It was a sunny day last Sunday. Liu Mei went shopping with her mother. On her way to the shop, they met (遇见)an old woman. The old woman wanted to see her husband (丈夫).He had a flu and was ill in hospital. But she did not know the way to the hospital. Liu Mei asked a policeman.He told (告诉)her to take the No. 11 bus. Liu Mei went with the old woman to the hospital andher mother went shopping by herself. Forty minutes later, the old woman saw herhusband. Liu Mei left the hospital and went to the bookstore. She did not waitfor their thanks.

    I am a student. I like sports. I run every morning and I swim twice a week(一周两次). I like all kinds of ball games. I like football, basketball, volleyball, tennis and ping­pong. I am good at playing ping­pong. I often play ping­pong with my friend, Li Lei. We are on the school team. But he doesn't like any other ball game. He also likes to collect(收集)balls. He has a great collection(收藏品)of balls. He has 60 footballs, 16 volleyballs and many ping­pong balls. We like to watch sports on TV.

    It is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Like(像...一样）other families, my family get together, too. We watch the moon and eat lots of moon cakes. They are very nice. My uncle sings some English songs for us. He also tells us some funny things in the US. We have a good time.

    The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. All the Chinese people like this holiday. First, there are dragon boat races. Dragon boats are very long. They are painted in bright colours. In each boat, there are many people rowing. There's also somebody beating a drum. It is said that the winning team will have good luck and a happy life in the following year. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people also eat a special kind of rice dumplings. They are called zongzi. To make these rice dumplings, people prepare meat, vegetables and other things. Then they can make different flavours of rice dumplings. Some are sweet, and some are salty. They all taste good. People give them to friends. On the evening of the holiday, families have a big meal together. The Dragon Boat Festival is a great time for everybody.

    Hello! I am John, I have three teachers. They are Mr Carter, Miss Green and Mrs Black. Mr Carter is a new teacher, and he teaches us maths. His class is interesting. We all like him very much. Miss Green is our art teacher. She is strict but she's very kind. Mrs Black is shy. They are all nice and we all like them.

    Dinah was a kind girl, but she was very lazy. She didn't like to do anything. Her mother wanted her to do some reading, but she didn't want to.

    One day a boy named Joy came and brought a pair of skates (滑冰鞋)with him. Dinah liked the skates very much. She ran after Joy when he walked on the skates. Joy let Dinah put on his skates. The girl was very happy. “Listen, Dinah.” said the young man. "if you start to read, I'll send you a good pair of skates on the first day of January."

    From then on, Dinah did lots of reading. On the first day of New Year, she got a new pair of skates from Joy.