Martin: What do you want to be when you grow up, Jiamin?

Jiamin: I want to be a fireman (消防员). I think the fireman is cool.

Martin: And you, Lily?

Lily: I like children. I want to be a teacher. What about you, Martin?

Martin: My father is a police officer. He can stop bad people. So I want to be a police officer.

Jiamin: Police officer can help people. Your father is great, Martin.

Martin: Thanks. Look, Miss Wang is hard-working. I think the teacher is great, too.

WuBinbin: Hello! I'm WuBinbin. I have a book, a pen and a big bag.

Chen Jie: Good afternoon. My name is Chen Jie. This is my pencil and this is my pen.

Sarah: Hi! I'm Sarah. I have a book.

    It's Chinese New Year's Eve. Lingling's family are busy now. Her father is cooking dinner. Her mother is washing the fruit. Her brother is writing an email to Uncle. Lingling wants to do paper-cutting(剪纸).First she takes out a piece of red paper. Then she draws a flower on it. Next she cuts it. At last she puts the paper-cutting on the window. Look, the window is very beautiful now!

    I'm Lisa. I'm ten years old. It's sunny and warm outside. I get up at 6:00 am. I go to shoe shop with my mom and dad in the morning. I want a pair of new shoes. I try on the new shoes of size five but they are too small. Then I try size six and they are just right. So I take them. They are very pretty but in the afternoon we go to my Grandpa's house. We have dinner at 6:30p.m.We eat tomatoes, green beans, fish, chicken, beef and noodles. And we have a very big birthday cake, too. What a big dinner! It's really a nice birthday for me. I'm very happy with my family.

The Twin's Birthday

    Today is the twins' birthday. They are twelve. Jim, Mike, Kate and Bill are the twins' friends. They want to buy some things for them. There is a big shop near their school. It sells a lot of things. From the shop people can buy some food, some drink and some school things, like cakes, apples, milk, oranges, hamburgers, exercise books and so on. The shop closes very late. So they can buy things on their way home. They buy a big cake, two boxes of colour pencils, an orange yo-yo (溜溜球) and some nice exercise books. They want to buy two dolls and two toy trains for the twins. But all the dolls and toys are too expensive.

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