Yesterday was Sunday. I went to the park with my friends. We had a picnic there. Xiaoxiao ate some cakes. Mingming drank some juice. I don't like juice. I drank milk. We played football there. We were very happy. At four o'clock, we went home by bus.

    Helen Keller was born in American in 1880. When she was very young. She got very sick. After that, she could not hear, speak or see. Helen worked very hard. She learned how to read, write and talk. When she was 20, she went to university. She is famous for writing many books and helping the deaf and blind.

Tony: Good morning, Sandy.

Sandy: Good morning, Tony.

Tony: What's your favourite food?

Sandy: Hamburgers.

Tony: Me too. Why do you like them?

Sandy: Because they're delicious.

Tony: What's your father's favourite food?

Sandy: He loves beef.

Tony: What about your mother?

Sandy: She loves salad.

Tony: What would you like to drink now?

Sandy: I'd like some orange juice.

Tony: Me too.

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    It's nine o'clock. My father, mother and I are in the park.

    It's ten o'clock. We're flying kites on the lawn.

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    It's four o'clock in the afternoon. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍惜) time. As children they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying (垂死的), they say he is living on borrowed time.

Time is money. Time is knowledge (知识). Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his spare (空闲的) time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday or Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can not see that a man walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time can bring them money and a lot of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel that they have become servants (仆人) of the clock.