【推荐1】Hello, my name is Rajbanu. I am 12 years old. I am from Pakistan (巴基斯坦).

● 7:00: I get up. My sister makes tea and bread for the family.

● 8:00: School starts. We study English, then Urdu and Maths. We have only one school, with 300 children and five teachers.

● 10:30: We have a half-hour break. I often play cricket (板球) with the other girls.

● 11:00: We learn more Urdu. At 13:00. We go home for lunch. I usually have fish for lunch, sometimes vegetables.

● 15:00: We study the Koran, an important book to us.

● 18:00: I get home and help my sister with housework. I often fetch water (打水) with my sister. We have to walk half a mile to get it.

● 20:00: After dinner, I sit on the floor and do my homework. It usually takes me two hours.

● 22:00: I go to bed. My family and I sleep on the floor in one room.

【推荐2】Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father. I received this gift on a cloudy day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a. m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11: 00 a. m., I remembered my uncle, but I was very late for him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2: 00 p. m. and felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said “hello” to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and gave me this watch. Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun with your friends today?”

“Yes, Dad, and I’m sorry about not meeting my uncle at the airport.”

“I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒物) for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

I learned a very important lesson from my father: To respect time and never be late to do something. This watch is important to me. Not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.

【推荐3】It’s November 6th today. Ben and Lisa want to buy a birthday present. It’s their mother’s birthday. “What does she need?” Ben asks Lisa. “I don’t know,” Lisa says. “We bought (买) her some chocolates last time.” “Yes,” Ben says, “and we ate (吃) them! We mustn’t do that again.” “Let’s buy her a book. She likes reading,” Lisa says. “What kind of books would she like?” Ben asks. “I don’t know,” Lisa says. “Let’s go to ask her.” The children go into the living room. Mrs. Wilson is watching TV. “We want to buy a book for you, Mom,” Lisa says. “What book do you want?” “How much money do you have?” their mother asks them. “We have twenty-five yuan,” Ben says. “Good. That's enough (足够的) for the book I want. It is Quick and Easy Cooking.” The children buy their mother the book for her birthday. They don't eat her present this time, but they often eat the food she cooks from it. They are very happy.