A Football Player

    Most people make their living with their hands. But Tom makes his living with his feet. A very good living it is, too.

and Tom lives in a very small city in England. His parents are very poor. Seven people live in their small house. Tom has no place to play but in the street. Tom's father often plays football. Little Tom wants to play football, too. So his father makes a soft ball for him to kick. It is a sock filled with pieces of cloth. The little boy kicks it every day. At last Tom learns to kick a real football, and after few years he can play football very well. Now Tom is one of the best football players in the world.

  Jim：What's that?

  Lewis：It's a bear．

  Jim：It is so cute．

  Lewis：Yes，it is．It has a big body．

  Jim：Look! What's this?Is it a tiger?

  Lewis：No，it isn't．It's a pig．

  Jim：It's fat．It has a big nose and two big ears．

  Lewis：Yes，it has two small eyes．

    An old woman lived in the country. She had three sons. They were Kim, Mike and John.They left home to make money and became rich soon. This year they came back together on Mother's Day. Each of them had a gift for their mother.

    Kim bought a big and beautiful house for mum. Mike sent her a car. John's gift was a parrot that could speak to mum.

    Several days later, mum sent them letters of thanks:

    “Kim,” she wrote to one son, “ the house you bought is so large. I live in one room, but I have to clean the whole house.”

    “Mike,”she wrote to another, “I am too old to travel. I spend most of the time at home, so I don't use the car.”

    “Dearest John,”she wrote to her third son, “you really know what I like. The chick was delicious. Thanks.”

    Tom, his father and his mother are having a picnic in the park. Tom has a packet of sweets and a big bottle of Coke. He is on a swing. His father is sitting under a big tree. Beside him there is a big bag. There is an aero plane flying in the sky. Tom's mother has a pair of sunglasses on her nose.

    In the US, there are many types of restaurants. Fast food restaurants are very famous. You can find many McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.  You look at a menu above the counter, and choose what you'd like to eat. You pay the person who serves you. You take your food and sit down or take it away. There's no need to leave a tip.

    In a coffee shop you sit at the counter or at a table. You don't wait for the waitress to show you where to sit. She usually brings you coffee when you sit down.  You tell her what you'd like to eat and she brings it to you. You must pay the money as you leave.

    In a family restaurant the waitress shows you where to sit. Often the waitress tells you her name, but you don't need to tell her yours. If you leave over anything,   your waitress gives you a bag to take your food home. You add an extra fifteen cents to the bill as a tip.

    In top class restaurants, you need a reservation and you need to arrive on time. The waiter shows you where to sit. If you have wine, he may ask you to taste it.  You can only refuse it if it tastes bad, not if you don't like it. When you get your bill, check it and then add several dollars to it as a tip for the waiter.