Look at this photo(照片).This woman is my mother. She is 36.This man is my father. He is 37.This girl is my sister. She is 11.The little boy is me. I am 6. I love them. And they love me very much.

    Do you know? April 22nd is World Earth Day. It tells us we should love the earth. Protecting environment is very important. We should be green(环保的). We can keep our bottles and take them to the bottle bank(瓶子回收站). We should have a black bin and a green bin at home. One for general waste and one for recyclable waste. We can use cloth bags and paper bags when we go to the supermarket. We should go to school on foot or by bus every day. More and more people live a low—carbon life.

    Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Children in the USA will leave their parents when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holidays.

    Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it is important(重要的) for them to make decisions(作决定).

    Children are also asked to do some housework at home. And in many families，children will get money from their parents for doing some housework. Because American parents want to let their children learn how to make money for their own use.

    Uncle Bill is a factory worker. The factory is not far from his home. So Uncle Bill usually goes to work by bike. Sometimes, he goes there on foot. He never goes there by car. Today, he wants to walk there. He thinks it is very healthy to go to work on foot. It's good exercise.

    Hello, I'm Alice. Look! These are my things(东西). This is my umbrella. It's green. It's 40 yuan. It's nice. That is my scarf. It's orange and red. I like the colour very much. It's 180 yuan. It's very expensive. Look at my sunglasses. They're blue. They're only 20 yuan. They're very cheap.