Barry：Hello, Bart. Nice to meet you.

Bart：Nice to meet you, too.

Barry：Welcome to our country.

Bart：Thank you. What's our travel plan, Barry?

Barry：You will stay for one day at my home. We will go to Beijing at 7:00 in the morning on February 9. Then we will go to Gubeishuizhen at 6:00 in the morning on February 10. The next day we will go to the Palace Museum at 8:00 in the morning. At 3:00 p. m., we will go to Beijing Zoo. On February 12，we are going home at 4:00 in the afternoon.

    Wang Bin is a football fan. There is a football match between a Chinese team and an English team. He wants to watch it. He comes to the box office(售票处) and gives the clerk 10 yuan. The clerk says, "Please give me another 10 yuan. The price(价格) of a ticket is 20 yuan."

    "Why?" says Wang Bin, "I just want to watch the Chinese team. I don't want to watch the other team at all. Do you want me to buy a ticket for them?"

    I'm Amy. I live in a big city. Usually my father goes to work by car. He likes driving, but he doesn't like driving to work. Why is that? Because it takes too much time. There is always a lot of traffic. His car is very slow. He goes home very late every day. And he is very tired（累的）. He doesn't like playing with me after work. Today, he is happy. "There is going to be a train near our home! I am going to work by subway next year. It is fast. I can read newspapers on the train. I can listen to music, too!" My mom says, "Then you can come back early and cook the meals." I say, "You can play with me after work."

B

    Today is Christmas Day. It's sunny and hot in Australia. Amy goes to the beach with her family on Christmas Day every year. This is the photo of her family. Look at their hats. They're all red. They're lovely. This is Father Christmas. Look! He wears a T-shirt and a pair of shorts.

    Many years ago, life was very different. There weren't any buses. We walked to work. We lived in a small house. We didn't have any televisions or telephones. We didn't have enough food. We didn't have new clothes. Now there are lots of buses and cars. We go to work by car. We have big new televisions. We watch TV every day. Everyone has a telephone. We wear new clothes. We are very happy now.