Rick and Mary are from America. Now they are working in Ningbo. They can speak a little Chinese. Every morning they get up very early. Then they go to work by car. They are very busy. They have lunch at the factory. After lunch they work again. They finish their work very late(很晚).In the evening they take Chinese lessons(上汉语课).They want to talk with Chinese people. They often say，“Chinese people are very friendly.”They like to stay in China and they like to work with Chinese people.

Mary is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a hospital in Hangzhou. She is also learning Chinese medicine(医学) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves to work for the patients(病人), because it’s interesting She works hard in the day and read English books on Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese, too.

Her husband John is from America, too. He is a policeman. He works in a police station in Hangzhou, too. He works hard, too. He’s very busy. He works on Saturdays and Sundays. His work is kind of dangerous, but he says, “I love my job very much. It’s exciting and I can work for the people.”

Victor is seven years old and     51     to school this fall（秋天）. He studies hard and    52     to his teachers. He is polite（有礼貌的）and has some friends. They all like him. It’s Sunday today. Victor, his sister Tina and his mother stay at home. His mother is     53     some housework and he’s watching TV and the girl is doing her homework. At eight thirty his father comes back with a bag of     54    . The boy likes them very much and wants to eat some. His mother    55     him four and says, “Which one do you want, Victor?”

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