once

    Do you know about the English­speaking countries? They are Canada, the U. S. , the U. K. , Australia and so on. Canada has a famous waterfall. It is the Niagara Falls. It is very big. Canada's flag is red and white. It has a leaf. The flag of the U. S. is red, white and blue. It is the same colour as the flag of the U. K. The U. K. has a queen. She lives in Buckingham Palace. The U. S. has a president, and he lives in the White House. Australia's flag is blue and Australia has many beautiful beaches.

    Hello! My name is John. Last weekend I was very busy. On Saturday morning I cleaned my room. In the afternoon, I drank tea with my father. In the evening, I watched TV. On Sunday morning, I read my English book. In the afternoon, I played football with my friends. In the evening, I did my homework.

    An old woman is going shopping with a basket , she is going by boat . The boat is going across the river. Her basket is empty now. Oh , dear! Look ! Her basket is in the water. She says , " Oh ,no .My basket is in the river."

    A boy sees the basket .He says ,"Don't worry ! I can get it !"He takes off his shirt and shoes . " Look after them for me , please!" he says , and jumps into the river.

    A duck sees the basket . " I can go by basket ," it thinks . It gets into the basket and goes on swimming in the river ."Where's the basket ?" he asks.

    It's over there !" answers the woman ."It's behind you! It's under that duck ."Then the boy gets to the basket.

    "Go away!" he says to the duck. The duck comes out of the basket and goes away .The boy takes the basket back to the woman .

    "Oh, thank you very much ."says the woman .

    "Not at all !"says the boy . " Do you have my shirt and shoes , please?"

    "It's the duck's egg.

    Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know Chinese, but she is studying Chinese. She often speaks Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand(懂) her because(因为) she can't speak Chinese well. It's Sunday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She is going to zoo to see elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out(拿出) a pen and a piece of paper(一张纸). She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands now, and he shows Mary the way to the zoo.