Mrs White is a housewife. She is always busy in the morning. She gets up early and cooks breakfast. She has two children, Leo and May. Leo is ten years old and May is eight years old. They get up at seven o'clock. Leo makes his bed and washes quickly. May does not make her bed. Her bedroom is often messy. After breakfast, Mrs White takes them to school by car. Then, she goes to the supermarket and buys food for dinner.

    One day, Mr White has a meeting in the office. He does not come home for dinner. Mrs White is busy in the kitchen. Leo and May are waiting for dinner at the table. Leo says:” Dad isn't at home. I'm the head of our family today. I can sit on Dad's chair.” May says,” You should sit on Mum's chair.”

    Mrs Smith's living room is large. There is a television in the room. The television is near the window. There are some magazines on the television. There is a table in the room. There are some newspapers on the table. There are some armchairs in the room. The armchairs are near the table. There is a stereo in the room. The stereo is near the door. Mrs Smith often listens to music from it.

M=Mike   L=Liu Tao   W=Waitress (女服务员)

M: Would you like a hot dog?

L: Yes, Please. How about you, Mike?

M: I'd like an egg and a pie.

W: OK! Here you are.

M: Wow! A red egg.

L: Yes, and a green pie.

W: And the hot dog is orange. It's nice.

    Tomorrow is Sunday. Mr Brown, Mrs. Brown and their two sons are going to take a train to Hangzhou. Mr Brown is going to buy the train tickets for them. They are going to take an early train. The first train leaves Shanghai for Hangzhou at 6:00 a. m. This is their first visit there. Now Mrs Brown is looking at the map of Hangzhou. They are going to visit many interesting places. They'll have a good time. So their sons are very happy.

    When Ruby was a baby, she was very cute. She had short hair and big blue eyes. She was in a pink baby clothes. She could crawl (爬) along the floor. She could play with blocks. She liked to lie on the floor with her mum. She could put the blocks on top of each other. She could sit in a high chair and eat from a spoon. She could eat soft food like potato, pumpkin, yoghurt and banana.

    Now Ruby is ten years old. She has long black hair. She likes eating beef and vegetables. She can do more things. She can read, write, draw and count. She can play the piano. She sometimes goes to the music hall to enjoy the concerts. She is growing up.