Santa is ready to go! Christmas is coming! Christmas is coming!

    He flies in the sky! He comes at night!

    He sees Christmas trees and lights!

    In children's houses, he gives the gifts to little girls and boys.

    He brings toys and special gifts.

    He goes to the West.

    He goes to the East.

    "Ho! Ho！Ho！" The happy little old man!

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    It is a hot day in summer．A hungry lion is walking along a lake．He is looking for something to eat．A duck is swimming in the water．The lion is very happy to see him，"There is my lunch，"the lion says to himself．"Hello，Mr Duck!""Go away,bad lion!"says the duck．"I have good news for you．""What is it?"asks the duck．"I don't want other animals to hear it．Please come here．"says the lion．The poor duck gets out of the water and runs to the lion．The lion eats him up．

    Life（生活）was different in my grandpa's hometown many years ago.

    In the past, people cooked on a fire. They didn't have TVs or radios. There were no buses. They had to live in small houses. They didn't have enough food.

    Now, there are lots of buses and cars in Grandpa's hometown. They live in big houses or buildings. They cook with natural gas（天然气）and have lots of food. They can use mobile phones（手机）. They even have computers and use the Internet.

    There are three pupils in the picture. What are they doing? They are catching insects in the park. The girl is catching a butterfly with a sweep net. The boy in blue is catching a beetle on the tree. The other boy with a cap is catching a ladybird on a stone. Now the ladybird is on the ground. It is moving towards a tree. Can it climb the tree? I don't know. Let's wait and see. Oh, it can climb. Look! It is climbing up the tree. It can jump, too. An insect usually has six legs and two pairs of wings. Catching insects is very interesting. Some insects are good. They are our friends. Some are bad insects. You can catch and kill the bad ones.

    I like reading books very much. I have many books in my study. Look. This is a dictionary. It's my good friend. It helps me understand the new words. I have many comic books, too. The pictures are beautiful and the stories are usually funny in the comic books. I have some postcards. They are from my good friends. I'm going to buy a storybook. I want to read some stories.

    Our class is going to Mount Tai by train next weekend. Many students are very happy. Tom is excited. Because he likes climbing mountains. Lily is a tall girl. She is not happy. Their family is going to visit her grandparents. She can't go to Mount Tai. John is sad. His left arm hurts. The doctor asks him to stay in bed. He can't go with us.