Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and people can not make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and animals. People get their food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and people need plants in order to live. This is why there are so many plants around us. There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruits. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You can not see many non-flowering plants around you. If you look carefully at the plants around us, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us we can live on the earth.

    I have three good friends. They are Peter, Jack and Mike. Peter doesn't play TV games. But he watches TV and sleeps a lot. Jack doesn't read books. but he plays football. Mike doesn't watch TV. But he plays basketball. We often play together.

    Hi! I am Jack. I like animals. I have a cat. It's brown, I have a rabbit. It's grey. I have a yellow duck. It's small. I have a pink pig. It is big. And I have a brown monkey, too. It's funny. Do you know the panda? It has two black eye. It's so lovely.

Kate and Daming meet at the party.

Kate: Hi, I'm Kate. I'm from the US.

Daming: Hi, I'm Daming I'm from China: Pleased to meet you.

Kate: Pleased to meet you too. You are Chinese but you can speak English. That's great.

Daming: Yes, I can speak some English.

Kate: So can you be my Chinese pen friend?

Daming: Yes, of course. I also want a pen friend from the US.

Kate: Oh, but I can't write in Chinese.

Daming: That's OK. I can write in English.

Kate: That's nice. Then this is my address in New York.

Daming: And this is my address in Beijing. I will write to you soon.

    Our class is going to Mount Tai by train next weekend. Many students are very happy. Tom is excited. Because he likes climbing mountains. Lily is a tall girl. She is not happy. Their family is going to visit her grandparents. She can't go to Mount Tai. John is sad. His left arm hurts. The doctor asks him to stay in bed. He can't go with us.