Mrs Smith's living room is large. There is a television in the room. The television is near the window. There are some magazines on the television. There is a table in the room. There are some newspapers on the table. There are some armchairs in the room. The armchairs are near the table. There is a stereo in the room. The stereo is near the door. Mrs Smith often listens to music from it.

    Hello, my name is Lucy. I am thirteen years old. My friend Jenny and I are in Mr. MacDonald's Farm. We are happy. Jenny is sitting under a big tree. She's playing the recorder. I am listening to her. Some birds are in the tree. They're just listening, too. Beside the big tree there are eleven ducks, twenty-one chicks and two pigs. Mr. MacDonald is feeding them. The farm is big and beautiful. We like this farm.

    Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know Chinese, but she is studying Chinese. She often speaks Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand(懂) her because(因为) she can't speak Chinese well. It's Sunday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She is going to zoo to see elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out(拿出) a pen and a piece of paper(一张纸). She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands now, and he shows Mary the way to the zoo.

    My name is Mike. I'm ten years old. I study at Willow Primary School. My favourite day is Monday. We have PE and art, and we have potatoes for lunch. Potatoes are my favourite food. My favourite teacher is Mr Liu. He's our art teacher. He is tall. He's very kind.

It was windy yesterday. Sarah went to park in the morning. She flew a kite with her friend. It was fun. Then she visited her aunt by bus. Aunt cooked a big dinner for her. In the afternoon, they cleaned the room together. After that, Sarah and aunt drank cola and watched TV in the living room. It was a busy but happy day.