The Biggest Tree

    Do you know the biggest tree in the world? Its name is “General Sherman”. General Sherman is growing on the slopes (斜坡) of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. General Sherman is about 1100cm across and about 3500cm round, this will give you an idea of General Sherman's size. General Sherman is also very tall. It is over 8000cm high. It began as a tiny seed (小种籽) many years ago. It has been growing since about 2000 BC (公元前). It has been growing for almost 4,000 years and it's still growing! General Sherman is as old as the Pyramids (金字塔). It may live for another 2000 years.

My mother goes shopping at a supermarket today.

A＝Assistant(售货员) M＝My mother

A:  May I help you?

M:  Yes, please. I want to buy some vegetables.

A:  The potatoes are very fresh(新鲜的)today.

M:  I like potatoes, but my son doesn't.

A:  How about some tomatoes? They are good for your health(健康)．

M:  OK. They are my son's favourite. Five tomatoes, please.

A:  OK. Your bag, please.

M:  Oh, no. I have my shopping bag.

    Wendy and her mother are in the supermarket. Where is the shop assistant? Look, she's coming and smiling. "Hello, can I help you?"

    "Can we have some watermelons and strawberries, please?"

    "Sorry, we have some strawberries, but we haven't any watermelons."

    "Can we have some grapes?"

    "OK. Here you are. "

    "Oh, the strawberries are red and big. But the grapes...”

    "Mm, they are sweet. We like them. "

    Then Wendy and her mother are buying the fruit. They are happy.

    I'm Jane. My birthday is on the seventh of May. Last week, I had a birthday party. Many friends went to my house. They gave me lots of presents. Tom gave a new bag to me. Mary gave me a pet dog. I liked them very much.

    Look, Class One, Grade Four, it is our classroom. Let's go and see our classroom. It's a nice classroom. We like our chairs, we like our desks, too. Mr. Yang is our teacher. Miss Gao is our teacher, too. We like our classroom.