What do you know about the sea? Some people have seen it, but others haven't. The sea looks beautiful on a fine sunny day and it can be very rough when there is a strong wind. What other things do we know about it?

    Of course, the sea is very large. In the world there is more sea than land. If you swim in the sea, you know that the water is salty. Rivers take salt from the land into the sea. Some places of the sea are more salty than other places. Do you know the Dead Sea? Fish can't live in it!

    There are many different kinds of parrots in the world. They can not only(不但)live in the tree, but they can also(而且)live on the mountain. Some parrots are quite big. Some are very small. Many people like them, because they often have beautiful colours, and because they can “talk”.

    Do you know why parrots can talk? But most birds cannot. Perhaps, parrots can “talk” because they have big, thick tongues. But some other birds that cannot talk have big, thick tongues, too. So we don't know why parrots can talk.

    Hello, I'm Amy. On Saturday, I don't go to school. On Saturday morning, my mother is going to take me to the park. We are going to take the bus there. We are going to get there at ten o'clock. I like the beautiful park in Hangzhou. The flowers are coming out in spring. On Saturday afternoon, we are going to visit my grandparents. We are going to get there by subway. This Saturday is my grandmother's birthday. We are going to have a big dinner and eat the cake. What a fine day!

    It is a cold day in winter. A farmer finds a snake on the ground. It is nearly dying. The farmer is a kind person. He brings it home and puts it near the fire. Soon the snake begins to move, but it raises its head and tries to bite the farmer. "Oh," says the farmer, "I save your life, but you pay me back in this way. You must die." Then he kills the snake with a stick.

    I am Chen Jie. I usually get up at 7 o'clock but not on the weekend. I go to school at 7:30. We have four classes in the morning and three classes in the afternoon. I like Chinese very much. We have a Chinese class at 9:30. I go home at 5:30 pm. I eat dinner at 6:30 pm. Then I do my homework at nine o'clock.

My name is Bob. I get up at 6:00 every day in the morning. I do morning exercises at 6:30.I eat breakfast at 7:00.Then I go to school. We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I play football at 4:00. I go home at 5:00 p.m. I eat dinner at 6:30.Then I do my homework. I go to bed at 9:00.That is my day.