Yesterday wasn't a good day. The weather wasn't very nice. It was cold and rainy. The bus wasn't on time. It was late. My boss（老板）wasn't very happy because I was late（迟）for work. He was a-little angry.

    At 1 o'clock I went to a cafe for lunch, but the food wasn't hot and the coffee was cold. I wasn't very happy. Then I went back to work, but my papers（文件）weren't on my desk. They were missing. I looked for them everywhere, but I couldn't find them. Later someone gave them back to me. I went home from work at 5 o'clock and it started to rain again. I got very wet.

    Mr. and Mrs. Smith live in a quiet village. Last weekend, they went to a busy city for vacation. Mrs. Smith was very excited, because she was a housewife.

    She stayed at home every day. It was boring.

    After they got to the city, they would like to go to the movies first and then have lunch at a restaurant. At night, they would stay at a five-star hotel.

    "Wow! The plan is so great. I like it!" Mrs. Smith said. Then they went to the movies. After seeing an exciting action movie, it was time for dinner. They went into a restaurant and had a lot of delicious food there.

    "It is a nice place!" said Mr. Smith. Then he put his hands into his pocket to get the wallet. But he found it was missing.

    That night, everything changed. They didn't spend a romantic time at the hotel. Instead, they had to go to the police station for help.

    Li Ming was very busy yesterday. He got up 7: 10in the morning. He washed his face （quick）and had some milk and bread breakfast. It was a fine day. He went to school early. He had four  （class）in the morning. He had a short rest after lunch, for he  （work）very hard in class all day. He played basketball after school and then  （go）home. On  （he）way home, he bought a pen. When he  （arrive）home, he had a rest. After that he help his parents  （cook）dinner and clean the house. He watched TV for half an hour after supper. Then he finished his homework at half  nine. He went to bed at ten o'clock.

    Ma Wanqing, 13, is a Junior I at Chengdu No.3 Middle School. By looking at this kid, you would never think he's a scientist.

     He got patents（专利）this month for two inventions（发明）：a feet-washing machine and an easy trash can（垃圾桶）.

The feet-washing machine looks like a toy, but it really works." Just hit the button, and that's all it takes: the machine washes and dries your feet for you," said Wu Di at Chengdu Zhongya Patent Office.

     It's something his mum makes him do every day.

     He drew many pictures, and he made many changes to his first ideas. After lots of thinking and hard work, he is finally finished.

     "It's all because I'm too lazy, "he tells them.

But his mother, Wang Xiao lin, thinks differently." He's hard-working. "