—Yes. It ________ me about an hour to play the piano every day.

—Three days ________.

—It was ________. I enjoyed it a lot.

—By plane.

—Oh, it's raining outside. You'd better wait here ________ it stops.

—________ And don't forget to send me a postcard.

    John lived with his mother in a very big house, and when she 1, the house became too big 2 him, so he bought a 3 one in the next street. There was a very nice, old clock in his 4 house, and when the man came to take his things to the new house, John thought，"I'm not going to let them 5 my beautiful old clock in their truck. Perhaps they will break it, and then it will be very expensive to repair it. "So he 6 and began to carry it down the road in his arms.

    It was heavy, so he stopped two or three times to have 7. Then suddenly a small boy came along the road. He stopped and looked at John for 8 seconds. Then he said to John，"You're a 9, aren't you?10 don't you buy a watch like everyone else？"

A：Hello! May I speak to Bill?

B：Speaking!

A：Hi, Bill! This is Jane speaking.

B：Hello!       

A：I called you yesterday, but nobody answered the telephone.       

B：I went to the World on Water (水上世界) with my parents.

A：Really?       

B：It was great. We saw the dolphin show (海豚表演). It was very wonderful.

A：That sounds interesting.

B：       

A：Oh, the day after tomorrow will be my birthday.       

B：Yes, I'd love to. Thanks a lot.

A：You're welcome.

    Dear John,

    Thank you very much for your letter. We are glad that you enjoyed your holiday with us. We enjoyed having you and your sister here. We hope that you will both be able to come again next year. A week is not really long enough, is it? If your school has a five­week holiday next year, perhaps(也许)you'll be able to stay with us for two or three weeks.

    We have been back to school for three weeks now. It feels like three months! I expect(期望) that you are both working very hard since(因为) you are in Grade One. I shall work hard next year when I am in Grade One. Tom and Ann won't be in Grade One until two years later.

    They went for a picnic yesterday but I didn't go with them because I cut my foot and I couldn't walk. They went to an island and enjoyed themselves there. Do you still remember the island? That's where all of us spent the last day of our holiday.

    Tom, Ann and I send our best wishes to you and Betty. We hope to see you soon.

Yours,

Michael

    Visitors to London often eat in restaurants. The owners and workers in them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don't feel they are in England. Most English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants. When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn't understand why everything is written in French and Italian.

    Most English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don't want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas, they will spend two or three weeks getting ready for it, because they want to have good food.

    One weekend, a wife and a husband(丈夫)went to visit a shop in Tokyo. After they got back home, they couldn't find their camera(照相机). They thought the camera must be in the shop. After a few weeks, they went to that shop again and the boss of the shop gave their camera back to them.

    When their pictures of the camera came out, the husband saw two pictures he did not take. One is a man standing at the door of the shop. In his hand there is a piece of paper(纸) with some words on it "I find your camera. "The other is a boy with a piece of paper in his hand. There are some words on the paper too "I take the pictures".