Today is my birthday. I am a girl. My name is Han Mei. I'm nine years old. I have a birthday party. I have a birthday cake and many gifts. My father and my mother say“Happy birthday!”to me. I'm very happy.

    A crow(乌鸦) is thirsty. He finds a little water in a bottle(瓶子). But the neck(颈部) of the bottle is long. The crow can't get the water. The crow thinks(想) and thinks. He puts some little stones in the bottle. The water rises up(上升). Now he can drink the water. What a clever crow!

    A rich man has a vase(花瓶). It's about 500 years old. It's beautiful and valuable(有价值的). He wants his study(书房) to have the same colour with the vase. Some painters(油漆工) come to work for him, but they can't make the right colour. Finally, a painter comes. He says he can make the right colour. The rich man is very happy with his work and the painter becomes famous. Many years later, " Dad, how did you match(匹配) the walls to that vase so well?" asks his son. "I painted the vase," answer the painter.

    Mary and Kate are sisters. They just had a physical examination(体检). These are some of the results.

They are healthy.

Mike and Helen are on the phone.

Mike: Hello, this is Mike. Who's that?

Helen: Hello, Mike. This is Helen. Tomorrow is Saturday. What are you going to do?

Mike: I don't know. How about you?

Helen: Let's go to Chinatown together.

Mike: That sounds like a great idea, but there are often a lot of people there on Saturdays.

Helen: That's right. But there's Chinese dancing tomorrow.

Mike: Wow, that's great! Is there anything else?

Helen: Yes, there is a food festival. Chinese food is delicious.

Mike: Okay. Let's go to Chinatown tomorrow.

Helen: Great! See you tomorrow.