The students were having their chemistry (化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water is like. After that, she asked her students, “What's water? ” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don't you answer my question? Didn't I tell you what water is like? ”

    Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no colour and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.

    “I'm sorry, children,” said the teacher, “our water is getting dirtier. That's a problem.”

    Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for Mary (Mary is her daughter). Mary is going to be thirteen years old. Twenty friends of Mary's are going to come to the party. They are all girls. Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mrs. White is helping her.

  “Let's make a pretty cake,” Mrs. White says to Mrs. Green.

  “OK. Thank you very much.”

    Mrs. Green is going shopping now. She's going to buy fruit for the party. Mrs. Green buys some fruit. She buys a lot of pears, oranges and bananas. Then she goes home.

    It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. Now the first girl is arriving. The party is going to start in thirty minutes.

Lingling: I like cake. Do you like cake, Daming?

Daming: No, I don't. But I like rice.

Lingling: Does your brother Dayong like rice, too?

Daming: No, he doesn't. He likes noodles.

Lingling: Does Amy like apples?

Daming: Yes, she does. But her sister Mary likes pears.

    Hello, my name is John. I have two good friends, Sam and Lingling. Sam is strong. He can play football. He can run fast, too. He likes playing football. He can't ride a bike. Lingling is tall. She is our star. She can play basketball. She can fly a kite, too. She can't skate. She likes swimming and running. I can jump high. I can run fast, too. I can't play football. I like riding a bike.

    Today is a good day. It's sunny and cool. I go to school to see my new classroom. The classroom is very big. There are many desks and chairs in it. There is a computer on the teacher's desk. And there are some pictures on the wall. I meet a new friend Jack. He is tall and strong. He wears a red shirt and a pair of blue shorts. At noon, we have chicken and noodles for lunch at school. They taste really good. In the afternoon, Miss Wang takes us to a farm for a visit. There are many vegetables and animals on the farm, such as potatoes, carrots, horses and so on. We have a good time today and I write it down on my notebook before I go to bed.

    Hello! My name's Xu Lu. I'm from Shanghai. I'm a pupil. It's Sunday today. It's warm and sunny. I go to the museum with my friend, Xiaofei. There are lots of people in the museum. There is a robot in front of the door. The robot can talk and it's a singing robot, too. We play with it We go home at four o' clock in the afternoon. We have a good time.