John and Tina come from different countries. They are interested in Chinese food. They usually eat Chinese food in restaurants and often talk about it.

It's Saturday today and it's sunny. John asks Tina to have dinner at Ms. Brown's House. It's the first time that Tina goes there for dinner.

    "Hi, John. Are there different kinds of food at Ms. Brown's House?" Tina asks.

"Of course. There're all kinds of noodles  such as chicken and cabbage noodles, mutton and potato noodles, tomato and egg noodles and beef and carrot noodles," John says.

    "Sounds great! I like tomato and egg noodles very much," said Tina.

"Me, too. There are also delicious dumplings and specials. After dinner, we can have ice- cream and fruit. They are on sale."

    "Ice-cream? I know a new kind of ice-cream. It is delicious. And you can keep it for an hour."

    "Great! But there isn't any at Ms. Brown's House."

    "I know where to buy it. Let's go after dinner."

    "OK."

ClothesDonation (捐赠) Box

    Have youever put your old clothes into the donation box in your neighborhood? If not,you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend (趋势) in Urumqi.

    "Fromtime to time, my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear. Youknow, we teenagers are growing fast. I think it's a good way to helpothers." Lin Tao, a junior student says.

    "Ioften pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping.Then I put them into the donation box." Miss Li, a pretty young lady says.

    "Thatseems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People caneither wear them or usethem to make things such as handbags and pencilcases," Mrs Wang, an old woman says, "sometimes I also look throughthe box for some nice clothes."

    However,there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation.Recently, a UTV reporter from Focus on the City has made a survey. Here are theresults:

    Some boxesare full of clothes in a short time. There is no more room for people to giveaway clothes.

    Somepeople sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearingthem.

    Somecommunities set the boxes in unsuitable places. So there are few clothes in it.

    Manyclothes are too old and shabby (破烂的).

   "What's worse," one of the staff in a community added,"we quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by.We've tried to stop them several times but failed. It has been the most seriousproblem since we set the box."

    In orderto make the donation box work in an efficient (有效的) way, our government is taking action. Clothesdonation will be better-organized and it'll be more convenient for people inneed to take the clothes away.

Alex goes to buy fruits. He asks the shopkeeper*, "What's the price of bananas and apples?" The Shopkeeper answers, "Banana is 2 dollars a kilo and apples are 4 dollars a kilo. At the same time, a woman comes to the shop and also asks the same question.

The shopkeeper says, "Banana is 

0.5 dollar a kilo and apples are 1 dollar a kilo." Hearing this, Alex just can't believe what he hears. "Why are the prices for the woman different?" he thinks. The shopkeeper finds this and asks Alex to wait here.

"Thank you, God, today my children will be very happy after eating fruits."The woman pays for fruits, and murmurs* excitedly leaving the shop.

After the woman leaves, the shopkeeper looks towards Alex and says, "In the name of god, I didn't deceive* you." After stopping for a moment, he goes on, "The woman you see just now is a poor widow, who looks after four kids alone. She lives in my neighborhood. I tried to help her, but she just didn't take any kind of help from anyone."

"Then I think of this way to help her. In this way, she doesn't have to feel that someone shows pity* for her. ____"

"In fact, whenever this lady comes, more people will come to my shop. Maybe she also brings luck to me."

After hearing all of this, Alex hugs the shopkeeper. "I will also be happy after eating the fruits." he says. Then he leaves with the fruits.

A group of teenagers explored the forest.They found a silver machine，sending some soft light into the woods.Excited but unsure，they1 moved closer to it.As they got closer，a door on the2 slowly opened，and a special creature came out—an alien!The teenagers were3 .But the alien looked friendly.It used gestures to show peace.At first，the teenagers were in fear，but they got the courage to4 with the alien.

Through a mix of gestures and Chinese，they5 succeeded in understanding each other.The alien was a traveler from a far﹣away planet.Its spaceship had crashed on the land and couldn't fly.The teenagers decided to help the alien with its6 spaceship.With their teamwork，they quickly rebuilt the ship.The alien was7 and thankful for their help，offering them a small tool as a gift before leaving.

The teenagers8 their unusual experience in a diary.They felt satisfied that they had faced their9 and made a special new friend.

From that day on，the teenagers shared their story with others，telling everyone to believe in the mystery（神秘）10 .

Years ago a farmer owned land near the sea. He always needed workers to help him, but most people did not want to work on farms near the sea. They were 1 of the terrible storms that often hit and destroyed（毁坏）buildings and plants. 

Finally, a short man came to the farmer. "Are you a good worker?" the farmer asked him. "Well, I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man. Although surprised by this answer, the farmer, who really needed 2 , gave him the job. The little man 3 very hard on the farm, and the farmer felt 4 with his work. 

Then one night the wind blew loudly in from the sea. Jumping out of bed, the farmer 5 to the short man's room. The farmer shouted, "Get up! A 6 is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!" But the little man lay in bed 7 and said, "No sir. I told you I can sleep when the wind blows."

Hearing the words, the farmer hurried outside to 8 the storm on his own. To his surprise, he found that everything was tied down and nothing could be blown away. The farmer then 9 what the short man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew. 

When you're prepared, you have nothing to worry about. Can you 10 when the wind blows through your life? 

Visiting My Farm Home Come and see where I live!

I live on a farm. It's a big, happy farm with lots of animals and plants.

I always wake up with the roosters every day. The roosters(公鸡) wake us up. Their crowing says," Time to play and work!"

{#blank#}1{#/blank#} They eat breakfast while I pet their soft fur and feathers.

My grandfather plants seeds on the farm. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. We water them and wait for them to grow into big, green plants.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} After we finish our work, my friends come over. We play and have lots of fun in the fresh air.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Before dinner, I pick the best vegetables from our garden. They taste so good with mom's cooking. We all sit down for a big meal. We talk and laugh, and it's the best time of the day.

At night, the farm is quiet. I look at the stars before I go to bed, and they twinkle back at me.

Which is your favorite farm animal and why?(15 词以内) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}