Zip：What do you do on the weekend?

Zoom：I often watch TV and clean my room. Sometimes I go shopping. What about you?

Zip：Usually I play football. Sometimes I go shopping, too.

Zoom：Let's go shopping together next Sunday.

Zip：OK.

    Last week, Mrs White went to London. She didn't know London very well, and she lost her way. Suddenly, she saw a man near a bus stop.

    She went up to the man and said, "Excuse me! Can you tell me the way to the hospital, please?" The man smiled. He knew little English! He came from Germany. He put his hand into his pocket and took out a phone. He looked up some words. Then he said slowly, "I'm sorry I can't understand you."

    Tom likes kites and robots. John likes toy trains and cars. Peter likes toy bears and bikes. Mary likes toy bears and kites. Bill likes balls and kites.

    I have some pictures of my pen pals. Look! This is Jimmy. He lives in America now. It's next to Canada. He likes playing basketball. He wants to be a basketball player in the future. He goes to school by bike. This is Sally. She is an English girl. She likes Maths and she will be a Maths teacher in 20 years. Paul is an English boy. He likes cooking. He tells me he will be a cook in the future.

Spring Festival①

    Spring Festival is our Chinese people's festival. There are different② names for each year. We all call it the year of snake, the year of dog... Before the day of the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning. On the Eve③, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late④ to welcome the new year. In the middle of the night, we have some dumplings⑤ and watch T On the first day of the new year, people wear new clothes to visit their relatives⑥ and say "Happy New Year" to each other.

生词小口袋

① spring Festival春节    ② different不同的

③ eve前夜,前夕          ④ stay up late守夜,熬夜

⑤ dumpling饺子         ⑥ relative亲戚

    Today is Sunday. On Sundays, I usually play the piano. My father usually reads the newspaper. My mother usually cleans the house. But today my mother is ill in bed. She caught cold yesterday. My father has to do the housework. Now, he is washing the clothes. I am cleaning the house. What is my little sister doing? She is playing with her doll. She's only three years old.