Sarah is from America. She went to Canada last winter holiday. She went to a park. She went skating and took many pictures. Her friend Kate went to China last summer holiday. She learned Chinese from her Chinese friends. She went to a park, ate good food, and climbed a mountain. She took many pictures too. They were all happy.

    One day Jamie tells his friends，"I'm going to have a holiday in Beijing. But I can't speak Chinese，so I'm going to have evening classes and have Chinese lessons there for a month. "Soon his holiday comes and he goes to China happily. After he comes back，his friend asks him，"Do you have any trouble(麻烦) with your Chinese，Jamie?"

    "No，I don't，"answers Jamie. "But the Chinese do！"

    Toby is an eleven-year-old boy. He likes playing computer games. He doesn't like to do his homework. He goes to bed very late every evening. He can't get up early in the morning. He doesn't brush his teeth or wash his face. He doesn't have breakfast, either.

    On the way to school, he is always in a hurry. He rides his bicycle quickly. He doesn't look at the traffic light. The policeman says, "Look out, boy. It's dangerous." Sometimes he's late for school.

    He is always asleep when he has a lesson. He doesn't listen to the teacher carefully. His voice isn't loud when he reads the book. He always makes a lot of mistakes in his exercise book. His teacher, Miss Wang is very angry with him.

    My name is Sam. My birthday is on July 25th. On that day my friends came to my family and had a big birthday party for me. My mother made a birthday cake for me in the morning. It's big and tasty. My father gave me a football because I like playing football. My friends gave me a lot of presents and some birthday cards. We sang and danced. We ate food and fruit. We played games together. We had a good time.

    A farmer is walking in the forest. He is very tired. So he has a nap under a tree. One of his shoes is beside him. A monkey is picking up his shoe and climbing up the tree. The farmer wakes up, he is shouting, "Give it back to me". The monkey is shouting, too. It is imitating (模仿)the farmer. The farmer thinks, and then he has an idea. He is taking off his another shoe and throwing it away. What's the monkey doing? Yes! He is throwing the shoe, too. Now the farmer is picking up his two shoes quickly. He is laughing and singing, "What a naughty monkey! What a silly monkey! What a funny monkey!

Spring Festival①

    Spring Festival is our Chinese people's festival. There are different② names for each year. We all call it the year of snake, the year of dog... Before the day of the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning. On the Eve③, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late④ to welcome the new year. In the middle of the night, we have some dumplings⑤ and watch T On the first day of the new year, people wear new clothes to visit their relatives⑥ and say "Happy New Year" to each other.

生词小口袋

① spring Festival春节    ② different不同的

③ eve前夜,前夕          ④ stay up late守夜,熬夜

⑤ dumpling饺子         ⑥ relative亲戚