Tomorrow we will go to Hainan. It's warm there. We will have a special Chinese New Year's Day. Now let's get ready! We need three tickets from Shijiazhuang to Hainan. We don't need winter clothes. I want a beautiful dress. My parents take some T-shirts and shorts. We need to take milk, cakes and fruit. We need three hats. The sun is very hot there. We don't want to turn black. That's all done.

    One National Day, the weather was cool. The Chens wanted to go to the zoo. But it was the first time they went there. They lost the way. Mr. Chen saw a policeman standing near them. He asked the way to the zoo. "Go to Yanan Road. Cross a small road. The zoo is on the left." The policeman said. At ten, the Chens arrived at the gate of the zoo. They had a good time in the zoo.

    My name is Ann. I'm an American girl. I'm a student in Class Three, Grade Five.

    Helen and I are on duty today. We go to the classroom and open the windows at seven in the morning. We clean the classroom at seven fifteen. The class begins at eight. After school, we play games on the play-ground. I go home at five.

    In the evening, my father, my mother and I watch TV at eight. I go to bed at nine ten.

    Mummy asks a little horse to carry a bag of wheat(小麦) home. On the way home, the little horse meets a small river. He is very worried(担心的)."What should I do?" he thinks. At this time, he meets a squirrel(松鼠).

"Can I cross the river?" the little horse asks.

    "Oh, you can't. The river is very deep. You will drown(淹死)," the squirrel says. The little horse is very afraid. He cries.

    A cow comes to the little horse. "What's the matter, little horse?" "I can't cross this river. It's very deep," the little horse answers. "Oh, don't worry. This river isn't deep at all. Try!" the cow says. The little horse stops crying. He tries and crosses the river.

    Water is very important to living things. Without water there could be no life on the earth. All animals and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink, to cook our food and to clean ourselves.

    Water is needed in offices, factories and schools. Water.is needed everywhere. There is water in seas, rivers and lakes.

    Water is found almost everywhere. Even in the desert of the world, there is some water in air. You can't see or feel it when it is part of air. The water in the seas, rivers and lakes is a liquid(液体). The water in air is a gas, and we call it water vapour (水蒸气).

    Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a solid (固体). There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.

    Water may be a solid, a liquid or a gas. When it is a solid, it may be as hard as a stone. When it is a liquid, you can drink it. When it is a gas, you can't see or feel it.