The Whites live in Hangzhou. Mr. and Mrs. White are teachers. They work in a school. They are busy from Monday to Friday. They have three children. They are Tom, Peter and Lucy. They go to school with their parents. Tom and Peter like to play football. But Lucy likes to draw pictures. They go to the library on Saturdays. They go to the park by car on Sundays. It's a very happy family.

    Hello, I am John. I don't like July. It's too hot. The sun shines and shines. I like March. In March, it's warm. There are beautiful flowers in the park. They are beautiful. There are many bees and butterflies on the flowers. They are singing and dancing. I like black butterflies very much.

    This is my sister, Jane. She doesn't like March. In March, it's rainy and wet. The sky is grey. She likes October. In October, it's cool and dry. She can fly a kite in the park. She can play games with her friends in the park.

    The weather report says it's rainy in Hangzhou. It's cold in Harbin. It's snowy in Beijing. It's sunny in Changsha. It's cool in Chongqing. It's cloudy in Wuhan.

    On Christmas morning, children like to get up early to find the presents in the stocking or under the Christmas tree. On Christmas Day, Mike gets up at 6:30. He quickly puts on the clothes and looks for his presents in the stocking. "Wow, what a lovely toy dog! I like it very much" he says happily. Then he runs down to the ground floor to see what's in the box. He shakes(摇) the box and listens. His sister, Nancy comes to him. "Oh Mike, you are taking my present." "What? Open it and have a look!" Then they open the box, and a pretty dress is in it. Mike looks around, and he sees another box for him under the tree.

    "Oh, my son!" a lady cried. Her baby fell into the river. The water carried him away quickly. A man came and said, "Can you give me the clothes or shoes of your son?

    The lady gave him a pair of shoes. The man turned to his dog. He first pointed to the shoes, and then to where the child had sunk(下沉).

    The dog jumped into the river. Soon people saw him swim back with something in his mouth. When people pulled the child and the dog from the water, everyone was happy. The lady ran to her son. The child was alive! "Oh, sir. Thanks for saving my baby. I'd love to give you anything to buy the dog!"

    It seemed that the dog knew they were talking about him. He lay down beside his owner's feet and seemed to say, "Nothing shall part(分开)."