It's three o'clock in the afternoon. Some girls are in the park. Linda is flying a kite with her friend, Lucy. Mary is near a river. What's she doing? She's watching fish. They are swimming in the river. Amy is behind a tall tree. She's dancing. And what is Lily doing? She's drawing a picture. They are all very happy in the park.

    Tom always can't sleep well at night. But he was never late for work. He went to see his doctor on Sunday afternoon. He took the subway to get there. He met his boss on the subway and they talked for a while.

    Tom got some sleeping pills from the doctor. That night Tom took the pills. He had a nice sleep. He went to work happily on foot in the morning. Getting into the office, he said to his boss “I had a nice sleep and got up happily this morning.” “That's fine,” shouted the boss, “but where were you on Monday?”

    The bus stops at the next stop. A mother and her child get on the bus and sit down. The conductor comes to them for the tickets. The mother says. “One ticket to the Children's Park.” The conductor looks at the small child, then says to him, “How old are you, little boy?”

    The mother wants to speak, but the conductor stops her. The boy says, “Mother says I'm four years old at home and two on the bus. ”All the other people laugh.

    I'm Kate. I have a nice and clean room. There is a bed in it. My toy car is under the bed. There is a desk. It's yellow. There are many books on the desk. There is a white chair. My bag is on the chair. Can you find my pet cat? It's on the bed.

    This is my school day. I usually get up at 6:30 in the morning. I have breakfast at 7 o'clock. Then I go to school at 7:30. It's 8:15 now. I have a Chinese class. I have an art class at 10:30. I finish class at 5:30 p.m. and then go home.

    My name is Tim. I'm nine years old. This is my sister, Alice. She's ten years old. Today is my birthday. We have a big birthday cake. I'd like some milk and cake. But Alice doesn't like cake. She likes apples and juice. What's that? Is that a cat? No, it isn't. It's a toy cat. Look at the head. It's white. Look at the body. It's black. How lovely! We like it.