The story is about two mice. They are friends. One mouse lives in the country. The other lives in the city. One day they meet each other. The one in the country says, “Come and have look at my house.” They come to a house in a field. The country mouse gives the city mouse nice food. But the city mouse says. “This food is not good. You must come and live with me inthe city.”

    So they go to the house of the city mouse. It is a very good house. Nice food is ready (准备）for them to eat. But just when they begin to eat, they hear a great noise. “Run! Run! The cat is coming!” the two friends run away quickly. After some time, they go out. The country mouse says to the city mouse, “I don't like to live in the city. It's dangerous.”

    A man was traveling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged.

    Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus(马戏团) which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!"

    Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.

    When the man got back to his own country, the customs（海关） officers wouldn't believe his story. They said, “You sold your new car while you were abroad（国外） and bought this old one!"

    It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that believed him.

The future

    In the future, everything will be different. I think the future will be fun.

    Cars will fly. We won't drive on the roads. There won't be traffic-jams. Children will fly to school in a flying school bus. Or they will fly to school on a flying bicycle.

    Work will be different. People will have more leisure time. They will only work three days a week. The weekend will be four days long. Lots of people will work online from home. Everyone will go on vacation five times a year.

    Food well be different. We won't eat the same things we eat today. We won't buy food at the supermarket. We will buy our food online. A truck will deliver food to our houses.

    Lots of people won't cook. They will eat at a restaurant every day.

    Yes, thing will be different in the future!

Li Fei：Hello, Liu Ming!

Liu Ming：Hello! What a lovely day!

Li Fei：Let's have a picnic(野餐) today.

Liu Ming：Great!

Li Fei：Have some bananas, please.

Liu Ming：No, thanks. I don't like bananas. I like grapes.

Li Fei：OK. Here you are.

Liu Ming：Thank you. What do you like, Li Fei?

Li Fei：I like mangoes.

Liu Ming：Have some mangoes, please.

Li Fei：Thank you.

Liu Ming：You are welcome.

    I'm Sarah. I can speak English and sing English songs. I can dance. I can swim. I can cook, too. I can't do any kung fu. I can't play ping-pong, either. This is John. He is my new friend. He can do some kung fu. He can speak English. He can swim, too. He can't sing English songs. He can't dance or play the pipa.

    Hi, I'm Mike. I'm a clever student. Usually, I go to school on foot. Because my home is near the school. Tom is my good friend. We often go to school together. My father is a doctor. He often goes to work by car. My mother is a teacher. She often goes to work by bus, but sometimes by bike.

    On weekends, I often go to the park with my parents. In the afternoon, I often go to the library by bike. I like reading. After dinner, I like watching TV with my family.