A rich (富有的) man and a poor (穷的) musician (音乐家) lived in the same house. The rich man lived upstairs (楼上)and the poor musician lived downstairs (楼下). The musician liked to sing. But the rich man didn't like to sing, and he liked to sleep.

    One day, the rich man said to him, I'll give you a bag of money every day if (假如) you stop singing.

    “Fine,” said the musician. So he stopped singing and became a rich man, too. But he wasn't happy, because he wanted to sing again.

    At last (最后), the poor musician said to the rich man, “Here's your money.

    Get it back. I don't want your money, and I want to sing every day.” He started to sing again and he was happy again.

    The White family is at home. Mrs. White is in the kitchen. She is cooking. Mr. White is sitting in a chair and reading the newspaper. Tom and his friend Dick are cleaning the bicycle. Jane and her friend Mary are in Jane's bedroom. They are listening to a tape.

    A sunny day, many students are visiting in Shanghai Zoo. They're having fun there. Look, some boys are watching the monkeys. There are eighteen monkeys there. They're lovely and naughty. Some are sitting on the hill, some are chasing each other. The girls are watching swans now. The swans are black and white. They're swimming on the river. They're quiet and beautiful. The students like animals very much because animals are our good friends.

    How does a plant grow?

    Look at the pot plant. It looks very nice. It has leaves, a stalk and some red flowers. How does it grow? First you plant a seed in the soil. You give it a little water. The weather is nice and warm. After about a week, you will see one small leaf coming out of the seed. Then two leaves come out. It grows and grows. It needs sunlight and water. Soon it has a stalk and more leaves. The leaves are green. Some leaves are long; some are round. They have different shapes. When the stalk and leaves are big enough, flowers come out. You can find red flowers, yellow flowers and flowers of other colors. It's interesting to watch a plant grow. Do you grow like a plant?

    My name is Xiaoyang. I'm a boy from Shandong. I have a cousin. His name is Wu Bin. He's twelve. He's from Hubei. He's very friendly. Wu Bin's father, Wu Hai is tall and strong. He's a basketball player. Wu Bin's mother, Wang Li has long black hair. She's a cook. Wu Bin has a little puppy. He's cute. I like it, too.

    Tom and Bob came to London for their holidays. They came to a big hotel and lived in a room on the fortieth floor. One day they went to a park and came back to the hotel very late.

    "I'm sorry," said the waiter of the hotel. "Our lift (电梯) doesn't work." Tom said, "We will have to walk up to our room. "

    They began to walk to their room. They were very tired, so they told stories and sang songs to each other on their way to the room. When they came to the thirty ninth floor, Bob said, "Tom, I'll tell you a sad story. I left(留) our key in our room. "