The Biggest Tree

    Do you know the biggest tree in the world? Its name is “General Sherman”. General Sherman is growing on the slopes (斜坡) of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. General Sherman is about 1100cm across and about 3500cm round, this will give you an idea of General Sherman's size. General Sherman is also very tall. It is over 8000cm high. It began as a tiny seed (小种籽) many years ago. It has been growing since about 2000 BC (公元前). It has been growing for almost 4,000 years and it's still growing! General Sherman is as old as the Pyramids (金字塔). It may live for another 2000 years.

    Mary, Bob and Tom are good friends. Mary likes blue, but Bob likes brown and Tom likes green. What are their favourite clothes? Mary likes dresses. Bob and Tom like shorts. Their favourite subject is English. Do you know what their favourite school work is? Mary likes to sing songs. Bob and Tom like to read books.

    There is a big old tree near my house. A black bird lives in the tree. Every day I take some food to the tree. The bird sees me and comes down. The food is in my hand. The bird comes to my hand and eats the food. After that it goes back to the tree.

    I give some food to this bird every day. And so the bird knows me. I like the bird and the bird likes me. We are good friends.

    Look, this is my school. It's very big. This is my classroom. It's new and beautiful. That is the teacher's office（办公室）. It's old. But it's tall.

    Hi! I'm Amy. I'm nine years old. I wear a red scarf. It's twenty-eight

yuan. I wear a blue sweater. It's eighty-nine yuan. I wear black trousers. They're seventy yuan. I wear grey shoes. They're sixty-four yuan.

    The Spring Festival comes in January or February every year. It is an important (重要的) Chinese festival. People also call it Chinese New Year. On Chinese New Year's Eve (除夕), families have a big dinner together. They often eat dumplings. People visit their friends and relatives (亲戚). Children often get red packets (红包) with some money (钱) in them. People also watch fireworks at night. They like the beautiful fireworks very much.

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