冬天来了(Winter comes) It is cold and dry outside.The wind often blows strongly.The days are shorter and the nights are longer.Many animals go to sleep.They will sleep for a long time till the spring comes.People don’t like to go outside.They have to wear heavy coats, scarves and gloves.But children like to be outside.Because it often snows.There is snow around.There is ice on the ground.Children can throw snowballs, make the snowmen.Oh, look.What a surprise! Do you see? The river is frozen! Here come the boys, there come the girls, they are skating in the river happily.Oh! Winter comes.It is really an interesting season.It has so much fun!
A private conversation
Last week I went to the theatre.I had a very good seat.The play was very interesting.I did not enjoy it.A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.They were talking loudly.I got very angry.I could not hear the actors.I turned round.I looked at the man and the woman angrily.They did not pay any attention.In the end, I could not bear it.I turned round again.„I can\'t hear a word!‟ I said angrily.
“It\'s none of your busine,” the young man said rudely.“This is a private conversation!”
上星期我去看戏。我的座位很好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声地说着话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。我回过头去怒视着那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回过头去，生气地说：“我一个字也听不见了！”
“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”
Breakfast or lunch? 早餐还是午餐？
It was Sunday.I never get up early on Sundays.I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.Last Sunday I got up very late.I looked out of the window.It was dark outside.„What a day!‟ I thought.„It\'s raining again.‟ Just then, the telephone rang.It was my aunt Lucy.„I\'ve just arrived by train, ‟ she said.„I\'m coming to see you.‟
„But I\'m still having breakfast, ‟ I said.
„What are you doing?‟ she asked.
„I\'m having breakfast, ‟ I repeated.
„Dear me, ‟ she said.„Do you always get up so late? It\'s one o\'clock!‟
那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气！”我想，“又下雨了。”正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。”
“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。
“你在干什么？”她问道。
“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。
“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经1点钟了！”
Tommy‟s breakfast
When my husband was going into the dining-room this morning , he dropped some coins on the floor.
There were coins everywhere.We looked for them, but we could not find them all.
While we were having breakfast, our little boy, Tommy, found two small coins on the floor.
He put them both into his mouth.We both tried to get the coins, but it was too late.Tommy had already swallowed them!
Later that morning, when I was doing the housework, my husband telephoned me from the office.
“How‟s Tommy?” he asked.
“I don‟t know,” I answered, “Tommy‟s been to the lavatory three times this morning, but I haven‟t had any change yet!”
今天早晨我丈夫走进饭厅时，把一些硬币掉在地上了。 到处都是硬币。我们虽然找了，但没有把它们全部找到。正当我们吃早饭时，我们的小男孩汤米在地上找到两枚小硬币。他把这两枚硬币全都放进嘴里。我们俩都试图把这两枚硬币拿出来，但太迟了。汤米已经把硬币咽了下去！那天下午的晚些时候，当我正做家务时，我丈夫从办公室打来电话。“汤米怎么样？”他问。“我不知道”，我回答说，“今天上午汤米去了3次厕所了，但我还没看到硬币！” Always young 青春常驻
Why doesn\'t Aunt Jennifer tell anyone how old she is?
My aunt Jennifer is an actre.She must be at least thirty-five years old.In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a young girl.Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon.This time, she will be a girl of seventeen.In the play, she must appear in a bright red dre and long black stockings.Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-colored dre.If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, \'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!\'
我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”
