【推荐1】Today is the first day of the week. It is sunny and hot in the afternoon. Mr. Read is driving his car to his sister’s school. Now he is very near the school. But he doesn’t know the way to it. At this time, he sees a young woman. Mr. Read stops in front of a bank and gets out of the car. “Excuse me, where’s the school, please?” he asks.

The young woman says, “It’s very near here. I want to go with you.”

Now the young woman is sitting in the car. Soon they come to a small house and she says, “Stop, please!” Mr. Read stops the car and says, “But this is not a school.” “No,” says the young woman, “this is my house. I want to get home early before supper time. Thanks for driving me home. The school is behind the bank. So go back to the bank and then turn right, and you can find the school.”

【推荐2】One day a tiger caught (抓住) a fox (狐狸) in the forest. Before the tiger ate him, the fox said, “You can’t eat me. I’m the king of the forest. If you eat me, all the other animals in the forest will be angry with you.” The tiger didn’t believe him. The fox said, “If you don’t believe me, then take a walk with me in the forest. You can see if (是否) they are afraid of me.”

The tiger thought it was a good idea, so they started together. The fox walked in front and the tiger went behind. When the other animals saw the tiger coming, they ran away (逃跑) as fast as they could. The fox called out, “Mr. Tiger, you see, all the animals are afraid of me.” The tiger said, “Yes, you are quite right.” He let the fox go.

【推荐3】There were three big fish in the lake. One of them, Demo, was wise; another one, Jimmy, was half-wise; Martin, the third one, was stupid.

Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets. The three fish saw them.

Demo decided at once to leave, to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean. He thought, “ I won’t discuss with these two about this. They love this place so much that they call it home and will stay on. How silly they are! They still haven’t realized we are in great danger now. Their ignorance will cost them their lives.”

Seeing the wise fish had left, Jimmy thought, “My guide has gone and now I’ve lost my chance to escape.” He felt sorry for it and then thought, “When can I do to save myself from these men and their nets? Perhaps I should pretend to be already dead, giving myself totally to the water.” So he did that. He went up and down with the water, helpless, within arm’s reach of the fishermen.

“ Look at this! The best and biggest is dead.” One of the men lifted him by the tail, and threw him up on the ground. He rolled over and over and moved secretly toward the water, and then, backed in.

The third fish was aimlessly jumping about, trying to escape with his speed and cleverness. The net, of course, finally closed around him, and as he lay in the hot frying-pan bed. He thought “If I get out of this, I’ll never live again in the limits of the lake. Next time, the ocean! I’ll make it my home.”

【推荐1】John gets up early from Monday to Saturday, because he must go to school before 7:30 on weekdays and go to the Drawing Club at 8:00 on Saturday mornings. He usually goes to the bookshop on Saturday afternoons, and after supper he watches TV until(直到) midnight.

He doesn’t get up early on Sundays. John’s parents both work on Sundays. John always watches TV after he gets up. Then he usually goes to KFC to have a hamburger and some juice for lunch. After that, he goes back home and starts to play computer games until his parents come back. He does his homework after supper. He usually has lots of weekend homework, so he must spend three hours on it. He usually goes to bed at about 11:00 p.m. on Sundays. He often complains(抱怨) he has too much homework to do.

【推荐2】Hello, my friends. My name is Li Hong. I’m from Fuzhou. I’m in No. 1 Junior High School. I’m in Class Seven, Grade Seven. My mother works in No. 1 Junior High School. She teaches Chinese. My father is a doctor in a hospital.

On Sunday, my mother and I often do some shopping. My mother likes shopping a lot. We will go shopping this Sunday afternoon. My mother says she will buy me a red coat. But I don’t like red. I want a yellow one. My mother says yes to me. I’m happy.

My father doesn’t like shopping at all. He likes pandas best. He often takes me to the zoo. In the zoo, I can see monkeys, pandas, elephants, lions and tigers. The pandas are very cute. The monkeys are clever. The lions and tigers are strong. The elephants have long noses. They are very kind. This Sunday my father will go to the zoo with me.

I love my parents very much. They love me, too. I have a happy family.