My name is Li Mei. I'm 13 years. There are three people in my family. They are my father, my mother and me. My father is a farmer. In the past, he got the crops in by hand. Now he uses a machine. It can get the crops in very quickly. It can save a lot of time. My mother is a street cleaner. In the past, she swept the streets with a broom. Now she drives a street sweeper. It can clean the streets in a short time. My home is far from my school. I went to school on foot five years ago. Now I go to school by bus every day.

    Wang Hui is a good girl. She doesn't go to school on weekends. She often does her homework and reads books in the morning. Then she helps her mother do housework. In the afternoon, she goes to play ping-pong with her friends. After dinner, she and her mother watch TV.

    She likes weekends.

    My name is Jim Green. I am twelve. That is my mother. She is a teacher. That is my father. His name is Jeff Green. He is a teacher, too. He is an English teacher. That is my sister, Kate. She is eight. This is Polly. It is a bird. It is a parrot.

    Today is a fine day. Linda visits (探访) her grandma with her mother. Her grandma lives on White Street. It is far (远的) from Linda's home. They go there by bus. After having lunch, Linda goes shopping (购物) with her grandma. They go to the supermarket and buy some food. After that, they go to the park. They have a picnic (野餐) on the grass. Linda reads some books with her grandma. They have a good time.