1 Chinese New Year

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1. 1 Chinese New YearChinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people all over the world. It is also calledthe Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. The exact date of the Spring Festival on the esterncalendar changes from !ear to !ear. "owever# Chinese New Year ta$es place %etween &anuar! 1 andFe%ruar! 1'. (n the Chinese calendar ever! !ear has an animal)s name. These animals are the rat# ox#tiger# ra%%it# dragon# sna$e# horse# ram# m# rooster# dog and pig. * Chinese legend sa!s that thesetwelve animals had a race. The first !ear was named after the rat# the winner. The other eleven !earswere named according to the order in which the animals arrived in the race. The clever rat +umped ontothe ox)s %ac$# and then at the end +umped over the ox)s head to arrive first, The Chinese %elieve that aperson %orn in a particular !ear has some of the characteristics of that animal.

-. - * Teenager)s &o$e /uidelines for 0oing Schoolwor$! school had a polic! a%out homewor$. Students should not spend more than ninet! minutes per nightdoing homewor$. This is how I use the time for m! wor$. Fifteen minutes loo$ing for assignment2 3levenminutes calling a friend for the assignment2 Twent! three minutes explaining wh! the teacher is meanand does not li$e teenagers2 3ight minutes in the %athroom2 Ten minutes getting a snac$2 Sevenminutes chec$ing the T4 /uide2 Six minutes telling m! parents that the teacher never explained theassignment2 Ten minutes sitting at the $itchen ta%le waiting for om or 0ad to do the assignment.

5. 5 The Toad and the Frog* toad saw a frog near the road. "e was a fat old frog. "e sat and moaned and groaned. The toad said#60o not moan and groan# r. Frog. "op li$e me. "op down the road.7 So the frog and the toad wentdown the road to a %ig oa$ tree. 6I am home#7 said the toad. 6Come in and I will ma$e tea.7 8ut r. Frog

said# in a deep croa$# 6I must not roam far from home. I will %e off to m! home near the pond.7

9. 9 * as an *pple :ieNurser! ;h!me* was an apple pie# 8 %it it# C cut it# 0 dealt with it# 3 ate it# F fought for it# / got it# " had it# I inspectedit# & +umped for it# < $ept it# L longed for it# mourned for it# N nodded at it# ( opened it# : peeped in it#= >uartered it# ; ran for it# S stole it# T too$ it# ? upset it# 4 viewed it# wanted it# @# Y# A# andampersand *ll wished for a piece in hand.

B. B "omesta! in the ?S! name is &enn! and I did a homesta! in *merica. hen I first met m! host mother# ar!# she gaveme a %ig hug. I was reall! shoc$ed %ecause I had never %een hugged %efore# and I wasn sure how torespond. 8! the time I left *merica# though# I came to en+o! hugging and %eing hugged. Sha$ing handswas also a challenge. ! homesta! father# :eter# loo$ed at me straight in the e!e and s>ueeed m!hand firml!. 8oth ar! and :eter wanted me to call them %! their first names %ecause the!# as*mericans# li$e informalit!. 8! using first names onl!# we felt friendlier towards each other.

D. D 8rothers and Sisters! sister is a !ear older than me and we)ve %een sharing a room since I was 5 !ears old. e are ver!close# %ut we also fight all the time. (ur fights are never serious. I can)t remem%er the cause of ourfights now# %ut the! were alwa!s over small things. Sometimes it was +ust over a particular word I usedor ma!%e +ust %ecause m! sister gave m! tedd! %ear a hug and I was unhapp! a%out it. e don)t ta$eour fights ver! seriousl! as if all the fights are a game. I thin$ it)s perfectl! o$a! for $ids to fight with their%rothers or sisters. Now I)m a teenager# and I even thin$ that the!)re sweet memories,

E. E Thirt! 0a!s "ath Septem%er Nurser! ;h!meG Thirt! da!s hath Septem%er# *pril# &une# and

Novem%er2 *ll the rest have thirt!Hone# 3xcept for Fe%ruar! alone# It has twent!Height da!s clear# *ndtwent!Hnine on each Leap Year.

. Two 0umplings* !oung man had a small %usiness. "e wor$ed ver! hard# and he made a lot of mone!. (ne da!# hehad dinner with a %usinessman. "e wanted the man to %ecome his %usiness partner. hen the!finished the dinner# there were two dumplings left. The !oung man told the waitress J:lease pac$ themin a dogg! %ag and I)d li$e to ta$e them home. Soon the %usinessman decided to wor$ together with the!oung man. "e said# JThe !oung man is great. "e has lots of mone! %ut he won)t waste it.

'. ' * 4isit to the Cit! Centre(n their first da! in the capital# 0iana and :eter visited the (ld Tower which stood on a hill near the cit!centre. There were stairs leading to the top# %ut 0iana and :eter decided to ta$e the lift. *t the top there

was a cafK and a %alcon! where visitors could stand and en+o! the view. It was magnificent !oucould see the whole cit!# the river and the hills %e!ond. (n their wa! %ac$ from the Tower# 0iana and:eter went past the main s>uare in the cit! centre. The! stopped at a stall to have some orange +uice#and sat and watched the traffic for a while. The s>uare was ver! %us!# with cars# %uses# %ic!cles andpedestrians going in all directions. In the centre of the s>uare there was a policeman controlling thetraffic.


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1M. 1M ;ain# ;ain# /o *wa! Nurser! ;h!meG;ain# rain# go awa!# Come again another da!. ;ain# rain# go to Spain# Never show !our face again.;ain# rain# pour down# 8ut not a drop on our town. ;ain on the green grass# *nd rain on the tree# *ndrain on the housetop# 8ut not on me. ;ain# rain# go awa!# Come again on washing da!. ;ain# rain# go to/erman!# *nd remain there permanentl!. ;ain# rain# go awa!# Come on artha)s wedding da!.

11. 11 *n 3m%arrassing ShowThe da! of the school science fair had finall! arrived# and Lisa was %oth nervous and excited. Shecouldn)t wait to show off her volcano model at the fair. She might even win the first prie, *s Lisa wassetting up her volcano# she noticed her friend *lex)s pro+ect on the ta%le next to hers. ee$s ago# *lex

had as$ed her for help in creating a model of the solar s!stem# and Lisa was glad to help. "e never toldher he as going to enter it in the Science Fair, "is model was painted %eautifull! in different colours.Finall! *lex got the first place and Lisa felt ver! em%arrassed.

1-. 1- "umour Things Your other ouldnt Sa!J8e good and I)ll %u! !ou a motorc!cle for !our %irthda!, J"ow on earth can !ou see the T4 sitting so far%ac$OJ J0on)s %other wearing a +ac$et it)s >uite warm out. JLet me smell that shirt !eah# it)s goodfor another wee$. JI thin$ a cluttered %edroom is a sign of creativit!.O JYeah# I used to s$ip school# too.OJ&ust leave all the lights on...it ma$es the house more cheer!. JCould !ou turn the music up louder so Ican en+o! it# tooO

15. 15 0ogs:eople often sa! that a dog is man)s %est friend. (ver thousands of !ears# man has taught his dogs todo man! $inds of wor$ %esides guarding the home. For example# sheepdogs are famous for their a%ilit!to control a floc$ of hundreds of sheep. 0ogs have %een used to aid disa%led people for centuries. *guide dog can lead its %lind owner. Nowada!s# dogs can %e taught to turn on light switches# openrefrigerator doors and dial the telephone for their disa%led owners. For the ma+orit! of people# however#dogs are simpl! pets and friends for %oth !oung and old mem%ers of the famil!.

19. 19 0etective or$* %an$ ro%%er stole a lot of mone!. "e was caught and sent to prison# %ut the mone! was never found.hen he came out of prison# the! watched him to see what he would do. "ere is the detective#reporting to the inspector. JYes# sir# I found &ohnn! *rmitage. I followed him all around the town# %utfran$l!# I couldn)t ma$e an!thing out of what he %ought. "ere)s the list.Jshirt heav! crow%ar %ox ofchocolates shovel heav! hammer %unch of flowers The inspector said# J/ood. That helps me a lot. 0o!ou remem%er how we watched him helping his neigh%our# old rs. &udson to cover her %ac$!ard withcementO

1B. 1B hat is TimeO Nurser! ;h!meGTime is grain for peasants. Time is wealth for wor$ers. Time is life for doctors. Time is victor! forsoldiers. Time is $nowledge for students. Time is speed for scientists. Time is mone! for %usinessmen.Time is ever!thing for all of us. Therefore# seie the time of toda!,

1D. 1D :erfect atch* rich woman is so proud of a valua%le anti>ue vase that she decides to have her %edroom painted thesame colour as the vase. Several painters tr! to mix the colour right# %ut none comes close enough tosatisf! the woman. 3ventuall!# a painter comes. "e is confident that he can mix the proper colour. Thewoman is pleased with the result# and the painter %ecomes famous. Years later# he retires and turns the

%usiness over to his son. J0ad#J as$s the son# Jthere)s something I)ve got to $now. "ow did !ou getthose walls to match the vase so perfectl!OJ JSon#7 the father replies# JI painted the vase.J

1E. 1E * 8ar%ecuehen I was a child# I once went camping with m! famil! in the summer. e decided to ma$e a%ar%ecue in the valle!. So we collected some tree stic$s to ma$e a fire. ! father as$ed me if I could tr!to ma$e a fire. I was glad to ta$e the +o%. Then I tried to set fire to the wood with a match# %ut producedonl! smo$e. Then m! father said# JThat)s not the right wa!. I)ll show !ou how to do it. First use the smallpieces of wood %ecause the! catch fire easil!. Then put the larger ones on top of them. J! fatherhelped me ma$e a %ig fire.

1. 1 * &o$e 6I stand correctedI have this friend who alwa!s seemed to lean slightl! to the left all the time. It used to %other me# so I

suggested he see a doctor# and have his legs chec$ed out. For !ears# he refused and told me I wascra!# %ut last wee$# he finall! went. Sure enough# the doctor discovered his left leg was a >uarter inchshorter than his right. * >uic$ %it of surger! later# he was cured# and %oth legs are exactl! the samelength now# and he no longer leans. 6So#7I said# JYou didn)t %elieve me when I told !ou a doctor could fix!our leg. "e +ust loo$ed at me and said# JI stand corrected.


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1'. 1' a$ing a uestions# Irealie how little I $now a%out m! own countr!.

-B. -B The "are and the Tortoise(ne da! a hare was telling the other animals how fast he could run. JI can %eat an!one,J cried he. Jillone of !ou tr! a race with meOJ JI will#O7 said the tortoise. JYou,O7 laughed the hare. J(h# oh# howfunn!,OJ 6Save !our laughing for the end of the race#O7 said the tortoise. So a starting line was made#and awa! the! went. The hare ran fast and was soon far ahead# so he sat down to rest. 8! the time thetortoise came up# the hare was sleeping. (n and on went the tortoise# and when the hare loo$ed up atlast# it was too late. There sat the tortoise %! the sign that said The 3nd.

-D. -D "elping :arents:arents often get angr! %ecause of their trou%le in their lives. Let)s sa! that !our mother is not happ!

a%out her %oss. If she doesn)t have other wa!s of expressing her emotions# she might come home and!ell at !ou# scream at !our dad# $ic$ at the dog# or even sa! something mean to !ou. "ere)s how tohandle it when an adult in !our life has trou%le controlling his or her anger 0on)t ma$e it worse. *ngr!people can have trou%le thin$ing clearl!# so tr! not to do or sa! an!thing to ma$e things worse. ait till!our parent cools off# then tal$ to him or her in a calm tone# and tr! to explain how the anger is affecting!ou.


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-E. -E "umour hat Is a TeenagerO* teenager is ... ... someone who can hear his favourite singer three %loc$s awa! %ut not his mothercalling from the next room. ... a whi who can operate the latest computer without a lesson %ut can)tma$e a %ed. ... a connoisseur of two $inds of fine music loud and ver! loud. ... an enthusiast who hasthe energ! to %i$e for miles %ut is usuall! too tired to dr! the dishes. ... a romantic who never falls inlove more than once a wee$. ... a %o! who can sleep till noon on an! Saturda! and suspects the roomneeds cleaning. ... an original thin$er who is positive that his mother was never a teenager.

-. - Charles Chaplin

(ne da! a small %o! called Charles Chaplin was wal$ing along the street in London. It was a coldwinter)s da! in 1'MM. "e wanted to %u! some %read# %ut he didn)t have an! mone!. "is father had diedwhen he was ver! !oung. "e and his %rother# Sid# had to wor$ to help their sic$ mother. *lthoughCharles was small# his dream was ver! %ig. "e wanted to %e a great man in the world of films# so hewor$ed ver! hard to %ecome a good dancer and singer. Thirt! !ears later# this same %o! was among themost famous people in the world. 3ven if !ou do not understand 3nglish# !ou can en+o! his films#%ecause no words are used in his films.

-'. -' * Seaside :icnic(ne morning last *pril# &oan was l!ing in %ed when the telephone rang. It was her friend# 0ave# whoinvited her out for a picnic at the seaside. Later that da! she left her flat and wal$ed to the %us stop tocatch the %us. &oan was wearing a THshirt and s$irt as it was >uite hot. *s she sat on the %us sheloo$ed out of the window. The sun was shining. She saw a plane going over a forest and some horsesin the fields. 8efore long she arrived at the seaside and met 0ave. The! went down to the %each andhad their picnic next to a roc$. The! had sandwiches and crisps# and 0ave painted a picture. The! hada lovel! da!.

5M. 5M * 0ish asherSome people have dogs or cats as pets. (ne woman in New Yor$ $eeps a m as her pet. This m canwash dishes. "e washes the dishes for the woman ever! da!. "e li$es to wash dishes and never%rea$s a dish. Sometimes he washes the same dishes over and over. If the woman tries to stop him# hethen gets angr!. "e %egins to throw the dishes in all directions. 8ut this does not happen ver! often.The woman)s hus%and is ver! happ! with the m. The hus%and never needs to help his wife wash thedishes. The m does all this wor$. The hus%and sa!s that he cannot understand how an!%od!# a personor a m# can li$e to wash dishes so much.

51. 51 * Young :ioneerLong ago# when the western part of the ?nited States was still a wilderness# a !oung %o!# called


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one of the %oo$s !ou will need to give further information such as !our address and !our credit cardnum%er. You will also need to decide how !ou want to have the %oo$ shipped. Finall!# all !ou have to dois wait for the %oo$ to arrive in !our mail%ox.

5B. 5B * 8us ;ide(ne da! I was on a %us. I found an elderl! woman standing in front of me. She had a %ig %ag in herhand. JIt)s a virtue for a !oung person to help the old#JI said to m!self. hen I was standing up to givem! seat to the old lad!# a !oung foreigner got up >uic$l! sa!ing# J:lease sit down.J The old lad! than$edhim and sat down. She loo$ed ver! happ!. I was a little em%arrassed %ecause I was sitting in the middleof the %us. Suddenl! a pregnant woman got onto the %us. I >uic$l! stood up to give up m! seat to her.

The foreigner smiled at me. "e said that he was an *ustralian# and was a student stud!ing Chineseculture in China.

5D. 5D The 0og and "is ShadowIt happened that a dog had some meat that he wanted to eat at home. (n his wa! home he met a river.*s he loo$ed down# he saw his shadow in the water. J&ust loo$,J said he to himself. JThat dog downthere has some meat# too. If I could get it awa! from him# I would reall! eat well tonight,Jith thisthought# he made a snap at the other dog)s meat. *nd as he did# his own meat fell into the water. Sothen he had nothing at all. Then he saw that the other dog had lost his meat# too. JThat is as it should%e,O thought he. JFor I saw him tr!ing to ta$e m! meat awa! from me.J8! wanting to have ever!thing#he has lost ever!thing he had,

5E. 5E anaging Your 3motionshat ma$es me angr!O ostl!# I hate when someone tries to ma$e someone else feel %ad. I have toadmit that once# when I was reall! angr!# I actuall! called names. I regretted doing this afterwards# %utnot full heartedl! %ecause I thin$ I was provo$ed in that situation. The most positive wa! of dealing withanger is tal$ing a%out the pro%lem. I tal$ to someone who listens# or I)ll write m! thoughts down onpaper. Learning how to deal with anger as !ou)re growing up is so important. hen !ou)re !ounger# !oumight !ell# or cr! when !ou)re angr!# %ut as !ou get older# !ou)re expected to handle !our emotionsmuch %etter. Learning to control !our emotion now will prevent !ou from doing something that !ou)llregret later on in life,

5. 5 6I 0ont "ave to 3at *ll the 3gg.7* lad! once wrote a long stor!. She sent it to a famous editor. *fter a few wee$s the stor! was returnedto her. The lad! was angr!. She wrote to the editor J0ear Sir Yesterda! !ou sent %ac$ a stor! of mine."ow do !ou $now that the stor! is not goodO You did not read it. 8efore I sent !ou the stor!# I pastedtogether pages 1# 1' and -M. This was a test to see whether !ou would read the stor!. hen the stor!came %ac$ !esterda!# the pages were still pasted together. Is this the wa! !ou read all the stories thatare sent to !ouOJ The editor wrote %ac$ J0ear adam *t %rea$fast when I open an egg I don)t have toeat all the egg to discover that it is %ad.

5'. 5' 4isiting Sha$espeares "omeIn 1''# when I was wor$ing for an export compan!# I went to 3ngland. *fter finishing m! %usiness#which too$ several da!s# I went to Stratford# where Sha$espeare was %orn. In Stratford# I visited severalsites that are associated with Sha$espeare# including the house where he was %orn# the church wherehe was %uried# and the cottage where his wife)s famil! lived. I wanted to see a pla!# so I as$ed at thetheatre %ox office for whatever tic$ets were availa%le. I got a seat for The erchant of 4enice# which ism! favourite pla!. *fterwards# I waited at the stage door for m! favourite actor# who was in the pla!. I got

his autograph and tal$ed to him. It is an experience that I will remem%er forever.

9M. 9M * Thrilling ;ide8ill and &ane were coasting on a hill. 0own the hill went the sled. 8ill steered. &ane held on tightl!. Thecoasters on the hill watched them. :ast trees the! whied. &ane !elled# JStop the sled, Stop the sled,%ut 8ill could not stop it. Suddenl! &ane had a feeling that she was a %ird in flight. as she dreamingOShe landed in a %ig pile of snow. here was 8illO "e must have gone all the wa! down the long slide tothe end of the hill. Now# 8ill came in sight plodding up the hill. &ane laughed as she called to him. The!were so glad to %e together. The coasters cheered to see them safe. The! went home to tell otherwhat a thrilling ride the! had had.

91. 91 Saving the 3arth(ne da!# I went with the group to a near%! river. e wanted to chec$ if it was clean. e did man!

scientific tests to see if the river was health!. Surprisingl!# it was, e still# though# too$ an! ru%%ish wecould find out of the river. e wanted to ma$e sure fish could live there happil!. ;ecentl!# I helped thegroup plant flowers at our school. e)re hoping the flowers will %loom this spring and ma$e the schoolloo$ %eautiful. "ow did we pa! for all the plantsO e made THshirts and sold them to our friends, e)restill got some mone! left from selling the THshirts. e hope to use it to %u! some rec!cling %ins for theschool.


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9-. 9- Two /oats on the 8ridge(ne da! a goat started to cross a little %ridge. *t that ver! minute# another goat started out from theother side of the %ridge. hen the! saw one another# the! $new that one of them would have to go%ac$. J/o %ac$,Ocried the first goat. Jhere is no room for !ou to pass here while I am crossing.JJIt is!ou who must go %ac$,Ocried the other goat. JYou can start again after I cross over.OThe first goat saidas he was in the right and would not give wa!. Je will see,Jcried the other goat# and the! started tofight. In another minute# the two goats fell into the water. * man who was fishing saw the fight. "elaughed as he pulled the goats out of the water. JYou see#Osaid he. Jhen ever!one thin$s he is right#something alwa!s goes wrong,J

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is cheaper on Tuesda!# ednesda!# Thursda! and Frida!,

9'. 9' hos CleverO* universit! professor made experiments with several $inds of animals. "e hoped to $now which animalwas the cleverest. "e found out it was the m. In one experiment the professor put a m in a room withseveral small %oxes. Some %oxes were inside other %oxes. (ne small %ox had some food inside it. Theprofessor wanted to watch the m and find out how long it would ta$e the m to find the food. Theprofessor left the room. "e waited a few minutes outside the door. Then he $neeled down and put hise!e to the $e!hole. hat did he seeO To his surprise he found himself loo$ing directl! into the e!es ofthe m. The m was on the other side of the door# loo$ing at the professor through the $e!hole.

BM. BM *t the Aoo0avid)s famil! visited the oo on Sunda!. The! paid five dollars for the famil! tic$et at the gate. *nd thenthe! +oined the crowds floc$ing toward the cages. Je must watch the %ig animals first#7 said the father.JFeeding time is three o)cloc$. Let)s loo$ at the %irds first#7 said Susan. JSome of the parrots can tal$ver! well.7 Soon the! came to the %irdhouse# and the first %ird the! saw was tal$ing. Then the! movedthrough the house# and came to a la$e. 0avid said# JThose %ig white %irds in the water have such longnec$s. Loo$ how gracefull! the! swim. In the next house# a great roar told them that the! had %eenluc$! enough to arrive at feeding time. *s the! went in# the! saw tigers and lions were howling %ecausethe! were hungr!. Je)ll see how the! eat#7 said father.

B1. B1 * 0uc$ and a Shop Cler$* duc$ wal$ed into a store and as$ed the cler$# J0o !ou have an! grapesO7 The cler$ said no# and theduc$ left. The next da!# the duc$ returned and as$ed# J0o !ou have an! grapesOJ The cler$ again saidno# and the duc$ left. The da! after that# the duc$ wal$ed into the store again and as$ed J0o !ou havean! grapesOJ The cler$ shouted at the duc$# JYou)ve come in here the past two da!s and as$ed if wehad an! grapes. I told !ou ever! time that we don)s have an! grapes, If !ou come %ac$ in here again#and as$ for grapes# I)ll nail !our we%%ed feet to the floor,,J The duc$ left# and returned the next da!. Thistime he as$ed# J0o !ou have an! nailsO7 The cler$ replied# JNo#J and the duc$ said# J/ood, /ot an!grapesO

B-. B- 0ream8ill! is twelve !ears old. (ne da! his father gave him fift! pence. There is a %ig tree in 8ill!)s garden. "eclim%ed it and sat in it. "e li$es that place in the tree ver! much. Then 8ill! loo$ed at his mone! andsaid# JI)m going to go to the mar$et tomorrow# and I)m going to %u! some seeds with this mone!. ThenI)m going to plant them under this tree. I)m going to have a lot of flowers and fruit and plants# and I)mgoing to sell them. * lot of people are going to come to m! garden ever! da!# and the!)re going to %u!m! nice flowers and fruit and plants# and in the end I)m reall! going to have a lot of mone!. Then I)mgoing to grow up and go to universit!# and I)m going to %e a doctor.

B5. B5 0reamsby Langston Hughes"old fast to dreamsFor if dreams dieLife is a %ro$en winged %irdThat can not fl!."old fast to dreamsFor when dreams go

Life is a %arren fieldFroen with snow.

B9. B9 /rowing TomatoesJI)ll tell !ou how to grow tomatoes# &err!#J said rs. "aw$ins. JFirst dig up an area in a sunn! spot in!our !ard. ix in manure or compost to enrich the soil. hen the danger of frost is past# which is a%outthe first of *pril in this part of the countr!# I %u! eight tomato plants from a nurser!. That)s enough for m!hus%and and m!self. You will pro%a%l! want to %u! twelve plants for !our famil!. La! out the plants intheir card%oard container a%out 1 to -M inches apart. 0ig a hole deep enough to cover each pot# putthe pot in the hole# cover it with soil# and pat the earth down firml!. Then pound in 9 to B foot longsta$es next to each plant. ater the plants well. 8! the middle of &ul! !ou should %egin to have ripetomatoes to eat.7

BB. BB hats the "urr!O "eres Your "at,have a friend who has a large police dog called &ac$. :olice dogs are often ver! intelligent. 3ver!Sunda! afternoon m! friend ta$es &ac$ for a long wal$ in the par$. &ac$ li$es these long wal$s in thepar$ ver! much. (ne Sunda! afternoon a !oung man came to visit m! friend. "e sta!ed a long time. "etal$ed and tal$ed. Soon it was time for m! friend to ta$e &ac$ for his wal$. 8ut the visitor still sta!ed.&ac$ %ecame ver! worried a%out his wal$ in the par$. "e wal$ed around the room several times and


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then sat down directl! in front of the visitor and loo$ed at him. 8ut the visitor paid no attention. "econtinued tal$ing. Finall! &ac$ could stand it no longer. "e went out of the room and came %ac$ a fewminutes later. "e sat down again in front of the visitor %ut this time he held the visitor)s hat in his mouth.

BD. BD Farewell to Friendsang Lin was a Chinese %o!. hen he was eight !ears old# he went to *ustralia with his parents%ecause his father had to wor$ there. The! lived in a town near S!dne!. "e went to a school nearS!dne!. "is *ustralian teachers and students were ver! $ind to him# and the! %ecame good friends.hen ang Lin was twelve# his father said# Je have to go %ac$ to China next month. I must wor$again in China for m! compan!.Jang Lin was ver! sad. The next da! when he told his friends a%out it#

the! were ver! surprised at the news. (n their last da! in *ustralia# he and his parents gave a farewellpart! for his friends. The next morning# when ang Lin went to the airport with his parents# he found allhis classmates and his teacher there. "e ran up to them and said# J(h# than$ !ou ver! much forcoming. I)ll miss !ou,

BE. BE * Forgetful :erson(nce there lived an old man in a town. "e alwa!s forgot things. So then he went out# his wife alwa!ssaid to him# J0on)s forget this.J (ne da! he went on a long trip alone. "e went to the station and %oughta tic$et. Then he %oarded the train. *%out an hour later# the conductor %egan to chec$ tic$ets. "e cameto the old man and said# Jill !ou please show me !our tic$etOJ The old man loo$ed for his tic$et in allhis poc$ets# %ut he could not find it. JI surel! %ought a tic$et# %ut I cannot find it#J said the old man. JI%elieve !ou %ought a tic$et. *ll right. You don)s have to %u! another tic$etJ said the conductor $indl!# %utthe old man still loo$ed worried and said# JIf I don)s find m! tic$et# I cannot remem%er m! station. here

am I goingOJ

B. B To ! 0ear other! dear other# wh! do !ou alwa!s loo$ tiredO If I were a spirit# I)d %ring !ou a %unch of roses *nddrown !our fatigue in their sweet scent. ! dear other# wh! is it alwa!s hard for !ou to sleepO If I werea sleeping pill# I)d fall into !our water glass and accompan! !ou throughout the night. ! dear other#wh! do !ou alwa!s frownO If I were a +o$e %oo$# I)d %e open ever!da! *nd ma$e !ou laugh happil!. !dear other# !ou are alwa!s good to me. hen I graduate from school# I will sa!# JI %less !ou forever,

B'. B' Swimminghen I was a %o!# I li$ed swimming ver! much. (nce m! two %rothers and I spent the summer holida!swith m! uncle and aunt in their house %! the sea. It was onl! twent! meters from the water. 3ver! da!we put on our swimming shorts %efore %rea$fast# ran down to the sea across the sand and +umped in.From then until late at night# we were in the sea or on the %each most of the time. hen our aunt rang a%ell# we went %ac$ to the house for food# %ut we ate it in our swimming shorts and were soon %ac$ inthe sea again. The water was warm# the sun shone ever!da!# and on most da!s there were no waves.In the middle of the da! a wind alwa!s %egan to %low %ut it was not strong and did not ma$e the searough.

DM. DM The Crow and the :itcher* thirst! crow once came upon a pitcher with ver! little water in it. Tr! as he would# he could get nowater# for it was too far down in the pitcher. JI must find a wa! to get this water#J thought the crow. JI amtoo thirst! to go awa! without it.J &ust then the crow saw a pe%%le %eside the pitcher# and it gave him anidea. "e pic$ed up the pe%%le and dropped it into the pitcher. Then# one %! one# he pic$ed up morepe%%les and dropped them into the pitcher. 3ver! time a pe%%le fell into the water# the water rose a little.

*t last the water came up far enough for the crow to get all he wanted. JThat +ust goes to show#J saidthe wise old %ird# as he helped himself to the water# Jhere there is a will# there is a wa!.J

D1. D1 atching a ShowThe circus finall! arrived in the town. 0ad %oo$ed tic$ets for the first show on Thursda! evening# whichwas the onl! show for which he could easil! ma$e himself free. The famil! arrived at the show and wasin their seats in good time. 0ad sat on a seat next to the aisle# with ar! two seats awa! next to other.Then# with a %lare of trumpets and a %anging of drums# the show %egan. For the next two hours therewere upHturned faces and gasps of astonishment# roars of laughter as water splashed a%out and%alloons popped. :eople laughed and clapped their hands as the horses and the lion tamer performed.The show was over after two hours. Jhich did !ou li$e %estOJ as$ed the mother as the! made theirwa! home. J(h# the dogs act#J cried ar!. JI had no idea that the! could %e so clever.

D-. D- * ?seful LessonIn 3ngland no%od! under the age of 1 is allowed to drin$ in a %ar. r. Thompson used to go to a %arnear his house >uite often# %ut he never too$ his son# Tom# %ecause he was too !oung. Then when Tomhad his eighteenth %irthda!# r. Thompson too$ him to his usual %ar for the first time. The! dran$ forhalf an hour# and then r. Thompson said to his son# J0ow# Tom# I want to teach !ou a useful lesson.You must alwa!s %e careful not to drin$ too much.J J"ow do !ou $now when !ou)ve had enoughOJ


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as$ed Tom. Jell# I)ll tell !ou. 0o !ou see those two lights at the end of the %arO hen the! seem tohave %ecome four# !ou)ve had enough and should go home.J J8ut# 0ad#J said Tom# JI can onl! see onelight at the end of the %ar.J

D5. D5 * School (utingThe date for school outing was set for &une -Mth. The principal told us it would cost six dollars each.JThis !ear#J he said# Je will go %! train. This is a change from last !ear.J e assem%led at the schoolat ' o)cloc$# and %! '5M we were a%oard the train. It was a good arrangement. 3ach car held twoclasses. Three cars were added to the regular train so that there would %e enough room for otherpassengers. *s our classes were onl! a%out thirt! each# there was plent! of room. e arrived at our

destination %! twelve# and each class went with its teacher to lunch. Then the guides came and too$ usfor a tour of est :oint and finall! we stopped at a small river where we had snac$s. e were on thetrain again %! six o)cloc$. e never needed the raincoats ever!one was carr!ing.

D9. D9 "alloween :art!e)re having a "alloween part! at school.I)m dressed up li$e 0racula. an# I loo$ cool,I made m! hair %lac$ and I cut off m! %angs.I)m wearing a cape and some fa$e plastic fangs.I put on some ma$eup to paint m! face white#Li$e creatures that onl! come out in the night.! fingernails# too# are all pointed and red.There)s no dou%t I loo$ li$e the evil undead.

! mom drops me off and I run into school#*nd suddenl! feel li$e the world)s %iggest fool.The other $ids stare li$e I)m some $ind of frea$.The "alloween part! is not till next wee$.

DB. DB ! ?ncles Farm! ?ncle Tom has a small farm. "e has a lot of chic$ens. 3ver! summer# during the holida!s# I go to hisfarm and help him. I feed the chic$ens and collect and clean the eggs. ?ncle Tom pa!s me somethingfor m! help. Twice a wee$ we put the eggs in %oxes and ta$e them to town. There m! uncle sells them."e gets >uite a lot of mone! for them. ! uncle)s hens are rather stupid and nois!# I thin$. The! arever! useful %ecause the! la! the eggs# %ut I don)s li$e them ver! much. I prefer the %a%! chic$ens andthe coc$s. ! uncle has some white duc$s too. The! live on a pond on his farm. There are rows oftrees all around the pond. 3ver! evening m! uncle puts food under the trees# and the duc$s come upout of the pond to eat it.

DD. DD The Foot%all atch! %rother Fred and I went to a foot%all match !esterda!. (ur school team was pla!ing against the Star"igh School team. (ur team wore red and white shirts# white shorts and red stoc$ings. The other teamwore orange and %lac$ shirts# %lac$ shorts and orange stoc$ings. The! pla!ed li$e %ees. The! ran ver!fast# attac$ed ver! hard and passed the %all ver! fast. So the! scored their first goal. Fred and I shoutedand shouted# JCome on# 4alle! School, Come on# the 4alle!s,J (ur headmaster was near us and hewas shouting too. 8ut the Star "igh School scored another goal. e were ver! sad. *fter a while ourteam %egan to pla! %etter and the %ees were getting tired. (ur team scored two goals %efore halftime.In the second half of the match# %oth teams tried ver! hard# %ut neither scored# so at the end of thematch was a tie.

DE. DE 0anielles Stor! of Team Sports8eing involved in a team sport is not onl! fun# it)s a great wa! to meet new friends and learn new things.hen I was !ounger# I pla!ed %as$et%all and soccer# s$ating# performed g!mnastics# pla!ed piano# anddanced. (ne of m! %est friends is a girl who I met while pla!ing %as$et%all. ost of m! fondestmemories come from %eing involved in those activities. Though I was never reall! the %est at an! ofthose activities# I alwa!s had fun. The first !ear I pla!ed %as$et%all I was on a team of all %o!s. The %allwas rarel! passed to me# %ut I learned a %unch of new techni>ues and I learned to love %as$et%allmuch more. Sometimes# if !ou)re on a team sport !ou ma! feel selfHconscious# %ut remem%er thatever!one pro%a%l! feels the same wa! as !ou. "opefull! !ou all will learn to appreciate the value ofteam sports as much as I did. /o team,

D. D Cele%ration of Chinese New Year

Cele%rations of the Chinese New Year in Chinese families last for a%out two wee$s. The cele%rations%egin with traditional house cleaning. The Chinese get rid of old and useless things. The! do this tothrow awa! the misfortunes of the past !ear. (n Chinese New Year)s 3ve all famil! mem%ers en+o! a%ig# delicious meal. It is ver! important for the Chinese to %e with their families on this occasion. Fish isalwa!s part of the dinner %ecause it represents a%undance. (n New Year)s 0a! all Chinese childrenwear new clothes with %right colours. ;ed is considered a luc$! colour. :arents and relatives give


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children the traditional New Year)s gift called luc$! mone!J This mone! is put into %right red and goldenvelopes.

D'. D' The *nt and the /rasshopper(ne da! a grasshopper came upon an ant at wor$ in a garden. J/ood da!#J said the grasshopper. JIt isa %eautiful da!# is it notOJ JYes#J said the ant. J8ut the da!s will not sta! as %eautiful as the! are now.JJ&ust so,J said the grasshopper. J(ne must eat and %e happ! when one can. "ow is it# then# that !ouwor$ when !ou could %e pla!ingOJ JCold da!s are coming#J said the ant. JIf I wor$ now# I can eat and %ehapp! when %ad times are upon us.J The grasshopper laughed at the little ant and went on his wa!. 8!and %! the da!s turned cold. First the rains fell# and then the snow. The grasshopper could not find

an!thing to eat. J(h# me,J cried he# as he thought of the little ant. JI was wrong to laugh at her.J* littlewor$ when times are good is a %ig help when times are %ad.

EM. EM "o%%ies! ho%%! is collecting stamps. hen I %egan# I tried to collect the stamps of all the countries# %ut now Icollect onl! /ree$ and Indian ones %ecause I have friends in /reece and I live in India. Some of m!stamps are ver! prett!# and the! are all interesting. hen !ou loo$ at stamps carefull!# the! teach !ou alot a%out the histor! of other countries. ! %rother)s ho%%! is watching trains. "e goes to our stationand watches them there. hen an engine goes through the station he writes down its name andnum%er. "e li$es train watching ver! much# %ut I don)s. I went to the station with him one da!# %ut itwasnt interesting. ! sister)s ho%%! is sewing. She hasnt got a sewing machine# %ut she sews with ourmother)s. Sometimes she sews %! hand too. She ma$es most of her clothes# and when I tear m! shirtor m! trousers# I ta$e them to her and she mends them.

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Timm! was a little cat. "e had four %rother and sister cats# so his mother was $ept %us! feeding andwashing her new famil!. Timm! was the %ravest cat# or ma!%e# he was the most unwise cat %ecause hecouldn)t even see when he rolled so far awa! that his mother had to pull him %ac$ to her warm corner.other Cat had to pull Timm! %ac$ and warned him# JThis is the safest place for !ou now. Sta! hereuntil !ou can run.J 8ut Timm! still li$ed to wal$ around# and when he could wal$ more steadil! on hislittle feet# he would go to the far corner of his %ox and tr! to get out. Then there came a da! when aheav! foot crossed the floor# and suddenl!# without a warning word from other Cat# down came thathuge foot on Timm!)s tail and then he cried and rushed %ac$ to his warm# comforta%le famil!,

ED. ED Snow

"ave !ou ever seen snowO * lot of people in the world have not. * lot of countries never have snow or have it onl! on the tops of ver! high mountains. In Canada there is >uite a lot of snow ever! winter#%ut in the southern ?S there is usuall! ver! little. hen a student from a warm countr! li$e 4ietnamcomes to Canada in the autumn for the first time# he feels cold at first# and most students from warmcountries do not li$e this. Snow is different. *lthough it is ver! cold# it is also ver! %eautiful. :erhaps#after several dar$ mornings# the student wa$es up one da!# and there is a lot of light in his room. "ethin$s# JIs it so lateOJ and +umps out of %ed# %ut no# it is not ver! late. "e loo$s out the window andthere is snow# on the ground and ever!where. The light in his room came from that smooth# clean#%eautiful white snow.

EE. EE In through the indow(ne da! m! father too$ us for a famil! drive in the countr!. e arrived home %efore seven. 0ad pulledinto the drivewa! and we got out. 0ad wal$ed to the door. "is hand came out of his poc$et. "e tried his

other poc$ets# %ut the! too were empt!. "e realied that he didn)t have his door $e!s. "e tried thewindow. It was firml! shut. "e went around to the %ac$# and we followed# %ut mother was alwa!s afraidof %urglars# and the rear windows were +ust as tightl! closed. J&ohn# run up to r. ilson and as$ if !oucan %orrow his ladder#J he said. I went too# and in a few moments we were %ac$ with it. Jr. ilsonsa!s he wants the ladder %ac$ right awa!.J e too$ it around to the %ac$# and 0avid went up the ladderwhile 0ad held it. The front door was soon open# and we left ar! and Susan to prepare dinner whilewe returned the ladder.

E. E * Clever Servant(nce upon a time# there lived a rich man. "e had a servant. "e and the servant loved wine and goodfood ver! much. 3ach time the rich man left his home2 the servant would drin$ the wine and eat up allthe nice food in the house. The rich man $new what his servant did# %ut he had never caught hisservant doing it. (ne morning# when he left home# he said to the servant# J"ere are two %ottles ofpoison and some nice food in the house. You must ta$e care of them.J ith these words# he went out.hen the rich man was awa! from his home# the servant en+o!ed a nice meal. hen the rich mancame %ac$# he couldn)t find his food and wine. "e %ecame ver! angr!. So he as$ed the servant# Jhereare m! wine and foodOJ The servant said a cat had eaten up the food. "e was afraid to %e punished sohe dran$ the poison to $ill himself.

E'. E' (ur :la!groundThere is a %ig par$ in our town with lots of trees# flowers# and grass in it. There are also places fortennis and volle!H%all. There is a pond for small %oats and a ver! small oo# with a few wild animals in it.For children the %est place in the par$ is the pla!ground. There the! can swing and slide and go roundand round for hours. 0uring school hours# onl! the ver! small children are there# %ut on summerevenings# on Saturda!s# and Sunda!s all the !ear# there are older children too. I li$e going to the

pla!ground with m! friends %ecause we are happ! there. e laugh and shout and +o$e with each other.There is a shed near the pla!ground# and when it rains hard# the children go in here and wait until therain stops. Then the! come out again# running and shouting and laughing and in a minute the! are allsliding and swinging and going round and round again.

M. M * Free Show&ac$ lived in a village. *s his father was ver! poor# &ac$ had little poc$et mone!. (ne da! a circus cameto the village. &ac$ was ver! fond of going to the circus. "e wanted to go ver! much# %ut he had nomone!. *fter lunch &ac$ went out and wandered slowl! round the circus tent. Inside the tent the %andwas pla!ing music and people were shouting happil!. &ac$ was excited# so he tried putting his head firstthrough a small opening in the tent. &ust then# a guard found &ac$ out. J"e!# this is not an entrance#J heshouted and pulled him out. Then &ac$ went to the %ac$ of the tent. There was another opening.*nother guard was standing there. This time &ac$ turned %ac$wards and tried to enter with his legs first.

hen the guard saw him# he shouted# J"e!# this is not an exit. You can)s leave from here.J "e pushed&ac$ into the tent. So &ac$ got to see the Circus after all.

1. 1 Clim%ing ountains0o !ou li$e clim%ing mountainsO ! friend Ted does. "e has never clim%ed a dangerous mountain# %uthe has clim%ed some >uite %ig and difficult ones. "e %egan to clim% roc$s when he was a small %o!.


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Ted li$ed it ver! much and he did not get ver! tired. The next !ear his father too$ him up somemountains in Scotland# and he was ver! happ!. Last summer holida!s# Ted)s uncle invited him to go toSwiterland. The mountains are high there. The! went to Switerland %! train and had a ver! goodholida!. The! clim%ed several mountains. *t the end of the holida! he said to Ted# JYou are still ver!!oung# %ut !ou alread! clim% well.J Ted was ver! glad. Now Ted wants to go to China to clim% some ofthe ver! high pea$s in the "imala!as# %ut he is still too !oung and also he hasn)t got enough mone!.:erhaps one da! he will %ecome rich# and then he will go to China.

-. - Three &o$es&o$e 1 Cler$ in a post office# after weighing the letter JThat letter)s too heav!. You)ll have to put another

stamp on it.J an Jhat)s the good of thatO If I put another stamp on it# that will onl! ma$e it heavier#won)t itOJ&o$e - Jhat are !ou doing# m! dearOJ said a mother to her fourH!earHold daughter. JI)m writing a letterto "elen#J the little girl answered. J8ut dear#J said the mother# J!ou don)s $now how to write.J The littlegirl continued to ma$e mar$s on the paper with her pencil and answered Jell# "elen doesn)t $nowhow to read# so it doesn)t ma$e an! difference.J&o$e 5 * school inspector was visiting an 3nglish class one da!. "e found some students were not surea%out how to put the letters i or ein the words li$e receive#J %elieve#J and ceiling.J "e said JStudents# Ican give !ou a rule. It alwa!s wor$s well for me.J The students were ver! interested. 3ven the teacherseemed eager to learn this important rule. The inspector continued JIt is simpl! this rite the i and theeexactl! ali$e and then put the dot in the middle over them.J

5. 5 (ur Aoo

&ane)s class is going to visit the oo tomorrow. (ur town has a %ig oo with lots of animals in it. Thereare some %eautiful tigers and two old lions. Lions and tigers are fierce animals# so when the! are inoos# the! live in strong cages. The! eat a lot of meat ever! da!. There are also two %ig elephants anda %a%! one. &ane wants to ride on one of the elephants. The elephants are tame and $ind. The! eat alot of grass ever!da!. The! li$e children %ecause the! sometimes give them %read and %ananas.3lephants li$e %ananas ver! much. In our oo there are also %rown %ears# %lac$ %ears and white %ears.The! stand on their %ac$ legs# hold up their arms and as$ for food. The! li$e ca$es ver! much. There isalso a Children)s Corner in our oo. There children ride horses and ds and watch ms. The ms are ver!funn!. The! clim% up ropes and +ump down again and pla! with each other li$e small children. The! lovenuts and %ananas and %read.

9. 9 Things ! other Taught e"ow interesting is !our lifeO The answer is how clever !ou are when !ou turn the dull routines of life intolaughter. I learned the meanings of these words from m! mother when I was a teenager. ! othertaught me to 33T * C"*LL3N/3... Jhat were !ou thin$ingO *nswer me when I tal$ to !ou... 0on)stal$ %ac$ to me, J! other taught me L(/IC... JIf !ou fall out off that swing and %rea$ !our nec$#!ou)re not going to the store with me.J ! other taught me to T"IN< *"3*0... JIf !ou don)s pass !ourtest# !ou)ll never get into a universit!.J ! other taught me how to 83C(3 *N *0?LT... JIf !ou don)seat !our vegeta%les# !ou)ll never grow up.J ! other taught me a%out /3N3TICS... JYou)re +ust li$e!our father.J ! other taught me a%out IS0( (F */3... Jhen !ou get to %e m! age# !ou willunderstand.J *nd m! all time favourite... &?STIC3... J(ne da! !ou)ll have $ids# and I hope the! turn out+ust li$e !ou... Then !ou)ll see what it)s li$e.

B. B * Survivor of a :lane Crash(n Christmas 3ve 1'E1 &uliana left Lima %! air with her mother. The! were on their wa! to :ucallpa#

another town in :eru. Fort!Hfive minutes later the plane %ro$e up in a storm# and &uliana fell 5#MMMmeters# strapped in her seat. She was not $illed when the seat hit the ground %ut she la! all nightunconscious. The next morning &uliana wo$e up# and found herself among the %ro$en pieces of theplane# and called for her mother# %ut no%od! answered. &uliana)s collar %one was %ro$en# one $nee was%adl! hurt and she had deep cuts on her arms and legs. She decided to tr! to get out of the +ungle#%ecause she $new that if she sta!ed there she would die. *fter ten da!s she came to a river and saw ahut. :eople discovered her and too$ her to a doctor in the next village. &uliana $new afterwards thatthere were at least three other people who were not $illed in the crash# %ut she was the onl! one whogot rescued.

D. D * :art!e are going to have a part! in our house this evening. It is m! mother)s %irthda!# and she has invitedm! uncles and aunts and some of her friends. other and I are ordering most of the food for the part!#

and Father is getting the drin$s. The livingHroom loo$s ver! prett!. 8alloons of all colours are hangingfrom the lights. In the dinning room we have put out the %est plates# glasses and ta%le cloths# and it allloo$s %eautiful. e are going to have soup# fish# chic$en# fruit and cheese. e are going to dance untilmidnight and after that# we will have some more food# %ecause we will %e hungr! after all that dancing.Last !ear m! mother had her %irthda! part! in a restaurant# %ut it is pleasanter at home. hen it is m!%irthda!# I am going to invite m! friends and have a part! in the garden. I will hang prett! lights in the


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trees and we will grill our food in the garden and dance on the grass.

E. E Fishing"enr! li$es fishing. "e fishes in the river near our house. In the evenings he ma$es liesJout of littlepieces of wool and cotton and ties them to his hoo$s. Then on Saturda! afternoon he goes down to theriver and fishes until it is dar$. There are alwa!s a few other people there. The! love fishing too# andthe! all sit there >uietl! for hours. Sometimes the! catch some fish. Sometimes the! do not. (nce"enr! caught a %ig fish and he was ver! happ!, *ll the other fishermen left their places and came tosee his fish. (ne of them had a camera# so he too$ a picture of "enr! with his %ig fish. *nother time"enr! fell into the river. The grass was slipper! %ecause there was some mud on it# and while he was

pulling his line in# he slipped and fell into the dirt! water. "enr! does not swim# %ut the two nearestfishermen pulled him out >uic$l!# and he ran home# with mud all over his face.

. :rincess is%ehaviour(nce upon a time there lived a %eautiful princess named 8rianna. 3ver!one in the countr! thought shewas prett!# %ut no one would pla! with her %ecause she never listened to an!one# including the


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pleased to see that there were lots of presents under the tree for them. 8ec$! noticed that the sugarcoo$ies for Santa were gone and there was a note next to a present that said# J/ive these to !our0add!. "e was home and in %ed %! the time I got here.J 8ec$! gra%%ed her 0add! %! the leg and said#JThan$ !ou dadd!. I $new !ou)d ma$e it home in time.J

'5. '5 In a 8oat! famil! li$es the sea ver! much. hen we have a holida!# we go to a place at the seaside and%orrow a %oat from one of our friends. Then we row# sail and fish on the sea all da!. Sometimes wehave races against other %oats. hen the sea is rough# we row and sail on a small la$e near the seainstead. e are ver! careful on this la$e %ecause there are a lot of sharp roc$s and the water is

shallow. e do not want to damage our friend)s %oat. There are not man! fish in the la$e# %ut in the seawe sometimes catch a lot with a hoo$# line and small pieces of %read. The fish are not ver! %ig# %ut the!taste ver! good. hen the weather is fine# we row to the land at lunch time# collect pieces of dr! woodand fr! or grill our fish over them on the %each. There is an island a $ilometre from our friend)s house#and we often sail to it. The water is ver! clean and we often %athe there.

'9. '9 * "app! /randparentr. 8rown had a daughter who had two daughters and two sons. (ne da! the daughter telephoned andsaid that she had a new daughter. r. 8rown was ver! happ! and decided to visit her. (n Frida!morning# r. 8rown got into a train. "e was ver! happ!. JI)m going to see m! new grandHdaughter#J hesaid. There were three empt! places in the train. There was an old man %eside one empt! place# andr. 8rown went to him and said nicel!# J*re !ou a grandfatherOJ JYes#J the man answered# JI have threegranddaughters.J r. 8rown went to the second empt! place. * nice woman sat %eside that. r. 8rown

as$ed# J*re !ou a grandmotherOJ The woman answered# JYes# I have two granddaughters and twograndsons.J r. 8rown went to the third empt! place. There was a man %eside that# and r. 8rownas$ed# J*re !ou a grandfatherOJ J0o# I)m not#J the man answered. r. 8rown smiled happil! and said#JThat)s good. "e sat down in the empt! place and said to the man $indl!# JNow I)ll tell !ou a%out m!granddaughters and grandsons.

'B. 'B The Cinemaar! li$es the cinema ver! much. She has no lessons and no homewor$ on Saturda!s# so she alwa!sgoes to the cinema that afternoon. She prefers funn! films %ut often she sees other $inds of films. Sheusuall! goes with some other schoolfriends# and the! all sit together and eat nuts and ice cream andlaugh when something funn! happens. Last Saturda! ar! saw a film a%out a funn! man. "is namewas :erc!. :erc! was fat and had a %ig# %lac$ moustache. "e went out one night to pla! cards with hisfriends when his wife was asleep. hen he was going home at midnight# a fierce dog ran after him andtore his trouser poc$et# so :erc! lost his $e!. "e tried to clim% up a ladder to get into his house througha window. 8ut he slipped down the ladder and made a terri%le noise. "is wife wo$e up and cried# J"elp,Thieves,J Someone telephoned the police and policemen >uic$l! arrived. :erc! ran awa!# %ut heslipped and fell into the mud at the side of the river. ar! and her friends laughed a lot.

'D. 'D Little 8ear Cuff!(nce there were three %ears who lived together in a little house in the forest. The %iggest %ear# namedTu%%!# wor$ed hard all da! finding %erries and good things to eat for himself and his friends. ThemiddleHsied %ear# called Fu!# wor$ed hard too# getting the hone! from the trees. The third %ear# whowas called Cuff!# +ust rolled and pla!ed in the sun all da!. (ne da!# Tu%%! and Fu! went deep into theforest to find food. The! said# J:lease come with us# Cuff!# we will %e gone for a long time.J 8ut Cuff!said# J0o# than$ !ou. If I go with !ou# I will have to wor$ hard. I will sta! here and pla! until !ou get

%ac$.J So off went the two %ears# and Cuff! pla!ed with the ra%%its. 8ut soon he %egan to get hungr!#and as$ed the ra%%its if he could have lunch with them. 8ut the ra%%it said he had to go to Farmer8rown)s garden for carrots. Cuff! $new he could not do that. :oor Cuff!, "ow hungr! he was for somenice sweet %erries. J0ext time#J he said# J&ust wait until next time, I will %e glad to go and find food withFu! and Tu%%!.

'E. The "at a$er and the s(nce upon a time there was a man who made hats. "e was a hat ma$er. "e had enough hats to sell.(ne da! he put the hats into his %arrow and went along the road to the mar$et. It was a long wa! andthe hat ma$er was tired and hot. "e came to a tree and sat down. Soon he fell asleep. There were msup in the tree. The hat ma$er did not $now this. The ms loo$ed down. The! saw the hats. Then the!came down and too$ them. 3ach m put a hat on and each m went up the tree again. Then the manwo$e up. "is %arrow was empt!. There were no hats in it. Jhere are m! hatsOJ he said. "e loo$ed left.

"e loo$ed right. "e loo$ed round a%out. Then he loo$ed up. "e saw the ms with his hats on. J(h dear,Jhe said. JThose naught! ms have stolen m! hats.J "e shoo$ his fist at them. The ms shoo$ their fiststoo. The hat ma$er had an idea. "e too$ off his hat and threw it on the ground. The s too$ off theirhats too and threw them on the ground. The hat ma$er put his hats %ac$ in his %arrow and >uic$l! leftfor the mar$et.


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'. Spanish Farmers;ota is a ver! small town in Spain. It is famous for its fruits and vegeta%les. In particular# it is famous forits tomatoes and pump$ins. (ne would thin$ that the soil of this region must %e ver! good. It must %ever! rich in order to grow such excellent tomatoes and pump$ins. 8ut the soil is not good. It is poor. It isonl! sand and roc$ nothing more. The winds of the ocean %low hard. The! have carried awa! thegood soil. The! have left onl! sand in its place. There is also little water. The soil is dr! and hard. Thefarmers of this region have to wor$ ver! hard. The! wor$ from morning till night. The! dig wellswherever there is water. The! carr! water %! hand to their gardens. The! use an!thing and ever!thingto ma$e the soil a little richer around each plant. The! cover the !oung plants with leaves. In this wa!the! protect them from the sun and wind. The! watch each plant carefull!. The! watch the plants which

are not strong. The! give these plants more water and more attention. The! show the plants the sameaffection the! show for their wives or children. There is a prover% a%out ;ota farmers the farmer of;ota touches each tomato plant at least fort! times a da!.

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