(1) WhentheAmericansweregettingreadytosendtheirfirstmentothemoon,anold IrishmanwaswatchingthemonTVinarestaurant. TherewasanEnglishmanintherestauranttoo,andhesaidtotheIrishman,“The Americansareveryclever,aren’tthey?Theyaregoingtosendsomementothe moon.It’saverylongwayfromourworld.” “Oh,that’snothing,”theIrishmanansweredquickly.“TheIrisharegoingtosendsomementothesuninafewmonths’time.That’smuchfartherawaythanthemoon,youknow.” TheEnglishmanwasverysurprisedwhenheheardthis.“Oh,yes,itis,”hesaid.“Butthesunistoohotforpeopletogoto.” TheIrishmanlaughedandanswered,“Well,wearenotstupid,youknow.Wewon’tgothesunduringtheday,ofcourse.We’llgothereduringthenight.” (2) Tomwasagoodboy.Hewassevenyearsold,andhewasgoingtoschoolsoon. ButTomhadashortcoming.Hecouldn’tgetupearly.Heoftensleptuntilnineorteno’clockinthemorning. Hismotherdidn’twanthimtobelateforschool.Sosheboughthimanalarmclock.Shesaidtohim,“Youmustgetupwhenyouheartheclockring.” “Yes,Mum,”Tomsaid,andfromthenon,Tomgotupwhenheheardtheclockringatsixinthemorning. Oneday,hismotherforgottowinduptheclock.AndthenextmorningTomdidn’tgetupatsixthirty.Itwastimeforbreakfast.Motherwenttowakehimup.Tomwasinbedandhiseyeswereopen.Hesaidtohismother,“Iwokeupveryearly.” “Thenwhydidn’tyougetup?”Motherasked.“YoutoldmetogetupwhenIheardtheclockring.SoIamnowwaitingfortheclockring.” (3) Itistimeforsports Itisabouthalfpastfour.Itistimeforsport.Thestudentsareontheplayground. Theyareplayingafootballmatch.LiDongisoneofthem.Heisgoodatfootball.Heplayswell.Heisontheschoolfootballteam.LiDongsays,"Ilikeplayingfootball.Itismyfavouritesport."LiDong'sfriends,PanChenandWangHaisay,"He'safootballfan.Ronaldoishisfavouriteplayer." Lookattheboysaroundthebasketballcourt.Manyboysarewatchingabasketballmatch.Thetallboy,Tanglin,isverygoodatplayingbasketball.Heisveryfastandheplayswell.Manyofhisfriendssay,"Heisagoodbasketballplayer.HisfavouritebasketballplayerisYaoMing.Histeamissuretowin. Ihopetheycanbethegoodplayersofourcountry,too. (4) TheMid-AutumnFestival TheMid-AutumnFestivalisaveryimportantChinesefestival.It’sonlunarfifthofAugust. Intheevening,wehaveabigdinner.Look,thereisalotofdeliciousfoodonthetable.Wecandrinkaglassofjuice.Westandbesidethetableandwesay,“Cheers,cheers,happyMid-AutumnFestival!”Wemakeawishtoeachother.Atnight,themoonisusuallyroundandbright.Itlookslikeaball.Wecanenjoythemoon.Mooncakesarethespecialfoodforthisfestival.Wecaneatmooncakes,too.IntheMid-AutumnFestival,myparentsandIareallveryhappyandexcited. (5) Myfavoritemovies Hello,boysandgirls!MynameisJenny.I'm14-year-old.MybirthdayisonOctober31st.I'mamoviefan.Ilikeactionmovieandsciencemovie.MyfavoriteactorisJackieChan.Heisagreatactionactor.Hehasmanymovies.Forexample.TheAroundtheWorldis80Days,Rob-B-hoodandRushHour.Thesemoviesareveryexciting.IreallylikeRob-B-hoodverymuch,becausetheyareexciting. Ilikeactionmoviemoviesverymuch. MyFavouritesubject MynameisSusan.I'm12yearsold.MyfavoritesubjectisMath. BecauseIthinkit'sdifficultbutfunny.Ilikegreenverymuch.Ioftenplayvolleyballafterschool.Ithinkit'sinteresting.Ilike playingtheviolinandthepiano.MyfavoritedayisSunday.BecauseinthatdayIdon'tgotoschool. ItistimeforsportsItisabouthalfpastfour.Itistimeforsport.Thestudentsareontheplayground. Theyareplayingafootballmatch.LiDongisoneofthem.Heisgoodatfootball.Heplayswell.Heisontheschoolfootballteam.LiDongsays,"Ilikeplayingfootball.Itismyfavouritesport."LiDong'sfriends,PanChenandWangHaisay,"He'safootballfan.Ronaldoishisfavouriteplayer." Lookattheboysaroundthebasketballcourt.Manyboysarewatchingabasketballmatch.Thetallboy,Tanglin,isverygoodatplayingbasketball.Heisveryfastandheplayswell.Manyofhisfriendssay,"Heisagoodbasketballplayer.HisfavouritebasketballplayerisYaoMing.Histeamissuretowin. Ihopetheycanbethegoodplayersofourcountry,too. Mid-AutumnFestival TheMid-AutumnFestivalfallsonthe15thdayofthe8thlunarmonth,usuallyinOctoberinGregoriancalendar.Ithasalonghistory,bearingcoreChinesetraditionalculture. Peopleindifferentplacesfollowvariouscustoms,butallshowtheirloveandlongingforabetterlife.Todaypeoplewillenjoythefullmoonandeatmooncakesonthatday. Themoonlooksextremelyround,bigandbrightonthe15thdayofeachlunarmonth.PeoplecelebrateitinAugust15,becauseitisaseasonwhencropsandfruitsareallripeandweatherispleasant.OntheMid-AutumnFestival,allfamilymembersorfriendsmeetoutside,puttingfoodontablesandlookingupattheskywhiletalkingaboutlife.Howsplendidamomentitis! Itisthe3rdMid-AutumnFestivalafterenteringtheuniversity.nothingisspecial.togetherwithmyuniversityfriends,Iboughtlotsoffoodandbottlesofbeer,thengatheringroundasmalltable...eating,dringking,shouting,laughing... Mid-AutumnFestivalshouldbeadaywhenfamilymembersreunionandenjoythewonderfulday.Asastudentlearningoutside,IturnouttoknowwhysomeChineseancientpoetscouldwitesomanygoodpoemsinthatday.