Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

  “Let's make a pretty cake,” Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green.

  “OK. Thank you very much.”

    Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs. Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.

    Hello, my name is Amy. I am 8 years old. Today is Saturday. And it is my birthday. My mum gives (送给) me a birthday gift. It's a red dress. It's new. And I have a little sister. Her name is Lucy. Her favourite clothes are skirts, but her skirt is old. She wants(想要) a new skirt. We go to the park to fly kites(放风筝)in the afternoon. I meet my friend there. His name is Jack. He is wearing a blue T-­shirt and green shorts. We fly kites together. Saturday is fun.

One day, a tall man (M) Tom and a short woman (W) Rose are talking in the room.

M: When do you go to work every day, Rose?

W: At 7: 45, Tom.

M: Do you walk there?

W: No, I always get there by bicycle. What about you?

M: I go to work on foot. Which subject do you teach?

W: I teach Music. But I can't play the piano well. How about you?

M: I teach P. E. , because I'm a P. E. teacher.

W: Do you often play football after school?

M: Yes, I like playing it very much. It's interesting.

W: I don't like playing football. It's too difficult for me.

    Lu Ban was a famous craftsman in China a long time ago. His father was a craftsman, too. He usually worked with his father and learned a lot from him. One day he worked on a mountain. His hand was hurt by a leaf.

    He found many teeth on the leaf and the teeth were very sharp. He thought he could make a tool with teeth to cut things quickly. That was a saw. People still use the tool today.