The Read family comes to a new big city, but Mrs. Read’s son, Bob, is not ___________. He doesn’t have anyone to play with. “ Don’t worry!” says his mother, “You will soon make friends here.”

One morning, there is a knock at the door. Bob’s ___________, Mrs.Read, opens it. There stands a woman with brown hair. It is Mrs. Miller. She comes to ___________ some eggs. She wants to ___________ cakes. Mrs. Read gives her two. In the afternoon, there is another knock at the door. Mrs.Read opens it and sees a ___________ standing there. “My name is Jack Miller, ” he says, “My mother sends you this cake and the two eggs.” “Well, thank you, Jack.”says Mrs. Read, “___________ and meet my son Bob.”

Look! Bob and Jack are having cakes and milk. They are playing football. Now they are ___________! Jack says, “I’m glad you live next door.” Bob says, “I must thank your mother for coming for ___________.”Jack laughs and tells Bob, “My mother doesn’t want the two eggs, but she wants to make friends with your mother.” Bob says, “That’s a(n) ___________ way to make friends. Each of us can do it!”

Tom and Jim are brothers. They are from Ottawa(渥太华）.Tom is 14 years old and Jim is 13 years old. They can speak both English and French. Now, they are in China. They are studying Chinese in No. 4 Middle School in Beijing. Their family are all in China. There are five people in their family. They are their parents, their sister and them. Their mother is a teacher. Their father is a doctor. Their sister is very young. She is only 4 years old. She doesn’t go to school. She goes to a kindergarten. They say China is a very interesting country. They like Chinese friendly people, Chinese delicious food and Chinese long history. They say they like China very much.

Weekends are short. They are only two days out of a seven-day week. To make your weekends longer, you need to plan it better. Here are some ideas.

●   Get up at your usual(平常的) time. The biggest mistake(错误) is to think that the weekend is a good chance(机会) to get up late. So getting up early can make you feel the weekends are longer.

●   Finish homework as early as possible(尽快地). Nobody wants to do homework, but we have to do it. The earlier you do it at the weekend, the better you will feel. You can do homework from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. On Saturday morning. After doing your homework, you can plan your weekends well.

●   Go out to enjoy weekends. Weekends feel longer if you go out and enjoy them. Think about what you like to do. You can plan a sports activity, for example, playing football in the park. You can also plan to go to a museum, a zoo or a park.

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Hi. My name is Tom and I’m 13 years old. I’m from America. I came to China last year. It’s my first time to be in China. Now I’m at a middle school in Beijing.

This is my family. My mum is a doctor. She works in a Children’s hospital. If we get a cold, we don’t have to see the doctor. Mum will take care of us. My dad is a diplomat(外交官). He goes to many countries. He often tells me about his stories in those countries. My sister is a student. She is 15. She is good at Chinese. My Chinese is not good. She often helps me with it.

My sister and I both love animals. And we keep a lovely cat in our American home. But we can’t take it with us. So I give it to my best friend Bob.

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