One day Tom tells his friends，" I'm going to have holidays in Beijing. But I can't speak Chinese，so I'm going to have evening classes and have Chinese lessons there for a month." Soon his holidays come and he goes to China happily. After he comes back，his friends ask him，" Do you have any trouble with your Chinese when you are in Beijing，Tom?" "No，I don't." Answers Tom，" But the Chinese do!"

我们学校的四季

    Our school is beautiful all the year round. It is warm in spring. All the trees and grass turn green. The water in the lake gets warm, too. We plant trees around the lake or fly kites in the playground. It is hot in summer, but we feel cool under the trees. We can play games there. Sometimes we swim in the lake. It's cool! When autumn comes, all the leaves turn yellow and begin to fall. We clean them every day. Winter comes. It's very cold. We must wear warm clothes. The lake freezes. We can skate on it. When it snows, we can make a snowman.

    Halloween is an autumn holiday that Americans celebrate every year. It means "holy evening," and it comes every October 31st, the evening before All Saints' Day. However, it is not really a church holiday, it is a holiday for children mainly.

     Every autumn, when the vegetables are ready to eat, children pick large orange pumpkins. Then they cut faces in the pumpkins and put a burning candle inside. It looks as if there were a person looking out of the pumpkin! These lights are called jack-o'-lanterns, which means "Jack of the lantern".

     The children also put on strange masks and frightening costumes every Halloween. Some children paint their faces to look like monsters. Then they carry boxes or bags from house to house. Every time they come to a new house, they say,"Trick or treat! Money or eat!" The grown-ups put treat-money or candy in their bags.

     Not only children, but most grown-ups also love Halloween and Halloween parties because on this day,they can disguise themselves as personages or ghost as their imaginations will lead them. This bring them the satisfaction of being young.

    It's camping time. Jack is reading a story in the tent now.

    A young goat was walking in a forest. Suddenly, a hungry wolf appeared. The goat ran and ran but the wolf soon caught him. The hungry wolf licked his lips. He opened his mouth to eat the goat.

    "Wait!" cried the goat before the wolf could eat him up. "Help me please before you eat me," he said.

    "What can I do for you?" asked the wolf.

    "It's a small thing," said the goat. "I want to hear some music once more in my life. Would you please sing me a song before you eat me?"

    The wolf thought for some time. "Why not?" he laughed. "I can still eat you after singing," the wolf said.

    The wolf began to sing a song for the goat. His voice(声音) was very loud. There were some dogs living on a farm near the forest. The dogs heard the wolf and ran to the forest. They quickly chased the wolf away.

    The young goat laughed. "That is the best song I heard," he said happily.

Aunt Jane's Birthday

    Christmas Day is coming. Aunt Jane's birthday is coming, too. Because she was born on Christmas Day. She will be 40 years old, Dad and Mum are going to take me to her house. We are going there by train. We are leaving(离开) on Friday evening, and we are coming back on Sunday afternoon. The birthday party will be on Saturday. I am going to give my dear Aunt Jane a birthday card. I am making it now. I use my colour pencils to draw some nice flowers on the card, and a small cat, too, because she likes cats. I think the card will be very nice. Dad says his sister will like it very much.