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　　Dick's parents work in China．They couldn't leave the boy in Canada by himself and brought the boy to Beijing four years ago．The boy began to study in a school last year and made friends with some Chinese children．He's friendly to them and they like him．They often talk in Chinese and he often teaches his friends some English．

　　One Sunday Dick and his friends went to a forest to catch some birds．It was fine that day and they saw a lot of flowers there．The children enjoyed themselves．Suddenly(突然)Dick saw a bird in a tree．He wanted to tell his friends about it, but he was afraid it could hear him．He thought for a while and called out in English,“Look!There's a bird in that short tree!”

　　The bird heard him and flew away．

　　“How clever your bird is!”said the boy．“It knows some English, too!”

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　　Children in the USA like K Day very much．K is for kites．March 7 is the day．On that day lots of children go out in the open air．They take their kites with them．Some kites are very big．Others are small．They are in different colours．Every kite has a long string(钢绳)．

　　To get the kites up, the children begin to run．They let out the string from the ball in their hands．Now the kites are flying in the air．How nice they look!

　　Now, all the kites are high up in the air．Some are higher than others．The one like a bird is the highest．But what's wrong?It's flying away!The string is broken．

　　Another kite gets away．And more kites fly away．But the children are running after them．They want to get them back．People are watching them and laughing．

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　　American boys and girls love to watch television．Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set．Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday．

　　Televisions are like books or films．A child can learn bad things and good things from them．Some shows help children to understand the news, others show people and places from other countries or other times in history．

　　With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship．Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or game at home．

　　Television brings many places and events(事件)into our homes．Some programmes show crime(犯罪)and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do．

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　　Dogs like living with people．A dog can be a best friend．He will do a lot of things for people．

　　Some dogs help people to look after sheep, others help them to find the lost children．And some of the dogs can help blind(失明的)men or women do things．

　　Many years ago there was a very good dog．His name was Seeing Eye dog．Now we can see this kind of dogs all over the world(全世界)．They are working for the blind．

　　The Seeing Eye dog is strong, good and easy to train(训练)．He helps the blind to walk from place(地方)to place．

　　Before a dog becomes(成为)a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months．First the dog has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer's call．In his next lesson the dog learns to take his trainer across(穿过)busy streets．

　　The dog has many things to learn, and in every lesson he must learn to do one thing again and again for many times．

　　At the end of the training school he must take tests(考试)．When he passes the final test(最后的考试), the Seeing Eye dog is ready to do things by himself．

　　Now he is ready to help a blind people．The new master(主人)may be a man, a woman, or even(甚至)a child．It takes the dog and his blind master about one month to work and live together．

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　　People eat different things in different parts of the world．

　　In South China(华南)we eat rice every day．Some-times we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch, and supper．We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetable．

　　The Japanese eat rice, too．They also eat a lot of fish．They sometimes eat ray(生的)fish．Africa(非洲), maize(玉米)is the most important food．People there make maize into flour(面粉)．From this flour they make different kinds of bread and cakes．

　　In western(西方的)countries, for example Britain, Australia and the USA, the most important food is bread or potatoes．People there usually make their bread from wheat(小麦)flour．They cook the potatoes in different ways．In England the most popular(受欢迎的)food is fish and chips．Sometimes people make this food at home, but usually they buy it at the shop．They eat this food at home, in their work place, in the park or on the road．People call it“take-away”food．

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　　One day Einstein is walking in the street in New York．His friend meets him and says to him,“Einstein, you should buy a new coat．Look, how old your coat is!”

　　But Einstein answers,“It doesn't matter．Nobody knows me here．”

　　After a few years Einstein becomes a famous scientist．But he still wears the old coat．

　　His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new coat again．

　　But Einstein says,“I needn't buy a new one．Every one know me here．”

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　　John is traveling by train．He is very hungry．The train stops at a small station．He wants to buy one cake to eat very much, but it is raining hard．He wants someone to help him．A little boy is coming over to him．John asks him to buy cakes for him．He gives the little boy one yuan and says,“Go and buy two cakes with the money．One cake is for me, the other is for you．Can you help me?”

　　The little boy is very happy and runs over to buy cakes in the rain．A few minutes later the little boy comes back and says to John,“I'm sorry．I'm eating the last cake．It's delicious．Thank you very much．Here is your fifty fen．”

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　　Next week, there aren't going to he any classes in Li Lei's class．They are going to work on a farm．They are going to help the farmers pick apples．Jim is very happy because he thinks picking(摘)apples is much better than having classes．After work they are going to swim in a small river near there．Some of them are going to fly kites on a hill．Then they are going to have a picnic there．

　　They are going to leave at 7∶00 next Monday and meet on the road outside the school gate．The farm is far from them．How are they going there?They are going there by bus．

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　　Children like to have dreams(做梦)．Peter is nine years old and often dreams that he is going to be a basket-ball player．He is going to practise(训练)until(直到……为止)he can play for the Laker Team(湖人队)and he is going to be a famous(著名的)basketball player．When he becomes famous, he's going to sign lots of basketballs and give them to all of his friends．When he becomes rich(有钱), he's going to buy a big house in the country and ask all his friends to visit him．

　　Boys and girls, what are you going to be when you grow up(长大)?

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It's a Sunday morning．Lin Tao has no school today．He has breakfast and goes out．He is going to his grandfather's home．Now he is on his way there．He walks and walks．Then he comes to a river．The river is not wide(宽)．There is a board(木板)over the river．Lin Tao walks onto the board．Suddenly(突然)he falls(落)into the river．“Help, help!”Lin Tao is crying(喊)．But no one comes．There is no one near here．He waits(等)in the water for some time．But nothing happens(发生)．He begins to get up．Aha, the river is not very deep(深)．It only comes to half his legs．