Mr. Black and his wife live in New York with their children . They are very busy all day .

    On Sundays they get up early . They don't have a big breakfast , only coffee , bread and butter . Then they go to church . After that , they all go to the park in the centre of the city .

    First they get up early . They sit under the tree and have their picnic lunch . The children fly their kites . Mr. Black always sleeps after lunch on Sundays .

    In the afternoon , the children ride their bikes . At about five o'clock , they buy fruit or ice cream and then they catch the bus to go home .

    They have supper at home . Then the children go to bed . Mr. Black goes to bed early on Sunday .

    Hi! I'm Bob. Come and meet the animals. Look at my dog. It's black and white. It has big eyes. This is my bird, Polly. It's very beautiful. My cat Mimi is three years old. And I have eighteen fish. Oh! Mimi likes the fish. What about you?

    The following three students are writing letters to the school office.

    Our lunchtime is short. Many of us have some schoolwork to do after lunch. But if we don't get a good rest, we can't have enough(足够的) energy for the afternoon. So we want to have more time to take a nap after lunch.

Wang Yang (boy, 13)

    Food in our dining hall is not nice at all. There is always pork, tofu and potatoes. The soup is never hot. I like pork, tofu and potatoes. But why do we have them every day? And why can't we have hot soup?

Wu Xiaofang (girl, 13)

    All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! We want more time for sports, but there are only thirty minutes for us to do sports every day. I think school should finish before 4 pm every day and then we can go to the playground to do sports.

Dai Huimin (boy, 14)

    Hello! My name is Janet. Today is my birthday. I am nine now. My friends Ann, Ben, Jamin, and Lingling are coming to my home. Look! There is a big birthday cake. It's very nice. It's for me. There are four little cars and five apples for me. Beside the cars, there are six pencils. Under the pencils, there are eight new books and two nice dolls. I am very happy. Thank you, my friends!

    Tom is my new friend. He lives in a big house in Canada. Tom likes his study because he likes reading and playing computer games. His brother Tim likes his bedroom best because he likes sleeping.

    His father works in Window School. He is a teacher. He likes riding. He goes to work by bike every day. His mother is a TV reporter. She likes reading newspapers. She goes to work by bus. She can read on the bus. October in Beijing is beautiful. It's cool. Tom's family is coming to China. I hope to see them soon.