My name is Tony. I’m ________ English boy. I’m twelve years old. I’m a student. Jim is my good friend. He ________ from the USA. We are in ________ class. He’s twelve years old, ________. Jim ________ a long face, small eyes, brown and short hair. He ________ cute. Jim has a sister . ________ name is Kate. She is ten years old. Kate has a round face and ________ eyes. They look different. We are all ________. Their mom is our English teacher. She is good ________ us. We like her very much.

Hello, everyone. Welcome to our zoo. Our zoo has many ________ of animals.They ________ different countries.

First, let’s look at kangaroos. They are Australian animals. They ________ eat meat. There is a pocket ________ a baby kangaroo in it on the front of a mother kangaroo. Isn’t it interesting? Next, let’s go to see pandas. They live in China and many other _______, such as America and England. The panda is very cute, _______ it is the favorite of people all over the world. Do you like the tiger? It is the black and _______ animal over there. The tiger likes water and it’s good ________ swimming. It eats meat. Let’s ________ away quickly.

Are you tired now? Let’s have ________ break here.

Hello, everyone. I am John, a student of Grade Seven in No.1 Middle School. Now let me tell you about my favorite teacher. My favorite teacher is Mr. Brown. He is my English teacher. He is my friend Eric’s uncle, too. He is good to every student in my class. Everyone likes him. Mr. Brown gives us interesting homework. It’s relaxing for me to do the homework.

Now Mr. Brown is 40. He has many things to do. He has three classes a day. And he helps in the library after school. He helps children read and makes them love reading.

I think good teachers can have a good influence (影响) on their students. Mr. Brown is a good teacher. And I want to be a teacher like him.

Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world through reading. World Book Day is an important day for all readers. It is on 23 April. It comes from Spain. Now it becomes an important part of people’s life in the world.

In England, some schools and libraries hold different kinds of activities to celebrate (庆祝) the special day. Students can also buy many cheap books from bookshops.

Students in Spain usually watch many books shows in the street. If a student buys a book, he or she can get a rose.

People in Korea often make wonderful stamps and tell children to read and write more.

In China President Xi Jinping is very busy, but he still does lots of reading. He says young people should read more in their free time.

Everyone needs friends. Friends are people you know and like.     31    

Say hello!

Introduce (介绍) yourself to someone new. See if he or she would like to be friends. Ask questions like “    32    ”, “Where are you from?” to know them.

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Some like playing basketball. Some like reading books. What is your favorite thing to do? Do it with a friend.

Help each other.

Ask how a friend is feeling. If your friend is sad, try to make him happy. You can teach friends something they do not know.     34    

Can be different.

Friends can be different. You can be older. Your friends can be younger. You can like singing.     35     You can like different things. What are your friends like?