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It is a rainy day. A train stops at a station. A young man doesn’t have an umbrella and he is hungry. He sees a boy standing under a big umbrella. The young man says to the boy. “Can you buy two hamburgers, one for you and one for me? Here are two dollars.” “Great!” says the boy. Then he goes to buy the hamburgers. After some time, the boy comes back. He is having a hamburger. “Where is my hamburger?” asks the young man. “Oh, there is only one hamburger left. So this is mine. Here is your dollar.” the boy answers.

Jack is a school boy. He doesn’t like going to school. He always wants to have more holidays. One day he makes a telephone call to his teacher and says in a voice. The voice sounds like his father’s. “I am sorry to say that Jack is ill in bed. He won’t go to school for three or four days.” “Oh,” says the teacher, “I’m sorry to hear that, but I want to know who is speaking.” “My father, sir.” says Jack. The teacher gets very angry.

I’m Lily. I often go to the zoo on the weekend. There are many animals in the zoo. The monkeys are so funny! They can dance! The parrots(鹦鹉) can speak English! There is a big lake in the zoo. There are many fish in the lake. We often have lunch near the zoo. My favourite food is chicken. My favourite drink is milk.

Tom lives in a big house in Shandong. His mother is a writer. She often writes stories. She likes playing the violin. She goes to work on foot every day. Tom’s father is a scientist. He works at a university. He likes making robots. He goes to work by car. Wu Yue is Tom’s sister. She is a pretty girl. She likes playing the piano. She goes to school by subway. Tom never(从不) plays the piano. He likes swimming. He goes to school by bike. On the weekend, Tom and his sister often play football. They’re very happy.

Do you often use plastic straws(塑料吸管)? You may use them to drink a lot of things, such as cola, juice or milk.

Most people throw their straws away after using them. Americans throw away 390 million plastic straws every day.

A lot of these straws go into the ocean. This is very bad for the ocean. Some animals eat them. They get sick. They can even die from this.

Some countries are trying to deal with this problem. The US and the UK both plan not to let people use plastic straws.

Hello, I’m Mary. I’m a girl. I’m eight years old. I’m tall and thin. There are four people in my family, my father, my mother, my sister and I. I like autumn because it’s cool. I have a good friend. Her name is Lisa. She’s seven years old. Lisa is short. She has long hair and big eyes. She is beautiful. We often play together.

Hello! My name is Daming. I’m from China. I can speak Chinese and English. And I can write some English too. I have got two pen friends, Alice and Mike. We often write to each other.

I’m Alice. I’m from Canada. It’s cold here. My hobby is skating. I also like playing in the snow. I know something about China from Daming. I want to go to China with my parents this winter holiday. We’ll visit many beautiful places there.

I’m Mike. I’m an American boy. Thanksgiving is my family’s favourite festival. We always have a special meal on that day. After the big dinner, I like to watch a football game on TV. Playing football is my hobby. I really love it!

Hello, I’m Lily. I live near Wangfujing Street. It is a long and big street in Beijing. There are a lot of shops on this street. Some shops are very old. Some shops are new. Many people like to go there. They can buy anything they like.

There are many good restaurants on Wangfujing Street. People can eat nice food there. I like Beijing Roast Duck. What about you?