Mrs White is a housewife. She is always busy in the morning. She gets up early and cooks breakfast. She has two children, Leo and May. Leo is ten years old and May is eight years old. They get up at seven o'clock. Leo makes his bed and washes quickly. May does not make her bed. Her bedroom is often messy. After breakfast, Mrs White takes them to school by car. Then, she goes to the supermarket and buys food for dinner.

    One day, Mr White has a meeting in the office. He does not come home for dinner. Mrs White is busy in the kitchen. Leo and May are waiting for dinner at the table. Leo says:” Dad isn't at home. I'm the head of our family today. I can sit on Dad's chair.” May says,” You should sit on Mum's chair.”

What are the children doing?

    What are you doing,children ?Oh, we are playing games,Look at LiLei,He is throwing the frisby with Jim .What about the twins? They are flying kites.The kites are very nice.One looks like a bird,the other is like a plane, LiTao is Playing basketball with me. HanMei and MaLin are singing an English song under a big tree.

    China is a big country. So the weather in the south is quite different from that in the north. In Shanghai, we have warm and wet in spring, hot in summer, cool in autumn and cold in winter. But in some parts of China, such as Hainan, Guangzhou and Yunnan, it is always warm and hot there. People never see snow there. In winter, a lot of tourists(游人)come to Hainan and enjoy(享受) the sunshine at the beach. But some people like cold weather. In the north of China, children can make snowman and play with snowballs. It is fun to play outside while it is snowing. That's why more people come to Harbin in winter to spend their holiday.

    Julia is a girl. She is eleven. She looks a little fat. She likes ice-cream very much. She almost has two ice creams every day! She also likes hamburgers and chips. She goes to McDonald's to eat ice cream, hamburgers and chips every Saturday afternoon. Her cousin Ben doesn't like ice-cream, but he likes McDonald's too. Ben goes to McDonald's with Julia every Saturday afternoon.