A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would like to take the wheat to the store and get some flour?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.

   After getting home, she asks, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say,

“I’m not free.”

   When she makes the bread, she says to her children, “Who wants to eat the bread?”

“I do,” they all say.

“No, you can’t. You don’t do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains,

no gains(不劳无获).’ She doesn’t give any bread to her children and she eats the bread herself.

     One day, Meg finds that a button(纽 扣) of her coat is lost. She looks for the button everywhere, but she can’t find it. The next day, she doesn’t wear that coat to school and feels sad all day. After school, she goes to the clothes shops and wants to buy that kind of clothes. But she doesn’t find it. She feels very disappointed.

     Meg tells her sister about that, and her sister says, “We can change all the buttons. Then the buttons will be the same.” The coat is beau  tiful again and Meg feels happy again.

        I am so happy to get your letter. I am 1you like your school. Now let me 2 you about my school.

        I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have four lessons 3 the morning and two lessons in the afternoon. We have many interesting things to do after class. On Monday and Wednesday, we have   4   on the playground, such as playing football and basketball. On Tuesday afternoon, some of   5  have an art class. On Thursday afternoon, some have a   6  class in the music room. We can enjoy beautiful music. On Friday afternoon, we practice speaking   7  with the teacher. My Chinese friends would like   8   with me in English. They think I am like an English teacher. Isn’t it great? On Saturdays and Sundays, I   9   go to school. Very often I go to the parks and have a good time with my family there.

         I love my school   10   enjoy my school life. What about you?

                                                                                                                                                                                            Yours,

                                                                                                                                                                                               Helen

—______,but I have to help the farmers pick strawberries.

    The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节) is one of the most important(最重要的) festivals in China. It is a day to memorize Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the Miluo River and died(死) over 2,000 years ago. An old story has it that in order to save Qu Yuan, people beat drums to drive fish away, and throw rice dumplings (zongzi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.

For thousands(千) of years, people have spent the festival by eating zongzi and holding dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历的) month, especially in the southern provinces (省) where there are many rivers and lakes. On that day, people usually make zongzi, which is usually made of rice. In the south of China, the zongzi is made of meat. The zongzi tastes delicious. We can also eat eggs together (一起) with zongzi. In some southern parts of China, people usually hold(举行) the Dragon Boat Race for the Dragon Boat Festival. It's an exciting activity(活动). Many people like watching it.

    你在学校的课外活动一定很丰富吧。请描述一下你的同学们在操场上玩的情况吧！ 60词左右。

提示：play basketball,  play football,  run,  play games