The children are talking about their dreams. Sandy likes painting. She has some painting lessons every week. She wants to be an artist. Mary likes dancing. She can dance beautifully. She wants to be a dancer. Tom is good at sport. He likes playing football. He wants to be a football player. Danny wants to be a policeman. He thinks policemen are cool. He likes films about policemen.

It’s eight o’clock. The children go to school by car every day. But they are walking to school today. It’s ten o’clock. Mrs. Green usually stays at home in the morning. But she is going to the shops this morning. It’s nine o’clock. Mr. Green usually reads his newspaper at night. But he is reading an interesting book this evening.

Mr. Jones and Mr. Brown work in the same office （办公室）. One day Mr. Jones says to Mr. Brown, “I will have a small party at my house on Monday evening. Would you and your wife like to come?”

Mr. Brown says, “Thank you very much. I’d love to, but let me ask my wife first.” So Mr. Brown goes to the other room and telephones his wife. Then he comes back looking very worried.

 “What’s the matter?” asks Mr. Jones. “Is your wife at home?”

“No,” answers Mr. Brown. “She isn’t there. My small son answered the telephone. I said to him, ‘Is your mother there, David?’ and he answered ‘No, she isn’t in the house.’ ‘Where is she?’ I asked, ‘She is somewhere outside’（在外面）. “What’s she doing? ‘She is looking for me.’”

It was a three-day holiday. Tom and his family took a trip to Beijing. They went there by plane. On the first day, they went to the Great Wall. Tom took lots of pictures there. On the second day, they went boating in Beihai Park and ate Beijing Roast Duck in a restaurant. On the third day, Tom bought gifts for his friends and then they went back home by train. It was a great holiday!