Mr. Brown is an American. He is now in Beijing with his family. This is his first visit to China. Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown are going to stay in China for three weeks. They want to visit some cities and villages. They hope to learn some Chinese, too. Mr. Brown is a doctor. He is going to visit some hospitals in Beijing. Mrs. Brown is a school teacher. She is going to visit some schools. Their daughter is a student. She is going to meet some Chinese students. They are going to take a lot of photos of China. When they are back to America, they are going to show the photos to their friends. They want the American people to know more about China.

    Now many boys wear the same(同样的)clothes as girls, and some of them have long hair. So sometimes it's difficult to tell whether(是否)they are boys or girls.

    One Sunday morning, I go for a walk with my grandfather in the park near my house. After a while, my grandfather is tired, so he sits down on a bench(长椅)near the pool.

    "Oh," my grandfather says to the person with long curly hair next to him on the bench. "Can you see the person with long hair on the other side of the pool? Is it a boy or a girl?"

    "Which one?" asks the person with long curly hair.

    "The one who is eating a hamburger near the pool," says my grandfather.

    "He's a boy," says the person, "he's my son, Li Yu."

    "Oh," my grandfather says, "I'm sorry. I don't know you are his mother. "

    "No, I'm not his mother. I'm his father. "

A 17-year-old Chinese girl, from Inner Mongolia, has broken several school records in long-distance running lately. And she owes (归功于) her excellent performance to her father: He not only accompanies (陪伴) his daughter on her runs every morning, but he has also built a simple "gym" for her.

Zheng Guohua, a student in high school starts her run on the street with her father at four o'clock every morning. Her father, Zheng Long, always rides a motorcycle to accompany her.

Besides running, the father has also worked out a stricter training plan for his daughter, and built a simple "gym" by himself. Zheng Long made good use of something old that he collected during his spare time to set up the gym. It took him half a month to build the gym so his daughter could exercise better.

Every time during the school sports meeting, he attends his daughter's competitions, which gives her a feeling of pride. Zheng Guohua said, "My classmates envy (羡慕) me for having such a loving and caring father. They all want to have a father like mine."

In Zheng Guohua's eyes, her father is not only a serious coach with a loud voice during training, but also a good friend to accompany her along the way. Zheng Guohua said that there were times when she wanted to give up training, however, she encouraged herself with her father's words: "Only by paying the price of Superman can we get the harvest (收获) of Superman." In the end, she overcame the difficulties because she always thought people should make their efforts to realize their own dreams, although there were some difficulties in life.

"Have you checked the oil in the car?" My father used to say to me. "Hello, hope you are well." Sometimes our phone calls would begin with a question about the oil and end with a question about the oil, with not a lot in between.

Fathers have a lot of love to give, but it's often supplied through the medium (方法) of practical advice. In my experience: It's mostly about my car.

"How's the car running?" "Did you get it serviced?" "How did you get that scrape (刮痕) on the side?"

Why can't fathers just say "I love you" or "It's great to see you"? The point is: That's exactly what we are saying. You just have to translate from the language that is Fatherlish.

The words "You made my life better from the moment you were born" may be hardly heard, but the key is there in the more common "I'll hold the ladder while you get the leaves out of the gutter (排水沟)."

When I was 17, I went on my first road trip—a friend and I in that old car. My father stood on the corner early on a cold morning to say goodbye to us.

"Highways are dangerous," he said, "so don't try to catch up with anything faster than a horse. And take a break every two hours. And every time you stop for gas, you really should check the oil."

At the time we thought his speech was pretty funny and would chant "car and horse, car and horse" every time I drove faster and passed other speeding cars.

Dad's long gone now. But after all these years, I realize that had I owned a copy of the Fatherlish-to-English dictionary, I'd have understood that the speech my friend and I so casually mocked (嘲笑) was simply Dad's attempt at affection.

We often see the UK's Queen(女王) Elizabeth II on TV. What is her life(生活) like every day? Do you know?

The Queen 1 her day at 7:30 am with a cup of milk tea. 2 is at 8:30 am. At the table, the Queen usually 3 newspapers(报纸). She likes the news about horse racing best. 

Most 4 at her age have a lot of free(空余的) time. But the Queen is very 5 . There are about 300 letters waiting for her every day. She also has 6 about the country(国家).

The Queen has a 7 in the garden after lunch. It's her thinking time and no one can talk to her. 8 is at 4:00 pm. It's time for her to meet different 9 and enjoy nice food with them.

In the evening, the Queen likes to watch TV or play puzzle games. She 10 at 11:00 pm after writing a diary(日记).

What a busy day she has!