The students were having their chemistry (化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water is like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water? ” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like? ”

    Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

    “I'm sorry, children,” said the teacher, “our water is getting dirtier. That's a problem.”

    Betty is an American girl. She is thirteen. She is in Beijing with her parents. She doesn't know much Chinese. She can't speak Chinese well. Sometimes her friends don't understand her.

    It's Sunday morning. She is going to the zoo to see pandas. She is waiting at a bus stop. At the bus stop she asks a boy which bus to take to go to the zoo. But the boy can't understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws a panda on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy smiles and then shows her the way to the zoo.

—Good morning. I'm Mike. I see red. I like it.

—Hello, I'm Chen Jie. I see yellow. I like it.

—Hi, I'm Sarah. I like green.

—Good morning. I'm John. I like orange. Oh, Wu Binbin, you like blue. Show me blue.

    Hello, I am Kitty. I am a lovely girl. My friends and I are playing in Mr. White's farm. We are happy. Linda is standing under the tree. She is playing the recorder. Peter is sitting beside the lake (湖). He is drawing. Eddie is sleeping on the grass. His drum is under his head. Mr. White is working in his farm. The farm is big and beautiful. We like this farm.