Australia is the greatest island in the world. When it is summer in our country, it is cold winter in Australia.

    Australia is big, but the population there is thin. The population is the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.

    Australia has many, many sheep. After a short drive from any town, you will see sheep around you. You can also find the kangaroo has a “bag" below its chest. The mother kangaroo keeps its baby in the “bag”.

    We have a big playground in our school. We all like to1games2after school. It's Friday. We have only two classes3the afternoon. When school is4, a lot of students go to the playground. Look! The boys of Grade Two are5a basketball match. Some girls are6and shouting. Football is our favourite sport. Many teachers are also7football.

    Li Ming, Li Lei and Wei Fang are students of Grade One. They are8a Frisbee. They are playing very9. It's half past five now. It's time10home. The students all leave the playground.

    Hello, everyone. Now, it's 7: 30. It's time for the world weather report. It's snowy and windy in Beijing. It's cold today. We should wear big and heavy jackets. It's rainy in London. People should put up their umbrellas in rainy days. It's sunny and warm in New York. People can wear their shirts and sunglasses. It's cloudy in Sydney. Thank you. Goodbye!

    Tomorrow is Mike's birthday. Mike's parents Mr and Mrs Black want to buy a present for him. They want to give him a surprise. They want to buy a beautiful shirt for him. Now, they are in a clothes shop.

Mr Black: Look! This shirt is colourful.

Mrs Black: But it's too big.

Mr Black: This blue shirt is good.

Mrs Black: But it's too small. Mike can't put it on.

Mr Black: This pink shirt is pretty.

Mrs Black: But it's too long. It doesn't fit a student.

Mr Black: This yellow shirt is OK!

Mrs Black: It's too short. Let's look at others.

Mr Black: This white shirt is nice.

Mrs Black: Yes. It must be fit Mike well.

Mr Black: How much is it, Madam?

Assistant: It's fifty yuan.

Mrs Black: We'II take it. Here's the money.

Assistant: Thank you.

    Jack came to China three years ago. He is an American boy. His parents are now in China, too. They are teachers. His mother teaches English. His father teaches English, too. Jack is now in No. 2 Middle School. He is a student. He works very hard. His parents work in No. 8 Middle School.

    I go shopping with my mum. We buy a lot of things from the supermarket. We buy some kinds of vegetables. They are tomatoes, cucumbers and potatoes. Tomatoes are one yuan a kilo. We buy one kilo. Cucumbers are fifty fen a kilo. We buy four kilos. I like potatoes very much. So my mum buys five kilos. They are two yuan a kilo. After this, we buy two kinds of fruits. They are bananas and oranges. They both are two yuan a kilo. We buy two kilos of bananas and one kilo of oranges. We have a happy day!

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    Tom is eight years old. He is in Class Three, Grade Two this year. He likes to watch basketball match very much. He knows when and where there is going to be a basketball match. He likes Yao Ming very much. Now, Tom is having lunch. He is very happy, because there is going to be a basketball match on TV at three this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have two Chinese classes. He is sad. Suddenly, he gets a good idea.

    “Hello, Mrs Zhang," Tom says to his teacher on the telephone . "Tom is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day's leave."

    "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," says Mrs Zhang. "But who is that?"

    "It's my father."